??Chapter 174: Chapter 174 Auntie (from the maternal side)
Chapter 174: Chapter 174 Auntie (from the maternal side)
“Are you Sister Qingzhu’s daughter?” Ge Xiaotong asked softly.
Her voice was tender and pleasant to the ear; upon hearing it, Chiang Xiao’s heart skipped a beat, and she rembered.
In her past life, during her college years, she had gone to visit her aunt at Deng Qingjiang’s house one weekend and just happened to run into Deng Qingjiang driving a woman out.
The woman was pleading non-stop, repeatedly saying one thing: to think it over again and not to hurt the elders’ hearts.
That woman’s voice was so soft it seed it could wring out water.
That was Ge Xiaotong!
So in her past life, Ge Xiaotong had sought out Deng Qingjiang. The elderly she referred to might have been her grandparents. But back then, Ge Xiaotong had dry hair like straw, a sallow complexion, and a thin fra—she looked like soone crushed by life, gasping for air.
And now, the Ge Xiaotong lying in the hospital bed, although pale and thin, still possessed the brightness of an eighteen-year-old girl.
Ge Xiaotong was only eighteen years old, but she was Chiang Qingzhu’s cousin, and Chiang Xiao had to call her ‘cousin aunt.’
“Cousin aunt, hello, I’m Chiang Xiao.”
Ge Xiaotong seed quite unaccustod to being addressed as ‘aunt’ by such a grown girl; her face turned slightly red, showing a hint of embarrassnt.
Seeing their genuine attitude toward her grandparents, Chiang Xiao felt relieved, gently tugging at her grandfather’s sleeve and whispering, “Grandpa, I’m going to step out for a bit. I’ll co back with so buns later.”
It was almost lunchti, and it was definitely too late to rush back to the village. Chiang Songhai’s back hurt, and going out to find a place to eat would require walking, which was inconvenient. So Chiang Xiao had already decided to buy so food.
These matters were now basically up to her, and Chiang Songhai would never object. He imdiately agreed.
Chiang Xiao then ran out.
Leaving from here to Hu Xibing’s tea shop ant passing by that old residence area. Chiang Xiao didn’t enter the dark alley, still unaware of the subsequent developnts, and she did not dare to wander too close.
There were custors in Hu Xibing’s shop. When he saw Chiang Xiao co in, his eyes brightened, signaling her to have a seat first.
In fact, seeing that he was still open for business as usual, Chiang Xiao already felt at ease. Hu Xibing didn’t seem to be in a low mood either.
Tea buyers were scarce that year. The custor only bought half a pound of ordinary roasted tea before leaving.
Hu Xibing ca over, originally intending to pat Chiang Xiao on the head, but then he suddenly rembered sothing and retracted his hand.
“Brother Hu, could you get
a cup of water first? I’m dying of thirst.” Chiang Xiao had had water in the morning, and after half a day at the hospital, she was parched. Back then, hospitals didn’t have public water dispensers. She had brought a green military canteen, but the water in it was for her grandfather to drink.
Hu Xibing hastily poured her a cup of tea.
“Why didn’t you wake
up before leaving yesterday?” If he hadn’t seen her note, he would have been scared to death. If he had lost her, Captain ng probably wouldn’t let him off the hook.
“I had sothing to do.” Chiang Xiao finally felt relieved after drinking so tea and quickly asked, “How did things go? What about Tyrant ng and Zhao Xin?”
“Tyrant ng?” Hu Xibing almost spit out.
“Uh, I an Captain ng,” Chiang Xiao wanted to slap her own mouth for inadvertently blurting out the nickna she had given to ng Xinian before.
That evening when she ran out, she only saw Zhao Xin and didn’t see ng Xinian. Without knowing the details, she always felt uneasy.
Chiang Xiao thought that since she had fought side by side with him, it was normal to be concerned.
Hu Xibing said, “Captain ng was injured and was sent to the Capital City by helicopter right away; he should be in a hospital there now.”
Since both Captain ng and Zhao Xin trusted her, Hu Xibing felt it was okay to talk to her about this.
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