Chapter 70: Jiaojiao is spoiled by the rough man

"Where are the old and the young?" His eyes passed over Xu Lan and Xu Mei for a moment. Old man Xu looked at the empty backs of the two of them, and a clear sense of disappointment flashed in his eyes.

"Dad, Xu En hasn't gotten up yet. You said he was still growing, so we didn't wake him up."

"Oh, yes, yes, the young one needs to sleep more." Old man Xu seemed to have found an excuse for amnesty, and closed his eyes to rest with peace of mind.

The corners of Xu Yan's lips curled up slightly, he calmly put down the teacup, and stood up to leave.

"Stop right there, kid." [The family's attitude towards Old Man Xu should be unfamiliar but also concerned. The male protagonist should be more indifferent, because Old Man Xu usually treats him badly.]

Secretary Wang, who had just finished communicating with the doctor, was so sleepy that he could hardly keep his eyes open. Half of his body was slumped on a stool beside him, and he could fall asleep at any time. However, he had more important things to ask Xu Yan. When he saw Xu Yan was about to leave, he hurriedly called him to stop.

"The car was scrapped by the county. We originally planned to take it to be repaired, but the car factory said we had to take it back ourselves. The county thought it was too much trouble, so they kept negotiating with the car factory. So the car is temporarily with me."

Without waiting for Secretary Wang to ask, Xu Yan had already briefly explained the origin of the car.

But after he explained this, more doubts arose.

Secretary Wang's sleepiness suddenly disappeared, and Old Man Xu, who had closed his eyes in disappointment on the bed, slightly opened his eyes again. Everyone in the clinic was waiting for Xu Yan to make the next explanation.

Even Su Wanwan, who was outside the door, couldn't help but clench the small wooden box in her hand.

She had known for a long time that Xu Yan was hiding something from her, but she didn't expect it to be such a big deal!

In this era, even among county leaders, only a few could ride in the car.

What's more, even if a car breaks down and the manufacturer refuses to repair it, it will just be a treasure parked in the yard. Even if it can't be used, it's good to save face.

Who would throw a car into the mountains for no apparent reason?

Besides, when she saw it yesterday, wasn't the car able to drive normally?

Is Xu Yan lying?

"The reason they left it here is that a few of my old friends mentioned this matter when we met last time, so they just left the car here." [The reason is unreasonable. The male protagonist's mother's family should not have any ability, or they don't even know the existence of these children, otherwise how could they allow their family to be so poor.]

Listening to Xu Yan's calm explanation, Secretary Wang seemed to be unable to support his own weight and fell off the stool.

"Your friend? What kind of friend would give you a scrapped car just by meeting you?" Who would believe it if I told others?

This car must cost tens of thousands of dollars? Even ten or twenty years of salary cannot afford it!

There was no flaw on Xu Yan's face, not even a hint of nervousness. Secretary Wang suppressed his inner curiosity and turned to look at Old Man Xu on the bed.

Secretary Wang had expected Xu Yan to give such an answer. After all, Xu Yan's behavior had always been strange in the past few years. He even often went out in the middle of the night and brought back some meat and money from time to time.

Of course, he would almost always give it to the eldest brother Xu Lan, and then Xu Lan would secretly give it to family members.

Given this situation, Party Secretary Wang also questioned the matter at first, but since he couldn't get anything out of it, he just pretended not to know and accepted it.

In this era, everyone had a hard time. In order to avoid letting others notice anything wrong, every time Xu Lan quietly took out something, they would use it secretly, and most of the time even Xu Yan was kept in the dark.

If Xu Yan knew that half of the things he secretly gave to his eldest sister were used by his eldest sister out of kindness to subsidize the family, he would probably be very angry.

Old Man Xu was breathing heavily, and gradually, his opinion of Xu Yan changed.

But it was more fear.

Xu Yan is not like other young men who spend their days working in the fields or sleeping. Even his father doesn't know what he is thinking.

This fear of the unknown is also one of the reasons why he is unwilling to spend too much time with his son.