By the window of the upstairs guest room, a man's figure was submerged in darkness.
There were footsteps in the corridor outside.
Zhu Qixiong slowly turned around.
Soon, the footsteps stopped at the door.
"Qixiong." Shen Ning called softly from the doorway.
"Ningning." He strode out.
"Qixiong, I'm going to move to the Li family's old house now. You can live here with peace of mind. Aunt Dong is still here and she will take good care of you."
"Ningning, you can go with peace of mind. I will be fine." Zhu Qixiong leaned against the door frame and smiled, with a look of loneliness and frustration in his eyes.
"Alas, there's nothing I can do. Mr. Li is seriously ill. He wants to enjoy family happiness in the last moments of his life. I can't refuse." Shen Ning explained in a low voice.
"understand."
A car horn sounded downstairs. It was Li Zhenting urging her to go downstairs.
"I'm leaving first. If you have anything, call me and I'll call you too." Shen Ning reminded after a pause.
"good."
Shen Ning paused and then turned and walked away.
Zhu Qixiong stood in the darkness, looking at the night outside without moving.
Not long after, the sound of a car engine was heard downstairs, and soon, the luxury car downstairs drove away.
Zhu Qixiong returned to the guest room, fell on the bed with his clothes on, and pinched his eyebrows with his fingers.
Early the next morning.
As soon as Shen Ning opened her eyes, she washed and dressed Keke, Dingding, and Xiaoxiao. She also changed into a new set of clothes. Li Zhenting walked in, bent down, and held Xixi and Beibei in each hand. He said to her, "Ningning, let's go. Let's go visit Grandpa."
"good."
The family walked downstairs, Coco, Ding Ding and Xiao Xiao followed quietly behind. The little ones seemed to sense that the atmosphere was not right and were very quiet.
As soon as they came downstairs, they heard violent coughing coming from the bedroom where the old man lived, and Shen Ning's heart tightened.
Grandpa is indeed very ill.
At the bedroom door, the housekeeper and the nanny were wiping away tears.
"Young Master, Young Madam." Li Zhenting brought Shen Ning over. After they greeted each other, they immediately made way.
Li Zhenting and Shen Ning walked in.
Sandalwood was burning in the bedroom.
Old Master Li was lying on the bed, his eyes slightly closed, his face pale with purple, far worse than his previous energetic state.
Li Jinyao and his wife were standing aside, and there was a woman in her thirties next to them. Shen Ning recognized her. She was the eldest daughter-in-law of the third room Li Jinchang, named Rao Yajing. When Shen Ning was the head of the Li family, she had just married in not long ago. Later, she gave birth to three boys in a row. Li Jinmao was so happy that he said his son had married a good wife. He even pawned his house for her and rewarded her with a lot of houses and jewelry.
The only drawback of Rao Yajing is that her family background is not very good.
"Dad, look who's here?" Li Wanqing shouted excitedly as Shen Ning came in.
Li Jinyao, who was sleeping soundly, opened his eyes.
"Ningning, Zhenting, quickly let grandpa see the child. Grandpa has been thinking about him the whole time." Li Wanqing hurriedly said loudly.
"Okay." Shen Ning and Li Zhenting immediately walked to the bed with the child in their arms, bent down, and almost simultaneously called out, "Grandpa."
Li Jichun showed a long-lost smile on his face: "Ningning, Zhenting, you are here."
"Grandpa, are you feeling better?" Shen Ning leaned over and asked with concern.
"Well, I'm better." The old man's eyes fell directly on the child in Shen Ning's arms, and said to Li Wanqing, "Help me up quickly, I want to see my little great-grandchildren."
Li Jinyao immediately stepped forward to help the old man, and Li Zhenting also freed up a hand. The two of them helped Li Jichun up, who was half lying on the bed.
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