Chapter 69 - Stop The Hatred (2/2)
Zhiyuan understood that Han Huizhong might have felt guilty for Xinyi's condition, but he was still disappointed in him that he didn't meet her. He had seen Xinyi glancing many times towards the door, and he was sure that she was waiting for him.
Xinyi said, ”I want to meet him first.”
Zhiyuan hesitated but then agreed in the end. ”Alright. But you will straightaway hit bed once you are done.”
”Yes, yes!”
Zhiyuan smiled at Chyou. ”Come with me. You will stay with Siying and us in our room. I will show you.”
”I will sleep with Aunty Xinyi?” She eagerly asked. In Zhu villa, she always slept besides Xiaosi.
Xinyi's gaze softened. ”En.”
Outside Han Huizhong's room, Xinyi softly knocked on the door.
A cold voice came from inside. ”Get out. I don't want to meet anybody.”
”Grandpa. It's me.”
Silence.
”Anybody also includes you.”
Xinyi pursed her lips. ”I was waiting for you in the hospital too. But you didn't come to meet me.”
No answer.
”And now you are not letting me meet you either. This is not fair. I have brought your favorite tea.”
”Leave the tray outside.”
”...”
So he wants to drink the tea but not meet me.
”Zhiyuan said that he wants me to rest as soon as possible because I am still weak. But I don't want to rest until we talk.”
She heard rapid footsteps stomping towards the door. It opened and Han Huizhong looked in a really bad mood.
He stiffened for a moment seeing her head wrapped in a bandage.
”I said I don't want to talk to anybody! Don't you understand human language?”
”Grandpa, you don't have to blame yourself for what happened.”
He sneered. ”Of course I don't blame myself. Why would I? It's you who are foolish.”
”Then why aren't you talking to me? Why didn't you meet me in hospital and scold me for being foolish?”
Han Huizhong clenched the stick in his hand.
She smiled and brought the tray forward. ”Tea?”
He irritatedly took away the tray from her and stormed inside.
”It was just a minor wound. What are the doctors thinking, wrapping you up like a teddy bear? I...I hadn't hit it that hard!” His tone was defensive.
Xinyi nodded. ”Indeed. I said the same things to the kids outside. The doctors went overboard.”
”Shut up! Who told you to come in between us?”
She said, ”Grandpa, what happened on the cruise wasn't Zhiyuan's fault. If it is his fault then you should blame me too for being careless and getting sick. Nobody knew that Xiaosi had laid a trap.”
He stomped his stick hard. ”Did he talk to that Caihong or not?”
Xinyi couldn't respond.
”That means he did. This is more than enough of a reason for me to beat him even after my warning to him.”
She said, ”Grandpa, it's not wrong wanting to know what had happened. It's not just about Caihong. Xiaosi is equally important to Zhiyuan. Zhiyuan, Liang, Ah Cy, Xiaosi, and Caihong were a tight-knit family. They were closest friends to each other and two of them left him without saying anything. They are not any strangers that we shouldn't care about. Neither Zhiyuan nor I want this hatred to go on forever. Xiaosi won't stop until he destroys us. But why does he want that? Shouldn't we try to find it and understand him?”