Chapter 928: Trip to Beidu (13)
Xiu Xi didn’t answer, paid the phone bill, and then returned to his room, his expression cold, completely different from the tenderness he had displayed while on the phone.
Who would have thought such a small child could have two faces? The middle-aged man shrugged indifferently, pocketing the money in his inner garment and adjusting his overcoat before closing his eyes as well.
After the call, Ruan Jiaojiao had a good sleep, and so did Xiu Xi, who was also looking forward to returning home tomorrow. However, someone from the Duan Family couldn’t sleep at all.
Duan Xin thought about the person he had seen during the day and his father’s recent long trip. The more he thought about it, the less he could sleep, so he simply sat up in bed, put on his slippers, and opened his room door to step out.
He was staying on the third floor, and it was now past nine o’clock. Though the lights in the large house were not out, the quiet was excessive. He stood by the railing on the third floor for a while, but eventually, his curiosity got the better of him, and he tiptoed downstairs.
The patriarch of the Duan Family had not been in good health and so had always lived on the first floor for convenience. However, the first floor had been uninhabited for years because the patriarch’s health had deteriorated to the point where he could only be sustained in the hospital and had not returned home for a long time.
Duan Xin walked down from the third floor to the first and sneaked into the patriarch’s room.
Though his uncle’s room had not been lived in for a long time, it was always kept clean, and aside from a lack of human presence, it was still very tidy.