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Chapter 511 - Chapter 511 511. Elder Zhu vomited blood_1

Chapter 511: 511. Elder Zhu vomited blood!_1 Chapter 511: 511. Elder Zhu vomited blood!_1 Xiaoqi: …

Strange, but it makes sense.

He was just about to nod when he saw Old Zhu couldn’t help but sigh again: “Four boxes not to show off, like wearing a brocade robe at night!”

Xiaoqi’s hand trembled, but he steadied himself and handed over the washed peaches, making a rare joke: “Night-travel peaches, would you like one?”

Old Zhu also burst into laughter, turned his head, took a peach, and stuffed it into his hand: “You eat one too, hurry up, have a taste! Next time there is a delivery, you better run faster!”

Xiaoqi laughed: “Rest assured!”

Then he took a big bite!

To be honest, Old Zhu felt a tad guilty looking at the peaches–age had done a number on his teeth, and though the peaches looked green and crunchy, he knew a bite would be satisfying!

He picked an angle and cautiously nibbled on it with the edge of his teeth. He had just chewed when his eyes lit up!

On the other side, Xiaoqi had already crunched down a large bite, his entire demeanor turning dreamy.

But before he could say anything, they heard a loud “bang” from outside, someone pushed the door open–

“Old Zhu! Old Zhu! Where are my peaches?”

“Yes! Old Zhu, stop hiding! I know you have four boxes!”

“Old Zhu! Old Zhu–”

Xiaoqi’s heart skipped a beat.

Instinctively he looked at Old Zhu, only to see him with a tight frown and a pained expression, one hand holding a peach, the other covering his mouth.

When the crowd entered the room, they saw Old Zhu’s trembling hand open. Under the bright light of the living room, a striking red stain stood out!

“Gosh!” the old man who barged in wanting to swindle some peaches jumped in fright: “Old Zhu, why are you vomiting blood?”

“What? Vomiting blood?!”

“What’s wrong with Old Zhu?”

“Quick, quick, call a doctor!”

“Hurry, make the call…”

Everyone squeezed in, creating chaos.

And there was Xiaoqi, holding half a peach, his face blank–because just a moment ago, Old Zhu had clearly winked at him…

“Xiaoqi, why aren’t you moving? Hurry up, make a call for help!”

It was only after someone nudged him that Xiaoqi snapped back to reality.

He pretended to look for a phone and rushed inside the house. When he turned his head, sure enough, Old Zhu gave him a look. Feeling relieved, he didn’t say a word and went straight to the storeroom.

He took out the peaches he had just crammed into the refrigerator, still in their boxes, and quietly pressed them under the layers of rice, flour, and fruit gift boxes.

His actions were so quick, truly fitting for one of the best chosen for the task. Then he crunched down on the remaining half of his peach, enjoying it immensely.

When enough time had passed, he finally went out, then said with a tense face: “I just called the doctor, they said they will arrive soon, but you need to lie down quietly and not move around.”

After a thought, he added:

“The doctor said it shouldn’t be a big issue, probably just due to the dry weather recently.”

Old Zhu also mumbled as he opened his mouth, reached out his shaky hand, and said: “Go back, all of you go back…”

Sounding especially odd as he had just thrown up blood, his speech was weak.

Everyone’s eyes passed over the half-eaten peach in his hand, and they began to feel regret–

Being old, they couldn’t bear such a scare, had they been too aggressive earlier?

But when Old Zhu had tangled with them last time, he seemed fierce than any of them…

Feeling guilty and awkward, they hesitated, but eventually, seeing Old Zhu stand to attend to them even after throwing up blood, they all left the house.

As soon as they were out the door, Old Zhu sprang up from the chair, rushed to the front door, and called out to Xiaoqi:

“Quick, quick, quick! Bolt the door!”

As he spoke, he “pfft” spat something out of his mouth.

Scout fixed his gaze on it, stunned, “Did your tooth fall out?”

“Losing a tooth is no big deal…”

Mr. Zhu spoke with a slight whistle, “At my age, it’d be weird not to lose teeth!”

He quickly handed the peach to Scout, “Slice this for me, will you?”

Meanwhile, he couldn’t help but glue his eyes back onto it:

“This peach is delicious, isn’t it, Xiaoqi? Worth my granddaughter picking. Those others outside must have also tasted it and think one box isn’t enough to share–hmph, wishful thinking!”

Ah, even though he lost a front tooth, how could he not be happy with four boxes of peaches all to himself?

Mr. Zhu’s appetite was great; the peach chunks were placed in a small bowl and he cleansed it in no time, then complained to Scout:

“Didn’t you wash three for me? Why have you only sliced one?”

Scout looked at his watch, troubled, “But it’s already noon, lunch…”

Mr. Zhu also crunched down on a peach skewered on a toothpick, his eyes widening, “So what if I told you not to eat the peaches now, so you can eat your lunch properly, huh?”

Xiaoqi: …

He glanced at the last of his three peaches and silently carried the bowl back into the kitchen.

In the living room, Mr. Zhu looked at the peach he had generously promised to Xiaoqi, a twinge of pain flashed through his eyes.

The peaches were truly delicious–he really wanted to stealthily eat his fill alone!

But then he thought: he had four boxes! He alone had four boxes!

So he was satisfied again.

…

While he enjoyed the peaches to his heart’s content, his buddies heard he hadn’t even eaten lunch and grew increasingly anxious.

“Strange, why haven’t we seen the doctor going that way?”

“He didn’t eat lunch, could it be that his condition…?”

“That’s not right, he’s been undergoing checks all this time, hasn’t he?”

“What about it?” scoffed Old Zhou, looking down on his peers who he thought had become duller with age:

“Just tell me, who ate lunch? Aren’t the peaches filling enough?”

They’d all received peaches in the morning, unlike Mr. Zhu, who hadn’t wasted time slowly responding on social media, they’d already snapped and bragged about eating two or three…

Now, seeing their stash dwindle, they hurriedly came looking.

Old Zhou sneered, “I bet we’ve been tricked by Mr. Zhu! He’s fine!”

“That doesn’t make sense…” someone reasoned calmly, “We came on the spur of the moment, he couldn’t have known in advance, and put on an act, right? We’ve seen blood before, it definitely looked real.”

Old Zhou: …

At a loss for words, he could only argue, “Couldn’t he have bitten his tongue or something?”

Well… that did make sense.

If he had bitten his tongue, of course he wouldn’t be able to eat, which meant the peaches hadn’t been touched?!

Oh boy!

Spirits lifted, they all got revved up, exchanged looks, then put on concerned faces:

“Let’s go check on Mr. Zhu!”

“Right, we should see how he’s doing!”

“Old Wu, you were always the best at scouting, it’s up to you to find the peaches!”

“And Xiaoqi, Mr. Zhu taught him a little too well, later I’ll say I’m not feeling well to keep him from getting distracted…”

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