A Former Police Officer Who Died And Get A Second Life!-Chapter 176: Overprotective Grandpa

Qiong Xing, Albe, and Katarina could only stare.

Sarin was running around, grabbing random people and shouting accusations at them.

Even Katarina and Qiong Xing could not bring themselves to say anything when they saw that scene.

"Guild Master! Help—"

"Was it you?!"

"Gyaaah!"

The place turned into complete chaos.

Why would the employee who came asking for help suddenly become the suspect?

Everyone could only feel speechless at Sarin who had clearly lost his senses.

"Sarin! What on earth are you—"

"I can’t allow someone so violent to touch my Little Lian."

Qiong Xing quietly muttered those words.

The moment Sarin heard it, his hand, which had been grabbing the employee immediately froze.

"Lian was just born. She’s very delicate," Qiong Xing continued calmly. "If someone that rough holds her, she might get hurt."

"...I... I..."

Sarin looked completely shaken.

"I believe I’ve said it was a suspicious man," Qiong Xing added. "But he is one of your guild’s employees, isn’t he? Why did things turn out like this?"

Katarina who was standing beside him let out a long sigh.

Qiong Xing gave a small awkward smile and apologized for causing such a situation.

"That idiot is just crazy about his grandchild," Katarina said. "You don’t need to apologize."

It was true that Qiong Xing never expected things to turn out like this. Still, since it had started because of him, he felt a little responsible.

"We understand that you were trying to help us," Qiong Xing said gently. "So please let him go now. Instead, why don’t we all have some tea together?"

When Qiong Xing told him to let go quickly, Sarin rushed over nervously.

"Th-This is... well... I just didn’t want anything to happen to you!"

"Yes, yes, we understand," Qiong Xing said patiently. "But please apologize to everyone properly."

How could someone lose control like that so easily?

Sarin looked depressed.

Qiong Xing took Sarin by the hand and led him back to the room. Seeing that, Albe laughed and said Sarin really looked like a real grandfather.

"I’m also at fault for not explaining things properly," Qiong Xing admitted. "But you running off without listening wasn’t good either. Still, you only did it because you’re worried about us. So let’s call this a draw and say both sides were at fault... Here, please."

Qiong Xing gently handed Sarin a cup of tea.

After making Sarin promise that he would not do something like that again, Qiong Xing finally handed Lian over to him.

"If you really think of us as your grandchildren, then please don’t do dangerous things," Qiong Xing said calmly. "What would happen if you got hurt from something like that and collapsed? Not only would you be unable to hold Lian, you might not even be able to see her again. For Lian’s sake too, please live a long life."

"...Okay. I’m sorry," Sarin said softly. "Little Lian, I’m sorry for scaring you too."

"...Honestly, I can’t tell anymore whether Qiong Xing is the grandchild or the parent," Albe muttered.

"Same here," Katarina said. "You can’t even tell which one of them is older."

What kind of comment was that supposed to be?

"Wanting the people you care about to live a long life is only natural, isn’t it?" Qiong Xing said.

"..."

Two people awkwardly avoided eye contact out of embarrassment, while one person smiled brightly with full enthusiasm.

"Qiong Xing really is wonderful," Sarin said, nodding seriously. "Very wonderful."

"Yes, yes," Katarina replied lightly. "I’ll go prepare some tea."

She brushed Sarin off casually.

Soon the tea was served and Qiong Xing also brought out the cake he had promised for Albe.

When Katarina and Sarin looked at it with envy, Qiong Xing gave them some as well.

"Oh, that reminds," he said suddenly. "There’s something I have been wanting to ask you two for a while."

"What is it?" Katarina asked.

"What do you want to know?" Sarin asked.

Albe quietly looked away.

"How can someone build muscles?" Qiong Xing asked seriously.

"..."

"..."

What happened?

Qiong Xing tilted his head in confusion.

He had expected the two kind former adventurers to give him helpful advice, but both of them suddenly fell silent.

"Ah, sorry," Qiong Xing continued. "I just finds it very hard to gain muscle. If possible, he would like to know a good way to train."

"..."

Why did he repeat himself twice?!

That was the atmosphere in the room, but Qiong Xing had simply thought they had not heard him the first time.

"I’ve tried doing sit-ups and back exercises," he continued. "But the next day my muscles hurt so much that I couldn’t even move."

"..."

Qiong Xing muttered that it had been very painful.

Albe who had actually seen that scene let out a long sigh.

Qiong Xing had walked around hunched over while holding his lower back like a newborn baby deer that had just learned how to stand.

It had been an extremely pitiful sight.

In the end, Elias and the others had sighed in exasperation and simply carried him around.

They had hoped that experience would finally make him give up.

But Qiong Xing himself had simply concluded that the method did not suit him and started looking for another way instead.

"I also thought about running training," he said. "But everyone around me stopped me..."

It wasn’t just Elias. Albe, Fei, and several others had also stopped him, leaving Qiong Xing no choice but to give up.

That was why he thought that these two former adventurers might know a better method.

But for some reason, the two of them had been silent this entire time.

"For Lian’s sake, I wants to become really muscular—"

"Waaah! Waaah!"

"Ah, look, she’s crying."

"Maybe she’s hungry."

"That’s probably it. Hurry up and feed her."

"Yeah, yeah. It would be pitiful to keep her waiting."

The three people who had been silent until now suddenly started moving as if their earlier silence had never happened.

Qiong Xing felt like the topic had been slightly changed on purpose, but he thought it would be fine to talk about it again later.

For now, he gave Lian her milk first.