Chapter 144

Chapter 144: A Peacock Showing Off Its Tail

It turned out you really should not say that a man is not up to it.

Du De Sheng already hated the Qin Family people who had almost caused his beloved to die without peace. After hearing Grandma Qin’s words, he was like a rooster injected with chicken blood. He wanted nothing more than to personally charge in and wipe out the Qin Family completely.

Even Du An Rao could not help shaking her head and sighing.

[ See, that is why they say power and love are the best cosmetic surgery for men. Look at Granduncle’s glowing face. He is totally different from before. He looks like… like a peacock working hard to spread its tail, hahaha… ]

Du Jun Yan secretly glanced at Du De Sheng and had to admit his sister was good at describing things.

If the old man who showed up at the Du Family two days ago had been a pure, high-ranking person, old and weak in body but full of pressure, then now all of his killing aura was gone. His face wore a silly, cute smile like a Siberian Husky. He looked like he had become ten or twenty years younger.

When Du De Sheng heard that Du An Rao had described him as a peacock showing off its tail, he was not ashamed at all. Instead, he felt proud. The corners of his mouth almost reached his ears.

Grandma Qin could only shake her head and laugh helplessly: “Calm down a bit. The juniors are all watching, you old rascal.”

“They can watch if they want. We are setting a good example for them. Young people should keep themselves clean,” Du De Sheng said seriously.

The corner of Du Jun Yan’s mouth twitched, but he still agreed: “Yes, yes, yes, you are right.”

“You see? I am not wrong,” Du De Sheng said happily.

Grandma Qin rolled her eyes at him: “You really like to puff yourself up. He is only giving you face and does not want to call you out.”

They were still laughing and talking when A’Ming walked in from outside.

He reported: “Ninth Master, everyone on the Qin Family’s side who was involved in imprisoning Old Madam has been arrested, except for the second young master who went abroad for a trip a few days ago. The police have already set things up at the airport. As soon as his plane lands tomorrow, they will catch him.”

“This Jiang fellow has done this job fairly well,” Du De Sheng said.

Even as he said that, he was looking at his beloved with a proud face that clearly said, I did pretty well, right? Please praise me.

Watching from the side while snacking on melon seeds, Du An Rao could not help secretly roasting him in her heart.

[ Hahaha, Qin Family people: So we were just part of your play too? ]

Grandma Qin: “…”

Du De Sheng: “…” This child!

By now, the Qin Family matter could be considered settled. Grandma Qin finally let go of the worry in her heart. She held Du An Rao’s hand tightly and said: “Child, I have heard the whole story from your Granduncle. This time it was all thanks to you. Otherwise Grandmother does not know how long they would have kept me locked up or how much more I would have suffered. Grandmother really should thank you.”

Du De Sheng also said: “Granduncle thanks you too. If you had not helped, Granduncle really does not know if he would ever have seen your Grandmother again in this life. The reason we can be together and safe like this now is all because of you.”

Du An Rao was a little embarrassed by their thanks. She scratched her cheek and said: “I just thought their attitude when they talked about the second floor was strange. And lately I happened to see a lot of news about women and children being kidnapped and trafficked. I never thought that because of that, we would stumble around and accidentally find Grandmother. Maybe this is fate. Heaven could not bear to see lovers who could not end up together, so it guided us over to find Grandmother and complete your love story.”

Du De Sheng and Grandma Qin looked at each other and smiled softly without saying anything.

Du An Rao asked: “Right, what plans do you and Granduncle have next, Grandma Qin?”

The night they rescued Grandma Qin, everyone took her to the best hospital in the city for a full checkup. They found out that her illness had come from the years she had spent wandering outside.

These years it had been good and bad, often coming back. In the last few years, as she grew older and the people around her did not take very good care of her, she would fall sick every time the seasons changed and the weather shifted.

But the illness was not truly that serious. She just needed careful nursing. Since the two of them had been separated for so long and finally met again, Du An Rao guessed that Grandma Qin would go back to City B with her Granduncle, and that the two of them would know and love each other, never parting again.

Sure enough, as soon as she asked, Du De Sheng started to grin foolishly again.

Grandma Qin’s face also turned a little red with shyness: “I am going back to City B with your Granduncle. He said he wants to take me back to get married.”

“And we will take wedding photos and hold a banquet. At that time, your whole family has to come,” she added.

In Du De Sheng’s eyes, the reason he and his beloved could have this day was all because of Du An Rao. For this wedding, everyone else could skip it, but she had to be there.

“We are already so old and still doing these fancy things like young people. Aren’t you afraid people will laugh?” Grandma Qin said.

In her view, their ages added together were almost one hundred and fifty. No one knew how many more years they had left.

Both of them had already been through so much in life. They understood each other’s hearts and treasured the days they could spend together now. That was the most important thing. There was no need to care so much about all those formal rituals.

But Du De Sheng did not think so. He insisted that he had to go back with her to get the marriage certificate. It would be best if they went back that very day and got the certificate that very day. After that, they would go take wedding photos and a big family picture, then hold a grand wedding with great fanfare so everyone would know he also had a wife.

On this matter, Du An Rao stood on her Granduncle’s side.

She said: “Grandmother, that is not right. These days, old Grandfathers and Elder Madams are more fashionable than young people. Photo studios are full of people especially going to take late-life wedding pictures. That stands for growing old together and staying by each other’s side for life. Other people only envy them and do not have time to laugh at them.”

“Yes, yes, yes, I like what little An An said,” Du De Sheng said happily.

“And you and Granduncle have been apart for so many years. You finally got together again. Do you really not want to give each other a wedding? This is a wedding that is fifty years late. Granduncle has waited and thought about it for so long. Now his wish can finally come true, and it is not like you cannot afford to hold it. Why not? Or is it that, back then, you never planned to marry my Granduncle at all, Grandmother?”

Du De Sheng suddenly turned his head to look at his beloved.

Reminded by Du An Rao, Grandma Qin also thought of the future they had dreamed of together when they were young and in love.

She had been through so many storms and waves over the years. Looking back now, those days felt like another life, but she could still easily recall that first shy, beating heart full of hope.

In the end, all these years she had not cut off love completely. She had just never met anyone who amazed her the way he had when she was young, so her heart refused to settle for less.

Seeing her expression, Du An Rao knew she had been persuaded. She secretly gave Du De Sheng an OK sign and went on: “There is a saying that is very true: how could someone who loves you bear to not even give you a proper title? Any romance that does not take marriage as its goal is just playing around. The way Granduncle is acting shows that he really loves you.”

Grandma Qin laughed out loud at her dramatic tone: “You child only know how to say good things for your Grandfather.”

“How is that? I am telling the truth,” Du An Rao said. Her eyes turned as if she had thought of something. “Right, Grandmother, give me your hand.”