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Chapter 41 Why Are You Called Uncle? Because Shen Xiucheng and Dad Are Friends
That afternoon, Qiao Xi was discharged from the hospital with Dr. Qian's permission.
After leaving the hospital that smelled of disinfectant, Qiao Xi couldn't help taking a deep breath of fresh air.
"I feel like I've come back to life!" Qiao Xi said excitedly.
Although you can eat the food cooked by Mrs. Yang in the hospital, and you can also draw pictures, but the atmosphere in the hospital is too depressing, and you always feel heavy.
Shen Xiucheng and Mrs. Yang stood beside him, and they couldn't help laughing when they heard the words.
"Those who didn't know thought you were released from prison," Mrs. Yang held Qiao Xi's two-day change of clothes and urged them to get in the car, "Hurry up and get in the car, the sun is hot, be careful of heatstroke!"
Qiao Xi responded with a couple of hums, and obediently climbed into the car.
Shen Xiucheng took the luggage bag from Yang Chun: "Give it to me, you get in the car first."
Yang Chun smiled and sat down in the back seat.
Putting the luggage bag in the trunk, Shen Xiucheng sat in the driver's seat, and the car slowly drove away from the hospital.
"Can I go to Tangtang?" Qiao Xi sat in the passenger seat and looked out excitedly.
Shen Xiucheng loosened his tie and looked at Qiao Xi with some amusement.
"Are you a workaholic?" Shen Xiucheng chuckled, "I'm going to Tangtang just after being discharged from the hospital."
Qiao Xi's heart skipped a beat, thinking it was Ke Tang who told Shen Xiucheng about his part-time job.
Shen Xiucheng's next sentence shattered his doubts: "Will you not be tired from painting every day?"
Qiao Xi heaved a sigh of relief, and said with a smile, "I'm not tired, I really like drawing."
When he said this, his whole body was shining like a star in the dark night.
Shen Xiucheng squinted his eyes because of the light, and smiled: "Well, then I'll take you there."
Sister-in-law Yang looked at the two with a smile from behind: "The relationship between uncle and nephew is really good, that's how it is, like a family."
After Shen's parents died unexpectedly, Shen Xiucheng did not choose to live with his grandparents, and also rejected his grandmother's invitation, choosing to live alone.
It was deserted and clear, without any fireworks.
"Mr. Shen, why don't you discuss with Mr. Shen and accept Little Xi as your great-grandson, so that we will truly be a family." Mrs. Yang had a whim.
This kind of thing is very common for rich people, and recognizing it is also a kind of trust and care for each other.
Qiao Xi blinked, did Mr. Shen mean Shen Xiucheng's grandfather?
Qiao Xi didn't respond, but Shen Xiucheng twitched the corners of his lips and said, "There are so many ways to be a family, and you have to choose the worst one."
He spoke calmly, but Yang Chun curled his lips: "Why, you can still marry Little Xi!"
Qiao Xi was startled when he heard the words, and quickly sat up straight, trying to remedy: "Ah, can you open the window for ventilation?"
He just cleaned himself up, so don't let this sentence cause new and old hatred.
Reaching out to press the master control of the car window, Shen Xiucheng smiled lightly: "That's not impossible."
The wind poured in from the window, and the voices in the car were blown away in an instant. Yang Chun, who was sitting in the back row, couldn't hear clearly, and asked him what he said.
Shen Xiucheng smiled: "It's fine if you don't hear clearly."
Hearing those words, Qiao Xi turned his head out of the window, looking at the streets with cars coming and going, his ears blushed quietly.
This person usually coaxes the elderly like this, why does he talk about everything, what should he do if he leads people to misunderstand!
The car soon arrived at Tangtang, seeing the familiar car through the floor-to-ceiling windows, Ke Tang almost burst into tears on the spot.
"Master!" Ke Tang pushed open the glass door and called out loudly.
The voice was too tragic, like the rainy night when Shuhuan went to find Yiping.
Passers-by and people in the shops on the street couldn't help poking their heads out to watch the excitement.
Although they didn't open their mouths or even make eye contact, the sound of "Kacha Kacha" resounded throughout the A7 block.
Qiao Xi, who just got out of the car, immediately sat back in her seat and closed the door, acting like I didn't know this person.
Ke Tang slammed on the car door, and the sound faintly penetrated into the car.
Shen Xiucheng pressed his temple, lowered the car window, and said to the people outside the car: "Shut up!"
Ke Tang was stunned for a moment, and obediently closed his mouth which was comparable to a tweeter.
"Xi Xizi, are you feeling well?" Ke Tang asked with concern.
Being cared about by others, Qiao Xi was a little moved, and nodded: "It's all over, the condition is very good."
Qiao Xi got off the car, said goodbye to Shen Xiucheng and Mrs. Yang, and after they left, he entered the shop with Ke Tang.
Qiao Xi wanted to go to the operating room to get work clothes, but was stopped by Ke Tang: "You just got out of the hospital today, so don't work, sit down and rest."
"Paid leave?" Qiao Xi asked.
Ke Tang twitched his face, reluctantly said: "Half salary is okay?"
"But haven't you already paid me your salary?"
Ke Tang: "...Then why don't you transfer VX to me?"
After thinking about it, Qiao Xi still declined: "Then I'll still work."
After all, the only difference between working in this store and not working is probably whether you wear work clothes or not, and there are no customers anyway.
I don't want to, after he changed his clothes and came out, the guests came to the door.
Seeing Qiao Xi's eyes sparkle, Yu Ming grinned with big white teeth: "Senior Qiao Xi, you are back, are you feeling better?"
Qiao Xi smiled: "It's completely healed, it's nothing serious, guess it's just a bad stomach."
He didn't know the specific situation yet, but he was indeed in a good state at the moment, and Shen Xiucheng didn't show any abnormalities, so there shouldn't be any problems.
Yu Ming exaggeratedly let out a sigh of relief: "That's really great, I've been really worried about you, and wanted to visit you."
Qiao Xi :: "No, there's no such exaggeration."
"I don't know what hospital you are in, so I can only ask the boss to convey my regards to you." Yu Ming sat by the bar, with his long legs propped up.
Qiao Xi was slightly stunned, and glanced at Ke Tang who was lying beside him, but he didn't receive any message of greeting on his behalf.
Ke Tang coughed twice, pretended to be sleeping, folded his arms and turned over, with his back to Qiao Xi.
Seeing this, Qiao Xi smiled. Although he didn't know why Ke Tang didn't convey it, he thought it was pretty good.
Yu Ming at the side seemed to have noticed something, and the corners of his lips curled slightly.But he still didn't give up, and continued: "I'm really worried about you. If there is a similar situation, please let me visit you. I really want to take care of you."
Qiao Xi was not used to such intense kindness, so he quickly changed the subject: "What do you want to drink today, let me make it for you."
Yu Ming paused, and said with a smile: "Then let's have a cup of cappuccino. It's the same as usual. want a heart."
Turning on the coffee machine, Qiao Xi started making coffee.
Ke Tang raised his voice, "Xi Xizi, make me a cup too."
Qiao Xi said hello.
Hearing the name "Mission", Yu Ming looked cute, and asked with his hand on his chin: "Senior, can I also call you Ximin?"
Qiao Xi: "..."
Qiao Xi was a little embarrassed, Ke Tang called him that, maybe because the original owner was used to it, so he didn't reject it.
But when he thought of Yu Ming calling it that, he felt awkward all over his body.
Not knowing how to answer, Ke Tang stuck his lips between the two of them: "No, this is my exclusive pet name for Xi Xizi, exclusive!"
After finishing speaking, Ke Tang showed a slightly provocative smile to Yu Ming.
Seeing this, Yu Ming just let out a groan, touched Ke Tang's head, and said with some regret: "Okay, then I'll think about it again."
His movements were like stroking a dog, more provocative.
In an instant, a smell of gunpowder permeated between the two.
Looking at each other, there was a sizzling current surging, and the two little piggies were suddenly inserted between the flashes and flints.
Yu Ming:?
Ke Tang:?
The two looked at the end of Peppa Pig, and Qiao Xi stuffed two Peppa Pigs into their hands: "Come on, let's leave the hospital to give thanks for the gift."
This Peppa Pig is a gift from the hospital. It is a small flashlight in itself, which is kept in the ward for backup.
Seeing that Qiao Xi liked it, Dr. Qian waved his hand and asked the nurse little elder sister to fill a bag, at least a dozen or so.
Qiao Xi didn't need it, so he simply gave it to anyone he met.
The pink piggy Peppa is also cute. He still remembers Shen Xiucheng's inadvertent surprise when he received the gift.
Shen Xiucheng: "Specially for me?"
Qiao Xi smiled and nodded, Shen Xiucheng looked at it with disgust, and reluctantly accepted the gift.
Soon he saw it in the car. It was placed on the center console. Under the buttocks was a car logo worth tens of millions, as noble as the emperor who had just ascended the throne.
"Come on, one for each person." Qiao Xi assigned Peppa Pig.
Ke Tang and Yu Ming held Peppa Pig, looked at each other, and turned their heads away in disgust.
But the battle was ended tacitly, giving Qiao Xi, a patient who had just been discharged from the hospital, enough face.
After making the coffee, Ke Tang served the coffee, glanced at Yu Ming, snorted very proudly, and lay back on his recliner.
Yu Ming grinded his back molars, stared at the figure in flowery pants, and silently beat him up in his heart.
Yu Ming came here this time with a laptop, and he sat at the nearest position to the easel.
"Senior, you can draw. I still have some things to do today. I might have to get busy." Yu Ming took a sip of his coffee and praised with a smile, "Senior, your coffee is delicious!"
Hearing that he had something to do, Qiao Xi heaved a sigh of relief, Yu Ming staring at him really made him a little overwhelmed.
Qiao Xi opened the sketchbook he brought back from the hospital. He spent two paintings today, and he wanted to express them in the form of oil paintings.
According to the sketch content, the base map was determined, and Qiao Xi began to color.
The sun is gradually slanting to the west, and the rays of the setting sun pass through the floor-to-ceiling windows and shine on people, casting a layer of faint afterglow.
Yu Ming raised his head, not knowing how many times he looked at Qiao Xi who was concentrating on painting.
He suddenly thought of a sentence he saw in the book——
You stand on the bridge watching the scenery, and the people watching the scenery are watching you upstairs.The bright moon adorns your windows, and you adorn other people's dreams.①
Qiao Xi is painting passers-by outside the window, while he is looking at the painter.
Yu Ming lowered his eyes, couldn't help curling the corners of his lips, and laughed silently.
Ke Tang poked his head out and took a picture with his mobile phone, ready to inform his brother Shen.
This kid is getting more and more arrogant, if Brother Chen doesn't work hard, glass shards will be added to the sugar!
The camera included the two people by the window, and the gentle peripheral vision turned into bits of broken light and sprinkled on them.
The smile on the corners of Yu Ming's lips seemed to have some kind of magical power, the camera shook for a bit, and the shot was crooked.
In the photo, only Yu Ming with downcast eyes and smile, and Qiao Xi's shadow are in the mirror.
Ke Tang was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help muttering: "Damn, this kid looks like a dog."
After painting for a long time, Qiao Xi felt a bit sore in his neck, so he stopped to move his shoulders and neck.
Inadvertently meeting Yu Ming's eyes, it seemed that they had been watching for a long time, Qiao Xi smiled awkwardly: "Are you done?"
Yu Ming also laughed: "Well, I'm done."
He just filled out a volunteer application form, and it would be over soon.
"Xi Xizi, should we eat takeaway or go out?" Ke Tang forced his way into the conversation between the two of them regardless of human eyes.
Qiao Xi thought for a while: "Let's eat takeaway."
Today is a typical autumn tiger acting recklessly. The sun is not very bright, but the body temperature is not low.
Anyway, Qiao Xi didn't want to leave the air-conditioned room at all.
Yu Ming: "Can I be with you?"
Ke Tang refused without thinking, "No."
Yu Ming: "I treat you."
Qiao Xi: "..."
Sure enough, Ke Tang's eyes lit up, he coughed twice, and said subtly: "This is so embarrassing, the visitor is a guest, let's eat that roast duck, although it is a little expensive, but the taste is great!"
While waiting for the time outside, Qiao Xi simply stopped, stood up and made coffee for everyone, and made a cup for himself by the way.
Ke Tang, the boss, does it casually, because coffee is a consumable, and the flavor is easy to lose after opening the bag.
So he very much encourages his employees to consume the coffee with him, rather than throwing it away, he would rather be drunk.
After serving coffee, Qiao Xi sat down, and suddenly thought of his problem in the hospital, why did he call Uncle Shen Xiucheng?
"Senior, what are you thinking?" Yu Ming picked up his coffee and took a sip, his brows furrowed unconsciously, and then quickly relaxed.
Ke Tang couldn't allow outsiders to destroy his cp, so he took his coffee and moved from his reclining chair to Qiao Xi's table.
Since it cannot be destroyed, then choose to join.
Qiao Xi came back to his senses and smiled: "Under what circumstances would you call someone who is not much different from your age uncle? Not a relative."
Afraid that Ke Tang would hear something, he added another sentence: "I read it today, and I don't have any relatives in the family, so I haven't figured it out."
Ke Tang took it for granted, "You look old."
Qiao Xi: "...er, not looking old, ahem, at least he is handsome in the text."
Although Shen Xiucheng is older than him, he is definitely not old. It should be said that he is handsome and has a good figure.
Ke Tang: "Is that fun?"
Hearing this, Qiao Xi almost choked on the coffee, and coughed several times before recovering, her cheeks and ears turned red.
Qiao Xi was a little anxious: "Don't talk nonsense, it's not for fun!"
Yu Ming wanted to give him a pat on the back, but Ke Tang immediately reached out his hand when he saw this, taking advantage of the convenience of sitting on the same sofa with Qiao Xi, he successfully grabbed the lead.
Taking a fixed look at Ke Tang, Yu Ming sat back in his seat with a smile on his face.
"I think it's possible that this man and the protagonist's father are friends. Aren't ordinary friends just the same generation?" Yu Ming pondered.
Qiao Xi was slightly startled, and murmured, "Are you a friend?"
Ke Tang clapped his hands: "Ah, that's right, just like Brother Shen, he cooperates with many bosses, and the children of those bosses have to call him uncle when they see him."
The sudden mention of Shen Xiucheng made Qiao Xi's hands tremble in fright, thinking that he had been spotted.
But looking at Ke Tang's appearance, it seemed that it was just for example, so he felt relieved again.
Qiao Xi began to redefine the relationship between Shen Xiucheng and his father in his heart. Are they really friends?
The driver and his own boss. In the original text, the original owner's father has worked for the Shen family for more than 20 years.
In other words, the original owner's father must at least be hired by Shen Xiucheng's father, not Shen Xiucheng.
In this case, why did the two become friends?
The more he thought about it, the more confused he became, Qiao Xi suddenly realized that the setting of this book seemed to be different from what he knew.
It's like a ball of wool is tangled together. Now he needs to find the end of the thread and peel it off to unravel the mess.
"Hey, the takeaway is here!" Ke Tang cheered when he saw the strange incoming call on his mobile phone.
Qiao Xi regained consciousness and stood up quickly: "I'll get it."
"You are a patient, how can let you go," Ke Tang grabbed him, then raised his chin at Yu Ming, "Go get it!"
Yu Ming folded his arms around his chest and said with a smile, "Why should I go get it instead of you?"
Ke Tang was straightforward and strong: "Because I am the boss."
Yu Ming: "You are not my boss, and I pay for the delivery."
Ke Tang smiled and said: "If you don't go get it, then I can only ask Qiao Xi who has just recovered from illness to get it."
Yu Ming looked at him, gritted his teeth, and smiled: "Okay, I'll get it."
Seeing people walking away, Ke Tang hummed and smiled: "Young man, fight with me."
Qiao Xi was helpless, and he didn't know what the two were fighting for, why they got into a fight out of nowhere.
"Boss, this is the only member in our store, is it really okay for you to do this?" Qiao Xi persuaded.
He didn't want to wait for the day when he lost his membership, Ke Tang wailed for his money, Qian Feifei, with snot and tears.
Ke Tang stared at him resentfully: "It's not your fault."
Qiao Xi:?
The author has something to say:
Qiao Xi: Why do I have to call someone uncle?
Ke Tang: Because he is old and ugly?
Shen Xiucheng: Say it again??
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①From Bian Zhilin's "Broken Chapter"