"In my master’s house, there’s dozens of servants like . One more or one less of wouldn’t make a difference."
The old man chuckled, "So, you’re saying you’re useless?"
"Yes!"
"I never keep things that are of no use to . He spoke with an unchanging solemn sternness."
Chenxing couldn’t figure out what he ant by that, so she played dumb, patting her bottom: "Well, guess I’ll be going then. No need to see off."
"Did my grandpa say you could leave? An existence without use is worthless. It needs to..." She deliberately slowed her speech, "Be...eliminated!"
Chenxing shrank back in fright, taking a couple of deep breaths to appear calm: "I’m Gu Shaocheng’s woman. So, what’s it to you?"
It was a knee-jerk reaction and the words flowed out with a haste, almost as if she feared being executed on a whim.
The old man had a cunning smile, the busty Japanese girl beside him laughed even louder: "You?"
Why that look of contempt?
"Gu Shaocheng doesn’t like big-breasted won!" Chenxing fired back. The Japanese girl had completely missed her insinuation, so she added: "Don’t worry, I was not implying that you are one!"
The Japanese girl finally understood, and with a dramatic change in her complexion, she pointed finger at Chenxing’s nose threateningly: "Believe it or not, I’ll turn you into minceat and feed it to the cows!"
The old man just roared with laughter on the side, watching the spectacle unfold, suddenly realizing the type of won Shaocheng was into.
"Miss Chen Xing, do you know why I brought you over here today?" After Chenxing had finished quarreling with his granddaughter, he intervened, clearing his throat and suspensefully leaving his question open-ended.
Chenxing pressed her lips together silent, cautiously looking at him and the Japanese girl beside him, who was turning red with anger. The old man had called her Hideko.
"I’m Shaocheng’s grandfather."
What...Wait? Gu Shaocheng is of Japanese descent?
"No need to look so shocked, I’m Chinese, not Japanese." The old man cheerfully stated: "I understand that you and Xia Jianqing were schoolmates. Are you aware that he’s not doing well now?"
What’s he trying to say?
One mont he’s talking about being Shaocheng’s grandfather and the next he’s talking about Jianqing. Oh right, she almost forgot, Shaocheng and Jianqing do share a brotherly bond.
"What are you trying to say?" Chenxing sat down again: "What happened to Jianqing?"
"Shaocheng has captured him, it’s been more than two months now and his whereabouts are still unknown." As soon as the old man’s words hit the air, Chenxing turned pale.
She was completely unaware that Xia Jianqing was taken away by Nan Baihao and has not been released since then; Gu Shaocheng nearly lost his life, Nan Baihao directly took Xia Jianqing as a retaliation, she has no clue about any of this, could it be that Jianqing was really captured by Shaocheng? No wonder she hadn’t seen Jianqing around lately.
She fretted internally.
The old man spoke solemnly: "Shaocheng is indeed pitiful, his mother really wronged him. But fair is fair, Jianqing is innocent. Since I’ve heard that you were his classmate, I’d appreciate it if you could persuade Shaocheng to let his brother go, otherwise, it’s going to be hard on his mother as well."
He did not want to ddle in this matter at all, but he couldn’t resist his daughter’s persistence.
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When Gu Shaocheng received a call from his grandfather, his face looked terrifyingly gloomy.
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