Chapter 603: 604, not a fool (second update)

After helping Chu Jin put on the Buddha Beads, Mo Zhixuan smiled at Han Zixiu and Ding Siyu, his voice soft as he spoke, "I feel somewhat guilty for accepting such a grand gift from Sister and Brother-in-law. It’s still early, and you both must be hungry, right? Why don’t I treat you to a meal?"

Damn!

Han Zixiu was stunned! How could there be someone as shameless as Mo Zhixuan in this world? He had painfully parted with such a unique string of Buddha Beads, and Mo Zhixuan actually thought to dismiss him with just a meal!

Does he really think I’m a fool?

Just as Han Zixiu was about to take advantage of Mo Zhixuan, Ding Siyu spoke up in a gentle voice, "Then we’ll have to trouble our brother-in-law to spend some money."

Ding Siyu knew that as long as they accepted this meal, her relationship with Chu Jin would be set in stone.

This meal was no different from a meal to recognize family ties.

She genuinely liked Chu Jin as a younger sister.

Mo Zhixuan might seem cold and sharp-tongued, but in reality, he was considerate. What was most commendable was that everything he did was for Chu Jin’s sake. These days, few men were capable of being like Mo Zhixuan.

"Sister is too polite," Mo Zhixuan nodded slightly.

With his wife already agreeing, what could Han Zixiu say? What else could he say? Internally, he grumbled about Mo Zhixuan becoming more and more stingy!

The place for the meal was set at one of the Mo family’s five-star hotels.

The four people sat at the dining table, and surprisingly, Mo Zhixuan and Han Zixiu did not start quarreling.

The meal was consumed in an exceptionally harmonious atmosphere.

After the meal, on behalf of Chu Jin, Mo Zhixuan also gifted a Ruyi knot to Ding Siyu as a token of their acknowledged kinship.

The Ruyi knot had a significant meaning, and naturally, anything that passed through Elder Mo’s hands was not an ordinary item.

Seeing this, Han Zixiu finally felt a bit more relieved.

Ding Siyu did not decline and accepted it openly; from then on, she had an additional younger sister in this world.

The next day was a school day.

No classes in the morning.

Chu Jin still went to the street corner to set up her tarot card reading stall.

Having read tarot cards here for many days, the people around knew that there was a very skillful Master Chu and that she was very beautiful. Every day, a lot of people lined up for her readings.

In just one morning, Chu Jin had earned 50% of her Faith Value.

The last client of the morning was an elderly grandmother with gray hair.

She walked shakily, clutching her walking stick.

The old lady’s biggest concern was the marriage prospects of her grandchildren. She had never seen Western-style fortune-telling before and was utterly bewildered by Chu Jin’s smooth card-shuffling.

She wondered what the young girl was doing.

Could it be... she was going to invite an old lady like her to a round of the card game "Fight the Landlord"?

Following Chu Jin’s guidance, the old lady skeptically drew a card.

The Lovers, upright.

On the card, The Lovers depicted the Garden of Eden with Adam and Eve in the background, illustrating the essence of love.

Eve and Adam stood on opposite sides, feeling the romance and warmth of love under the blessing of an angel.

The Lovers is the seventh card in the Major Arcana.

Apart from Eve and Adam, there was also an angel on the card.

Chu Jin glanced at it and cheerfully said, "Ma’am, you’re a fortunate person. You have a total of seven grandchildren, among whom the eldest grandson and the third granddaughter are already settled down with their families. Three younger grandsons and a second granddaughter still stay at home. Tell me, am I right or am I right?"

"Right, right, right, Master, you’re absolutely right!" The old lady patted Chu Jin’s arm excitedly, thinking to herself that her grandchildren were always complaining about her being hard of hearing, even suggesting she wear a hearing aid.

Clearly, they just weren’t speaking loudly enough, yet they blamed the responsibility on an old lady like her!

Look, when Master Chu talks to her, she can hear every single word clearly.

"Children will have their own blessings. Old lady, you don’t have to worry," Chu Jin continued, "The young people nowadays all have their own thoughts, and there’s no need for you elders to press them too hard. Sometimes, pushing too hard may backfire..."

The old lady listened quietly and felt that Chu Jin’s words simply made too much sense.

"Master, you’re right. I, for one, will stop worrying about these broken matters. These people, not one of them eases my mind. I might as well go walk the dog, admire the flowers, and play with the birds instead."

The more the old lady chatted with Chu Jin, the more they got along, to the point where she even wished Chu Jin were her own granddaughter.

Much more sensible than those at her home.

The old lady smiled, her eyes brimming with kindness.

What a bright and charming young girl.

So endearing to people.

Having her as her own granddaughter might not be likely,

But, becoming her grandson’s wife seemed somewhat possible...

Elder Mo’s youngest grandson might be a bit of a scatterbrain, but he also had a very fine appearance.

The old lady thought more and more happily, and her gaze at Chu Jin became increasingly affectionate.

Anyway, she had many grandsons, so even if the youngest wasn’t suitable, there was still the eldest.

"Master, how old are you this year?" the elderly lady asked with a smile.

Chu Jin packed up the Tarot cards and said with a slight smile, "Elderly lady, I’m eighteen this year."

"Eighteen, that’s good, that’s good," the elderly lady nodded in satisfaction, "An eighteen-year-old girl is like a blooming flower," and it just so happened that her own grandson seemed to be around eighteen as well.

Having so many grandchildren caused her to sometimes mix up the ages of her grandsons.

"Master Chu, your surname is Chu, right?" the elderly lady continued.

"That’s correct," Chu Jin nodded slightly.

The elderly lady went on to ask, "What’s your full name? Where do you live? Are you from Capital City?"

With age comes chattiness, as with age comes many roots for a tree.

Faced with the elderly lady’s questions, Chu Jin did not think too much about it or show any reluctance, but instead answered earnestly, "Elderly lady, my name is Chu Jin. If you don’t mind, you can call me Jin. I’m a local from Capital City."

"Very good, very good," the elderly lady almost couldn’t stop laughing, "Jin, I felt a special kind of affection for you as soon as I saw you. My surname is Lin, and if you don’t mind, could you call me Grandma?"

The elderly lady liked Chu Jin very much.

"Grandma Lin," Chu Jin called sweetly.

Grandma Lin thought it would be even better if that ’Lin’ at the beginning was dropped.

"Jin, it’s getting late, and I should be heading back. I’ll come see you again tomorrow morning."

"Okay," Chu Jin stood up to see her off, "Take care, Grandma Lin."

"No need to see me out, no need," Grandma Lin waved her hand, "Grandma isn’t a child anymore, I can walk by myself. You should head back."

Chu Jin stopped and watched as Grandma Lin left, her lips holding a faint smile.

Such an endearing elderly lady.

Twelve o’clock.

Chu Jin packed up on time and headed home.

From a distance, she saw an old lady with a head full of silver hair walking slowly through the crowd.

The elderly lady was very old, holding a cane, walking very slowly.

That wasn’t the key issue, the key issue was that the elderly lady’s back was very familiar.

It was Grandma Lin, who had just come for a reading.

It had been an hour, and Grandma Lin had not yet gone far. She really was not having an easy time; Chu Jin sighed inwardly and quickened her pace.

Just then.

All of a sudden, Grandma Lin, who was walking along the road, had a dark spell and fell to the ground.

A passerby screamed, and everyone scattered far away.

In today’s society, anything can be helped up except for an elderly person who has fallen. If one tries to help out of kindness, the ensuing trouble could end up being inextricably complicated.

Some people even went bankrupt over such matters.

The human heart is both warm and cold.

Every matter has its dual nature.

The crowd surrounded Grandma Lin, pointing and discussing, but no one stepped forward to help.

Seeing what was happening in front, Chu Jin was startled and quickly ran forward, "Excuse me, please let me through."

Chu Jin pushed through the crowd and was about to reach out to help Grandma Lin, who had fallen to the ground, when the onlookers began to speak, "Young lady, be careful."

"Young lady, if you don’t have a couple of hundred thousand dollars in your pocket, I’d advise you not to interfere."

"I feel like this old lady looks familiar. Hasn’t she fallen down many times this month already?"

"Ah..." another person simply shook their head, "Even a bad person can become old!"

Instances of elderly people faking accidents to scam others were all too common, yet time after time, people fell for it.

In the face of the crowd’s warnings, Chu Jin just smiled, crouched down, and checked Grandma Lin’s pulse.

The elderly lady was having an old health issue.

It was a heart attack.

Chu Jin took out the Golden Needle from her pocket, gave the elderly lady some basic care, stabilized her heart, and at the same time, the ambulance called by the onlookers arrived.

Chu Jin, as the accompanying person, got on the ambulance with Grandma Lin and went to the hospital to make the payment.

It was only at the hospital that Chu Jin found out the old lady was a regular there; the doctors and nurses all knew her.

And they even respectfully called her Mrs. Wang.

In the hospital room, Mrs. Wang slowly opened her eyes, saw Chu Jin still by her side, and smiled a satisfied smile, saying weakly, "Jin..."

"Grandma Lin." Hearing the old lady call out, Chu Jin quickly approached the bedside.

"Grandma Lin, don’t worry, you’re all right, the hospital has contacted your family, and they will be arriving soon." This was also the reason why Chu Jin had stayed.

The old lady’s family hadn’t arrived yet, and the hospital wouldn’t let her leave.

Put simply, the hospital was afraid that if Chu Jin left, once the Wang family members arrived, they would have no way to explain the situation.

After all, at that time, only Chu Jin was with the old lady.

"Why should I bother them? They all disdain me for being old..." As she spoke, the old lady began to cover her face and cry.

Chu Jin focused on comforting the old lady and didn’t notice that, while the old lady was crying, she was sizing her up from the corner of her eye, with a glint of cunning in her gaze. There wasn’t a trace of genuine sorrow; it was as if she was the reincarnation of an Oscar-worthy actress.

"Jin, my life has been so hard, with the few brats at home all finding me too old and not wanting to talk to me," the old lady changed her tone and then said, "Jin, you wouldn’t despise me for being old, would you?"

"Of course not," Chu Jin comforted, "Grandma Lin, you must be overthinking it. They are too busy showing their filial respect to you to ever disdain you for being old."

The old lady had a very good countenance.

She was a person blessed with good fortune; how could she possibly have such unfilial descendants?

The old lady was only speaking off the cuff, not to be taken seriously.

"When it comes to filial piety, among these grandsons, Second Dog Son is the most filial to me. The others are not as good as Second Dog Son. Oh, that’s right, Jin, has the hospital gotten in touch with Second Dog Son for me?"

Second Dog Son?

Was this really her own grandson?

Chu Jin couldn’t help but chuckle.

"I’m not sure; they should have contacted him, though."

"They definitely haven’t. The hospital doesn’t know Second Dog Son’s phone number," the elderly woman continued, "Jin, could you lend me your phone? Grandma wants to give Second Dog Son a call."

"Sure." Chu Jin took out her phone, unlocked it, and handed it to the old lady.

After receiving the phone, the old lady squinted her eyes, hands trembling as she dialed the number and put the call on speaker.

seconds later.

The call was answered.

"Hello, good evening." A clean and pleasant male voice came from the other end.

"Second Dog Son!" the old lady shouted with a strong voice, not at all sounding like someone who was unwell.

"..." The voice on the other end fell into endless silence.

About 20 seconds later, the voice, tinged with confusion, resumed, "Grandma?!"

Other than Grandma, no one else in the family called him "Second Dog Son"!

"Grandson!" the old lady retorted gruffly, "Your grandma is about to die in the hospital! Hurry up and come over without stopping! Otherwise, you won’t be able to see your grandma for the last time!"

"Grandma," the voice on the other end sounded somewhat exasperated, "You’re talking nonsense again, you’re in good health!"

"Second Dog Son!" the old lady interrupted him abruptly.

Second Dog Son on the other end: "..."

After a long pause, another voice came, "Grandma, I’m here, just now there was a crowd nearby, and it was inconvenient to talk."

"Second Dog Son, I’m at People’s Hospital right now. If you don’t come, from now on, pretend you never had this grandma!" After saying that, she hung up the phone with a snap.

After hanging up the phone, her expression transformed, and she turned to Chu Jin with a giggly smile, "Sorry, Jin, to have caused such a scene in front of you."

Chu Jin returned the smile gently, "Not at all, Grandma Lin, you have a good relationship with your grandson."

"Hmm," the old lady nodded, fully agreeing with Chu Jin’s words, "From a young age, Second Dog Son has always been smarter than the other children and has a kind heart. I’ve always liked him the best. Let’s wait a bit longer, he should be here soon."

"Alright." Chu Jin nodded lightly.

"Jin, I’m really sorry for taking up your time," the old lady said with a guilty expression, "If you’re busy, you can go back first. I can manage on my own, Second Dog Son will be here soon, and you can rest assured, I’ll be fine."

With an overflowing smile, Chu Jin replied, "It’s fine, Grandma Lin, I’m not in a hurry."

As the saying goes, if you’re going to send the Buddha, send him all the way to the west. Having accompanied the old lady for so long, a little while longer won’t make much difference.

Moreover, leaving the old lady alone in the ward didn’t seem right.

"Jin, you really are a good girl."

"And you are a good grandma."

An old and a young happily chatted in the ward.

Not long after.

"Knock, knock, knock," a sound came from outside the ward door.

The old lady’s face lit up with joy. She started to get up from the hospital bed, "It must be our Second Dog Son, I’ll go open the door."

Second Dog Son, it’s your time to shine! Grandma can only help you so much!

"You stay there, I’ll go." Chu Jin stood up.

"Alright then, thank you, Jin."

Chu Jin walked over to open the door.

As she pulled the door open, she paused briefly in surprise before stepping aside and said softly, "Come in, Grandma Lin has been waiting for a long time."

The man outside the door was about one meter eighty, with a crew cut, wearing a T-shirt, and exuding a sunny and handsome vibe.

No matter how you looked at him, he was an attractive young man.

He didn’t match Chu Jin’s image of Second Dog Son in the least, and, unexpectedly, Second Dog Son turned out to be an old acquaintance—

Wang Kai.

"It’s you." Seeing Chu Jin, Wang Kai was also surprised, but beyond surprise, there was joy.

Chu Jin, the girl who had dazzled his entire youth.

She fulfilled all the imaginations a teenager in puberty could have about first love.

He really liked Chu Jin.

Liked her beyond his imagination.

Unfortunately, he hadn’t been able to get into Capital University.

That was the biggest regret of his life.

"Yes." Chu Jin nodded slightly at him.

"How is my grandmother?" Wang Kai suppressed the surprise and joy in his heart, and then asked, not even having time to wonder how Chu Jin came to be with his grandmother.

"Grandma Lin is fine, you don’t have to worry." Chu Jin closed the door and led Wang Kai into the room.

"That’s good." Wang Kai let out a sigh of relief.

As soon as the two entered the ward, the old lady lying on the bed immediately threw a pillow at them, "Second Dog Son, you’ve finally come!"

Wang Kai: "..." She really is my own grandmother!

"Grandma, are you alright?" Wang Kai caught the pillow and walked over, trying to use his eyes to tell the old lady to forget the nickname "Second Dog Son"! Could she leave him some face in front of the goddess!

Second Dog Son!

Was he supposed to have no dignity in front of the goddess now?

"I’m fine, I’m fine," the old lady pretended not to understand the meaning in Wang Kai’s eyes, "As soon as I saw you, Second Dog Son, all my troubles vanished."

Wang Kai: "..." Please let him die.

"Jin, don’t just stand there; come and take a seat." The old lady looked up at Chu Jin, "Jin, let me introduce you, this is my grandson, Second Dog Son, but his actual name is Wang Junkai. You don’t have to be formal with him; just calling him Second Dog Son will do."

This is definitely his own grandmother!

Even getting the name of her own grandson wrong!

The real reason was that the old lady had recently taken a liking to a boy band called "TFBoys," especially Wang Junkai from the band. So, every time she saw her favorite grandson, she started calling him Wang Junkai.

"Grandma, my name is Wang Kai." Wang Kai corrected her expressionlessly.

"Nonsense!" The old lady’s face stiffened, "Could I possibly forget the name of my own grandson? You are called Wang Junkai!"

Wang Kai: "..." Grandma, are you sure I am your grandson?

Wang Kai could only give Chu Jin an embarrassed smile; now in front of his goddess, he’d lost all his face all the way to the Pacific Ocean!

"Second Dog Son," the old lady continued, "this is Jin. Today we owe a lot to Jin. If it weren’t for her, you wouldn’t be seeing your grandmother now."

Hearing the old lady’s words, Wang Kai roughly understood what had happened and thanked Chu Jin, "Thank you," his words over, he then turned to the old lady, "Grandma, I know Chu Jin, we were high school classmates."

"Is that so?" The old lady’s spirits lifted when she heard this, "That’s wonderful!" This must be the destined bond that unites non-relatives as family.

It was fated that Chu Jin was to be her granddaughter-in-law.

"Second Dog Son, to have attended the same school as Jin is your good fortune," the old lady patted Wang Kai’s hand as she spoke, "How come you couldn’t be as accomplished as Jin?"

Wang Kai: "..." How was he supposed to respond to that?

Perhaps Chu Jin was actually the old lady’s biological granddaughter?

Wang Kai wanted to cry but had no tears.

Chu Jin said with a light smile, "Grandma Lin, I am not as good as you say."

"You are," the old lady said earnestly, "a hundred times better than Second Dog Son."

Wang Kai: "..." Grandma, when will you forget the nickname "Second Dog Son"? How am I supposed to get married with you doing this?

"Grandma Lin, you keep this up, and I’ll get conceited. Anyway, I have a class this afternoon. Now that Wang Kai is here, I’ll be taking my leave. Please take care of yourself." With these words, Chu Jin stood up.

"Ah?" The old lady looked reluctant, "You’re leaving already?"

"I’ll come to visit when I get the chance." Chu Jin picked up her backpack and smiled lightly.

"Jin, don’t forget, you must come to see me."

"Yes, for sure, goodbye Grandma Lin."

As Chu Jin was about to leave, the old lady hastily pushed the Second Dog Son beside her, "Second Dog Son, go see Jin out on behalf of your grandma, and oh, Jin just covered the medical bills for me, don’t forget to repay her when you get the chance."

"Okay." When it mattered, his own grandmother knew what to do; Wang Kai immediately followed Chu Jin.

"No need to see me out, I can manage on my own," Chu Jin declined.

"It’s necessary, it’s necessary," the old lady insisted.

Wang Kai accompanied Chu Jin as they walked out.

The hospital was large, bustling with the coming and going of patients.

Even the corridors were filled with people.

"Chu Jin, thank you for today." As they walked, Wang Kai was the first to break the silence.

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