Chapter 288: Just Say It If You Want To

  Suppressing the urge to rush to the cemetery to see her grandmother, Zuo Xiao Yao first rented a house near her original "home" through a real estate agent. The community was just built two years ago, when she left. It's a two-bedroom, one-living room apartment, and the owner bought it for investment purposes but also did some simple decoration. Although there is no furniture such as sofas, tables, and chairs, the basic facilities in the kitchen and bathroom are complete, with flooring and wall treatment, which suits her just fine!

  Because of the purple boundary empty, Zuo Xiao Yao's living conditions are not high, so she simply bought a set of modern furniture such as sofa, bed, chair, refrigerator, computer and so on from a furniture store and had them delivered and installed directly.

  Zuo Xiaoyao, who had been cultivating in the void of Ziyuan for days, calculated that it had been more than 30 years since she last experienced modern life after leaving S City two years ago. Now, revisiting this life again, although slightly moved, she didn't feel much nostalgia. It seemed that she still preferred her cultivation career, even if it was cold and lonely. Without Grandma's presence, life would have been like this anyway. For her, having the cultivation path to rely on wasn't a bad thing after all.

  Without thoroughly removing her disguise, and not being in the midst of a group of cultivators in the cultivation world, Zuo Xiao Yao could naturally move freely in and out of the Purple Yuan Boundary. Washing away the disguise on her face, she looked at the reflection in the boundary that was slightly younger than two years ago, and Zuo Xiao Yao also felt a bit helpless. Although her actual age wasn't very old, every time she advanced, more impurities were removed from her body, making her skin smoother and her complexion looking increasingly youthful, which still made her feel somewhat unaccustomed to it.

  According to her current understanding of Xiuzhen, she knows that this situation is not at all a case of "returning to youth", after all, she herself is not very old, it's just that due to being cultivated and purified, her physical body has changed, which would lead to such a situation, and it won't be particularly unusual, other women can also achieve similar effects by doing some cosmetic surgery or taking good care of themselves in daily life.

  The internet is really a good thing, it's very convenient to look up some information you want through the computer. Looking at those old news related to Hongxin Group, Zuo Xiaoyao's face was calm and indifferent, as if everything had nothing to do with her. Even among them, except for the "10 million reward for finding relatives" two years ago, there was another one that caught people's attention - "Cinderella marries into a wealthy family, sworn brothers become relatives!"

  Zhuang Gong dances with his sword, aiming at Pei Gong!

  It goes without saying that their performance tonight has an obvious purpose, and Zuo Xiao Yao can only sigh in admiration at the meticulous planning of the Hong Xin Group.

  After spending more than half a day browsing through the 'new' news of S city for two years, except for one that made Zuo Xiaoyao's heart move slightly, everything else in her eyes was just understanding and didn't take it too seriously.

  At the same time, in a famous high-end villa area in S city, Huamen Shijia, in a villa study that occupies a considerable amount of land, Zuo Jingxuan sat at his desk, rubbing his temples and complaining in a somewhat dissatisfied tone: "Dad, I just got back and heard that the woman from the Wang family came to visit again. Why do you always have such an ambiguous attitude? If you don't want to see her, why let her in and accept the gifts she brings?"

  The sixty-year-old man behind the desk, who was carefully examining a painting on the table with a magnifying glass, looked up at him and replied indifferently, "Since the young lady from the Hongxin Group is eager to join our family, let her be. After all, she doesn't have the surname Zuo, and we've never publicly mentioned that she has any relation to us!"

  "But in the eyes of outsiders, there will still be opinions about it. Moreover, the Wang family occasionally releases some inexplicable rumors, and those media always use this as a pretext to tie our two families together, bringing negative impact on the reputation of the Lü family!"

  It was clear that Zuo Jingxuan's tone was impatient, and only then did he put down the magnifying glass in his hand and sit back in the chair behind him. Zuo Zhenglong smiled faintly and said, "So what do you think we should do? The fact is that her own sister is your grandmother's adopted daughter with the surname Zuo, and this cannot be denied. Even if she doesn't admit it out loud, it's fine. If we take the initiative to save face and insist on cutting ties with them, I believe the Wang family will be delighted to see it happen. They can use this as an excuse to make a big fuss again and force her to come out!

  He knew his father was telling the truth, and Zuo Jingxuan leaned back in his chair with a dejected expression. "So what should we do? I really don't want to see that woman constantly coming to our home or company, losing face and not caring about it at all! Father, please tell me the truth, no matter what was originally inside that box, what's its origin? It's already forced you to take an empty box abroad and not dare to return to find your mother for so many years. Now it's forcing Zuo Xiaoyao to escape, and even Hongxin can't find her with this human flesh search method. It's been over two years, and there's still no news whether she's dead or alive!"

  "No news is good news, Hongxin has not given up until now, I suppose it's because she still hasn't found Xiaoyao. The origin of that box isn't important, my mother mentioned that it was my grandmother's dowry. My grandmother, who is also your great-grandmother, came from a prominent family in the past, but later on, they somehow offended someone and their fortune gradually declined. By the time of your great-grandmother's generation, only she was left as the eldest child, and she was engaged to your great-grandfather since childhood. Unfortunately, after giving birth to your grandfather, she passed away due to her weak health!"

  Here is the translation:

  At this point, Zuo Zhenglong's face turned solemn and he felt a sense of nostalgia. After pausing for a moment, he continued, "Your grandfather passed away early, and when he was alive, he didn't tell your grandmother much about family matters. Over the years, I have secretly sent people to investigate carefully, and there are some things that it's better to tell you earlier, so that you can be prepared mentally for future events. Your great-grandfather's second wife was originally a personal maid who grew up with your great-grandmother, and she knew that the purple box was a family heirloom from your great-grandmother's maiden home. There were rumors in her maiden home that their ancestors would occasionally produce people with great spiritual power, or supernatural abilities. Although she didn't know what was inside the box, after gaining control of the household, she tried every means to pass it down to her son, and even attempted to harm your grandfather. Your great-grandfather was weak at the time, and after discovering this, he entrusted a loyal servant with the box and some valuable property that your great-grandmother had given him before her death, and told him to take your grandfather and escape under cover of night!

  "Really, fake? Special ability? If the thing in that box is really that amazing, then our ancestral home wouldn't have declined, right? And Grandfather wouldn't have passed away so early. No wonder we've had almost no contact with the main family all these years. You and Uncle only maintained a superficial relationship!"

  Zuo Jingxuan raised an eyebrow, and he always felt that the rumor about the purple box being a family heirloom was not very credible. Zuo Zhenglong smiled slightly before responding, "Before I escaped with the box, which I had originally intended to give to my first love as a gift, I didn't believe it either. But over thirty years ago, when I was saved by a young man who could walk on water, I completely believed it. And I also believe that there should be someone like that behind Hongxin's back. We ordinary people are simply no match for them!"

  Looking at his own father, although he was smiling, he couldn't hide the bitterness. Although he was only nearly sixty years old, he looked like a man in his seventies with an aged face. Left Jingxuan's heart couldn't help but feel a lump, and for a moment, the shock that had originally come from hearing him mention his own personal experiences of this past also dissipated somewhat. Unconsciously, he muttered to himself, "Could it be that this conspiracy against the Left family has been unfolding since more than thirty years ago?"

  "No, it should be said, it has already begun since your grandfather passed away!"

  In the study filled with a heavy atmosphere, after a moment of silence, Zuo Jingxuan's voice sounded again "Then what should we do next?"

  "Wait, wait for her to come back, wait for her to have the strength to face that person!"

  Exuding a bleak voice filled with powerlessness, even though at this time Zuo Zhenglong was a renowned returned overseas Chinese in S city, and had a certain status in the Southeast Asian Chinese business circle!

  P.S: Thanks for the support from Dizzy Girl, feeling much better today, although still not dare to eat too much, will try to make up for yesterday's two updates tomorrow!

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