Chapter 111 This Is Human Nature
"Of course, I'd look!"
Zhou Cuiping didn't hesitate for a moment, as if in her eyes, Qin Yu's father was already as good as dead.
She whispered, pulling her daughter Zhou Nannan's arm, "Your mom is only forty-two, I don't want to be a widow so soon."
"Mom, if you want to find someone else, that would be easy. I've heard there are plenty of single old men in the big cities, they all have pensions, and most importantly, they have houses. If you could find an old guy like that, Xiaobo's schooling in the city would be taken care of too!"
Zhou Nannan was very supportive of her mother finding another "quality" partner.
Indeed, Zhou Cuiping had never worked and was good at dressing up. Although she was in her early forties, she looked no more than in her thirties.
Finding a sixty-something man with a pension was totally doable.
Qin Yu wasn't interested in what they said after that. Apart from feeling sad for his father, he was also a bit worried.
After all, it was his father they were talking about. If it really was stomach cancer, his days were probably numbered.
With that thought, Qin Yu returned to the fourth floor.
"Xiaoyu!"
Qin Jianjun was clutching his chest, seeming to be in considerable discomfort, but his face lit up with surprise when he saw his son come back.
"Dad!"
Feeling somewhat heavy-hearted, Qin Yu sat down beside Qin Jianjun and said, "Let me help you press down a bit!"
"Good... okay!"
Qin Jianjun nodded happily; it wasn't so much that Qin Yu's technique would definitely ease the pain in his stomach, but rather, his son's caring attitude made him feel very comforted.
"Did you learn this from Grandpa?"
Feeling a bit better after Qin Yu pressed a few times on his stomach, Qin Jianjun asked.
"Mhm, Grandpa taught me a bit. Oh, Dad..."
Qin Yu nodded, hesitating a moment before asking, "Can you tell me, why did you and Mom get divorced back then?"
This question had plagued him for many years.
In his memory, his father had always been a straightforward and honest man. Even though his mother was a bit more assertive, she was also hardworking and thrifty.
But then one day, when he came home from school, they just told him and his sister that they were getting a divorce.
"Ah... it's a long story,"
Qin Jianjun took a deep breath and said with a trace of bitterness on his lips, "The main reason was probably our personalities. Your mom, she nags too much and is very dominant. She wasn't content with doing farm work at home and went to work with a small contractor nearby. Rumors started to spread, and when I advised her not to go, it led to a huge argument. Look, this scar is still here. It's from when your mom threw a bowl at me during a meal..."
He finished and pointed to a noticeable scar on his forehead.
"Dad, didn't you say you fell and injured yourself by accident?"n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
Qin Yu couldn't help but ask.
"Hehe... I didn't want you and Wei'er to worry,"
Qin Jianjun gave a bitter smile.
"Ah... I saw Mom a couple of months ago when I went back to Phoenix Village. She isn't doing very well either!"
Qin Yu said, somewhat helplessly.
No one could really judge who was right or wrong in the matters between husband and wife, not even if the couple was his own parents. Qin Yu couldn't say whether his father was to blame or his mother.
"I know that man used to be in small business, a bit wealthier than me. But he later got involved in a lawsuit, lost a lot of money, and after he was cleaned out, he's been farming back home ever since!"
Qin Jianjun nodded and said.
"Let's not talk about these old and trivial matters anymore. You and mom have been divorced for so many years now, each having your own families,"
Having talked so much with his father today, Qin Yu felt a bit more at ease. Whether in the past or now, divorce was a very common and ordinary thing.
He didn't need to brood over it forever.
"Qin Jianjun, the examination results are out!"
At that moment, a doctor in a white coat, holding a lab report, walked out of the office and called out.
"Doctor, how is it?"
Qin Yu was the first to stand up and ask.
"The stomach ulcer is quite severe and hospitalization is needed for treatment, go handle the admission procedures!"
the doctor said.
"Then I'll call Auntie Zhou and ask her to send some money over!"
Qin Jianjun took out his cell phone and walked into a corner to make the call.
"Doctor, may I have a word with you in private?"
Qin Yu lowered his voice.
"What's the matter? Come in and talk!"
The doctor, somewhat puzzled, let Qin Yu into his office.
"It's like this, doctor, I heard that my dad might have stomach cancer, is this test result accurate?"
If his father only had a stomach ulcer, Qin Yu would certainly be pleased. However, Zhou Cuiping had been so certain, he still wanted to get things clear.
"I see..."
The doctor frowned, aware that cancer cells couldn't be detected with ordinary medical equipment.
"I suggest that once the patient's stomach ulcer condition improves, go to a more advanced hospital for a targeted cancer cell examination!"
The doctor said responsibly.
"Okay, thank you, doctor!"
Qin Yu nodded.
When he left the doctor's office, Qin Jianjun was already waiting for him. Seeing his son come out, he said with a face full of displeasure, "Auntie Zhou says that a stomach ulcer is not a serious problem, there's no need for hospitalization, just buy some stomach medicine outside and it will be fine."
"Hmph, she just doesn't want to part with the money in her pocket, right? Dad, have you ever thought about it, all the money in her pocket came from your hard work? What if by dragging this on, the condition worsens, or even if you are gone, who will spend this money?"
Qin Yu said angrily.
He feared that his father was still in the dark, while Zhou Cuiping and her daughter had likely already started looking for someone else.
Only, at the time there was no recording, and with just his word against theirs, his father might not believe him.
He might even think that Qin Yu was eyeing the several hundred thousand in savings he had left with Zhou Cuiping.
That's human nature.
Unless he and his father had lived together all these years, only then would his father unconditionally believe him.
But having not seen each other for over ten years, and with Zhou Cuiping being his wife, his father's heart would definitely lean more towards Zhou Cuiping's side.
So, Qin Yu stopped there with his words, whether his father could understand the reasoning, was his own matter now.
"This... all the money is with her, if she's unwilling to take it out, what can I... do?"
Qin Jianjun said with a face full of helplessness.
"How about this, Dad, let's not worry about the money for now. You get hospitalized first, and I'll take care of the medical expenses!"
Qin Yu thought for a moment and then said.
For his father to take his money back from Zhou Cuiping, it would require legal action; reasoning with her was definitely out of the question.
Right now, things hadn't gotten to that point, he would first see what other moves Zhou Cuiping and her daughter had up their sleeves.
"No need, Xiao Yu, making money as a security guard isn't easy, Dad doesn't want to trouble you."
Qin Jianjun shook his head.
He had only heard that his son worked as a security guard at a company, and was unaware that he was now an annual millionaire security advisor.