"Young master, I really didn't say anything," the young girl pouted.
This time, the old man's grandson showed no mercy. Instead, he said sharply, "If you didn't say it, I won't believe you didn't say it."
"Young master, I..."
"Stop pretending to be wronged. How many people have you told about my relationship with you in private? Don't think I don't know. I'm telling you..." The old man's grandson pointed his sword at the young girl. "Tell me the truth, or I'll make you regret it."
"Young master, I really didn't say anything, I..."
"Are you two married or not?" Mu Anxiao seized the opportunity to interrupt the young girl.
The old man's grandson, without looking back, said, "No."
"Oh," Mu Anxiao had intended to use this opportunity to tell the old man about his grandson's situation, but seeing the current circumstances, she decided to stall. "Then she's your secret lover."
Upon hearing this, the old man's grandson immediately turned to Mu Anxiao, "Can you just shut up?" He disliked Mu Anxiao speaking about his relationship with the young girl that way, and her words made him increasingly agitated.
In contrast, Mu Anxiao paid him no mind. Instead, she glanced at the tearful young girl, anxious about not being able to explain the situation, and said indifferently, "I can't shut up."
"You..."
"She didn't tell me. Since..." Mu Anxiao leaned forward, intentionally looking intently at the young girl in front of the old man's grandson. "If you dislike her so much, then how about this, you give her to me."
"Why should I give her to you?"
At the same time, the old man felt Mu Anxiao was going too far and began to cough incessantly to remind her.
Hearing the cough, Mu Anxiao withdrew her gaze from the young girl's face. She deliberately ignored the old man's grandson, turned sideways to face the old man who was using his cough to remind her to be quiet, hesitated, and then deliberately said, "You're feeling sorry for her."
Seeing this, the old man's grandson frowned.
The young girl quickly hid behind the door panel.
Seeing Mu Anxiao act this way, the old man understood her intention to speak openly.
So, he sighed and said, "Tell him that if he doesn't like her, he shouldn't string her along. Let her go."
"You want me to say it?" Mu Anxiao pointed to herself.
"Pass on the message."
"Oh." Mu Anxiao nodded, turned to look at the old man's grandson, who was still holding his sword, and said, "To tell you the truth, your grandfather sent me to find you."
"What?" The hand holding the sword clearly trembled. He then glanced behind Mu Anxiao and asked, "Were you just talking to my grandfather?"
"Otherwise?"
"Grandfather is really back."
"You know your grandfather is back?" Mu Anxiao was surprised.
"Recently, I've been dreaming of my grandfather. But your words..." The old man's grandson frowned, looking at Mu Anxiao's flippant expression. "I don't believe you."
"..." Mu Anxiao thought she was about to succeed, but unexpectedly, he had more to say. She then let out a helpless sigh and said, "I don't care if you believe me or not. In short, your grandfather said that if you don't like her, you shouldn't string her along... let her go."
Upon hearing this, the old man's grandson's memory was instantly ignited by Mu Anxiao's words. The events after he went to his grandfather's room more than a year ago gradually surfaced in his mind.
More than a year ago, the old man's grandson had an encounter with the young girl by chance. However, he was unsure if he truly liked her. To clarify his feelings, after Mu Miyan went out, he quietly entered the old man's room and went directly to his bedside, saying with a mournful face, "Grandfather, I have something to tell you."
Because the old man was advanced in years, the entire family avoided telling him unpleasant matters, wanting him to live his twilight years peacefully without worry.
However, this grandson of the old man was not one to be easily managed. Whenever something happened, he couldn't help but tell the old man. Because of him, the old man fell ill many times during that period.
The evening before that day, his father had warned him, but he ultimately disregarded his father's words. xxs1
That evening, as soon as he spoke, the old man opened his eyes, "What is it, my dear grandson?"
The old man's grandson: "Grandfather, I've been interacting with a girl in our courtyard."
"What?" The old man was startled.
From a long time ago, the old man had established rules for the family: the men in the family were not allowed to have any interaction with any maid beyond giving instructions for work. Therefore, in this courtyard, except for the maids by the old man's side who were young girls, all other men were accompanied by male servants.
Now, his grandson had broken all his plans, which was a shock to hear.
"Grandfather..."
"Help me sit up," the old man reached out.
Immediately, the old man's grandson bent down to help the old man sit up, then solicitously placed a pillow behind him, saying, "Grandfather, I don't know if I like that girl right now, but she says she likes me. I don't know what to do, please help me think."
Leaning against the pillow, the old man looked up at his grandson's troubled face. He hesitated and said, "Let's not talk about anything else first. If you don't like her, don't string her along."
"Grandfather, I..."
"You are my only cherished grandson, and also the only grandson who always breaks my rules. You decide this matter yourself. In short, if you don't like her, let her go. If you string her along, it will be your fault."
"Grandfather..." The old man's grandson looked cautiously at the calm old man and timidly asked, "Aren't you angry?"
"Not angry. Being angry is useless. Since you like to break my rules so much, there's nothing I can do."
"..." He lowered his head.
From that day on, he began to use the old man's inability to get angry about things as a reason to confide in the old man about all his emotional matters.
Every time, the old man would only say one thing: "Don't string her along."
Therefore, when Mu Anxiao uttered those words, he truly and thoroughly remembered the old man's words.
So, he withdrew from his past memories and looked up at Mu Anxiao, "Did my grandfather really say this to you?"
"Why would I lie to you?"
"Where is my grandfather? Tell me," the old man's grandson said, swallowing and fear appearing on his face.
Mu Anxiao looked calmly at the old man's grandson's face and smiled, "What are you afraid of?"
"These were words my grandfather used to say to me more than a year ago."
"And what about this past year?"
Since Mu Anxiao had already revealed the words, the old man's grandson stopped hiding anything and said, "This past year, my grandfather has hardly spoken to me. Every time he sees me, it's as if he hasn't seen me."