Grandma was so tired, both physically and mentally, that she closed her eyes as she spoke.
Jiang Heshu's heart skipped a beat. She hurriedly went to ring the bell and call the nurse, but was stopped by Pei Yan, who came over at some unknown time.
"Grandma is just asleep, please check the electrocardiogram."
Jiang Heshu breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the weak but still curved lines.
She wiped away her tears, closed the door to the ward, and then asked, "Why are you here?"
Pei Yan paused his fingertips slightly, and said in the same tone as before: "I heard that grandma was transferred to the general ward. Come and take a look."
With that said, Pei Yan poured her a cup of hot water, "Drink some, your voice is dumb."
Jiang Heshu did not refuse.
Jiang Heshu hadn't had a good rest in the past few days, his eyes were red and swollen from crying, his eyes were black and blue, and his face was very pale.
"You go to the nursing room and take a rest, I'll keep an eye on grandma."
Jiang Heshu shook his head, "No, you should go back to work. Aunt Liu and I will be fine here."
Pei Yan frowned slightly, "If you don't get a good rest and fall ill, how will you take care of grandma?"
After Pei Yan's persuasion, Jiang Heshu finally nodded and went to rest.
Pei Yan closed the door and walked to the main ward.
Grandma was still sleeping, so he didn't disturb her. He moved a chair and sat next to her, closing his eyes and relaxing.
About an hour later, Pei Yan heard some small sounds and opened his eyes.
Grandma woke up.
She looked at Pei Yan and asked straight to the point: "Do you know what I'm going to say when I ask you to come over?"
After being transferred from the intensive care unit to the general ward, grandma took advantage of Jiang Heshu's absence and asked Aunt Liu to call Pei Yan and ask him to come over. She had something to talk to him about.
Pei Yan thought about what he heard when he first arrived. He nodded slightly and said, "I can guess some."
While talking, Pei Yan poured a glass of water, waited until the water temperature was right, and put it in front of grandma, "You just woke up, moisten your throat before we talk."
Grandma did not refuse. She looked at the man in front of her who was extraordinary in appearance and self-cultivation, and said in her heart that she regretted that it was a lie.
Except for being taciturn, Pei Yan met her standards for a grandson-in-law in other aspects.
He is mature and reliable, can be relied upon by Jiang Heshu, and can also provide Jiang Heshu with excellent living conditions, but it is a pity...
Grandma slowly closed her eyes, and when she opened them again, her eyes were clearer.
She looked at the snow-white ceiling and said, "Let me tell you a story."
Pei Yan did not interrupt and listened quietly to his grandmother talking about what happened to Jiang Heshu from the time he was born until now.
Grandma speaks very slowly. After saying a few words, she has to take a break.
It took grandma two hours to tell this story.
A light rain started to fall outside the window at some point, and the fog and rain were hazy, making it difficult to see the buildings in the distance clearly.
The gusts of autumn wind blew the curtains slightly, bringing a bit of coolness, mixed with a little drizzle.
In the ward, after grandma finished telling the story, there was silence.
Pei Yan's body lines are clean and smooth, and his narrow black eyes are too cold and calm, making it impossible to peek into his emotions and thoughts.
After a while, grandma choked and said, "I would rather Shushu not care about my life or death like my unfilial children, than let her suffer so much for me."
"She has suffered too much in the past 20 years."
"Xiao Yan, can you divorce Shu Shu?"
Pei Yan's thin lips moved slightly, but before he could make a sound, grandma said again: "I already know that you and Shu Shu have no relationship. You signed a prenuptial agreement. The reason why you refused to divorce before was because of liquidated damages."
Hearing this, Pei Yan suddenly raised his head, and finally there was a slight change on his face.
Jiang Heshu would not tell grandma about this, so how did grandma...
Seemingly sensing Pei Yan's doubts, grandma said: "On the day of the wedding, I fainted, not only because I saw the videos of Gu Jing and other women, but also not just because the guests slandered Shu Shu."
"There was a woman behind me and told me that my grandma forced you to marry Shu Shu. You signed an agreement before the marriage. If the marriage ends early, you will have to pay a lot of liquidated damages..."
"You don't like Shu Shu at all. Shu Shu only married you because he was afraid that I would find out the truth. There is no love between you."
After all, Jiang Heshu had sold himself for her.
Pei Yan said: "Grandma, we used to agree to get married, but with the contact, He Shu and I have developed a good feeling for each other..."
Grandma shook her head, "No."
Ever since she was a child, Jiang Heshu has had a sense of boundaries. Relatives are relatives and friends are friends. She signed an agreement with Pei Yan, which is a cooperative relationship and will never be a husband.
If Jiang Heshu really had a relationship with Pei Yan, she would definitely terminate the cooperative relationship with Pei Yan.
Since Jiang Heshu has no true feelings for Pei Yan, then this marriage is just a restraint and shackles for Jiang Heshu.
"Xiao Yan, you can say that I am shameless or shameless. Grandma, please, don't ask for liquidated damages and divorce Shu Shu, okay?" Grandma pleaded with her face.
As she spoke, she struggled to sit up from the hospital bed.
Pei Yan knew what grandma wanted to do at a glance. He raised his hand and pressed her shoulders, saying in a deep voice: "Grandma, I have always regarded you as an elder."
Of course grandma knew that Pei Yan respected her, but...
She thought that she had been doing a good job all her life, but when she was about to die in her old age, she did such a morally hijacking and shameless thing.
But she had to do it.
She didn't have many days to live, but her Shushu was different.
Her Shu Shu is only in her twenties, she is still young and has unlimited possibilities for the future. She cannot ruin her life because of this bad old lady like her.
Before she died, she had to do something for Shu Shu.
This marriage existed because of her, and it should be annulled because of her.
"Xiao Yan, grandma, please..."
The old man, who was similar in age to his grandmother but looked much older than her, lowered his status and looked at him with pleading eyes.
Pei Yan looked as usual, but the hands hanging by his sides were clenched tighter and tighter, with obvious veins.
——
In the next few days, grandma cooperated with the treatment and her health gradually improved.
Jiang Heshu breathed a sigh of relief and his complexion improved.
On this day, Jiang Heshu went back to the villa to get a change of clothes, and Pei Yan called out to her.
"Let's talk."
Jiang Heshu didn't know why, but he still put down what he was holding and walked to Pei Yan.
"What's wrong?"
Pei Yan lowered his eyes and looked at her rosy face, "Pei Liya admitted it."
Whether it was showing the video, taking Pei Sui'an away, or deliberately telling her grandmother about the marriage agreement between him and Jiang Heshu, Pei Liya admitted it all.
But there were still some things that Pei Liya refused to admit, such as where she learned about the marriage agreement between herself and Jiang Heshu.
Jiang Heshu pinched his fingers, "What are you going to do?"
"Send her to a poor rural village in Yang City for one year and give her one hundred living expenses a month."
Pei Yan has already calculated that one pound of local rice is more than one pound. Pei Liya can eat one pound of rice for about two days, and her monthly living expenses are one hundred yuan, which is more than enough.
He was well prepared and opened his phone to show Jiang Heshu some photos.
In the photo, there are endless mountains, rugged mountain roads, mud roads covered with loess, and dilapidated and simple mud houses...
These photos convey only one message: poverty.
It is a completely different world from the prosperous and lush City A.
Let the wealthy eldest daughter born in the Pei family live here with only more than three yuan a day...
Jiang Heshu could imagine how devastated Pei Liya would be based on her temper.
But compared to my grandmother, whose life span was affected, this pain is not worth mentioning.
Pei Yan added: "In one year, I will send her to Africa. If nothing happens, she will stay there forever."
When the time comes, he will not give Pei Liya another penny for living expenses.
Jiang Heshu knew that Pei Yan was not soft-hearted towards Pei Liya, so she nodded.
…
Pei Liya, who had been imprisoned for nearly a week, was lying on the ground. She was exhausted, her hair was disheveled, her clothes were dirty, and she still had a certain odor on her body. She was in a miserable state.
Suddenly, the dark door was opened.
