Chapter 187 - 183: The Same (Second Update)
Mr. Li sprang up from his bed as soon as he heard the news, barefoot and ready to walk out, but Li Xianglu quickly grabbed him and insisted, "I’ll go, I’ll go!"
She dashed to the phone but got no answer from Xu Xi’s side, so she hurriedly called the Shanghai office, simply stating that Grandpa was better now and to not worry.
After hanging up, she quickly helped Mr. Li back onto the bed: "Grandpa, you’ve brought this upon yourself. Why act like Lin Daiyu? Now look what happened."
"What?" Mr. Li smacked his granddaughter’s arm in frustration, saw her wince, and quickly massaged it tenderly, reprimanding, "You child, always overdoing it. Don’t you know Grandma Su can’t come to the country right now? She’d probably have to be questioned as soon as she arrived."
Li Xianglu nodded, saying, "I was rash, but I was worried about you, Grandpa. I think Grandma Su is amazing. If she came and asked, ’Little Li, why are you sick?’ you might have gotten better on the spot!"
Li Huai Ren, vexed, tugged at his granddaughter’s ear and only let go when she yelped in pain: "You, always so thoughtless. Did you learn that from Qin Zhen?"
Alright then, far away in Shanghai, Qin Zhen felt his ear inexplicably burning, though he wasn’t sick.
Alright then, Mr. Li didn’t inquire further, contentedly eating a sea cucumber his granddaughter had steamed with rock sugar, and both grandchild and grandfather refrained from broaching the subject of family origins.
After mulling over it for a few days and being prompted by his granddaughter’s antics, Mr. Li came to terms with not asking who his granddaughter was, especially since she seemed unaware of everything. After all, her affairs were far more mysterious than his own.
When Qin Xi returned in the afternoon, along with Qin Shouren, they were stunned to see Mr. Li practicing Tai Chi in the yard. Wasn’t he bedridden in the morning? How could he be exercising in the afternoon?