Chapter 33: She Was The One Obsessed
Xie Tingting looked up at Nan Yuanman, her emotions suddenly collapsing as her voice choked: “Originally, I was still hoping that after she found out I died, she would be even a little bit sad, even a little bit regretful, regretful for treating me badly when I was alive, but… but…”
That mother in name only showed not the slightest bit of sadness or grief; her words and actions were full of calculations about her compensation money.
Xie Tingting’s eyes were red, her hands hugging Nan Yuanman’s legs, slowly telling her about her life before death.
She was born into an ordinary family, and her parents were just ordinary workers.
When she was one year old, her parents left her in the countryside with Grandpa and Grandma to earn money to support the family, while they went far away to S City to work in a factory.
They were gone for a whole ten years.
In those ten years, the number of times they came back to visit her and Grandpa and Grandma could be counted on one hand; every time Grandpa and Grandma brought it up, saying she had grown up and they should take her to live with them and send her to a good school so the countryside school wouldn’t delay her studies.
But every time their excuse was that the house there was too small, their salary too little, not enough to support three people.
She believed it, but in the eleventh year, when she was full of joyful anticipation waiting for her parents to come back to see her, Father called and said Mother had given birth to a younger sister in the hospital.
He told her that now she had a younger sister, she wouldn’t be lonely anymore.
At that time, they didn’t think their rented house was cramped anymore, nor did they think they couldn’t afford to raise another child; they took the younger sister with them to raise, while still leaving her with Grandpa and Grandma.
It wasn’t until Grandpa and Grandma passed away one after another that they had no choice but to bring her to live with them.
At that time, Xie Tingting felt that her happy days had finally come; this time she could proudly tell her classmates that she wasn’t a child abandoned by her parents, she had a father and also a mother.
But she never imagined that it wasn’t the beginning of happiness, but the entrance to hell.
Only after coming to live with her parents did she learn that her younger sister had congenital heart disease, had been frail and sickly since childhood, and had been pampered and spoiled by them growing up, with an extremely arrogant personality.
Her parents also made her give in to her younger sister many times.
Every time she showed any unwillingness, Mother would say to her: “You’re the older sister, your younger sister is like this, no one knows if she can even grow up, can’t you just give in to her more?”
“Tingting, your younger sister not having a good body is Mother’s fault, you’re a good child, Mother is proud of you, you sisters have bones connected by tendons, in the future help your younger sister more.”
“You’re the older child now, Tingting, don’t fight with your younger sister.”
When Xie Tingting got here, her soul body was trembling slightly, that pretty face full of pain and confusion: “But I don’t understand, the younger sister is her daughter, am I not her daughter?”
“Clearly compared to her, I’m the child she owes the most, because I’m too sensible, that’s why she keeps bullying me like this?”
She wasn’t without pain and struggle, but at that time, she also felt that her mother cared about her.
She would take her to the hospital when her stomach hurt, cook her stomach-nourishing soup, prepare brown sugar water for her in advance during her period, prepare winter clothes for her, prepare comfortable personal clothing for her…
At that time, she felt that her parents loved her.
It made her still hold expectations for them in her heart, only to be hurt repeatedly afterward.
“I finally got good grades and won a school scholarship, she didn’t praise me, but instead told me to give the scholarship to my younger sister, to let her have funds to travel and relax, and when money wasn’t enough, to get a summer job to spend on her…”
Xie Tingting’s expression was bitter, sitting on the ground murmuring: “Even now, her eldest daughter died, and she still isn’t sad or upset, only wants to extort more money.”
“Even so, I still held expectations for their love in my heart, you say, am I very ridiculous?”
Nan Yuanman listened quietly, reached out sympathetically to pat her head, then said honestly: “Perfection doesn’t understand.”
“Perfection’s mother died, father also died, doesn’t understand what parents’ love feels like, but Perfection knows your Grandpa and Grandma definitely loved you very much.”
Xie Tingting’s Grandpa and Grandma had raised her very well, kind and honest, sensible, with a sense of responsibility.
“Sister, your Grandpa and Grandma definitely wouldn’t want to see you tormenting yourself like this because of a few people who don’t love you.”
Xie Tingting had originally felt sorry because of Nan Yuanman’s words, but after hearing her later words, her expression froze.
Nan Yuanman held her face, saying seriously and earnestly: “Because Perfection was also raised by Grandpa, Grandpa loved Perfection very much, your Grandpa and Grandma definitely loved you very much too, you should carry their love and live well.”
The young cub’s little hands were chubby, warmer than an adult’s, and when they touched Xie Tingting’s face, it was as if she was wrapped in a cloud, her brain gradually clearing from the blow of her mother’s reaction.
Nan Yuanman saw Xie Tingting’s dazed look and thought she was still fixated on getting her parents’ love, tilting her little head in some distress: “If Sister wants to get parents’ love, it’s not impossible, how about… we hire some extras?”
“Let them act as your father and mother, let them be your parents and love you, how about that? We don’t want the previous bad father and bad mother anymore!”
After all, she herself hadn’t been loved by her parents either, didn’t know what being loved by parents felt like, but she knew Xie Tingting’s parents were unreliable, it would be hard for her to get care from them.
Just like… her mother had also once wanted to get love from the Jiang family members.
If a person’s heart is biased from the start, it won’t bias back later.
She racked her brains and could only come up with this bad idea.
Hiring extras was something she learned about while scrolling on the watch for funny videos!
Xie Tingting couldn’t help but smile, a trace of relief appearing in her eyes; she turned her face slightly, rubbing against the young cub’s chubby palm: “Thank you, Perfection, I think I know what to do now.”
She had been too obsessed.
She really shouldn’t be fixated on two people who didn’t love her.
The temperature around her gradually dropped with her words, strands of yin energy slowly flowing, an ancient gate slowly appearing behind Xie Tingting.
Nan Yuanman froze for a moment upon seeing the Ghost Gate, the next second, Xie Tingting heard two elderly voices she was especially familiar with coming from behind: “Tingting!”
Xie Tingting’s soul body stiffened, she whipped her head back quickly, and upon seeing the two familiar, short and elderly figures standing before the Ghost Gate, shock appeared on her face: “Grandpa, Grandma? You…”
Short in stature, wearing the floral shirt from her burial clothes, the sprightly little old lady hurried forward, slapping her shoulder in frustration: “You child, you’re so young, how could you come down here to accompany us two old fossils!”
The little old man also floated to her side, looking at her as if wanting to say something but stopping, ultimately just sighing, extending his elderly rough hand to gently rub her head: “It’s okay now, it’s okay now, with Grandpa and Grandma here, no one will make you suffer grievances anymore.”
“Grandpa! Grandma! Waaahhh—— I miss you so much!” Xie Tingting wailed loudly, opening her arms to hug the little old man and little old lady.
Nan Yuanman listened to her crying, not knowing why her nose felt sour, also wanting to cry a little.
She pursed her lips, sat on the steps, hugging tightly the small coffin in the little cloth bag, she also missed Grandpa a bit.
Why hasn’t Zhang Shimian come yet!
At this time, Zhang Shimian had already arrived at the Jiang family, and before entering, he saw Jiang Lixuan driving out in a hurry.
His heart sank, Jiang Lixuan was so urgent, could something have happened to Perfection?
Thinking this, Zhang Shimian directly stepped forward and spread his arms to block the way: “Oi, Brother Jiang, are you going to find Perfection? Give me a ride, I want to find her too!”
