Zhang Guoqing had no way of knowing what happened in the Lin family.
When he woke up the next morning, he accompanied his father-in-law to exercise, accompanied his son to the nursery, amused his mother-in-law, took the "steamed buns" carefully prepared by Aunt Chen, and started his campus life again.
The following days were calm, and even Geng Dasheng suspected that his uncle had seen him go there too many times recently and didn't like him, so he kept it from him.
But soon, they had no time to care about it. Heavy academic workload, frequent experiments, and ideological classes every other day took up a lot of their time.
Especially Wan Dayong, Ding Datou and Geng Dasheng, who are one year older than them, are even busier. In addition to their studies, they also have to frequently follow professors to the grassroots for internships.
Yi Jiefang was worried for days about not being able to spend time with his team happily. What if even his last friend ran away? Who would he turn to?
He was right to worry! Zhang Guoqing was going to run away, and he had to run away again.
Zhang Guoqing frowned, staring at the urgent telegram in his hand. He felt like he couldn't read. The kind old man was gone.
They were hoping Zhou Jiao would come over, but even if his wife rushed back immediately, they didn't know if she would make it in time, not to mention that he didn't even know which country she was in.
"Dayi, I have to ask for leave. Please help me if I need anything."
Yi Jiefang followed him and asked, "Why is your grandmother still in Hai City? You're not from the Northeast? Did you send it to the wrong place?"
"No, she's Jiaojiao and me's godmother. She's like a biological family member. The Hai City specialties they sent us before belonged to them. They have no children, so we're the only ones left. I have to go and take care of the funeral this time. My grandfather is older, and I don't think he can hold on this time, otherwise he wouldn't have sent the telegram."
As for the statements made by the old couple in Haishi to the outside world, the family had already agreed on it, and Zhang Guoqing was not worried at all about him asking further questions.
"Then we must go. Can we still catch the bus this afternoon?"
"There's a bus tonight. I have to hurry. Okay, it's almost there. I'll go ask for leave first."
Yi Jiefang watched him go in with the telegram, his eyes rolling around. This funeral was a good excuse; he could probably go along for a stroll through Hai City. His friend had an urgent matter, and he had to go help.
After waiting for a while, he saw that Zhang Guoqing looked much more relaxed. He guessed it right. He hadn't expected it to be so easy.
After walking for a while, Yi Jiefang stopped and said, "You go back first. I'll go to the classroom to check."
Zhang Guoqing watched him hurried away, but didn't pay any attention. He was anxious to get back to report to his father-in-law. He didn't know if his father was on a business trip, and whether he wanted to go to Hai City with him.
Then he thought of the light in his father-in-law's study which was always on recently, and guessed that he couldn't leave again.
Zhang Guoqing hurried all the way, not caring about the sweat on his body. He first went to Zhou Xiaozheng's unit and asked the sentry, and learned that he had gone to a meeting again.
He hurried to the meeting place and finally found Secretary Chen waiting outside the meeting room.
Secretary Chen had never seen Zhang Guoqing so embarrassed before, so he hurried forward to greet him.
When the two of them reached a corner, Secretary Chen asked, "Did something happen? I don't know when the meeting will end. Are you in a hurry? Should I call him out?"
Zhang Guoqing shook his head and said, "No need. Please pass me a note saying that my godmother in Hai City passed away and I plan to go and see if everything is alright at home."
"Okay, wait a moment."
Zhang Guoqing knew his father-in-law would understand once he said this. Besides attending the funeral, there were many other matters to deal with. This time, the old man would definitely insist on returning home. The decision about the vacant house and the placement of the old man back home would be up to his father-in-law.
Secretary Chen came out and whispered in his ear, "I'll tell you to wait for half an hour."
Zhang Guoqing nodded and ran to the outside reception room to rest. However, this half hour seemed too long, and he waited for a full hour, pouring out a large pot of tea, before finally welcoming his father-in-law.
It would be better to just say come back after work. It shows how busy his father-in-law is. It's really not easy.
Zhou Xiaozheng faced his son-in-law's sympathetic gaze and slapped him on the forehead, "You've been waiting like an idiot. Get in the car first."
In the car, the father-in-law and son-in-law didn't have time to say anything before the car turned a corner and arrived not far away.
It was not until they arrived at the Zhou family compound that Zhou Xiaozheng asked Secretary Chen to prepare a sleeper ticket for tonight, and then he got off the train and took Zhang Guoqing home.
"Just take care of it this time. Bring plenty of money with you. I haven't touched the money Jiaojiao left in the study last time. Take it all with you."
Zhang Guoqing shook his head and said softly, "I made a lot of money in the past two months, and I have enough for my living."
Zhou Xiaozheng glanced at him and said, "Don't waste your energy on these little things. Our family is not short of money."
"I know. It's so boring without Jiaojiao at home."
Zhou Xiaozheng shook his head. He was asking for a wife in disguise. Luckily, it was a son-in-law. If it was a son, he would have kicked the guy to death. Three questions a day, it was annoying.
Walking into the living room and seeing Ping An, Zhou Xiaozheng suddenly said, "Bring the child over and burn some incense for us father and daughter."
Zhang Guoqing looked at him suspiciously. Was he setting him up again? He knew that despite the calm, the Lin family's affairs were almost over.
"I'm also going on a business trip these days."
Zhang Guoqing was relieved now. If the Lin family got into trouble again, he wouldn't go to Hai City. If his father-in-law got into trouble and he wasn't home, his wife would definitely crush him to death when she came back.
Ping An listened to them quietly, then said, "Will you be gone for a long time? I have to wait for my mother at home."
Zhang Guoqing's eyes lit up, and he asked hurriedly, "How many days do you think you can spare?"
"Two weeks. Any more, no more."
Zhou Xiaozheng looked at the father and son with a smile. Not only them, but he himself missed his daughter very much.
"No need! Dad doesn't have that much vacation time. We'll go there and finish our business and then come back."
Ping An put down the toy in his hand and stood up. "Then I'll go say hello to my grandma. She said last time that she would take me to play outside."
Zhou Xiaozheng said, "Let your grandma accompany you. Your dad is busy with something, so you two can go and have fun."
Ping'an nodded happily after hearing this and ran to the bedroom.
Zhang Guoqing glanced towards the kitchen and called out to Zhou Xiaozheng, "Dad?"
"What? You don't want to? Forget it. I'll go tell your mother to stop packing. It's a good opportunity to not have to tell Secretary Chen to buy a new ticket. If you can't buy a sleeper berth when you come back, remember to ask Huang Dong."
Zhang Guoqing looked at his father-in-law, who walked into the house without hesitation. He suspected that he was overthinking it, so he quickly stopped him and looked at him again, "Dad, you can't send us out and take risks by yourself."
Zhou Xiaozheng glanced at him and said, "You're overthinking it. If you don't believe me, go ask Secretary Chen later if my itinerary has been booked in advance."
Zhang Guoqing believed his father-in-law wouldn't lie about this. He'd ask Secretary Chen about it the moment he saw him, but they wouldn't have a chance to agree. Since his father-in-law was also leaving the capital, he didn't care. The Lin family was gone, so they could do whatever they wanted.
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