Chapter 553 - Denial

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CHAPTER 552

His eyes narrowed at Li Jing as he tried to actually understand what had been going on with her.

"Child."

She half-turned. Her tears were already threatening to spill and she knew that his nosy caring eyes caught dight of it.

"It is nothing, grandfather," Li Jing lied.

"Nothing? Wait, have you been crying, Li Jing?"

"What? Crying? Oh pff…" she laughed it off and tried to cover it but he was not buying her pretence.

"Li Jing…"

"What, grandfather? Why would I be crying? I am okay."

"Tell that to someone who doesn't know you, Li Jing. Something definitely is up and wrong. What is it? Talk to grandpa. Is anyone tricking you?"

"No. Why would they do that?"

"What do you want me to say? It is either someone is annoyingly disturbing you or you have something big troubling you?"

"Do not worry about it, granddad. I am alright. Besides, if there is anything troubling me, I would not hesitate to let you know and you know it. So why would I keep this from you?"

"I don't know. It is you o should be asking." He let out an exasperated sigh and shook his head at her.

Just when he was about to turn his gaze away and look at other things to help him think and concentrate, his eyes caught something and that had worried him. But that wasn't the only thing.

The next thing he knew, Li Jing reached up and began to fumble with her family heirloom as her thoughts began to drift away.

"You are just like her," he said, causing her to stop her movements and stare at him. "You know, your mother," he added.

"Uh…" she quickly let go of the necklace and began to play with her hands.

"You are nervous, Li Jing," he added more like stated.

"No. You got it all wrong, gramps. I am not nervous," Li Jing lied.

"Ah, you think so."

"Yes. I do."

Even after saying that, she did not change and continued rubbing her palms against each other further giving him more room to prove himself.

"Then why are your hands really moving?" She gazed down and actually saw that he was right and stopped doping that.

The next thing she began to do was actually move her legs to no beats in particular.

Quickly, Lin Zian held her at her arm and stopped her from moving.

"Li Jing!" he half yelled at her, stopping her from whatever it was that was racing down or through her mind. "Calm down. Talk to me. What is going on?"

"It is nothing, gramps."

"You cannot tell me it is nothing. It is either your eyes or your fiddling with your mother's necklace or the shaking of your legs for no just reason that tells or prove to me that it was nothing. So you have to tell me before I let Ye Cheng know."

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"What? Do not let him know."

"Why?"

He had somewhat guessed that with what she was doing that Ye Cheng may not have an idea with what was going on she pulled a fast one on her and viola he was right.

"Because your action says it all, baby. Li Jing, something is definitely going on. Please tell me let me help you with it."

"It isn't something I can just start saying. I do not even understand from where…"

"From anywhere then," he cut in suggestively.

"I appreciate it grandfather but…"

"There's no need to block me out, Li Jing. Fine, I would make it simple for you. It has to be your mother. Were you missing her again? Talk to me child. It hurts me to see you like this."

It took a while but her grandfather was persistent. After which, she had no choice but to voice out the truth.

"Fine, since you choose to be stubborn, God knows where you got that from gramps."

"Hey, you inherited it as well. Just see how long it is taking you to reveal something to me," he cut in.

She let out a sigh, completely exhausted from the relentless persuasion.

"Fine. Let's just move to the point. I…You may get angry, you have all right to be or maybe ou do not but do not get angry, my brain cannot stomach that right now. I still am processing this whole…"

"Li Jing just say it."

"Oh yes. Uh, for a while now, I hired a private investigator to find mum."

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His eyes widened with shock but as soon as they did and she saw it, they dimmed and beamed at her as his parted lips closed involuntarily and he smiled at her.

"Hey, darling. I knew."

"You knew!" It was now Li Jing's turn to feel shocked.

"Yes, darling."

"But, you never said anything."

"I never wanted to ruin or shatter your hope, my child."

"Oh, I see."

"Yes."

"Okay, but umm, this I am sorry to disappoint you, gramps. That wasn't what I was going to say."

"Really?"

"Yes. I am not disappointed. Much at least. I… Okay, I hired him and he has been doing such a good job. He found mum."

"He what!"

"Wait, okay that came out wrong. Relax grandfather. What I am trying to say is that he found where she used to stay before she disappeared, again."

"What do you mean by disappeared again."

"He found my parents." As she said this, her voice broke and tears began to roll down her cheeks.

"Li Jing."

"Gramps, mum married and they were happy. She lived using an alias name and umm, they had an accident one day and that was how she disappeared."

"No… Quinyang is not dead."

"Wait, I never said she was. She just disappeared and the case was closed. All that remained was my father. He was found dead at the scene of the accident."

GBAM!

He startled her when he slammed his palm on the sofa in anger. But what followed next made Li Jing know that he was pretty hurt by the news as well.

"I warned her, but she was too in love to follow my decision. If she had married Kim…"

"Don't you dare say that!"