Chapter 45 Ancestral Ring
After Lady Jovano left, Hellen took the remote control and switched to another drama.
She had watched some of the dramas two years ago, so she couldn’t remember the plot that was about to end. Now it was new to her.
She watched it with great interest until her phone rang next to her.
She glanced at the screen and saw that it was Hans calling.From NôvelDrama.Org.
She tutted. Last time, this fuckboy said that Grandma was sick and he would call her in the evening to discuss it, but he never called.
It had been more than ten days.
Picking up the phone, she asked lazily, “What’s the matter, Mr. Grant?”
On the other end, Hans asked in a low voice, “Hellen, is grandma with you?”
Hellen’s originally languid nerves tensed up and she sat up straight. “Why is she here with me? Did she get lost?!”
Hans’ voice was low. “Yes.”
He added, “Grandma kept saying that she wanted to see you. I think that she will come to you after she gets sick.”
“Come to me?”
Hellen hurriedly stood up. “I’m going out now to find her. You send someone to find as well!”
Where would Granny Grant go if she got lost?
Hellen was wearing casual clothes. After getting in the car, she started it but found that her memory was blank.
But the feeling of closeness and tension drove her to Hans’ Green Villa.
When she attended dinner party before, she heard the girls mention the general location of Green Villa.
Grandma thought that she had yet to divorce Hans, so she would definitely go to her place to look for her.
When she drove near the Green Villa, she saw an old woman walking on the side of the road from a distance.
Being worried about her, Hellen hurriedly got out of the car and chased after her.
“Grandma!”
“Ah, it’s Hellen. I was just about to visit you.” Granny Grant smiled kindly.
“Grandma, how can you run around!” Hellen let out a sigh of relief and said with some anger and grievance.
Granny Grant held Hellen’s hand and stuffed something cool into her hands. “Hellen, I want to give you this, but I always forgot.”
“What?” Hellen withdrew her hand. On her palm was a gemstone thumb ring with detailed patterns. One could tell at a glance that it was an antique.
“This is the treasure of the Grant family. It was passed down to the daughter-in-law. I didn’t pass it down to your mother-in-law. I passed it down to you.” The old lady took Hellen’s hand and whispered, “Don’t tell your mother-in-law.”
Hellen’s eyes grew moist, and she had a lump in her throat. “I know. Grandmother, I’ll send you home.”
“No. I want to go to your home.”
Granny Grant pulled Hellen towards the gate of the Green Villa.
Hellen started to hesitate. She and Hans were divorced. That was not her home!
When she got out of the car just now, she was busy chasing after Grandma and didn’t pick up her mobile phone, so she couldn’t contact Hans.
Crossing half a street, Granny Grant pulled her to the door and looked at her with a smile.
“Hellen.”
When the guard at Green Villa saw Hellen, his expression changed slightly. However, when he saw Granny Grant bringing Hellen over, he immediately opened the door.
This was Hellen’s “first time” entering here.
The whole garden was covered with greenery, and the shade of the trees by the roadside covered half of the sky.
Trees were fragrant in the air. Granny Grant held Hellen’s hand and walked in while talking.
They passed through the tree-lined path and a flower garden plaza before arriving at the gate of the villa.
The villa only had two floors, but it covered a large area.
Hellen looked around it. She heard her brother say that she had lived here for two years.
As soon as they stopped, the sound of a car came from behind them.
Hellen turned and saw Hans’ car approaching. He got out of the car in a hurry and was stunned for a moment when he saw Hellen. Then, he nodded to her.
Hellen also nodded silently.
Granny Grant saw him as well. “Hans, you are back. Why aren’t you at the company at this hour?”
Hans quickly stepped forward and helped the old lady up. “Grandma, tell the butler when you go out in the future and ask them to send you, okay?”
Granny Grant had already sobered up a little by now. She frowned and said, “Didn’t I tell him? I just wanted to find Hellen. Why did I end up here?”
After entering the living room, Hellen sat on the sofa with her and Hans went to the side to make a phone call.
She could vaguely hear words like “found”.
After a while, Hans turned around.
Granny Grant came out this time mainly to see Hellen. She also chatted with Hans from time to time.
“Hans, I brought a present to Hellen. This is what your great-grandmother gave me. I should have given it to your mother, but I thought that it would still be passed on to Hellen anyways, so I gave it to her.”
Hellen had been holding the ring in her hand. She immediately opened her hand and handed it to Hans.
“Grandma said this is your family heirloom. Here, take it back.”
Before Hellen could finish her words, Granny Grant frowned and pulled her hand back.
“This is for my daughter-in-law and granddaughter-in-law. Why are you giving it to him? Don’t bother with him. How dare he take your stuff?”
Hellen felt a bit awkward and at a loss.
Hans’ dark eyes were deep. He stared at Hellen and said, “Grandma gave it to you. Keep it.”
After all, she used to be a granddaughter-in-law of the Grant family. If Granny Grant wanted to give it to her, it was because she thought she was worth it.
Hellen felt that the ring was a bit precious.
She frowned and chatted with grandmother for a while.
“Hellen, why do I feel you are a bit fatter?” Granny Grant beamed merrily at Hellen’s waist. “Are you pregnant?”
As soon as these words were spoken, Hellen’s heart jerked.
“Grandma is so sharp-eyed?”
Opposite her, Hans looked up at her abdomen, causing her to panic.
She smiled awkwardly and said, “Grandma, no, I’ve been living a good life recently. So I’ve gotten fatter.”
“Fine, it’s good to be fatter.” Granny Grant smiled. “When you have recovered and let me have a great-grandson or great-granddaughter, I can take care of the baby for you.”
Hans looked at Hellen calmly.
How could she be pregnant? When he was with her, they had only had sex a few times, and in the end, she had taken the medicine.
He vaguely remembered that her waist was very thin, and now it seemed to be a little rounder.
Probably, after she left the Grant family, she had lived a much more comfortable life.
Hans pursed his lips tightly and had a mixed feeling.
Hellen and his grandmother were chatting happily, and soon, his grandmother was willing to back to the old house.
People from the old house had also arranged for a car to wait in front of the villa.
Hellen reluctantly sent Granny Grant into the car and watched her leave.
Then only Hans and she were left standing side by side in front of the villa.
Hellen was embarrassed. She turned to look at him and said, “Mr. Grant, I shall take my leave first. This…”
It was that ring again.
It represented her status as a daughter-in-law of the Grant family.
Hans’ throat moved slightly, and he suddenly didn’t want to take it back.
His expression froze slightly, and his tone was indifferent. “The Grant family will never take back what they have given away.”
Hellen also changed her smiling face and scorned in her heart.
She had thought that the thumb ring was very important, but since Hans had adopted such an attitude, she would accept it. Anyway, it looked like an antique.
“Alright, then I’ll leave first.” Hellen took two steps forward but still felt uneasy. So she turned around and complained, “Is the security in your old house so poor that grandmother can walk out just like that?”
“Since she has Alzheimer’s, you should send someone to accompany her and watch over her.”