Chapter 163: Warehousing

Lei Dongchuan stood there honestly listening to Master He’s lecture; as long as he could leave his brother here, anything was fine.

His mindset here was very good, but Bai Zimu instead became a bit anxious and wanted to speak up for him. However, the moment he opened his mouth, he coughed for a while first, unable to speak clearly.

Master He’s heart ached, and he poured a cup of water, “Zimu, whatever you want to say, say it slowly, Grandpa is listening right here.”

Bai Zimu coughed severely, the corners of his eyes even bringing a bit of moisture. His first sentence was to explain for his brother:

“Grandpa, it’s not that Brother didn’t tell you, it’s that I didn’t let him tell you. After my IV drip the day before yesterday, I was already better. Maybe because the temperature dropped last night, I started coughing again…”

Master He waved his hand: “I know, I know, I just won’t scold him then! Drink some water.”

He waited for Bai Zimu to obediently drink more than half a cup of warm water, before turning his head to say, “Lei boy, hurry up and go get busy with your things. I’ll keep an eye on him here. Come pick him up when you’re done.”

Lei Dongchuan nodded, “Alright, thank you Grandpa He.”

Hearing him speak, Master He couldn’t help but want to retort with a few sentences, thinking to himself that this was the good grandson he had acknowledged. [Read on RanaTranslations🌸] Let alone taking care of him for a day, even living here would be perfectly justified, so where was it Lei Dongchuan’s turn to thank him there? He took a look at Bai Zimu and, seeing his little grandson’s quiet and obedient appearance, held back, not bothering to lower himself to Lei Dongchuan’s level.

If he started bickering with the Lei family boy, his good grandson would be worried again.

Thinking this way, Master He sighed with emotion in his heart that his own little grandson was still the sensible and obedient one, knowing how to be considerate of people since childhood.

Having sent Lei Dongchuan away, Master He was also in no rush to get to work, taking Bai Zimu to see the treasures in his studio.

In the studio lay a bright silver metallic combination lockbox. Master He opened it, casually took out a rough gemstone from inside to show Bai Zimu, and said cheerfully:

“Zimu, what do you think of this? Don’t look at how it seems unassuming now, Grandpa plans to polish it a bit. When the time comes, paired with those remaining smaller gemstones, I’ll make a set of jewelry. It’s just that the blueprints are a bit hard to draw, it’s a big job.”

Bai Zimu took it in his hand, looked at it, and handed it back to the old man, smiling softly:

“If Grandpa says it’s a big job, then it must definitely be a particularly incredible treasure. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen you craft a full set of jewelry.”

Master He sighed: “Exactly, making such a set will take at least half a year. But rest assured, Grandpa is keeping a family reserve. When it’s time for you to marry a wife in the future, Grandpa will give you a complete set of twenty-eight pieces of headpiece jewelry. Even if she’s a celestial fairy, it can still coax her home for you!”

Bai Zimu followed along and smiled, giving a light cough and saying:

“Grandpa, with you saying it like this, I can’t even bear to give the jewelry away anymore. How nice it would be to keep it for myself.”

Master He: “Silly boy, people are more important than treasure. Once you marry a wife and have someone by your side who knows when you’re cold and hot, you’ll know it’s good.”

Bai Zimu verbally agreed, but in his heart, he thought otherwise.

From childhood to adulthood, he had been taken care of very well by his brother. He truly couldn’t imagine what a person even better than Lei Dongchuan would look like.

Thinking of Lei Dongchuan, he couldn’t help but zone out a bit again, looking ahead with his brows slightly furrowed.

Master He asked: “Zimu, what’s wrong?”

Bai Zimu shook his head, not saying anything, but always felt like something wasn’t quite right, as if he had missed some important clue.

Lei Family Village.

When Lei Dongchuan reached the village entrance, he saw someone already waiting there; it was Wang Damao.

Upon seeing him, Wang Damao immediately ran over and called out:

“Boss!”

Lei Dongchuan asked as he walked:

“Why are you waiting here? Let’s go, to the supermarket first. Call Sun Xiaojiu over to talk about yesterday’s matter.”

Wang Damao said in a low voice:

“Sun Xiaojiu is already waiting in the shop, and there’s also Auntie Fang Jin. Who knows where she heard the news from, she came looking for us early this morning, also asking about the matter at the warehouse…”

Lei Dongchuan’s footsteps paused, and he furrowed his brows, asking:

“Did Sun Xiaojiu speak?”

Wang Damao immediately said:

“No, Boss. [Read on RanaTranslations🌸] You didn’t give the word, so we didn’t leak a single syllable out. Auntie Fang Jin probably also heard it from the people over in Shifang Town. She doesn’t seem to know it very clearly.”

Lei Dongchuan said: “Let’s head over first, we’ll see the situation when we get there.”

“Alright.”

Mother Lei was waiting in the shop. She sat on a chair beside the counter, a cup of steaming tea still in front of her. Standing opposite her with a face full of constraint was none other than Sun Xiaojiu.