Tonghua walked slowly towards Grandpa Qin with heavy steps. Only then did Tonghua see that Grandpa Qin's eyes were full of red bloodshot and his face was filled with grief.
Tonghua really wanted to ask Qin Zun what was going on, but when she saw how old and frail Qin was, she was afraid that she would irritate him again. So she didn't ask much about Qin Zun's situation, but just walked up to him and said hello.
After seeing the fairy tale, Mr. Qin waved to Uncle Zhang who was standing beside him and said, "Go ask the nanny to bring the child over."
Uncle Zhang replied, "Yes, sir."
Then Uncle Zhang went into the room. He moved quickly and brought the person over with the nanny in less than a few minutes.
As soon as Ruoruo appeared at the door, Tonghua immediately trotted forward and took the child from the other's hands.
Tonghua hugged Ruoruo and couldn't help but kiss the forehead of her daughter whom she hadn't seen for many days.
Tonghua kept murmuring: "Ruoruo, Ruoruo, my daughter..."
Until this moment, Tonghua felt that her longing for her daughter had finally become real. Holding Ruoruo's small body in her arms and watching her daughter eating her fingers obediently, Tonghua was so excited that she almost cried.
Although she was able to see her daughter's current situation and appearance through video calls when she was in Canada before, it was through the screen after all and she could not touch her daughter. Now, through close contact, Tonghua feels a lot more at ease.
Old Master Qin knew that Tonghua had not seen her daughter for many days and was very excited, so he stood silently by with his crutches, not disturbing the reunion between the mother and daughter.
He just kept inspecting Ruoruo's face, and sighed thoughtfully: "Ruoruo now looks more and more like her father when he was a child. Look at her eyebrows and little mouth... ahem..."
Before Mr. Qin could finish his words, he started coughing violently, which made everyone around him nervous.
Tonghua raised her head and asked worriedly, "Grandpa, are you feeling unwell? We should call a doctor! Uncle Zhang, please call the doctor."
Uncle Zhang was patting Mr. Qin's back, trying to calm his cough.
Old Master Qin waved his hand and refused, "Old people are all in this condition. There's no need to see a doctor."
Tonghua advised, "But Grandpa, you are not in good health. How can we, the younger generation, rest assured?"
Old Master Qin said calmly, "It's okay. I know my body well. My illness can't be cured by medicine. By the way, you and your daughter haven't seen each other for many days. I'll leave this place to you and the child. I'm going back to my room to rest."
Although Tonghua still had many questions in her mind, such as what did it mean that "his illness cannot be cured by medicine", she knew that the old man did not want to talk about it, so she had to put her questions aside for the time being and said, "Then take care, Grandpa."
"Tap" "Tap"
Hearing the sound of the old man's cane and seeing his slow and shaky steps due to his physical disability, Tonghua couldn't help but feel infinite sadness. When she saw the old man a few months ago, he was in good health and full of energy. But she didn't expect that in just less than two months, everything would change...
Just when Tonghua was feeling sad, he suddenly heard a sharp and noisy sound coming from the door.
"I heard that woman is back. Where is she now?! I want to see her!"
"Madam, please calm down! Don't disturb the old man's peace!"
"Don't threaten me with the old man! He might be wandering around somewhere right now!"
Tonghua was looking towards the door when she saw Song Yirou pushing away the servant who was trying to stop her, with an angry look on her face.
When she saw Tonghua, she immediately widened her eyes as if she had seen an enemy, pointed at Tonghua's nose and cursed: "You unlucky star finally showed up! It was you who caused my son's accident, and now there's not even a corpse left. How dare you stay in the Qin family?!"
Tonghua didn't know how to respond to this sudden curse. She could only bite her lower lip, withstand the pressure, and hug the child tightly in her arms.
However, Song Yirou was even more dissatisfied with Tonghua's silent endurance and her emotions became even more intense: "Don't think that I can't do anything to you just because you don't say anything. Get out! I want you to get out of the Qin family now! You are never allowed to set foot here again!"
Scolding alone was not enough. Song Yirou reached out and pulled Tonghua's arm, as if she wanted to drive Tonghua out immediately.
"Asshole! I wonder who dares to kick my granddaughter-in-law out!"
When Song Yirou heard this familiar, majestic and tough voice, she immediately recognized who it was. She shuddered, then said with a stiff and hypocritical smile, "Father-in-law, why didn't you go to Mr. Li's house to reminisce about the past?"
As soon as she said this, she was glanced at by Old Man Qin. Song Yirou knew that she had said the wrong thing. She knew that the old man hated others inquiring about his whereabouts the most. By saying this, wasn't she making it clear that she had sent someone to monitor the old man?
Thinking of her arrogant look just now, which was all seen by the old man, and her image as a virtuous and docile daughter-in-law for many years was ruined, Song Yirou felt secretly resentful in her heart. It was all the fault of that little bitch Tonghua. No wonder she lowered her head just now and didn't say a word no matter how she scolded her. It turned out that she was putting on a show for the old man to see.
When she thought of this, Song Yirou gnashed her teeth in hatred, but she still had to pretend to be kind on the surface.
She covered her face and explained, "It's all my fault. I made those inappropriate remarks because of the pain of losing my son. I hope you won't be angry with me, father-in-law."
Seeing that Song Yirou was apologizing but still didn't understand his true intentions, Old Master Qin had to persuade her gently: "It's not a question of whether I'm angry with you or not. Haven't you figured out that you should apologize to Tong girl, not me? As the eldest daughter-in-law of the Qin family and Tong girl's elder, you should pay more attention to your image. This is a special period. What if some rumors spread outside, saying that our Qin family is mistreating orphans and widows, and it affects the company, what will we do then?"
Although Song Yirou has always been respectful and obedient in front of the old man, but now facing her hated daughter-in-law, Song Yirou is still unwilling to let the other party make a fool of herself.
She argued, "Father-in-law, you are right, but no matter what, Zun'er got into trouble because he went to Canada to find her. Facing such a person, how can I, as a mother, not feel resentment?!"
Old Master Qin sighed heavily and said, "It was just an accident. After all, none of us wanted something like this to happen."
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