Chapter 1113 - I Don’t Care (2/2)

On Xiao Yi’s side.

He followed Yi Ran to the Old Madam’s house.

The Old Madam knew that Yi Ran had found Xiao Yi and was bringing him to meet her, so she had been waiting in the living room in antic.i.p.ation.

Xiao Yi had met the Old Madam when he was young, but it had been so long, so his impression of the Old Madam was already faded. However, when he saw her again, those blurry memories of her seemed to turn a little clearer.

The Old Madam had aged a lot, her hair white though she still could be recognizable.

Aunt looked extremely like the Old Madam.

Seeing that Xiao Yi had arrived, the Old Madam wore her gla.s.ses and inspected him from head to toe. After a moment of silence, she looked behind him.

The Old Madam’s action made Xiao Yi’s throat tighten. He closed his eyes, saying hoa.r.s.ely, “Old Madam, Aunt had pa.s.sed away.”

The Old Madam fell onto her chair, banging the floor with her walking stick. “It’s no wonder I couldn’t find her, no matter how hard I tried. When did it happen?”

“It was the fourth year after you left.”

The Old Madam remained quiet for a very long time, her tightly pursed lips trembling slightly.

Xiao Yi bent his knees and knelt in front of the Old Madam, kowtowing three times to her. “It’s because of me. If you feel sad, you can hit me!”

The Old Madam only had one daughter. In the past, her daughter did everything to follow Xiao Yi’s father, and she objected to her daughter becoming Xiao Yi’s stepmother. However, her daughter was too stubborn and got married to Xiao Yi’s father secretly. However, the story didn’t go on well after that. Xiao Yi’s father got into an accident and pa.s.sed away and the Xiao family went bankrupt, so she had rathered cut all ties to raise Xiao Yi alone.

At the thought of her daughter’s sorrowful and sad life, the Old Madam raised her walking stick and waved it towards Xiao Yi’s back with all of her strength.

Seeing this, Yi Ran, who had been standing beside them, pounced onto Xiao Yi’s back without any hesitation and received the hit full on.

It was too late for the Old Madam to stop.

Yi Ran laid on Xiao Yi’s back, humming in pain.

Xiao Yi turned around to stare at Yi Ran, who had taken a hit for him. He furrowed his eyebrows. “Miss Yi, what are you doing?”

Yi Ran held down the fiery pain on her back as she knelt down in front of the Old Madam as well. She choked slightly, “Old Madam, when I went to Bardahl to find Brother Xiao Yi, I met some thieves on my way. If it wasn’t for Brother Xiao Yi, I might not have the chance to see you again. I think that Brother Xiao Yi must be sad that Aunt Qing isn’t here anymore as well, so please don’t blame him.”

The Old Madam stared at Yi Ran’s red eyes. After a long while, she leaned back onto the chair, waving her hands. “It’s been so many years since I wasn’t able to find her, I have long prepared myself for it. It’s her life, I can’t blame anyone else.” The Old Madam glanced at Xiao Yi. “You can leave first, I’m tired.”

Xiao Yi stood up. “I’ll come and visit you another day.”

After Xiao Yi left the mansion, Yi Ran hobbled after him in her crutches. “Brother Xiao Yi, it’s not easy to get a taxi here. How about you take my car first?” Yi Ran pa.s.sed Xiao Yi a set of car keys.

Xiao Yi placed his hands into his pockets as he shook his head. “There’s no need, I’ll walk out of the are to get a taxi.” As if thinking of something, he glanced at Yi Ran. “There’s no need to do that again in the future. It was Yanran’s decision to save you, you don’t owe me anything.”

Yi Ran opened her mouth, wanting to say something, but Xiao Yi had already left with large strides.

Staring at his leaving figure, Yi Ran furrowed her eyebrows slightly, unable to look away for a long time.