Grandparents

Roseline snorted loudly and said with a second, "How can we be a family if you hide even small things like this? Not sure who you're even hiding it from!!"

In the past, John did not think much of Emily running to this house all the time but after what happened earlier, he suddenly realized that his family was not living in harmony like he had imagined, and he hoped that Emily could stay at home more. often and bond with the family, so he said, "Your mother is right! Bring the things home — it's more safe there!"

Safe? Emily hid the feelings of taunting in her eyes, in her previous life, this was the day that her reputation was completely ruined by Lily and was locked up in the room when she got home. The very same night, Lily took her safe key and opened the safe, taking away not just what grandma had left behind, but also the medical research and results she had accumulated over the years, claiming that they were hers.

By the time she got to know about this, it was already too late. She wanted to report Lily, but she was already dismissed as a useless child, and her father would never have allowed her to destroy his only other daughter. All the relatives told her that the Petrovs needed a successor and since she couldn't take up this position, she must not destroy her sister's future.

At that time she didn't know that the two scumbags were working for Lily, so she was persuaded and gave in begrudgingly. After that she was slowly pressured by Lily, and her intelligence and capabilities were used to create Lily's success. Everything started from this very night. So she was determined not to give her enemies a second chance.

She suppressed the agitated feelings she felt in her heart and spoke calmly, "Sure, I'll bring some important things back, then I will come less often in the future!"

Upon hearing this John felt that this daughter was still the obedient one he knew and so the nasty comments earlier must have resulted from the fact that she was traumatized by the events, and he quickly nodded. Lily saw what was happening and was about to say that she wanted to go in with Emily, but Emily spoke before she could even utter a word, "Dad, that place was my private space during my childhood, so I would like to go in alone to pack up!"

John gave Lily a look, then said to Emily, "Sure, go ahead, we will wait here for you!"

Emily then slowly got out of the car. The rain had stopped, but the ground was all wet. Emily started walking towards the back of the bamboo forest when she suddenly felt feelings of apprehension. The Petrovs were a family of doctors, and her grandparents were very capable people, but they had only one son and spoiled him too much, resulting in his weak but stubborn nature, and by the time they realised it, it was already too late for him to change.

Her great grandfather was a doctor to the royal family, and so were the nine generations before him, so several valuable treasures were passed down over the years. When she was young, her grandfather saw her talent, and was not pleased with his son marrying Roseline. So, he took her in and raised her until she was eleven years old. Her grandmother was from a well-to-do family, so she was literate and well versed in literature and arts.

She also had dowry, that was passed down from generation to generation, and every item cause of extremely high value. The old couple were kind and mild mannered, so they always taught her to be humble and courteous, to be filial and honest. But they never taught her how to stand up for herself.

Suddenly a small house appeared in front of her, and it looked very old and shabby. Her grandparents were wealthy, but after becoming older, they just wanted to live near nature and weren't used to fancy electrical appliances. If not for the sake of safe keeping those out-of-print books, her grandparents would have never prepared such a technologically advanced safe.