“The main culprit…”
Zhou Qiqi murmured the two words repeatedly, her heart filled with mixed feelings.
Lin Yao has utterly degraded herself to this extent for a man like Xu Shu, sacrificing her future and even her freedom. It's really... not worth it at all.
She shook her head, as if trying to shake off all these unpleasant things, forced a smile, and changed the subject with a hint of smugness:
"Forget about them, they're bad luck! There's something really happy happening today!"
The dishes have been served now.
Shen Huaichuan was just about to put a piece of stir-fried liver into Zhou Qiqi's bowl when he heard this, so he stopped mid-air and looked up at her.
"Something good to do? What is it?"
His tone was calm, but his eyes held a questioning look.
Zhou Qiqi winked mysteriously and lowered her voice:
"I can't tell you now. I'll tell you when we get home! Anyway, it's really, really good news!"
Her intention was to whet Chen Huaichuan's appetite and see how anxious he would become.
Shen Huaichuan simply grunted in response and calmly placed the liver tip into her bowl. "Okay, we'll talk about it later."
Seeing that she wasn't curious at all, Zhou Qiqi snorted, "Then I won't wait any longer, I'll tell you tonight!"
She silently added in her mind, "You're going to drive me crazy..."
However, Shen Huaichuan simply nodded calmly, "Okay."
His behavior made Zhou Qiqi's heart itch. She wanted to speak several times, but when she saw Shen Huaichuan's calm and composed demeanor, she held back.
After finishing their meal, the family had just reached their front door when they saw Jiang Xiangyang rushing towards them like a cannonball:
"Zhouzhou! Zhouzhou! Come and see! I folded a paper boat that can move in the basin of water!"
Zhouzhou's eyes lit up, and after getting Zhou Qiqi's permission, she ran off with Xiangyang.
After sending the child away, Zhou Qiqi finally couldn't hold back any longer.
She grabbed Shen Huaichuan's arm, her almond-shaped eyes wide open, with a hint of coquettishness:
"Hey! Comrade Shen Huaichuan! Aren't you even a little bit curious? You've been holding it in the whole way! Aren't you going to ask what the good news is?"
Shen Huaichuan had a smile on his face.
"What are you curious about? You said you'd tell me tonight, so I'll tell you tonight. Soldiers must obey orders."
His eyes were gentle, and he spoke as if it were the truth, but Zhou Qiqi felt a tickle in her teeth, always feeling that this jerk was doing it on purpose.
"you!"
Zhou Qiqi was furious and stomped her foot. "Fine! You're not curious, are you? Then I won't tell you!"
She made a move as if to go inside.
Once inside, Zhou Qiqi put her bag on the table, poured herself a glass of water, and gulped it down, trying to suppress the suffocating feeling.
But when she turned around, she saw that Shen Huaichuan had already picked up the newspaper on the table and was about to read it. His calmness completely shattered her.
"Oh dear! Shen Huaichuan!"
She rushed over, snatched the newspaper from his hand, and couldn't help but laugh, her cheeks flushing slightly.
"You... really! You're not fun at all! Okay, okay, I'll tell you! I'm dying to tell you!"
She pulled Shen Huaichuan to sit down at the table, her eyes sparkling with excitement. She couldn't wait to tell him everything Grandpa Zhai had said: about "PTSD," about her eldest granddaughter abroad researching the disease, and about Grandpa Zhai's promise to help her find out about treatment options. She poured everything out like beans spilling from a bamboo tube.
"real?!"
Even the usually composed Shen Huaichuan's eyes lit up instantly upon hearing this news.
He suddenly stood up, his face filled with barely suppressed excitement and ecstasy. He grabbed Zhou Qiqi's hand so hard that it hurt her slightly.
"Old Master Zhai really said that? His eldest granddaughter is really researching this? Zhouzhou... Zhouzhou really has hope?"
"Yes! Absolutely true!"
Zhou Qiqi nodded vigorously, her eyes also welling up with tears from his words.
"The old man said it himself; his eldest granddaughter mentioned this illness in her letter, and the symptoms match! He promised to contact her immediately!"
Shen Huaichuan paced back and forth in the room, his chest heaving with excitement. His usual composure as a soldier was completely overwhelmed by the immense hope he felt.
He took a deep breath, trying to calm himself, but the light in his eyes was astonishing:
"Great! This is...incredible good news!"
"but,"
Zhou Qiqi quickly tried to cool him down and pulled him to sit down again.
"Don't get too excited yet. The old man said he's abroad and it'll probably be at least half a month before we get any definite news. Besides, he's just asking, so he might not have any good solutions."
"I understand! I understand!"
Shen Huaichuan nodded repeatedly, his voice trembling slightly, "It's good that there's hope!"
"Qiqi!"
His voice trembled almost imperceptibly.
"Thank you! Thank you so much! Honey, you're truly our family's lucky star!"
Before he finished speaking, he bent down, put his hands under Zhou Qiqi's armpits, and with a little effort, lifted her up steadily off the ground and held her high in the air!
"Hey! Shen Huaichuan, what are you doing! Put me down right now!"
Caught off guard, Zhou Qiqi's feet left the ground, and she gasped in fright. She instinctively grabbed his broad shoulders, her cheeks instantly turning red.
Shen Huaichuan carefully placed her back on the ground, but his arm remained around her waist.
Zhou Qiqi gently pushed him and said reproachfully:
"This is not my doing! It's because Zhouzhou is kind-hearted! She saved Grandpa Zhai by accident, which led to this good relationship."
Shen Huaichuan stubbornly shook his head, his gaze intense:
"No, both of you! Your arrival in my Shen family is the greatest fortune for me, Shen Huaichuan, and for our family!"
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