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Xihai City is not far from City C, and it takes only two hours to get there.
In the past, Chu Huai often took time to visit Dean Jiang. He knew the way to the old man’s house very well and it was right next to their former orphanage.
The location is very remote, and the facilities in the community are old, but the old man likes it because the water, electricity, and property management are cheap, and there is a large wholesale vegetable market next to it. He’ll go early in the morning to pick up vegetables for free, which can him save money.
However, as far as Chu Huai knows, the amount of money the old man has must not be underestimated, he was just reluctant to use it…
So when he got there, he even went to the vegetable market especially and bought a lot of meat and vegetables and brought them up together.
It would not be practical to expect the old man to be generous, it would be better to expect pigs to climb trees.
Finding the residential area where Dean Jiang is located accurately, Chu Huai took Yu Ke, who was looking forward to the meeting in excitement, walked through the rusty iron gate into the corridor of the first floor, and knocked on the door.
Accompanied by the sound of footsteps inside, soon an energetic little old man opened the door.
As always, he was wearing an old T-shirt that he bought who knows how many years ago from a street stall, and he was holding a cold bun covered with chili sauce for lunch. Who else could be but the stingy old man?
Since the orphanage was closed, not many people still contacted Dean Jiang. Dean Jiang is very familiar with Chu Huai, as he is someone who often visits him.
“It’s Chu Huai, you guys are willing to visit this old man. How long has it been since you called? And it’s noon, the time for lunch when you come to visit me, you brats will make Lao Tzu poor…”
However, the old man’s stinginess couldn’t be changed. While happy that he came, he also criticized him for coming at lunch, no wonder the neighbors around him were not willing to see him.
But Chu Huai knew that this was the problem with Dean Jiang, his stinginess had become a habit, and it was the same for everyone.
He wasn’t angry either, and while passing the food on his hand, he poked at the old man’s lie expressionlessly.
“Dean Jiang, I remember that they paid you more than five million yuan for the demolition of an old house last year…”
“Bah! Are you blind!? This old man, if I have five million from demolition funds, how could I live in such a ruined place? Am I the kind of person who sits on a golden mountain and shouts that I’m poor?!”
When speaking of money, Dean Jiang become very excited.
He took things unceremoniously with one hand and looked around nervously to retort, resolutely not admitting that he had money.
Chu Huai didn’t speak as he was too lazy to argue. He knew the old man’s character too well.
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“What gold on the floor? What fortune! Nonsense!”
Hearing Yu Ke’s voice, Dean Jiang noticed that there was another stranger.
Just now his attention was focused on Chu Huai, Yu Ke was thin and hid behind, and the corridor light was dim so he really didn’t see him.
The young man was handsome and beautiful, but his words were amazing. How did the other party know that he had dug a hole under the floor of the house and buried some gold to maintain its value?!
Dean Jiang stared at him vigilantly, “Who are you?”
“My name is Yu Ke, and I am Chu Huai-jun’s fiancé. Hello, Grandpa Jiang.”
Yu Ke put his compass in his bag and walked in, holding Chu Huai’s arm affectionately, and politely introducing himself with his chest raised in imposing politeness.
“…”
Dean Jiang paused, rubbed his eyes vigorously, and looked up and down again.
He seemed to be confirming whether he was dim-eyed, he has seen the androgynous beauty of the youth nowadays and was afraid that he made a mistake.
Yu Ke was very keen and took the initiative to explain, with a sweet smile and joy in his eyes.
“Grandpa Jiang, you see it right, I am a boy, and boys can marry others…”
“!”
Dean Jiang grabbed his heart and almost fell to the ground.
“Dean, let’s talk about this topic later. Let’s go into the house…”
Chu Huai didn’t deny it or admit it. He didn’t want to worry about this problem anymore, he calmly helped the scared old man into the house.
For the elderly who survived the sixties and seventies, marriage between men is indeed a terrifying thing, and the stingy old dean is no exception.
But it’s okay to let the old man get in touch and understand the new world beforehand. After the end of the world, it’s not just gonna be about men being together.
So Chu Huai didn’t bother to explain too much about his relationship with Yu Ke, he simply ignored it when he entered the house.
Then he turned the topic to moving, which was the business of his visit today.
However, while they talked about moving simply and easily, for Dean Jiang, it was not a casual thing.
Although this house is dilapidated and old, after living here for many years, the old man is nostalgic and reluctant to move.
Moreover, Dean Jiang spent most of his life and energy in the orphanage. For this reason, he did not even marry a wife and had no children.
Although he is now retired and the orphanage is closed, this place is what he wants to live in.
“No, why do I have to move if I live well here? It is quiet and peaceful, and the prices are cheap. It’s okay. I can go to an open space and open a vegetable plot and nobody would care. Why would I live in the city, I would even have to go to City C, I’m not used to it…”
Dean Jiang has a stubborn temper. When talked about asking him to move, he immediately threw the thought behind him and became stubborn. Anyway, he just didn’t want to move.
Several people in the orphanage who often come to visit him have mentioned to him about moving. With so many children who grew up under him, there will always be a few who will not forget their roots, and they all want to support the elderly.
But he really didn’t want to move. He was such an old man, it would just mess around with him. He lived in comfortable clothes in an old suburban house and he did not want to go to an unfamiliar city to suffer.
Chu Huai also knew that just a few words could not persuade the old man to move away, and he continued to persuade him patiently.
“Dean, you are getting older. It is a bit inconvenient to live alone. Recently, news reports say that the virus has begun to spread again. It is worse than the previous SARS. I am not at ease if you live alone. No one would know if you died in this room…”
“Stinky boy! Brat, this old man wants to live a long life!”
Dean Jiang blew up- most old people hate hearing this truth.
“Last time the doctor said you can only live up to 70.”
Chu Huai ignored this and had no conscience.
Yu Ke tilted his head, pinched his fingers, and started talking again, sharpening his knife, “Grandpa Jiang, you seem to be 69 years old this year…”
These two bastards!
Dean Jiang held his heart again, gasping for breath.
Chu Huai didn’t worry about him as he poured a glass of water for the old man, raised his eyebrows, and asked slowly.
“Dean, you really won’t move?”
“I won’t move! I was born in this house, and when I die, I will be the ghost of this house!”
Dean Jiang was determined to see death in this home.
Chu Huai glanced at the old man, didn’t speak, turned around, walked to a corner, and took the electric drill and shovel from the space before returning.
“Chu Huai, what are you going to do?”
Dean Jiang’s eyelids twitched, he had a bad premonition.
Chu Huai didn’t answer, and signaled Yu Ke to move, then picked up the electric drill and shovel and walked to the east side of the house. He then began to lift the floor planks and dug things quickly and without any ambiguity.
There is no need for Yu Ke to hold the compass to calculate the location of fortune. He also knows the old man was hiding gold under his floor.
In the past few years, the old man learned a lot from stocks and made a lot of money in the market, but soon the global financial turned tumulous, and the currency depreciation caused the funds in the old man’s bank account to shrink severely.
From then on, the old man didn’t believe in any bank anymore, and he changed most of his savings into gold to keep its value, and then he buried it in the ground following the stupid methods of the ancients.
This method is clumsy but very useful as the thief can’t steal it even if they enter the house.
Had it not been for the old man who had been drunk and had said it out loud, even he would not have known it.
As the person who lives in this house, he is very reluctant to leave unless he dies- the old man is afraid that others will know that he has buried something under the floor, and he understands what the old man is thinking!
He clicked on the electric drill and shoveled down, seeing the coffin the old man had worked so hard to hide was dug out.
Dean Jiang finally stopped talking loudly and admitted defeat.
He didn’t understand why Chu Huai had to let him move. He had lived in this place for decades, and he was only allowed to clean it when he died!
“Boy, are you asking me for something? Just tell me if you do, don’t mess with the old man’s body.”
Watching Chu Huai roll up his sleeves and actively pack his luggage, Dean Jiang finally found out that something was wrong.
He picked up Chu Huai and then brought him up with his own hands. Later, when Chu Huai was adopted by others, they often contacted him. He knew better than anyone else what Chu Huai’s character was.
Since childhood, Chu Huai has been more lonely and colder than ordinary children, and he is indifferent to everything as if even if the world was destroyed, it has nothing to do with him. He has always put on a dead face without expression.
At this moment, Chu Huai was so active in insisting that he move to City C to live with him. He was acting abnormally and Dean Jiang was not a fool after living this long of his life.
“I heard people say that the world is not going to be peaceful soon, I’m afraid that you won’t be able to die in time, old man.”
Chu Huai who rarely smiled showed his big white teeth at the old man.
“Bastard!”
Dean Jiang smashed the table frantically, his face red and his veins throbbing in anger.
XD
That’s so cute
I wanna laugh so much 🤣 funny old dean