The Landlady and The Amnesiac

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Chapter 18 – Blessed

If because of her help, Jiang Sihan gave up on this opportunity instead… Others didn’t know Jiang Sihan’s future, but she did. Did she have the right to change the future of such a talented person?

The music industry was currently at a standstill. If Jiang Sihan didn’t change his path, he might not be able to achieve success in this lifetime.

Luo Bei thought to herself, she should just continue being a passerby in this novel.

Baby Chen had just had his man yue, but it didn’t mean that he became a baby who could sit still for a long time. He wanted to go out and play every day, not wanting to stay at home at all.

But the seasons were changing and there were a lot of people starting to come down with colds. Zhao Pianpian did not dare take him out for a walk and instead went to chat with Grandma Luo in the yard under the sun during the day.

“That child Beibei really likes spending money recklessly. She’s only started working and doesn’t know to save when she gets her paycheck. She insisted on buying me a pair of gold earrings.” Granny Luo tucked her salt and pepper hair behind her ears, her face all smiles, “I’m so old, what am I wearing earrings for?”

Zhao Pianpian smiled and said, “Beibei is a filial child. There aren’t a lot of young people like her nowadays, thinking of buying her grandmother gifts after receiving her pay.”

“Aren’t you one too? You’re only four or five years older than Beibei, why are you sounding like Beibei’s elder?”

Zhao Pianpian looked at the baby in her arms, softly and gently saying, “I’ve given birth, experienced so many things, I feel like my mental age is much older than my actual age.”

Grandma Luo felt very distressed for her, being a single mother at such a young age. People who weren’t personally involved wouldn’t be able to comprehend the hardships she experienced.

“Our Beibei is actually also quite a pitiful child.” Grandma Luo switched topics and sighed, “I’m also to blame as I didn’t teach Beibei’s father well. Beibei’s grandfather was a very capable person but he wasn’t good at managing the family properties. He squandered it all, fortunately leaving this building. As for Beibei’s dad, he wasn’t willing to be a contract employee and insisted on following his friends and starting a business. I didn’t say anything at the time because I thought it would be good for him to learn a lesson. Who would have thought that once Beibei’s father fell, he refused to pick himself back up. Her dad was an irresponsible person. That time he divorced with her mother, I don’t know what was going on between the two of them, but they ran away with all our money. At first, when he started his business, he used money I borrowed using the building as a guarantee. It was high-interest and the interest kept snowballing. They wanted to throw this terrible mess to us, orphan and widow, to handle.”

“Afterwards, it was Beibei’s Uncle Cheng who found someone to handle it. That person told us we could pay it back slowly and the interest wasn’t that high either. Beibei is very mature for her age. She’s been well-behaved all her life. She would come back and help me clean the corridors after school. There were times when the tenant’s lease expired and they didn’t want to clean up the room, they would give us 100 yuan and Beibei would do it for them.” Grandma Luo choked back tears as she spoke, “She was still in her teens back then. There was no male figure around and she only had her grandmother. It’s not like she didn’t encounter unreasonable tenants. She argued with one once. That person pushed her and she rolled down the stairs. Fortunately, nothing happened, otherwise…”

Zhao Pianpian was a very sentimental person. As she listened to Grandma Luo, her eyes started to redden.

“Grandma Luo, Beibei is someone who is blessed to have a good life.” Zhao Pianpian comforted her, “Look at her, she grew up without a hitch. She’s found a job too. When ill luck reaches its limit, good luck comes in.”