Chapter 674: Disrespecting the daughter-in-law, Uncle Guan is missing
"Old man, a few days ago, I collected a painting by Tang Yin. It is absolutely authentic. When you are discharged from the hospital, I will take it over and give you a hand."
"It's real or fake. Don't lie to me, kid. There aren't many genuine paintings by Tang Yin, and paintings like these are difficult to preserve."
"You can rest assured that it is not only authentic, but also perfectly preserved. You will know when I show it to you."
"Then I'll wait. I found that your luck is really good. In recent years, you have received so many good things. Chunming has been talking about it in my ears many times."
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Zhou Chen and Mr. Guan chatted in the ward for twenty minutes. Most of the time, Zhou Chen was the one doing the talking. Mr. Guan has not fully recovered yet, and talking takes quite a lot of energy.
Mr. Guan rested for a while and did not see Han Chunming coming back.
"Where's Chunming? How come you haven't come back yet after fetching water?"
Zhou Chen was also confused. The boiling water room was not far from here. It took more than 20 minutes. A dozen round trips were enough.
"Maybe he's on the phone, I'll go out and take a look."
But he stood up, and before he could reach the door, the door to the ward was already opened, and Han Chunming walked in first, followed by several people.
Han Chunming winked at Zhou Chen and whispered: "The old man's son and daughter-in-law are back."
Zhou Chen narrowed his eyes and saw that Guan Xiaoguan's parents, although they didn't appear much in the TV series, were definitely characters that could make people hate them so much that they would bite off their molars.
He can be called a representative figure of ‘disrespectful’ in the daughter-in-law world.
After everyone came in, Zhou Chen saw that in addition to Guan Xiaoguan and Li Chengtao, there were two middle-aged men and women in their fifties.
Both the man and the woman are a little chubby, and the man's face looks a bit anxious.
The lovely woman had a straight face and was carrying a bag. She was not young, but she was wearing gold, silver, and earrings. Her face was expressionless, and she couldn't seem to be worried at all.
When these two people saw Zhou Chen, they acted as if they hadn't seen him.
Zhou Chen curled his lips, stepped aside, and watched silently as the two men walked to Mr. Guan's hospital bed.
"Dad, I'm back, how do you feel now?"
Guan Xiaoguan's father greeted cautiously.
Immediately afterwards, Guan Xiaoguan's mother was one meter away from the hospital bed and did not get close at all. She also shouted in a low voice: "Dad."
Mr. Guan, who had been talking and laughing with Zhou Chen just now, no longer had any smile on his face, and his face was cold. Especially after hearing his daughter-in-law's voice, he simply closed his eyes and pretended not to see or hear.
Han Chunming wanted to go over, but Zhou Chen held him back and shook his head at him. Han Chunming thought about what Guan's mother said just at the door, and his expression changed, so he silently retreated to Zhou Chen's side.
Seeing their father ignoring them, Guan's father and Guan's mother were very embarrassed.
Guan's father spoke again: "Dad, we heard from Xiaoguan and Taozi about your situation. We were particularly worried. We booked our air tickets at that time. As soon as we got off the plane, we went straight to you and wanted to know.
How are you, are you feeling better?"
Mr. Guan still didn't open his eyes or speak. Guan Xiaoguan couldn't stand it anymore and could only shout: "Grandpa, my father and mother are very worried about you, please don't be like this."
Only then did Mr. Guan open his eyes, without looking at his son and daughter-in-law, he just said coldly: "Are they worried about me? If they were worried about me, they wouldn't go abroad for decades and not come back. Once they heard that I was dying,
He ran back in a hurry, I think he was a drunkard and was not interested in drinking."
Guan's father hurriedly explained: "Dad, how can you say that? You are my dad. I care about you. Isn't it normal?"
"Hmph!"
Mr. Guan snorted twice, and then shouted: "Chunming, where is Xiaozao?"
Han Chunming hurried over and said, "Master, Xiaozao has gone back to cook for you. He will be here later."
"Okay, I understand. Come over and help me sleep."
"okay."
Han Chunming hurried over, laid the old man down, and then covered him with a quilt.
Guan Xiaoguan said: "Grandpa, I think it's better to let our hotel cook the food and deliver it to you. Meng Xiaozao is wasting too much time running back and forth like this."
Mr. Guan said: "It's just the chef of your restaurant. Forget it. Who knows whether the food is fresh or not? I just want Xiao Zao to make it. I can rest assured that she will cook."
"Grandpa~"
"Okay, I'm going to bed. There are other people waiting, so hurry up and leave. Don't be an eyesore here."
Mr. Guan yelled a few words loudly, and then closed his eyes, as if he was going to sleep.
Although he didn't say it explicitly, everyone present knew that he was talking about his son and daughter-in-law.
Zhou Chen has also rarely seen Mr. Guan have such an attitude towards anyone. One can imagine how badly this son and daughter-in-law hurt him.
Although Mr. Guan sometimes has a strange temper, Zhou Chen knows that the relationship between the daughter-in-law and her father-in-law is not good, mainly because of the disrespect for the daughter-in-law, and secondly because of the problem of Mr. Guan's son.
I have only had one son in my life, and ended up having to deal with such a thing. Fortunately, Mr. Guan and Han Chunming were filial, otherwise they would definitely suffer in their later years.
As for Guan Xiaoguan, forget it. As a biological granddaughter, she is not even as good as her grandson-in-law, let alone Han Chunming, an apprentice.
She only has one mouth left, so just think about it if she is expected to serve Mr. Guan.
Zhou Chen said hello to Mr. Guan and left.
In the next few days, Zhou Chen went to the hospital once, and not long after, Mr. Guan was also discharged from the hospital.
In the villa, Zhou Chen and Han Chunming sat together drinking tea, Li Yuejin sat aside, while Meng Xiaozao and Han Chunyan ran to the kitchen to cook.
Li Yuejin and Meng Xiaozao originally lived in Mr. Guan's yard, but after Guan's father and mother came back, they told Han Chunming that they did not need Meng Xiaozao to serve Mr. Guan anymore, so Meng Xiaozao had nowhere to go.
Zao's family of three temporarily lived in Zhou Chen's former single-entry courtyard house.
During the few days that Mr. Guan was hospitalized, Meng Xiaozao and Han Chunming took care of him. Guan's father and mother, including Guan Xiaoguan, only visited him occasionally, and then left the hospital after only a few minutes.
But today was the day when Mr. Guan was discharged from the hospital. Guan's father, Guan's mother, and Guan Xiaoguan began to perform. They did not let Han Chunming and Meng Xiaozao go to help. They helped Mr. Guan go through the discharge procedures and sent him back.
"Well, Zhou Chen, your tea making skills are really getting better and better. Even a person like me who doesn't drink tea thinks it tastes good."
Han Chunming sipped the tea and then said to Zhou Chen with emotion.
Although Zhou Chen has not specifically trained in tea art, he has learned it on his own over the years and has his own set of methods.
Of course, a large part of the reason why it can be brewed well is that the tea leaves are good enough.
Zhou Chen put down the cup and said: "It tastes so good. Just drink it in one sip. It's like drinking. What kind of taste can you taste?"
Han Chunyan looked at the cup Zhou Chen put on the table with jealousy: "Zhou Chen, you are definitely the first to drink tea from a colorful chicken cup. Aren't you afraid of bumping into this kind of treasure?"
"This doucai chicken jar cup was originally made to be used as a drinking utensil. Now I use it to drink tea, and it doesn't make much difference."
Of course the treasure is a treasure, and Zhou Chen must care about it, but it is too wasteful to keep it in the system backpack or the treasure room, so he took it out and used it.
"You just handed over your master to the Guan family, can you rest assured?"
Speaking of this, Han Chunming's face turned gloomy and he said melancholy: "Then what can I do? They are my biological son, daughter-in-law, and biological granddaughter. I am just an apprentice and have no blood relationship at all. Even if I want to take care of them, they don't want to take care of them."
Jean, what can I say? I have no rights at all."
"Aren't you afraid that they will abuse your master?"
"How dare they? I don't trust the Guan family, but Taozi is there. With him here, this kind of situation will never happen."
Although he was squeezed out by Guan's father and mother and was unable to take care of his master, he secretly told Li Chengtao that he still had great trust in Li Chengtao.
Zhou Chen suddenly smiled and said: "You didn't tell me the truth. I think you did it on purpose. You knew very well that your master couldn't let them take care of you, so you let them go so easily. You were waiting for them to come to you."
Bar?"
"Sure enough, I can't hide anything from you. You're right. Don't they want to take care of the old man? I'll let them try. It's strange that they can take care of the old man well. Even the old man won't let them take care of him.
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On the surface, Han Chunming did not have any dispute with Guan's father and Guan's mother, but in fact, he looked down on them very much.
He has followed Mr. Guan for decades and knows very well what kind of people that couple is, especially the daughter-in-law Yu Jinxian. With such a woman, no matter what kind of family it is, it is impossible to live a peaceful life.
Zhou Chen reminded: "You, I know you are angry, but you still have to pay attention. I can see that this time the old man is sick and his mental state is not very good. He is likely to have random thoughts. You still need to spend more time with me."
He does his ideological work."
"Really?" Han Chunming looked nervous.
"I just want to remind you to pay attention to why the old man's son and daughter-in-law came all the way back. The old man knows it in his heart, and you must also know it in your heart. But no matter what, I still want to make the old man feel better now."
"I understand what you mean, I will definitely pay attention to it."
At this time, Meng Xiaozao's man Li Yuejin quietly approached and expressed his opinion: "Fifth brother, I think they just thought that the old man was sick, so they came back to grab the inheritance. You said they are really big-faced. They haven't been there for a day."
I have taken care of you, but if something happens, I want to come back and seize the family property, which is just a villain."
Han Chunming glared at him: "Let's say this now, don't talk nonsense again in the future."
"Yes, yes, fifth brother, I know, I'm just complaining for you."
"time to eat."
Han Chunyan and Meng Xiaozao walked out of the kitchen.
Han Chunming and Meng Xiaozao didn't stay at Zhou Chen's house for long. In the evening, Li Chengtao called, and then they packed up and went to Mr. Guan's courtyard.
But just a few days later, Zhou Chen suddenly received a call from Han Chunming, saying that Mr. Guan was missing.
When he heard the news, Zhou Chen was not surprised, but sighed in his heart that it happened anyway.
He reminded Han Chunming before, but now it seems that it has no effect. Mr. Guan still hides.
He felt that the reason why Mr. Guan was hiding was only partly because he was afraid of being cremated, and more probably because he didn't want to face his son and daughter-in-law.
He doesn't want to die yet, he still wants to live, but if his wife is always in front of him, he feels that he will be angry to death in a short time.
Even for an open-minded person like him, when faced with such household chores, the best way to think of is to hide and be quiet.
Mr. Guan disappeared in the early morning, and Han Chunming, Meng Xiaozao, and the four members of the Guan family have been looking for him for several hours.
It wasn't until early in the morning that he still couldn't find it, so Han Chunming notified Zhou Chen and asked Zhou Chen to help send someone to look for it.
Zhou Chen agreed to Han Chunming, but he didn't go looking for it with great fanfare. Instead, he searched around a few times symbolically, and then went to meet Han Chunming.
Although he had watched the TV series, he didn't know where Mr. Guan was hiding, but even if he knew, he would find it quietly by himself instead of bringing others with him.
A group of people found Mr. Guan in the afternoon, but they were all exhausted. They still couldn't find Mr. Guan, so they all had to go back home.
Zhou Chen originally wanted to go back, but Han Chunmingfei took him to go to Mr. Guan's yard again, saying he was looking for clues.
As soon as I returned to the entrance of the courtyard, I heard scoldings inside.
"You said how you took care of people, but you didn't even notice that they were missing. If something happens, don't you think I will go to court to sue you."
"Woooooooo..."
Hearing the cry, Zhou Chen and Han Chunming's expressions changed, and they quickly walked into the courtyard, where they happened to see Guan Xiaoguan's mother, Yu Jinxian, scolding Meng Xiaozao.
Meng Xiaozao lowered her head after being scolded and kept crying, very pitiful.
"What are you doing? What are you doing?"
Han Chunming, who was originally in a bad mood because of the disappearance of the old man, saw that Yu Jinxian did not go out to find someone, but instead scolded Meng Xiaozao here. The anger in his heart suddenly burst out, and he shouted at Yu Jinxian.
Yu Jinxian felt that he was justified and was not afraid of Han Chunming at all. He shouted loudly: "Am I wrong? She lost the person in the first place. She received the salary but failed to fulfill her responsibilities. The person disappeared and it was not hers.
Responsibility, whose responsibility is it?”
Han Chunming was furious, pointed at Yu Jinxian, and shouted angrily: "What did you say? Say it again, say it again."
"Why are you so cruel..."
"Alas, alas, spring is bright, spring is bright, eliminate the energy, eliminate the energy."
As soon as Guan's father saw the two of them arguing, he quickly stood in the middle: "Chunming, my wife is also anxious and speaks rudely. Don't be angry. She has no bad intentions, really."
Yu Jinxian didn't know about Han Chunming, but he knew that Han Chunming was a famous gangster in the alley when he was a child.
What's more, he learned from his daughter that Han Chunming is now the big boss and has great abilities. It's best not to offend him.
Han Chunming gave Guan's father face and suppressed his anger, but Yu Jinxian was still mumbling.
"I have long said that even if you are looking for a nanny, you should find a professional nanny. At least a professional nanny will not lose the person. Look at what happened now."
"Say it again, Yu Jinxian. If you have the ability, say it again. Believe it or not, I will slap you."
Han Chunming's anger burst out again, and he was about to rush towards Yu Jinxian. Yu Jinxian was frightened and took several steps back in panic. Guan's father also hugged Han Chunming desperately.
At this time, Li Chengtao and Guan Xiaoguan walked into the small courtyard. When they saw this situation, they ran over quickly.
"What's wrong? What's going on?"
"Chunming, calm down."
Li Chengtao hugged Han Chunming. Although he didn't know what was going on, when he saw Han Chunming was so angry and was stopped by Guan's father, he roughly guessed the reason.
Han Chunming was still angry and cursed: "Yu Jinxian, let me tell you, if it weren't for the sake of the old man and Guan Xiaoguan, I wouldn't let it go with you today."
Although Yu Jinxian was rude, seeing Han Chunming looking like he wanted to eat someone, he didn't dare to quarrel with Han Chunming.
But in front of her daughter and son-in-law, she felt very embarrassed, so she unconsciously looked at Meng Xiaozao.
"Why are you still fighting here and crying? You lost the person. Why don't you go find him quickly?"
Meng Xiaozao, who was scolded again, cried even more sadly.
Zhou Chen suddenly said: "Xiao Zao, pack your things. You can stay with me today."
Meng Xiaozao stopped crying, looked at Zhou Chen, and choked with sobs: "But, but Uncle Guan hasn't been found yet..."
"This has nothing to do with you. The old man left on his own. It's not your responsibility. Go pack your things." Zhou Chen consoled him.
After hearing Zhou Chen's words, Meng Xiaozao wiped her tears and prepared to pack her things.
But when Yu Jinxian saw that Meng Xiaozao was about to leave, he quickly stopped her: "Who said you can leave? You can't leave. You can't go anywhere until the person is found."
Meng Xiaozao stopped and looked at Zhou Chen, not knowing what to do.
Zhou Chen said again: "Leave her alone, I asked you to follow me, so just follow me."
Yu Jinxian became angry and asked Zhou Chen dissatisfiedly: "Who are you? This is our family matter. What qualifications do you have to take care of it?"
Seeing that Yu Jinxian was going to have sex with Zhou Chen again, Li Chengtao and Guan Xiaoguan became nervous.
Not to mention that Zhou Chen had helped them, but Zhou Chen's identity was not something they could offend.
Li Chengtao quickly grabbed his mother-in-law: "Mom, this is Chunming's brother-in-law, and he is also a very good friend of grandpa. He is qualified."
Zhou Chen calmly walked up to Yu Jinxian and said coldly: "You are right, I am not qualified to take care of your family affairs, but I am Meng Xiaozao's brother-in-law, and she is my sister. She has been affected by
I have to take care of bullying, do you understand?"
Yu Jinxian muttered: "I'm not wrong, it was her responsibility."
"Then I will tell you that the old man is lost and has no responsibility to her at all. She is only responsible for the old man's basic life and is not his guardian. Also, Xiaozao takes care of Mr. Guan and has not taken in any of your Guan family members.
penny."
"Don't you want to sue her? You can go now. Don't talk about this situation. The court will not find Xiaozao responsible. Even if it does, she can appeal; don't you like to use the foreign methods?
Do you want to handle the matter? Then let’s have a good time. No matter how you sue, we will stay with you until the end.”
Zhou Chen's eyes were cold and he exuded a powerful aura, which put great pressure on Yu Jinxian.
Yu Jinxian was so frightened that his lips trembled: "You, why are you so rude?"
Zhou Chen sneered and said: "Politeness should also be given to polite people. People like you are not worthy. Now I understand why the old man would rather hide than stay here. He just doesn't want to see you. He has you."
This kind of daughter-in-law can be regarded as having bad luck."
"You, why are you insulting people?"
When Jinxian was angry, one Buddha was born, and two Buddhas ascended to heaven, stamping their feet.
"Are you considered a human being?"
Guan's father looked angry, and Guan Xiaoguan couldn't listen anymore.
"Zhou Chen, you are going too far."
Zhou Chen suddenly turned around: "Shut up, I'm in a bad mood, don't mess with me."
Even Guan Xiaoguan, who was fearless, was frightened to death when he saw Zhou Chen's angry eyes.
Although Zhou Chen has never killed anyone, he has seen scenes of killing people. In addition, he has been in a high position for many years. Once that kind of anger breaks out, most people will be easily frightened.
Li Chengtao was also startled, but he was more worried about his wife, so he walked to Guan Xiaoguan and stopped her.
"Xiao Zao, go pack your things. I'll wait for you outside."
"Oh well."
After Meng Xiaozao entered the house, Zhou Chen walked to Han Chunming and said, "I'm leaving first. You can handle the matters here by yourself."
After saying that, he turned around and walked outside.
Han Chunming nodded, and then he no longer cared about Guan Fu and Yu Jinxian, but said to Guan Xiaoguan and Li Chengtao: "Taozi, Xiaoguan, although we didn't find the old man today, we can't give up. Let's try again tomorrow.
I will continue to look for him, and I will discuss it with the broken man when I get back to see where else the old man might go."
Guan Xiaoguan and Li Chengtao both nodded silently in agreement.