novelraw Chapter 683 : Falling Ill
Chapter 683 : Falling Ill
Chapter 683: Falling Ill
"That's great."
"Xiao Fan, I really don't know what to say."
"Haha, who would have thought that after living a whole lifetime, we'd end up benefiting from our Xiao Fan..."
Chen Jianye and Li Jinqiu exchanged a glance, saying nothing.
Chen Fan watched the scene with a satisfied smile.
For him, 2 million yuan wasn't much.
This suggestion wasn't a spur-of-the-moment idea for Chen Fan.
He had his own considerations.
First, now that he had made it big, if he didn't help his family and friends at all, it wouldn't look good and people might criticize him behind his back.
Moreover, although these relatives had their small conflicts and disagreements from time to time, overall, the Chen family still valued traditional family ties very much.
Over the years, even though grandpa and grandma were gone, the fact that the Chen family still insisted on gathering for meals every year showed this.
Most importantly, although Chen Fan's family was the eldest branch, they had indeed been the poorest economically.
During their most difficult times, whether it was Second Aunt's family or Third Uncle and Fourth Uncle's families, they had all helped out.
Chen Fan was well aware of this.
That being the case, it was only right for him to do something in return.
Spending 2 million yuan to strengthen family ties seemed like a good deal to him.
"Second Aunt, Third Uncle, Fourth Uncle, I'm going to be blunt upfront. I'm only responsible for providing the funds. All the specific details of opening the supermarket will be up to your three families to discuss."
"And I won't interfere with the future operations of the supermarket either. The three of you can work it out among yourselves."
Third Aunt nodded with a smile, "We understand, we understand. Xiao Fan is meant for bigger things, how could we trouble you with such small matters?"
Seeing the three families excitedly huddled together already starting to discuss the specifics, Chen Fan quietly let out a sigh of relief.
This matter was perfectly resolved.
At noon, the gathering ended, and Second Aunt, Third Uncle, and Fourth Uncle's families said their goodbyes together.
Watching the three families still excitedly discussing the supermarket plans as they left, Li Jinqiu glanced at her son, feeling a bit heartbroken.
"Xiao Fan, we've caused you trouble."
Chen Jianye glared, "What kind of talk is that?"
Li Jinqiu sighed, "If only we had some ability, would our son need to repay these favors?"
Chen Jianye retorted with wide eyes, "He's our son, what's wrong with him repaying?"
"I don't want to argue with you."
Li Jinqiu lowered her head to wipe the table and clean up.
Chen Jianye looked at his son, poured a cup of tea for Chen Fan from the teapot.
"You handled things very well today. Even better than I expected."
"These kinds of family debts, if not handled properly, can easily offend people... Your handling today was very good."
Chen Jianye sighed, "Your mom is right, I really haven't accomplished much in my life, but my greatest accomplishment was having you as a son."
Li Jinqiu, who had just sat down on the sofa, heard this and pursed her lips.
"Was he the one who gave birth? I was the one who gave birth."
Chen Jianye glared, "At least I should get 50% of the credit, right?"
Watching the old couple bicker, Chen Fan found it amusing.
In his previous life, after Su Ruochu's car accident, Chen Fan had almost completely neglected his family ties, resulting in his parents passing away one after another just as his career was starting to take off.
After exchanging a few words, Li Jinqiu let out a sigh.
"It's not that I'm against our son giving them money. After all, we're family. Helping out is the right thing to do. It's just..."
"Giving them 2 million yuan all at once, isn't that a bit too much?"
Chen Fan smiled and explained, "Mom, whether it's 2 million or 5 million, as long as our Chen family stays close, that's what matters."
Surprisingly, Chen Jianye didn't contradict his wife's words, but instead went along with them.
"Your intentions are good, but your mom's concerns aren't wrong either."
"Sigh, giving out so much money the first time, I'm afraid there might be a second time, a third time..."
Chen Fan understood his parents' worries, but at this point he could only smile and reassure them.
"Mom, Dad, don't worry about these things. Just let me handle it. I'll definitely be able to manage it well."
"And I've thought it through, I'll be busier and busier in the future, spending most of my time away from home. With you two living here, Second Aunt and the others can look after you regularly."
"As long as the family is doing well, whether it's more money or less money, it's not a problem."
Chen Jianye looked at his son, nodded, and said nothing more.
At around 1 pm in the afternoon, Chen Fan finally had some free time. He drove to the county town and met Su Ruochu at the agreed-upon entrance of the shopping mall.
Seeing Guo Shuai standing to the side eating a grilled sausage, Chen Fan was a bit exasperated.
"Brother, how come you're everywhere? I didn't even invite you, how did you show up?"
Guo Shuai grinned, "I just happened to be bored and came to hang out with some friends, didn't expect to run into sister-in-law."
"Get lost, don't interfere with our private time."
Guo Shuai immediately looked pitiful, "Brother Fan, you can't do this."
"It's the New Year, and my girlfriend isn't even by my side. You two really have the heart to abandon me?"
Chen Fan looked at Su Ruochu with a serious face and discussed, "Seeing how pitiful this guy is, why don't we take him along? You can consider it early practice for shopping with a son."
Su Ruochu was amused and covered her mouth as she giggled, couldn't help but reach out to pinch Chen Fan.
But Guo Shuai wasn't angry at all, instead he smiled and approached with an outstretched hand.
"Mom, give me my New Year's red envelope."
Chen Fan directly kicked him, "Get lost, I haven't even gotten my red envelope yet."
The three of them chatted and laughed as they casually found a bubble tea shop in the mall.
Chen Fan wasn't interested in this kind of drink, but he bought a pearl milk tea for Su Ruochu. The three of them sat by the window and chatted casually.
"Have you heard? Our homeroom teacher is sick and hospitalized."
Chen Fan was stunned, "Who? Teacher Wang Qiming?"
"Mm-hmm."
"How do you know?"
"It was said in the class group chat. Oh right, are you not in the class group chat?"
Chen Fan shook his head, no one had ever invited him.
Actually, this QQ group was created by the class monitor Huang Hu, who had conflicts with Chen Fan, so naturally he wouldn't invite him to join.
"Do you want me to invite you to the group?"
Chen Fan shook his head, "Forget it. I'm not interested."
These kinds of class group chats are only active during school or for a year or two after graduation. After a few more years, such groups basically become dead silent, so joining or not makes no difference.
Chen Fan looked at Su Ruochu, "Are you in the group too?"
Su Ruochu nodded, "Mm. Li Na invited me to join."
"But most of the time I mute the group messages."
Chen Fan turned to Guo Shuai again, "Back to what we were talking about earlier, what happened to Teacher Wang? What illness does he have?"
"Lung cancer!"
Chen Fan's expression froze, somewhat surprised.
"That serious?"
Guo Shuai nodded, "I heard them say it was already very severe when they discovered it."
"Teacher Wang has already resigned from the school and is now staying at the county hospital."
To be honest, Chen Fan's feelings towards Teacher Wang weren't very deep.
Because in teachers' eyes, after graduation they can only remember two types of students: those who performed well academically and those who performed the worst.
Students like Chen Fan, who were neither at the top nor the bottom but somewhere in the middle, were the easiest to forget.
However, in Chen Fan's impression, Teacher Wang was a very rigid yet responsible teacher.
If Chen Fan had to evaluate him, he could only say: He was a good teacher.
"Should we go visit Teacher Wang?"
Chen Fan had just made the suggestion when he noticed that Guo Shuai beside him was staring out the window wide-eyed, with a strange look in his eyes, as if he had lost his soul.
"What are you looking at? Your eyeballs are about to pop out."
Chen Fan laughed and patted the guy on the shoulder, but the next second he noticed Su Ruochu standing up and smiling as she waved outside.
"Over here..."