"Youâre still defending him!" Seeing that Jiaojiao was actually defending the other side, Grandpa Shu immediately puffed up his beard and glared, thinking sourly to himself: they say girls always side with outsiders, and it turned out to be true. Look, look, this hasnât even started yet, and sheâs already siding with this brat! Itâs really infuriating!
Seeing Grandpa Shu getting more and more upset, Ruan Jiaojiao didnât know whether to laugh or cry. She could only hug his arm and act spoilt again, dragging out her words softly, "Grandpa."
"Hmph!" Grandpa Shu let out a disgruntled snort. Suddenly, a thought flashed in his mind, he looked up, straightened his back, glanced at Duan Xi, and then asked Jiaojiao, "Sweetheart, do you remember what you told Grandpa last time? Come on, tell this brat now."
"???" Jiaojiao looked at him in confusion. Last time? Which last time?
"!!!" Grandpa Shu pounded his cane on the ground with a thud, clearly furious, "You forgot? I knew you were just fooling me, you said the man you loved most would always be Grandpa! Turns out it was fake!"
As he spoke, he coordinated his movements, leaning on his cane, taking small steps in the other direction, looking all hurt, as if he didnât want to stay here any longer.
"..." Ruan Jiaojiao.
Seeing Grandpa Shu becoming more and more childish, her head ached. She quickly grabbed his arm helplessly, saying, "Grandpa, I remember, I remember, the one I love most is you, itâs always been you!"
This all started over two months ago, right when the engagement between Ruan Jiaojiao and Duan Xi was set.
At the time of the engagement, Jiaojiao had taken just one day to establish a relationship with Duan Xi. The next day it was public, and by the third day, it was completely settled. It happened so fast, like a tornado, that it didnât give her any time to react.
Once the marriage was settled, the Duan familyâs response was incredibly fast as well; by the next day, they had piled gifts at the Ruan familyâs place.
At that time, Ruan Jiaojiao was in a confused state because the pace was really too fast. She was so dizzy from it all that she didnât notice some other issues.
Moreover, she subconsciously felt that matters like this would surely be communicated to Grandpa Shu by the family or Shu Jiao, and she, as a younger generation, didnât need to specially mention it. Who would have thought, on the afternoon of the second day when the Duan family delivered the gifts, as Jiaojiao was heading to school, she got news that Grandpa Shu had been hospitalized! All because he was so angry!
Ruan Jiaojiao then realized that Grandpa Shu wasnât aware of it. Shu Jiao was just starting with the familyâs business at that time, busy inside out, and had forgotten, never even mentioned it to Grandpa Shu.
Ruan Jiaojiao wasnât just a treasure in the Ruan family, she held the same position in the Shu family. Yet in the end, she was already engaged, and Grandpa Shu wasnât even informed. He found out from his old buddyâhow could he take it?
Of course, he couldnât take it, he hung up the phone and got himself so worked up that he ended up in the hospital.
Afterward, when Jiaojiao went to see him, Grandpa Shu gave Ruan Jiaojiao the cold shoulder for the first time, the kind where he wouldnât even glance at her, saying she must not like this old man anymore, thatâs why she didnât tell him about such an important event.
To appease the old man, Jiaojiao had to say that the man she loved most was him, no one else could compare.
Old people, they say, get more childlike the older they get, and itâs true. Grandpa Shu naturally took it seriously and felt balanced in his heart.