Chapter 151: Better Than Everyone.
Coming out of the old house, she unexpectedly ran into an old lady leaning on a walking stick, standing beside the wall and looking this way. Squinting her eyes, she asked, "Who’s there, who opened the Shen family’s door?"
Shen Zhiyi recognized her almost instantly and was quite surprised, "Grandma Zhao?"
Taking a few steps closer, her familiar voice also made the other party recognize her. Grandma Zhao shakily lifted her walking stick, trying to see her clearly, "Zhiyi?"
She had watched Shen Zhiyi grow up and helped Shen Zhiyi many times. When Shen Zhiyi left a few years ago, she had already been taken to the city by her son to be cared for in his home. She didn’t know why she had come back.
"It’s me," Shen Zhiyi grasped her hand, "I came back for a visit."
"Good, good, it’s good you’re back," Grandma Zhao was very happy to see her, rambling on about her well-being. Her eyesight was poor, and she mistook Pei Yu, who was standing behind, for someone else, "Did that young lad Huo Heng come back with you? It’s been so many years, I can hardly recognize him."
Shen Zhiyi paused, seeing that she was looking in Pei Yu’s direction and knew she had mistaken the person, "It’s not Huo Heng, Grandma, Huo Heng didn’t come back."
"Not Huo Heng?"
Grandma Zhao was somewhat surprised. Shen Zhiyi and Huo Heng had been close since they were children, and saying they were inseparable wouldn’t be an exaggeration. Back then, she often took pity on Shen Zhiyi, offering her refuge. Huo Heng’s parents were not good people either. The two children, sharing similar misfortunes, relied on each other for survival. When they left, they left together. Therefore, when she saw there was a man behind Shen Zhiyi, she subconsciously thought it was Huo Heng.
With Shen Zhiyi’s support, she took a few steps forward, squinting her eyes to scrutinize the person in front of her carefully. After a while, she nodded, "Indeed, it’s not Huo Heng; that boy wasn’t this tall. I must have seen wrong, old age doesn’t do the eyes any good."
She patted Shen Zhiyi’s hand gently and asked in a warm voice, "Do you still keep in touch with Huo Heng?"