Instructions

Instructions

Old Nun Huaiyin had never intended to join any alliance against the Shen Family from the very beginning.

In the past, if others went looking for trouble with Shen Lie, she would only watch from the sidelines. That counted as venting her anger too.

Because she knew those clownish pests could not harm the Shen Family in the slightest.

But if they truly could hurt them, she would step in.

"Wuxiao..." Old Nun Huaiyin called.

"Ah? I'm here!"

"You... does your grandfather truly know he was wrong? Does he regret it?" she asked.

Shen Wuxiao had no idea what had happened between them.

But for now, all he could do was bluff.

Taking ten thousand steps back, Shen Wuxiao knew that Old Nun Huaiyin had been crippled while avenging the Shen Family.

In the end, she had slit her own throat amid the ruins of the Shen Family.

That alone meant she was Shen Wuxiao's Second Grandmother. That would never change.

If this bluff could help untie the knot in the hearts of those two old people, then so what if he had to shoulder the blame?

"Yes, Grandfather regrets it terribly. That's why you have to come with me to Grandfather's birthday banquet this time."

"Of course, you aren't a gift—but you happen to be the best gift."

"I can already imagine how happy Grandfather will be when he sees you."

Old Nun Huaiyin slowly lowered her head, seeming a little shy.

"How is Sister Ke...? I haven't seen her in so long..."

"Huh?" Shen Wuxiao blanked out for a moment before immediately remembering.

She was asking about his grandmother, Ke Ying'an.

"My grandmother? She's doing well. She misses you too," Shen Wuxiao made up another lie.

Old Nun Huaiyin sighed. "Back then, she tried her utmost to