After ONS: Trapped by the Cunning Professor

Chapter 691 - 672: Not Feeling Aggrieved at All, Truly

Lou Xi was taken to the hospital by Ed, Qin Mobai was having a body check-up. While Qin Mobai hadn’t returned yet, she took the opportunity to cook vegetable porridge for him.

Just as she was cooking the porridge, Lou Xi’s phone rang.

She looked at it, it was a call from the Qin Mansion.

Lou Xi stirred the porridge in the pot while answering the phone.

It was the old lady calling.

"Xixi, it’s Grandma." The old lady spoke, even across the phone, Lou Xi could feel the elderly woman’s exhaustion.

Perhaps it was because of the old man’s situation, Qin Sheng was still in the intensive care unit and hadn’t come out yet. The repeated bouts of illness left the old lady utterly exhausted.

"Grandma, did you catch a cold? Why does your voice sound so strange?"

"No, I’m not cold." The old lady repeated, "I just wanted to ask you, how is Mobai now?"

Upon hearing the old lady mention Qin Mobai’s name, Lou Xi’s heart tightened.

The news of Qin Mobai’s death was known throughout Nancheng, but the old lady rarely left her home, and the Qin family had tacitly kept the news from her, so she probably didn’t know about Qin Mobai’s "passing."

But the old lady calling Lou Xi to ask about Qin Mobai always felt a bit off.

"He... he’s fine." Lou Xi could only follow the old lady’s words.

"You’re lying!" The old lady suddenly interrupted Lou Xi, saying sternly, "You all keep things from me, the old woman, and didn’t let me see Mobai one last time!"

"Grandma, we didn’t intentionally keep it from you, it was..."

The phone suddenly fell silent, followed by sobbing sounds, Lou Xi could imagine the old lady crying on the other end.

The sorrow of sending off someone with darker hair is something Lou Xi couldn’t experience now, but she could feel the helplessness and despair of losing a beloved one.

If Lou Xi were right in front of the old lady now, she would definitely embrace her tightly.

But now, Lou Xi still couldn’t tell her the news that Qin Mobai was safe...

"So Mobai really left..."

Lou Xi froze, realizing the old lady had tricked her into revealing the truth!

"Grandma, I..." Just as Lou Xi was about to speak, she heard the sound of the door opening.

She turned and saw Qin Mobai sitting in a wheelchair being pushed back by a nurse. The man looked at Lou Xi’s anxious face and questioned her with his eyes.

Lou Xi moved the phone away from her ear, and the screen lit up, showing it was a call from home.

Qin Mobai frowned slightly and gestured for the nurse to leave.

The nurse quietly left, closing the room door on her way out.

"It’s Grandma." Lou Xi covered the mouthpiece, saying softly to Qin Mobai, "She knows you’ve ’died,’ now she’s very sad, maybe you should say something to her?"

Lou Xi felt uneasy about keeping this secret from the elderly lady, making her sad.

Qin Mobai shook his head slightly, the fewer people knew he was alive, the better.

Seeing Qin Mobai insist, Lou Xi could only put the phone back to her ear and say to the old lady on the other end, "Grandma, take care of your health. Even if Mobai isn’t here, you still have me. I’ll take care of you like Mobai would."

Lou Xi listened to the old lady’s gentle sobs, feeling very heartbroken.

Qin Mobai gently held her hand, providing her with the strength to carry on.

"This old lady, won’t be around for many years to go find Mobai, but you’re so young... Xixi, it must be hard for you, so young yet..."

"Grandma, I’m not feeling hard at all, really." Lou Xi tightly grasped Qin Mobai’s hand.

She truly felt she was not suffering at all.