"Take them away," Li Yue'e coughed lightly. "The pillows, the flowers, take them all away..."
The entire hospital room was filled with a strong floral scent, and the object behind her waist was making her uncomfortable, even making it difficult for her to breathe.
"Mom, this is Yao Yao's filial piety!" Xu Aiqin genuinely despised the old lady for not appreciating it, but she still put on a respectful appearance. "Yao Yao even bought you a new tablet. Yao Yao, how much did that computer cost?"
"Six thousand yuan."
"You see, Yao Yao is so filial!" Xu Aiqin smiled and said, "Yao Yao, go and get the new computer! Mom, you don't know how well-behaved Yao Yao is. She knows you love Peking Opera, so she has already downloaded it for you..."
"Grandma, these are all performances by the Peking Opera actors you like..." Lu Muyao proudly presented the computer to the old lady.
"I said take them away..." She was genuinely uncomfortable and didn't have the strength to take them away!
Seeing that the old lady really didn't like the pillows and flowers, Lu Zhenhai signaled to Lu Muyao, who reluctantly put down the computer and took away the pillows and flowers.
"Since Grandma doesn't like them, there's no point in keeping them. I'll throw them in the trash can outside!" She made a pitiful expression, which made Li Yue'e even more uncomfortable.
The reason she didn't like this granddaughter was because she was hypocritical and insincere, unlike Yan Yan, who was straightforward and lovable!
Thinking of Yan Yan, the old lady wanted to touch the things under the pillow to see if they were still there, and she wanted to call the little girl, but she was afraid Xu Aiqin would see it and take them away...
Now she didn't even have the strength to reclaim her belongings, so she could only endure for now. "What brings you all here today?"
Normally, the three of them hardly ever came to visit, but now they all showed up at once. There must be something they wanted from her!
"Mom, we often come, but you were in a coma, so you didn't know how worried we were about you!" Xu Aiqin opened the lunchbox again. "Look, Yao Yao made breakfast for you. She knows you like egg tofu, so she specially made it for you! There are also several dishes that you usually enjoy..."
At this moment, Lu Muyao came back after disposing of the things. Xu Aiqin grabbed her hand and said to Li Yue'e, "Look, her hands are burned!"
"I... I'm fine." Lu Muyao quickly hid her hand behind her back and revealed what she thought was a cute and obedient smile. "As long as Grandma likes it, even if both hands are burned, I have no complaints."
Li Yue'e simply didn't like her pretentious behavior. She was still so young, yet she was too calculating. Clearly, she had been influenced by the outside world and had gone astray!"I don't have much appetite right now..." Li Yue'e waved her hand and didn't even want to drink water. "Just tell me what's going on."
Xu Aiqin glanced at Lu Zhenhai and stood up, vacating her seat as if waiting for her own son to speak to the old lady directly.
Lu Zhenhai understood as well, sat down, and held the old lady's hand. He said, "Mom, here's the situation. The company has been facing a lot of problems lately. We've sold many shops and houses, but we still can't stop the decline. So, we shamelessly want to ask for your help. Can you please release some of your shares and provide urgent assistance?"
"Don't you have your own shares?" Li Yue'e coughed lightly and immediately understood their ulterior motives.
"If we sell more shares, the company will fall into the hands of outsiders! Does Mom want strangers to take over our family's company?"
Li Yue'e coldly replied, "So what? If you don't have the ability to manage the company well, it's better to give it to someone else sooner rather than later. Don't let the company go bankrupt. Even when I'm in the afterlife, I won't be able to face the ancestors of the Lu family."
Perhaps not expecting the old lady to respond like this, both Lu Zhenhai and Xu Aiqin inwardly exclaimed, "This is not good."
"Mom, haven't you seen over the years that I have the ability to manage the company well? The current market conditions are not favorable..."
Before Lu Zhenhai could finish his sentence, Li Yue'e laughed. "Because of the market conditions? Haven't you noticed that ever since you put Yan Yan up on the missing persons website and sent her away, our family has been in ruins? You even let the God of Wealth leave without realizing it... cough, cough..."
"Mom, please calm down. Your health is more important."
Lu Zhenhai hurriedly patted her back. "With the shares held by both me and Aiqin, we can continue to manage the company as major shareholders. Firstly, it's to prevent you from working hard at your age, secondly, we can earn more money to support you, thirdly, the company won't fall into the hands of other shareholders, and fourthly, it can alleviate our current predicament. Isn't this a great thing?"
He repeated the same words that Xu Aiqin had said to the old lady.
"If we had a way to solve our current predicament, as the younger generation, why would we take things from you? It's only because we are at our wit's end and have no choice... Furthermore, even if we have more shares, they won't be worth anything if the company goes bankrupt!"
Li Yue'e understood her son's meaning and gave a cold smile. "I won't help."
Upon hearing this, Lu Zhenhai became even more anxious. "Mom, you don't know the current situation of the company. Even the processing merchants have left. If things continue like this, our company is really done for!"
"That's your own fault!" Li Yue'e said angrily. "You never come to see me normally, but now that you need help, you remember that I'm your mother?"
"Mom, the company has been facing so many issues lately, we've been busy to the point of being overwhelmed. It's not like we deliberately didn't come to see you..." Lu Zhenhai tried to explain and said many good things.
But Li Yue'e had made up her mind. "If you truly saw me as your mother, you wouldn't have hidden from me that you put Yan Yan up on the adoption website and sent her away when I was critically ill, separating her from us!"
Upon hearing this, Xu Aiqin couldn't bear it any longer. "Mom, Yao Yao is your own granddaughter! How can you only have room in your eyes and heart for that wretched girl? She has no blood relation to our family at all."
"So what!" Li Yue'e snapped. "None of you are as filial as her! Do you know how much she has sacrificed for our family?"
"How can you say we're not filial? Haven't we made sacrifices?" Xu Aiqin couldn't contain her anger. This old lady sure knows how to speak nonsense. Setting aside the past, just today, Yao Yao prepared so many gifts for her, and every single one of them was met with indifference. How is that not being filial?
And what about them? Working hard for the company and taking care of the family all these years, haven't they made sacrifices?
Is this old lady blind or what?
Seeing them arguing, Lu Zhenhai quickly intervened, "Alright, calm down, both of you. Mom, what Aiqin and I meant was..."
"I won't give up my shares!" Li Yue'e was visibly furious. She coughed a few times and added, "Not just the shares, I won't give up the house, the car, or my savings! Get out--"