At dusk, the sunset dyed the sky golden red. Street vendors headed home one after another, and the scent of cooking fires drifted through the air.
Inside Dugu Manor.
Ever since he no longer had to endure the poison's corrosion, Dugu Bo had returned to Dugu Manor to recuperate.
Dugu Bo heard Dugu Yan say that Shi An and Zhu Zhuqing would be coming over for dinner that evening.
Dugu Bo raised a brow and looked at his granddaughter with a faintly amused smile. "Are you sure they're coming over for dinner?"
Dugu Yan looked somewhat unnatural. She brushed the hair by her ear and said, "Is there a problem?"
"Nothing... Yanyan, if you're interested in that boy, Grandpa can help you. In the past, Grandpa was ravaged by poison and feared that, after I died, no one would be able to protect you. That was why I didn't object to you getting close to that boy from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan."
Dugu Bo suddenly grew sentimental. "But things are different now. The poison in both our bodies has been cleared. Grandpa can live for several more decades, perhaps even a hundred years—long enough to protect you all until you become truly powerful."
"You're not young anymore. If you really meet someone you like, be bolder."
Dugu Yan bit her lip, her expression filled with hesitation. "But Zhu Zhuqing is still by his side."
"So what? She's just a little girl. Behind you stands your grandfather, a Title Douluo. What does she have behind her?"
"At worst, let her be the secondary wife, while you become the principal wife."
Dugu Bo spoke indifferently. Though he was not a promiscuous man himself, he did not dislike those who were.
After all, this was how the world worked. The strong