Chapter 403 - 137: Beyond the Three Realms and Outside the Five Elements
"Good!" The old man chuckled, looking Lu Sisi up and down carefully: "She’s a good girl, looks nice, with clear brows and gentle eyes, definitely a good girl!"
With that, he sighed: "Now you have a girlfriend, a good girl. When I go down, I’ll tell your grandmother. Maybe she can rest her eyes."
Chen Yan listened, and felt a bit sad in his heart.
When you go down... I’m afraid you won’t meet my grandmother.
The old man stared at Lu Sisi, asking a few more questions about where she studies, how her grades are, how many people are in her family, and so on.
Lu Sisi answered each question but chose to speak only of the good things—particularly avoiding mentioning the heap of troubles in her own family.
After a while, the old man was satisfied and glared at Chen Yan, shouting: "Treat her well! Also, during New Year’s, when visiting the tombs, go and kowtow to your grandmother!"
"Got it."
Seeing Chen Yan agreeing, the old man swung his leg off the bed, his feet searching the ground for shoes.
"Dad, Dad what are you doing getting out of bed? Need to go to the bathroom?"
"Bathroom for what? I haven’t eaten anything all day, there’s nothing to remove." The old man waved his hand: "Going home!"
Aunt Zhao was instantly against it: "No! Dad, you just woke up, let me get a doctor to check on you, you..."
"What’s to check? Small illnesses don’t need treating, big ones can’t be treated. I’ve already said, I..."
Speaking, seeing his daughter’s anxious expression, the old man’s heart softened after all.
He stood up to hold his daughter’s hand, whispering: "Daughter, I have just one wish... Don’t let your dad close his eyes in the hospital, I don’t want to die outside.
Even if I have to close my eyes, I want to lie on my own bed at the end."
Aunt Zhao was filled with confusion, originally seeing her father wake up, in good spirits, thinking perhaps he was getting better.
But hearing about dying and living...
"No way! Even if you’re better, you need a checkup before leaving the hospital."
The old man waved his hand: "Not doing it!"
After speaking, he put on his shoes and was about to head out the door.
Aunt Zhao still wanted to say something when Chen Yan suddenly pulled her aside, taking a deep breath: "Aunt Zhao..."
"Hmm?"
"Go along with the old man’s wishes." He sighed softly.
"..."
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Ultimately, the discharge paperwork was done.
The hospital was not surprised by such a situation... The doctors checked the old man today and said the organs were failing, with just a couple of days left.
At this point, when the patient’s family requests discharge—such things are quite common in the hospital.
Except the old man hadn’t appeared, doctors hadn’t seen him, otherwise, they might have called it a medical miracle.
After signing the responsibility letter and settling the fees, Chen Yan drove here anyway, the big G was spacious enough, and took the old man and Aunt Zhao with him.
The old man’s heart was set, not wanting to stay outside a moment longer; he had Aunt Zhao call the son-in-law, and later made a call to his son.
On the phone, Zhao Family’s second son, hearing the father was awake and discharged, was quite anxious, complained a bit, then got scolded loudly by the old man and fell silent.
Chen Yan drove steadily, bringing the old man and others back to the rural village.
Once the old man got out, he walked swiftly, with his head held high, showing no signs of illness.
Reaching his own doorstep, the old man pushed open the iron gate, seeing his second son coming out from inside.
The old man waved his hand, greeting his son, but turned his head to look at his own yard, paused, and sighed gently.
"It’s more comfortable staying in one’s own place."
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Watching his children about to argue more, the old man glanced at Chen Yan: "I’ll talk to them, you take your girlfriend home to rest first."
Chen Yan frowned: "I..."
"Return to your old house to rest, I know myself, there’s still some time."
The old man paused, speaking solemnly: "Tomorrow morning, come over. Yes, in the morning!"
Chen Yan’s heart twisted, he silently looked at the old man, nodded, just thought for a moment, checked the time, and whispered: "Old man, you have a bit more than half an hour before your energy wanes."
"Half an hour, right? Good!"
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Chen Yan took Lu Sisi back to the old house to rest, leaving the old man and his children to talk.
Returning to the old house, it was completely dark, Chen Yan turned on the light, didn’t bother cleaning, and went to the kitchen to boil some water.
When he came out, he saw Lu Sisi had already entered the room, taken a quilt from the cabinet, and made up the bed.
After the two washed up, with their relationship, they didn’t need to sleep in separate rooms; they slept together at night.
Lu Sisi worried about Chen Yan’s mood, held him in her arms while sleeping, her hand patting gently on his back, only stopping when she was too sleepy, finally falling asleep.
Chen Yan, actually didn’t sleep that night, waited for Lu Sisi to close her eyes, but he kept his eyes open, staring at the ceiling, silently lying until dawn.
So many, many things came to mind, like scenes from a movie flashing through his head.
When he was young, being mischievous and causing trouble, chased by the old lady around the yard, hiding in the old village head’s house.
Being naughty and climbing to roofs, breaking the old man’s roof tiles.
Watching adults in the field burning wheat straw in winter, sneaking off to play with fire, discovered by the old man, who took off his shoe and almost spanked his backside swollen...
The old lady leaving to perform rituals, he sneaked over to the old man’s house to eat, a bowl of braised pork, the old man smiling and pushing most of it into his bowl...
Picking and choosing the meat, breaking the fatty pieces off to secretly throw away, the old man saw it, and reversed the chopsticks onto his hand back...