Chapter 361: He Must Have Done It on Purpose
Ye Jinyu gave a bitter smile, "It’s true he’s very critical of me, and if I go back, he will indeed scold me, but I can’t just never return. These years, I’ve severed ties with my family and I already regret it deeply and hate myself for it. I can’t keep running away—even if he scolds me every day, I must go back."
"Besides, your grandfather is getting old, and it’s better for me to be by his side. Household staff, after all, are outsiders, not necessarily reliable—I’ve already learned that lesson."
"When I was young, your grandfather was very fond of me. He is actually a very good father. Although stern, he can’t be faulted in how he treats his children. I want to go back and show my filial piety, to stay by his side from now on, to care for him in his old age."
As she said this, tears uncontrollably overflowed from her eyes, "You might not know why he dislikes me so much. It’s not just because I didn’t listen to him, refused to enter into an arranged marriage, and insisted on marrying Wen Xingye. Another very important reason is that your grandmother wanted to see me before her death, and I didn’t go back."
Chuyi was startled, "You didn’t go back? Why?"
Ye Jinyu could not possibly be the type of person who would stay away out of spite, knowing her mother’s life was in danger. There had to be something more.
Sure enough, she soon heard Ye Jinyu say, "Back then, your grandfather and your two uncles all sent messengers to inform me, but I didn’t receive any message."
Chuyi found it unbelievable. No one knew better than her the extent of the Ye Family’s reach. How could they not even get a message through?
"Mom, did Wen Xingye refuse to let the messengers sent by grandpa and uncles enter the villa? Couldn’t the messengers have forced their way in? There were only a few maids at home; they couldn’t possibly have stopped someone determined to get through, right?"
Ye Jinyu shook her head, "I don’t know whether the people sent to deliver messages got into the villa because I wasn’t living at home at that time; I was in the countryside."
"What were you doing in the countryside?"