The wife he married through an arranged marriage is so sweet, Mr. Lu can't control himself.

"Because he wanted his grandfather to stop worrying about the family and clan."

Before Gu Zhi could finish speaking, tears were already streaming down Old Master Lu's face.

But she was smiling.

Nodding repeatedly, he smiled and said:

"Yes, he was a good child since he was little. He never cried or made a fuss, and he acted like an elder brother or grandson."

"He has always done more and said less, and we have all seen that."

Gu Zhi unintentionally made Grandpa Lu cry.

He just wanted the old man to know what his eldest grandson was thinking.

Don't think that way anymore.

To avoid this becoming a source of worry and regret for the elderly.

She busied herself trying to cheer up the elderly woman:

"Grandpa, why are you crying? If others see you, they'll think I'm bullying you. Please stop crying."

"Although Yan Shen didn't tell me not to tell you that he had read every single letter, he also didn't tell me to say it."

"What if he notices something's wrong and gets angry? He might not want to hit me, but he could draw all over my face like a cat with a dirty hand?"

"Pfft." Old Master Lu couldn't hold back his tears anymore and burst out laughing.

Old Master Gu also had mixed feelings when he heard that.

They were so amused that they burst out laughing.

As Old Master Lu wiped his tears even more clean, he smiled and said:

"He wouldn't bear to paint you like a cat with a dirty face."

"No, he's not angry with you at all!"

"Haha, you almost led me astray. I know my grandson well."

Gu Zhi chuckled: "You said you understand him, so don't assume that anymore."

Grandpa Lu nodded repeatedly, looking completely relieved.

"We always gave him so many letters, and he took them all back. We should have known better; he read every single one of them."

Gu Zhi immediately pretended to be angry and said:

"It's all his fault for being so shy and tight-lipped. He probably didn't dare to explain, which led to our grandfather's misunderstanding!"

Grandpa Lu was amused and couldn't stop laughing.

I feel more at ease now.

He no longer felt that they had forced his eldest grandson to become the head of the family.

Even knowing that Gu Zhi was joking and just trying to make him happy, he still quickly spoke up for his eldest grandson:

"No, no, no, it's probably because we're too talkative. We always talk a lot at once, so he can't get a word in edgewise."

Gu Zhi originally intended to make Grandpa Lu laugh.

Well, that made her laugh.

He burst out laughing.

I think that might actually be true.

The grandfathers always talked a lot at once, while Lu Yanshen wanted to explain.

But the topic had already shifted to something else.

They've gone on to say something really far off.

This is why Lu Yanshen has been unable to explain these things.

Grandpa Gu also laughed heartily.

Just then, Lu Yanshen arrived.

He came because he heard that Gu Zhi and the others were here.

He was also holding his two grandfathers' walking sticks.

So that the two grandfathers won't need it.

When Grandpa Lu and Grandpa Gu saw that Lu Yanshen was holding their walking sticks, they were even happier.

Gu Zhi had already run up to Lu Yanshen, looking up with a smiling face, and said:

"Honey, I told Grandpa that I read all your letters! Grandpa was so happy!"

Lu Yanshen's cold eyes softened instantly. "I said it, so I said it. It's not like I can't say it."

He hadn't been hiding anything.

Grandpa and the others always felt that he hadn't watched it.

Even if I did read them, I only read a few.

Before Lu Yanshen could even hand him the cane, Old Master Lu excitedly exclaimed:

"So, Zhizhi said you were willing to be the head of the family, and that you would have agreed even if we hadn't forced you, is that true?"

By the end, Old Master Lu's eyes were unusually bright.

She clearly wanted his answer.

Lu Yanshen found it strange.

Why is Grandpa so agitated?

But he still glanced at Gu Zhi first.

He was indeed willing.

Gu Zhi now understands him very well.

She could tell what he was thinking even though he hadn't said it.

Then he looked at his grandfather and asked, "It's true, but didn't you already know?"

"Ah, how did I know all along?" Old Master Lu was bewildered. "I just found out. If Zhizhi hadn't told you, I would have thought we forced you to become the head of the family."

Lu Yanshen remained silent for a moment.

He then said expressionlessly:

"When you first told me you wanted me to be the head of the family and that you wanted to train me to be the head, I said yes. Didn't that mean I was willing?"

Old Master Lu: "..."

Gu Zhi: "..." She tried hard not to laugh.

I can't believe I said that so long ago.

Grandpa Lu clearly didn't understand at the time, thinking that they were the ones who forced him to do it.

Grandpa Gu also tried his best to hold back his laughter.

His grandson-in-law sometimes speaks very concisely.

If it were him, he probably wouldn't understand what that means either.

"No, no," Old Master Lu still couldn't understand, "Then later, when we always said that we forced you to be the heir since you were little, why didn't you refute it?"

The words were out of his mouth, and he didn't even need to see the complicated look in his eldest grandson's eyes; he understood on his own.

"Ah, right, you always say things only once!"

"And you always assumed we knew all along, that we were just joking when we said those things later, just saying nice things to others!"

Old Master Lu wanted to slap his own head.

Good heavens, he actually caused me so many years of inner turmoil because he didn't understand.

He would occasionally feel guilty.

If his brothers knew, they'd probably be crying from their own stupidity.

Lu Yanshen's expression was complicated.

Why couldn't his grandfather understand?

Was what he said really that hard to understand?

He didn't object at all at the time. Everything was agreed upon, so wasn't it because he was willing?

But even his grandfather seemed to want to pat his old head.

He simply said:

"It's not that I was too brief; it's not entirely that you didn't understand."

In other words, he also bears responsibility.

Upon hearing this, Old Master Lu realized that he wasn't so foolish after all.

I feel much better now.

"Yes, yes, yes, it's all your fault, it's all your fault." Old Master Lu chuckled.

I felt much more relaxed all over.

Seeing that his grandfather seemed more relaxed and in better spirits, Lu Yanshen couldn't help but glance at Gu Zhi with a cold look.

Gu Zhi's heart is much more sensitive than his.

If Gu Zhi hadn't told her grandfather these things today, he probably would still have mistakenly believed it.

It's never been as easy as it is now.

Gu Zhi just laughed along with him.

It's good that the elderly person has no more worries and is very happy.

……

After the Lantern Festival, which marked the end of the Lunar New Year celebrations, Gu Zhi and Lu Yanshen escorted Old Master Gu back to his family home.

The first thing the old man did when he got back was to wipe the portraits of his wife and daughter.

Even though the portrait was very clean, the servants have been gently wiping it these past few days.

He still wiped it carefully.

As he wiped the dishes, he smiled broadly and told his wife and daughter how wonderful and lively his New Year had been.

It's like they can't stop talking.

Seeing the old man's condition, Gu Zhi and Lu Yanshen didn't mention having him move in with them again.