Chapter 487 - Ruo…. I’m sorry….. (1/2)

”End of the discussion? W-What does that mean?” Xiu Mei alternated her gaze between Mo Zhichan and Zian. ”Why you two are mute? Say something, look mom is bullying me. How can she end the topic without returning my bracelet?”

Mo Zhichan: ”Welcome to the family, Qinqin.”

Zian: ”Welcome to the kingdom ruled by the mom, squirrel.”

Xiu Mei ”…”

Inwardly Xiu Mei was happy seeing Zeng Ruo's reaction, but she acted to feel wrong and stomp her foot. ”Let me meet the grandpa, I'll complain.”

Zeng Ruo looked at her with an expressionless face. ”Sure, but you can't do it anytime sooner as it's winters going on and because of dad… cough…. your grandfather's severe asthma he prefers staying at the Island, away from the mainland country. Till then keep complaining, I won't give it back.”

Xiu Mei ”….”

'Just wait, mom…thanks to Jianyu's herbal medicines grandpa's condition is in control. This year he didn't go back to the Island but is staying in the mansion…. Let me see how you'll escape.'

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At Zeng Shihong's mansion, the car pulled over in front of the huge mansion. Zeng Ruo frowned seeing it's the ancestral property. Does Xiu Mei live here?

She noticed the property has been through a lot of changes over two decades, it's expanded further, security points had been installed, earlier the golf course was just a simple garden but now it's professionally built again and just beside the mansion, a huge greenhouse was newly constructed.

But there are few things that remind her of her father's hobbies, like the use of exotic cactus, adenium, and succulents, the marble canopy was still the same, and the main mansion built on the concept of ancient china with a touch of modern architecture….

Xiu Mei: ”What happened, mom?”

”Do you live here?” Zeng Ruo ran her eyes around the place. She strokes the forty-two-year-old sedum burrito plant placed at the entrance. Suddenly she turned to Xiu Mei. ”Do you like succulents and cactus?”

”Uh huh! They are my favorite. You'll find them all over.”

The servants of the house welcomed them but no one talked about Zeng Shihong as per Xiu Mei's prior instruction to Wu Shen. But looking at Zeng Ruo they were all shocked. Isn't she the lady of the house? Master's daughter!

As per their job, the servants escorted everyone to their rooms. However, as soon as Zeng Ruo and Mo Zhichan were out of the sight, everyone ran back to the living room and formed a group, striding towards a certain direction muffling the sound of their footsteps till they reached at end of the corridor where Mo Zhichan and Zeng Ruo were standing in front of the room.

Zeng Ruo looked at the adjacent room that belonged to her father. Suddenly she realized a strange closeness with Zeng Shihong. Though she knows he was not here, yet she felt a different feeling in her heart as if he is somewhere around.