The Bootlicking Antagonist Only Wants to Survive, but the Female Lead Refuses to Follow the Usual Plot

Chapter 122 The Hero is Old

The Chen family mansion.

Xu Xuejiao finished taking Chen Qiushou's pulse and smiled, "Grandpa Chen, you have to be good from now on, don't be naughty anymore, or I won't pay attention to you!"

"Xuejiao, don't leave this time, it's so much better with you here." Chen Qiushou said with longing.

Xu Xuejiao smiled, "I won't leave, Grandpa."

Then she looked at Lu Chengwen, "I met an enemy here, I won't leave."

"That's good, that's good. Xuejiao, do you have a boyfriend? Grandpa will introduce a young man to you."

Xu Xuejiao was both amused and annoyed, "Grandpa, just focus on taking care of your health."

Lu Chengwen nodded, with a reprimanding tone, "Listen, take care of your illness, okay."

Xu Xuejiao said, "Grandpa Chen, you rest, I'll go now, I have things to do at the company, and I also need to go to the pharmaceutical factory today."

"Well, Xuejiao, fall in love early, youth will pass by quickly!"

Lu Chengwen was bored, "Why are you talking so much, just take care of your illness."

Xu Xuejiao slapped Lu Chengwen and whispered, "Don't be disrespectful to the elderly."

Then she said to Chen Qiushou, "Grandpa, I'm going now!"

Lu Chengwen said, "Alright, take care of your illness, I'm going too."

Xu Xuejiao pushed Lu Chengwen away, "Where are you going? You haven't even said a few words, Grandpa misses you the most, stay and talk with Grandpa for a while."

Lu Chengwen winked, "What am I supposed to talk to him about, he's in a daze right now?"

Xu Xuejiao glared at Lu Chengwen and left.

Lu Chengwen rubbed his chin and walked up to Grandpa Chen.

Chen Qiushou weakly stretched out his hand, "My grandson, come here and let Grandpa have a look!"

Lu Chengwen lazily pulled a chair over, sat down with his legs spread wide, and reluctantly extended a hand, "Just a quick look, okay? I don't have much time to spare with you."

Chen Qiushou grabbed Lu Chengwen's hand, sighed, and smiled at him, "My grandson is really handsome."

"Oh, handsome, handsome, I'm getting old. Do you have anything else you need?"

Chen Qiushou wasn't angry at all, he still smiled and kept holding Lu Chengwen's hand, stroking it back and forth.

Lu Chengwen tried to pull back, "Hey, don't keep touching it, it's like you're sick, you were like this last time."

"Grandson, have you made up with Mengyun?"

Lu Chengwen was taken aback, "Grandpa, what are you talking about, I broke up with her over three years ago! It's over! Hey, from now on, she's her, I'm me, you're you, okay? Nobody bothers anyone. You should stop telling people that you miss me, I'm not your real grandson, you have two grandsons, why do you always want me around?"

Chen Qiushou sighed, "They're not good enough, Chengwen, Grandpa just likes you..."

Lu Chengwen looked like he couldn't bear it anymore.

This old man is in a daze, you can't talk sense to him.

What Lu Chengwen didn't know was that this room was under surveillance for Chen Qiushou's safety, with blind spot-free cameras.

At this moment, Chen Qingbin and Chen Mengyun were watching the monitor, observing the visitors' interactions with Grandpa Chen.

They were trying to see how the visitors treated Grandpa, and also keeping an eye on things, to see if any visitors could suddenly stimulate Grandpa and make him recall some important information.

Grandpa had already shown signs of senility, and he didn't recognize many people.

Lu Chengwen's behavior was infuriating Chen Qingbin and Chen Mengyun, it was driving them crazy.

Chen Qiushou loved Lu Chengwen the most, he had held him since he was a baby, what kind of fate was this?

Chen Qiushou had adopted Lu Chengwen as his adopted grandson at his full-moon party.

Back then, Chen Qiushou was in his prime, wielding great power, if he stomped his foot in Xuecheng, the entire north would tremble.

Back then, Chen Qiushou was surrounded by well-wishers, everyone was flattering him, everyone was chasing after him, and he was like a godfather.

But sadly, over twenty years had passed, and the hero had aged.

Time had ended his glory, leaving him only a frail body.

But Chen Qiushou still remembered Lu Chengwen.

He remembered that Lu Chengwen's first word was not "dad" or "mom," but "Grandpa," while being held by Chen Qiushou, on the day of his full moon.

Everyone was surprised at the time, and Lu Guanghong was a little jealous, laughing loudly, "Damn it, this little kid didn't even call me 'dad', but today he called Grandpa! I might as well just throw him to old Chen to raise him."

Chen Qiushou was a master of diplomacy, and he reacted instantly:

"Guanghong, this child has a connection with me, you say this, but if I really took him away, you would beat me to death. Haha, I'll adopt him as my adopted grandson, I'll take care of all his expenses from childhood to adulthood."

That's how the two families became even closer because of the month-old Lu Chengwen.

Time flew by, and over twenty years had passed.

Now, Lu Chengwen was tall and strong, the president of Da Sheng Group.

While Chen Qiushou was only left with bones, lying here, no longer the glorious figure he used to be.

And the child who used to call him "Grandpa" was now quite impatient with the old man.

It was heartbreaking.

Chen Qingbin was furious, "What kind of a person is this? A heartless and ungrateful wretch! Everyone in the Xuecheng business circle knows that he was practically raised by the Chen family, and now...now he's acting like this!"

Chen Mengyun lowered her head, looking at Lu Chengwen sitting there impatiently tapping his feet on the screen, she felt sad too.

Chen Qiushou was still talking about his old stories.

That's how it is when people get old, they like to tell young people about their youth.

But young people are really not interested in listening to them.

Especially someone like Lu Chengwen, a young and successful leader with a busy schedule, he has no time to listen to an old man talk about the past.

"Alright, alright, Grandpa, that's enough. Just take care of your health, okay, um...don't overthink, be steady, you can live to be ninety-nine. I have a lot of things going on at the company, I'm leaving now."

Chen Qiushou was very sad, he held onto Lu Chengwen's clothes and wouldn't let go, "Chengwen, talk to me a little longer, I've missed you for so many days."

"What do you want me for? If you have something to say, call your grandson, you're not without grandchildren. I have so many things going on all day long, how can I come and keep you company?"

"Chengwen!" Chen Qiushou suddenly said sadly, "I'm near the end, I know."

Lu Chengwen was stunned, "What are you talking about?"

"They're all lying to me, but I know, no matter how good Xu Xuejiao is, she's still just like that."

Lu Chengwen said sullenly, "You've lived a glorious life, can't you be more open-minded about this? Don't be afraid, you're a good person, you'll go to heaven."

In the monitoring room, Chen Qingbin yelled, "Is that what a human being would say? Ah? Even if the Chen family raised a dog, it would be better than this ungrateful brat! Call someone and kick Lu Chengwen out! I want my dad to live a few more days! If I let this jerk anger him to death!"

Chen Mengyun felt something was wrong, "Dad, wait a minute."

"What?"

Lu Chengwen reached the door, listening to Chen Qiushou's weak voice behind him.

"Chengwen, take it easy, don't fall! Grandpa is getting old, if you have any difficulties in your business, go to your Uncle. Men, be open-minded, don't be afraid of gains and losses, business is always up and down, and so is life. Grandpa is old, I'm useless. By the way, I can tell that Mengyun has you in her heart, you're a man, be magnanimous, apologize to her first..."

"When I was young, I liked beautiful women too, haha, I was foolish. Men, we like money, power, beautiful women... but we can only have one home. People like us can enjoy the wealth that ordinary people can't, but most of our families are broken, when you're young, you can be confused, but when you get older, you need someone to stay with you wholeheartedly... Mengyun, cough, cough, Mengyun..."

Lu Chengwen stood there, like a statue, motionless.

The old man coughed violently, and he quickly turned back, rushing to his side, his eyes red, "Grandpa, don't rush, I won't leave, we'll talk slowly, slowly, okay."

"Ah? You're not leaving?"

Lu Chengwen forced a smile and shook his head, "Not leaving."

Chen Mengyun was also sad, she zoomed in on the camera and saw the tears flashing in Lu Chengwen's eyes.

Chen Qingbin's anger subsided a bit, and he muttered dissatisfiedly, "He's still a human being!"

Lu Chengwen took the initiative to grab Chen Qiushou's hand, "Grandpa, I'm sorry, I'm probably... I'm probably a beast, I don't deserve your kindness."

Chen Qiushou smiled, a tear escaping from the corner of his eye, "Chengwen, of all these children, you are the kindest, Grandpa won't be wrong. Do you remember? You were eleven, no, twelve, I gave you that dog, and it died. Ah, you cried, no one could comfort you. In the end, you used over two million yuan of your allowance to give the dog a funeral. Haha, the adults didn't know whether to cry or laugh."

Lu Chengwen also laughed, "I had no concept of money when I was a kid."

"Your parents educated you well, you're different from other rich kids, you were very pure when you were young, that's what Grandpa liked about you."

Lu Chengwen took a deep breath, "Grandpa, I'll come to see you often, okay?"

"Ah? Really? Okay! Okay, haha!" Chen Qiushou was so excited, "Grandpa loves to chat with you. Ah, I know, you young people are all avoiding me, Grandpa isn't senile. But when people get old, they like you young people, you know, I don't want to hold you back, I know you're busy..."

Lu Chengwen felt even more guilty.

"Grandpa, let's not talk about that. Hey, I suddenly remembered, the Leng family has been lively recently, do you know, Grandpa?"

"Ah? I don't know, what happened?"

Lu Chengwen told him what happened.

When the topic turned to the business world, Chen Qiushou seemed to perk up and started talking non-stop:

"Leng Tianhao, his vision is limited, when his father was alive, he could still steer the ship and correct him. His father has been gone for many years, right? Look, things have gone wrong, haven't they?"

"But his daughter is a tough one, what's her name?"

"Leng Qingqiu."

"Right! I've always thought that girl has a lot of drive, she's not afraid to lose, and she's very independent, she doesn't bow to anyone. If that girl is well-trained, she'll be a hundred times better than her father."

"Grandpa's judgment is accurate, Leng Qingqiu acquired most of the shares this time, she's the current controlling shareholder and chairman."

"Well? That doesn't make sense, she doesn't have that much experience, someone must be helping her behind the scenes."

Lu Chengwen's heart skipped a beat.

He thought to himself, this old man is experienced!

Lu Chengwen said, "Grandpa, do you think I should acquire Qianfeng?"

Chen Qiushou smiled, "You little rascal, you're deliberately trying to get me to talk, aren't you?"

Lu Chengwen thought to himself, are you sick or not?

Are you playing a role with me?

You seem to know everything!

You understand more than the lively Leng Tianhao!

This is a fossil-level figure, I have to learn from him!

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