Chapter 379 - I Know What Youre Worried About (2/2)

“Dad, Uncle Gongsun said you had an invitation tonight.” Qin Ran and Qin Sheng had asked Gongsun about their father’s schedule before they left. Qin Ran was unsatisfied, for their father ignored Qin Sheng. But she understood Qin Changan. Since he was in a high position, he had a lot of relations to maintain. After all, he was a businessman. That was why Qin Ran was surprised when she met Qin Changan at home.

Qin Changan stood up and smiled at them. “It’s not a big deal. Qin Sheng just came back. I have to have dinner with you two.”

Qin Ran walked to their father and held his arm. “Dad, you’ve changed. But you didn’t change for me in all these years. Thanks to my younger brother, I have a good dad now.”

“Ha, you’re unsatisfied with me,” Qin Changan smiled and said, feeling particularly happy. Though Qin Sheng was back, his son was still distant with him. But he harvested his daughter’s care.

Qin Sheng still felt weird to call Qin Changan “Dad”. It was easy for anybody to say this word, but not for Qin Sheng. He had never said this word in his previous life, and there was still a knot of their relationship in his mind.

“It’s an exhausting day, huh?” Qin Changan saw Qin Sheng’s embarrassment, so he greeted his son first.

Qin Sheng felt awkward, but still nodded with a smile. He even didn’t know where to look and how to stand.

Qin Changan came over and touched Qin Sheng’s shoulder. “Nice suit. This must have been chosen by your sister. Don’t stand still. You two must be hungry. Let’s have dinner.”

The three of them then went to the dining room. Gongsun asked the servants to serve the food then took the last seat at the table.

The dinner went on smoothly thanks to Qin Ran, who was good at starting conversations and continued with different topics. She talked about Qin Sheng and Lao Guo’s stories when they lived together at the graveyard, especially how Lao Guo felt sad about Qin Sheng’s departure today and that he even refused to see Qin Sheng off.

When the dinner was almost over, Qin Changan said, “I have some plans later. If you two want to go out, don’t come back too late. Don’t forget that we’re going to Xi’an tomorrow.”

He then looked at Qin Sheng and said, “By the way, Qin Sheng, I asked Gongsun to prepare some gifts for the Lin Family. You can have a look and add something else. I don’t have time to visit them this time and I’ve asked your sister to go instead of me and deliver my apology. I’ll go to visit them next time.”

“OK, I got it.” Qin Changan’s words made Qin Sheng feel warm. He felt Qin Changan’s sincerity to the Lin Family. But he was thinking about something and was not sure how to start the topic. He hesitated a lot and finally said, “There is something…”

But before Qin Sheng could speak it out, Qin Changan waved to stop him and said, “You don’t have to say that. Don’t worry. I know what you’re worried about. I’ve arranged for people to do it.”

Qin Changan’s words totally surprised Qin Sheng, who thought his father was too busy to care about this. He had thought over and over about how to mention this to Qin Changan, and never expected that his father had already had it in mind.

Qin Sheng didn’t know what he could say to express his mix of feelings, and he felt embarrassed to say “thank you” to his father.

Qin Changan continued to say, “This is none of your business. The Lin Family brought you up instead of us. This great kindness deserves my own efforts to pay them back, otherwise your mother and grandfather would be angry with me in heaven.”

Qin Sheng felt too moved to say anything. Qin Ran, who was sitting beside, just lowered her head and smiled. She also knew what Qin Sheng had been thinking about. Since Qin Sheng was considerate in return, how could he forget Old Master Lin’s efforts and support of him?

Qin Changan didn’t want Qin Sheng to feel awkward. He stood up and said, “I’ve eaten enough. I got to go now. You can go on enjoying the meal.”

When Qin Changan left, Qin Ran patted Qin Sheng’s shoulder and said, “Qin Sheng, though he had done something wrong, he was definitely a good father. However, he didn’t know how to express his love sometimes. You’ll know this later.”

“I know.” This time, Qin Sheng nodded firmly.

In the evening, Qin Ran and Qin Sheng both stayed in the siheyuan. Qin Sheng accompanied his sister to watch TV and chat in the sitting room for a while, and then he went to his room to read. He had been thinking about contacting Auntie Wang and Xin Xin, informing them of his journey to Xi’an. But he didn’t do so, for he wanted to give them a surprise. He also wanted to take this chance to meet Hao Lei, who must have been in Xi’an.

Due to the regular daily routine over the past month, Qin Sheng felt sleepy early and went to bed then. He had a sound sleep.

Early in the morning at 6 o’clock, two cars were ready in the yard. All the Qins were going to Xi’an.