BXBX NOVEL Chapter 209 - Two-Hundred and Nine: Buttering Up
Zhang Xian immediately sat up straight from his chair. “Granny? Do you really have a piece of jade? Really?”
Zhang Tao looked smug and didn’t say anything. Zhang Xian perked up, grabbed Zhang Tao’s thin wrist, and said, “Granny, Dad and Grandfather keep saying you’ve got a treasure hidden somewhere. So it’s true? You really do have a treasure?! Where is it? Let me have a look!”
Zhang Tao still had a proud look on her face and ignored him. However, her lips couldn’t help but curl into a smile. Zhang Xi knew at a glance that she must indeed have something valuable hidden away. He hugged Zhang Tao’s arm and turned on the charm, saying, “Granny, my dear sweet Granny, your grandson’s entire life’s happiness rests on you! Granny, as long as you take out your treasure and help me marry Ting Ting, I guarantee you’ll live a pampered life for the rest of your days!”
“Think about it; Ting Ting’s family is wealthy, but her father doesn’t have a son! If I marry her, won’t the family business be mine? When that happens, I’ll bring you to the family villa and specially assign two maids to serve you. Doesn’t that sound great? It also saves you from dealing with my clumsy mother, who doesn’t know how to do anything. What do you think?”
Zhang Tao was already quite enticed by the lavish lifestyle her grandson described, but she uttered, “Really? Will you truly be so filial to me?”
Zhang Xian immediately held up three fingers and swore to the heavens, “Of course I will! I wouldn’t be able to live such a good life without you! My grandmother is the most important person to me, Zhang Xian! I can’t forget the one who brought me my life’s happiness! I’ll most certainly treat my grandmother like my most respected person!”
Zhang Tao couldn’t help but smile. She asked, “What about your grandfather and your parents?”
Zhang Xian waved his hand. “They don’t deserve it! What kind of life they live and whether or not they can live in the villa is up to my grandmother. Isn’t that right, Granny?”
Zhang Xian brought all his ass-kissing skills to bear; he’d been good at this since he was a child. Although his grandmother would occasionally get beaten by his grandfather, the person who had the most ideas and made decisions in this family was still his grandmother.
There had always been rumors that Granny had a precious treasure on her hands, left behind by his father’s past child bride. However, Zhang Xian couldn’t tell if the rumors were true or false because Granny had never taken it out all these years. Even his good-for-nothing parents hadn’t ever seen the treasure.
The subject was unintentionally brought up today, and Zhang Xian couldn’t suppress his excitement when he managed to push the conversation to this point. If he really got his hands on that treasure, he wouldn’t have to be trapped in this small village any longer.
There was no ‘ Ting Ting—he’d made everything up. The old lady had never left the village, never seen the world outside it. What she knew about the world, she’d learned from watching television. She was very easy to fool! Moreover, Granny had always felt she was the one who treated Zhang Xian the best in their family, and he was the best to her.
“Oh, my Little Xian still dotes on Granny the most! If Granny helps you marry the girl you like, will you really bring Granny along to enjoy life and not bring the others?” Zhang Tao couldn’t help but ask her grandson to give her a guarantee.
Zhang Xian once again held his fingers up and swore to the heavens that only
his grandmother was the most important person in his lite, and may he be struck by lightning if he broke his oath!
Zhang Tao believed him. Rather than saying that she trusted her grandson, it was more accurate to say that she trusted the grandson she had raised.
Zhang Xian feared the old lady would have second thoughts, so he provocatively added, “Granny, tell me. What kind of treasure is it? Our family has been so poor for so many years; why didn’t you take it out? Is it true or false? Don’t tell me you’re just messing with me.”
As expected, Zhang Tao was displeased by her grandson’s doubts. “Of course it’s true! The girl who was originally going to be your father’s wife was from a proper wealthy family. It’s such a shame your great-aunt was in too much of a hurry when she kidnapped her and didn’t have the time to take any other valuables with her. We only got the jade pendant hanging around the girl’s neck. *Sigh*!”
Zhang Tao deeply bemoaned the wealth that they’d missed out on. Zhang Xian Imew his father had a child bride in the past. His grandmother had to buy his mother for cheap because that girl ran away. His grandmother would curse at that runaway child bride every time his mother did things inefficiently and made his grandmother angry. Zhang Xian vaguely remembered that woman’s name was Xiao He. She didn’t have a surname, but it was still better treatment than his mother got. Everyone called his mother “Hey,” “Idiot,” “You blind woman,” and “B*tch.”
Zhang Xian wanted more information, so he asked Zhang Tao several questions. “Granny, what kind of jade pendant is it? It mustn’t be big if it was for a child to wear. How much could such a small thing be worth? You tricked me.”
As expected, Zhang Tao rolled her eyes at him with a disdainful ‘you’re such a bumpkin’ look and said, “Your great-aunt worked as a nanny in White City.. That girl’s family is the wealthiest one in the city!”