Chapter 63: This Kick is Full of Fatherly Love!

Hou San said anxiously, “Stop talking, my dad is behind us! He knows about the tea. Help me up, let’s run!”

Li Xiangdong: “…”

He didn’t know what to say. If he had known this would happen, he wouldn’t have accepted that bag of Tieguanyin from Hou San yesterday, no matter what.

“Why aren’t you running towards the platform?”

“Huh~?”

“What ‘huh’? There are more people on the platform. Your dad definitely wouldn’t dare to hit you there!”

Hearing this, Hou San looked annoyed, “I didn’t think of that!”

“Forget it, it’s too late to say anything now.”

Seeing his pathetic state, Li Xiangdong asked, “Did your dad hit your leg?”

Hou San leaned on Li Xiangdong, “No, I fell myself. I wasn’t paying attention and tripped while running just now.”

Li Xiangdong asked again, “What did you tell your dad about the tea?”

“I said I used it to make tea eggs.”

Hou San urged, “Brother Dong, can you stop asking? My dad is coming right now!”

Awesome~

Li Xiangdong was truly impressed by the foolish Hou San from the bottom of his heart.

Any random excuse would have been better than saying he used it to make tea eggs!

This was just pure brain damage!

However, Hou San was still loyal enough not to rat him out. To be worthy of this friendship, he could only quicken his pace!

“You two, stop right there!”

Hou Jianshe’s furious shout came from behind.

Li Xiangdong subconsciously stood still. He turned around and saw the furious Hou Jianshe walking towards them with a familiar tin tea box in his hand.

He whispered to Hou San, “Hou San, run to the office quickly. I’ll block your dad.”

“Brother Dong, I’m counting on you.”

Before Hou San’s words even landed, he limped into the office.

Li Xiangdong followed behind Hou San. After he went in, he closed the door and stood in front of it.

Hou Jianshe strode up to Li Xiangdong, “Dongzi, get out of my way!”

Li Xiangdong stood firm, “Uncle Hou, getting angry is bad for your health. Can’t we talk about this calmly?”

The noise in the corridor attracted the curiosity of people in the offices on both sides.

They all opened their doors and peeked out.

“What are you looking at! What’s there to see!?”

Hou Jianshe’s gaze swept over, and the curious crowd quickly retracted their heads.

The head of the labor and capital section of the passenger transport department was not to be trifled with!

Hou Jianshe’s gaze returned to Li Xiangdong, “Let me tell you, Dongzi, I can’t be calm right now, and I can’t be peaceful. Get out of my way!”

Li Xiangdong wiped the spittle that Hou Jianshe had sprayed on his face. Suddenly, his expression became contorted. He grabbed Hou Jianshe’s arm, “Uncle Hou, quick, go to the infirmary and call a doctor. My appendicitis is acting up.”

Hou Jianshe shook off his hand, “Dongzi, don’t you play this trick on me. When your Uncle Hou was out and about, you were still at home drinking milk!”

Li Xiangdong gave a dry laugh. It was an indescribable awkwardness…

He took out a pack of Daqianmen cigarettes from his pocket, “Uncle Hou, why don’t you have a cigarette to cool down?”

While he was taking out the cigarettes, Hou Jianshe took the opportunity and pushed him into the office.

Hou Jianshe’s furious gaze swept around the office. Only then did he see Hou San hiding under the desk. He said with extreme anger, “Why don’t you run? Why did you stop running!?”

Wang Dahai stood up and tried to persuade him, “Old Hou, what are you doing? Can’t you talk things out properly?”

Hou Jianshe said, “Dahai, don’t mind this. I’m disciplining my child.”

Hearing Hou Jianshe say this, Wang Dahai could only sit back down in his chair.

Hou Jianshe walked over and slapped the desk twice, “Get out here right now!”

Hou San was like a mouse seeing a cat. His legs were trembling, and he stammered, “Dad, I have to follow the train later. Can we talk about this when we get back?”

Hou Jianshe said angrily, “Laosan! You…”

“Aigh!”

Li Xiangdong quickly responded, joking, “Uncle Hou, why are you calling me?”

Hou Jianshe turned to look at Li Xiangdong, “I’m calling Hou San. What are you responding for!?”

Li Xiangdong smiled, “You weren’t calling me? I thought you were calling me. Sorry, Uncle Hou, I’m used to it. I’m also the third child at home.”

Hou Jianshe looked at him with a half-smile, “Oh~ You’re also the third child, huh? Then let me ask you, did you eat the tea eggs yesterday?”

Li Xiangdong played dumb, “What tea eggs? Are they selling tea eggs now?”

Hou Jianshe said word by word, “I’m talking about the tea eggs Hou San made. Did you eat them or not?”

“I didn’t eat them.”

Li Xiangdong quickly shook his head. Hou Jianshe was obviously still angry. He didn’t want to get dragged into it.

“It’s good that you’re not involved in this.”

Hou Jianshe didn’t doubt him.

Just then, Liu Erdan walked in, “What’s going on? Dad, why are you here?”

Hou Jianshe put the tea canister in his hand on the table, “Open it and see for yourself.”

Liu Erdan opened it upon hearing this, “This…”

He now understood what was going on. His little brother-in-law had played a good hand of “stealing the pillar and replacing it with a rotten beam,” and had even implicated him.

“Old Hou, isn’t this the Tieguanyin I gave you? What’s wrong?”

Wang Dahai reached out, took the tea canister, looked inside, and chuckled, “Alright, Old Hou, don’t be angry. I still have some pre-Qingming Longjing I got a while ago.”

He said as he stood up and walked towards the locker.

Hou Jianshe sighed, a mixture of helplessness and gritted teeth in his voice, “Dahai, that’s not what I mean. It’s this bastard Hou San. He even managed to find the Tieguanyin I hid.”

“If he had just taken some to drink, I wouldn’t have said anything. But he went and used it all to make tea eggs! I’m usually reluctant to drink it myself, and now it’s all gone.”

The office was silent…

Wang Dahai’s hand, which was unlocking the locker, paused for a moment.

Liu Erdan persuaded, “Dad, don’t be angry. If you want to drink Tieguanyin, I’ll get some for you.”

“Let’s not talk about other things for now. I need to vent this anger first.”

Seeing the Longjing tea that Wang Dahai had taken out, and hearing what his son-in-law said, Hou Jianshe was actually not as angry as before, but there was still a fire in his heart that hadn’t been released.

He urged again, “Laosan, get out from under the desk right now.”

Liu Erdan saw the change in his father-in-law and kicked Hou San who was hiding under the desk, “Come out, stop hiding.”

Hou San trembled as he crawled out from under the desk. He stood in front of his father with his head down and said, “Dad, I was wrong. I won’t touch your tea again.”

Hou Jianshe ignored him, “First, give me back my meal tickets!”

“What meal tickets?”

Hou Jianshe didn’t speak. Hou San was unnerved by his father’s direct stare. He chuckled and took out a stack of meal tickets from his pocket, then handed them to Hou Jianshe.

After stuffing the meal tickets into his pocket, Hou Jianshe said, “Turn around and stand properly.”

“Oh.”

Hou San was used to being beaten. He knew what was coming next. He smoothly turned around and faced away from his father.

“You bastard!”

Hou Jianshe said as he kicked Hou San’s butt.

This kick was powerful and heavy, full of a father’s love~