CHAPTER 1397: CHAPTER 1397 DAYDREAMING

Yanyan ran over: "Mom, the air here is so fresh, and the scenery is amazing."

Luo Qiao smiled: "Tomorrow morning, let’s come up here again. You’ll feel something different."

Yanyan giggled and said, "Then let’s come back here again tomorrow morning."

Luo Qiao reached out and tapped her little nose: "But tomorrow morning, you’d better not stay in bed and be lazy."

Everyone heard this and burst into laughter.

Gao Jiefang pointed toward a row of greenhouses in the distance: "That’s our mushroom farm. From just three greenhouses we started with for testing, it’s grown to thirty greenhouses now. The produce is even being sold to the provincial capital."

Luo Qiao looked at the changes in Qingshan Village and thought to herself that it could be considered fulfilling the promise she had made in her heart back then.

When the group returned to the village, they saw the Sun Family coming toward them.

Old Lady Sun walked at the front. She hadn’t been seen during her earlier returns, so it had been more than a decade since they last met. She looked much older now compared to before.

She squinted at the crowd for a long time before finally fixing her gaze on Stone: "Stone, I’m your grandmother. Good boy, you’ve grown so tall."

Stone stood still without moving. Back then, he was young, but even he knew that his mom ended up in that desperate situation partly because of this very grandmother, who only cared about making her daughter support her own family.

If it weren’t for her, his scoundrel of a dad wouldn’t have left so decisively and ultimately abandoned his wife and child.

Stone called out indifferently: "Grandma."

Old Lady Sun was a bit emotional. She hadn’t expected Stone to call her "Grandma" without holding a grudge. If so, things would be much easier.

Thinking of the promise Ning Ziping had made, her heart surged with excitement: "Good boy, back then it was Grandma who let you down. Now that things are better at home, Grandma will never let you be separated from her again."

Luo Qiao thought to herself upon hearing this: "Good grief, is this what people call a ’white lotus’ grandma?"

Stone stood there expressionless, watching the old lady’s act. Finally, he turned to Luo Qiao and said, "Sis, let’s go."

Old Lady Sun froze, watching as Stone prepared to walk around her and leave. In a hurry, she called out, "Stone, you’ve just returned. Where are you going?"

Stone turned his head and left no room for tact: "The moment you gave up on me back then, we severed our ties. This time I came back just to visit my mom’s grave. It has nothing to do with the Sun Family."

Old Lady Sun and the Sun Family members beside her were almost driven mad with anger.

Stone didn’t care what they thought and walked straight ahead.

Old Lady Sun opened her mouth, wanting to curse, but she couldn’t. She was still hoping to coax Stone back into acknowledging the Ning Family so she could get a large sum of money.

That’s right, years ago, when Ning Ziping couldn’t find Stone, he had left word with the Sun Family during a visit to Qingshan Village. He said that if they could persuade Stone to return to his roots and acknowledge his ancestral ties, he would give them three thousand yuan.

That was several years ago, and the Sun Family thought that if Stone agreed to recognize them, they’d demand even more money from the Ning Family as a price for letting Stone acknowledge the Nings.

But Stone had no idea about these shady schemes. Even if he knew, he’d probably just sneer and say, "Keep dreaming."

The Sun Family didn’t follow them but went back home to discuss their strategy. After all, Stone rarely came back, and they couldn’t waste such a good opportunity.

However, they had no idea that the Ning Family had already found Stone and no longer needed them to provide information or persuade him.

By the time they returned to the village committee office, Huo Yuhao had already prepared dinner.

So the group headed to the former site of the educated youth’s quarters. The old houses there had all been demolished. Now, aside from a three-and-a-half-story villa, there was also a large cold storage facility built to preserve fruits and vegetables that couldn’t be transported out in time.

The meal was abundantly prepared. Huo Yuhao, a grown man, wasn’t good at expressing his gratitude to Luo Qiao with words. Instead, he showed it through actions. In his heart, Luo Qiao was his benefactor and his most important supporter.

Now, he had become a well-known figure in Ji City, but everything he had stemmed from Luo Qiao. He would always remember this debt of gratitude. The only problem was that his benefactor was so capable that he hadn’t yet found a chance to fully repay her.

Luo Qiao looked at the villa and cold storage facility in front of her and gave Huo Yuhao a big thumbs-up.