Who would have thought their stiff, by-the-book father had this side to him?
Liu Ning and Shen Yunying had their eyes opened.
Liu Cheng'en's aged face flushed scarlet. How did anyone still know about that ancient history? How mortifying!
"Anyway, whatever grievances you suffer from now on, you can always come back to your grandfather. If that wolf cub Zhou Yunshen bullies you, come home, and I'll settle the score for you!"
A warm, tingling feeling filled Jiang Shuyue's head. [Why does this feel so strange?]
[Because someone is looking out for you, perhaps. This old fellow is rather adorable when he's protecting his own.]
Jiang Shuyue thought, [If I'd known the Liu Family would treat me so well, I should have come back sooner. It's all my father and Jiang Liuli's fault. They used to tell me every day not to go out and make a spectacle of myself, that the Liu Family was a distinguished clan, and having a granddaughter like me was eight lifetimes' worth of bad luck.]
[I don't know about bad luck, but I do know they quite like me. Don't you agree, System?]
The System nodded furiously. The adults of the Liu Family silently nodded to themselves as well, while adding another offense to their tally.
Shen Yunying smiled. "Look at us, talking so much we've forgotten what matters. You wanted to see your second brother, right? He's at the western training grounds in the back courtyard. Xingzi, take the young lady there."
Jiang Shuyue left with the candied hawthorn skewer Shen Yunying had given her.
Shen Yunying turned around and smashed a table with a chop of her palm. "That little punk surnamed Jiang actually dared to slander us behind our backs! I kept wondering why our little darling never visited. So it