Chapter 78 Chapter 78 Give it back to me.

Tan Du is in the hospital.

Su Qi's parents called him early in the morning and said they couldn't find Su Qi.

Tan Du called his other number and found out that the man was drunk and lying on the street for several hours last night. He was found by a kind-hearted person in the late night and sent to the hospital.

He was afraid that the two elders would get anxious and angry, so he rushed over. After confirming that Su Qi was not seriously ill, he told Su's father and mother.

During this time, the police came over and saw that the man had woken up, so they gave him another lecture.

When the doctor learned about the situation, he was even more ruthless in his lecture, saying that if it had been any later, the finger would have been crippled.

These words happened to fall into the ears of Su's father and mother who came over, and Su's mother fainted immediately.

Qiao Zhuoyi called at this moment, and Tan Du only had time to hurriedly reply with that one sentence.

After the chaos was over, Boss Tan found that he had been blocked.

The word "break up" is like a rusty nail stuck in the throat, painful and excruciating.

"What's wrong?" Su Qi asked as he stood up from the hospital bed.

"Lie down." Tan Du said hoarsely.

Su Qi was shocked by his expression. He swallowed and asked cautiously, "What happened?"

Tan Du placed the screen in front of him. Su Qi took a deep breath and asked, "What's going on? Why?"

Tan Du looked at him, and Su Qi pointed at himself: "Because of me?"

He nearly jumped up, rummaging through his phone, muttering, "Hey, let me be clear, buddy, I'm completely straight, and I'm completely innocent with you!"

Tan Du's eyelids twitched painfully, and he gave another instruction: "Lie down."

After a pause, he added: "Don't flatter yourself."

Su Qi didn't listen to him. His finger had already pressed the voice call button. After a few seconds, he flipped the screen and said awkwardly, "I'm in the dark room too. No, what's going on? Weren't we still inseparable during the Chinese New Year..."

"Bai Yue is here." Tan Du rubbed his face and interrupted him.

"Damn it!" Su Qi yelled. The nurse passing by the door leaned in and said, "Keep your voice down!"

He quickly lowered his voice: "No, why didn't you tell me he was coming? When did he come?"

Tan Du didn't respond.

Su Qi suddenly realized: "I was wondering why you look so bad, and why hasn't the wound at the corner of your mouth healed for such a long time? Did he tell Boss Qiao? Boss Qiao also feels that..."

"No." Tan Du leaned back in his chair and interrupted him, "No, I didn't say it, so he got angry."

Su Qi fell silent, and after a while he said, "That wasn't your fault in the first place. It was you who insisted on taking the responsibility on yourself. It's been three years, you should..."

"If it's not my fault, then whose fault could it be?" Tan Du curled his lips. "Who else could he hate?"

Su Qi opened his mouth, but couldn't say anything.

"Okay, take good care of it. I'll go see my uncle and aunt." Tan Du stood up.

"No, you still want to stay here right now?" Su Qi yelled and then lowered his voice, "Why don't you go back and appease Boss Qiao?"

"I've been to the boxing gym. Bai Yue is on a business trip," Tan Du said, looking down at him. "I'll have a good chat with him when he comes back."

"Ah? Oh." Su Qi sighed, "Yeah, that's right. You guys... well - how are you going to deal with this?"

"Look at him." Tan Du's voice was hoarse.

"asshole!"

Guiyi cursed again.

Boss Qiao's temper these days is comparable to willow catkins. When they scatter, they attack everyone equally, and when they gather together, they can blow people away like a tornado.

Xiao Luo only dared to walk on tiptoe, and whenever there was anything, he would ask Si Mo to pass on the message.

Sima was like a ruthless messaging machine just two days ago, but he has been unhappy these past two days.

Boss Qiao wouldn't be angry with her, but the aura of "keep away from strangers" really made her imagine kicking the coffee away.

"Even Sima doesn't dare to speak?" Xiao Lu muttered "Oh my God", not daring to put down the tray in his hand, "So should I give you afternoon tea or not?"

Zhou Jue: "Brother Tan said he would send it to you, would you dare to disobey?"

Xiao Lu shrank his neck and hesitated. Zhou Jue glanced at his phone, walked out of the bar, took it and said, "I'll go."

"Zhou Jue?" Xiao Luo whispered as he opened the door. "That guy Xiao Lu doesn't dare to come up?"

Zhou Jue looked behind him and said loudly, "Boss Qiao is busy?"

Qiao Zhuo raised his eyes and looked at her: "If you don't want to eat it, take it away."

"Brother Tan asked me to send him there specifically," Zhou Jue blinked and said loudly, "He's in the hospital—"

Qiao Zhuo glanced over again, and Zhou Jue smiled: "Boss Qiao, I've improved the pistachio mousse today..."

Qiao Zhuoyi put down his things and stood up. He sent Xiao Luo away and leaned against the door, saying, "If you have something to say, just say it."

Zhou Jue hurriedly told the story of Su Qi.

Qiao Zhuoyi listened in silence. After a while, he raised his eyes and said coldly, "Don't tell me about him in the future."

Su Qi suffered from mild frostbite and had to be hospitalized for a week. Su's mother was frightened by this and was also kept in the hospital for two days for observation.

Tan Du ran between the two wards and didn't let himself be idle, otherwise he would always be sending messages to people. Seeing the exclamation mark with a red background, his heart felt like it was being crumpled into a ball like waste paper, and he could vaguely see the red ink inside.

"Didn't you say before that you wanted to attend a full moon party?" Su Qi asked while slurping noodles.

Tan Du nodded: "Can you go back tomorrow?"

"No problem!" Su Qi said, "You better leave quickly! My parents want to abandon me and recognize you as their son."

Tan Du didn't respond, but the fruit knife in his hand twirled flexibly, cutting the thin apple peel into a long strip.

Su Qi's eyes rolled around, and his body kept twisting as if there were springs under his butt.

"You can't even sit still while eating noodles." Tan Du looked at him, "If you have something to say, just say it."

"Um..." Su Qi almost buried his face in the bowl of noodles, "Boss Qiao knows."

"Know what?" Tan Du's hand slipped and a cut was made on his thumb.

"Ouch! Take it easy!" Su Qi took out a tissue and threw it over. Tan Du casually pulled one out and pressed it against his chest, staring at him and asking, "What did you say?"

"It's not Bai Yue..." Su Qi coughed, "I just asked Zhou Jue to tell me that you are here..."

He quickly glanced at Tan Du and said, "Brother, you've already publicized such a shameful thing, why don't you take advantage of it?"

Tan Du applied pressure to his fingers, causing a sharp pain and blood seeping from his fingertips. He paused and whispered, "How did he react?"

"I'm so anxious!" Su Qi said excitedly, "Really? Zhou Jue said that when you were in the hospital, you stood up immediately!"

"Sit down and talk." Tan Du leaned against the windowsill and curled the corners of his mouth unconsciously.

When he heard the last part, “No need to tell,” the corners of his lips straightened again.

Su Qi's expression of excitement subsided: "It's not my fault..."

"I know." Tan Duhui.

Of course, Qiao Zhuoyi cannot be blamed, it was he himself who refused to say anything.

"You can take advantage of this full moon party atmosphere to please Boss Qiao!" Su Qi advised.

Just as Tan Du was about to speak, Father Su came in carrying a lunch box. He hurried over to take it, felt the weight, and asked with a smile, "Auntie, have you finished eating today?"

"We're done eating!" Father Su put the lunch box away from the table.

"Dad, hehe." Su Qi smiled ingratiatingly.

Father Su didn't give him a look and said to Tan Du, "The doctor said she'll be discharged this afternoon. Xiao Tan, you've been really hard-working these past few days. Come home with us tomorrow and stay for a few days! Uncle will give you some nourishment!"

Tan Du glanced at Su Qi and replied with a smile: "It just so happens that I have something to do tomorrow, so I'll go back later. Su Qi..."

"Don't bother with him!" Su's father frowned and scolded.

"Dad——" Su Qi shouted.

"You and Auntie go back and have a good rest," Tan Du said, "I've called a nurse for Su Qi. It's just for one night. I'll be back tomorrow night."

"No need!" said Father Su, "Just do your thing! Why do you need a nurse? This kid is lucky to be alive!"

Su Qi curled up like a quail on the bed, not daring to speak. Tan Du smiled and said that he would leave first to make room for the father and son.

The winter sun was not very warm. Tan Du sat on the bench for a while, holding the wrinkled cigarette box in his hand, but his body still felt cold.

He was a little confused. He couldn't go to find Bai Yue at the moment, and it was not appropriate to go to the full moon party with a new injury.

While my brain was still struggling, my body had already made the decision. I got in the car, stepped on the accelerator, turned the steering wheel, and drove off-road back to the town.

The vegetable market was not as busy as it was in the morning. Fortunately, the familiar stall owner took out the meat he had saved for himself.

"Boss Tan, you can't follow the youngsters and try to lose weight with your body!" the boss warned as he chopped bones. "If you lose any more weight, you'll just be left with boneless meat!"

"You're joking." Tan Du walked around a few more times, picked out some relatively fresh dishes, and returned to the villa.

Blanket was lying on its own throne basking in the sun when it heard the familiar sound of an engine and quickly got up and rushed towards the door.

Tan Du got out of the car and let it pounce on him, then sat down on the ground. The fur under his palms was warm, and his cold body finally felt a little more relaxed.

Blanket suddenly stopped, his ears drooped, and he tiptoed back a few steps, turned his back and sat down.

"What's going on?" Tan Du stood up with a smile.

Blanket turned his head and looked up at him from below, but it didn't seem like he was looking at him.

Tan Du looked in the direction of its sight and saw it was a camera.

He rubbed the tip of his nose. This ancestor had seen the situation clearly and had to draw a clear line between himself and him.

The blanket moved to the side, and after it moved out of the camera, its mouth opened to the sides, and its tail shook to create a double image.

“…”

Tan Du shook his head and stood in front of the door with the vegetables in his hand for a while. His hand holding the key was slightly trembling. The moment he successfully turned the key, he felt like a death row prisoner who had received a pardon and glimpsed the sunlight outside the fence. His heart was at ease.

The villa hadn't smelled the aroma of hot food for a while. Tan Du's arrival first soothed Blanket's stomach, but this ancestor was smart. After eating, he hid in the yard again and would not get involved in the struggles of humans.

It was getting dark, but there was still no sign of the villa owner outside the door.

Tan Du subconsciously wanted to send a message to Qiao Zhuo, but when he opened it, he saw the entire interface covered with exclamation marks on a red background and sighed softly.

After switching interfaces, he called Zhou Jue for help, and Zhou Jue got information from Si Mo.

Knowing that Qiao Zhuoyi was the only one there, Tan Du got on the bus with the thermal box, and left a note in case he missed him on the way.

The smell of rice wafted from the old street, and Grandma Xu and Old Guantou from across the street were arguing.

Qiao Zhuo tapped his stiff lower back and walked to the balcony. There was a light strip on the ginkgo tree that was not lit. He fiddled with it for a while, but when it lit up, he didn't feel much surprise.

He caught a glimpse of TD's shadow on the bluestone slab and cursed softly again.

As soon as Qiao Zhuo closed the door, he turned his neck and saw a figure, and his heart skipped a beat.

He slowly clenched his hands into fists, frowned slightly, and his expression turned cold.

"Zhuo Yi." Tan Du called out.

Qiao Zhuo moved aside and shook off his outstretched hand.

Tan Du stepped forward to block the way and whispered, "I made dinner and brought it over. Would you like to eat together?"

As soon as Qiao Zhuo saw the familiar thermal box, he spread out his hands.

Tan Du hurriedly handed it over, but he saw him move his hand away and said coldly: "The key."

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