“Your new house, Grandma hasn’t come to see it yet. Now that Beibei is asleep and Grandma is bored, I thought I would come and take a look. Lao Jiu keeps saying he can’t see what is so special about your new place that makes you value it so much. That boy is young and can’t tell.”
In his heart, Zhan Yue cursed his ninth brother several times.
Why did that kid keep muttering things in front of Grandma? When he suggested Lao Jiu buy a property himself, he refused.
Yet he loved whispering in Grandma’s ear.
Didn’t he know that Grandma was the one who loved gossip the most?
Although Grandma was old, she was still extremely sharp. If she came a couple of times, she would realise that his intentions were not really about the wine.
“I am out buying materials. I can be back in about ten minutes. Grandma, please wait for me at the entrance first.”
Zhan Yue said, “At that time, my hand was injured and I couldn’t do things, so I thought I would personally oversee the renovation just once. There is nothing different about it. It is just a large flat.”
The old lady replied, “No matter what kind of house it is, I am bored, so I came to have a look and pass the time.”
“Alright, then Grandma, wait for me at the entrance to Wansheng Garden.”
“Good.”
After hanging up, the old lady said to the housekeeper beside her, “Lao Ba sounds a bit nervous. I suddenly came to see his house, and he seems a little flustered. There is ninety percent chance something fishy is going on.”
The housekeeper smiled and said, “Old Madam, you are overthinking it. Eighth Young Master is just personally managing the renovation this once. What could be fishy?”
“We don’t know yet what is fishy. After I have seen it and come a few more times, I will know. These boys were all raised by me. I understand them very well. As soon as their tails go up, I know what they are planning.”
The housekeeper could only smile along.
On the other side, after Grandma hung up, Zhan Yue said to Zeng Xiaoya, “Doctor Zeng, my grandmother is coming to visit my house. To avoid her misunderstanding, I had better send you home first.”
“Has the old lady arrived? Could you introduce me so that I can formally meet her?”
Zeng Xiaoya was actually very interested in the Zhan family’s old matriarch and wanted to see the old lady again.
She also knew that the old lady was an old acquaintance of the divine physician and his disciple.
Zeng Xiaoya quite wanted to meet Doctor Cheng. Doctor Cheng was only a few years to ten years older than her, yet her medical skills were exquisite, earning her the title of divine physician.
She came and went without a trace. Ordinary people could not invite Doctor Cheng to treat them.
Compared to the old divine physician, Doctor Cheng was still easier to meet. The old divine physician truly appeared and vanished like a dragon, and when treating patients, he was selective. For ordinary illnesses, the old man was too lazy to bother.
He preferred challenging the difficult and complicated cases.
As long as you could invite Doctor Cheng and she had time, she would treat anyone, without picking patients or conditions.
However, Doctor Cheng was extremely busy and had married into a wealthy family, so ordinary people still found it very hard to meet her, let alone befriend her.
Zhan Yue smiled and said, “It is not impossible, but if I take you there, my grandmother will overthink it and assume you are my girlfriend. She no longer manages affairs now and just complains of boredom all day, then keeps an eye on the two or three of us grandsons who are still unmarried.”
“Whenever a female appears around us, even if it is just a female mosquito, Grandma will read too much into it.”
“Doctor Zeng is young and does not have a boyfriend. If you appear beside me in front of Grandma, she will definitely treat you as her prospective granddaughter-in-law. I am just afraid of causing a misunderstanding.”
Zeng Xiaoya: “… Is your grandmother still worried that you won’t be able to find a wife? She keeps such close watch on you unmarried ones.”
“She is not worried we cannot find wives. She is afraid we do not want to marry. None of us brothers has escaped Grandma’s palm. We have all been urged by her to go on blind dates or chase our wives.”
Zeng Xiaoya laughed out loud. “I understand. It is quite normal. Perhaps all the elders in our country are the same.”
“Even though my parents are so busy, whenever they remember they have a daughter like me, they nag a few words, telling me to start dating if I meet someone suitable.”
Zeng Xiaoya said, “I have been hurt in love before. I have come out of it now, but I do not want to start a new relationship too soon. I will consider it again when my work is more stable.”
As for the male classmate pursuing her, she felt no romantic interest. After openly rejecting him, he had also given up.
