The Reigning Star: Tycoon's Exclusive Obsession

Li Siru was silent for a moment. She had intended to take good care of this flower shop, but she always felt that Lu Beiyao would not let her go so easily.

Although the house and this shop were now in her name, they were ultimately taken from Lu Beiyao, and she was still within his sight.

"If nothing happens, I will take care of this shop. If things don’t work out... I want to go abroad!" She wanted to stay away from this place full of trouble.

Zhou Ju’an nodded, "Siru, aren’t you going to visit the Li Family?"

"Have you been back?" She answered with a question.

Zhou Ju’an nodded, "Grandfather is not in good health, and Aunt often talks about you. Aren’t you really going to visit?"

Li Siru snorted softly, "They know very well how I’ve been living at the Lu Family for the past three years, but they never cared, not even when I was hospitalized. Nobody cared about my life or death, except when they found out I was divorcing Lu Beiyao; then they opposed it, fearing I would drag the Li Family down. Cousin, do you think I have any reason to go back?"

"Sisi, I know Grandfather treated you unfairly in the past. Now, they are overjoyed to hear I’m back, and they understand it’s not your fault, so they sent me to find you, hoping you would come home." Zhou Ju’an persuaded in a low voice, "After all, they only have you as their daughter now!"

Li Siru lowered her head and was silent for a moment. "Let’s talk about it later!"

She was still very evasive, and Zhou Ju’an understood her temper; he couldn’t force it and had to guide her slowly!

After experiencing life and death, the cousins seemed to have endless things to talk about. The accident Zhou Ju’an had back then indeed swept him downstream with the river, where he was saved by kind people. Due to serious injuries, he had been in the hospital for treatment and had only fully recovered now.

Li Siru couldn’t imagine how he managed to make it through these three years!

It was as if it was an eternal nightmare that trapped them back then!

The next day, Zhou Ju’an came to the shop with Zhou Mingyu. The moment Zhou Mingyu saw her daughter, she couldn’t stop crying.

After so many years apart, her mother had indeed aged a lot. Her body was slightly stooped, almost as old as grandfather’s.

Li Siru stood frozen as she saw her, unable to speak.

Zhou Mingyu looked her over with a trembling hand, softly touching her daughter, "You’ve gotten thinner, so much thinner. Everyone said you were not well at the Lu Family. Mom always wanted to see you, but they wouldn’t allow it. Knowing you had an accident and were discharged, I almost followed you out of heartache!"

Li Siru clenched her fists and tightly pressed her lips. In the Li Family, only her mother never despised her for being the second daughter. But her mother always listened to her grandfather and father—apart from giving her guidance, there was helplessness. Though she had feelings for her mother, she also harbored resentment.

Now, seeing her mother like this, all the resentment dissolved instantly, and her heart ached terribly.

"Mom!"

Zhou Mingyu cried and laughed, "You’re still willing to recognize me as your mom, that makes me happy! It’s my fault, I couldn’t care for you well since you were young. Now that Mengru is gone, you’re all I have left, yet I couldn’t even come see you; it feels worse than death to be alive."

Li Siru finally couldn’t hold back anymore and cried as well, hugging Zhou Mingyu and asking, "Mom, how did you become like this? How did you end up like this?"

"I heard that after you got married, Aunt fell ill, and later it was found to be cancer, though she’s been undergoing treatment, but..."

That’s why she had become so thin!

"Why didn’t they even tell me about this?! Why?!"