Jasper stared at William for a while before asking, âSo when we were eating in Deer Capital last time and you gave them money, you already knew they were your grandparents?â
âYes,â he admitted.
âWhy do you pretend likeâ¦theyâre just two strangers?â Jasper asked.
âBecauseâ¦I never felt like they were my family. If I could choose, Iâd rather have no connection to them at all!â William replied.
Jasper was taken aback, looking at the suppressed expression on his face, murmuring, âIâm sorry.â
âYou donât have to apologize to me, itâs not your fault,â William said. âI donât know why they suddenly appeared in front of me again. They keep saying itâs not about the money, but they came all the way from Deer Capital to Emerald City! They even came to the school gate. Donât you think thatâs ridiculous?â
âMaybeâ¦they really missed you. Youâre theirâ¦only grandsonâ¦â
âThe only grandson?â William sneered, âIf they really cared about their only grandson, they wouldnât have disappeared when I had nowhere else to go!â
Jasper knew that William was thinking about the past again. When his mother died, he was only 5 or 6 years old and had nowhere to go. The feeling of fear and helplessness was something that only those who had experienced it could truly understand.
Jasper unbuckled her seatbelt, turned to him, and hugged William with open arms.
She didnât know what to say at this moment, but she wanted to hold him like this, to comfort him, and she felt that he seemed very sad⦠very sadâ¦
His head rested on her shoulder, and his voice choked as he said, âIf they never showed up back then, why should they appear now after so many years? Do they think that I suddenly have feelings for them after all these years?â
âIf you donât want to see them, then just donât see them in the future,â Jasper said. She didnât want to persuade him to forgive his grandparents or anything like that.
Because as Mommy said, if you havenât experienced the pain of others, donât try to persuade them to be blindly kind!
She hadnât experienced his pain, so she wouldnât advise him on anything. No matter what choices he made, she would stand behind him and support him.
âYeah, just donât see them,â he slowly wrapped his arms. around her. âFor me, they are no longer my relatives!â
Just then, Jasper suddenly remembered something and said, âUh oh, earlier at the school gate, they said they were your grandparents, and there were quite a few people watching at the timeâ¦â
At that moment, Jasper suddenly remembered something and said, âUh-oh, earlier at the school gate, they mentioned that they were your grandparents, and there were quite a few people watchingâ¦â
This incident might become the talk of the campus again.
Thinking about this, Jasper felt regretful and said, âIf I had known, I wouldnât have stopped them! Then there wouldnât have been any argument! I thought they were suspicious and might harm you. Sighâ¦I should have acted calmly and let someone investigate afterwards.â
Jasper regretted more and more as he thought about it.
âItâs okay,â William said, âSince they came to Stanford University specifically to find me, even if you didnât stop them or argue with them, Iâm afraid everyone in the school would still know about our relationship.â
âWhat are you going to do then?â Jasper asked.
âI wonât acknowledge them. After theyâve made a fool of themselves, theyâll naturally understand that what theyâre doing now is meaningless,â William replied.
Upon hearing this, Jasper still felt somewhat uneasy. Could it really be that simple?