Chapter 177 Buying a Hotel

"Stop crying, it breaks my heart..." It felt as if a knife was twisting Mr. Zhang's chest.

Fortunately, every time the knife stabbed in, it would cut away the rotten flesh in the chest cavity and bring out new granulation tissue.

The wound that had not healed for years finally began to close slowly.

Sheng Yuxiao's chest was also filled with various emotions. He spoke in a hoarse voice: "Let her cry. She couldn't cry before, and she didn't dare to cry..."

Yes, yes. Mr. Zhang recalled the content of the variety show.

She hardly cried.

When Sheng Yuxiao was hurt in the show, she just shed tears silently. Crying should be a child's nature...

Mr. Zhang immediately changed his tone. He carefully hugged Li Xiaoya and patted her back gently: "Cry, you have suffered too much... It's not easy, it's not easy to get to this day..."

As he spoke, tears welled up in Mr. Zhang's eyes again.

Normally the doctor would advise him that crying would harm his health, but now he really didn't care.

The grandfather and grandson hugged each other and burst into tears.

"This...if it goes on like this, can the old man's body really hold on?" the Chief Inspector asked Qin Sui.

After all, Li Xiaoya's grandmother was just a stepmother to him, and their relationship was not that close. He could just sigh in his heart, but he couldn't cry with her.

Besides being shocked, he was even more worried about Mr. Zhang.

Qin Sui remained calm and said in a deep voice, "It will be fine."

At this moment, a strange emotion echoed in his heart...

Is it empathy?

It turns out he can empathize, too.

In the end, it was Li Xiaoya who stopped crying first. Her eyes were so swollen that she could hardly open them. She looked even more embarrassed than the last time she confronted Li Jiang.

She grabbed Mr. Zhang's sleeve and sobbed, "I'm dumb, I won't cry anymore."

Mr. Zhang’s voice became hoarse from crying.

He patted Li Xiaoya's head lovingly and said, "Okay, okay, don't cry, I'll listen to you."

Li Xiaoya got up from the ground, still holding the notebook in her arms.

She said, “Wash your face.”

The Chief Inspector immediately asked the Filipino maid to fetch water.

When the water was brought over, Sheng Yuxiao instinctively wanted to grab the handkerchief, but he held himself back.

Mr. Zhang took the handkerchief. As he was old, his hands were inevitably trembling, but he still said, "Grandpa will wipe your face, Grandpa will wipe it for you."

But after all, I am old, so I have to leave the ice compress to the young people.

Sheng Yuxiao applied the left eye of the duck, and Qin Sui applied the right eye of the duck.

The Chief Inspector was stunned.

This scene is also quite unique.

"Are you feeling better, little duck?" Mr. Zhang asked with concern.

Li Xiaoya nodded, and then his stomach made a gurgling sound.

"Are you hungry?" Mr. Zhang looked at the clock on the wall. "No wonder I feel dizzy. It's already past one in the afternoon, and I haven't realized it yet..."

The Chief Inspector said quickly: "It's my negligence. I forgot to remind you! It's a bit too late to cook now. Let's go out to eat..."

Mr. Zhang was silent for a moment, then said, "Let's go to the Jingui Hotel."

The food there might not be very tasty... The Chief Inspector swallowed the words that were about to come out of his mouth.

After all, this is mostly a place to reminisce.

Jingui Hotel did not expect to welcome another distinguished guest so soon.

"Chief Inspector, what's going on..." The manager came forward and only then realized that a familiar face like Li Xiaoya was following him.

"Come here with relatives for a quick meal," the Chief Inspector said succinctly.

He wouldn't have said that a few hours ago.

Who would have thought?

Suddenly, the strange child became his stepmother's granddaughter, and in name only, his "niece".

And Mr. Zhang has transformed himself into the child's grandfather...

This is really a messy yet serious relationship between relatives!

"Okay, okay, please come in!" The manager led them into the Chinese restaurant.

As Mr. Zhang walked, he sighed: "This is the place where Xi Nian has been..."

The manager was confused.

who?

Mr. Zhang suddenly asked, "Is your business not doing well? The profits are decreasing year by year, and you are unable to sustain it?"

The manager was shocked and said quickly, "What's the matter? No, no! Our business here is doing very well. We provide bilingual services, have hired Michelin chefs, and are a business card of Jiangcheng!"

"Why don't you tell the truth? Not many people from Jiangcheng come here anymore. So if it's declining, then it's declining." The Chief Inspector frowned.

The manager thought, "You are not in the business world, how can you understand this?" If the news spreads, no one will come! Investors will also stay away!

There is always icing on the cake, but there is no help in times of need. Only a fool would expose the true operating conditions...

Mr. Zhang didn't care about their conversation. He looked up and looked around and said, "It's very old..."

"But after all, this is the place where Xi Nian and your mother left their memories together. If it were to fall apart like this and then be sold to someone else and become something completely different, wouldn't that be a pity?"

These words were said to Li Xiaoya.

Li Xiaoya nodded in agreement.

Mr. Zhang said: "I still have some savings..."

He looked at the manager and said, "Tell your boss to come over so we can talk about investment."

I have some savings...but it doesn’t sound like much!

The manager thought to himself, does this old man really know how much money it would cost to invest in a hotel like this and bring it back to life?

Seeing the manager's hesitation, the Chief Inspector frowned slightly.

But Sheng Yuxiao spoke first: "Why don't you go and make a phone call?"

The manager looked at Sheng Yuxiao's outfit, then at Qin Sui's outfit.

After considering the tone of this young master...

"Just for your sake, I have to make this call. Please wait a moment." The manager smiled at the chief inspector.

The Chief Inspector didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "I think we don't have money."

Li Xiaoya said: "I have money."

The Chief Inspector didn't take it seriously.

But Mr. Zhang still remembers the cash that Li Xiaoya carried in a bag. Her grandfather's family must be very rich...

Even...Mr. Zhang has already vaguely guessed the identity of his in-laws.

The food was served quickly.

Now everyone at the table seemed even busier.

Sheng Yuxiao, Qin Sui and Mr. Zhang were all picking up food for Li Xiaoya.

The Chief Inspector thought to himself, I can't be left behind, so he also joined the team.

"I won't be able to finish it." Li Xiaoya looked at them worriedly.

"It's okay, grandpa will help you eat the rest." Mr. Zhang said with a smile on his face.

It seemed as if it was not leftovers but some kind of delicacy.

Fortunately, the manager came with their boss at this time.

When the boss received the call, he had just sobered up. He quickly took a cold shower, sprayed some breath freshener, and ran over.

"I heard you want to invest?" He looked at the Chief Inspector.

"It's not me. I can't afford that money." The Chief Inspector shook his head.

Mr. Zhang said, "Yes..."

Before he could finish his words, Li Xiaoya spoke first: "It's me."

The visitor's expression froze for a moment.

ha?

Are you kidding him?