Chapter 17: Let’s go, partner!
"Grandma!"
"Juan!"
An elderly woman called out to her granddaughter as she walked towards her with her limped leg. The gray locks of her hair had turned whiter before, but now she was finally regaining her lost color. She hugged the little girl with misty eyes.
"Where were you Juan! You got us all so worried...Yanyu looked like a ghost when she didn't see you anywhere."
She pouted. "Mom was super busy on the phone. She ignored me!"
"Still, you shouldn't leave like this...! You are just a child. What if somebody had hurt you?"
Behind the little girl followed a young woman who was closely running behind Juan. She was breathless as she reached them. "She was at the jewelry shop on the other side..."
Ma Zhilan wiped her eyes and sniffled. "Thank you so much for helping me find my granddaughter, dear. I don't know how to express my gratitude. If something would have happened to Juan..."
The woman named Dai Meihui shook her head. "You don't have to thank me. I have a son too. I understand how devastating it must feel to lose sight of your child."
"Juan, thank the Aunt," she looked down at her.
Juan chirped even though she wasn't really sure what was happening. "Thank you, Aunt Meimei!"