The moment Lu Xiaoxiao asked that question, she wiped out every trace of romance and intimacy in the air.
But Ji Yunhuai knew exactly what she meant. She was not asking whether he knew how to cope with Old Master Ji's death, but about the deeper implications for his position in the Ji Family.
Given the current situation, once Old Master Ji died, there would be no one left to keep Ji Cheng in check. Anyone could figure out that there was no way he would refrain from stirring up trouble.
Expecting him to coexist peacefully with Ji Yunhuai was even more impossible. After all, their falling-out had already been so bitter.
So the coming upheaval within the Ji Family... would probably turn into a bloodbath.
With all that pressure still hanging over him, Ji Yunhuai would hardly have any time to process the grief of losing a loved one. Lu Xiaoxiao did not need to remind him of that; he knew it himself.
But after pondering for a moment, he realized he could not give her a definite answer yet.
"Ah... it's hard to say right now." Ji Yunhuai frowned, a thoughtful look coming into his eyes. "Grandpa's will hasn't been announced yet. It's too early to make plans."
Lu Xiaoxiao frowned too, asking worriedly, "Then when will the will be announced? Will it take a long time?"
Ji Yunhuai shook his head. "Not that long. Uncle Zhong said it would be announced on the day of the funeral."
Lu Xiaoxiao still remembered the Uncle Zhong he mentioned. He was a kindly-looking elderly man whom she had met during the livestream after Desert Island Adventure ended.
Back then, she and Ji Yunhuai had not yet recognized their feelings for each other, and their relationship had been something like two