Reborn as a Landlord-Chapter 1460 - 743: Laying It Bare

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For a moment, Old Master Lian only felt dizzy and his legs went weak. He staggered and almost fell backward.

"Dad, what’s wrong with you?" Lian Shouli was right next to Old Master Lian and noticed something was off, hurriedly holding him up.

Since last evening, Old Master Lian’s nerves had been extremely tense. Or, it could be said, ever since arranging a match for Lian Shouren, his heart had been tightly wound. Clinging to that strength, no matter the setbacks, he’d held on. But now, all his strength seemed to drain away in an instant. Old Master Lian could not stand, leaning limply on Lian Shouli’s shoulder. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶

"Dad..." Lian Shouli called out again, anxiously.

For the elderly, extreme joy or sorrow is most feared mentally, and physically, it’s falls. Fortunately, Lian Shouli was nearby, or Old Master Lian would have surely collapsed to the ground.

"Let’s go inside, let’s go inside," Old Master Lian mumbled.

Old Master Lian still tried to walk on his own, but soon realized it was difficult, and Lian Shouli ended up supporting him. Lian Shouren, Lian Jizu, Lady Zhou, and Lady Chiang also noticed something was amiss with Old Master Lian and quickly moved forward, surrounding him as they entered the west room.

"Old man, what’s wrong with you? Speak, did your illness flare up again?" Lady Zhou asked urgently, leaning close to Old Master Lian after helping him to the kang (heated brick bed).

Old Master Lian’s head hung low, his face ashen, not saying a word.

Lady Zhou immediately became anxious.

"Has he fallen ill again? Quickly, fetch the doctor, Jizu, Old Three, quickly, go get the doctor," Lady Zhou called out, her body going limp as she collapsed beside Old Master Lian.

"...You, always trying to be strong, you’re going to waste your life over this, just calm down. You heartless old man, what am I going to do if you leave me alone..." Lady Zhou wailed.

Seeing the situation was bad, Lian Shouli quickly moved to go fetch the doctor.

"Old Three, stop." Old Master Lian suddenly spoke, then scolded Lady Zhou, "What are you wailing about like someone died? I’m perfectly fine. It’s good times, and with you crying like this, you’re making it all gloomy."

"If nothing’s wrong, why are you putting on this act, who are you trying to scare?" Lady Zhou, seeing that Old Master Lian, although still pale, was speaking clearly, instantly relaxed halfway. She wiped her tears and scolded Old Master Lian.

However, she stopped after just this one scolding.

These past days, she had indeed been terrified, and her usual sharpness had subdued significantly, becoming what Old Master Lian often described as "sensible."

"Still, we should call a doctor to have a look." Seeing Lian Shouli had been stopped by Old Master Lian, Lady Zhou spoke again.

"Look at what, there’s nothing wrong with me. At this juncture, calling a doctor, are we not embarrassed enough? I’m fine, even if something were wrong, even if I died today, we can’t call a doctor. Whoever sneaks off to do so, can get out of this family, and will no longer be part of the Old Lian Family!" Old Master Lian’s words were firm and decisive.

Everyone in the room understood well why Old Master Lian was so against calling a doctor at this time, hence, they all fell silent.

The door curtain suddenly lifted from the outside, and Lian Shouyi peeked in, looking around.

"...Why hasn’t anyone come? It’s already this late, why aren’t we having dinner?" Lian Shouyi said nonchalantly, "Even if they don’t come, we should eat. We bought the food, let’s not waste it."

Saying this, Lian Shouyi chuckled, looking at Lian Shouren.

"Zhou Daniu is complaining of hunger, if there’s no food soon, and she goes crazy, us guys won’t be able to handle it."

Lian Shouyi, in fact, had some awareness; he noticed the sour expressions on Old Master Lian and Lady Zhou, and didn’t dare to directly address them. But, being the careless and blunt person he was, even sensing something was off, he still dared to stir the pot.

"All you think about is eating! You heartless idiot, still thinking about food, are you planning to abandon this family!?" Lady Zhou yelled at Lian Shouyi.

Having stirred the pot, seeing the flames about to reach him, Lian Shouyi smartly chuckled, then slipped away. As the curtain was half-drawn, Lady Chiang saw Lian Shouyi, walking towards the east room, hand dipping into a bowl and shoving something into his mouth.