Chapter 409
The Green Tea’s Crushing Victories in the ’70s
Tong Xuelu gave it some thought and said, âOkay, weâll recognize him then.â
Tong Jiaxin had always listened to his brother. As long as Tong Jiaming was okay with it, he naturally would not object.Truth was, Tong Xuelu resented Commander Xiao a little bit at the beginning, as he was Sun Manrouâs God grandfather.Nevertheless, seeing that he did not side with Sun Manrou earlier nor did he wavier any, she finally got over the slight unpleasantness that she was feeling.Sitting inside the living room, Commander Xiao was very anxious.He had never felt so anxious ever since he had become a commander. This time, however, he felt like an ant crawling over a hot wok.Tong Xuelu walked inside and saw that he was covered in cold sweat. She was quite startled, âAre you alright, Grandpa?ââIâm oâ¦.â Commander Xiaoâs eyes widened half way through his sentence. âWhat did you just call me?âTong Xuelu smiled and said, âI called you Grandpa. Why are you covered in sweat?âCommander Xiao was ecstatic immediately. The crow feet at the corners of his eyes flatted out. âHahaha, I am fine. Hahaha, you just called me âGrandpaâ. I have a granddaughter now!âAs he laughed, his nose and eyes started to tingle.He did not wish for his granddaughter to see him like this. As such, he forced back his tears. âAlright, alright. So you will all recognize me as your grandfather then?âTong Xuelu nodded and waved to Tong Mianmian. âMianmian, this is our grandpa. Come and greet him.âTong Mianmian had been looking at this strange old man from behind the door for a while now. She dared not get any closer, however, because of his mean look.Now that her sister said he was grandpa, she leaned into her sisterâs ear and whispered to her, âBig Sister, will he hit Mianmian? He looks so mean!âHe looks so mean?Hearing his granddaughterâs words, Commander Xiao was anxious. He tried his best to curve his lips upward and forced what he thought was a friendly smile on himself.When Tong Mianmian turned to loo, she happened to look right at his vicious look and broke into tears. âI donât want grandpa! Grandpaâs so scary!âCommander Xiao, ââ¦â¦âIt took Tong Xuelu a while to finally calm Tong Mianmian. She gave Tong Mianmian a couple pieces of candies and have to go play with Mooncake in the study before she asked what was on her mind.âGrandpa, is there anything we need to worry about after you have treated Sun Manrou the way that you did earlier? I know that she only whimpered a little, but wouldnât others call you ungrateful after they found out?âCommander Xiao waved his hand. âThe Sunâs had gained a lot for me over the years. I had never said or do anything as long as they didnât go too far. Take the Sunâs oldest child for example. If it wasnât for me, he would not have been promoted as fast as he did.âNot to mention that he had bought the Sunâs many things as soon as he recovered back then. Anything that he owed them had long been repaid.Tong Xuelu finally felt better after hearing that. âWhat about the incident with my real grandmother? I felt that there was more to the story that what it seemed.âCommander Xiao gave her an approving look. âDonât worry about that. I will handle matters with the Tongâs.âHe would get down to the bottom of this and not them get away with Tong Menzhiâs death and them trying to have someone else pretended to be his son.Tong Xuelu was no longer worried after realizing that Commander Xiao was no pushover,***The Wei family was very happy for them when they learned that Commander Xiao and Tong Xuelu and her siblings had recognized each other.Shen Wanrong, âIâve always felt that Xuelu looked very familiar since the first time I saw her. Then I thought she looked a lot like your mother. It did not occur to me that she could be your granddaughter though.âHad she known, she would have said something much earlier and Tong Xuelu didnât have to go through all the hard times that she did.Commander Xiao, too, lamented, âYeah, who would have thought?â