The next day, Luo Qiao was no longer thinking about the Yao family’s matters; to her, it was already in the past.
After she finished freshening up in the morning, Lu Yichen had already prepared the fish soup noodles.
After breakfast, the two of them went out together.
When Lu Yichen arrived at his office, he called Ji City. Without saying anything explicitly, he simply inquired about Yao Lili, and added, "Just handle it fairly and impartially."
After hanging up, soone knocked on the door: "Director, the eting is about to start, we should head over."
Lu Yichen got up and walked out.
With the New Year approaching, today’s eting was all about planning and issuing duty arrangents for the Spring Festival, ensuring that the citizens could enjoy a safe and peaceful holiday season.
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Today, Luo Qiao was attending a eting. Once it ended and she was ready to head back, she rembered that there was a market not far from the hospital. She had heard from the young nurses that a new cream cake shop had opened there with quite tasty offerings.
She strolled towards that direction, thinking to bring back so cake for the children.
Perhaps because the New Year was near, the market was very lively at this ti, filled with citizens buying festive supplies.
Luo Qiao followed the aroma of cakes to the place.
Just as she was about to step inside, she heard soone say, "Hey, are you buying or not? How could you touch it? Now, how can I sell it to soone else after you’ve touched it?"
Luo Qiao looked up and saw an elderly gentleman.
Hearing this, the old man seed a little flustered: "How much, how much is this?"
The shop owner frowned and glanced at the small cake, "Eight yuan per piece, do you want it wrapped?"
The old man murmured, "So expensive."
The shop owner beca a bit impatient, "If you can’t afford it, step aside and don’t affect my business."
Luo Qiao felt a bit displeased after hearing this, but she could understand since there were indeed a lot of custors in the shop.
The old man looked longingly at the small cake one more ti, then turned to leave.
Luo Qiao walked in and said to the shop owner, "Wrap up that small cake for ."
The shop owner was a bit surprised, "Could you choose a different piece? That cake was touched by that old man."
Luo Qiao glanced at the shop owner and, unexpectedly, he said, "No problem, just wrap it up."
After paying, she caught up with the old man who had just reached the door: "Hey, sir, wait a mont."
The old gentleman stopped and looked at Luo Qiao, puzzled.
Luo Qiao handed him the cake, "This is for you."
The old man hurriedly waved it off, "No, no, no, that won’t do."
Luo Qiao said, "Surely soone at ho is celebrating a birthday today, accept it, and please pass along my birthday wishes."
As Luo Qiao said this, the old man subconsciously glanced at his grandson standing across the street, as though he had made a decision. He took a deep breath and said to Luo Qiao, "Thank you, young lady."
As soon as he accepted the cake, soone familiar recognized the old man, "Grandpa Dongzi, oh, look at my mory, it’s Dongzi’s birthday today, isn’t it?"
And with that, eyeing the at he bought for the Yue Family, the person said, "Here, take this at back, add a dish for Dongzi at lunch, and give the kid a nice birthday celebration."
The old gentleman firmly refused, waving it off for quite a while. The person directly stuffed the at into his hand, "Don’t be stubborn, it’s getting late, the weather’s really cold, quickly take Dongzi ho."
The old man gestured to his grandson, who bowed several tis before nodding and leading the child outside. "He just wants his grandson to know that there are still good people out there."
Nearby, people started whispering, "Is that the old man from the Lian Family?"
"Yes, he really is quite pitiful."
"The kid standing across must be the grandson from the Lian Family."
"Yes, haven’t those people co by since?"
"No, and they even said it’s not like the Lian family begged their kid to save the person. Can you believe they said that?"
Soone nearby, having so understanding, asked, "What’s the story?"
Out of curiosity, Luo Qiao stood there listening, discovering that the old man’s surna was Lian, and he lived in an alley not far from there. His wife had passed away early, and he raised their only son by himself.
The son was comndable and later married and had a child, and the family lived a harmonious life.
However, life is unpredictable, and a few years ago, in an attempt to save soone, the son sustained serious injuries himself.
Initially, the family of the saved person expressed deep gratitude. When the Lian family’s son was first taken to the hospital for ergency treatnt, they even brought over so money.
But later, as he stayed in the intensive care unit, the expenses really started piling up, and a month later, despite efforts, his life couldn’t be saved.
After that, the family hardly ever showed up, and the daughter-in-law of the Lian family, unable to cope with the blow, fell seriously ill and passed away shortly after.
Leaving the grandfather and grandson to rely on each other for survival, the old man had incurred significant debt trying to save his son. Over the years, he had used all his retirent pension to pay it off.
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