Jian Yan's thinking was simple: if his granddaughter liked someone, so would he. If he didn't, he would force himself to. If that still didn't work, he would pretend he did.
The guiding principle was unconditional doting!
Besides, his eldest son and daughter-in-law had already told him that Yueyue's boyfriend was an outstanding young man. Despite having no connections, he had risen from humble beginnings through his own efforts.
That made him all the more eager to meet him.
"Ah, I probably won't be able to bring him over anytime soon. He didn't even go home for New Year's this year. You have no idea, Grandpa. Zhou Yi is like a brick-wherever there's trouble, he gets sent!"
"He went from cracking down on gangs in Dongji to doing the same in Yangcheng. In between, Dad dragged him over to Liaoyang to fight gangs there, too. Then Uncle Wei in Jiangnan borrowed him to solve those two major cases. Now that they're solved, I hear Uncle Xiao wants to borrow him next. Ugh!"
Jian Shuyue brought a little stool over to her grandfather and sat down, cupping her cheeks in her hands as she complained with a woeful expression.
Jian Yan immediately saw that his granddaughter was really showing off under the guise of complaining, but he didn't expose her. He merely asked with a smile, "Then how about I tell your dad to transfer Zhou Yi back to Liaoyang?"
Jian Shuyue's eyes instantly lit up, but then she shook her head and sighed. "Dad has brought it up with Uncle Wei several times already. According to Dad, Uncle Wei is planning to wriggle out of giving him back!"
"Hahaha! Now that you've told me all this, I want to meet him even more!" Jian Yan said, unable to keep from