618: Grandfather He Knows About He Mingzhu

Grandfather He Knows About He Mingzhu

He Zhuang swallowed the lump inside his throat. He held He Mingzhu's hand and pulled her from behind his back.

Patting her back gently, he said as gently as he could

"He is Dad. Zhuzhu doesn't need to feel scared of him. Dad doesn't harm anyone."

He Mingzhu looked at He Zhuang with wide eyes and then at Grandfather He with fear-filled eyes. Though she was still scared she nodded her head.

He Zhuang stroked her hair and said

"Let's go to our room. You need to rest."

He Zhuang then started to walk He Mingzhu to his room. He had already asked the servant to shift his things to the room on the ground floor.

His room was on the first floor before but he was afraid that in his absence if He Mingzhu came out of the room then she would have to climb the stairs which were not good for her legs.

Although the doctor said that she could move this much, He Zhuang was not willing to let his Mingzhu suffer even a little.

"Zhuang!"

He Zhuang heard his father calling him. He knew that his father had many questions but he only said without turning to look at him.

"I will come back, Dad. Give me some time."

Grandfather He didn't say anything anymore.

He only looked at his son and daughter-in-law back with shock and confusion-filled eyes.

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He Zhuang made He Mingzhu lie down on the bed after feeding her lunch and medicine.

He sat beside her and patted her like a child until she fell asleep.

After he was sure that she was asleep, he stepped out of the room and closed the door carefully.

Grandfather He was seated on the same couch with completely different thoughts than before. As soon as he saw He Zhuang, he signed him to come and sit near him.

After that, he observed his son's face and eyes.

Soon, a deep frown marred his face.

In the end, Grandfather He could see the change in his son.

He Zhuang seemed to have aged a lot in the past few days suddenly. Even his eyes were slightly swollen.

Grandfather He's voice was thick and deep when he asked his son

"What happened?"

He Zhuang was silent for a few moments before he started to speak.

He told his father whatever the policemen and the doctor told him. He told him that He Zhing had kept He Mingzhou as his captive all these years.

After around fifteen to twenty minutes later when He Zhuang stopped speaking, Grandfather He was sitting silently.

His eyes were blank but his fist which was placed on his knee was clenched tightly. 

"Father"

He Zhuang called after taking a deep breath himself.

"That bastard…."

Grandfather He exhaled sharply as he cursed He Zhing. When he started to breathe heavily, He Zhuang immediately held his hand and said somberly.

"Father, calm down."

Grandfather He nodded his head stiffly. He took a deep breath and He Zhuang gave him a glass of water.

Grandfather He knew that his family was already in a grave situation. All of them were dealing with shock and surprise and He Mingzhou's news was heart distraughting.

He couldn't even imagine what his son was going through.

He couldn't add up to his son's troubles by falling sick.

Still, he felt very bitter and his heart was filled with despair.

"Why do the men of my He family have such a bitter fate in love…."

He said to no one in particular.

But He Zhuang who heard him couldn't help but repeat silently.

Indeed…his father loved his mother so much but one careless mistake led him to stay away from his mother for so many years.

His father was drugged. He didn't have any control over his mind and body and he was forced to have relations with other women when he loved Ji Zhen.

Even when he came to know that the woman was pregnant, he asked her to abort the child but he couldn't do anything when his father's mother threatened him to end her life if he killed the child.

In the end, Ji Zhen divorced Grandfather He.

And then there was he…He Zhuang.

He had never believed in love after he saw his father and mother's relationship ending so badly. But he knew that an heir was necessary.

So he married a woman through a contract. The woman was none other than He Mingzhou.

Theirs was a contract marriage.

He Mingzhou needed money to complete her education and for her father's treatment and He Zhuang needed an heir.

Both of them were supposed to part ways after He Zhuang got a child from He Mingzhou but He Zhuang didn't get to know when he fell in love with his wife.

When He Mingzhou stayed even after her father's death, He Zhuang thought that she also loved him.

But he still gave her a choice after He Jian was born.

That day, he left a bag full of money and said to He Mingzhou.

'If you want to stay, then I would also like to continue this marriage. I like you a lot. I will give you the respect, love, and care a wife deserves from her husband. But if you don't wish to… you can take this money and leave.'

He had left after saying these words calmly.

Because a huge part of his heart had thought that He Mingzhou will stay. He had thought that she loved him.

Hence, he suffered a huge blow when he returned and saw that the bag of money was no longer there and He Mingzhou had also left.1

He tried to look for her because he thought that she was not convinced of his feelings for her but in the end, he could never find her.

Therefore, He Zhuang considered that she didn't want to be found out…and considering He Mingzhou's personality, he was not wrong as well.

But never had he thought that things were never so simple.

That …that day He Zhing abducted He Mingzhou with the bag of money and tortured her all these years because he found it a pleasure to make He Zhuang's woman suffer whom he could never defeat.

"Zhuang…"

He Zhuang came out of his trance when he heard his father's voice.

"Make him suffer. Don't leave him this time. He should not step out of the prison for his whole life…his son as well."

Grandfather He's eyes were red and filled with anger.

"If you can…arrange someone who can torture him in the prison as well."

He Zhuang nodded his head.

His eyes were cold and red.

Even if his father had not said it, he would have done it.

He Zhing had dared to harm his woman. Every second he would live in this world should be filled with sufferings now. 

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