Chapter 166

Chapter 166: Truly Not Your Average Humblebrag

As it turned out, the older really are the wiser.

Several times, when Du An Rao tried to give the card back, Old Madam changed the subject and neatly dodged her.

Not to mention that later, Old Madam just happened to find out that because Fu Si Li had taken over someone else’s role and become the male lead of that drama, a bunch of haters were cursing him under his account. Right away, she turned to Du An Rao, the only young person present, to learn how to use her phone. Then, for the sake of her big grandson, she charged into the comments to fight those haters one by one, leaving Du An Rao there completely dumbfounded.

It was not until they sat in the car on the way back that Du An Rao finally realized, a beat too late, that the card was still in her hand.

Du De Sheng found this funny. He patted Du An Rao’s head to comfort her: “There is a saying that you should not refuse a gift from your elders. Since they gave it to you, just keep it. Grandfather was joking earlier. This little thing is nothing but a drop in the bucket to their family.”

“I know you were joking. I just feel like I do not deserve it.”

“How do you not deserve it? What you told them today is worth this. Especially if that boy surnamed Fu really is Old Fu’s lost grandson, then you are the true benefactor of their whole family. No matter how they thank you, it is only right.”

“We do not even have his Four Pillars of Destiny yet. I am not sure myself…” Du An Rao muttered.

Du De Sheng only smiled and said nothing. His little girl was good in every way, except that she was a bit too modest.

With how well he knew the person in front of him, and adding all the things that had happened recently, this matter was very likely, eight or nine times out of ten, to be true. His little girl was a person with great luck. For her, what seemed like a coincidence might very well be the arrangement of Heaven Above.

He was worried, yes, but since Du De Sheng had already said so much, Du An Rao did not keep struggling with it. She packed up her things, happily got out of the car, and went to see Grandma Qin.

Although the two elders had not yet held their wedding, they had gone to get their certificate the day after they came back, so they already counted as a legal couple.

Naturally, Grandma Qin now lived in Du De Sheng’s old house, that famous place at No. 9 Jingyu Street.

At first, this house had been the residence of a prince in some past dynasty. Later, when that prince’s line died out, the house was taken back and granted to the prime minister of another dynasty.

As times changed and dynasties rose and fell, the people who lived in the house changed again and again. But without exception, they were all high officials and nobles.

So even though this house was quite old, it had always been repaired and maintained very well.

As soon as Du An Rao and Du Yi Han stepped through the gate, they were dazzled by the covered corridors and the winding water channels. By the time they had turned this way and that and finally reached the back courtyard where Grandma Qin lived, they had completely forgotten the way they had come.

Luckily, Du De Sheng was walking in front to lead them. Otherwise, the two of them might really have ended up trapped in the yard all night.

Grandma Qin had already gotten the message. Guessing that Du An Rao and the others should be back soon, she came out and waited for them outside the courtyard.

From far away, Du An Rao saw Grandma Qin standing outside the yard in a black qipao with a fur-collared coat over it. Bright red roses were embroidered on the chest and hem of the dress. It was clearly a bold color and pattern, but on this elder lady it somehow looked dignified and proper.

“Grandmother, I am here! Have you been doing well these past few days? Has Granduncle been taking good care of you? It is so cold. Why did you come out of the yard to wait for us? Your hands are freezing.”

Du An Rao flew to Grandma Qin’s side like a colorful butterfly and circled around her, looking her up and down.

She found that in just a few days, the elder lady’s face already looked much better. She was no longer as thin and tired as before. It showed that the old man had been taking very good care of her.

“Good, good, Grandmother is doing just fine.” Grandma Qin watched indulgently as Du An Rao took off her own gloves and put them on her hands, then asked with a smile: “And you? Was the trip back smooth? You did not run into any trouble, right? Your Granduncle said he would take you both somewhere nice to eat tonight. Did the food suit your taste? Did you eat enough?”

“We are stuffed, really stuffed. Grandmother, look, my belly is round from all the food. Granduncle took us to a restaurant that is said to be run by the descendants of an imperial chef. I don’t know about anything else, but the dishes were really delicious.”

Holding onto Grandma Qin’s arm, Du An Rao giggled foolishly: “It is just a pity that Granduncle said you are still taking medicine and cannot eat greasy meat dishes, so he only packed you a serving of vegetable and lean meat congee as a late-night snack. It is in a thermos. It should still be hot. You should drink it while it is warm. After a while, when your health is better, I will take you there to eat lots of tasty food.”

Hearing this, Grandma Qin paused in surprise: “You even packed a late-night snack for me?”

“Of course.” Du De Sheng joined in with a smile. “It was our An An who was thoughtful. On the way back she kept thinking about how you did not get to eat those delicious dishes, so she wanted to pack some treats for you. After she heard me say you were still taking medicine and it was already late, and that snacks might be hard to digest, she simply asked them to make porridge to bring back instead. It is only vegetable and lean meat congee, but it was cooked personally by the head chef. Just the smell is a hundred times better than the porridge we cook at home.”

“The head chef cooked it himself? But isn’t that restaurant known for not allowing takeout?” Grandma Qin was moved, but also a little puzzled. “How…”

When the two elders from the Fu family had come to find Du De Sheng, she had been there too.

Thinking about why those two had come to them, Grandma Qin had asked her spouse in detail afterward about that family’s situation and had also heard something about the unwritten rules of their restaurant.

For such a long-standing, highly praised old restaurant to break its own rule for the sake of Du An Rao’s bowl of congee, and even have the head chef personally cook and pack it for her, showed that the matter they had gone to handle tonight had… gone very smoothly, right?

Seeing the doubt in his beloved’s eyes, Du De Sheng’s face showed a proud look: “Yes, that rule does exist. But there are exceptions to everything. Our An An really made me proud as her Granduncle tonight. She even brought back Old Fu’s one and only VIP black card. Later, whenever we crave their food, we can just have An An take us there to eat, and we will not even have to wait in line!”

No sooner had Du De Sheng finished than Grandma Qin gave him a helpless side-eye: “You old guy really are getting more childish as you age. You even want to take advantage of juniors. Do you not want your pride?”

Du De Sheng was not ashamed at all. In fact, he felt proud: “So what if I take a little advantage of her? We are all one family. You have no idea how hard it is to get a seat at Old Fu’s restaurant. No matter when you go, there is always a big crowd waiting there. I really do not know where those people get so much free time. Is it really worth it, just for one meal?”

“But now it is fine. With our An An, it will be easy to eat there in the future.” Du De Sheng suddenly changed the subject. “But your Grandmother also has a point. So, Grandfather will give you a card too.”

As he spoke, Du De Sheng somehow pulled out another card. Just like the one Old Madam Fu had given, it was black and had the letters VIP printed on it.

The difference was that this was clearly a bank card.

Du An Rao: “???”

[Is today some kind of special day? Why is everyone rushing to give me cards?]

Du De Sheng: “…” Why was this child saying the plain truth out loud?

Du Yi Han: “…” What she just said was really not your average humblebrag.