Rebirth: My Dear Little Wife Is So Scheming

Chapter 234 - 234 234 Pretend

?Chapter 234: Chapter 234 Pretend Chapter 234: Chapter 234 Pretend As soon as they entered, they saw the room was quiet and peaceful, and to their surprise, the elderly patriarch had closed his eyes again.

They couldn’t help but feel a sense of urgency.

In a low voice, Bai Xiao asked Principal Jiang, “Uncle, is Grandpa…?”

Who wasn’t worried!

They all feared the old man had fallen asleep again.

Although Principal Jiang himself was uncertain, he comforted everyone according to what Bai Xiao had said. Jiang Zhiguo, the eldest brother, sighed, holding the old man’s hand, gently caressing it, “It’s okay, as long as dad wakes up, that’s good. We’re all here with him.”

Principal Jiang smiled and said, “Doctor Bai said that the old man is just tired and needs a good sleep. He probably won’t wake up until tomorrow morning. You shouldn’t be tiring yourselves here either. Leave one person with him, and the rest should go about their business. Besides, I think what Doctor Bai said makes sense. We really should discuss this properly. Our mother is already gone, and Grandpa living here by himself must be feeling a lot lonelier, inevitably leading to emotional moments. How can he be in good spirits?

I think we, the five brothers, should really think about what to do in the future?”

The room fell silent for a moment. Eldest sister-in-law Fang Yuan, seeing her brothers-in-law deep in thought, chuckled and said, “If we need to discuss, let’s go outside to talk. Here we can take turns keeping vigil, so we don’t disturb the old man with our noise.” She was the eldest sister-in-law and had been the one staying by the old man’s side these past few days, remaining silent until now because with her son and the second uncle present, she didn’t need to express anything else.

In her own family, her husband and brothers-in-law were influential figures who could shake the ground with a stamp of their feet, so she wouldn’t chime in lightly and knew her place.

Jiang Zhiguo nodded, agreeing with his wife, and gestured, “Let’s go, we’ll talk outside. Shaoqing, you stay with Grandpa!” When the family convened a meeting, the wives couldn’t be excluded, as this concerned all of them. Therefore, Jiang Zhiguo was not autocratic and allowed everyone to speak.

Jiang Shaoqing nodded and whispered, “Got it, dad, uncles, you go ahead!”

The room suddenly became quiet. Jiang Shaoqing sat in the chair beside his grandfather, looking at the old man’s tranquil face as he slept. The faint sound of the old man’s snoring reassured them that he was indeed asleep.

Bai Xiao had a good night’s sleep. She had a room to herself, and the Jiang Family truly lived in comfort, with each room having an en suite bathroom. In this era, not many bathrooms came equipped with shower facilities, but the Jiang Family had them—one in every room, with hot water available at the turn of a tap, a luxury indeed.

After a hot shower, Bai Xiao went to sleep. If all went well and the old man woke up with no serious issues tomorrow, she should also be going back. She didn’t have much time left, as she had to return for the New Year and buy gifts for her elder sister and others, right.

Thinking about shopping, she remembered that the Capital City had many fine things hard to find elsewhere. In 1985, the city was in the prime of economic reforms, with small traders and vendors just beginning to flourish.

Things like electronic watches and bell-bottom pants were in style, although, of course, they wouldn’t be found in their small village.

Waking up early the next morning, she was summoned to the old man’s room, where he was still asleep. The generals and the others were getting worried—the old man hadn’t woken up, and it was rather frightening.

Several experts had come again, urgently called by phone.

With the old man still not awake, everyone became anxious.

But upon examination, the old man’s vital signs were still the same as before. If he didn’t wake up, this could only mean he was either really sleeping or had fallen into a deeper sleep.

Who could tell which it was?

In any case, despite all the commotion, the old man didn’t wake up.

So when Bai Xiao entered, everyone looked at her, especially the experts from yesterday; Dean Xu and Director Zhang had said the young lady was lucky, but today it seemed her luck wasn’t holding.

Bai Xiao glanced at the old master, Jiang Shaoqing quickly approached, even if the old master hadn’t woken up, he wouldn’t look down on Bai Xiao again, it wasn’t the same thing.

“Doctor Bai, the old master has been asleep for so long, do you think we need to do acupuncture again?” They didn’t see any problem, they had never seen a case where one acupuncture session was enough, they had only heard of it, it was like a legend, which patient was cured by acupuncture after just one session?

Bai Xiao walked over, took the old master’s wrist, made a circle with it, and smiled, “Old master, wake up! It’s not nice to scare people like this, if your sons and grandsons get frightened, that wouldn’t be good.”

The old master was still playing tricks.

He was actually faking sleep to scare people.

Upon hearing this, the old master couldn’t pretend any longer, he opened his eyes, a cold light flickering in his tiger-like gaze, “You girl, you’re the one who treated me yesterday, right? How could you tell I was faking? None of those old guys noticed!” He was somewhat displeased to have his ruse exposed.

Bai Xiao was amused, helped the old master sit up, and put a pillow behind his back. This old master was truly interesting.

“Your stomach has been growling; who would still have a growling stomach while sleeping? Besides, I know my own medical skills; you should have woken up early this morning. If you hadn’t woken up, that would have been bad for my reputation.” She stood aside, hanging her head.

Jiang Shaoqing was both annoyed and amused, his grandfather was really an old mischief-maker.

“Grandpa, you’re really something, now you’ve even learned to scare people,” he said.

Dean Jiang and Jiang Zhiguo and his brothers immediately gathered around. They had been so worried just moments ago, but now they found the elder’s act simply baffling.

“Dad!”

“Dad, that was quite something you did!”

The old master grimaced, “Why can’t I scare you guys? Who else should I scare when you don’t spend time with me? If not you, then who?” Bai Xiao could see that he was embarrassed and annoyed.

She quietly stepped aside, wondering what the old master would come up with next.

Jiang Zhiguo nodded, “Alright, we’re in the wrong, are you happy now? I’ll help you wash up and get ready to eat. Then we’ll have the doctor check on you again. All these people are here because of you.” He admitted his mistake without good grace, his own father had made such a spectacle that it was quite embarrassing.

After the old master washed his face and hands, he waved Bai Xiao over, “Girl, come here!”

Bai Xiao pointed to herself, “Me?”

Impatiently, the old master said, “Of course you, you’re my lifesaver.”

The Jiang family all looked at Bai Xiao with warm smiles and nodded eagerly; she was their family’s savior, a fact they all acknowledged.

Bai Xiao had no choice but to walk over and stand in front of the old master.

“Old master, I’m no lifesaver, it was just a lucky coincidence. If you don’t cooperate with the treatment later on, I’m afraid there might be problems,” she had long learned not to take credit, to keep a low profile and hide her brilliance was the true way.

Unless she became strong enough to protect herself, she still had to remain humble.