Rebirth in the 50s: The Couple with the Hidden Space novel Chapter 1245

Chapter 1245: Chapter 1118: Not Curious?

As winter arrived, Old Mrs. Cheng’s health had become increasingly exhausted, and several times in her sleep, she dreamt of her foster father, foster mother, and older sister, Gu Mingzhu.

She always had a feeling that her time had come.

When people grow old, they tend to reminisce about the past.

Leaning on the rattan chair, the old lady somehow thought of the witch who took Zhou Jiao to read her fortune that year.

Her eyes, tired from the sunlight, opened as she looked at the sky; she couldn’t sit still anymore, picked up the small blanket on her legs, and stood up.

Mr. Cheng heard the noise, opened his eyes to take a look, then closed them again, "If you want anything, just call Auntie."

"Forget it, moving around is good for your health."

Hearing her say this, Mr. Cheng realized his old wife wanted to go out, and immediately sat up, "I’ll accompany you."

"You forgot you have an appointment with an old friend? I’ll go find Jiao Jiao."

Mr. Cheng looked at her amusedly, "So you’re going to see Jiao Jiao, go ahead, let Xiao Zhu drive you there, it’s perfect timing to pick up the child from work."

This Xiao Zhu was not the Xiao Zhu by Zhang Guoqing’s side; the old guard Xiao Chen had long been replaced after twenty years, but Auntie was still the same Auntie.

After the old lady got in the car and reported an address, Xiao Zhu was taken aback but quickly regained his composure and didn’t ask why the place changed. His job was to protect the chief’s safety and follow orders.

The place was full of alleys; after going around in circles, Xiao Zhu even turned into the wrong alley, and finally, under the old lady’s direction, he found the place.

It wasn’t Xiao Zhu’s fault; twenty years had passed since they last came, the alley names had changed, and the stone lions at several courtyards within the alley had long been destroyed.

The old lady asked an elderly passerby and learned that the owner of the courtyard was still there. After thanking him, she got back into the car and remained silent for a moment, then asked Xiao Zhu to take her to pick up Zhou Jiao.

Although she said she was using Zhou Jiao as a pretext to deceive her husband before, she suddenly remembered it would be inappropriate to bring Xiao Zhu dressed in military uniform and storm into the place.

When Zhou Jiao got off from work and saw the car not far from the gate, she paid it no mind. Without special circumstances, Zhang Guoqing wouldn’t spend the day picking her up from work, especially since he was having meetings these days.

Upon seeing Xiao Zhu get out of the car and walk over, she realized it must be the old lady, hurriedly stopped him, and quickly approached the car.

Sure enough, it was a smiling old lady, full of kindness.

"Aunt Granny, why have you come? You should have called me, and I would have come to find you. Are you cold?"

The old lady beckoned her, and when she got in the car, she held onto her hand and wouldn’t let go, smiling as she tucked the fine hair at her temples behind her ear, looking at her with immense love.

"Haha... Not cold, it’s warm in the car. Is work tiring all the time?"

Zhou Jiao shook her head with a smile.

Other people’s elders instruct them to work hard and strive for achievement, but in her family, not only the old lady but even her dad often advised her to stop if she was too tired.

"Xiao Zhu, turn back." The old lady winked at her with her old eyes, "Not curious?"

"If you say where you’re going, I’ll go wherever you say."

The old lady smiled without saying a word, patting her hand.

Seeing her not speaking, Zhou Jiao smiled: "Now that it’s cold, shouldn’t you move back to the Big Courtyard?"

"It’s too bothersome."

Hearing her words, Zhou Jiao didn’t insist.

Although Cheng Family’s old house didn’t have Cheng Sijin and his wife living there, Cheng Ruzhu was living nearby, not to mention the third generation attending university frequently bringing their children home to accompany the elderly during weekdays, apart from weekends.

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