Chapter 20 Jumping off a building

Xiao Nanxing couldn't help but think of the four words he said: "make a fake into a real one." She wanted to ask him boldly if he was drunk.

Or did she hear wrong?

With his status, he wouldn't say something that could cause misunderstanding, right?

Xiao Nanxing scratched his forehead, feeling a little hesitant. What if he had misheard? Wouldn't that make him seem self-indulgent?

Ah, never mind. I must have heard it wrong. How could he possibly say something like that?

That night, Xiao Nanxing dreamed of the words "make a false impression". They turned into monsters and chased her all night long, so that she woke up in the morning feeling dizzy and swollen.

"Ah, I'm on vacation today!" Xiao Nanxing wailed, threw herself back into the bed, rolled around for a few minutes, and had to get up. She still had to go to Dafu Road to check everyone today.

They were all my grandfather's former patients. After my grandfather passed away, she took over their follow-up treatment.

When the car arrived at the place where they had been last time, Xiao Nanxing saw Pei Zhengping's face flash before his eyes. He was solemn, handsome, and that one time he was so wicked...

"Xiao Nanxing, why are you thinking about him?!" Xiao Nanxing came back to his senses in shock and scolded himself for being crazy.

After parking the car and putting on his backpack, Xiao Nanxing gathered his thoughts and started climbing the stairs. The first one he went to was still Aunt Gui's house.

"Lao Wu and his wife are really getting divorced. Alas, his mother is so angry that she is sick. Lao Wu knelt down and begged his wife not to divorce him. He said he would go out to work to earn money, but his health is not good either."

Xiao Nanxing listened quietly to Aunt Gui's words. She hoped Pei Zhengping could go faster, as everyone was really about to be unable to bear it any longer.

After giving Uncle Gui acupuncture, Aunt Gui suddenly said, "Hey, Nanxing, you might not know this, but I heard your uncle's Baicaotang's business is getting worse and worse. Your cousin is getting married and wants to buy a car and a house, so to raise money, he sold the fine herbs your grandfather left him."

Xiao Nanxing was stunned and smiled bitterly, "I really don't know."

Since moving out of Baicaotang, she has never been back and has never paid attention to the affairs of her second uncle's family.

After her parents divorced, she lived with her grandfather in Baicaotang. Her second uncle and second aunt began to dislike her and were overtly and covertly on guard against her, fearing that she would take over Baicaotang.

After college, she would rather live in the school dormitory than go back.

But her grandfather was there, and she couldn't bear to leave him, so she could only endure their verbal violence and live there.

During the two months when her grandfather was seriously ill, she had to take care of him while fighting with them. It was really tiring.

Therefore, after she left, she didn't want to go back. She felt upset when she saw her second uncle's family. She couldn't understand why her grandfather was such a good man, but his two sons were both bastards?

After leaving Aunt Gui's house, Xiao Nanxing continued to climb the stairs. This was how she developed her strength, and she treated every climb as a physical exercise.

At noon, she was forced to eat by a mother-in-law. She didn't rest and went to knock on every door.

Around three in the afternoon, she happened to check the time on her phone and unexpectedly discovered that Pei Zhengping had sent her a WeChat message just a few minutes ago. When she clicked on it, it was a photo.

Xiao Nanxing replied: "Secretary Pei is also on Dafu Road?"

The photo was of the pink chopped pepper fish head she had parked on the roadside, and it was obvious that it was a spur of the moment shot.

Pei Zhengping replied a few seconds later: "Bring a friend over to take a look."

Xiao Nanxing said "oh" and had nothing to say. She thought about it and replied with a smiling emoticon.

Turn off your phone and continue climbing.

Huh? Bringing friends over to look around? Is that what she meant?

If we want to revitalize an unfinished building, of course we have to continue construction, and someone has to take it over.

So he has already started asking people to evaluate him in advance to prepare for the subsequent work?

Thinking of this, she felt much better and her steps upstairs were full of strength.

At half past three, she returned downstairs and turned to go to another building. Suddenly, a shrill scream echoed, "Lao Wu! Lao Wu! Come down!!!"

Xiao Nanxing was startled and ran downstairs to Aunt Gui's house.

She looked up and saw a black dot sitting on the edge of the roof, precariously crumbling.

Xiao Nanxing felt cold all over and ran over quickly, taking out her cell phone with trembling hands. She wanted to call the police, but she called Pei Zhengping first.

"Secretary Pei, someone is about to jump off a building!" She heard her own panting and trembling voice, "In Building No. 5 of the resettlement city."

"I'll be there right away." Pei Zhengping's voice soothed her fear.

She hung up the phone and rushed upstairs.

Someone was also running up behind her. She didn't bother looking back and rushed to the rooftop. She saw Uncle Wu sitting on the edge and his mother kneeling there wailing, "Son, son, come down, Mommy begs you to come down!"

Xiao Laowu seemed to be deaf, sitting there blankly, neither hearing nor moving.

Xiao Nanxing took a breath and ran over to support his mother-in-law, "Uncle Wu, don't be impulsive, come down first!!"

"Nanxing? Nanxing, it's good that you came. Please help me persuade him, please help me persuade him, wuwu--" The mother-in-law cried so hard that her face turned pale and she looked like she would faint at any time.

Xiao Nanxing pinched her tiger's mouth to comfort her, and communicated with Xiao Laowu again, "Uncle Laowu, I'm Xiao Nanxing. If you have anything, let's come down and talk it over. I'll help you solve it. Come down and see your mother. What will she do if anything happens to you?"

Xiao Laowu slowly turned around and suddenly roared, "We're all worthless anyway. I'm leaving first. Mom, come with me. The sooner you leave, the sooner you'll be free."

My mother-in-law cried and screamed, she was so anxious that she couldn't speak.

Xiao Nanxing was so anxious that he raised his voice, "Where's your Xiaobao? He's only six years old. You know how hard it is for a child without a father to protect him. If your wife remarries and starts a new family, your Xiaobao will be a wild child that no one wants..."

"Uncle Wu, I know life is hard. I won't say anything high-sounding. Everyone suffers, but what will happen to your little treasure if you leave?"

She let go of her mother-in-law, found Lao Wu's wife on WeChat and made a video call. Thankfully, the call was connected quickly.

Without time to explain, she called out to her aunt, "Aunt, please let Xiaobao talk to me, quickly."

Xiaobao's chubby little face was revealed. He was still carrying his schoolbag, so he must have just gotten out of school. "Sister Nanxing?"

Hearing his gurgling voice, Xiao Laowu finally showed signs of struggling.

Xiao Nanxing turned the camera around and said, "Uncle Wu, look at the child."

"Dad? Dad, what are you doing~~" The child didn't understand what was going on and asked curiously, "Are you swinging on the swing?"

Xiao Laowu burst into tears.

Aunt Laowu hugged the child and looked at the camera, "Xiao Laowu, what's wrong with you?"

Xiao Nanxing hurriedly explained, "Auntie, where are you? Come back soon, Uncle Wu is worried—"

"Ah, Xiao Laowu!" Aunt Laowu screamed and ran with the child in her arms, her voice intermittent, "Xiao Laowu, if you dare to jump down, I will remarry immediately, just wait for me, wuwu..."

Xiao Nanxing took a few steps closer and pretended to give him his phone. "Uncle Wu, look, Auntie and Xiaobao are coming back soon. It's not a big deal if you jump, but what if you scare the child?"

As it happened, Xiaobao seemed frightened and started crying loudly, "Daddy, Daddy."

Xiao Laowu also cried miserably, "Wife, wife, I can't do anything, I can't live anymore, wow wow."

Aunt Lao Wu cried and roared, "What will happen to us mother and son if you die? I won't divorce you. I'm just forcing you. I won't leave. Woo woo, what will we do if you die?"

Xiao Laowu screamed in despair, "I was diagnosed with lung cancer. Am I going to be a burden to you if I live?!"