Chapter 538: Waiting for You

Qin Wenshu: "...?"

’How much?’

’Two hundred?’

"Auntie, how much could the train tickets possibly cost? This is way too much."

’If I remember correctly, even round-trip sleeper tickets for two people wouldn’t even cost thirty yuan!’

’That leaves a hundred and seventy.’

Mrs. Qin looked at him. "Didn’t I tell you? The rest is for you."

With that, she stuffed the money into his hand.

Qin Wenshu: ?...

’A hundred and seventy... all for me?’

’Is this my lucky day?’

Suppressing his excitement, he said, "Auntie, there’s no need to talk about money between us. We’re all family."

The wad of cash quickly found its way into his pocket.

Mrs. Qin: ...?

’He sure pocketed that fast!’

"Don’t you worry, Auntie. I promise I’ll take excellent care of her; I won’t even let a single strand of her hair fall."

Mrs. Qin was left speechless by his slick-talking.

"She and I lose a dozen hairs every day just from combing them."

Qin Wenshu: ...?

’My mistake.’

"Alright, enough with the clever remarks. Hurry up and buy the train tickets. Once you have them, bring them over to the courtyard house. As for your mother, I’ll go speak with her right now."

Qin Wenshu was delighted. "Alright, I’ll get going then."

He wheeled his bicycle away and left.

Mrs. Qin went inside and spoke with Qin Wenshu’s mother.

Aunt Qin, of course, agreed.

Mrs. Qin didn’t stay long before heading back.

By the time she returned to the Qin Family Mansion, she found the twins clinging to their grandmother, Mrs. Fu, their eyes filled with tears.

"Do they know you’re leaving?"

Mrs. Fu nodded. "Yes, I just told them a moment ago. And now... well, they’ve started crying."

"They spend so much time with you. It would be strange if they didn’t cry after hearing you’ll be gone for a few days," Mrs. Qin said with a smile.

Then she beckoned to the two children. "Come here, come to Grandma. Your other grandma has to go away on business for a few days, so you can sleep with me. And your big brother and sister will be there too."

The twins didn’t move.

They were each clinging to one of Mrs. Fu’s arms, terrified she would leave.

Seeing them like this, Mrs. Fu felt a pang of reluctance herself.

"Be good, now. Grandma will be back very soon, and I’ll bring you back some delicious treats."

"We don’t want treats."

"We don’t want any."

The twins said in unison.

Fresh tears began to stream down their faces.

Mrs. Fu’s heart ached for them.

"Grandma promises I’ll be back very soon. After this, Grandma will never leave again—"

After much coaxing and pleading, she finally managed to get the twins to agree.

"How about this? We’ll go home and I’ll stay the night with you, and then tomorrow we’ll come back here, okay?" With this, Mrs. Fu had finally settled things with the twins.

Hearing this, the twins nodded eagerly.

At this, Mrs. Fu turned to Mrs. Qin and said, "I’ll take the children home with me for now and bring them back tomorrow. It’ll give me a chance to talk with them more tonight and help them get used to the idea."

Mrs. Qin had been about to suggest they just stay, but after hearing Mrs. Fu’s reasoning, she agreed.

"All right. But don’t worry about bringing them over tomorrow morning. I’ll go and get them myself."

With the plan settled, Mrs. Fu left with the children.

However, Mrs. Qin accompanied them this time.

She went with them to the courtyard house and didn’t leave right away, staying until it was almost dinnertime before returning to the Qin family’s home.

Qin Wenshu bought the train tickets that afternoon and delivered them.

Fu Mingxue had this matter on her mind as well. She knew it would be difficult to get her mother to change her mind.

Because of this, she had planned to come home right after her afternoon classes.

Unfortunately, she also had to make a trip to the First Auto Factory.

As a result, by the time she got home, it was already eleven o’clock.

"Mom, why are you still awake? Don’t tell me you were dreaming about Dad again."

"I’m leaving tomorrow. The train tickets are bought, the children are taken care of, and oh, Qin Wenshu is coming with me."