You Owe Me, My Love

Chapter 406 Things Have Changed

Wu Nian felt butterflies in her stomach. “What is it?”

“I think it’s better if we talk about it in person when we meet,” the man on the line replied.

At his unusually grave tone, she could feel anxiety rising inside her guts. “You’ve already mentioned it, so just tell me. You know I won’t be able to sleep if you leave me hanging like this.”

Another brief pause came before he began hesitantly, “So… I just found out that Grandma has been investigating about you. She discovered you once went to see someone at the psychiatric hospital who resembled her late friend. You looked devastated at that person’s grave back then, so she’s been very curious about the relationship between you both.”

“She’s my mother, Bai Bing,” Wu Nian admitted plainly. “She grew up in an orphanage and eventually became mentally ill.”

“Does that mean you’re possibly a descendant of Grandma’s friend?”

“No idea. My mother’s dead, and I went through a bone marrow transplant, so there could’ve been changes to my DNA,” she noted. “Besides, even if I turn out to be someone related to that friend of your grandma, I doubt it’ll make any difference to anyone. I don’t wish to intervene in someone else’s daily life either.”

“What if…” Aaron probed again. “What if your grandpa has been looking for you all this while? It seems like he wants to atone for the mistakes he’d done towards his wife, and you’re the only family whom she left behind after all.”

“I don’t need any compensation. It’s pointless. He’s only trying to cover up his own guilt,” Wu Nian stated coldly. “His wife is long dead. She won’t be able to feel anything now regardless of what he tries to do. It’s too late to make any amends when the person who mattered most is already gone. He brought it upon himself, so let him live the rest of his life in his own regrets.”

“What if I ask you to meet him instead?”

Wu Nian lowered her eyes.

She would’ve denied that request without any hesitation if it wasn’t Aaron who had asked.

A lot of things would be exposed the moment she acknowledged her grandfather.

It could possibly mess up other people’s lives too.

That was the last thing she wanted.

But it’s Aaron…

Her lips twitched. The man had helped her so much all this while. How could she say no to her benefactor? “Fine,” she answered.

took on a slightly more lighthearted note. “That’s great! I’ll see you on the 15th then. Your grandpa will

leaned against the recliner and stared at the clear blue sky. The clouds above shifted their shapes constantly as if reflecting her

Aaron’s new

she had to do next. She sat up and dialed Shen

call just as quickly as Aaron

sea.

could even hear his uneven breathing from the other side of the

conditions we agreed upon earlier,” she

lecture? It’s time you tell me

man didn’t consent to her reminders this time. She swore to herself that she’d never let that man

Don’t forget what you promised.” At that, she ended the call without a further word and proceeded to forward Aaron’s message to

an hour, she went back into the kitchen

soon as she docked, Wu Nian began restocking on clean water and fresh produce. She even went as

to the island once

a straw mat and some hay, she built a

kennel near the bow of the

auto-navigation, she retreated into her room

started barking violently. The yacht swayed back and forth. Struggling to balance herself, she wobbled towards the door and swung

raging despite the sky showing no

she went back inside and freshened up. She slid on

fiercely

in an attempt to pick it

you a nice

poodle scuffled and barked. It even tried to bite her as she grappled around

a handful of dog food, the

in

its fur with her hairdryer, she said to the poodle, “What

albeit a lot less

down at the animal. “That’s settled then, Qing! You like that name too,

barked again, wagging its tail while

it another