Qiao Xu wasn’t afraid of what the disloyal couple could do to her at all. Seeing the old man so agitated, she agreed to his request.
Besides, she didn’t want that shaless duo to dirty her grandpa’s ho.
After chatting with the old man for a while and waiting for him to fall asleep from exhaustion, Qiao Xu quietly left the ward.
As she walked out of the inpatient building, she saw the Lu family’s Lincoln still parked there.
It seed the people in the car also noticed her, as the door opened, and the driver ca out and approached her.
"Young Mistress, Old Mada is waiting for you in the car," he said.
Qiao Xu was surprised. The old lady had left an hour ago—had she been waiting here the whole ti?
Not minding the driver’s old form of address, Qiao Xu quickly walked over to the vehicle.
"Grandma," she said.
"Co have so tea with Grandma," the old woman replied.
Qiao Xu obediently nodded her head.
The two decided to go to a quiet Chinese-style teahouse with an air of antique charm surrounding them.
"Xuxu, do you know why the Lu family proposed a marriage alliance with the Qiao family back then?" Just as they sat down, the old lady asked straightforwardly.
Qiao Xu looked at the old lady with confusion in the bottom of her eyes. This alliance must have been the one that the Lu family proposed when she was 15 years old.
At the ti, she thought it was because both were well-matched families, thinking it was common for people like them to marry. She never considered there might be other reasons.
Facing Qiao Xu’s puzzled gaze, Grandma Lu suddenly burst into laughter as if she had thought of sothing interesting, leaving Qiao Xu sowhat baffled.
"It’s because of Mo Qing," she finally revealed.
Qiao Xu’s eyes widened in shock, as she tried to hide her astonishnt.
Grandma Lu continued, "One day, Mo Qing ca to and said he wanted a marriage alliance with the Qiao family. It gave quite a jump! Unlike other boys who would want to put off marriage for a decade, he actually ca to talk about an alliance when he was just 19! When I asked him why he suddenly wanted an alliance with the Qiao family, guess what he said?"
The old lady looked at her with a teasing smile,
Curious, Qiao Xu shook her head, and Grandma Lu continued, "He told he wanted to marry the young lady from the Qiao family."
"I know my grandson well; he cares greatly about his pride. His straightforward acknowledgnt surprised . I could even see his face turn red!"
At this point, Grandma Lu’s laughter grew even more unrestrained.
"Xuxu, can you imagine? Such a tall and proud young man blushing in front of ?"
Upon hearing this, Qiao Xu tried to imagine what Lu Moqing would look like if he blushed, but she really couldn’t picture it.
She watched the old lady’s smiling face, filled with mories, and didn’t respond.
Grandma Lu continued, "Later on, I thought to myself, a granddaughter of Old Man Qiao would definitely be fine. So, I went and discussed it with your grandpa. He said he’d have to ask for your opinion and give an answer in a couple of days. You don’t know how anxious Mo Qing was during those days: he was afraid you wouldn’t agree and asked several tis a day about whether the Qiao family had an answer for him."
Hearing this, Qiao Xu’s surprise in her eyes grew even more intense, making her emotions more complex as well.
After laughing for a while, Grandma Lu’s expression turned serious once more. She held Qiao Xu’s hand and said, "Xuxu, I told you before that I wouldn’t bother with Mo Qing anymore. But just now, when I went to see him and found him sitting there lost in thought, I couldn’t help but pity him."
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