Chapter 106 Liu Yan is dying, right? When the elevator opened on the first floor, Gu Xia had already calmed down. He tried his best to raise the corner of his mouth and decided to adopt Li Mingchu's lie suggestion, focusing on "keep up the good work".
As soon as he walked out of the building gate, he found Jiang He sitting carelessly on the steps eating ice cream.
"Isn't it a bit too much to sneak around and eat alone..." Gu Xia's "sad" condemnation was interrupted halfway by the ice cream thrown by Jiang He.
He grabbed it happily and sat down next to Jiang He.
But when Gu Xia saw Jiang He still holding one in his hand, he subconsciously pursed his lips. He thought he and Jiang He only had this ice cream!
"What are you looking at? Are you afraid that I will cry?" Jiang He noticed that Gu Xia was not in a hurry to eat the ice cream. Instead, she kept stealing glances at herself. She rolled a large piece of chocolate crisp that was about to melt and peel into her mouth, slurring asked.
"...a little bit." Gu Xia told the truth.
"It won't happen. I would have cried if I wanted to." Jiang He replied nonchalantly.
She wasn't trying to save her face, but she really felt it didn't matter. After all, "everything is over."
Before he experienced such bad things as getting sick, being fired, and being broken up, Jiang He always felt that this was just nutritious nonsense, pure chicken soup, the cold kind, and smelled of oil.
But now that she had somersaulted and her scars had healed, she understood some of the deeper meaning.
When the lights go out and the wind and rain dissipate, no matter how many unforgettable things and unforgettable people are exposed to the sun day after day and the cold wind and rain year after year, the bright colors will fade sooner or later. It was so hazy that it became a blur.
It won't disappear completely, of course, it will just become insignificant, like a document sitting on the hard drive never to be opened again, and that's what "it's over" really means.
Jiang He stuffed the last mouthful of ice cream into his mouth, turned to look at Gu Xia, and then suddenly smiled and extended his right hand to him, "Thank you for helping me 'deterr by force' just now."
"You're welcome, this is what I should do." Gu Xia held Jiang He's hand hard, but was so happy that he forgot to let go. Jiang He gestured with his chin several times before he reacted.
"I'm sorry." Gu Xia took a big mouthful of ice cream in an attempt to hide her embarrassment and shyness, but ended up hissing in the air.
"By the way, where's Aunt Jiefang? Didn't she come down with you?" Jiang He asked, holding an ice cream stick in her mouth after finishing her ice cream.
"I...I didn't pay attention. I thought Aunt Jiefang came down with you."
"It's okay, I'll call and ask." Jiang He took out his cell phone, but before he could find the number, Zhang Jiefang rushed out of the building gate at a trot.
She was in a daze, her eyes clearly swept over Jiang He and Gu Xia, but she didn't see them and actually ran towards the gate of the community in a panic.
Jiang He hurriedly stood up and snapped his fingers. Zhang Jiefang stopped hastily and looked over with her head covered. Jiang He laughed out loud. She handed the ice cream to Zhang Jiefang to calm her down, but Zhang Jiefang had no intention of taking it.
"Mr. Zhang said on the phone that the old lady was... dying, and asked if we could go over... to... give her a final bath."
"...You agreed?" Jiang Xiaoping didn't even listen to Jiang He's story and hurriedly asked Zhang Jiefang.
"No, how dare I!" Zhang Jiefang quickly denied.
"What I told Mr. Zhang is that there are two clients in the afternoon, and the time has been set long ago. I need to discuss it with them to see if they are willing to change the date...I didn't lie, what I said is all the truth."
"Then let's just say that the customer doesn't want to reschedule."
After Jiang Xiaoping finished speaking, she patted the table with both hands and planned to end the first emergency meeting of Jieping Bath Aid since its establishment. "Mom, please wait a moment. Isn't this... bad?" Jiang He couldn't help but ask.
"That's true..." She glanced at Liang Xiujing, who was sitting on the rocking chair on the balcony, and lowered her voice, "Grandma Qin's last wish!"
"It's just because it's...it's troublesome! Let me put it bluntly, if in the middle of washing, the old lady will..."
Jiang Xiaoping paused, and she obviously thought about the right words, "Just leave, what should I do? I know that Mr. Zhang will not blackmail us, and there is a video being taken, so... aren't you afraid?" "
Jiang He thought for a while, "I think I'm okay."
"I...I'm a little scared." Zhang Jiefang half-raised her right hand guiltily and nervously. Jiang He knew that she was really scared. Her face had turned significantly paler since she answered Zhang Enmin's call.
"Birth, aging, sickness and death are natural laws. There is nothing to be afraid of."
Gu Xia, who had been silent until now, suddenly said something loudly. Jiang He immediately patted the back of his head nervously, "Keep your voice down, don't let grandma hear it!"
"Oh." Gu Xia raised his hand and touched his head, "I think I should go anyway."
"Where are you going? You have no business talking about this!" Jiang Xiaoping turned her back faster than flipping through a book, and immediately wanted to kick Gu Xia out.
Jiang He naturally couldn't agree, so she immediately started a quarrel with her mother. Gu Xia came in to help from time to time, and Zhang Jiefang occasionally stepped aside. When the battle was in full swing, Jiang Xiaoping suddenly made a pause gesture, and the three of them immediately shut up. Jiang He Turning around, I saw my grandma walking from the balcony to the living room.
Apart from walking a little slowly, Liang Xiujing is no different from ordinary people at first glance.
"What are you discussing behind my back?" Liang Xiujing asked calmly, facing four guilty or nervous looks.
"No, let's talk... let's talk about the plans for the second half of the year, right mom?" Jiang He said while smiling at Liang Xiujing, but the smile was a bit stiff.
"Hey, that's right. We are planning to recruit more bath assistants this month. Now we have a lot of orders. Many of them can only be pushed..."
"Liu Yan is dying soon, isn't he?" Liang Xiujing said it directly without bothering to watch the mother and daughter acting.
"Lao Zhang asked you to help give me a bath? Go ahead. In this life, you come clean and leave clean. Just think of it as a practice, and wait for me later..."
"Bah, bah, bah!" Jiang He and Jiang Xiaoping spat on the ground three times almost at the same time. Jiang He even grabbed Liang Xiujing's hand and slapped it three times on the wooden table, "Grandma, are you a little taboo about talking? ?”
"Oh, you are still so superstitious at such a young age?" Liang Xiujing smiled and touched Jiang He's face, "I know He'er feels sorry for grandma, so grandma, can you work hard to live a long life?"
"This is what you said, everyone, please bear witness to me."
After speaking, Jiang He stretched out his arms, hugged his grandma firmly into his arms, and kissed her hard on the face before letting her go.
Jiang Xiaoping raised her eyebrows and watched the interaction between her grandfather and grandson. She reached out and tapped her work phone placed in the middle of the table. She raised her chin at Gu Xia and said, "You, call those two clients at two o'clock in the afternoon and ask if they can reschedule. If it doesn’t work, give them a refund...the reason is equipment maintenance, don’t mention Grandma Qin’s matter, you know?”
"Sister Xiaoping, can you just withdraw two points?" Zhang Jiefang, a financial fan, said quickly.
"What are you thinking about?" Jiang Xiaoping smiled bitterly and shook her head, "After washing Mrs. Qin, I was able to relax all afternoon. It's so incense."
(End of this chapter)