Chapter 375 - It Couldn’t Be Better (2/2)

The limited hours spent over the old house the last time had given him just a short stay. But now Qin Sheng could well use this one month, which was long enough for him to talk with his mom about what had happened over the past 20 years or so. That was in order to assure her of her son’s well-being, allowing her to rest finally in peace.

For the rest of the month, Lao Guo had been getting along extremely well with Qin Sheng and began to grow an impression better than ever. He could hardly pick any flaws on the young man, and what he saw from him had totally changed his stereotype view on those rich kids—he had always believed that those rich kids, like Qin Sheng, were totally spoiled. He presumed that the young man was just posing to be obedient and would leave soon before he could long withstand the hardship.

However, Qin Sheng’s behavior had stunned Lao Guo quite a lot. Besides cooking, Qin Sheng also did the laundry. He washed all his clothes all by himself, together with Lao Guo’s, too, without extra effort.

Meanwhile, Qin Sheng would take the initiative in all the physical labor and the errands, without troubling Lao Guo, which gave him a sense of illusion that Qin Sheng had come here to enjoy rather than guarding tombs. Qin Sheng was far better a son than those of his, who were definitely ungrateful souls. Why wasn’t he lucky enough to have a son like him? It had been the most comfortable days in all his tomb-guarding years, except that it lasted only for one month.

Qin Sheng led a regular life there, almost the same as he did back in Xiamen. In the morning, he would get up and run through a rugged mountain road, which was nothing difficult because he had always been doing so back in Zhongnan Mountain when he had been little. He would practice shadowboxing after jogging for an hour, and when he would return, the breakfast would be just ready for him.

After breakfast, Qin Sheng would go see his mom with joss papers and fresh flowers sent from Qin Changan, who had been persisting in sending flowers at exactly 8 a.m. every day, with alterations never the same in a week. Half or one hour of accompanying his mom, Qin Sheng would stroll back and begin to prepare for the lunch, later after which, he would read over a cup of tea. In the afternoon, he would roam around the way down to the hills with Lao Guo, hoes, and shovels in hand, taking care of those wildflowers and grass. In the evening after supper, Qin Sheng would stay inside, reading and studying, and take a nice shower before going to bed. As he woke up at 7’o clock sharp in the morning, a brand-new day had come.

Sometimes, Qin Sheng would idle around with Lao Guo, not too far, getting familiar with the surroundings. He was also planning to climb the Great Wall one of these days.

Half a month soon passed by before one knew it. As the Spring Festival was approaching, there was a growing festivity atmosphere pervading in villages nearby, and that depressed Lao Guo a little bit.

That afternoon, Qin Sheng was having tea time with Lao Guo in the sun, and he asked casually, “Lao Guo, since I’ve been here for nearly half a month, why haven’t I seen your children visiting you even once? Or do you have no children?”

Upon hearing this, Lao Guo put down the teacup, lit a cigar, heaved a long sigh, and explained, “Sure I have. Two sons and one daughter. Unfortunately, they are all ungrateful souls. Otherwise, I would not have had to end up homeless, guarding tombs for you. I can fully enjoy my leisure if they don’t come back at me. Every time they showed up, they asked for nothing but my money. As for my two sons, they are nothing but total bastards who would beat me if I didn’t give them the money. Sometimes I wondered what had I done in my previous life to end up with such punishment by dear God. How I wish to have a son like you, in that case, it would be worth living my whole life.”

Qin Sheng frowned over his words, and he asked in curiosity, “Tell me about it. See if I can help.”

Lao Guo then told Qin Sheng about the ins and outs of his family all through the years as he had nothing to do right now.

Qin Sheng finally figured out the whole thing after hearing this ten-minute story of Lao Guo. He hadn’t expected that such an honest man had been living such a miserable life. Shame on those bastards. “The old man had exerted all his time and energy to raise you guys up, and when he needs your support for the rest of his life, and yet you’re so cruel to him.”

Qin Sheng squinted and said, “Lao Guo, I’ll figure out some ways later to wreck them a little bit. I won’t let them walk away from that easily.” He had tons of methods to deal with such scums.

Lao Guo refused in a careless way. “Don’t bother. I have gotten used to it long ago. I’ll be just fine as long as they leave me alone.”

They were hitting it off so well over the past half month that they had brought up these family issues. In return, Lao Guo asked, “Xiao Qin, I have long had this question for you that I don’t know whether I should ask you or not. Ignore me if you don’t feel like talking.”

“Go ahead and ask. I don’t have anything to hide,” said Qin Sheng carelessly.

Lao Guo started to talk slowly. “Being here for years, I have known most of your relatives from both the Qin Family and Zhu Family. But it was the first time I met you and learned that you are the son of the lady down there. Why hadn’t you come even once over the past years?”

“So that’s what it is about.” Qin Sheng replied with a bitter smile on his face. “You told your story, then I’ll tell you mine.”

Therefore, Qin Sheng briefed the weird story of his to Lao Guo, in a much simpler way. Lao Guo was shocked at the young man’s experiences, which were even more peculiar than his.

Lao Guo lost himself in Qin Sheng’s story until it was finished several minutes later. He sighed while shaking his head. “I see. No wonder I’ve never seen you before. Life is hard for both of us, except that you are luckier than me as you can relax and enjoy the rest of your life.”

With a faint smile flashed across his face, Qin Sheng said nothing more. A normal day had just gone smoothly away, with nothing special happening.

The next day, a stranger came uninvited. Qin Sheng didn’t expect to bump into one of those “leading actors” from Lao Guo’s story yesterday.

He had planned to look for Lao Guo’s sons and daughter later someday to have a little chat about life principles. Now it couldn’t be better since they had delivered themselves up to his doorstep today.