C58 (1/2)

Mother Huo closed her eyes, and slowly said in an extremely exhausted manner, ”Tinton owes her …”

Ye Jinxin didn't know what to say.

He could only stare blankly at the small wooden box on the table as his head became empty.

Killed in a car, seventeen years old.

The combination of these two words was an extremely cruel thing.

”Grandmother.” Ye Jinxin lifted her eyes and consoled the still reminiscing elder with a tearful voice, ”Don't be sad. This … This is all over.”

But after saying that, even she herself felt that this consoling emptiness was pitiful.

Past.

How could a young man die so miserably under the wheel of a carriage? Could he just jump over it with three words?

Mother Huo raised her hand and took out a handkerchief to wipe the tears at the corner of her eyes. She laughed self-deprecatingly and said, ”I'm getting old. I thought I had already passed away. I didn't expect that after more than ten years, I would still cry.”

Ye Jinxin lifted the bench to sit next to Mother Huo. She reached out her hand and gently caressed her back.

The woman smiled and pulled Ye Jinxin's hand over to her and gently said, ”Jinxin, don't you sometimes feel that your father is a bit cold? It's like he's never cared about other people, just like when you were young, he repeatedly threatened to throw you away.”

Ye Jinxin smiled wryly, ”I didn't expect you to still remember these things. It seems that daddy has a cold personality.”

Mother Huo shook her head with a look of regret on her face. ”Actually, Tinton used to be either like this or like this. He loved to laugh and was very obedient. It was only after that child Lin Jia Ning died that his temperament changed drastically.

Ye Jin's heart trembled. She had always thought that Huo Tindong's cold and indifferent attitude was due to the family's pressure and heavy atmosphere. She hadn't thought that there would be such a reason.

”Grandmother.” Ye Jinxin hesitated for a long time before clenching the old man's warm hand and softly asking, ”Um, big sister …” How could he have been killed by a car because of Dad? ”

Mother Huo's eyes darkened, her head lowered in silence.

Just when Ye Jinxin was secretly regretting that she shouldn't have asked such a sensitive question to provoke her, Mother Huo suddenly opened her mouth and said, ”That day is the anniversary of their relationship. The two of them have known each other since childhood, and it's also fate.

”Although this kid, Ting Dong, has never mentioned her in front of us, but in my heart, she is definitely my daughter-in-law.”

”But on that day, when they were happily preparing to celebrate their first meeting, like all the other young lovers, your grandfather, Tinton's father's business rival, wanted to vent his anger on Tinton due to a moment of jealousy. But it seems that it was better to think about it, when that evil truck came crashing towards him, that silly girl, Jianning, actually pushed him away, and before Tinton could react, that girl was already dead under the wheel.”

Mother Huo's voice was choked with sobs. She used a handkerchief to wipe the tears on her face and calmed her breathing before speaking again slowly …

”I will never forget the look of despair in that child's eyes as he guarded that mangled corpse.”

”When he refused to let anyone touch that truck and said that it would hurt Jianning, I had a premonition. That girl died, and my son's heart also died with her.”

Ye Jinxin sat there stunned. Mother Huo patted her hand and looked down implicitly. Ye Jinxin followed her gaze and exclaimed as she let go of Mother Huo's hand.

She hadn't realized it earlier, but she clenched her fists tighter and tighter. She had completely forgotten that she was still holding Granny Huo's hand.

”Grandma, I'm sorry.” Ye Jinxin anxiously pulled her hand over, ”It hurts.”

Mother Huo smiled reassuringly, ”It's alright, you're too engrossed.”

Ye Jinxin heaved a long sigh. It had to be said that her mind was in a mess.

He had never thought that Huo Tindong would have so many unknown past events.