When the call connected, a burst of chattering dialogue came from Jiang Xinyue's end, along with timely laughter and all sorts of special-effects dubbing.
Li Wei listened. It sounded like some kind of comedy variety show.
The corner of her mouth twitched. Even a grandmaster had this hobby?
"Out with it. Spit it out. If you dare keep putting on airs, once you return to the Imperial Capital, this old woman will hang you up and beat you."
Jiang Xinyue turned down the television volume, her voice thick with resentment.
Li Wei shrank her neck and apologized sheepishly. "Grandma, I was wrong. I really did get a little carried away last time..."
"Hmph, so you know how to admit your mistakes?" Jiang Xinyue was unmoved in the slightest. "Go on. What is it this early in the morning?"
Li Wei took a deep breath and began describing last night's "dream."
She omitted most of the details, saying only that the Jade-faced Woman had claimed to be the Queen Mother of Heaven. Later, she had somehow offended her with something she said and been beaten out of the "dream."
After Li Wei finished speaking, Grandma did not respond immediately.
From the receiver came Jiang Xinyue's faint, murmured self-talk.
She seemed to be repeatedly chewing over the four words "Queen Mother of Heaven," her voice filled with extremely complicated emotions.
Grandma knows?
Li Wei's spirits rose!
Before making this call, she had truly feared that Jiang Xinyue's reaction would be exactly the same as Qin Lan's.
If that happened, "Grandpa Yun" would be her only option.
Instinctively, she did not really want to expose too much to that "old fox."
"Grandma?" Li Wei asked tentatively. "You know about the Queen Mother of Heaven?"
Jiang Xinyue took a deep breath, and her