"Grandpa, you're back!"
As soon as the old man entered the courtyard, the girl behind Ice Beauty cried out happily.
The old man smiled kindly at the girl, glanced at the flowers in the courtyard, and asked, "What flowers did Xiao Xi plant today?"
"I planted Deer Horn Begonia. Ice Sister helped me," the girl answered.
The old man nodded cheerfully, then turned to Jiang Siming and said, "You brat, don't get any ideas about my granddaughter, got it?"
"What the heck!"
Jiang Siming immediately bristled. What did this old man take me for? Was he the kind of man who couldn't walk straight whenever he saw a woman?
Besides, this little girl wasn't even an adult yet, was she? I might be a little flirtatious, but I wasn't that shameless! This was too much!
The old man didn't even listen to Jiang Siming's explanation and strolled into the courtyard as though nothing had happened.
Jiang Siming had just been about to leave in a huff when the old man said, "Since you're already here, come inside."
"No, thanks. I'm going back to sleep."
Jiang Siming turned his head away, thoroughly displeased. Being wrongly accused felt absolutely awful.
The old man chuckled. "Before I came back, I already told the guards not to deliver food to your residence. You won't have anything to eat when you go back. Besides, I bought some good dishes today. Are you sure you don't want to stay?"
When Jiang Siming heard that he wouldn't have anything to eat, he immediately changed his mind.
"Then it's settled. You invited me to stay; it wasn't me shamelessly begging to stay. And I've always been an upright gentleman, so don't slander me."
The old man burst out laughing. "Xiao Xi, see that? That's the brat. Stay away