Chapter 5536: "The Guilty Party Strikes First"
There was a fair bit of forcing the issue...
"Only later, on the way here, did I tell him why I was looking for him."
After a moment of stunned silence, everyone gave the Pang Pang old man a thumbs-up.
Impressive.
The Pang Pang old man grinned.
"Old Jin's face immediately darkened."
"But I told him the child was innocent."
"I told him she'd been crying terribly because she couldn't find her grandpa."
"None of us had Old Li's contact information."
"We had to rely on him."
"Old Jin wasn't actually a cold-hearted person."
"After hearing me say that, his expression still wasn't great, but he didn't turn around and go back."
"So I brought him over."
Everyone understood.
"No wonder he only said one thing when he called just now."
So he'd been holding a grudge.
"Yeah."
The Pang Pang old man gave a wry smile.
He'd actually been a little surprised by the skinny old man's reaction.
How long ago had that been?
Why was he still so bothered by it?
Had things really gotten that ugly back then?
He didn't know.
Nor was he in any position to judge.
Still, it was good enough that the skinny old man had said what he'd said just now.
Otherwise, thinking about it now, the skinny old man could have simply handed him the phone or given him Old Li's number, and let him contact Old Li himself.
It would only have taken a little more time to explain.
Old Jin really did care about the child.
The Pang Pang old man looked at the little girl hiding behind the young man.
Her eyes were a little red.
It was a heartbreaking sight.
He gave her a kindly