Chapter 513

Aunt Liu brought them some brewed rose tea.

Grandma explained to Qin Jingxiu a little embarrassedly: "I am not in good health and cannot drink tea. This is the only thing we have at home. It was brought back by Qiqi. I think it tastes good. I don't know if you are used to it."

Qin Jingxiu actually guessed the origin of the rose tea by smelling the fragrance, and took a sip of the cup. Sure enough, it smelled exactly the same as in Mo Shaochen's villa! He remained calm on the surface, secretly cursing Mo Shaochen for being cunning and shameless, and even bribed the old man.

"It's pretty good. Actually, I don't have any particular preference for tea. Plain water is fine too."

"That's good."

Grandma breathed a sigh of relief. "It's a rare visit for you, and you brought so many things with you. I don't have anything to treat you. Please stay for lunch. Xiao Liu's cooking skills are pretty good. If you want to eat anything, tell me and I'll ask Xiao Liu to go to the market to buy it."

Qin Jingxiu disrespectfully rejected the old man's suggestion to keep some food for him.

"Don't bother. I'll eat with you."

Grandma refused to agree. "That won't work. You are the guest. I usually eat plain food, which you are not used to."

Aunt Liu also helped grandma persuade her, saying, "Yes, you are Qiqi's father. This is your first visit to our house. How can we let you eat vegetables and rice? Qiqi will definitely blame us for not treating you well enough if she finds out."

The five words "Qiqi's father" immediately made Qin Jingxiu's favorability towards Aunt Liu increase significantly.

"I am sorry for my impoliteness. I even forgot to introduce myself. My last name is Qin Jingxiu." He looked at the old man, "You can call me Xiao Qin or Jingxiu."

Grandma nodded quickly, "Oh, OK, so your last name is Qin. What are the two characters for Jingxiu? Sorry, I didn't read much, so I'm afraid I'll pronounce it wrong."

"The scenery is about scenery, and the cultivation is about self-cultivation."

After Qin Jingxiu finished speaking, he helped the old man save his number into his mobile phone contacts. When he saw that Mo Shaochen's number was second, he felt angry again.

"I'm in the army most of the time, so I may not be able to answer the phone at all times. I'll save my father Qin Dahai's number for you. If something happens and you can't find me, you can contact my father."

Hearing the word "troop", grandma showed a look of surprise and admiration, "Xiao Qin is a soldier?"

"Yes, I joined the army when I was 18 and have been there ever since."

Qin Jingxiu was accustomed to his status and had no sense of superiority, but facing the old man's eager and respectful eyes, he couldn't help but feel a bit proud.

"It's great to be a soldier. I didn't expect that Qiqi has a father who is a soldier." Grandma seemed very excited and happy that Qin Jingxiu was a soldier.

It’s not that the old woman’s ideological awareness is so noble, she is just simply thinking about her granddaughter’s future.

It goes without saying that Mo Shaochen's identity and background are not simple. The only thing she is worried about is whether the Mo family's parents will dislike that her daughter Kiki's family background is too ordinary if they talk about marriage in the future.

Qin Jingxiu had no idea what the old man was thinking. If he knew, he would probably be so angry that he would slam the table on the spot.

If Mo Shaochen dares to despise his Qiqi, he can’t kill him!

Aunt Liu happily went to the vegetable market and bought a lot of delicious vegetables, and cooked a big table full of them.

Grandma found a bottle of wine from somewhere. Qin Jingxiu didn't like drinking, but he was rarely happy and didn't want to spoil the old lady's fun, so he drank half a glass.

After dinner, grandma took Qin Jingxiu to visit Qiqi's room and took out all of her treasured awards, report cards, and photo albums of Qiqi from childhood to adulthood.

Qin Jingxiu flipped through the old certificates, transcripts, and photo albums one by one, and his eyes gradually became red.

Seeing that Qin Jingxiu really loved his granddaughter Qiqi, the grandmother was very pleased. She suppressed her reluctance and pushed all the things in front of Qin Jingxiu.

"I'm old, my memory is not good, and I often forget things. Fortunately, Qiqi now has you as her father, so I don't have to worry about anything in the future.

These are Qiqi's things, you can take them."

Although the items are very old, they are well preserved, flat and tidy without any wrinkles, and it is obvious that a lot of thought has been put into them.

A gentleman does not take away what others like, but Qin Jingxiu couldn't say no at this time, nor was he willing to refuse.

Because these things are so precious, they are what he has been missing, his daughter's growth process.

He stood up and bowed deeply to the old man.

"Thank you for raising Qiqi. You are Qiqi's grandmother and will be my elder in the future. Your kindness will be remembered by our Qin family."

Grandma was startled and waved her hands quickly, "Xiao Qin, stop saying that. Qiqi is my granddaughter, and it's my duty to take care of her."

The Tang family had limited financial resources, so there weren't many old photos of Tang Qi, only about twenty or thirty in total. Many of them were group photos at school, as well as promotional photos taken by the school and the Education Bureau when she became the top scorer in the high school entrance exam.

None of these photos show Tang Qi before the age of 6.

Because at that time, she was an illegal resident with no household registration and no file photo.

As Qin Jingxiu listened to the old man telling about his daughter's past, he felt as if his heart was being gripped by someone, feeling stuffy and painful.

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It was not until the lights came on that Qin Jingxiu left Shengshi Haoting and took a taxi to Donghe Village.

The development and changes in City B can be said to be earth-shaking. Spacious roads, tall buildings, bustling streets, and beautiful scenery are completely different from the backwardness of 18 years ago.

When Qin Jingxiu entered Donghe Village and found the dilapidated tin house in the photo where his daughter Qiqi had lived, the tears that he had been holding back all afternoon burst out.

Not far from the tin house is a garbage dump, with a foul stench wafting over, flies flying around, and mosquitoes rampant.

He couldn't imagine how much suffering his daughter had endured and what kind of torment her life was like in such an environment. Did she ever feel resentment towards him, an incompetent father?

How dissatisfied he was with Mo Shaochen before, how grateful he was now.

He was grateful that the other party took care of Kiki and kept her safe when he didn't even know about Kiki's existence.

Qin Jingxiu was well-dressed and had an extraordinary demeanor. He was very eye-catching in the lower-class living circle of Donghe Village, and soon some nearby residents came over to chat with him.

"Are you looking for someone or renting a house? The owner of this house is not here."

The tin house was right next to the building that Zhou Xiuzhi sold to Tang Qi, and the person who approached her subconsciously thought that Qin Jingxiu was looking for the owner of the building.

Qin Jingxiu glanced at the middle-aged woman who was chatting him up, and asked with a slight movement in his eyes, "Do you know Tang Qi?"

The middle-aged woman smiled and said, "I know him. Why, are you here to see Tang Qi?"

The middle-aged woman looked him up and down, her eyes revealing a strange ambiguity. "How do you know her? What's your relationship with her?"

Qin Jingxiu said with a slightly cold expression: "I am Tang Qi's biological father."

The middle-aged woman was startled and put away her frivolous look. "So you are Tang Qi's father. Hey, you are too late. She has moved away a long time ago and doesn't live here anymore."

Qin Jingxiu's face looked better. "I know. I just came to see where she used to live."

"Oh, that's it."

Perhaps she saw that he was of unusual status, so the middle-aged woman pointed to the small building in front of him and asked, "You gave your Tang Qi the money to buy this building, right?"

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(End of this chapter)