A Conversation with Dugu Bo

(Just a heads-up, parts of these two chapters might be a bit melodramatic. The KTV was especially noisy, and my friends kept making me sing... I could only try my best to write normally. If you don't want to read it, just skip it. Please don't flame me, I'm scared...)

(Cried from the poison.)

By the time they returned to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, the sky had already begun to brighten slightly.

Shen Hanyu was full of energy, without the slightest hint of fatigue.

As a Titled Douluo, Dugu Bo had recovered after meditating casually for a while. He stood by the spring of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, seemingly lost in thought.

Shen Hanyu did not disturb him. After casually eating some dry rations and dusting off his hands, he slowly walked over to Dugu Bo and asked,

"Senior Dugu, do you have something on your mind?"

Dugu Bo glanced at Shen Hanyu and said flatly,

"This old man has been thinking about Yanyan."

Somewhat puzzled, Shen Hanyu said,

"Your Granddaughter is doing fine now. What is there to think about?"

Dugu Bo sighed softly, then actually gave a bitter laugh before saying,

"It is all this old man's fault. Since that girl lost her parents at a young age, I felt that I owed her, so I indulged her in everything. That has only made her arrogant and overbearing nature worse and worse."

"And that boy from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan is proud by nature as well. The two of them have a small quarrel every three days and a big one every ten. This old man is nearly driven mad by them. More importantly, I do not wish for Yanyan to leave behind flaws in her state of mind because of love in the future..."

Shen Hanyu nodded and said comfortingly,

"Senior Dugu, do not worry too much. Children and grandchildren have their own fortunes. They have only just gotten together. Once the passionate stage passes, there will naturally be a period when they clash over everything. If they can both get through that period, then so long as their relationship does not face any major trouble, there should not be any serious problems afterward."

Dugu Bo nodded, then suddenly asked,

"Do you have any other siblings at home?"

Shen Hanyu gave a hum and said,

"I have a Sister three years younger than me. Her talent is not bad either."

Dugu Bo nodded thoughtfully and said,

"This old man intends to have Yanyan acknowledge you as her elder brother—or perhaps simply acknowledge an uncle. What do you think?"

Shen Hanyu looked at Dugu Bo in surprise, then finally asked in an uncertain tone,

"Senior Dugu, do you know what you are saying?"

Dugu Bo did not get angry. He merely nodded, tilted his head up at a forty-five-degree angle to gaze at the sky, and said,

"This old man must pave every road for Yanyan. Even if she suffers a setback in love someday, she must have someone she can rely on as backing. After much consideration, you brat are the most suitable candidate."

Shen Hanyu curled his lip and said,

"So you came up with such a rotten idea? You know your Granddaughter's temperament better than I do. If she could accept someone like that, it would be harder than teaching a pig to climb a tree..."

"What do you mean, rotten idea?! This old man calls it planning ahead! Planning ahead! Do you understand, brat..."

Before Shen Hanyu could finish, Dugu Bo cut him off without hesitation.

"Fine, fine... planning ahead... planning ahead... You really trust me, old man. What if I'm the kind of person who acts one way in public and another behind people's backs..."

Dugu Bo gave Shen Hanyu a disdainful look and said,

"Aren't you already that kind of person? Still, this old man has an inexplicable feeling that you brat are someone who can be trusted. At the very least, you are much better than those hypocrites who put on a righteous face."

Shen Hanyu did not deny it. No one knew what kind of person he was better than himself.

"Fine, Old Bastard. After all that, I'll agree. As for how you convince your Granddaughter, you will have to figure that out yourself..."

Shen Hanyu simply gave up resisting and said it outright.

Dugu Bo froze for a moment, then asked,

"What does Old Bastard mean? Why does this old man feel..."

Shen Hanyu looked somewhat surprised, then asked,

"You don't know?"

Dugu Bo nodded.

The corner of Shen Hanyu's mouth twitched before he explained,

"Oh, it is a local saying from our Far North."

"Bi represents an elderly person with strength and prestige."

"And deng means reaching the pinnacle."

"Put them together, and it means a senior who has reached the pinnacle! Someone worthy of admiration!"

He said it with such righteous conviction that there was not the slightest flaw in his expression.

Dugu Bo hesitated for a moment and stopped himself from speaking several times. In the end, he still forced himself to accept it!

Old Bastard it was, then...

Though it did not sound very pleasant, at least the meaning was good...

That brat did have a conscience after all...

Shen Hanyu forcibly suppressed his laughter. Even his straight back bent slightly, though he still maintained an outward appearance of utter composure...

That afternoon, Dugu Bo forcibly brought his Granddaughter, who had not yet gone on break, back directly from Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

The three education committee members and teachers of Heaven Dou Royal Academy did not dare stop him. They could only respectfully see Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan off.

Shen Hanyu sat atop a massive rock, consolidating his cultivation. He sensed from far away that Dugu Bo had returned with someone, so he simply remained silent and watched the show from the side.

The moment Dugu Bo landed, a beautiful young girl with a fully developed figure jumped out from behind him. She wrapped herself around one of his arms, swaying it as she said,

"Grandpa~ Why did you bring me back? I still have things to do later..."

Dugu Bo snorted and said,

"Isn't it just going on a date with that little boyfriend of yours? Did you think Grandpa did not know about you two? You still wanted to hide it from Grandpa?"

A blush appeared on Dugu Yan's face, and she seemed at a loss. After a long while, she finally said,

"Grandpa, I have made up my mind about him. Do whatever you want. Yu Tianheng treats me very well. Anyway, I will not break up with Yu Tianheng! Unless I die!"

Hiding in the shadows, Shen Hanyu clicked his tongue inwardly. As expected of Love Continent. This love-brained mindset really was cultivated from childhood...

A trace of bitterness appeared on Dugu Bo's face before he said,

"But... Yanyan, you are only twelve. You must protect your body... Grandpa is not talking about that... You... sigh!"

Embarrassed, Dugu Yan released Dugu Bo's arm and turned her back to him. She seemed as though steam might rise from her head. After remaining silent for a long time, she said,

"Grandpa, I know my limits..."

Dugu Bo looked at her and still nodded, saying,

"Yanyan, Grandpa is old. I will not interfere in these matters of yours anymore. But you must promise me to protect yourself, understand?"

"And you are still young. All this love and romance is too early for you... What is most important for you now is cultivating properly..."

Dugu Yan had initially been listening seriously, but when she heard her grandfather begin lecturing her about such things, she covered her ears and squatted down, muttering that she would not listen. She looked every bit like a willful child throwing a tantrum.

Dugu Bo stood to one side with helplessness and a hint of desolation on his face. If Dugu Bo had been some hot-tempered old man in this scene, Dugu Yan would probably already have been twitching on the ground by now...

Shen Hanyu inexplicably felt that Dugu Bo resembled one of those modern old men whose Granddaughter had been taken by Blondie...

Like... Old Deng? Downstairs? Ghost fire? Safety?

This was fucking insane...

Still, Dugu Yan could not withstand Dugu Bo's gentle coaxing in the end and reluctantly nodded in agreement, though she still wore the haughty expression of someone who had been wronged.

Shen Hanyu clicked his tongue in wonder. His first impression of Dugu Yan had not been very good, but he could indeed sense that her nature was not bad. Her mentality was merely somewhat immature.

She was still somewhat different from the femme fatale of the original story, at least in terms of mentality.

Only after seeing Dugu Yan nod did Dugu Bo finally breathe a sigh of relief. Heaven knew how he had felt when he learned that his own Granddaughter had gone to a hotel with that little bastard...

He had nearly gone straight to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan to fire off a Scorpion's Bipolar Exquisite Excretion...

"Yanyan, Grandpa brought you back this time mainly because there is another very important matter I need to tell you."

Dugu Yan answered and asked curiously,

"Grandpa, what could make you so serious..."

Dugu Bo revealed a strange smile and said,

"Grandpa recently met a genius and became quite close with him. He is a once-in-a-century genius, and he is only one year older than you. So Grandpa wants you to acknowledge him as an elder brother. What do you think..."