Chapter 855 Grandma''s Suspicion


    "Why aren''t you saying anything?" Raeleigh replied in amusement, "I don''t know what to say."


    "You must have something to say."


    "Don''t be so impulsive in the future. You''re too unruly."


    Scarlette fixed her eyes on Raeleigh. "Seriously, that''s your reaction?"


    "What else can I do?" Raeleigh picked up a book next to her hand, opened it and looked at the


    exercises inside. She was not interested in anything, not even in the exercises.


    Finally, the day had quietened down. Raeleigh nned to go home to see her grandmother over the


    weekend, so Raeleigh began to prepare for it on Friday afternoon.


    "Raeleigh, why do you need to pack up your things?" Scarlette asked. She did not know why, since she


    had no ss on Friday afternoon. So, she went back to her bedroom, intending to sit down for a good


    gaming session with Raeleigh, only to find her packing up as if she was ready to run away.


    Raeleigh bowed her head and continued to pack her belongings. "I need to go home to take a look."


    That week, Raeleigh''s schrship allowance had been transferred to her ount. She hadn''t expected


    it to be that fast. That, together with the money she had won from gaming with Scarlette, she could buy


    some health supplements for her grandmother.


    Raeleigh felt guilty when she thought of her elderly grandmother, who still worried about her daily.


    "Go home? You''re going home, too?" She knew Raeleigh had a grandmother, but other than that, she


    didn''t know much about her family.


    Raeleigh raised her head and looked at Scarlette. "Can''t I go home?"


    "Of course you can. It''s just that I didn''t expect your family to be in Capital City as well." Scarlette sat at


    the side, feeling bored. "There''ll be nothing for me to do after you leave. Why don''t you bring me


    along?"


    Raeleigh hesitated for a moment. "If you have nothing else to do, then you can go back with me and let


    my Grandma see you."


    "OK, then I will prepare for it." Upon hearing Raeleigh agree to let here along, Scarlette rushed to


    pack her things up and was ready shortly after. Then, they both set off, leaving the university and


    reaching her Grandma''s ce before it got dark.


    Raeleigh''s grandmother was amoner and it was she who had brought Raeleigh up ever since she


    had been a kid. The two of them lived together, and depended on no one other than each other and


    although life was tough, they were content and happy.


    Raeleigh didn''t have any unrealistic dreams. She just hoped that her Grandma would be able to live a


    happy life after Raeleigh started earning afortable living.


    How much money would she earn apart from recycling clothes? Back then, they barely managed to get


    by that way.


    When they arrived at the gate, Raeleigh got out of the car, followed by Scarlette. The both of them


    walked in a single file and entered the small walkway.


    "Raeleigh, is your house a bungalow?" She didn''t expect that there were bungalows on the outskirts of


    Capital City.


    "This house doesn''t belong to Grandma.  We used to live in a rented house. Before that, we lived in the


    countryside. Later, it was because of my studies that we moved here to Capital City. We tried to rent an


    apartment but they were simply too expensive, so we ended up here."


    "Why did you live in the countryside? Is your family from the countryside?" Scarlettee asked as she


    walked. Raeleigh had already reached the door of her home. She didn''t answer but just said, "The


    rental house in the countryside was my grandmother''s. We live there well. If it weren''t for my studies,


    then perhaps we would have lived there forever."


    Scarlette stopped questioning her. Raeleigh raised her hand and knocked on the door. "My Grandma''s


    health is generally alright. However, over the past few years, her leg is often swelling up and in a lot of


    pain. It is because she spent so much of her youth outside in freezing temperatures without proper


    instion."


    "Your grandmother really lived quite a harsh life." Scarlette shook her head, pitifully.


    It was not easy for an olddy to take care of her granddaughter alone.


    Raeleigh knocked on the door for a while but no one answered. Raeleigh took out the key and


    unlocked the door, leading Scarlette into the house. When they entered the room, there was no one in


    the room, but it was clean and had been tidied up, although there were no furnishings in the house.


    "Come on in first, she must''ve gone out." Raeleigh invited Scarlette in as thetter put down her


    backpack and walked around the house, stopping here and there to take a peek.


    Raeleigh put down her backpack and went to the front door.


    After watching for a while, she finally saw an olddy dragging her heavy body as she trudged back


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    home.


    Seeing Raeleigh, the olddy smiled immediately. In her hand was a small packet of meat.


    "Grandma, why did you go out?" Raeleigh hurried to support the olddy. The olddy smiled kindly


    and said, "I''ve gone out to see if you''ve arrived. I passed by the meat stall along the road and so I


    decided to buy a piece, so that I can broil it for you tonight."


    The olddy was very polite when she spoke and when she looked at Raeleigh, her gaze was kind.


    Raeleigh''s Grandma was no ordinary person. Although she used to pick old torn clothes for a living in


    her youth, she had amassed a lot of life experience and encountered all sorts of people. Not only was


    she tough, she was also tenacious.


    Raeleigh had learnt all the valuable lessons from her grandmother, such as how to be calm even in the


    midst of a crisis and not to be easily triggered.


    "If you want meat, then I can go and buy it. Didn''t I give you a phone? Just call me if you need


    anything. It''s not inconvenient for me toe back." Raeleigh was normally a person of few words, but


    with her Grandma, she was unusually chatty.


    The old madam chuckled. "How can it be the same? The meat you buy is for my consumption, as for


    the meat I buy, it is for you."


    "Isn''t that the same thing?" Raeleigh was quite exasperated. Sometimes, there was just nothing she


    could do about her grandmother.


    The grandmother and granddaughter duo talked all the way until they reached home. When they


    entered the house, only then did the grandmother notice another person present in her house. She


    smiled and asked, "Raeleigh, is this your ssmate?"


    Scarlette was looking at Raeleigh''s photographs in the house, as well as some of the awards Raeleigh


    had won as a child.


    Raeleigh''s trophies and medals adorned the walls. In the olddy''s words, other people kept money in


    their safe boxes, but in their house, it was Raeleigh''s trophies.


    The olddy said that she wouldn''t feel at ease even if she put them somewhere else, so she felt


    Raeleigh had hung the medals on the wall ording to her grandmother''s wishes.


    Scarlette, who had never seen that many trophies and medals in her life, was shocked.


    "Scarlette, this is my grandmother. Grandma, Scarlette is my dorm mate. There''s only me and Scarlette


    in our dormitory. I''ve brought her along for you to meet her," Raeleigh exined. The olddy was


    shrewd. Her granddaughter''s words hinted at something else hidden away.


    "Why didn''t you tell me earlier? I''ll buy some more food." The old madam chuckled and Scarlette said


    hurriedly, "I''m fine with anything. You don''t have to make any special preparations for me. Otherwise, I''ll


    be embarrassed toe again next time."


    The olddy smiled and said, "That won''t do either. This is your first time here. How about this?


    Scarlette, stay here and help me watch the house. Raeleigh and I''ll buy some more food. What do you


    like to eat, Scarlette?"


    She felt embarrassed and said with a smile, "Why don''t I go shopping with Raeleigh? You can stay at


    home."


    "That''s not good. Scarlette, please stay. Raeleigh and I will go and buy the food. It''s not far away from


    here." The olddy insisted. Scarlette did not argue any further with her. Raeleigh saw that her


    grandmother had something she wanted to say to her alone. So, she ced the packet of meat on the


    table and she then held her grandmother''s arms to support her as they walked out.


    A short distance away from the house, the olddy asked Raeleigh, "Raeleigh, tell me, how did you


    meet Scarlette?"


    Her grandmother was her closest rtive, so Raeleigh had never kept anything from her. Thus, she


    told her everything there was to know about how she and Scarlette met. After hearing this, the olddy


    sighed. "Raeleigh, I know that you are unwilling to go to that ce. But I''ve always felt that you are not


    an ordinary girl. You must know that I''m not capable and so I have only you to rely upon."


    "People like us are easy targets to be bullied in society. You''ve had your fair share of troubles since


    childhood."


    "It is not a new thing for rich people to bully the poor."


    "But I still have to tell you that it''s not a big deal for them to bully us, but we can''t lose our dignity. I don''t


    expect you to rebel against them, but a person cannot live without dignity, so no matter what they do to


    you, you must remember that you are a person with dignity."