Chapter 2096 Tangled
The pearl Xiaomei gave him was an extremely rare treasure in every sense of the word.
……
However, no matter how precious these pearls are...
Zhao Lei tightened the drawstring.
He won't sell it either.
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"You-"
Zhao Lei's silence made the old man about to explode, but the old lady stopped him.
"Old man."
"Let me tell you."
"Don't talk."
"With such a bad temper, Leile even wanted to agree but didn't agree."
"When did he want to agree..."
The old man said he was not polite, but he really made room for the old lady to speak.
……
"Leilei."
The gentle voice of the old lady came, "Do you think this will work..."
"Just think that Xiaofeng asked you to borrow this money."
"What can I borrow?"
"The family is so clearly divided..."
The old man muttered.
The old lady glared at the old man.
The old man was silent.
……
"You know, Xiaofeng has joined a good company, and his boss likes him very much."
The grandson's excellence has always made the two old people quite satisfied.
Therefore, I have been increasingly worried about some defects in my grandson's feet.
My grandson is so good, but what if he can't find a good girl just because of this little problem?
Fortunately, grandson did not disappoint them.
The girl the grandson likes is very good, and they are very satisfied with her.
Although the attitude of the other parent made them a little uncomfortable.
Whose child is not his heartthrob?
It doesn't feel good at all to feel rejected.
But the grandson is marrying a girl, and the girl is the most important thing.
They could see that the girl really liked her grandson, and she didn't mind the problem with her grandson's feet.
If he misses this girl, who knows if his grandson will meet such a good girl again?
Moreover, they are getting older and may not be able to wait until their grandson finds the next girl they like and that they are satisfied with.
Therefore, they must facilitate this marriage.
"Promotions and salary increases will come soon."
"You don't have to worry."
"Xiao Feng will definitely return this money to you soon."
"We have no choice. We have collected all the money we can, but it is still not enough."
"Xiao Feng calls you uncle. If you can help, please help him."
"Leilei, are you listening?"
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"...I..."
Zhao Lei's lips moved a few times, and finally he just uttered these two words, "Listening."
He said everything that needed to be said.
However, his reasons did not hold up to the old man.
What a meaningful gift from a friend...
How could it be more important to help your nephew?
Even if the other party knows, they will understand.
He is just stingy and doesn’t want to help his nephew...
Now that they say they borrowed it and will pay it back, what else does he want?
What else does he want?
Zhao Lei only felt a breath of air in his chest.
It gave him an uncomfortable feeling of chest tightness.
He exhaled vigorously.
The tightness in the chest did not improve at all.
……
"Leilei?"
After waiting for a while, the old lady who still didn't hear the follow-up couldn't help but make a confused sound.
"...The doctor called me and I'm going to go for a check-up."
Zhao Lei tightened his grip on the bag containing pearls and made an excuse.
The conversation has reached an impasse.
Continuing will only make both parties unhappy.
"We'll talk about this later."
Zhao Lei was about to hang up the phone, but the old man's words stunned him.
"Check? What kind of check?"
"Leilei is sick?"
The old lady's subconscious question turned the stunned look on Zhao Lei's face into a wry smile.
"Well, Zhao Miao and his family came to the hospital to see me before."
"Don't you remember?" It was that time that Zhao Miao's wife saw his pearls and told the two elderly people after she went back.
Hence, the current telephone.
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"Oh."
The two old men were stunned.
In this regard, Zhao Lei cannot say that there is no fluctuation in his heart.
But he told himself not to think too much.
The two old people are old and it is normal for them to have bad memory.
They really just forgot.
Rather than forgetting because you don't care.
……
After hanging up the phone, Zhao Lei was confused for a long time.
"Ouch~"
Huzi rubbed his head against the old man's hand.
The old man touched Huzi's head.
The somewhat cloudy eyes were dim and blank.
"Huzi, tell me... what should I do?"
"Ouch~"
Naturally, the old man can do whatever he wants.
Huzi takes it for granted.
It has always been on the old man's side.
The old man smiled.
"Thank you, Huzi."
He rubbed Huzi's head.
But the problem is that he doesn't know what to do?
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"That's probably the case."
The old man smiled at Xiao Xiao.
"My parents have been calling me for the past half month."
"My brother, sister-in-law, and my nephew all came to the hospital to see me and told me about this."
As time passed, their initial prayers gradually turned into complaints.
He originally thought that the old man was too old to understand his words and persistence, but his brother should understand, and his nephew, a young man of his age, should understand.
But no.
They don't understand.
They all thought he just didn't want to borrow money.
They even wondered if he had any objections to them. Even after it was clear that he would write an IOU, he still didn't let go. He was still hesitating.
They found him unreasonable.
Is it true? Is he unreasonable?
The old man sighed deeply.
During this time, he didn't know how much he sighed.
He was a little exhausted both mentally and physically.
The physical discomfort and mental weakness made him realize more and more that he was indeed old.
It's okay not to be injured.
Once he was injured, his energy and energy were gone.
It's hard to condense anymore...
Especially when something like this happened again...
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"Ouch~"
Huzi bumped the old man's hand with his head.
It doesn't quite understand the complex emotions of humans, so it can't empathize with the old man's current situation.
In its view, if the old man doesn't want to, just refuse.
Why do you still hesitate even though you clearly don’t want to?
Seeing the old man's complexion getting worse day by day-
Every time an old man leaves his so-called family or hangs up the phone with his parents, the person feels as if all his energy has been drained away and is very tired.
It started to get anxious.
But the old man always said sorry to it and said he was fine.
It's angry.
Does the old man look like he's fine?
Who are you lying to?
But it doesn't know what it can do.
It doesn't want to make the old man feel more tired.
In the end, all it can do is stay quietly by the old man's side.
Spend time with the old man in a daze.
Listen to the old man's self-talk that doesn't match his words.
When the old man is in a good mood occasionally, smile with him.
……
It wants the old man to spend more time happy.
It wants to keep the old man happy.
Just like when they ventured before.
The old man always smiles.
ps: Thank you Qianqiong Qianjue for the reward~(*︶*)!
(End of chapter)