Chapter 822: The People Behind Those People Are Very Likely Targeting the Xiao Family

When Liu Chuxue brought her grandfather home, Xiao Changsheng had also just arrived.

Before Zhao Lamei had a chance to bring up her sister-in-law's matter, she saw her daughter bringing the old man into the courtyard: "Chuxue, how's your aunt?"

After asking, she then called out: "Dad."

Xiao Changsheng looked completely baffled: "What happened to Nianchun?"

Although he hadn't spent much time with this half-sister from the same father, when he had returned to the capital to acknowledge the family, his sister had been very friendly toward him, and he knew his sister was pregnant.

Liu Chuxue first helped her grandfather into the main room: "Mom, is there any food left at home?"

Zhao Lamei quickly replied: "Yes, yes, yes, I'll go dish some out for you right now."

Seeing that the old man's complexion didn't look too good, she didn't dare ask directly about her sister-in-law's situation.

Liu Chuxue first poured a cup of water for the old man: "Grandpa, have some water first, I'll go help in the kitchen."

The old man of the Xiao family gave a slight nod without speaking.

As soon as Liu Chuxue stepped out, Xiao Changsheng sat down beside the old man: "Dad, what happened to Nianchun?"

The old man of the Xiao family thought of his daughter losing two children within a year, thought of how when his granddaughter had previously been lost, it was this child who had arrived unexpectedly that brought his daughter back to life, but he hadn't expected something to happen again, and he feared his daughter might come to some mishap.

Thinking of what he had investigated, his whole body radiated malice.

Before the old man could speak, Liu Chuxue had already come in carrying the food: "Dad, let Grandpa take a breather, we'll talk about Aunt's matter in a bit."

Hearing this, Xiao Changsheng understood something bad must have happened.

He rose to his feet: "Is there anything else? I'll go help too."

The moment he stepped out of the main room with Liu Chuxue, he asked in a low voice: "What happened to your aunt?"

Liu Chuxue went into the kitchen and took the mixed-grain steamed buns her mother handed over: "My aunt had a miscarriage, and it was done deliberately. Grandpa looked into some leads and isn't in a good mood, so let him eat a bit first and take a breather."

Both of them, hearing this, felt their hearts grow heavy.

Liu Chuxue hadn't wanted to say it, but thinking her aunt's incident was man-made: "Mom, from now on, if you can avoid going out, try to stay in the courtyard. We'll pick up ingredients on our way back from work."

Zhao Lamei didn't think anyone would want to harm her, but she was quite pleased by her daughter's concern for her: "Alright, I'll do as you say."

Ever since his eldest son had told him some things, he had been consumed by guilt. The people behind those people were very likely targeting the Xiao family, yet Nianchun had become the target of their first move.

During this meal, the old man of the Xiao family ate without tasting anything, and if he hadn't feared his daughter-in-law would misunderstand, he probably wouldn't have had the heart to pick up his chopsticks.

After the meal, the old man sent his son and daughter-in-law away, and had Liu Chuxue sit beside him: "Chuxue, I know everything you said to your uncle before."

After pausing for quite a while, he continued: "Our family did indeed have a jade tablet passed down through the generations, but I gave that jade tablet to your grandmother back then. If those people really are after that jade tablet..."

He couldn't quite bring himself to continue. If they really were after that jade tablet, wouldn't that mean Han Chunyi had been indirectly harmed by him, and what his daughter suffered had also begun because of it? He found this hard to accept.

To tell the truth, if not for something like this happening, he would have almost forgotten about that jade tablet. After all, it was quite unassuming. Although the ancestors had passed down that the jade tablet was no ordinary item, after being passed down for so many generations, nothing unusual had ever been discovered about it.

Liu Chuxue hadn't expected that she had really guessed right—it truly was the opportunity she had obtained in the mountain cave. It seemed that, in the unseen workings of fate, this truly was heaven's will, and that opportunity was meant to be hers.

But she couldn't help muttering to herself: If someone else had obtained this opportunity, would they have been able to open that space?