Ning Xi was brought into the house by her maternal grandfather and maternal grandmother.
The two elders, with kind faces, looked at Ning Xi with shining eyes.
They directly pushed her to the dining table.
Then they sat opposite her, their eyes staring straight at her.
"Our granddaughter is so beautiful, why is she so thin? Has the Lu family mistreated you?"
"It's okay, you're home now. Maternal Grandfather and Maternal Grandmother will cook delicious food for you, and we'll definitely fatten you up!"
The elders' first priority was to feed her.
Maternal Grandfather and Maternal Grandmother frantically put food into Ning Xi's bowl.
The bowl in front of Ning Xi was quickly piled into a small mountain.
She looked at the bowl, then at the dim house of the Shen family, the old furniture, and the windows and doors that exuded an evil aura and a yin wind. Her heart felt sour and bitter, and she was uncomfortable everywhere.
Although she never intended to harm the Shen family, her help to the Lu family had indeed suppressed the Shen family's fortune, indirectly allowing Lu Xinyue to steal more luck, and causing the Shen family to fall to the bottom.
Ning Xi pursed her lips in thought.
After a while, she put down her chopsticks, stood up, and bowed very seriously.
"Maternal Grandfather, Maternal Grandmother, I'm sorry. I did many wrong things at the Lu family's and harmed our family."
Seeing her like this, her maternal grandfather and maternal grandmother were heartbroken.
The two elders, one on the left and one on the right, moved to her side, took her hands, and sat her back down on a chair.
"What does it have to do with you what the Lu family did? Don't blame yourself, it's not your fault!"
"You're still a child, what could you do? You're not allowed to say that anymore. If anyone is to blame, it's us, your maternal grandfather and maternal grandmother, for not watching you properly, causing you to be switched at birth and suffer outside!"
The elders rubbed Ning Xi's hands as if she were a rare treasure.
Ning Xi's heart felt even more sour.
After thinking it over, she decided to confess.
"I... I also harmed my five brothers, causing them to have bad luck everywhere, lose money, and be unlucky..."
Her maternal grandfather and maternal grandmother couldn't bear to hear their granddaughter say this.
In the enemy's house, was it the child's fault!
They immediately retorted, and had already found reasons for Ning Xi.
"If you harmed your brothers, it's also because your brothers are stupid. How could our little Ning Xi be wrong!"
"If they can't even handle the small waves stirred up by their sister, how will they face the big storms of life in the future."
"Speaking of which, they still need to be properly tempered!"
The two elders, while roasting, also needed to find a typical example.
At this moment, only the Third Brother was at home among the five grandsons to be lectured.
Maternal Grandmother fiercely threw out a sentence, "Shen Xubai, this is about you!"
Shen Xubai, who had been completely ignored until now.
Was finally remembered by the elders.
Although it would have been better if they hadn't remembered him...
Shen Xubai looked at his maternal grandmother's sharp gaze and smiled helplessly, "I understand. We will work hard in the future."
At this moment, Maternal Grandfather sighed and spoke a fair word for Shen Xubai, "We can't blame the children entirely..."
Maternal Grandfather touched his white hair and his expression looked even older. "For the past ten years, the Shen family has been unlucky, always facing various troubles. Especially in the last five years, it's been a period of bad fortune, with people getting into trouble and others going bankrupt..."
Speaking of this, Maternal Grandmother also sighed deeply, "Ning Xi, your brothers don't not welcome you home, it's just that... they can't come home..."
"Your Eldest Brother, in order to save Xinyue, was in a car accident and has been in a coma for three years."
"Your Second Brother's career suffered a setback, he became a joke in Jing City, and moved to another city to live."
"Your Fourth Brother got involved with a lot of bad romance and fled the country to seek refuge."
"Your Fifth Brother... alas, he was so angry that the Lu family swallowed your Eldest Brother's company, so he hacked into the Lu family's website and is now at the police station, not out yet..."
Maternal Grandmother became more and more dejected as she spoke.
Who did the Shen family offend? Their children suffered misfortunes one after another, and even Ning Xi looked sickly. What could be done!
After Ning Xi listened, she gave a dry laugh and tried to explain, "Actually..."
"Actually, you should have listened to me and gone to the Taoist Temple to pray!"
Maternal Grandmother spoke first.
The Shen family had been plagued by disasters in recent years, and the Old Madam always felt they had offended the Grand Duke Jupiter, urging her grandsons to worship gods.
But not a single one of them listened to her.
The result was that things at home became even more unfavorable...
Speaking of this.
Maternal Grandmother carefully took out a Peace Talisman from her pocket and, like a treasure, pressed it into Ning Xi's palm.
"Ning Xi, your maternal grandfather and maternal grandmother went up the mountain to ask for this. You must keep it safe. Look how weak you are, perhaps it's also a problem with the family."
Maternal Grandfather nodded repeatedly.
The various strange phenomena in the Shen family made it difficult not to suspect that there was a problem with the Feng Shui.
Ning Xi looked down at the Peace Talisman.
She almost burned the talisman with fire.
Who drew this fake talisman?
The cinnabar was scattered like red ink, and the runes were more abstract than Picasso's.
What kind of industry scumbag is this, a low-end counterfeit, even deceiving the elderly!
Ning Xi was so angry she wanted to call the police.
But she heard Shen Xubai say, "This was obtained from the Master this morning after Maternal Grandfather and Maternal Grandmother kowtowed all the way into the main hall. Ning Xi, you must keep it safe."
The talisman paper that Ning Xi had initially found so distasteful was now tightly held in her palm again.
Only then did she realize that the red and purple marks in the middle of her maternal grandfather and maternal grandmother's foreheads were from kowtowing up the mountain to ask for the Peace Talisman...
Ning Xi blinked hard.
After a while, she slapped the Peace Talisman forcefully, "Maternal Grandfather, Maternal Grandmother, since I'm back, you can rest assured. The Shen family's luck is about to turn!"
The commotion startled her maternal grandfather and maternal grandmother.
Seeing this, Ning Xi giggled.
She put the Peace Talisman into her little pocket.
Then she playfully poked Shen Xubai, "Maternal Grandfather, Maternal Grandmother, just wait and see, Third Brother will soon become a stunningly handsome man."
Maternal Grandfather and Maternal Grandmother looked at the dark-skinned Shen Xubai.
They were speechless for a long time.
But meeting Ning Xi's confident gaze.
The two elders still curved their lips and smiled supportively, "Okay, whatever our little Ning Xi says is right. Looking at Third Brother now, he does look better!"
Shen Xubai, "..."
What kind of doting love is this, that distorts right and wrong and calls a deer a horse...
...
After the meal.
Ning Xi followed her maternal grandfather and maternal grandmother upstairs.
The elders were afraid that if they were too sad, Ning Xi wouldn't be able to eat, so they told her to see her mother after the meal.
The room was pitch black.
Only the moonlight from outside shone in, illuminating the figure of a woman by the bed.
Maternal Grandmother turned on the light and walked to the woman's side.
She took her hand and said, "Jiaojiao, Ning Xi is back, your daughter is back!"
Shen Jiao was slender but exceptionally beautiful, showing that she must have been a stunning beauty in her past.
However, her eyes were unfocused at the moment, her complexion was ashen, like an empty shell from which the soul had been extracted.
Hearing the sound, she slowly stood up and walked over, fumbling.
"Ning Xi, is it? Mommy can only touch you, I can't see what you look like anymore."
Shen Ning Xi saw this and obediently walked over.
Allowing Shen Jiao to caress her.
Shen Jiao's gaze was fixed, clearly unable to see anything.
Shen Ning Xi softly called out, "Mom."
Shen Jiao's eyes immediately turned red. "Mom is sorry, I didn't protect you well and let you get lost."
As mother and daughter were reunited, the audience was in tears.
Maternal Grandfather and Maternal Grandmother hugged and wiped away tears, while Shen Xubai tilted his head back, desperately fanning his eyes.
Shen Jiao fumbled and took out a small box from the drawer, handing it to Shen Ning Xi.
"Ning Xi, this is a gift from Mommy. I can only carve by feel now since I can't see, and I don't know what it looks like. Take a look, do you like it? Does it need to be changed?"
Shen Ning Xi took out a jade pendant from the red small box.
The pendant was a plump, all-white jade stone shaped like a little rabbit, with a red string tied to it.
Ning Xi's zodiac sign was the rabbit.
She touched the smooth jade, her heart feeling both sour and warm.
This was the first gift she had ever received in her life!
She cherished the little rabbit, "It's very cute, I like it very much, thank you, Mom!"
Maternal Grandmother came over and helped Ning Xi put on the little rabbit.
"Ning Xi looks really good wearing this. Your mother was very capable when she was young, she held fashion shows and jewelry shows in Paris. She always hoped to have a daughter she could dress up beautifully. Xinyue's clothes and jewelry since childhood were all made by her mother. It's a pity our Ning Xi didn't get to enjoy that. Over the years, Mom's health has gotten worse and worse, and her eyes have gone blind, so she can't do it anymore..."
Shen Ning Xi touched the little rabbit.
She felt a little sad that she hadn't worn clothes made by her mother...
As she was thinking, she suddenly noticed a memorial tablet standing on her mother's bedside table.
Shen Ning Xi was startled and asked in confusion, "Is this my father's memorial tablet?"
As soon as she asked, her maternal grandfather and maternal grandmother became very nervous.
However, Shen Jiao nodded naturally.
"Yes, your father passed away many years ago..."
Upon hearing this, Shen Ning Xi turned and stared intently at Shen Jiao.
After a moment, she frowned.
"But Mom, your Red Phoenix star hasn't faded, and your 'Li' is still intact. Your husband should still be alive—mmph mmph mmph—"
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