Chapter 102 Call From Aun (2/2)
”Well, that's because... your mommy's a restless sleeper, so I hugged her in case she fell on the floor.”
Even that bad excuse had taken Qin Haodong long to come up with it.
”But Papa, I was the one in the middle, why are you in my place?”
”Well... I don't know that, either. Maybe you're a restless sleeper, too. You moved yourself there.”
”Oh! Then I'll behave myself during sleep, or I may fall on the floor!”
The little fellow muttered to herself.
Seeing Qin Haodong fooling her daughter around, Lin Momo reached out and pinched Qin Haodong on his waist. Then pain made Qin Haodong grin, but he never screamed out.
At the same time, Qin Haodong's phone rang by the bedside.
”Papa, it's your phone.” The little guy ran over and fetched Qin Haodong's broken Dami phone.
Lin Momo said, ”Why are you still using that phone? You should change for a new one.”
”You're the boss who hasn't paid me yet, how can I afford that?” Qin Haodong said with a cheeky smile, ”It doesn't matter as long as it still works. My phone may look old and broken, but it has got all I need and is of nice quality.”
After that, he checked the number on the phone. His expression turned serious immediately, and pressed the answer button quickly.
”Dong, did you get up?” The one on the other side of the phone was greeting nicely. The voice might not sound that sweet, but it felt warm.
”Aunt, I just got up.” Qin Haodong replied.
Lin Momo looked quite surprised as she was watching this. Qin Haodong was too often a cheeky and carefree guy, and she had never seen him talking so seriously.
The woman on the other side of the phone said, ”Dong, why don't you pay a visit to us? It's already summer vacation. Your grandparents miss you so much because you didn't even come back during the Chinese New Year. It's been almost a year since last time our family had a reunion lunch.”
Qin Haodong said: ”Aunt, I was working in Jiangnan, so I didn't go back.”
”You're a tough kid. Just tell us if you need money. I'll transfer it to your bank account. Your uncle and I might be low paid, but we don't use much, either. Moreover, your sister is graduating this year, so you don't have to worry about tuition fee next year. I've already prepared it for you.”
”I understand, aunt.”
Qin Haodong could feel their care on the other side of the phone, and his eyes turned steamy.
”So just quit the job and come back. Your grandma has been missing you for days. He wanted to come back and find a wife.”
Qin Haodong said, ”Understood, I'll be back today.”
”Okay then, just hurry up. Your sister is already back. I'll make your favorite braised pork when we get together.”
She said a little more to Qin Haodong, and then hung up.
Qin Haodong put away his phone and said, ”Sorry, I can't go to work today. I want to go back to my hometown and have to take a week off.”
”A week off and find a wife?” Lin Momo looked at Qin Haodong with an intriguing expression.
She just heard everything in the phone just now because the phone was too old, and everything in the room was so quiet, including the little fellow.
”Okay, okay, Papa's going to find a wife, Tang Tang will have a new Mama!” The little fellow jumped on the bed out of joy when she heard the news.
Qin Haodong looked embarrassed and he said, ”That's a joke. Why would I go find a wife?”
Lin Momo seemed not to believe this at all. He added and explained, ”My grandma is getting older, so she wants me to get married all these years, and I have nothing to do with that. She didn't know I have a girlfriend. And if she knew I have a beauty like you, she would never ask me to do that.”
”Well then, I'll trust you this time.” Lin Momo said, ”The one calling you was your aunt, and she mentioned your grandparents. How about your parents?”
Qin Haodong looked depressed and said, ”I don't even know who they are, how could she mention that?”
Lin Momo looked surprised and asked, ”What happened?”
Qin Haodong sighed and said, ”I was an orphan abandoned by my parents on the road side. I was so lucky to meet an old Chinese medicine practitioner passing by and taking me home. He adopted me. I take the Chinese medicine practitioner and his wife as grandparents, and the aunt just calling me just now is their young daughter.”
”OK.” Lin Momo didn't know the story of Qin Haodong's family background before. She said, ”The family must be nice to you. Your aunt really cared about you in the phone.”
Qin Haodong said, ”Grandparents were nice to me, even nicer than their real grandchildren. My aunt was even better, she was like my real mom though we don't share the same blood. It was the third day after aunt gave birth to her daughter when I was taken to the family, so she raised me and my sister together.”
”My sister was often hungry because I ate too much. Now every time we meet, she would complain that I stole her meals and stunted her.”
Qin Haodong smiled when he thought of the story. It seemed that he enjoyed the days with his family so much.
He paused and added, ”My aunt was a primary school teacher and they didn't pay her well. My uncle worked in a company but was later fired. He earned money by doing part-time jobs outside. We were doing just fine at first, but we could barely make ends meet when my sister and I were admitted to the university at the same time. My aunt was so provident that she had never bought any new clothes for years. She save the money for our tuition fee.”
”That was also part of the reason why I didn't go back home at during Chinese New Year, neither did my sister. We were all working outside, hoping to ease the economic burden of the family.”