Who is this old Grandpa?

Ralph left Ditto's place. It was evening by then. Ralph left for the police station on bus, and he put his mask on, because without mask, people thought he was some kind of celebrity and wanted to click pictures of him. Even mask was not able to hide his charisma, but he had no option, had he?

Ralph initially planned to go back to the hospital without showing up in his office, but he also needed to read the files regarding to south block throughly. So he hurriedly went in and grabbed the file, but it was him, and Shiva had already circulated the whole episode that unfolded before him back in south, so every one was bound to create trouble, not for him, for themselves. But today Ralph was in good mood so he basically put on an anxious face, and act like he is hurry so that people will think he has something important going on in his life and will not disturb him.

Luckily, it worked.

Everyone had something to ask, every one was curious, but they saw he looked anxious, so they sealed their mouths, and began to guess what probably was going on in his life.

At last, the final guess was, "He has a girlfriend. They had raw sex and accidently she got pregnant. He is figuring out whether or not to keep that baby, poor guy."

Isn't it funny how other people love to guess about what is happening in our life. And every time they play this guessing game, it always ends up on being in a suspicious relationship, or being a gay or lesbian? And they don't stop here, they spread this news to the whole world, and the whole world believes this, and they are like, "Yes I saw him hiding condoms in his pocket while going to work\school."Or," Don't you think this girl and that guy have something more than friendship?"Or,"Did you noticed how lovingly he\she looks at that girl\guy?"or, "They are going on night outs, sleeping together in a room while they locked it from inside. Why do you need to lock the door while sleeping with your friends?"

When I hear these, I am speechless. What can I say?

Do you know what to say?

Ralph drove his bike to the hospital.

The Grandpa was okay and needed to spend a few more days in hospital, then he'll be discharged from hospital.

"When will they discharge me?" Grandpa asked.

"In a few days. You are weak and they need to monitor your health, so I guess it will be a week." Ralph said.

"But son, I don't have a single penny with me, and you've brought me into this high end hospital, how will I pay for the bills?" Grandpa said in an anxious voice, as if he assumed Ralph just bring him into this hospital out of kindness, and he needed to pay for bills.

"You address me as 'son', I address you as 'grandpa', and you still think I am going to run away from my responsibilities? Na-ah Grandpa, I am a bad person, but only for bad people. Relax old soul, I have already settled the bills with the hospital."

"Your parents are blessed to have a son like you. Thank you for your kindness."

"My parents died a long while ago. Or maybe they are alive in some corner of this world and just don't care about me. I am an orphan. And as for 'thank you', I don't need it keep it to yourself. Do me a favor instead. You said you have no place to stay, why not stay at mine? I am usually out every time, so you can stay there and take care of my house. Anyway my servants are getting fat day by day. Make them work for the money I give them." Even though Ralph's tone was harsh, it clearly expressed that he cared for the Grandpa, and after hearing his words, Grandpa was smiling.

"Son, are you asking for a favor or you're doing me a favor?"

"Interpret its meaning as you wish to."

And they chatted merrily for a long while.

Ralph, for a strange reason, felt attached to this old man. As if they had a connection. He initially thought it was out of kindness. But after feeling the urge to invite him to live at his apartment, and actually doing it, he felt that it was much more than kindness that he was feeling for him. Who is this old man?

"What's your name, Grandpa?" He thought that maybe after knowing his name he will be able to find out why he felt weirdly attracted to this man.

"Ahh, see, we were so drowned that we even forgot to ask each others name, my name is Luo Tian Xi, my pet name here is Patrick, because people tend to forget my name at every time they meet me. So yeah, Patrick. Son, What is your name?"

Ralph smiled under his breath, and said,

"Ralph, only Ralph. No title, no surname, no pet name, no nothing."