Grandpa Su remained silent.
However, his inner thoughts were more active than ever.
Was it appropriate for a leader to cry like this?
If his subordinates saw him, wouldn't they laugh him to death?
How could he be so useless?
This wouldn't do. Should he talk to him later about how a leader should behave like a leader?
"Brother Su, please say something."
Fan Shufang, seeing Grandpa Su's silence and her husband's unsightly tears, pleaded.
Old Dong's health was not good. If he were allowed to continue grieving like this, he might end up in the hospital again.
Grandpa Su couldn't bear it, so he could only nod.
He gently reached out and slowly, slowly patted Dong Yuanzhong's back in a gesture of comfort.
This simple action caused Dong Yuanzhong to lose control of his emotions instantly.
Dong Yuanzhong looked up at Grandpa Su, and then suddenly hugged him and burst into tears.
He looked as if he was incredibly wronged!
Su Xiaotian was stunned. What was going on?
Was this the influential figure she knew?
Well, it had to be!
After all, no one dared to impersonate Dong Yuanzhong!
The others also looked at Dong Yuanzhong in disbelief.
Even Fan Shufang couldn't believe that her husband would suddenly show such outward emotion.
For years, Old Dong had his moments of anger, but he had never acted like a child before.
The Su family's sons were also dumbfounded. How were their elders taught?
They seemed to say that men don't shed tears easily!
They themselves rarely cried.
Grandpa Dong was so old, and a high-ranking leader, and he was crying like this.
When they felt wronged, could they also cry?
After all, the children felt they were wronged often!
"Don't cry, don't cry, you're all grown up, what are you doing!"
Grandpa Su awkwardly comforted Dong Yuanzhong, but he was clumsy with words and didn't know how to comfort people.
"Brother, brother, you are my real brother, you can't abandon me!"
Well, Dong Yuanzhong's expression at this moment was not much different from that of a puppy about to be abandoned by its owner.
Su Xiaotian then turned her gaze to the instigator, Xiao Yuan.
She had always found Xiao Yuan's lack of restraint strange!
Logically speaking, anyone Dong Yuanzhong kept by his side would at least be clever and intelligent, but this Xiao Yuan was clearly simple-minded.
Was it really appropriate to keep such a person by a leader's side?
If Xiao Yuan hadn't been like this from the beginning, it would have been understandable.
But what had made Xiao Yuan become like this?
When Xiao Yuan saw Su Xiaotian staring at him, he became even more annoyed.
It was all this damned girl's fault. If she hadn't taken it upon herself to treat the chief, there wouldn't be so much trouble.
The chief had a good doctor like Dr. Wu taking care of him. When did it become the turn of such an ignorant, half-baked girl to step forward?
He glared fiercely at Su Xiaotian!
Su Xiaotian turned away, not wanting to look at this fool anymore.
He clearly made a mistake but blamed others. She wondered what was in his head!
Su Xiaotian didn't argue with Xiao Yuan at this moment, nor did she want to disturb the two old men, who were over a hundred years old combined, reminiscing (and crying).
Su Xiaotian watched the scene with great interest, like watching a play.
She hadn't realized before that Grandpa Dong's feelings for Grandpa were so deep.
Speaking of which, didn't Grandpa just give him a few bowls of rice back then?
Was a drop of kindness really worth remembering for a lifetime?
Suddenly, Su Xiaotian thought of a very important question.
None of the things happening now had happened in her past life.
It seemed that in her past life, Dong Yuanzhong had also helped the Su family, but not much, and later the two families had lost contact, right?
If Dong Yuanzhong's current behavior was not an act but from the heart, why wasn't it like this in her past life?
Or did some things happen in her past life that she didn't know about?
There was no way to get to the bottom of these things, after all, she couldn't go back.
After thinking and thinking, she couldn't come up with any answers, so Su Xiaotian simply stopped thinking about it.
Finally, Dong Yuanzhong stopped crying.
Fan Shufang took a handkerchief from her pocket and handed it to Dong Yuanzhong.
Dong Yuanzhong didn't feel embarrassed. He took the handkerchief, wiped the tears from his face, and then sat down.
Seeing that Dong Yuanzhong's expression had improved, Grandpa Su breathed a sigh of relief.
"Chief..."
Grandpa Su spoke hesitantly, but was interrupted by Dong Yuanzhong.
"Brother, I am your brother, don't call me Chief. I feel ashamed on my face!"
Dong Yuanzhong said this very sincerely.
"From now on, you can call me brother, or Yuanzhong, just don't call me leader, chief, or anything like that!"
Grandpa Su hesitated for a moment, then agreed.
"Then I won't be polite!" Grandpa Su's voice was hesitant.
This didn't feel right at all. This was a high-ranking leader, how could he be called by his name directly?
If people found out, wouldn't they say the Su family had no manners?
But Dong Yuanzhong clearly didn't want him to keep calling him Chief or Leader.
Just as the atmosphere was becoming emotional, Xiao Yuan jumped out again.
"Chief, we should go back. Dr. Wu said you must be back before eight o'clock!"
Xiao Yuan considered himself to be diligent and responsible, with no issues.
But the problem was that the current situation was not right.
"You are my bodyguard!" Dong Yuanzhong was angry.
He had thought this kid had some sense before, but now he saw that he had no sense at all.
He was just a muddled fool!
"But Dr. Wu..."
"Xiao Yuan, I will transfer you to another post tomorrow. Since you listen to Dr. Wu so well, starting tomorrow, you will go and study medicine with Dr. Wu!"
Dong Yuanzhong's demeanor was completely different from his foolish state just moments ago. This was the presence Dong Yuanzhong should have.
Xiao Yuan was completely stunned. What did this mean?
When Dong Yuanzhong had said he would send him away before, he thought Dong Yuanzhong was just saying it to appease the Su family.
But now that the Su family wasn't mentioning him, why was the Chief himself saying he would send him away?
"Chief, I..."
Xiao Yuan was about to speak, but Dong Yuanzhong interrupted him.
He didn't need people by his side who listened to others, not even his personal doctor!
"No excuses, the Su family is my bottom line!"
Dong Yuanzhong's words were not harsh, but they were firm.
The Su family is the bottom line. Xiao Yuan never expected Dong Yuanzhong to say this.
What was the Su family?
It wasn't that he looked down on the Su family.
The Su family were just commoners from the countryside who hadn't seen the world.
Was the Chief not afraid of being laughed at by others for associating with such a family?
But now, Xiao Yuan dared not speak.
"Chief, I, I..." Xiao Yuan wanted to say, "I was wrong."
However, he felt he couldn't swallow his pride. If it were to apologize to others, it would be fine, but he couldn't bring himself to apologize to the Su family.
They had no status, and they were also in business. Didn't they know that people in business were considered lower class?
"Xiao Yuan, you should go back first!" Dong Yuanzhong was truly afraid he wouldn't be able to resist slapping him.
After all, he was the child of an old subordinate, and he was willing to tolerate him.
Although Xiao Yuan was unwilling, he didn't dare to say anything more and could only retreat reluctantly.
Su Xiaotian watched Xiao Yuan leave, lost in thought.
Her memories of her past life were not very clear, and she couldn't recall much about Dong Yuanzhong.
But for some reason, she felt that there was something wrong with the people around Dong Yuanzhong.
As for whether it was this Xiao Yuan, Su Xiaotian couldn't say for sure, but she had this feeling.
After Xiao Yuan left, Grandpa Su's expression improved considerably.
"Brother, look, I've sent away that blind fool Xiao Yuan, so don't be angry with me anymore!" Dong Yuanzhong said this with a hint of coyness that didn't match his usual demeanor.
Grandpa Su remained silent. He was still struggling with the question of whether or not to distance himself from Dong Yuanzhong.
If he were to distance himself, Dong Yuanzhong's current state made him feel unbearable.
But if he didn't distance himself, there were many people like Xiao Yuan with similar thoughts. There would inevitably be much gossip in the future. Could he really tolerate it?