Gu Rong: I'm Not Your Grandpa! Oscar: You Have a Marriage Contract? Then What Am I?

"Grandpa Bone!"

As usual, Ning Rongrong called out in a spoiled tone, as though she had found an enormous pillar of support. Lifting her skirt, she ran toward Gu Rong.

"Grandpa Bone, you came to take Rongrong home, didn't you?

A monkey as huge as a mountain just snatched Xiao Wu away. Hurry and help us kill it!"

However, Gu Rong did not come forward with his usual beaming smile.

He shifted slightly to the side, directly avoiding Ning Rongrong's outstretched hand. His expression was so cold that it held not a trace of warmth.

Ning Rongrong grabbed at empty air and froze in place, her face full of shock.

"Grandpa Bone, what's wrong with you?

It's Rongrong!"

"Miss Ning, please conduct yourself with dignity."

Gu Rong folded his arms, his tone distant.

"This old man can no longer accept being called 'Grandpa' by you."

Ning Rongrong's eyes widened. She could hardly believe that Bone Douluo, who had always doted on her most, would speak to her in such a tone.

Only then did she notice Han Yu standing behind Gu Rong.

Ning Rongrong was stunned for a moment, then slightly raised her chin, wearing a proud expression as though she had seen through everything.

"Han Yu?

You came too?

Did my father send you here to apologize to me and beg me to return to the sect?"

Ning Rongrong gave a soft snort and folded her arms.

"For the sake of Grandpa Bone personally coming all this way,

as long as you admit your mistake before everyone right now and take back what you said about breaking off the engagement,

this young lady can consider forgiving you once."

Han Yu looked at the self-satisfied Ning Rongrong before him and could not help laughing softly, his eyes filled with ridicule.

"Ning Rongrong, are you still not awake, or did the Titan Giant Ape scare your brains out just now?"

"What did you say?!"

Ning Rongrong's expression changed.

"Exactly what it sounded like."

Han Yu's tone was indifferent.

"I came to the Star Dou Forest to obtain a spirit ring, not to find you.

As for apologizing?

What do you think you are? You think you deserve an apology from me?"

"You—!"

Ning Rongrong trembled with rage and turned to Gu Rong.

"Grandpa Bone!

Look at him!

Hurry up and teach him a lesson for me!"

Tang San was frantic with worry. Seeing this, he quickly stepped forward and clasped his hands in salute toward Gu Rong.

"Senior, this junior is Tang San.

Our companion was taken by the Titan Giant Ape, and her life or death is unknown. I beg you, Senior, for Rongrong's sake, please save her!

This junior will be endlessly grateful!"

Zhao Wuji also hurriedly stepped forward despite his apprehension.

"Greetings, Your Majesty Bone Douluo. Please lend us your aid."

"For her sake?"

Gu Rong sneered. His gaze swept over Zhao Wuji and Tang San before finally falling on Ning Rongrong, his voice hard and thunderous.

"Today, this old man will make things clear!

From this day onward, this old man has completely left the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. I am no longer one of your sect-protecting elders!"

The moment those words fell, Zhao Wuji and Tang San's expressions changed drastically.

Ning Rongrong looked as though she had been struck by lightning, her face turning pale in an instant.

"Left... left the sect?

Grandpa Bone, what kind of joke are you making..."

"Who's joking with you?!"

Gu Rong snorted coldly and threw an arm around Han Yu's shoulders, his tone filled with undisguised protectiveness and arrogance.

"That brat Fengzhi wronged my precious grandson for the sake of you, a spoiled and willful girl.

The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect may not value Yu'er, but this old man does!

From now on, this old man will only be a backer for my precious grandson!"

"As for you wanting to save someone?"

Gu Rong waved a hand dismissively.

"Go risk your lives against that damned monkey yourselves. It has nothing to do with this grandfather and grandson, not even half a copper soul coin's worth!"

With that, Gu Rong did not even spare Ning Rongrong a glance. He turned to Han Yu with a smile.

"Good grandson, let's go."

"Alright."

Han Yu answered faintly.

As they brushed past each other, Han Yu glanced at Tang San, whose eyes were bloodshot with desperate anxiety.

The corner of his lips curled into an almost imperceptible sneer.

Take your time looking. Your greatest trump card now bears the Han surname.

Xiao Wu?

For now, I'll spare her life.

Once the time is right, I can absorb a hundred-thousand-year spirit ring.

Then I'll come back for her rabbit head!

The two did not linger any longer and headed straight toward the edge of the forest.

They left behind only a stupefied Ning Rongrong and the despairing Shrek group.

Watching the grandfather and grandson vanish among the trees, Ning Rongrong stood rooted to the spot, her face filled with disbelief and confusion.

How could Grandpa Bone be so cold toward her?

He had clearly loved her the most before!

And that Han Yu...

He had clearly been nothing but a dull blockhead who only knew how to cultivate, someone who could not be forced to say a word even with three strikes of a stick!

Yet that cold, mocking gaze just now, along with that composed and unhurried presence, made him seem like an entirely different person.

Ning Rongrong's heart suddenly skipped a beat, and intense unease welled up within her.

Could it be...

They had discovered that she had deliberately used Oscar to put on an act, trying to force Han Yu to take back the broken engagement?

Was that why Grandpa Bone had been so angry that he left the sect?

Before she could sort it out, her companions had already gathered around her.

"Rongrong..."

Oscar's voice trembled slightly, and his face was even paler than when he had faced the Titan Giant Ape.

Dai Mubai frowned deeply, staring at her with a complicated expression.

"Rongrong, what exactly did Han Yu mean by 'breaking off the engagement'?

Could it be that you have a marriage contract?"

Ma Hongjun could not help but cut in, asking bluntly.

"Yeah!

If you have a fiancé, then what does that make our Little Ao?

Haven't you two been making eyes at each other these past few days?"

Faced with everyone's questioning gazes, Ning Rongrong immediately became flustered.

Her young lady temper flared up. Biting her lip, she loudly argued.

"What fiancé!

That was all arranged by my father on his own!

Han Yu is just a boring, dull blockhead. I don't like him at all!"

"So what?"

Oscar's eyes reddened as he stared fixedly into Ning Rongrong's eyes, his voice full of suppressed pain.

"You didn't like him, so you deliberately got close to me?

Were all those things you said to me just an act?"

"I..."

Ning Rongrong was momentarily speechless, her gaze darting away.

"I only wanted him to back off when he saw the situation!

Who told him to shamelessly insist on sticking around our Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect before?"

"So you really used me as a shield to make him angry?"

Oscar gave a miserable laugh and staggered back two steps, his eyes full of disappointment.

"Damn, so Little Ao was just a tool all along?"

Ma Hongjun muttered.

"Shut up, you fat bastard!"

Ning Rongrong glared at Ma Hongjun in exasperation before turning back to Oscar.

"Little Ao, listen to my explanation. At first, I really did want to use you to anger him, but I..."

"Enough!"

Dai Mubai interrupted Ning Rongrong in a low voice, his face livid.

"Is this the time to argue about love and relationships?

Xiao Wu's life or death is still unknown in the Titan Giant Ape's hands!"

Dai Mubai turned toward Zhao Wuji, whose face was ashen.

"Teacher Zhao, Bone Douluo has left. What do we do now?"

Zhao Wuji wiped the cold sweat from his face, looked in the direction Gu Rong had departed, and let out a gritted sigh.

"What else can we do?

We can only rely on ourselves!

Little San, get ready. We'll follow the trail!"

Tang San paid no attention at all to Ning Rongrong and Oscar's farce.

Tang San clenched his fists so tightly that his nails pierced his palms and drew blood. His bloodshot eyes stared into the depths of the Star Dou Forest.

"Xiao Wu... wait for me!"