Chapter 2096 Tangled
The pearls that Xiaomei gave him are extremely rare treasures in every sense.

……

However, no matter how precious these pearls are...

Zhao Lei tightened the drawstring.

He won't sell it either.

……

"you-"

Zhao Lei’s silence made the old man about to explode, but he was stopped by the old lady.

"Old man."

"Let me tell you."

"Don't talk."

"With such a bad temper, Lei Lei wanted to agree but didn't agree."

"When did he agree to it..."

The old man said you're welcome, but he actually made way for the old lady to speak.

……

"Leilei."

The old lady's gentle voice came, "Do you think this will work..."

"Just think of this money as Xiao Feng asking you to borrow it."

"What do you want to borrow?"

"The family is so clearly divided..."

The old man muttered.

The old lady glared at the old man.

The old man fell silent.

……

"You know, Xiao Feng joined a good company, and his boss likes him very much."

The two old people have always been very satisfied with their grandson's excellence.

Therefore, I became increasingly worried about the minor defects on my grandson's feet.

My grandson is so outstanding, what if he can’t find a good girl just because of this little problem?
Fortunately, the grandson did not disappoint them.

The girl that the grandson likes is very nice and they are very satisfied with her.

Although the attitude of the other party's parents made them feel a little uncomfortable.

Whose child is not the apple of one’s eye?

It doesn't feel good to be disliked.

But my grandson is marrying a girl, and girls are the most important.

They could see that the girl really loved her grandson and didn't mind the problem with his feet.

If I miss this girl, who knows if my grandson will meet such a good girl again in the future?
Moreover, they are getting old and may not be able to wait for their grandson to find the next girl he likes and who satisfies them.

Therefore, they must make this marriage happen.

"You will get promoted and get a pay raise very quickly."

"you do not need to worry."

"Xiao Feng will definitely return this money to you soon."

"We have no other choice. We have collected all the money we can, but it's still not enough."

"Xiao Feng calls you uncle, so help him if you can."

"Leilei, are you listening?"

……

"……I……"

Zhao Lei's lips moved a few times, and finally he just uttered these two words, "Listening."

He said everything that needed to be said.

However, none of his reasons worked for the old man.

What kind of meaningful gift was given by a friend?

How could it be more important than helping your own nephew?

Even if the other party knows, they will understand.

He was just stingy and didn't want to help his nephew...

Now that I have said that I have borrowed it and will pay it back, what else does he want?
What else does he want?
Zhao Lei just felt a surge of air in his chest.

It made him feel uncomfortable with chest tightness.

He let out a long breath.

The tightness in my chest didn't improve at all.

……

"Leilei?"

After waiting for a while and still hearing nothing, the old lady couldn't help but make a puzzled sound.

"…The doctor called me. I have to go for a checkup."

Zhao Lei tightened his grip on the bag of pearls a little more and made up an excuse.

The conversation has reached an impasse.

Continuing on will only make both parties unhappy.

"We'll talk about this later."

Zhao Lei was about to hang up the phone, but the old man's words stunned him.

"Check? What kind of check?"

"Leilei is sick?"

The old lady's subconscious question turned the stunned look on Zhao Lei's face into a bitter smile.

"Yes, Zhao Miao and his family came to the hospital to see me before."

"Don't you remember?" It was that time that Zhao Miao's daughter-in-law saw his pearls and went back to tell the two old people.

That’s why we have telephones today.

……

"oh oh."

The two old men suddenly realized.

Regarding this, Zhao Lei couldn't say that he didn't feel the slightest bit of emotion.

But he told himself not to think too much.

It is normal for the two elderly people to have poor memory as they are old.

They really just forgot.

Rather than forgetting it because you don't care.

……

After hanging up the phone, Zhao Lei was in a daze for a long time.

"Ow~"

Hu Zi rubbed the old man's hand with his head.

The old man touched Hu Zi's head.

Some of the cloudy eyes were dim and blank.

"Huzi, what do you think I should do?"

"Ow~"

Naturally, the old man can do whatever he wants.

Hu Zi took it for granted.

It always stands on the side of the elderly.

The old man smiled.

"Thank you, Huzi."

He rubbed Hu Zi's head.

But the problem is that he doesn't know what to do?
……

"That's probably the situation."

The old man smiled at Xiao Xiao.

"My parents have been calling me over the past half month."

"My brother, sister-in-law, and nephew also came to the hospital to see me and told me about this."

As time went by, their initial prayers gradually turned into complaints.

He originally thought that the old man was too old to understand his words and insistence, but his younger brother should understand, and his nephew, a young man of his age, should understand.

but no.

They don't understand.

They all thought he just didn't want to lend money.

They even wondered if he had something against them. Even after making it clear that he would write a promissory note, he still didn't give in and was still hesitating.

They found him unreasonable.

Is it true? Is he unreasonable?

The old man sighed deeply.

During this period of time, he didn't know how many times he sighed.

He was somewhat exhausted both physically and mentally.

The physical discomfort and mental weakness made him realize more and more that he was indeed old.

It's a good thing that I wasn't injured.

Once he was injured, his energy and spirit were gone.

It’s very difficult to gather strength again...

Especially when something like this happens again...

……

"Ow~"

Hu Zi nudged the old man's hand with his head.

It doesn't quite understand the complex emotions of humans, so it can't empathize with the old man's current situation.

In its opinion, if the old man doesn't want to, just refuse.

Why are you hesitating when you clearly don't want to?

Seeing the old man's complexion getting worse day by day -
Every time after his so-called family leaves or after he hangs up the phone with his parents, the old man feels exhausted, as if all his energy has been drained away.

It started to get anxious.

But the old man always apologized to it and said he was fine.

It's angry.

Does the old man look like he’s okay?
Who are you lying to?
But it doesn't know what it can do.

It doesn't want the old man to feel more tired.

In the end, all it can do is stay quietly by the old man's side.

Accompany the elderly to daydream.

Listen to the old man mumbling to himself incoherently.

When the old man is in a good mood occasionally, smile with him.

……

It wants the old man to be happy more time.

It wants to keep the old man happy all the time.

Just like they had done on their previous adventures.

The old man always smiles.
　ps: Thank you Cangqiong Qianjue for the reward~(*︶*)!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)