Nan Qu explained from the side, "This is my fault. I didn't prepare an extra gift for you. I will prepare another one for you when we get back, is that alright?"
Grandpa Tang snorted coldly: "Don't protect him. I know this kid has always been like this since he was little, a bit dim-witted. He doesn't even know to call his parents when he's bullied. I've always told him I'd be his protector since he grew up, but this kid never mentions me to anyone. Why am I so shameful?"
After saying that, Grandpa Tang glared at Su Ruoyan, then turned to Nan Qu with a smile and said, "You can't lie to me about giving me a gift!"
Nan Qu looked at the old rascal with amusement; there was no trace of the foolishness he had shown in front of that girl just moments before.
"I'm not lying to you."
The old man retorted without hesitation, "You also have to give me that tea, and the wine you treated your Uncle Tang to the other day!"
Nan Qu said with a smile, "I'll get you something even better than that!"
The old man was overjoyed when he heard this: "That's wonderful! Hahaha!"
Just as the old man was laughing happily, he heard a voice behind him say:
"Is this the tea you gave to that Grandpa Tang? Do you know you could kill him? Grandpa Tang is old and takes medication. He's also a light sleeper. If something happens to him, can you bear the consequences?"
Nan Qu snorted coldly: "If something happens to the old man, can you bear the consequences?"
The woman proudly raised her head: "I am Grandpa Tang's attending physician, of course I can take responsibility!"
Nan Qu laughed: "So, you were the one who prescribed the old man's medicine before? If so, you should thank me for saving you."
The woman found Nan Qu's words utterly absurd: "What nonsense are you talking about? I should thank you? Because of those tea leaves, the medicine I prescribed for Grandpa Tang didn't work, and I should thank you?"
Nan Qu saw the old man standing outside and said, "What's wrong? Come inside. The old man needs to rest."
After saying that, Su Ruoyan helped Old Master Tang walk inside.
When Grandpa Tang heard Nan Qu say that he should rest, he immediately became as drowsy as before. However, he opened his eyes and blinked as he passed by Nan Qu.
Nan Qu almost burst out laughing.
After the old man went inside, Nan Qu, Nan Chen, and Nan Xing entered the Tang family's residence together.
Compared to other houses, the Tang family's house has a stronger sense of history.
Clearly, this old man is nostalgic. Although his house is large, many of the furniture and appliances are old items from over ten or even several decades ago.
As soon as Nan Qu entered, she saw Tang Yulin, the Tang family's uncle she had met that day, coming down from the second floor with a lazy expression.
"Su Xiaosanzi has arrived with his wife and son?"
Su Ruoyan said helplessly, "Uncle, I've grown up, it's time for you to change how you address me."
Tang Yulin laughed and said, "What, you still want to save face with me? Didn't you lose face along with me when you were a kid?"
What else could Su Ruoyan do? "I was wrong, Uncle. I was young back then. Please forgive me."
Seeing Nan Qu constantly glancing between the two of them, her eyes revealing an undisguised gossip, Su Ruoyan felt even more helpless.
Fortunately, Tang Yulin knew when to stop: "Alright, I won't tease you anymore. You rarely come all this way. If you get angry and leave, the old man will chase me for five blocks with his cane!"
The two were talking while everyone else listened. Even the two children, after politely greeting each other at the beginning, sat quietly on the sofa without interrupting.
Unexpectedly, at this moment, the woman spoke again: "You're the third son of the Su family? I heard you started a company after you retired from the army? How could you be so self-degrading? With such a good background, how could your future be uncertain? Power is more important than money! And your brother, I heard that the eldest son of the Su family actually quit his job for an internet celebrity."
You also married a celebrity. Is your family's penchant for romance inherited?
Before Su Ruoyan could speak, Nan Qu spoke first: "What's wrong with this compound? Why do we keep running into these brainless idiots who can't read people's faces? Were their eyes blindfolded when they left the factory? Oh, so it was power. So, because they're blind, they got their eyes stolen?"
"puff."
Tang Yulin couldn't help but laugh out loud.
The woman was furious: "Do you know who I am? How dare you, an actress, talk to me like that?"
Nan Qu suddenly realized, "So it's not just about dog eyes. Just now it was about looking down on people with dog eyes, but now it's about considering the owner before beating the dog?"
Tang Yulin finally couldn't hold back and burst out laughing.
Seeing that the man she liked wasn't helping her and was laughing so loudly, the woman finally couldn't hold back her tears: "You, you're bullying me! Uncle Tang, if you don't help me, I'll never treat Grandpa again."
Tang Yulin coughed lightly, intending to restrain himself and then say something fair.
Then Nanqu said, "You'd better not treat the old man anymore. Who taught you this medical skill? Can someone like that really treat people? Are you sure you don't have a grudge against him?"
The topic they had just started discussing was brought up again. The woman glared at Nan Qu: "What do you know? If I hadn't saved Grandpa Tang with silver needles and then prolonged his life with herbal medicine, Grandpa Tang would have been dead long ago."
Nan Qu glanced at the woman: "Don't be so vague, be more specific. What acupuncture technique did you use, and what medicine did you use?"
The woman clearly hadn't expected Nan Qu to ask such a question, and for a moment her expression turned flustered as she said, "I... this is our sect's secret cultivation method. How could we let an outsider like you know it?"
Nan Qu snorted coldly: "If you won't tell me, I will. This acupuncture technique is called the Thirteen Ghost Needles. It is indeed a technique used to snatch people from the brink of death when they are on the verge of death. But you are not skilled enough. If you were to save someone, you should have used other acupuncture techniques to protect their heart and blood, and then replenish their qi and blood. Instead, you made the patient lose their vitality."
You've poked a hole in a balloon. In the end, you can only rely on someone to fix it. But do you realize that if you push the balloon too far in, the air you force in won't plug the hole; it will only make it bigger?
Do you want me to read out the prescription you gave me?
I just said you should thank me because the old man was detoxified by drinking tea. And this tea is a priceless treasure I found, slowly nourishing his body. The key point is, why do you think the old man is in such good spirits today? It's because he probably hasn't taken his medicine since yesterday.”
Because Nanqu's storytelling was so captivating, the old man, who had been pretending to be asleep, couldn't help but open his eyes to watch the spectacle.
At his age, he had long since come to terms with life and death. So he wasn't angry at all about what Nan Qu said. On the contrary, he felt that watching the show was more important.
As a result, it was revealed by his mistress's wife that he had secretly not taken the medicine.
And he was caught red-handed by his own grandson.
Feeling guilty, the old man immediately closed his eyes, pretending he knew nothing.
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