Chapter 48: Why Do You Always Blush? (1/2)
Translator: 安贝-Peggyan and Ruriko
At dusk, Lin Xiaomi helped Grandmother out to breathe some fresh air and then have dinner at the canteen before taking a walk.
Grandmother looked more spirited since Lin Xiaomi got here and didn’t feel sick.
The sanatorium was located near mountains and by rivers, so its environment was terrific, and ordinary people couldn’t afford its high expenditure.
This was also why Lin Xiaomi endured all the insults without protests in the Lin Family. As long as Grandmother led a comfortable life, Lin Xiaomi felt satisfied.
The sun was sloping, and the grass looked like a green carpet.
Grandmother fondly stroked Lin’s head and asked softly, “Have you been treated badly in the Lin Family?”
Lin Xiaomi said shaking her head, “No, grandma. I’ve told you many times I’ve moved out of the Lin family and lived outside alone. So how do they make me suffer? Besides, isn’t there my mom?”
Grandmother said with her lips’ corners curled slightly, “If your mother cares about you, I won’t try my best to live longer to chaperone you. Moon, I’m worried about you the most.”
With her eyes turning red, Lin Xiaomi held Grandmother’s hand and said, “Grandma, I can’t let you say those words. You must live to a ripe old age. I can’t live without you.”
Grandmother smiled gently, stroked Lin’s eyes with her callused hands, and said to Leng Yihuang with a smile, “See, she’s like a kid and is about to weep after saying those to me.”
Sitting silently beside them, Leng Yihuang watched them all the time and said with a smile upon hearing this, “That’s right. She is still a kid and will weep from time to time.”
Lin Xiaomi glared at him and said, “Don’t slander me. When have I cried from time to time?”
“You haven’t? Didn’t you cry yesterday?”
“You bullied me.”
“How did I bully you?”
“You...” Lin Xiaomi was pissed at him. How did he bully her? Should she tell Grandmother he kissed her against her will and thereby scared her to cry?
Lin Xiaomi glared at him furiously with a blushed face but spoke nothing, which made Leng Yihuang smile conceitedly.
Grandmother fondly watched their faces and quietly listened to their quarrel.
After a while, Grandmother said to Lin Xiaomi, “Moon, you go back and fetch a blanket for me. It’s getting cold.”
Hearing this, Lin Xiaomi stood up instantly and said, “How about we going back?”
Grandmother said shaking her head, “I still wanna sit here for a while.”
“OK.” Lin Xiaomi turned around and ran toward the building.
When she vanished into the building, Leng Yihuang obediently walked forward and sat beside the feet of Grandmother just like Lin Xiaomi and asked with a smile, “Grandma, do you got something to tell me?”
“Yes.” Grandmother nodded. She still watched where Lin Xiaomi went and said, “Do you like my Moon?”
He nodded his head without any hesitation.
“My Moon has suffered from a hard lot. She lost her father as a kid, and her mother is alive but cares little about her. I’m too old to take care of her. She didn’t say, but I know she must have suffered a lot in the Lin family.”
As Grandmother recalled the old memories, her aged eyes turned red, too. “I can see you’re a good kid. Can you promise me to take good care of Moon? Don’t let her be bullied again and suffer again.”
Hearing this, he turned serious and nodded solemnly.
He hesitated for an instant and held Grandmother’s callused hands. “Grandma, you can rest assured. I’ll take care of her.”