A Favor Done, A Husband Won

Chapter 680 - 674: Sweet Extras—Husband and Wife on Variety Show 159

Jing Jihan took the basket with one hand and pressed down the old woman’s hand that wanted to give the money back with the other. He said something to the old woman, who immediately looked at him with tearful eyes, hesitating but still not daring to accept it. Jing Jihan said nothing more, handed the basket to another staff member nearby, and then turned back toward Shi Su.Only then did Shi Su approach and quietly ask, "What did you say to the old woman?"

Jing Jihan wrapped his arm around Shi Su and guided her to walk outside without looking back at the old woman who wanted to return the money.

Not until they returned to the side of the bus did he say, "Nothing much, just asked a few questions about her son."

Shi Su was surprised. This cold-hearted guy who usually didn’t meddle in others’ business actually helped her buy the pears and even chatted with the old woman a bit?

"Has her son never come back?"

Jing Jihan said calmly, "He did. The place where she goes to sell pears every day is the place where her son accidentally fell from a crane and died while working."

The curiosity in Shi Su’s eyes instantly dimmed, and she stared at him blankly, speechless for a moment.

Jing Jihan gently patted her shoulder. "Don’t think about it. Get on the bus."

Shi Su turned back to look at the old woman, who was being stopped by the staff from returning the money. She then recalled the staff who had made those comments earlier and thought that if these people who occasionally saw the old woman thought this way, then the neighbors and relatives in the village probably did too.

Yet the old woman never explained anything, nor did she mention that her son had long passed away. She relied on her own meager ability to earn some money for food every day, and could every day... visit her son.

Shi Su stood under the bus for a while, hesitated for a moment, then turned and got on the bus. As she got on, she saw the producer sitting at the front of the bus talking to the director. She leaned forward towards the producer and director, and pointed to the old woman who hadn’t left yet outside, wanting to take out some money to help her.

Seeing Shi Su pointing outside, the director and producer glanced in that direction and laughed, "Mr. Jing already instructed us earlier when he came up. Although the old woman is pitiful, she seems to be quite stubborn. Mr. Jing said she even wants to return this thousand yuan, so she probably wouldn’t accept our donation outright. The program team is planning to prepare a charity-related episode in which we’ll include this old woman and then use the donation funds from the program, arranging everything suitably. That’s the most reasonable way."

Upon hearing this, Shi Su nodded and said no more.

When she returned to her seat, she saw that the basket of pears had already been delivered and quite a few had already been washed and put into bags. Jing Jihan had just sat down, casually took out a green pear and looked at it, and silently raised his eyebrows at Shi Su, asking if she was sure she could eat it.

Without saying a word, Shi Su sat down, took the pear from his hand, and took a bite. While others found it exceedingly sour, to her it was incredibly refreshing and tempting, her eyes lit up as she nodded, "So good!"

Xv Qingqing leaned over from the side, looking at the green pear in Shi Su’s hand. "Oh my, just the color looks sour. How can you eat it?"

"Ah, I just like eating sour things," Shi Su chuckled, quickly pointing to the other washed green pears in the bag, "Want to try?"

Xv Qingqing just took one look and felt her teeth clench, quickly waving her hand, "You eat it, I can’t handle such sourness."

As she was about to sit upright, she suddenly glanced at Shi Su. Seemingly recalling that Shi Su seemed to have gone off the bus to vomit earlier, and now she was eating such sour stuff...

As Xv Qingqing cast an astonished and questioning glance at her, other guests also turned to look in that direction.