Good Man Operation Guide

Chapter 118.1: The Research Fanatic Who Lost His Child (4)

Wang Xuan couldn’t react for a moment.

As far as he could remember, no one he came into contact with ever hugged him as intimately as this old lady did, even Mr. and Mrs. Lin. The closest thing they did was touching his head.

The old woman’s embrace was sudden, but strangely warm.

When the old lady hugged him, she took a handful of candy out of her pocket. Her wrinkled hand slightly trembled, “Come on, Xuan Xuan. Have some candy, have some candy! “

Wang Xuan took them. The candy wrappers were beautiful, and they looked much more expensive than the ones sold in the supermarket. He looked up at a loss, subconsciously looking at Lin Shiheng and Zhou Chuchu. His eyes were full of bewilderment about what to do.

“Take it, the candy was meant for you. This is my wife’s grandmother.”

Lin Shiheng smiled at him and said, “She’s coming to stay here for a while, so you can call her Grandma.”

Zhou Chuchu’s nose soured at the scene. She slightly hung her head to hide her red eyes.

When Xuan Xuan was a child, she was worried that too much sugar would cause tooth decay, so she was always reluctant to give him candy. The little one loved sweetness, so he would whine at his mother and ask for candy. Zhou Chuchu didn’t give it to him, he was small but a clever child. He shifted his target and went to ask for candy from his great-grandmother.

The old lady had suffered from hunger when she was a child, so she couldn’t bear the thought of the younger generation not being able to eat what they wanted. Every time, she would secretly give candy to the child without her granddaughter’s knowledge, causing Xuan Xuan to shout for candy whenever he saw his great-grandmother.

Now, 10 years after the child was lost, seeing her grandmother give Wang Xuan candy again; it really made Zhou Chuchu, who thought she had her emotions under control, choke back a bit.

She turned around somewhat awkwardly and whispered in a hoarse voice, “Grandma’s things aren’t unpacked yet, so I’ll go first.”

Lin Shiheng patted her on the shoulder. After silent reassurance, he watched her turn and leave in a hurry.

Wang Xuan also noticed Zhou Chuchu’s departure. Mrs. Lin has always been elegant and gentle. Such a hasty departure made his heart wonder a bit, but in the next moment, this little strange thing was dispelled under the old lady’s expectant gaze.

He was always a little shy in front of elders who treated him in a friendly manner. Somewhat embarrassed, he pulled out a pen and paper and wrote on it before handing it over: [Hello, Grandma, my name is Wang Xuan.]

“Eh! Good, good.”

The smile on the old lady’s face turned to distress when she saw that the boy could only write in response because he couldn’t speak. She quickly smiled again when Wang Xuan finished writing and looked up to hand over the paper. After reading it, she hugged Wang Xuan tightly again, as if she was afraid that the boy would run away if she let go. The nagging voice of an elder rang in Wang Xuan’s ears.

“Look at you, you’re so thin. I can feel your bones when I touch you. Such a good boy, great-grandmother stewed some tonic soup. It will be ready soon. It’s full of herbs that doctors say are good for your health, it tastes great. You’ll love it.”Nôv(el)B\\jnn

Her attitude was too intimate and natural. Alongside, Lin Shiheng, who also had a very normal look on his face. This made Wang Xuan, who initially felt flustered, gradually relax.

Soon after, just as the old lady had said, the soup she had taken the trouble to make was ready and Wang Xuan was warmly invited to join them.

Wang Xuan’s refusal was useless. Even though he thought it was a family dinner and he was really out of place, Mr. Lin, Mrs. Lin, and the old lady, were eager for him to join them. When he was politely pulled to his seat by the happy old lady, Mrs. Lin also smiled and brought over a bowl of steaming soup. When Mr. Lin, who was next to him, kept telling him to eat more, the 15-year-old boy almost felt like they were a family.

He had one of the most heart-warming meals he could remember, and the soup was really good and nourishing.

At this moment, while wiping her tears, she said, “I can tell that the boy is quite fond of you two. He looks at you as if he was looking at his parents. He’s well-behaved and lovely. When he refused to come back before, he must have suffered too much. I understand the child’s temper by looking at him. He’s extremely happy when others treat him well. He must have been afraid we would treat him badly when he didn’t want to recognize us back then. I think he’ll be happy if we tell him the truth now.”

Lin Shiheng also felt that the old lady was right. The child really liked them. Zhou Chuchu said that he thought they were leaving, and gave them a parting gift. When he gave the gifts, there was a reluctant smile.

When Zhou Chuchu told him that, she felt even more heartbroken, holding that scarf like a treasure and crying.

“Okay.”

He agreed, “Let’s find a suitable time, and tell everything. If Xuan Xuan can’t accept it for a while, we’ll keep staying here and compensate him.”

The old lady was so happy, even her whole spirit was renewed. She went into the house with a different, almost combative spirit, intending to properly prepare for the family’s reunion meal.

Lin Shiheng, on the other hand, was counting the time. He calculated that it should be about time for Wang Xuan’s first love to draw a line in the sand with him.

As a father, naturally, he couldn’t just stand by and watch Wang Xuan get bullied outside.

He turned into the house and suggested to his wife...

“Let’s go to the city to buy some clothes for our son, have a good shopping trip and then pick him up in the afternoon. Didn’t he say that the students were always gathering in front of the First Middle School in the afternoon after dismissal?”

Wang Xuan was setting up a stall in front of the First Middle School. It was school time and with no recent exams, students were walking into school at a leisurely pace, in twos and threes. Some students who hadn’t eaten breakfast at home went to the small shops or stalls near the school to buy food.

Wang Xuan always had sufficient ingredients, and as he was one of the cleanest of the various stalls, his business was better than other stalls. Students gathered in front of the cart and ordered what they wanted, and Wang Xuan quickly prepared their food and delivered it to them.

He had been running the stall for a decent amount of time, so he was quick at mental arithmetic, never got the money wrong, and sold a lot of things during this prime time in the morning, when the students were going to school.

When it was almost time for class, the students outside seemed to trail off in a matter of seconds, and the two or three remaining stragglers, perhaps late in getting up, ran past Wang Xuan’s stall with their heavy school bags, puffing and panting. Giggling and sneaking into the school entrance.

Wang Xuan didn’t find this as funny as the other vendors. He was a little envious that these students didn’t have to worry about making a living, as long as they studied in class every day.

In the past, he wouldn’t have thought about such things, but the past few days with Mr. and Mrs. Lin had gradually changed Wang Xuan’s mentality.

He used to want to make enough money and open a small shop when he became an adult. But now, he wanted to go to school and become someone as good as Mr. and Mrs. Lin, so that maybe in the future, he could stand in front of Mr. and Mrs. Lin and show them a brand-new version of himself.

They would surely praise him very gently, acknowledge his efforts and, perhaps, happily stroke his head.

Thinking about the scene, Wang Xuan couldn’t help but smile a little happily as he reached out, stroked his head and with a smile on his face, began to pack up the things from the stall.

A young girl on a bicycle saw the scene. She originally wanted to go straight into school, but caught a glimpse of Wang Xuan’s down jacket and slightly frowned as the bicycle turned around, heading for Wang Xuan’s stall.

“Wang Xuan.”