Granny Zhang’s situation, Xinyan had already talked to He Jinxuan about it earlier.
Seeing his attention to detail now, she’s naturally quite satisfied.
After all, Granny Zhang is very important to her, and of course, she doesn’t want her to feel uncomfortable in the Capital, nor does she want He Jinxuan to have any objections that might affect their relationship.
During this period, He Jinxuan, although he didn’t express his stance directly, has proven everything through his actions, and Xinyan genuinely feels moved.
Seeing it’s getting late, Xinyan decides not to keep He Jinxuan any longer, considering he still has to return the car, and it’s not good to be too late.
He Jinxuan greets Granny Zhang, "Granny Zhang, I’m leaving now, I’ll come over some other day to see you again."
Granny Zhang stands under the magnolia tree, smiling at them, "Go ahead, drive slowly on the road."
Xinyan sees He Jinxuan out, and the two linger for a bit at the end of the alley, only then He Jinxuan reluctantly starts the car, "Yanyan, I’ll come over to pick you up on Tuesday, go on back."
She wouldn’t go back, and he wouldn’t leave.
Xinyan finally says, "Take care on the road."
With a wave of her hand, she walks back.
Seeing her enter through the gate, only then does He Jinxuan drive away.
Granny Zhang, seeing someone entering, also smiles and walks towards the kitchen, thinking: how wonderful it is to be young.
*
This day, Xinyan, as usual, has breakfast at home and heads to school.
Because she’s been quite busy recently, she basically doesn’t have any time for exercises during the day, only at night in the space where she practices boxing as a workout, so she doesn’t ride her bike to school, treating it as exercise.
At the end of the morning classes, as soon as she gets out of the teaching building, she’s stopped by someone.
The person stopping her is none other than Ji Xiaowen, who has been unwell for a long time.
Xinyan has never seen her in person, but while tidying up the house earlier, she had seen photos in the cabinet, "Who are you? Why are you stopping me?"
Ji Xiaowen’s face is very pale, and she has a slight cough, "I’m Ji Xiaowen."
Xinyan takes a step back, not pretending not to know who she is, "What do you want from me?"
Looking at the youthful and radiant Han Xinyan, Ji Xiaowen holds a grudge in her heart. It wasn’t actually her first time seeing her, she had come by a couple of times before, wanting to see what the daughter brought back by the Han Family looked like.
Making the second uncle so heartless, not acknowledging them anymore.
If Han Xinyan hadn’t been found, would she still be the treasured niece of the second uncle? She wouldn’t have fallen to the point where she needs to meticulously plan even for buying medicine.
Ji Xiaowen’s hand under her sleeve clenches into a fist, her nails digging into the flesh, the pain reminding her of the real matter today, "Can we talk in private?"
Saying this with a pitiful expression on her face, Xinyan dislikes this expression the most, if there’s something to say, just say it, why make it seem like disagreeing is bullying her?
So she huffs, "If you have something to say, just say it here, I’m in a hurry."
Ji Xiaowen didn’t expect Xinyan to be so blunt, she looks up at the blazing sun in the sky, wipes the cold sweat off her forehead, what she’s trying to convey, only she knows.
Xinyan doesn’t indulge her, "If you don’t speak, then I’m leaving, and don’t even think about acting, or I’ll expose your tricks."
Ji Xiaowen evidently hadn’t expected Xinyan to be so ruthless and straightforward.
She bites her lip, cursing Xinyan in her heart dozens of times, and takes a deep breath, "I know that back then, it was my mom’s own wrong intentions that caused you not to be able to live with your uncle."
Xinyan feels speechless, frowning lightly, "Get to the point."
Ji Xiaowen’s originally prepared speech falls short, her face reddening with anger, "I came today to apologize on behalf of my mom to you..."
Before she can finish, Xinyan interrupts her, "If you’re here to apologize on behalf of your mom, then sorry, you can leave now, I don’t accept."
After saying that, she steps forward.
In a rush, Ji Xiaowen tries to grab her, but Xinyan agilely dodges, "You know your own health conditions, don’t even think about causing a commotion with me."
At this moment, Jiang Peiqin and the others come over from behind, "Xinyan, didn’t you have something to do? Why are you still here?"
Xinyan indicates Ji Xiaowen with her eyes, "I was stopped."
Seeing there were people coming, Ji Xiaowen seemed as though she suffered a great humiliation, tears welled up in her eyes, almost overflowing, making her appear pitiful.
Xinyan sees her like this and gets even angrier, "You want to perform, you should choose a time when I’m free, sorry, I’m in a hurry, you better come back another time."
After finishing, without giving her another chance, she strides away quickly.
Ji Xiaowen is infuriated, her eyes reddened, and she really cries this time. In front of the onlookers, she says, "How can you treat me like this?"
Having seen many such Little White Lotuses in the compound, Jiang Peiqin shakes her head and chuckles softly, saying to the classmates beside her, "Let’s go, better to avoid unnecessary trouble."