Chapter 864 - Want To Go Home (1/2)
While the couple enjoyed dinner with their subordinates and the Liu siblings, in another part of Imperial, a little white fur ball was curled in his comfy warm bed.
Inu laid down on his stomach with his head resting on his paws. He stares at the opened door, and every time he hears footsteps, his ears would perk up.
He raised his head and wagged his tail in excitement. However, as the footsteps passed the door, his ears dropped.
It was only a nurse.
He sounds a faint whimper and puts his head on his paws again.
Grandfather Ji sat up on the hospital bed with a newspaper in his hand.
He sees Inu's behavior from the corners of his eyes and lowers the paper.
”Inu, I'm sorry you have to be here with me. You must want to go home.”
It's been a long while since the little guy stayed with him. Ji Jingxu often came to visit and keeps Inu distracted, but one thing is clear.
He (Inu) misses his favorite human.
Grandfather Ji knew this because the little guy always looks around when he hears someone's footsteps. However, the person was never the one he had been waiting for.
Inu loots up at Grandfather Ji. like he understood the old man's words, he gets up from his bed and jumps onto the bed.
He curls up near the old man's feet and places his head on Grandfather Ji's legs.
”Aiya...”
Grandfather Ji was touched by this and reached forward to pat the white fur ball's head.
”You want to go home but are being considerate of me.”
He lightly chuckles and looks at the door to the private room he was admitted.
”Once I get Doctor Dong's approval, we will leave here together.”
After he met Lu Tian for lunch, his health deteriorated. He had no choice but to remain cooped up in Imperial Military Hospital.
He stares at Inu and sighs inside as he thinks about a phone call he had received.
”It seems people are finding trouble for her again...”
Chief Ren had informed him of the situation regarding the Qin and Chen family.
It is natural for Madam Qin to react the way she did as the incident involved her only child. However, to shift the blame onto someone innocent is irrelevant.
He thought about the ill-manner treatment his granddaughter and Lin Hui had to endure, and rage swam inside him.
”I am not dead yet, and they dare to cross the line.”
He may be in the hospital due to his poor health, but he is still alive. Lin Hui may not be his flesh and blood, but the boy is still a son to him.
If the Qin and Chen family think it will be easy to take down his granddaughter, they are overestimating themselves.
”They will pay for messing with the wrong family.”
* beep beep beep beep
Just as his last word fell, a continuous loud beeping sound rang from his heart monitor.
He jumps up in surprise and glares at the machine like it is his mortal enemy.
”Oh my God, will you shut it!”
He reached over to hit the machine but paused mid-air when he heard multiple footsteps from outside his room.
”Here we go again.”
He exhales and stares at the door. He sees Doctor Dong and five nurses frantically rushing into the room.
”Old man, what are you doing?!”
Doctor Dong roared with intense anger when he saw Grandfather Ji. He strides to bed to check the old man's heartbeat then the monitor.
He sighs in relief when he sees the heart rate return to normal.
”Good grief. Are you trying to give everyone at the hospital a heart attack?”
He wipes away any sweat on his forehead and turns to the nurses.
”He's stabilized. You all may leave.”
The nurses also sighed in relief. They did as told and left the room to check on other patients.
Doctor Dong waited until the room was quiet, then looked at Grandfather Ji with eyes so deadly they could kill a person.
”Old man, are you trying to leave this world already? Didn't I tell you to watch your emotions. Any minor mishap and...”
He swallows his words as he is unable to finish and rubs his forehead. He pulls a chair from the side and takes a seat.
”What is it this time? What got under your skin?”
Ever since Grandfather Ji had been admitted into the hospital, his temper seemed to increase drastically. It also caused multiple false alarms that whitened his hair more each passing day.