There's a big problem with dreams in this world.

Lu Qing felt as if she had learned some incredible news.

"Humph!"

The old man snorted coldly and said:

"She always wanted to be an opera director, but I wasn't interested. What's the use of that? Back when we were at war, the cheapest thing was that bullshit art!"

"But it's peacetime now, and I'm not that stubborn. I just wanted her to learn something useful, but she not only didn't listen to me, but she also left in the end."

"Later she became a famous opera director. I saw her in the newspaper a few times. Judging from her appearance, she probably didn't want to come back."

"Then, just a month ago, they suddenly said they were going to hold an opera here. Humph, I think they're just here to show off their achievements. I'm not going to watch that kind of stuff!"

The old man became somewhat agitated as he spoke, and his anger at his granddaughter's running away from home was clearly visible.

"Excuse me, if I may ask, where are Miss Shanara's parents?" Fang Qingrou asked quietly at this moment.

The old man glanced at Fang Qingrou and said, "She died during the war."

"Uh, I'm sorry," Fang Qingrou immediately apologized.

"That's all in the past, I've long since let it go." The old man waved his hand, his expression somewhat dissatisfied.

"She should be in Feng Hua City right now. Humph, she didn't even bother to come and say she was back!"

"Has she not come looking for you?" Lu Qing asked after hearing the old man's words.

“Of course, didn’t I already say that?” The old man glared at Lu Qing and said.

"Ok."

Lu Qing felt that she had a general understanding of what had happened.

When Shanara was young, she wanted to be an opera director, but her grandfather did not want her to do so.

Then, perhaps because she had entered a rebellious phase, Shanara ran away from home in order to realize her long-held dream.

Unlike other foolish young people who ran away from home and had to return, Shanara was not defeated by society and returned in disgrace. Instead, she actually became a famous opera director.

This performance at Feng Hua City was definitely a special occasion.

However, there are probably many reasons why she didn't come to see the old man. Judging from Lu Qing's previous conversation with Shanara, she probably wanted to see her grandfather, but was too embarrassed to take the initiative to meet him.

The elderly man was in a similar situation. Although he wanted to meet his granddaughter whom he hadn't seen for many years, he was too proud to go.

And so, after waiting for more than half a month without hearing any news from her grandfather, Shanara will revert to her previous state.

"It's all because of my pride!" Lu Qing thought to herself.

The "tsundere" here refers to Shanara, of course. It's understandable that older people are concerned about saving face, but you're over twenty years old, and you look so mature on the surface, how can you still be so childish on the inside?

What's wrong with taking the initiative to visit your own elderly relatives?

After organizing and carefully analyzing all the information she had gathered, Lu Qing looked at the old man and said:

“I think…” Lu Qing paused, appearing somewhat hesitant, and said:

"Miss Shanara wants to see you, but she's just a little shy."

At this point, Lu Qing prepared to tell a white lie.

"She had mentioned before that she was waiting for someone and very much hoped that person would come to see the opera performance she was conducting."

As Lu Qing finished speaking, a different kind of light flashed in the old man's pupils...

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Chapter 74: Sleep

"Did she really say that?" the old man asked, looking at Lu Qing with no change in expression.

However, although she couldn't see the change in the other person's face, Lu Qing had just noticed the glint in the old man's eyes when she said those words.

A lie told can never be taken back. Under the old man's gaze, Lu Qing nodded firmly and said:

"Of course she said that. These past few days, Miss Shanara has been locking herself in her room and hasn't come out because she's in a bad mood."

The latter part of that statement is true; Shanara did indeed lock herself in her room, but that was to compose the ending music.

But if you really want to know why she's in a bad mood, isn't it because she hasn't been able to see the old man for so long?

Although this was merely Lu Qing's own speculation, she believed that her speculation was correct.

Even if it's not true, it's okay if the guess is wrong. We can't let the relationship between the old man and Shanara remain in this stalemate forever.

"Humph!"

The old man gave a soft hum, and from his expression, it was clear he was in a rather good mood. He looked at Lu Qing and said:

"Please tell them when you get back that I will go see the opera performance."

After the old man finished speaking, he stood up and left the weapons shop.

Seeing the old man push open the door and leave, Lu Qing and Fang Qingrou exchanged a glance. They had already achieved their purpose for coming here, and there was nothing left for them to do to stay.

Thinking of this, Lu Qing turned to look at the weapon shop owner and Belis and said:

"Goodbye, boss and Belis. We have other things to do, so we'll be leaving now!"

“Go ahead, we’ll go see the performance on the day of the show,” Bellis said first after hearing Lu Qing’s words.

"Definitely!" Fang Qingrou nodded to Belis.

After saying that, the two left the weapons shop.

Lu Qing pushed open the door, looked around, but couldn't see the old man who had passed away first.

In what should have been a mere half-minute, the old man seemed to have vanished without a trace.

Looking into the distance, Shanara was still leaning against the wall, but her eyes had closed at some point. Her maid, Alice, was supporting her body, and she looked as if she were asleep.

No, maybe she's just asleep.

Recalling Shanara's exhausted expression when she saw her that morning, Lu Qing figured that Shanara was probably asleep right now.

Approaching the maid Alice, Lu Qing asked softly, "Is Miss Shanara asleep?"

"Yes, she just fell asleep three minutes ago. I need to carry her back to her room now, so I'm afraid I won't have time to go shopping with you." Alice nodded.

As she spoke, she gently picked up Shanara.

Seeing this, Lu Qing asked with some concern:

"Do you need any help?"

Alice glanced at Lu Qing, shook her head, and said, "No need, I can manage on my own."

"Oh, okay? Let's go back together then. We've finished our business anyway," Lu Qing said.

Alice didn't say anything, she just nodded and walked in front, carrying Shanara.

Lu Qing and Fang Qingrou followed behind each other, heading towards the Feng Hua Hotel.

Along the way, the four girls attracted a lot of attention, as they were all very good-looking. In particular, the girl in the middle was dressed as a maid and was carrying a mature woman in her arms, which made it hard for passersby not to notice them.

Fortunately, the journey back was not far, and soon the group returned to the Feng Hua Hotel.

Alice gently placed her mistress on the bed and made the bed before leaving Shanara's room, closing the door behind her.

Lu Qing, recalling what had happened in the weapon shop, looked at Alice and said:

"Could you lend me a piece of paper and a pen?"

Looking at Lu Qing with a puzzled expression, Alice nodded and then took out a piece of white paper and a pen from the cabinet next to her.

"Thank you."

Taking the paper and pen from Alice, Lu Qing went to the table in the living room, laid the white paper flat on the table, and picked up the pen to write on it.

Suddenly, just as Lu Qing was about to put the pen to the paper, she stopped.

She suddenly realized that she seemed to have no idea how to write the language of this world; she could only understand it through her body's instinctive memories.

Just now, she subconsciously wanted to write down the Chinese characters from her previous life, but it wasn't until she put pen to paper that Lu Qing suddenly remembered that she couldn't write.

"No, this problem will have to be solved sooner or later. Do I need to relearn it?" Lu Qing thought.

"No, it shouldn't be necessary," Lu Qing thought again.

In fact, even after so many days since she transmigrated, Lu Qing could still write the characters of this world, though she was quite unfamiliar with them, and she would have difficulty recalling how to write most of the characters she had never seen before.

Even the words she memorized would look very ugly when written on paper.

"Xiao Rou, come here for a moment," Lu Qing beckoned to Fang Qingrou.

"what happened?"

Fang Qingrou approached Lu Qing's side, and the girl handed Fang Qingrou the pen she was holding, saying:

"Xiaorou, your handwriting is better, so you can write it."

"Is that so?" Fang Qingrou asked with some doubt, but still took the pen from Lu Qing and asked, "What should I write?"

"Just listen to me read it." Lu Qing came up behind Fang Qingrou and whispered in a voice only the two of them could hear:

“Miss Shanara, I’m so sorry to have kept you and Alice waiting outside for so long. The reason we were delayed for so long is because we encountered an old man. According to the weapon shop owner, the old man seems to be your grandfather…”

"From our conversation with the elderly man, we learned that he misses you very much and said that he will definitely go to the opera house to watch the performance on the day of the opera, hoping that you can give him a perfect performance..."

"When we returned from the shop, we found you had fallen into a deep sleep from exhaustion. We didn't wake you, and Alice carried you all the way back to the hotel and made up the bed for you..."

"........"

Lu Qing said that Fang Qingrou would write it down. After Fang Qingrou finished writing down everything Lu Qing had said, Lu Qing carefully checked it to make sure nothing was missing. Then she handed the paper to Ai Li and said:

"After Miss Shanara wakes up, please give this paper to her and tell her it's a message left by the two of us."

“Yes, I will deliver it,” Alice nodded and said.

She took the paper from Lu Qing's hand and put it away without even glancing at it.

As Shanara's maid, she could not possibly peek at the letters sent to Shanara without Shanara's permission.

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Chapter 75: Vayne's Four-Dimensional Pocket?

The next morning, Lu Qing was awakened by the sudden vibration of the notice board.