The Dugu Family's residence.
A girl sat in the courtyard, gazing anxiously at the gate.
"Grandpa always comes back around this time every week. Why isn't he here yet?"
Dugu Yan murmured to herself.
Just then, a gaunt old man with long, dark green hair walked in.
Seeing his beloved granddaughter waiting for him in the courtyard, Dugu Bo's face softened into a kindly smile.
"Yanyan, Grandpa's back."
As though performing a magic trick, he produced a bag of pastries from behind his back. "Look what Grandpa brought you! Your favorite hibiscus cakes."
Dugu Bo looked fondly at his granddaughter.
Yet Dugu Yan's reaction caught him by surprise.
Dugu Yan stepped forward and seized his hand, her voice urgent.
"Grandpa, listen to me. There's a brother and sister-"
She recounted everything that had happened at Tang Yin's Residence in detail.
At her words,
Dugu Bo's expression went through a spectacular series of changes.
"Yanyan, you're a grown girl now. How can you believe other people so readily?"
"How much credibility could the words of two little brats possibly have?"
"Were they born with innate wisdom or something? Otherwise, how could they possibly know more about the Poison Path than I do?"
"Even I'm helpless against this poison, yet two ant-like little things claim they can neutralize it? Utterly laughable."
Dugu Bo shook his head.
Clearly, he did not believe what Dugu Yan had told him.
As for how they had recognized the poison in Dugu Yan's body, he turned it over in his mind and could only conclude that they had guessed blindly-a blind cat stumbling across a dead mouse.
But whatever the case, they had dared to deceive his Dugu Family.
What outrageous audacity!
"Don't they want to meet with me and discuss it? Then tell them to come