Reborn As Super Heiress

Chapter 1605: Chapter 1589: Confusion

”You don’t recognize her? Then maybe I got it wrong. The woman who brought my youngest to the Qingxu Taoist Temple back in the day was named Huang Chengxiang, she looked a lot like you. I thought you might be relatives.”

Old Mr. Zhong explained.

When Huo Sining suddenly heard this name, she was completely stunned, her eyelids twitched suddenly, and her heart began to beat violently out of control. Her gaze almost locked onto Old Mr. Zhong’s face, as if trying to see clearly if this person was lying.

”When... when did this happen?”

Huo Sining’s lips trembled slightly, she vaguely felt she might have discovered another earth-shattering secret.

”What matter?”

Old Mr. Zhong was taken aback, and upon realizing what Huo Sining was asking, he quickly replied:

”Are you asking about the day my youngest was sent back? I remember that day clearly, it happened to be my youngest’s birthday, Dragon Boat Festival in ’97, and early in the morning, a Taoist sweeping the temple knocked on my door, saying there was a woman outside who named me.”

Huo Sining shivered, stunned on the spot, unable to regain composure for a long time.

If this matter is true, then it’s too absurd.

Her father faked his death in Bashu back in the day, which could be explained, but her grandmother had died many years before ’97, so why would she appear at the Qingxu Taoist Temple where Old Mr. Zhong was, and return a daughter who had been dead for years?

That’s absolutely impossible.

”Are you sure that woman’s name was Huang Chengxiang? What did she look like?”

Even Gu Xu, listening on the side, thought something was off. He had investigated Huo Sining back then, so he remembered clearly that Huo Sining’s background was a bit complicated. The matters between the Liang Family and Huang Family were known to many in the Imperial Capital, so it wasn’t hard to find out.

But Gu Xu distinctly remembered that Huang Chengxiang, after splitting from the Liang Family and starting her own, died of illness a few years later.

By the timeline, that was before the ’80s, so how could she resurrect over a decade later and even appear in Changnan?

This was too bizarre, practically qualified as a supernatural event.

”I’m sure, because when that woman returned my youngest, she told me to take care of her well and said when I was no longer able, she’d come to take her back.”

Old Mr. Zhong also noticed the odd expressions of Huo Sining and Gu Xu, as if recalling something, he slapped his forehead and said:

”At that time, I was worried about making mistakes, concerned that if someone came to take my youngest after I was buried, she might be tricked, so after that woman left, I drew a portrait of her. The painting is still in my study, if you don’t believe me, I can bring it to show you!”

With that, Old Mr. Zhong hurriedly walked to the study, and after more than ten minutes, he rushed back to the courtyard, holding a hanging scroll in his hands.

After entering the courtyard, the old man wasted no time, and in front of Huo Sining and Gu Xu, he unfurled the scroll.

Old Mr. Zhong was an expert in antique reproductions, and naturally, his painting skills were exquisite, rendering the person’s features vividly and intricately.

Once the scroll was opened, the person seemed to leap off the paper, brimming with spiritual energy.

Upon seeing the person in the painting, Huo Sining couldn’t help but tremble.

This person bore a six or seven-point resemblance to her, from facial features, expressions, to the dimples at the corners of the mouth.

But that wasn’t what shocked Huo Sining; she was startled because this painting was identical to the woman weeping pearls, embroidered on the screen in her grandmother’s bedroom.

Previously, Huo Sining didn’t understand what was going on, but now she could be certain that the Huang Chengxiang mentioned by Old Mr. Zhong was undoubtedly her grandmother.

However, even if her grandmother hadn’t died back then, by ’97, she would have been in her fifties or sixties by Huang Chengxiang’s age, but the woman in this painting looked like a youthful lady, showing no signs of aging.

Seeing Huo Sining’s expression, Gu Xu felt something amiss, frowning tightly. After a moment of hesitation, he asked, ”Did this Huang... say where she went?”

Old Mr. Zhong shook his head, ”I was overwhelmed with joy, feeling like I’d been given a huge surprise by heaven, too excited over seeing my youngest to be concerned with asking her so many questions. After giving me instructions, the woman left directly, and when I came back to my senses, she was already gone.”

Gu Xu’s expression turned serious, taking a deep breath but not speaking further.

Old Mr. Zhong seemed to remember something, ”Oh, right. Because that woman appeared too suddenly, I felt something was wrong, so I tried asking my youngest a few things. My youngest can’t speak, but she loves to draw. I asked where she’d been all these years, and she drew a picture for me. I couldn’t understand it, but I guessed she wanted to express where she’d been living.”

As he spoke, Old Mr. Zhong pulled out a piece of rice paper from his pocket and unfolded the drawing.

The paper depicted a place that looked beautiful, with seas and boats, seemingly an island.

But what made Huo Sining astonished was that, not far from the island, amidst the vast misty sea, a mountain peak loomed faintly.

The outline of that mountain peak felt inexplicably familiar to Huo Sining, suddenly reminding her of the antique lampstands she bought at Tang Jun’s antique shop.

The fragments pieced together, soaked in yellow wine, revealed a painting with a mountain peak that echoed the one in this picture, strikingly similar.

Unsure about her thoughts, Huo Sining felt it couldn’t be such a coincidence, but she discreetly committed the picture to memory.

During her brief interaction with the Zhong Family’s Youngest, Huo Sining had noticed this girl couldn’t speak, but after using her spiritual energy to probe, she found nothing physically wrong with the girl.

Considering the child had been kidnapped before and couldn’t speak, perhaps due to psychological trauma, Huo Sining couldn’t help but sigh heavily again.

”It’s strange, my youngest has always been gentle but distant, even with me around all the time, I’m the only one who can grow close to her. She’s mild with others, but unexpectedly drawn to you, showing such affection at first sight. It seems she truly likes you.”

Seeing Huo Sining reach out to gently touch his daughter, as his daughter showed a comfortable and contented expression, Old Mr. Zhong’s eyes unwittingly showed a hint of jealousy, although he couldn’t help but sigh with amazement.