Chapter 692: Avoiding Bad Luck
Chapter 692: Avoiding Bad Luck
I don't know if Zeng Xia had timed it perfectly, but she waited until Liu Jin's elementary school graduation exam was over before returning to Shanghai from Xinjiang. She had a blast on that trip, and of course, she bought a lot of things.
So, she brought some local specialties she bought from XJ to Huang Xiaochuan's house. One reason was to deliver some things, and the other was to take Liujin back home. After all, she has already graduated from elementary school and doesn't have much academic pressure for the time being. If Liujin stays at Huang Xiaochuan's house, her father, Zeng Jiahua, will probably come to her house and give her a good scolding.
"Why are you here?" Huang Xiaochuan frowned as soon as he entered the house and saw Zeng Xia.
Zeng Xia was displeased: "What are you saying? Can't I just come to see you?"
Yu Xiang stepped forward to greet them, saying, "Second Sister brought us so many things from XJ, and you didn't even say thank you!"
"What's there to thank me for? We're helping her take care of her child, so it's only right that we bring her a gift." Huang Xiaochuan handed the briefcase to Yu Xiang.
Yu Xiang, her face displeased, gently nudged Huang Xiaochuan: "How dare you talk like that!"
"Never mind, I won't be angry with you. After all, I'm older than you!" Zeng Xia said, feigning generosity.
Huang Xiaochuan was amused and annoyed: "You have the nerve to say you're not angry? Let me tell you, when I'm angry, you two just walk away and go on vacation. I'm the one who has to go to Liujin's parent-teacher conferences. I just don't understand, how can you, as a mother, be so carefree?"
Zeng Xia looked aggrieved: "Oh dear, I thought it was a big deal. How can you blame me? I didn't know there was going to be a parent-teacher conference when I left. If I had known, I definitely wouldn't have left! Besides, it would be much more useful for you to attend the parent-teacher conference than for me to attend."
Well! Huang Xiaochuan felt like he was talking to a brick wall. It seemed that trying to reason with a woman was extremely unwise. Huang Xiaochuan simply stopped talking. Talking would only make him angrier. This was called asking for trouble.
At this moment, Zeng Xia took the initiative to say, "I came today for two reasons. First, to bring you some local specialties from Xinjiang. Second, Liu Jin's exam is over, and I came here to take her back with me."
Unexpectedly, Huang Ruiying, who had come in to get an ice pop, overheard this. She didn't even bother to get the ice pop and rushed off to inform her sister Liujin, as she couldn't bear to let her sister Liujin leave.
"Something terrible has happened!" Huang Ruiying ran into the yard, panting. Liu Jin was playing with that ugly dog in the yard. When he saw Huang Ruiying running over in a hurry, he thought something terrible had happened.
"What's wrong?" Liu Jin casually threw the stick in his hand, and the ugly monster scurried after it.
"My second aunt said she's going to take you back with her."
"Huh?" Liu Jin felt like he'd been struck by lightning!
She asked with a pained expression, "Really?"
"It's true, I just heard it with my own ears." Huang Ruiying said solemnly.
Liu Jin was so anxious she was pacing around in circles: "It's over! It's over!" To be honest, Liu Jin felt that being at her uncle's house was much better than being at her own. It wasn't that her uncle's family was better off than hers; in fact, her family's living conditions were just as good. Besides, her extravagant mother would never mistreat her, her own daughter, when it came to money.
However, her biological mother basically let her do whatever she wanted. Since coming to her uncle's house, she has someone to supervise and discipline her studies. Although she was not used to it at first, as her grades gradually improved, Liu Jin naturally realized the benefits. Besides, she also has two younger brothers and sisters to play with.
At this point, Huang Ruiying gave her some advice: "Just say you don't want to leave. If it really doesn't work, go find your great-grandmother. She's very influential. Even my second aunt and my dad have to listen to her."
"That's right!" Liu Jin's eyes lit up. In this large family, Grandma's words carried the most weight. Although she didn't talk much, all the other elders in the family listened to her, and no one dared to disobey her.
But the light in Liu Jin's eyes quickly died down; this distant water couldn't quench his immediate thirst! Grandma didn't live here.
"Grandma isn't here either! What should we do?"
Huang Ruiying was bold and resourceful, and soon came up with another idea: "Why don't we just go find her?"
The two daring girls began to urgently plan a solo outing. They tiptoed out the door, hailed a taxi, and headed straight for their maternal grandparents' house.
After the Dangdang team's bodyguards urgently informed Li Huan of the situation, Li Huan immediately sent someone to follow and protect them in a car, while he himself rushed to report to Huang Xiaochuan.
"What?" Huang Xiaochuan was shocked when he heard the news, but he quickly calmed down because, according to the bodyguard who was following them, the two little girls seemed to have gone to their maternal grandparents' house.
However, the group was completely bewildered by the two little girls' behavior. Normally, if they wanted to go to their maternal grandparents' house, they could just say so and the family would arrange a car to take them there. But what were these two naughty girls up to today?
Li Huan then asked, "Should we bring them both back?"
Huang Xiaochuan thought for a moment: "No need, let's leave it like this for now!"
Huang Xiaochuan's idea was to wait until the two returned before criticizing them, since he still didn't understand what they were trying to do.
Not long after, Zeng Xia's phone rang. When she saw that the caller ID belonged to her father, Zeng Jiahua, she quickly answered the phone.
After the call ended, Zeng Xia's face darkened. Huang Xiaochuan asked, "What's wrong?"
Zeng Xia downplayed the issue, saying, "Liu Jin and Xiao Duo ran to Grandma and said that Liu Jin didn't want to come home with me. Now Grandma said that since Liu Jin doesn't want to leave for the time being, she can stay for a while longer, since there are two months of summer vacation anyway."
Although Zeng Xia kept quiet about being scolded by her father on the phone, Huang Xiaochuan could still guess some of it. It must be that his uncle knew how unreliable Zeng Xia was as a mother, which was why he sent his granddaughter to his house to ask his great-grandmother for justice. No wonder he was angry!
"Forget it, if she doesn't want to go back with you, then let's not go back for now. Besides, you won't care about her even if she goes back." Huang Xiaochuan's heart softened. What could he do? He had raised this girl himself, and naturally he wanted to raise her to be successful. If she followed her unreliable mother, there would only be one more rich second-generation who sponges off his parents in the future.
"I'm so sorry!" Although she said that, Huang Xiaochuan didn't see a trace of embarrassment on Zeng Xia's face at all.
Huang Xiaochuan glared at Zeng Xia unhappily, but that was all.
Let's go!
Zeng Xia didn't immediately understand what her younger brother meant, so she asked, "Where are we going?"
Huang Xiaochuan was furious: "Of course we're going to pick up the two girls! You're coming with me!"
Zeng Xia waved her hands frantically, "No, no, you go ahead. If I go, I'll just be asking for a scolding! The old man is in a bad mood right now, I'd better not go and provoke him."
At this moment, Yu Xiang also chimed in, "Oh dear! You can just go and pick her up. Second Sister can stay home and sit with me for a while."
Seeing that Yu Xiang had said so, Huang Xiaochuan stopped insisting that Zeng Xia come with him to pick up the child.
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