CHAPTER 576: CHAPTER 576: ENDING 2

Since Hexing Rice had become so famous, Grandma Xu must have saved a considerable amount of money.

Therefore, her children also went home over the New Year holidays with the intention of asking Grandma Xu for money.

The last time Grandma Xu gave them the property deed, making them figure out how to divide it among themselves, she had made her position crystal clear.

After giving them the property deed, she would no longer provide any financial support.

Because at that time, after giving away her house, Grandma Xu herself had nowhere to live.

Her only reliance was the little savings she had left, and Grandma Xu didn’t know what her life would be like in the future.

Would it get a little better or become even worse?

With the savings she had at the time, she indeed didn’t have the capacity to set aside money to help her children as she did in the past after scrimping and saving.

She didn’t even know where she would live in the future, so after paying rent, how much money could she possibly have left?

And her children didn’t consider her situation at all, kicking her out of the home where she had lived her entire life just for the sake of the house.

How could Grandma Xu not be distressed?

Therefore, that decision at the time essentially meant she had already severed ties with them.

Later on, Grandma Xu’s life improved more and more with Lu Youxi and Liu Yushu, and she even made some money.

She even obtained shares in the restaurant.

But Grandma Xu didn’t give any money to her children afterward.

She realized she had already given the house to her children.

Her children had their own hands and feet, jobs, and their own families.

They wouldn’t starve to death no matter what.

Besides, if she gave them money, let them know she had money now, they would surely come looking for her by following the trail.

It wouldn’t matter if they came to find her. As the saying goes, children are like debts; she would consider it her debt.

But the Lu Family didn’t owe them anything.

Grandma Xu didn’t want her children to come and make things difficult for Lu Youxi and Liu Yushu.

Her children’s actions had already broken her heart, so Grandma Xu kept her circumstances a close secret and did not contact her children.

Grandma Xu had thought, if her children really missed her, they could have found her contact information years ago.

But they never did.

It was precisely because of this that Grandma Xu had completely chilled in her heart, and even though she had money, she did not wish to let them know.

Grandma Xu didn’t expect that Liu Yushu and Lu Youxi insisted on giving her shares in the restaurant.

One must know that the restaurant had now grown to the scale of a catering company, not just a family-style diner like it was at the beginning.

Grandma Xu knew that Lu Youxi and Liu Yushu wanted to give her confidence.

They also felt she had strived hard.

But Grandma Xu thought that it was too much.

Her efforts had already received their due rewards.

Therefore, Grandma Xu quietly took the village chief with her to Lawyer Sheng’s office.

She found Lawyer Sheng’s student.

Grandma Xu made a will, leaving all her assets, including her shares in the restaurant, to Lu Youxue in the future.

Once everything was settled, and the matter was already a done deal.

When the Lu family had dinner that evening, and Lu Youxi and Zhou Shuyan had just returned, Grandma Xu shared the news with everyone.

"Aunt Xu, how could you..." Liu Yushu exclaimed in surprise.

"I know you gave me these so I could enjoy them, so I accepted with joy," Grandma Xu said with a smile, "But when I’m dead, I won’t be able to think about these things anymore. What use would they be to me then?"

"Pass them on to my two unfilial children?" Grandma Xu scoffed coldly, "In all these years in the Imperial Capital, I didn’t receive a single phone call from them."

"If they truly cared, they would have contacted me long ago, and even if they couldn’t reach me, both Xiao Lin and Xiao Liu in Hexing Village knew my mobile number. But did they? They never reached out."

"So, I also asked Xiao Lin to tell the people in the village, I’ve grown cold towards my unfilial children. They haven’t contacted me for so many years, which shows they aren’t concerned with my well-being. If they contact me after all these years, it will be nothing else but for money."

"So, I’ve also told Xiao Lin to instruct the villagers not to tell them where I am or give them my contact information. Just say that after I left, nobody knew my whereabouts, and they didn’t know what became of me."

"When I’m gone, I won’t leave my things to them. The restaurant’s shares were given to me by you and have nothing to do with them. They don’t deserve to benefit from that," Grandma Xu said firmly, "I have kept aside some of my salary, which will be given to them, for my grandchildren, when the time comes."

In the end, Grandma Xu’s heart softened, and she couldn’t bear to leave nothing to her children.

But those major assets were given by Lu Youxi, and she couldn’t give them to her children.

They couldn’t be that shameless.

"I know Youxue doesn’t lack these things, with Youxi around, he won’t want for anything," Grandma Xu said with a smile, "But this is also my way of showing my affection for Youxue."

"From the moment I came here, you never shunned me, and you wanted me to live with you. Even when you moved and transferred to a bigger house, you still included a room for me," Grandma Xu said with a smile, "Honestly, I don’t like living alone. I’ve lived by myself for most of my life, no one at home to talk to for years, I... I also feel lonely."

"Since I’ve been here, you’ve treated me like a part of the family, never making me feel like an outsider. Being lively with you every day, Youxue never disdained me for being an old lady, always entertaining me and making me happy," Grandma Xu looked at Youxue with gratitude, "I regard Youxue as my own grandson, and I just thought about leaving something for my grandson. Please say no more."

Grandma Xu was in good health now, but discussing her death so suddenly was hard for Lu Youxue to accept.

"Grandma, I will take care of you in your old age," Youxue had long stopped calling her Grandma Xu, and had long started considering her his own grandmother.

The behavior of the Lu Family’s elders truly did not allow Youxue to feel any affection for them.

On the contrary, Youxue had experienced the love of an elderly family member for the first time with Grandma Xu.

"Ey!" Grandma Xu responded with a smile, "You don’t need to take care of me, but once I truly become immobile, just hire a nurse to take care of me at home, and occasionally come to visit me so I don’t get bullied."

Liu Yushu laughed and said, "We all live together. If we hire a nurse, we can watch over you every day at home, how could we let you be bullied?"

"But let’s not talk about such distant matters," Liu Yushu continued, "You are still in good health now, even healthier than some of your peers in the Imperial Capital. Keep yourself healthy and strong; we’re planning to expand into a catering group!"

"Alright, alright, alright," Grandma Xu nodded happily.

It must be said that Grandma Xu was indeed very foresighted.

A few days after this incident, Grandma Xu received a call from Aunt Lin.

It turned out that Grandma Xu’s children had returned to Hexing Village.

Because Hexing Village was not included in the support plan, it was no longer being redeveloped.