"How did she put it to me?"
The old lady frowned and thought for a moment.
"She said that you had become strange..."
"...and that you had made a better friend."
"Chen Jing."
"So at first, I thought your friend was upset that you had made a new friend and neglected her, so she came to me to complain."
Ah...
Leilei felt somewhat helpless.
How could Grandma have thought that?
Lele and she were no longer children.
Why would she do something like complain to an adult...
Besides...
Leilei froze.
"Lele knows that you're my grandma?"
As far as she knew, Lele had never met her grandmother.
"She guessed."
The old lady smiled.
"I had just delivered some food to you and was leaving that day."
"She saw me leaving the building where you lived, so she tried asking about my identity."
"I didn't expect her to get it right away."
The old lady also felt that it was quite a coincidence.
"Ah."
Leilei was somewhat surprised. "I see."
"She actually managed to run into you..."
"Yes."
The old lady nodded.
"That child was surprised too."
"But that's what you call luck."
"She came here just to try her luck."
"She never expected to actually run into your grandmother."
"She told me that she was worried about you—"
"Worried about me?"
Leilei was a little dumbfounded.
"You didn't notice it yourself."
The old lady shook her head.
"But the people around you had actually noticed that something was wrong with you."
"Your friend said that she had tried talking to you, too."
"But it didn't work."
"Compared to her, you seemed to trust Chen Jing more."
"She was at her wit's end."
"So she thought of finding your family."
"That was her final effort."