Chapter 2214 Hurry
"dad."

As soon as he sat down and started to speak, Boss Bai was given a cold look by the old man again.

"No hurries?"

"Don't you know how to pour a cup of tea for the guests?"

"No hospitality at all."

Mr. Bai: ...

He just wanted to ask something, why was it so difficult?
……

Just as Xiao Xiao was about to speak, the old man waved his hand and said, "Young man, you're welcome."

"No matter what the matter is, as long as it's not a matter of life and death, we still have to show the proper hospitality."

……

Xiao Xiao took the teacup that Boss Bai handed to him and said, "Thank you."

He took a sip of tea.

Then he put down the teacup.

……

The old man smiled.

He looked at his son, "Well, tell me what you want to see an old man like me for."

……

Finally getting to the point, Boss Bai placed the jade ball in his hand on the coffee table in front of him.

The old man was slightly stunned.

"Are you going to give the jade ball back to me again?"

Boss Bai's emotions froze.

"No."

He said in a somewhat stiff tone.

Then he took a deep breath and slowed down his voice.

"Dad, look."

……

The jade ball on the coffee table was split into two halves.

The old man suddenly opened his eyes wide.

A look of surprise.

……

"Dad, you don't know?"

The old man's expression said it all, but Boss Bai still spoke out to confirm it.

"……do not know."

The old man shook his head.

He picked up a semicircular piece of jade and examined it carefully, rubbing his fingers over the cut.

……

I really don’t know.

Boss Bai was not at all surprised by the old man's answer.

After all, if the old man had known this, he would have told him in advance.

I've already given him the jade ball, why do I need to tell him this?

……

"Dad, where did you get this jade ball?"

Boss Bai's face didn't look very good.

However, after the initial surprise, the old man's expression quickly returned to calm.

"This jade ball... originally belonged to your grandfather."

"grandfather?"

Boss Bai was stunned.

Did Master Xiao really guess it right?
……

"Ah."

The old man nodded, his face showing a trance of reminiscence, "That year, I almost had a car accident."

"He's seriously injured."

"Of course, it's nothing compared to the time you were stabbed five years ago."

Mr. Bai: ...

……

"But I also stayed in the hospital for ten days and half a month."

That was the longest time he was in the hospital.

The old man felt quite emotional.

"After I was discharged from the hospital, your grandfather gave me this jade ball."

"It is said to be a talisman that can keep you safe."

"what!"

Boss Bai exclaimed.

This familiar sense of sight...

……

As if he knew what Mr. Bai was thinking, the old man smiled and said, "Maybe this will become a tradition in our family."

Boss Bai curled the corner of his mouth.

Ha ha.

……

"When your grandfather gave me the jade ball, I had just started working."

"Five years passed before you were born."

"No wonder you didn't know that this jade ball originally belonged to your grandfather."

The old man picked up the teacup and took a sip.

……

Boss Bai was a little puzzled, "Then why didn't you tell me?"

I've talked to him so much about the jade ball, why has he never mentioned this?
……

"I forgot."

The old man spoke with great confidence.

Boss Bai reached out and pressed his throbbing eyebrows.

"Oh, is it so?"

……

"It's nothing important."

The old man smiled awkwardly. "It's because I've had this jade ball for too long."

"If you hadn't asked me this, I wouldn't have remembered that this jade ball was originally given to me by your grandfather."

……

"Does Grandpa know about the situation of Yuqiu?"

Boss Bai didn't dwell on the previous question.

……

The old man frowned and thought, "Shouldn't... know?"

"If your grandfather knew, he wouldn't have given it to me."

"I won't give it to you either."

……

Boss Bai couldn't sit still any longer.

He looked at Xiao Xiao, "Master Xiao..."

Xiao Xiao nodded.

Boss Bai stood up and said, "Dad, let's go to Grandpa's place."

"Master Xiao, let's go."

……

"Hey?"

The old man walked them downstairs.

When he reached the door, he looked at the old lady in the yard.

……

"My son left in such a hurry again?"

The old lady walked up to the old man.

"Ah."

The old man shook his head in dissatisfaction, "How impatient."

"You are already so old... your own children are already that big..."

"All right."

The old lady interrupted the old man's chatter without any courtesy, "My son is not here again."

"He can't hear you saying this."

"I can't bear to hear you say that."

"you-"

The old man choked a little.

……

"So, what does your son want from you?"

The old lady looked curious, "I saw him coming here in such a hurry, I thought he would stay for a while."

Why did you leave again so soon?
"And what about his friend?"

“This is the first time I’ve seen my son bring such a young friend back home.”

"They are friends, right?"

……

"who knows."

The old man frowned when he thought of how his son addressed the young man.

"If you're really that curious, why don't you call your son later and ask him to come over for dinner and ask him about it?"

……

"It turns out you don't know anything."

The old lady's tone was quite disdainful, which made the old man frown a little. "Your son has only been here for such a short time, what can I know?"

"I didn't ask anything."

"The boy left in a hurry."

……

"Where is he going in such a hurry?"

The old lady murmured.

"Go to his grandfather."

The old man looked at the old lady and said, "Don't forget to ask your son to come over for dinner."

After saying that, the old man turned around and went into the house with his hands behind his back.

The old lady shook her head with amusement, "Don't you want to know too?"

but……

"I went to the child's grandfather..."

The old lady rubbed her temple.

Forget it.

If you can’t figure it out, stop thinking about it.

Just ask your son and you'll know when the time comes.

……

Boss Bai’s grandfather lives in another small villa in this community.

The old man is eighty-nine this year.

My ninetieth birthday is coming soon.

At such an old age, the Bai family was worried about him living alone.

Boss Bai’s grandmother just passed away a year ago.

As soon as the funeral was over, the Bai family tried every means to persuade the old man to live with them.

The old man disagreed.

He said he was used to living in this house.

I don’t have many years left, so I don’t want to go through the trouble of moving around.

The crowd couldn't persuade the old man, so they had to follow his wishes.

It’s better if we all live in the same community.

Even if there is some distance, it is limited.

No matter what happens, it won’t take much time on the way.

……

"arrive."

Boss Bai walked forward and pushed open the door to the yard.

He knew that during the day, the door to his grandfather's yard was basically not locked.

(End of this chapter)