Chapter 126: Little Girl, Playing Tough Now (2)

He nodded, and then Grandpa Xing unexpectedly delivered a sentence with no change in countenance, "I admire Miss Lian's confidence, and I have thoroughly investigated her family and past, which also includes... the matter of your father."

Having said that, he strode away.

Upon hearing his words, Lian Qiao became somewhat uneasy. What did he mean? What did this have to do with her father?

"Wait a moment, my father, he..."

But Grandpa Xing turned a deaf ear and didn't look back.

Lian Qiao pursed her lips tightly and gazed at the carved wooden window, lost in thought for quite a while...

Upon leaving the courtyard, Lian Qiao planned to go to the fresh market to buy ingredients. Therefore, she asked Xie Mingcheng to head back to the hospital first. However, no matter how much she pleaded, it did not work; this fellow stubbornly clung to his own reasoning, claiming that following her was a political mission assigned by the boss.

He must not leave her side, unless he died...