Chapter 415 - The Elder And the Young (2/2)

They didn’t chat for a long time for fear of being found by others. Qin Sheng was going to explain things in detail after he met Lin Su, so they hung up after twenty minutes.

Early in the morning, Qin Sheng got up and found that his grandmother was having breakfast downstairs. She saw Qin Sheng and said worriedly, “Sheng’er, why do you get up so early? You can sleep longer.”

Qin Sheng took a seat by grandmother’s side and offered a smile. “Granny, I never get up late. It’s my habit to get up at this time.”

The old lady eyed him with a sense of care with a smile. “Good boy. You’re better than them. Jiayou usually got up after 12 o’clock. And your sister, she never got up before 10. They’re too lazy.”

Qin Sheng smiled with a bit sense of embarrassment. “Granny, I’m just used to that.”

After breakfast, the old lady went to Fuxing Park, walking as morning exercise. She was usually accompanied by a healthcare provider, sometimes by Zhu Qingwen or other family members. Today, it was naturally Qin Sheng.

Qin Sheng held her arm and walked at a steady and slow pace, with the healthcare provider following behind in case of an emergency.

Qin Sheng hadn’t had this feeling for a long time. Most young people were tired of the elders’ chattering, but he was different. Life was short, especially for elderly people, and death might come at any time. Qin Sheng was particularly interested in listening to their stories. The decades they experienced would be extracted into a few sentences, containing their philosophy of life. Through those stories, it was fortunate for him to learn a lot without experiencing real ups and downs.

His grandmother was in bad health condition, so Qin Sheng slowed down and rested a couple of times. Along the way, she told her own story about living here in her childhood, how she got to know his grandfather, and his mother’s childhood. Qin Sheng really enjoyed that and hoped the story could last longer.

When they arrived at Fuxing Park, the old lady found somewhere to sit. She held Qin Sheng’s hands. “Sheng’er, I’ve been telling my stories, have you got fed up with these? Ran Ran and other people don’t like these.”

Qin Sheng answered, “Granny, I like these stories. I know very little about our family. I’m going to stay in Shanghai for a period of time, and I’m willing to hear more stories. You can tell as much as you want, and I’m listening. But I’m afraid you’ll feel tired.”

The old lady was pleased. “Hum, you’re nice. As long as you like, I never get tired. What else do you want to know?”

Qin Sheng thought for a while and said, “Granny, can you tell me something about my mom?”

Qin Sheng was about to say “I miss her”, but finally he didn’t, for fear of making the old lady sad.

The old lady sighed and thought, “You poor boy without mother, Sheng’er.” But She didn’t want him to feel sad, so she just concealed her feeling with a smile. “Fine. I’m telling you.”

The old and the young sat on a bench in the park, chatting about their past. Neither of them noticed the time going by until the healthcare provider reminded them, and then they went back home.

When they arrived at the old foreign-styled house, Qin Ran had gotten up. She said goodbye to grandmother and went out with Qin Sheng. The bodyguards of Qin Family had arrived, accompanying them to visit two uncles of Qin Sheng and Qin Ran.

Qin Sheng would rather stay home and listen to Grandmother’s story. But considering that he needed to get some social relationships and resources in Shanghai, he finally went out with his sister.

In the morning, they visited a well-known big shot in the Bund, who was influential in the business area. Qin Sheng had heard of him a lot. It was said that he was involved in some trouble recently and disappeared, but it seemed that the matter had been resolved. Qin Sheng was not sure about that though.

Though the big shot and his wife invited them for lunch, Qin Ran and Qin Sheng left in advance and had lunch in a restaurant for there were other visitors and Qin Ran was afraid that Qin Sheng would feel uncomfortable.

They visited the other one in the afternoon, who was at a similar level to the one in the morning, but was low-profiled and known by few people. Qin Ran and Qin Sheng stayed there for a while and left.

At this time, Zhu Qingwen contacted them by phone. She giggled and asked, “Sheng’er, you’ve done? I’ve already contacted her, and she’s coming.”

Qin Sheng just mentioned casually, and didn’t expect that his small aunt could make it so soon. He smiled. “Where are you? We’re coming.”

Zhu Qingwen told Qin Sheng the address and hung up, expecting the meeting.

Qin Ran said, “What are you talking about? Secret?”

Qin Sheng didn’t tell her directly. “Sister, let’s go. You’ll know it soon.”