Yu Zi had nothing to say. It was quite awkward for the two of them to be quiet like that.
"I … I'm tired. I'll sleep for a while," Yan Zhiqing said as she closed her eyes.
However, her eyeballs were moving through her eyelids. It was obvious that she was not sleeping. It was just an excuse to avoid the awkwardness.
Yu Zi did not expose her. That way, the two of them could relax a little.
Fortunately, not long after, Old Master Yan and Old Madam Yan arrived. Yan Beicheng and Lin Chu followed them. Behind them was a bouncing Yan Ningbai.
Old Master Yan and Old Madam Yan entered. Old Master Yan was a righteous person. When he entered, he was clearly excited. He curled his beard and pretended to be strict and restrained. He did not rush forward.
Old Madam Yan did not care. She walked forward and grabbed Yan Zhiqing's uninjured hand. "It's good that you're awake. It's good that you're awake. We were so worried."
Yan Zhiqing's eyes reddened. Her mother did not react when she saw that she was awake. She was excited because she wanted to stop her from telling others about Lu Zhenghang.
But her grandparents, whom she had never been close to, rushed over immediately. Yan Beicheng aside, even Lin Chu, whom she had always looked down on and never treated nicely, came with a big belly.
"Grandma …" Yan Zhiqing called out. Her voice was hoarse and choked. Only then did she feel the warmth of family.
Even though she only came back to the Yan family for a very short time every year and felt that she was not close to them, they still cared about her and worried about her at critical times.
"Good child, it's good that you're fine." Old Madam Yan gently stroked Yan Zhiqing's hair. "Why were you so careless that you rolled down the stairs?"
Yan Zhiqing's lips trembled. She felt terrible and did not have the courage to repeat what happened.
When Yu Zi saw this, she told the others what Yan Zhiqing had told her just now.
Old Master Yan was furious. He straightened his neck and shouted, "Where is she now? I'll go and beat her to death and end it all! "
Old Madam Yan pounded the bed in anger. "Beast! How did our Yan family let her down? "
Yan Zhiqing opened her mouth but did not speak. She lowered her eyes and cried.
Old Madam Yan saw this and sighed. "Child, I didn't mean to say that about your mother. I …"
"I know, I understand." Yan Zhiqing said in a low voice, swallowing the tears that flowed into her mouth. "Even I wanted to scold her like that after hearing it. It's only because she's my mother that I didn't scold her out loud."
"Sigh!" Old Madam Yan sighed. She held Yan Zhiqing's hand in her palm and patted the back of her hand with her other hand. "Not only did she scheme against our family, but she also treated you well. We all saw how you treated her. You treated her well and wholeheartedly, but she schemed against you because of Lu Zhenghang. "
When Yan Zhiqing heard that, she felt even more aggrieved. She didn't expect that Old Lady Yan would pay attention to such a small thing about her after hearing that Lu Zhenghang schemed against the Yan family.
Old Madam Yan was different from Jiang Changdai. If Jiang Changdai treated one person well, she wouldn't be able to share this kindness with a second person. Back then, when she married Yan Huaiyuan and gave birth to Yan Beicheng, because she had Lu Zhenting in her heart, she didn't even care about Yan Beicheng, her own son. But now, because of Lu Zhenghang, he couldn't even care less about his daughter, Yan Zhiqing.
This was very unfair to Yan Beicheng and Yan Zhiqing, who were also her children.
But Old Madam Yan was different. She thought that now everyone's attention would be on Lu Zhenghang's scheme against the Yan family, so they wouldn't notice her little thing. But Old Madam Yan still noticed it.
Old Madam Yan doted on Yan Beicheng more, but Yan Zhiqing had always known that Yan Beicheng had grown up by Old Madam Yan's side since he was a child, and he had suffered so much from Jiang Changdai when he was a child. Without his father and mother by his side, Old Madam Yan would definitely dote on Yan Beicheng more, whether in terms of closeness or feelings.
But Old Madam Yan didn't give all her love to Yan Beicheng, so that others couldn't occupy him. She also doted on Yan Huaian and Yan Ningbai, and she also noticed the grievances Yan Zhiqing had suffered here.
Through this, Yan Zhiqing realized what she had been missing. She had never been close to her family, but they actually cared about her the most, and they truly treated her as family.
"Grandma, I'm sorry …" Yan Zhiqing thought of what she had missed in the past 18 years, and the shameful things she had said and done in the past. She was so ashamed that she couldn't lift her head. Her chin was tightly fastened to the cast that protected her neck, and she was too ashamed to look at Old Madam Yan.
"I was muddle-headed in the past. I … I was so rude to all of you. I did a lot of stupid things and said a lot of stupid things. I didn't even know who was truly good to me, and I thought I was smart. Grandma, I'm sorry for hurting all of you in the past, "Yan Zhiqing said as she cried. Her tears streamed down and dripped onto the blanket.
"Good child." Old Madam Yan touched Yan Zhiqing's hand. "It's all in the past. Don't think about it anymore. You're a good child, and we all know that. You've been wronged this time. "
Lin Chu silently handed Yan Zhiqing a tissue, and Yan Zhiqing only saw the hand holding the tissue box. She reached out to take out a tissue, and her movements were stiff as she struggled to raise her head, only to find that it was Lin Chu.
Yan Zhiqing's expression was awkward. In the past, she had interacted with Lin Chu a lot, and Lin Chu was also impolite to her. He would stop her when he needed to, and he even asked her to help him save Xu Jiaojiao.
Now that she was facing him again, Yan Zhiqing was extremely embarrassed. Her hand that was holding the tissue paused for a moment before she wiped the tears off her face.
Her face was red, and she was also too embarrassed to look at Lin Chu. She turned her eyes to the other side, and stiffly said in a low voice, "Thank you."
Lin Chu smiled. He suddenly realized that Yan Zhiqing's awkwardness was quite cute.
Yan Zhiqing was straightforward. She would show that she didn't like you, but she wouldn't harm you behind your back. This was much better than those two-faced people who would harm you behind your back.
Come to think of it, Yan Zhiqing was just a child, and those were just signs of immaturity.
Thinking back to when she was 18 years old, she was actually a little chuunibyou.
It was just that the more the Yan Family treated her well, and the more tolerant they were, the greater Yan Zhiqing's disappointment in Jiang Changdai. The bed suddenly shook twice, and Yan Zhiqing moved her body strangely. She couldn't turn her neck, so she could only stiffen her neck and turn with Li An's shoulders.
She then saw Yan Ningbai climb up from the other side. He was chubby, and the moment he climbed up, the mattress of the hospital bed sunk.
Yan Zhiqing was speechless.
How heavy was this child?
Yan Zhiqing couldn't help but glance at Yu Zi. Yu Zi actually understood the meaning of Yan Zhiqing's glance, and she awkwardly looked away.
Yan Ningbai was sitting cross-legged on the bed. His pair of sneakers had long been kicked away, and he carefully avoided Yan Zhiqing's injured arm.
Yan Ningbai imitated Old Madam Yan, sighed, and said in an old-fashioned tone, "Niece, don't be sad. Uncle … Uncle will treat you well in the future, and I won't give you a hard time."
Yan Zhiqing was speechless.
"Even if you treat me well, I won't call you Uncle!" Yan Zhiqing looked away again, and she said stubbornly, but her ears were red.
Yan Ningbai couldn't help but laugh. His niece was really petty. Why were her ears red when she said she didn't want it?
"You're young, and you should be more willful. Uncle understands! Uncle will give in to you in the future. If you're wronged, you can look for Uncle. Uncle will give in to you … Uncle will give in to you … "Yan Ningbai said for a long time, and he felt that it was obviously not appropriate to say that he would help her get revenge.
Although his seniority was high, his small physique was not enough to handle it!
Yan Zhiqing raised her eyebrows gloatingly. "What are you giving it to me for?"
"Uncle will give you delicious food to heal the wounds in your heart!" Yan Ningbai gritted his teeth. He felt that he would have to sacrifice his snacks in the future. He was really giving his heart to his niece.
Yan Zhiqing laughed. "Heh heh!"
After Yan Ningbai's ruckus, the atmosphere eased up a lot, and it wasn't as heavy as before.
Yan Zhiqing then remembered and hurriedly said to Yan Beicheng, "Brother, I have a recording here that can prove that Lu Zhenghang was lying! I heard what he said to Mom, how he schemed against the Yan family, and how he made up fake evidence. I recorded it, and if you publicize it, no one will believe Lu Zhenghang's words! "
Regarding this matter, the Yan family didn't believe it. There were also the shareholders of Yan Hui. Whether they believed it or not, Lu Zhenghang's matter would affect Yan Hui. It would make them feel that the Yan family wasn't stable.
The shareholders had their own plans, and they didn't know if they were planning something behind the scenes that would cause Yan Hui to be unstable and be taken advantage of by others.
Yan Beicheng's gaze turned warm. It was rare for him to look at Yan Zhiqing with such a gentle gaze and expression.
This made Yan Zhiqing startled. In the past, Yan Beicheng would occasionally go to Ning City for business trips, and he would also meet her. However, as an elder brother, he was always serious and restrained, and his expression was reserved. Occasionally, he would smile at her with a gentle expression. And this year, when she came to B City, because of Lin Chu, her relationship with Yan Beicheng, which wasn't close to begin with, became even worse, and they rarely interacted. Now, Yan Beicheng's gaze was so warm, as if he really was an elder brother who could tolerate everything about her.
At this moment, when she needed love and care the most, Yan Zhiqing's eyes couldn't help but turn red again.
Today, she became very fragile and loved to cry. She couldn't even control herself.
Yan Beicheng hesitated for a moment, then slowly reached out his hand to the top of Yan Zhiqing's head. After a slight pause, his palm gently landed on the top of her head. He didn't dare to use much strength, and only gently rubbed it twice before retracting his hand.
Even Yan Zhiqing froze in her actions. Her mouth was slightly agape, and she couldn't believe that Yan Beicheng would actually comfort her so gently.
She hurriedly lowered her eyes and closed them to block the tears that were about to come out. She kept taking deep breaths. However, her chest was heaving up and down, and even the bones in her body were hurting.
Hence, Yan Zhiqing opened her teary eyes again and found an excuse. "I … It's all because my body hurts too much!"
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