Wishful Things

Half-persuaded and half-worn by his granddaughter's good words and begging for help, Zhen Guogong only nodded temporarily.

Anyway, just look down.

The grandfather and grandson talked about other things, even though most of them were commonplace, Xu Mingyi still listened very carefully.

But unknowingly, she fell asleep holding the old man's arm.

Seeing the girl's sleeping face with peace of mind, Lord Zhen smiled.

In the past, every time he came back from a war, his young granddaughter would always pester him to tell him interesting stories, but on the battlefield, how can there be any interesting stories? Even if there was, it was just some rough language among the soldiers—so he racked his brains to make it up, and sometimes he felt that he couldn't make it up anymore. Curious big eyes asked him 'grandfather, then what? '

But his stories are really not that interesting, and he always goes back and forth after talking. The child listened to him and fell asleep next to him—to put it bluntly, he didn’t want to hear the story, but he clearly missed his grandfather. That's right.

Thinking of this, a loving smile appeared in the eyes of Lord Zhen Guo, but the feelings in his heart became more and more complicated.

Perhaps, he really should think carefully about what to do to truly protect the older and younger children in the family.

After calling the servant girl to send his granddaughter back to Xi Garden, Duke Zhen went straight to the front yard.

The door of the guest room was closed tightly, and the lights in the room could be seen to have been turned off.

This kid slept soundly!

Lord Zhen Guo held his hands behind his back and gestured to his followers with a grim expression.

Qin Wu, the hulking follower, nodded knowingly, stepped forward and kicked the door open heavily.

Duke Zhen frowned.

...Did he mean that!

Seeing his own general's eyes, Qin Wu silently lowered his head - didn't the general always say that he didn't know how to act by his face?

Duke Zhen strode in.

The room suddenly lit up, and the young man in white tunic stood by the table and put down the torch that was lighting the lamp in his hand, and raised his hand to salute Zhen Guogong calmly.

Lord Zhen Guo snorted angrily, sat down and said: "...what kind of lamp did you turn off when you fell asleep!"

Wu Chao looked at the old man who could be called cursing after kicking the door with a complicated expression.

He has never been a very good-tempered person, but facing the elders who have life-saving people, he can't get angry for no reason at this time.

"Ben fell asleep." While talking, Wu Chao sat down.

"That ear is really good! The movements are not slow! Why can't you answer the key points for a long time? But the old man's eyesight is clumsy. I didn't know that you are the grandson of King Dingnan!"

Since the grandson-in-law can't even do it, he has no reason to hold back this tone!

And to put it bluntly, his trip was just a pickpocket—as long as the young man deserved enough, he wouldn't feel uneasy about giving up this marriage.

"The younger generation concealed this matter first." The young man's reaction was beyond his expectation: "I hope that the country will forgive me for the impoliteness."

Duke Zhen couldn't help but choke on his prepared words—not only did he not refute, but he also readily admitted his mistake?

"Yesterday, the junior woke up and was still a little confused about the situation in front of him. Because he was attacked by bandits, he felt that something was wrong, so he wanted to calm down and think about it, so he didn't reveal his identity immediately. "

Hearing the other party's explanation, Duke Zhen's anger uncontrollably diminished by half.

Concealing the identity before finding out the situation is also to avoid complications. This is a proposition for vigilance.

And there is something strange about being suspicious of bandits... It can be seen that he is sensitive enough.

Moreover, after admitting his mistake straightforwardly, and then agreeing with his Daoming thoughts like this, it can't help but make people feel frank and upright——

Zhen Guogong's right hand resting on the table gradually clenched into a fist.

...There must be something else missing!

"The news of your encounter with bandits has already spread to the capital. After you wake up, you don't want to report to your family. If your family refuses to return, don't you know that they must be worried about you?"

Wu Chao felt slightly confused.

He never reported it to his family, so he had his own thoughts.

Forgive him for speaking bluntly—what does this have to do with Zhen Guogong?

But if he was looking for a fight, of course he couldn't say it.

"It's the younger generation who neglected to forget about it."

"It's a good thing for young people to have opinions, but they should also think more about their families." Zhen Guogong said in a calm tone: "I have another thing to tell you when I come this time. Since you and my two families It is not suitable to get married, and the oral agreement I made with you before is now void."

Facing the old man's eyes of "Young man, it's a pity you don't have a chance", Wu Chao was slightly relieved.

This slight change in expression could not escape the eyes of Duke Zhen.

The old man's face darkened: "Could it be that the reason why Wu Shisun agreed to this matter so happily at the beginning was because he expected that this marriage would not work out?"

This thief boy, who is he playing here!

"The Duke misunderstood." Bearing the anger from the old man, Wu Chao calmly explained: "Whether this marriage is successful or not depends on human effort. If the younger generation wants to be perfunctory, you can agree to it when the Duke first mentioned it."

Lord Zhen frowned.

When he first talked about making the other party happy, the other party seemed to really refuse to agree.

Later, it seems that because he explained that this matter can be regarded as a deal, and after his granddaughter recovers from illness, he will get together and leave, this kid suddenly let go——

"Since it's just a formality, if you really can cure the illness of the girl in your family, this junior will be repaying your favor. What's more, this junior doesn't want to marry a wife at all, but the family has been urging me to make this junior pure. One or two is the best of both worlds."

That's what he was thinking about when he nodded.

Hearing these words, most of the anger that Duke Zhen had built up with great difficulty dissipated again.

He was persuaded by the other party's explanation, and he even felt that the other party's frankness was very admirable... In the end, it was all his fault for being too sensible!

only--

"You don't want to marry?"

Lord Zhen Guo carefully looked at the person from top to bottom with strange eyes.

Could it be some unspeakable hobby or hidden disease?

"..." Wu Chao felt that it was necessary for him to explain, "This junior just doesn't have anyone he wants to marry yet, so he doesn't want to delay it."

Duke Zhen was surprised.

"It's rare for you to think like this—"

With such a grandson on the stand, that old guy Wu Jun must be going bald.

But he felt that there was something worth admiring, maybe it was because it was nothing to do with himself, and it didn't hurt his back to stand up and talk.

"Although marriage is the order of the parents, if you don't want to, the disagreement between the husband and wife will also make the house restless." Zhen Guogong's face softened at some point, and his tone was persuasive and authentic: "They urged, let's do it." They urged you to go, since you have this proposition, you still need to stick to your heart."

Wu Chao was at a loss for a moment.

He knew that Duke Zhen had always been at odds with his grandfather, so he persuaded him because he wanted to shorten his grandfather's life?

However, the eyes of the old man who seemed to be smiling but not smiling made him clearly realize that things were not that simple.

After thinking for a moment, Wu Chao couldn't help but fell into a deeper silence.

He said that the marriage was void, but in fact he wanted to drag him as a backup——

The young man suppressed the discomfort in his heart, and wanted to end the conversation full of calculations as decently as possible: "Since this is the case, this junior is willing to find a cure for the girl in your house."

"This is unnecessary."

Having roughly finished what should be said, Duke Zhen stood up and said, "It's getting late today, and tomorrow I will send someone to send Mr. Wu back."

I originally planned to drive people away overnight, but since it might be useful in the future, let's leave some room for each other.

Wu Chao got up and raised his hand: "Duke, go slowly."

...

Early the next morning.

After Xu Mingyi woke up with his eyes open, he stared at the bed curtains for a while as before, before sitting up.

"Miss, you are awake..." Ah Kui lifted the gauze curtain when she heard the movement, her expression was inexplicably excited.

Xu Mingyi looked at her: "Is something wrong?"

Sorry everyone, I have been busy with things at home today, I thought I had set a time, but I saw it! Not published!