novelleonline Chapter 746 - 727: Shielding
Chapter 746 - 727: Shielding
Lou Xi and Qin Mobai entered the ward and saw the old man lying on the bed, looking haggard, but his eyes were full of spirit.
Being able to wake up, the old man probably felt happy in his heart too; seeing his grandson and granddaughter-in-law, the corners of his mouth slightly lifted, showing a hint of a smile.
Lou Xi remembered the last time she saw Qin Sheng awake, it was before she went to find Qin Mobai, when the two of them talked for a while in the ward, the old man entrusted the matters of the Qin Family’s inner residence to Lou Xi. Since then, the old man had fallen into a coma.
Now, seeing the old man wake up, Lou Xi also felt happy in her heart.
"Grandpa." Qin Mobai and Lou Xi spoke in unison.
The old man nodded; he had just woken up, not yet able to speak fluently, but the joy in his eyes was evident.
However, besides joy, the old man’s gaze held expectation, but upon seeing Qin Mobai and Lou Xi enter, and no one else following them, there was a touch of disappointment.
"So Grandpa didn’t really want to see me and Lou Xi after waking up..." Qin Mobai feigned anger.
The old man snorted lightly; of course, he hoped to see Qin Mobai and Lou Xi, but even more so, he wished to see his wife, who stood by him through thick and thin.
Having been in a coma for so long, the old lady must have been tense for a long time; he woke up just wanting to tell her, they promised to go through this together till the end, and he wouldn’t break his word.
"You just woke up today, Grandpa. You still need to rest well. When your body recovers, they can come and see you." Qin Mobai understood what the old man was thinking and found a reason that seemed reasonable.
Qin Sheng nodded; the immediate task now was to recover quickly, and when back home, everyone would be able to see him.
Qin Mobai walked to Qin Sheng’s bedside, sat on the chair by the bed, and asked, "Grandpa, it’s great that you’re awake, but I want to ask, what happened when you had a stroke and fainted?"
He heard that the old man had talked to Xi Siwei that day before the stroke led to a heart attack, and the situation was once dangerous.
Did Xi Siwei say something that made the old man angry enough to fall sick?
Upon hearing Qin Mobai’s words, Qin Sheng’s faint smile that formerly appeared on his face slowly disappeared, leaving an expression in his aging eyes that Qin Mobai couldn’t decipher.
Qin Mobai accurately captured the expression on Qin Sheng’s face, knowing Qin Sheng wanted to conceal something, so he decided not to press further.
"Mo Bai, let Grandpa rest well. Those matters can be discussed later." Lou Xi gently pulled Qin Mobai.
Qin Mobai responded and then said to Qin Sheng, "Grandpa, I’ll take Lou Xi to work and come back to chat with you later."
Qin Sheng nodded, considered it a reply.
Afterward, Lou Xi and Qin Mobai left the ward. After the door to the ward closed, Lou Xi looked up at Qin Mobai, "Earlier, while you were dealing with the workers’ strike, Grandpa briefly woke up once and talked to me. He said that the stroke had nothing to do with Xi Siwei; he wasn’t angry with him."
Qin Mobai raised his eyebrows, wrapped his arm around Lou Xi’s shoulder, and walked outside, silent.
Since the old man’s stroke, he had been in a coma, and couldn’t possibly know that Qin Mobai suspected Xi Siwei, but when he first woke up, he told Lou Xi that it had nothing to do with Xi Siwei. Was this self-deception?
Why was Grandpa trying to cover for Xi Siwei?
"What are you thinking about?" Lou Xi asked.
Qin Mobai replied, "I’m thinking about which route to take to get you to the company without getting stuck in traffic."