“What’s the matter with you? All of a sudden, you decided to go on a whim? Doesn’t our child need to attend school? Old Xiao, let me tell you. Our child has been doing badly in school because you indulged him! I won’t be taking him!”
After coming out from the Hongfu Building, Dazhe did not immediately leave this place. He hid in the alley next to the building and observed the entrance of the Hongfu Building. Dazhe only left the place when he saw Xiao Yucheng had left the place.
He did not go back to the construction site. He just gave a call to the harsh foreman, and of course, he was severely scolded by the foreman.
Of course, Dazhe put the phone a distance away from his ears. He just allowed the foreman to let out steam as he pleased. Dazhe could not help thinking that this matter was rather amusing. If it were in the past, something would probably happen to this harsh foreman at night due to his bad temper.
It was just an area surrounded by a few residential buildings. It was not tall. Each building has six floors… Naturally, there was no elevator.
The doorman was an old man who was taking a nap at the moment. Dazhe effortlessly touched the door of one of the houses. When he was about to knock on the door, he stopped immediately.
“Excuse me, who is it?” The question came from the door.
Dazhe took another deep breath before saying, “Sister Lin [1], it’s me, Gan Jing. Don’t you remember me?”
“It is me, isn’t it?” Dazhe said with a smile and hurriedly supported the woman with both hands… Sister Lin’s hand. “Sister Lin, you still can’t recognize my voice?”
“Hey! I recognized it. I recognized it!” Sister Lin could not help laughing at this moment. “Gan Jing, come in. You haven’t visited me for a long time.”
“Walk slowly… Hey, careful!” Dazhe carefully helped Sister Lin walk into the house.
Dazhe helped Sister Lin walk into the hall… The house was not big. It only had two rooms along with a living room, a kitchen, and a bathroom. However, since Sister Lin lived here alone, it was naturally not small for her.
Dazhe saw that there was still a bag of plastic flowers in the living room and some well-arranged plastic flowers on the table.
When Dazhe saw Sister Lin stretching out her hand to touch the coffee table, seemingly looking for a cup, he immediately found the cup and put it beside Sister Lin’s hand, so that she was able to get hold of the cup immediately.
“Wait for me. I will pour you some water.”
“Alright.”
Dazhe laughed and said, “Sister Lin, I will tell you the truth. We are from the International Committee of the Red Cross, an international organization! Many kinds and rich people from foreign countries and within the country are willing to pay for it. So, of course, there will be more money. Also, you are the kind of people that we helped.”
Sister Lin sighed and said, “Oh, Gan Jing, your organization has given me too much, and I dare not ask for it. There were so many people in need of help. Yet, all of you gave me so much. No, it’s not good!”
Dazhe patted Sister Lin’s hand, “Don’t worry. We treat all of the people we extended our assistance to equally. The other people who have received our assistance are just like you!”
Sister Lin said in disbelief, “Really?”
While she was talking, Sister Lin was already crying and choked with tears.
“Sister Lin, it’s all over. Don’t remember unhappy things.” Dazhe grabbed Sister Lin’s palm tightly and comforted her, “Life will get better.”
“What you said is true.” Sister Lin smiled. “Alright, I will stop talking about it! Oh, yes, Gan Jing, last time you said you were going on a business trip or something, but it was more than half a year since you left, which made me worry for a long time.”
“Indeed! Even darker than him!” Dazhe smiled and said. “If I hide in that alley, no one can see me!”
“You little fella.” Sister Lin shook her head. “You know how to make me happy… By the way, wait for me for a while!”
“Sister Lin, this is…”
“I knit it.” Sister Lin said with a smile. “I don’t know what to knit. When it comes to clothes, I am afraid I can’t knit it perfectly. I would do even worse if it’s pants. So, I can only make something simple. I was thinking of giving it to you when you come to see me. It just happens to be cold now. Come, let me put it on you.”
Sister Lin put on a scarf on Dazhe.
“Hey, good boy!”
Tears rolled out of Dazhe.
[1] Dazhe refers to her as (嫂), which could imply both sister-in-law or the wife of his senior brother (whether this senior is blood related or not, it doesn’t matter). Due to the ambiguity, we decided to go with Sister to highlight the seniority.
