Chapter 78: Written Guarantee as Proof
Su Keke changed into a set of loungewear and went to the living room to look for Uncle.
But Qin Mochen wasn’t in the living room.
After bouncing around twice, she flopped onto the sofa by herself, then hugged her phone and started memorizing English vocabulary.
Only about ten minutes passed when she heard movement upstairs and immediately lifted her head to look.
Uncle had actually already finished showering? And he’d even changed into casual clothes.
“Don’t lie down and look at your phone. It’s bad for your eyes.” Qin Mochen glanced at the little girl and sat down at the other end of the sofa.
Su Keke hurriedly sat up and straightened herself, sitting properly and obediently.
“I only told you to sit while using your phone, not to sit so upright.”
Su Keke let out a heh-heh laugh and asked him, “Uncle, aren’t you tired? Why didn’t you rest a bit before showering?”
Qin Mochen paused, then replied, “I don’t like having other smells on me.”
Back when he carried out special missions, to avoid picking up scents he shouldn’t have, he would usually shower and change clothes the moment he returned. Later, even after he withdrew, the habit stayed. Any time he went somewhere other than the company, once he came back, he would definitely shower.
He also truly disliked having any other smell on him—disliked it very much.
Su Keke nodded. “Uncle is really clean. Compared to you, I live so rough.”
In his dark eyes, there were bits of a smile. “You don’t need to change. Just be like this—do whatever you feel like. It’s pretty good.”
He unlocked his phone. When the screen lit up, it was still on the message page from earlier.
Seeing the few texts Su Keke had sent, Qin Mochen’s gaze shifted slightly.
“Girl.” He suddenly called her.
“Huh? Uncle, what’s wrong?”
“In the future, when you text me, if I don’t reply, you call me directly.”
Su Keke froze for a moment. “Any time? Any situation is okay?”
Qin Mochen gave a low “Mm.”
“Then what if I can’t make a call and can only text?” Su Keke asked.
“…” He fell silent, then said, “Then I guarantee I’ll reply within five minutes.”
Su Keke stared at him straight on. Suddenly her little mouth pouted, and she looked like she was about to cry. “Uncle, you’re so good. You’re the person who’s best to me—besides Master.”
When Qin Mochen heard that, a thought suddenly flashed in his mind: If you know I’m good, then why am I only ranked third?
He shook his head and let out a self-mocking laugh, finding his own strange thought amusing.
The little girl was still touched one second ago, and the next second she suddenly said, “Uncle, words alone have no proof. Let’s put it in writing!”
After saying that, she pattered into the study and quickly brought back paper and a pen.
Su Keke scribbled a few lines and handed it to Uncle to read.
The title was: Letter of Guarantee.
The content was as follows: Today, Uncle, full name Qin Mochen, promises that from now on he will definitely reply to my texts—Su Keke’s—within five minutes. If he breaks the promise even once, Uncle will be punished to learn to bark like a puppy three times, and then share some of the wealth-luck on his body with Su Keke.
Qin Mochen looked at the content on the paper and laughed inside.
“Uncle, sign it and press your fingerprint.” Su Keke said with a grin.
“Do you want to add another clause?” Qin Mochen raised an eyebrow. “For example, if I break my word, I pay a fine of ten million.”
“Ten… ten million?” Su Keke stuttered, then quickly shook her head. “No need for that. As a newcomer who just came down the mountain, Uncle already pays me a very high salary. A person can’t be too greedy.”
The soft curve at the corner of Qin Mochen’s eyes revealed his good mood. He picked up the pen and swiftly wrote his full name at the lower right corner of the guarantee letter.
Su Keke immediately took the pen and, next to his messy signature, wrote her own name neatly and carefully.
She made the two names sit side by side.
“Hehehe…” Su Keke looked at it back and forth several times. Then, thinking of something, she quickly took a photo with her phone. “Hmph-hmph, if it gets lost by accident, I’ll still have the photo as evidence.”
Qin Mochen praised, “Not bad. Careful thinking—you even know to keep a backup.”
Su Keke gave him a wary look, hugged the guarantee letter, and ran upstairs, finding a spot in her bedroom to hide it.
Qin Mochen watched the little girl’s back as she practically bounced with happiness. He first smiled lightly, then in the end really couldn’t hold it back and let out a low laugh.
So now she’s not tired anymore?
By the time Su Keke came back to the living room after hiding the letter, Qin Mochen had already turned on the TV and was holding the remote, switching channels.
The man turned to look at her and beckoned. “Girl, come here.”
Su Keke sat close beside him. “Uncle, how about I go back to the study and read for a while?”
“Sometimes you also need to relax. Come, take a look—see if there’s any program you like.”
Su Keke shook her head. “I don’t like watching TV. I like reading.”
Right after she said that, she stared at the drama on screen, and who knew what she saw—her eyes suddenly lit up. “Wait, Uncle! What was that just now?”
Qin Mochen switched back one channel—children’s channel.
On the TV was a recently super popular cartoon called Cute Bunny Squad. Inside were all kinds of colorful little rabbits.
Qin Mochen pressed his brow. “You want to watch this?”
Su Keke nodded like pounding garlic.
Qin Mochen stopped talking and simply handed her the remote.
Su Keke watched with great relish.
After two episodes of cartoons, Su Keke was instantly back to full energy. She said to her uncle, who was scrolling through news on his phone beside her, “Uncle, no more running a tab today. I’ll press your acupoints right now. I’m really spirited now.”
“No need. Tomorrow.”
“If we put it off till tomorrow, it’ll be double. Better to finish the work now.”
“Then forget it. Today’s canceled.”
“That won’t do either. Uncle, what you just said is like saying, ‘Don’t eat today.’ We agreed I’d press your acupoints, and then I can eat freely.”
Qin Mochen was helpless. “Fine. If you don’t feel tired, then do it.”
“Then Uncle, lie down. I’ll go bring a small stool.”
Of course, there wasn’t the kind of little wooden stool Su Keke had in Peach Blossom Village, but there was a small round ottoman—soft and chubby, wrapped in a layer of real leather. It was especially comfortable to sit on.
Qin Mochen watched the little girl carry the ottoman over, and obediently lay down on the sofa.
Su Keke sat down in front of him. After loosening her joints a bit, she began to press his acupoints.
Her soft little hands kneaded and pressed the acupoints on Qin Mochen’s head and face. Sometimes light, sometimes heavier—the comfort was hard to put into words.
“Uncle, is this strength okay? Do you want it a bit heavier?”
“It’s fine.”
Qin Mochen slowly closed his eyes. He listened as the little girl softly asked a question or two from time to time. At first he still answered, then it became only “Mm.” And after a few more “mm,” he drifted off into a hazy sleep.
Su Keke called him quietly, “Uncle?”
No response.
Su Keke pursed her lips and smiled.
Uncle was really too easy to satisfy. Unlike Shifu—when she pressed acupoints for the old man, one moment he’d say the position wasn’t accurate and was off by a few millimeters, the next moment he’d say it was too light or too heavy.
Pressing acupoints for Shifu once was truly exhausting.
Su Keke didn’t stop her movements. Only after she finished one full round did she withdraw her hands.
The little girl got up softly, put the round ottoman back in its place, then tiptoed to the bathroom.
After showering, Su Keke planned to go back to the study to read for a while. She glanced at the living room and found that more than ten or twenty minutes had passed, yet Uncle was still in the exact same posture, not moving at all.
Even sleeping so proper?
From this, you could see that Uncle really was a very self-restrained person.
