That afternoon, while Tong Xiaohuai was taking a nap, Brother Du, whom Tong's mother had mentioned, came to the door to take her pulse carefully. During the pulse-taking process, Brother Du looked very serious.
“Weiyao, your previous problems have indeed been alleviated a lot by the surgery. However, the surgery has also greatly depleted your energy. In the next year or two, you should try to avoid overworking yourself.”
Tong Ma Chen Weiyao nodded, not showing much surprise or shock. After all, she had been in this body for decades, and she knew its condition very well.
After the check-up, Shen Weiyao was left to rest in the bedroom, while Boss Tong accompanied Brother Du out of the yard.
"Boss, if possible, you should take Weiyao to a quiet place to recuperate. This place is too noisy and not suitable for health preservation."
Tong Laoda had considered what Brother Du said, but Shen Weiyao was always thinking about her precious daughter and was reluctant to move away from here.
"I'll talk to her about it slowly later. She always feels that she should just take it one day at a time and try to spend as much time as possible with Xiaohuai."
Tong Laoda, a man who fears nothing, is always very cautious when discussing this issue.
Those who know him well know that ever since he met Shen Weiyao in his twenties, he has been completely under her thumb. After his beloved daughter was born, the number of people who could completely control him increased by one.
“Boss, I think you should have a good talk with Xiao Huai. It’s not fair to keep her in the dark all this time.” Brother Du did not approve of the couple’s decision to keep the illness a secret.
“Xiao Huai is no longer a little girl. She is responsible and willing to take responsibility. Telling her is no worse than keeping it from her.”
Boss Tong remained silent for a long time before finally saying, "I'll think about it some more..."
Tong Xiaohuai slept quite soundly during her afternoon nap. When she woke up, a deep twilight had already fallen outside the window.
I walked to the window and opened it. Outside, morning glories climbed the big tree, their blue and white flowers covering the ground.
Tong Xiaohuai used the windowsill as leverage to leap, landing gracefully in the garden outside. She ran to a big tree, picked a handful of blue and white flowers, held them in her arms, and ran to her parents' bedroom, knocking on the window.
After a while, the curtains inside were opened, and Tong's mother, wearing a coat, looked out. When she saw her daughter, she smiled brightly and quickly opened the window.
"Girl, what are you doing outside again?"
Tong Xiaohuai held out the flowers she had hidden behind her back, saying, "Mom, these are for you!"
Tong's mother smiled and bent down to accept the flowers. "They're so beautiful, thank you!"
Then, seeing Tong Xiaohuai standing barefoot on the grass, he quickly tugged at her hand, "You silly girl, running around barefoot again. Come inside and put on your shoes, it's cold outside."
Tong Xiaohuai chuckled, then, using the windowsill as leverage, darted through the window and into the room.
Tong's mother sighed helplessly, quickly went to get a pair of slippers, bent down, and helped her put them on.
"You, talking about getting married, you're still like a child."
Tong Xiaohuai looked down and smiled as she watched her mother squatting on the ground helping her put on her shoes. Her heart felt warm, as if she had returned to her childhood when her mother would scold and take care of her at the same time.
"Mom, didn't I say I won't get married? Whoever wants to marry me can come and live with us."
At this point, Tong Xiaohuai was still too young and too presumptuous.
Tong's mother looked up at her and shook her head helplessly again.
"I have a feeling that Xiao Yan has picked up a big problem."
Tong Xiaohuai immediately retorted, "He found a treasure, he found his parents' treasure."
Tong's mother clicked her tongue twice, stopped arguing with her, helped her put on her shoes, and then helped her stand up by supporting herself on her knees.
Before she could fully straighten up, a wave of dizziness washed over her. Tong's mother swayed a couple of times, but luckily Tong Xiaohuai reacted quickly, grabbing her arm and pulling her up.
"Mom, are you alright?"
Pulling her into his arms, Tong Xiaohuai asked anxiously, leaning closer to carefully observe his mother's expression.
Shen Weiyao's face was pale. She closed her eyes slightly, and when she opened them, she met her daughter's worried eyes and reached out to touch her face.
"Silly boy, Mom is fine."
Even if Tong Xiaohuai was oblivious, she vaguely sensed that something was wrong with her mother.
After dinner, she and Boss Tong went out to inspect the field together. In the car, she finally couldn't help but ask Boss Tong a question.
"Dad, is Mom sick?"
Tong Laoda gave her a wary look and vehemently denied it, saying, "Who said that? That's not true."
Tong Xiaohuai stared intently at Tong Laoda's face, his expression grave, as if trying to discern whether he was lying.
"Nobody said anything, but Mom looked terrible. At first, I thought she was just jet-lagged, but it's been so many days! This evening, she almost fainted!"
"What? Your mom almost fainted? Why didn't she tell me?"
Tong Laoda suddenly raised his voice and questioned Tong Xiaohuai, startling her.
"Didn't Mom tell you?" Tong Xiaohuai became increasingly suspicious.
Tong Laoda shook his head, glanced hurriedly out the window, and then turned to Tong Xiaohuai and said, "Xiaohuai, Dad won't stay with you. You should meet up with A-Ming later and let him accompany you on your patrol."
Before Tong Xiaohuai could say anything more, Boss Tong had already leaned back in the driver's seat. "Xiao Yang, pull over up ahead and I'm getting out."
"Dad..." Tong Xiaohuai wanted to ask something more, but seeing that her eldest son's mind was not on her at all, and that he was anxiously looking at the road conditions outside, she swallowed the words that were about to come out.
Tong Laoda hurriedly got out of the car and climbed into the bodyguard car behind. Tong Xiaohuai, sitting in the car, turned his head and watched the car carrying Tong Laoda merge into the traffic. The unease in his heart grew bigger and bigger like a snowball.
That evening, Tong Xiaohuai seemed a little absent-minded.
"Xiao Huai, is something wrong?" Qin Ming rarely saw Tong Xiao Huai like this, and asked with great concern.
“No…” Tong Xiaohuai shook her head.
She really wanted to ask Qin Ming about her mother's situation, but then she thought that if her parents wanted to hide it from her, she definitely wouldn't get any information from Uncle Ming.
"Did you have a fight with the Third Young Master?" Qin Ming asked with a smile.
In his opinion, at Tong Xiaohuai's age, only being in love could make her so sentimental.
Tong Xiaohuai shook her head again. Someone like Yan Bo wouldn't argue with her unless she went too far, right?
Although Tong Xiaohuai shook her head in denial, Qin Ming was still convinced that the girl had argued with Yan Bo, which was why she was so restless all night.
Therefore, he deliberately avoided mentioning Yan Bo in the following conversation. Otherwise, Qin Ming usually liked to tease Tong Xiaohuai by mentioning Yan Bo.
During the time that Boss Tong has been back, the undercurrents that had been brewing in the Tong family seem to have subsided.
It seems that people are more wary of Boss Tong, and as for Tong Xiaohuai, the new leader, it seems that he still needs to work harder.
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