Chapter 16 : Call
One day, The sun has now completely set, leaving the room dark with only a hint of brightness from the crescent moon and the city lights.
Ning Xi closed her tired eyes and felt at peace but her whole being felt so empty. She felt incomplete. She will always feel like this and she doubt that anything will ever change in her gray and dull life when Ning Xi was signing some documents in her office
All of a sudden, a sound tore the deafening silence in the room.
Ning Xi slowly opened her eyes devoid with emotions and slowly turned to where the sound was. Customizing her ringing tone made her know who was calling.
Sighing in defeat, Ning Xi reached for her phone and answered it.
Ning Xi was not even able to utter a single word when the person on the other line exploded, "You brat! How can you just answer your phone now? Do you still remember to be filial? Why are you so silent? Have you became mute? If my assistant didn't tell me, I wouldn't know! Such a thing happened to you! Who was it? Tell me right now and I'm going to go to your city and burn their house!Who bully you ?
Ning Xi endured the loud roar from the phone as she listened to her grandfather ranting nonstop. Although her mouth twitched in annoyance of how unreasonable her JeJe was, her heart still felt warm and her eyes glistened with an almost indiscernible wetness that she herself didn't know was there. "JeJe, please calm down. Besides, how can I answer your questions if you ask me a series of questions one after the other?"
The person who she can call her family is only her grandpa, the biological father of her mother. Even when her mother was still alive, she knew that her grandpa was watching over them. In fact, the first time he approached her was when he disguised himself as a passing elderly while she was playing in the playground. He gave her a doll and lots of candies. But due to various circumstances, he can't meet her openly.
Her grandfather, Zhang He , is a person with deep background. He is a business tycoon in Capital and Imperial and the Zhang family is one of the top families in Capital and Imperial that holds great influence one can never imagine and he was once chief general in army , even Ning Xi doesn't know how deep it was. Considering that Capital is the number 1 in the whole country, the top families in other cities. Even Ning family can't hold a candle in front of them. They truly don't know about his existence because her mother never disclosed it to them.
"You darn brat! If I didn't get the information myself, will you have called me? No! You just like to make this old bones of mine to worry for you. How can I have such an ungrateful granddaughter like you?" JeJe breathed heavily after shouting. Although he was a little harsh, his voice can't cover the worry he has for this granddaughter of his.
"JeJe , calm down first. I can hear your heavy breathing from here." October worried that his blood pressure may rise and so tries to make her worried grandpa to calm down. "I'll handle this myself. I'm old enough now. I can take care of myself. You don't have to meddle into this."
"No, you're still a small child in my eyes. I can't let my precious granddaughter suffer such loss. I can't accept it." JeJe stubbornly said. Just as he was going to ask more, he immediately thought of a great idea. Why don't you come to see me ? You stubborn granddaughter come to see me first.
Without giving Ning Xi to decline JeJe hang up his phone.
"" Beep "" ""Beep"".
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JeJe's heart ached for his granddaughter who suffered a lot. He owes this girl a lot of things and regretted that he wasn't there when major things happen to her. When she was little girl. He even try everything pay for it but , he couldn't .
He remembered when her six brother told him about her accident. He can't help himself . He regret to let her live in Ning family when her parents left them to secret mission.
What can he do they don't know him that time. 😢😢😢😢😢