Chapter 271 Shen Tuo: I Want to See the Little Baby Alone Once

Now.

Even the old man is balding.

He hadn't expected things to be so complicated.

He touched his already thinning hair and sighed with worry.

"Old Tan, can you do me a favor?" Old Master Shen suddenly said, then paused, his eyes filled with pleading: "Only you can do this. You're the only one who can help me now."

Mr. Tan rarely saw this stubborn old man like this.

He even spoke to himself in that pleading tone.

Suddenly, I felt incredibly inflated.

With a wave of his hand, he said with great magnanimity, "Tell me, I'll definitely do whatever I can for you. Hehe, I never thought an old man like you would beg me like this..."

Before he could finish saying the last two words, "the last day," Old Master Tan heard Old Master Shen say to him, "I want to see that girl alone one day. Could you help me bring her here?"

After saying this, Mr. Shen paused for two seconds.

He continued, "Don't let Yan Liti know. It would be even better if we could keep it from the Qiao family."

He had only met the Qiao family once, but he could tell that they genuinely loved the child.

This is also why he didn't ask Yan Liti why she didn't take the child directly to Kyoto in front of the Qiao family yesterday.

"!!!" Old Master Tan.

Mr. Tan almost jumped three feet high.

Just like a cat whose tail has been suddenly stepped on, its fur instantly bristled.

He pointed a trembling finger at Old Master Shen and yelled, "Well, you old geezer, I knew you were going to suddenly flatter me like this! You're trying to get me killed!"

"You old geezer! You wicked old man! You deserve to die alone! Bah! It's such bad luck to know you!" Old Master Tan cursed loudly.

Still not satisfied after cursing, he spat heavily at Old Master Shen on the hospital bed.

The spittle sprayed all over Old Master Shen's face.

"..." Old Master Shen.

Grandpa Shen was very disgusted.

He lifted the sheet covering him and wiped his face with it.

He looked at Old Master Tan with a puzzled expression, seemingly not understanding why his reaction was so intense.

Old Master Tan was so angry at the look he gave him that he laughed.

"Are you really unaware, or are you pretending not to know? Just two days ago, Qiaowa was kidnapped and disappeared for a whole night. Your son and your wife almost turned the entire Baoyi City upside down!"

At this point, letting him "steal someone's man" right under Yan Liti's nose would be like sending him to his next life sooner.

Only then did Old Master Shen remember this matter.

"Old Shen, we've known each other for so many years, let me speak from the bottom of my heart."

"I think you don't have any major flaws, but you're too self-important."

“I think if you want to see Qiaowa or have anything to say to her, you should show your attitude and sincerity and make a serious request to the Qiao family, instead of doing this sneakily.”

If we sneak him to bring the child here, it will look like we're stealing the child, and it will make him an accomplice!

Old Master Shen fell silent again.

The old man didn't mind.

Seeing that Old Master Shen was alright, he got up.

"Since you're alright, I'll be going now. Today, Qiaowawa's adoptive father is building a new house, laying the foundation, and he invited our family over for dinner. I heard it's a wild boar he hunted in the mountains a few days ago, hehe, a wild boar feast..."

As he spoke, the old man swallowed hard.

He felt the trip was well worth it. Last night he had spicy rabbit hot pot and mutton hot pot, and today he was having a wild boar feast—all delicacies he couldn't usually afford.

Thinking of this, Grandpa Tan lost interest in staying there any longer. He gave Wei Xingzhi, who was taking care of Grandpa Shen, a few instructions and then left the ward in high spirits.

He called out to Tan Hongwei, who was waiting outside the door, "Come on, son, let's go have a wild boar feast! It's been so many years since I've had this. I think the last time was seven or eight years ago..."

Through the hospital room door, Grandpa Tan's voice grew fainter and fainter, and Grandpa Shen lowered his eyelids.

I began to seriously consider what the old man said before he passed away.

——

When Qiao Qiao and Yan Liti arrived at the site of their new house, the foundation had already been dug.

A lot of cement, bricks, and pebbles were also delivered.

Two arched sheds were set up on the open ground to one side, where three middle-aged women were tidying up kitchen utensils and some vegetables that Qiao Changcai had bought that morning.

To finish the project as soon as possible, Qiao Changdong hired forty workers.

On a normal day, a laborer would be paid one yuan a day, and a master craftsman would be paid about one yuan and fifty cents a day. But now that there are less than ten days left until the Chinese New Year, Qiao Changdong paid twice as much to hire people and even provided them with breakfast and lunch.

Based on the number of workers, if the progress is fast, it should be completed before the beginning of spring.

Seeing Qiao Qiao come over with Yan Liti, Qiao Changdong put down his work, walked over and hugged her.

"Brother Dong, you're so lucky! Where did you find such a beautiful girl? Tell me, I want to find one too."

Behind Qiao Changdong, another group of people walked up. Before Qiao Qiao could see what they looked like, she heard their exaggerated voices.

Qiao Qiao looked in the direction of the sound.

She saw several young people who were about the same age as her father.

One of the young men had very long hair, especially the hair on his forehead, which was so long that it covered his eyes.

The clothes on his body looked fine, but they were all worn crookedly. Even though it was a cold day, he had his jacket open, revealing a sweater underneath that was higher on one side than the other.

He gives off a roguish, thuggish vibe.

The way the other person looked at her made Qiao Qiao feel very uncomfortable.

What he said also made Qiao Qiao extremely uncomfortable.

Qiao Qiao subconsciously buried her head on Qiao Changdong's shoulder, refusing to look at the young man.

"Xia Weimin, if you can't speak properly, then shut your dog mouth!" Upon hearing the young man's words, Qiao Changdong immediately kicked him.

The kick made the young man stumble back several steps and land hard on a pile of stones.

In winter, the pebbles were cold and hard. He was only wearing two pairs of thin pants, and when he sat down on them, he felt a pain and numbness all the way down to his tailbone.

His face turned deathly pale.

He rubbed his back, wincing in pain, and looked up at Qiao Changdong.

He wanted to retaliate, but when he looked up, he met Qiao Changdong's extremely gloomy face, and swallowed back all the curses that were about to come out.

Instead, she asked with a hint of ingratiation, "Brother Dong, what's wrong?"

"Get out! Don't let me see you again, or I'll beat you every time I see you!"

Qiao Changdong immediately kicked them out.

Qiao Qiao was young and only felt that those words were unpleasant and uncomfortable to hear.

But Qiao Changdong was an adult, so how could he not understand that the other person's tone and expression were teasing, something only adults would do?

He didn't manage to beat the other person to a pulp because he was carrying someone in his arms, which wasn't very convenient!