Chapter 2095 The traitor
After being stunned for a while, the two old men finally understood what Zhao Lei said.

"W-what did you say?!"

The old man's voice was trembling because he was angry.

Zhao Lei heard the sound of the old man hitting the ground heavily with his cane on the other end of the phone.

His face was full of bitterness.

He understood the old man's anger.

but……

"That is a pearl that means a lot to me."

He never thought of selling them.

Even he knew they were worth a fortune the first time he saw them.

……

"What's important or not?"

The old man was furious, "No matter how important it is, can it be as important as family?"

"No matter how important it is, can it be more important than my nephew's marriage?"

The old man was breathing heavily.

"Dad, don't get excited."

Zhao Lei said with some concern.

His hair is already gray, not to mention the old man’s age?

At this age, I can't stand too much emotional fluctuations.

……

"do not get excited?"

The old man cursed. "How can I not be excited to have a son like you?!"

"He has grown up and become independent. He no longer listens to us two old guys."

"I asked you to find a stable job but you didn't listen, and I asked you to start a family but you didn't want to..."

"I am still alone even at this age."

"Nothing has been accomplished!"

The old man stopped cursing, patting his chest.

The old lady spoke up. Compared to the old man's scolding, the old lady spoke with a bit of earnestness, "Leilei, Xiaofeng is the only child in our Zhao family."

Leilei?

Zhao Lei was a little dazed.

When he grew up, he rarely heard this name from his parents.

More often than not, parents shouted "Zhao Lei" in anger.

"Zhao Lei, why are you so ungrateful?!"

"Zhao Lei, go away. Don't you like going out? Once you leave this house now, don't come back!"

"Zhao Lei, we will just pretend that we don't have a son like you!"

"Zhao Lei..."

He was surprised to find that he remembered all these words clearly.

The anger I felt when I first heard it and the sadness that followed, when I think back now, seem to have happened just in the last second.

He placed his hand over his heart.

There was a moment of discomfort inside that made him frown.

……

"You have no descendants, what's the point of keeping these pearls?"

The old lady tried to reason with him and appealed to his emotions, "Are you planning to take it into the coffin?"

Zhao Lei pursed his lips.

That's exactly what he intended.

He had not received many gifts in his life.

This special gift is one-of-a-kind.

He cherishes it very much.

Those were his gifts, why couldn't he take them into the coffin?

……

"Xiao Feng is your brother's child. He is your nephew, which is equivalent to your child."

"Your child is getting married, and you, as an elder, are capable but don't help. What's wrong with that?"

The old lady's tone became slower and slower, "We don't necessarily need your money."

"Isn't there nothing we can do?"

"The girl's parents must give such a large amount of gift."

"Unless we sell our house, where can we get so much money?"

“But selling the house was impossible.”

The house is the foundation.

Unless it is absolutely necessary, the old man will never consider selling the house.

"After we two old guys die, the house will be yours and you can do with it as you please."

"But now, we two old guys are still alive, so we have to have a place to live."

"You can live with Zhao Miao and the others."

Zhao Miao is the name of Zhao Lei's younger brother.

Zhao Miao's house was bought by his parents when he got married, using the money they had saved for most of their lives to pay the down payment.

The area is large and the location is good. In his opinion, the two elderly people can definitely live there.

Especially now that Xiaofeng is going to set up his own business.

The room was vacant.

Moreover, the two elderly people are very old and always have some inconveniences in their daily lives.

If there are only two of them living here, they may not be able to react in time if something unexpected happens.

Wouldn't it be great to take this opportunity to move there?
……

"How can that be possible?!"

The old lady objected out loud.

Why not?
Zhao Lei was puzzled.

"We are used to living together."

“I’m used to living here.”

"Don't bother the child."

"Besides, we live close to Miaomiao's house, so it's convenient for us to do anything. We don't need to live together deliberately."

There is nothing wrong with saying this.

but……

Isn't this a special situation?
"I don't want my share."

Zhao Lei said, "You can give all the proceeds from the sale of the house to Xiaofeng to supplement her betrothal gift."

In fact, he didn't say this because he thought that he would not get a share of the money from selling the house.

Mr. Zhao rubbed his face.

……

"no!"

the old man yelled.

"You traitor!"

“You actually asked us to sell the house?!”

“This is the house we’ve lived in our entire lives!”

"We don't care about what happens after we die, but as long as we live one day, we will live in this house one day!"

……

"Old man, take it easy."

"This rebellious son, I am so angry..."

The voices of two old men talking could be heard faintly over the phone.

Zhao Lei lowered his eyes and looked at the snow-white bedding in the ward.

In addition to the usual smell of disinfectant in the hospital, he also smelled a faint floral scent.

He tilted his head.

Then I saw the flowers in the glass vase on the bedside table.

These are the flowers sent by little friend Xiao Xiao.

By the way, he was going to call Xiao Xiao later and ask him not to come for the time being.

He didn't want the troubles at home to affect Xiao Xiao's mood.

He took a deep breath.

I tried hard to absorb the fragrance of the flowers, as if I was absorbing some power.

The old man's angry voice was heard again on the phone.

"Zhao Lei."

It’s Zhao Lei again.

Zhao Lei smiled bitterly.

"If you don't want to give the money to Xiao Feng, what if we two old guys ask you for it?"

"Will you give it or not?"

Zhao Lei pressed his temple, a trace of fatigue between his eyebrows, "It's not that I don't want to give Xiao Feng..."

If he really had so much money and didn't have to rely on selling pearls to make it, he wouldn't have needed the old man to make the call. He would have added the money after knowing Xiaofeng's situation.

but……

"Then what do you mean?"

The old man was a little impatient, "Don't talk nonsense."

"Just give me a definite answer. Are you going to give me the money or not?"

"I……"

There's not that much money.
The rest of the words died in his throat.

He knew that saying this would only make the old man angrier.

……

Zhao Lei took the bag of pearls.

Pull open the drawstring, and a warm glow will appear faintly in the dark bag.

If you look closely, you can see a few hints of golden pink in the dim light.

very beautiful.

It will be even more beautiful if put into water.

This is what little friend Xiao Xiao told him.

When he saw the pearls that seemed to be melting in the water, he was amazed again.
(End of this chapter)