Originally, Xixi was already quite pitiful with her parents not around, but then Bai Zhi bullied Xixi too. How could that be allowed?
"Who pushed the little sister today?"
Bai Dan looked at Bai Yu and Bai Ye with a stern face,
Bai Ye stepped forward, somewhat afraid to look his grandfather in the eyes. His hands were clenched tightly, clearly not thinking he had done anything wrong.
"It was me!"
Bai Da, seeing Bai Dan's anger, quickly stepped forward and took his hand,
"Dad, listen to me! I knew about this as soon as I got back,
Bai Zhi was being childish, wanting to secretly cook eggs for herself and even bullied her sister. Bai Ye only pushed her because of that, but, you know, pushing and shoving among kids is normal, no need to worry too much..."
To Bai Da, how heavy could pushing and shoving be among kids?
At most, it would just mean falling to the ground,
Bai Zhi had been somewhat unruly lately, often bullying Xixi, and he had been thinking to talk to her properly.
"Do you just believe whatever they say? Pushing and shoving is nothing, but do you know her head had a bloody hole,
And you two, Bai Zhi is your sister, how can you side against her? I don't care for what reason, pushing your sister is wrong!"
Bai Dan always spoke his mind, because he thought he was in good health, so he didn't plan on living with his son,
He had already been living in the old house, but three years ago, his eldest son inexplicably brought home a child and said he would raise her as his own!
He didn't understand, can a foster child be as close as a biological one?
Bai Da looked at Bai Dan, shocked and in disbelief,
"Dad, didn't they say it was just a small cut, how could it be severe? I know you like Bai Zhi, but still…"
Bai Da subconsciously defended Bai Ye, because in his heart, neither son would falsely accuse Bai Zhi,
Moreover, Bai Zhi had indeed been acting strangely lately, always at odds with Xixi, banging on pots and bowls. How could his daughter behave like this!
"Grandpa…"
At this moment, Bai Zhi appeared with her head wrapped in bandages,
She wore thin clothes that were a bit big, obviously because she was too skinny to fill them out,
Her head was wrapped with layers, but still showed bloodstains,
There wasn't a trace of color on her face, her small face looked pale, anyone seeing her like this couldn't say she was fine!
She seemed so fragile, a breeze could blow her away…
On the way here, she kept recalling, it was currently 1996, this time, her grandfather was supposed to take the original owner with him, but she was unwilling, feeling she was the rightful daughter of this family, so she stayed,
But because her grandfather made a fuss, her two brothers disliked her, and her father had issues as well, so they no longer took her to and from school!
This led to the little girl's eventual turn to darkness. It could be said her resentment was never because the heroine was better than her, but rather, because these family members never considered the situation from her perspective?
The family's situation was poor, she didn't dare to casually ask for eggs to eat, yet they could freely give them to the group pet,
Said she was too slow to go to school together, yet they could take the group pet to and from school,
So many things like this…
Bai Zhi's nose felt sore,
Upon hearing Bai Zhi's voice, Bai Dan turned and saw her barely holding onto the gate, her body swaying,
Bai Dan hurried over to support Bai Zhi!
"Dear granddaughter, what are you doing here!"
Bai Da was also stunned, looking at this Bai Zhi before him, unable to picture this was his daughter Bai Zhi. In his memory, Bai Zhi was always arrogant, loudly scolding Xixi. How could that be…
"Bai Ye, didn't you say your sister was fine!"
Bai Ye's lips trembled a bit, he didn't know either, that Bai Zhi's injury would be so severe; he just, just pushed her a bit!
"Grandpa, I didn't know it would be this serious. She was holding a stick in the yard, banging around, calling us freeloaders, and wanting to hit Xixi. I just gave her a little push!"
Bai Ye stepped forward, wanting to see Bai Zhi's injury, although she was unreasonable, in the end, she was still his sister,
Seeing Bai Zhi like this, Bai Ye felt deeply guilty!
Bai Zhi leaned next to her grandfather, not wanting to look at Bai Ye.
"Grandpa, let's go home, I'm hungry!"
She came to change the story, now Grandpa hadn't gotten so mad that he had a big fight with Dad, nor smashed everything in the yard,
This time, they had no reason to hate her or call her a troublemaker.
She had figured it out, if they wanted to spoil the group pet, then let them,
After all, even if it were just a dog, the group pet was something everyone would love.
She couldn't afford to mess with that.
She didn't want to rely on the group pet's luck, nor get involved with them.
As for these two cheap brothers.
When they turned against the original owner, she had no affection left for them.
They would go their own successful ways, and she would stay with Grandpa.
"Alright, let's go home, let's go home!"
After his granddaughter had said as much, Bai Dan fiercely glared at Bai Da.
"In the future, Xingxing will live with me, pack her things and give me 500 yuan, I need it to nurse her back to health, did you hear me!"
"Grandpa," Bai Yu, who hadn't spoken the entire time, frowned, "We don't have that much money."
Because even though Xixi went to school with them, the teacher said there was an additional fee, over 300 yuan in fact.
It wasn't a small amount!
"Get out of my way, you have no right to talk to me!"
Bai Dan bypassed Bai Yu and left with Bai Zhi,
Bai Zhi hadn't glanced at them from start to finish, well, except for sneaking a peek at the group pet,
Sure enough, she was white and chubby, lovable, both nine years old, yet one was a group pet, the other was like a housekeeper, definitely no comparison!
But it was okay, in her original world, she was all alone, with just a family teashop left to her by her grandfather to carry on, she had learned many things,
Not relying on them, not depending on the heroine, she could still live well with her grandfather.
"Xingxing, why are you out here? Didn't I tell you not to be out in the wind?"
Bai Dan felt deeply distressed, squatting down,
"Come, let Grandpa carry you!"
Bai Zhi felt warmth in her heart, how many years had it been! How many years since she'd seen her grandfather?
She didn't hesitate, climbing up,
"Xingxing, do you want to live with Grandpa from now on? I'll get your household registration transferred, and we'll live just the two of us!"
Though he just said that, he knew this granddaughter of his was stubborn!
Grandpa's back was warm, just like when she was little, he was like a mountain, shielding her from the wind and rain!
"Alright!"
"What?" Bai Dan couldn't quite believe it, thinking he was hearing things!
"Grandpa, I said yes, Dad doesn't like me, the brothers aren't nice to me either, I don't like them anymore. I like Grandpa, I want to live with Grandpa, please transfer the household registration too!"
To prevent them one day from achieving success and then coming back to pretend to be kind!