My God of Wealth is a Short-lived Ghost

Chapter 144 The Old Iron Tree Blossoms

Wan Sutong giggled and held Zhao Jinghua's raised hand. "How about we go over there now?"

Zhao Jinghua nodded with a smile on his face. "Zhao Jingyu is seriously ill and can't be easily frightened. I will take you to find Chen Ye first, and then go to the Sixth Prince's Mansion."

Wan Sutong nodded repeatedly and stood up from the couch, then jumped excitedly, "Great!" As soon as he finished speaking, Zhao Jinghua transformed into a plum blossom. The next moment, Wan Sutong heard the voice of Eunuch Chen scolding his grandson, "It's been three years! It's been three years! I asked you to write! And you drew a turtle in front of me! If it weren't for your great-grandfather who gave me patience, our family would have beaten your ass to pieces!" At this point, Eunuch Chen realized something was wrong, "Bah! No! What our family? Look how mad you are!"

When Wan Sutong heard this, she burst out laughing before she even opened her eyes. However, Eunuch Chen was not frightened by the laughter but turned back slowly. When he saw Zhao Jinghua beside Wan Sutong, he quickly stood up and said, "Godfather! Is this my godmother?" When Wan Sutong heard this, she was stunned.

Zhao Jinghua nodded slightly and then chuckled, "That's right."

Eunuch Chen nodded with joy in his eyes. He bowed and said excitedly, "Congratulations, godfather." Then he looked at Wan Sutong and said, "Meet godmother."

Hearing the name "godmother" again, Wan Sutong immediately came back to her senses from her shock. She shook her head and waved her hands, "No, no, no, just call me Sutong."

At this time, Eunuch Chen's grandson looked up cautiously and asked, "Grandfather, when did great-grandfather come? Why does my grandson feel murderous?"

Eunuch Chen turned his head and glared at his grandson. "I'll deal with you later!" Then he motioned for Zhao Jinghua to sit on his chair. Zhao Jinghua chuckled and shook his head. "No need. I came here to entrust you with something." After that, he actually took out his private seal, then raised his hand and handed it to Chen Ye. "Do you understand what I mean?"

After seeing this, Eunuch Chen's pupils shrank suddenly. He understood that this jade seal represented responsibility and also represented Zhao Hongyu's love for him. He knelt down hurriedly but did not dare to take the jade seal. "This... is not in accordance with etiquette."

Zhao Jinghua chuckled and helped Eunuch Chen up. "It's not against etiquette. Take it. Just consider it as me wanting to make a break with the past."

Eunuch Chen sighed and took the imperial seal with both hands. "Then I will respectfully obey your command."

At this time, Wan Sutong looked at the boy in the corner and couldn't help laughing. She whispered in Zhao Jinghua's ear, "Jinghua, what are you looking at him doing?"

Zhao Jinghua turned his head to look at the boy when he heard this. Eunuch Chen turned his head quickly and saw his grandson squatting in the corner with a branch he had found from somewhere, drawing circles and mumbling something.

Eunuch Chen was instantly furious after seeing this, because he knew very well that his adoptive father had heard what he was thinking. "Chen! Zong! Qing!" Eunuch Chen spoke word by word, and was so angry that he felt like he was about to smoke.

The boy named Chen Zongqing was the grandson of Eunuch Chen. He threw away the stick in his hand and hurriedly got up and fled from the study. "I was wrong! Grandfather, I shouldn't have cursed you to have diarrhea!"

Seeing this, Eunuch Chen was about to chase after him, but Zhao Jinghua raised his hand to stop him. "The child is still young, why bother to get angry with him? He just said some angry words, I didn't take it seriously."

Eunuch Chen looked at Zhao Jinghua with a wronged look on his face, "Godfather, he's not young anymore, he's almost old enough to dance like an elephant, all day... He's not unlearned, he just doesn't practice calligraphy seriously. For example, when you ask him to write your name, he writes it crookedly the first time. If you scold him the second time, he'll write better. And the third time, just look! He can draw a head, a tail, four legs, and a turtle shell in the blink of an eye. His father isn't like that either."

Zhao Jinghua chuckled and patted Eunuch Chen on the shoulder. "I told you before that you were much more naughty than him when you were a child. I saw the old you in him just now."

Eunuch Chen immediately lowered his head in shame. "It seems so. Could it be that he really followed me?"

Wan Sutong burst out laughing when she heard this, "Oh my god, I really didn't see that, hahahahaha, don't worry, I have a way."

When Eunuch Chen heard this, he felt like he had grabbed a life-saving straw and said, "Really?"

Wan Sutong nodded and said, "Since my husband can control you, it will be no problem for him to discipline your grandson."

After hearing this, Eunuch Chen immediately looked at Zhao Jinghua for help. Zhao Jinghua smiled helplessly and said, "Although you and I were father and son, this is your family affair after all. I can't get involved." Eunuch Chen sighed when he heard this.

Wan Sutong hurriedly shook Zhao Jinghua's sleeves and said, "Husband, just let me learn from your experience. What if we can use it in the future?"

When Zhao Jinghua heard Wan Sutong's words, his earlobes instantly turned red as if blood could drip from them. He tilted his head and coughed lightly, then nodded slightly and said very softly, "Okay."

0533 After reading it, he shook his head and said, "Tsk tsk tsk"

Eunuch Chen was thinking in his heart, "The old iron tree has blossomed." But after a moment, he noticed Zhao Jinghua's somewhat cold eyes. Eunuch Chen smiled and said weakly, "The child is wrong."

Wan Sutong looked at Eunuch Chen in confusion, and after a moment he suddenly realized something and laughed, "You're not saying that he is a thousand-year-old iron tree that has blossomed, are you?"

Eunuch Chen coughed awkwardly and said, "No, that grandson must have gone to the backyard to draw turtles." He then looked at Zhao Jinghua and said, "I'll take you to find him." He nodded to Wan Sutong and left quickly.

Wan Sutong looked at Zhao Jinghua and stuck out her tongue. "It seems that what Master said is true. Even your godson said that you are a hard-working person."

Zhao Jinghua chuckled and did not answer. Instead, he raised his hand, took Wan Sutong's hand and walked out of the study.

Soon the three of them arrived at the backyard, only to see Chen Zongqing squatting under a poplar tree, just as Mr. Chen had said, squatting on the ground and drawing a turtle.

Zhao Jinghua walked forward and did not disturb Chen Zongqing, but waited quietly for him to speak.

Not long after, Chen Zongqing put down the branch in his hand, raised his head and looked up carefully. Seeing that it was Zhao Jinghua instead of his grandfather, he breathed a sigh of relief. "Great-grandfather, why are you here?"

Zhao Jinghua chuckled when he heard this, then slowly squatted down to look Chen Zongqing in the eye. "How do you know I'm your great-grandfather?"

Chen Zongqing puffed up his cheeks and sighed, "There is a portrait of you in the ancestral hall."

Zhao Jinghua nodded and said, "I see." Then he looked at the turtle that Chen Zongqing had drawn with a branch on the ground and said, "Zongqing likes to paint?"

Chen Zongqing shook his head and whispered in Zhao Jinghua's ear, "No! I'm just happy to see my grandfather angry. He insisted on making me practice calligraphy, which is so boring."

Zhao Jinghua frowned slightly and a cold light flashed in his eyes after hearing this. "Boring? How about my great-grandfather take you to a place?"

Chen Zongqing stood up immediately after hearing this and asked, "Are you going out to play?"

Zhao Jinghua raised his head slightly and smiled softly at Chen Zongqing, "I guess so."

Upon hearing this, Chen Zongqing immediately squatted down, held Zhao Jinghua's hands hanging by his side with both hands and shook them continuously, "Great-grandfather, please take me away quickly. I am almost suffocating in this courtyard."