"That old man was trying too hard to be tough."
Zhang Bo could not help saying it.
"Yeah."
Xu Zizhen nodded. "What if she had another accident on the way home... Wouldn't that have made her injuries worse?"
"Grandpa severely reprimanded Grandma over it..."
Even the smallest injury was still an injury.
Besides, she had sprained her foot, yet she had still wanted to come back by herself?
At her age... Did she really think she was still young?
Did she have an astonishing recovery rate?
Even young people could not recover that quickly!
"In the end, he was the one who sent Grandma home."
Xu Zizhen was very grateful for the help that man had given Grandma.
But...
Xu Zizhen sighed unconsciously.
"When he sent Grandma home, he saw the Maple Tree in the courtyard."
"He was immediately 'struck by its beauty.'"
"Ahem, 'struck by its beauty' is in quotation marks."
Xu Zizhen explained.
"Oh, oh, we understand."
Zhuge Yun nodded.
"Go on."
"Ahem~ Ahem~"
Xu Zizhen cleared his throat again.
"He immediately asked Grandpa and Grandma if they would sell him the Red Maple."
"Straight to the point."
Zhang Bo sounded somewhat moved.
Generally speaking, if someone took a fancy to something that belonged to another family, the most common approach would be to beat around the bush and ask whether the owner had any intention of selling it, right?
After all, it belonged to someone else.
If one handled it poorly, it was easy to leave people with the impression that one was... coveting their possessions.
"Coveting" was not a word that made people feel comfortable.
"He was shameless, wasn't he?"
Zhuge Yun curled his lips.
"He went to someone else's home and took a fancy to something there..."
"No, taking a