Faced with the ancestor's questioning, Li Fengyi immediately said guiltily,
"I really didn't mean anything else. I just wanted to prepare a respectable dowry for Ling Shuang."
"Still refusing to come clean? Do I have to paddle you before you'll talk?"
The young man's expression turned cold.
Seeing this, Li Fengyi smiled awkwardly. "All right, it wasn't entirely for Ling Shuang. Mainly, I wanted to admire the Supreme Sage's calligraphy."
Only then did the young man's expression soften.
"I knew this was what you were after."
"Ever since you were little, you liked listening to stories about the Chang Sheng Epoch."
"Who would've thought that now that you're a wife and mother, you still can't shake this little habit?"
Seeing that her ancestor's attitude had softened, Li Fengyi immediately struck while the iron was hot.
"Ancestor, since you called it a little habit, it won't be much of a problem even if I don't change it."
"If I use the Sage's Calligraphy as a dowry, I can give Ling Shuang a respectable dowry and satisfy my curiosity at the same time."
"Wouldn't that kill two birds with one stone?"
The young man rolled his eyes at Li Fengyi's idea.
"You little girl, you get two birds with one stone this way, but I lose the apple of my eye."
"Your abacus beads are practically flying into my face. This matter is not up for discussion."
With that, the young man set down the water bucket and walked toward the thatched hut.
"Ancestor, everything can be discussed. Don't be so rigid."
"Everything else can be discussed. This one thing cannot."
"Then just lend it to me, all right? I'll return it in a hundred years."
At those words, the young man stopped, then turned to look at Li Fengyi.
"Just borrowing