"Why so surprised? Didn't Liu Rui tell you?" Qian'er smiled, looking at Liu Rui, and asked in confusion. Hearing this, Hu Jingtang's face darkened, and he seriously asked the bewildered Liu Rui, "Liu Rui, explain, what's going on?"

At this moment, Liu Rui was sweating profusely. Hearing Hu Jingtang's serious inquiry, she couldn't hold back and confessed everything. In fact, Liu Rui wasn't too worried about Old Hu finding out, because when she first agreed with Qian'er, Liu Rui was even somewhat happy.

Liu Rui just didn't expect that Qian'er would be so disrespectful and arrogant. If she knew it would turn out this way, Liu Rui definitely wouldn't have agreed at the time.

After hearing Liu Rui's explanation, Hu Jingtang sighed helplessly. It couldn't be blamed on Qian'er; when two sides are willing to play the game, faulting Qian'er wouldn't be fair.

However, Old Hua was angry. After listening to Liu Rui, Old Hua felt somewhat guilty towards Hu Jingtang because it was he who asked Qian'er to bring Liu Rui out, and who knew Qian'er would make such conditions. So, Old Hua was angry.

"Qian'er, I just asked you to bring Liu Rui out. Why did you have to make conditions?" Old Hua said angrily to Qian'er. At this, Qian'er smiled, "That's right, Grandpa, but you didn't say I couldn't make conditions."

Old Hua was choked by this, unable to respond, "No, Qian'er, you must not fool around." He said, staring fiercely at Qian'er.

"But Liu Rui has already agreed." Qian'er smiled looking at Liu Rui beside her, and spoke. Hearing this, Liu Rui, who had been silent, finally spoke, "Everyone, I apologize for Qian'er's actions, but I have already agreed to be his person, so please don't interfere anymore."

Upon hearing Liu Rui's words, Hu Jingtang, enraged, pointed at Liu Rui, "You... you!" Old Hu was so angry he could barely speak, finally slapping the table, "Do whatever you want!"

Seeing Hu Jingtang so angry, Liu Rui guiltily lowered her head. On the side, Liu Sisi quickly comforted Hu Jingtang. Seeing the chaotic scene, Xiao Yifei also remained silent, watching quietly.

"Then it's settled!" Qian'er said to everyone with a smile, then turned around and left the room without looking at anyone, leaving the group with mixed feelings.

"Old Hu, I'm sorry to you!" After a long time, Old Hua sighed heavily, feeling very guilty as he spoke to Hu Jingtang. Hearing this, Old Hu quickly waved his hand and said, "How can I blame you? If blame is to be assigned, it's on my disappointing grandson."

With that, Old Hu glanced at Liu Rui, who was still bowing her head, and helplessly shook his own. "Sisi, let's go!" Hu Jingtang said as he stood up and walked straight out of the room.

Hearing this, Liu Sisi frowned, wanting to say something to Liu Rui, but seeing the current situation, she had no choice but to obediently follow behind Hu Jingtang out of the room.

At this moment, Old Hua also slowly stood up, "I'll be going then." He said to Xiao Yifei. Hearing this, Xiao Yifei stood up, nodded, and after saying a few words of caution, Old Hua also walked out.

Now the room was only left with Xiao Yifei, Liu Rui, and a table full of untouched dishes. "Liu Rui?" Xiao Yifei asked cautiously. Hearing this, Liu Rui shook her head, waved him off, and said, "Let me be alone for a while."

Seeing Liu Rui say this, Xiao Yifei couldn't continue speaking, so he walked over to Liu Rui, patted her on the shoulder, and then left.

Such a good meal was thus ended on a sour note.

Actually, after Xiao Yifei walked out, he still felt guilty about the earlier meal because if he hadn't asked Old Hua, Old Hua wouldn't have asked Qian'er to bring Liu Rui out, and it wouldn't have turned into this mess. Thinking of this, Xiao Yifei felt a bit uneasy in his heart.

As he was nearing his place, Xiao Yifei suddenly saw Liu Sisi standing at the door. Seeing this, Xiao Yifei went over and asked, "Sisi, what are you doing here? It's so dark."

Hearing Xiao Yifei's voice, Liu Sisi snapped out of it. When she saw it was Xiao Yifei, she anxiously said, "Brother Xiao Yifei, you're finally back."

Hearing this, it seemed like she specifically waited there for him, Xiao Yifei thought, and asked, "What's wrong?"

"My grandpa." Liu Sisi said with a sob, somewhat anxiously. Hearing Liu Sisi mention Old Hu, Xiao Yifei's heart sank, he quickly said, "Take me there quickly."

Upon hearing this, Liu Sisi nodded and pulled Xiao Yifei into Old Hu's room. There, Old Hu was lying on the bed coughing continuously, his face full of pain.

Seeing this, Xiao Yifei frowned and quickly went to Old Hu's side. Old Hu's eyes were dark, lips purple, looking dangerously sick. Seeing Old Hu like this, Xiao Yifei was taken aback.

Seeing Hu Jingtang in this state, Xiao Yifei was startled in his heart. He quickly grabbed Hu Jingtang's hand to check his pulse. Liu Sisi on the side saw Xiao Yifei's expression and couldn't help but imagine the worst.

"Brother Xiao Yifei, how is my grandpa?" Liu Sisi asked anxiously. In response, Xiao Yifei motioned for silence, indicating Liu Sisi not to speak. Seeing this, Liu Sisi watched quietly, not daring to disturb Xiao Yifei further.

At this moment, Xiao Yifei felt Hu Jingtang's pulse was very disordered, but not life-threatening. So, he breathed a sigh of relief, "Sisi, help me get some fire-clearing licorice and milkvetch from my room and brew them." Xiao Yifei turned and said to the still-nervous Liu Sisi.

Upon hearing, Liu Sisi, not knowing what the items were, hurriedly retrieved them from Xiao Yifei's room, placed them in the medicine pot, and brewed them. Shortly after, Liu Sisi returned with the freshly brewed medicine, whereupon Xiao Yifei slowly sat Hu Jingtang up.

With each sip of the medicine, Hu Jingtang's complexion gradually improved. After coughing a few times, he lay back down and fell asleep.

"Brother Xiao Yifei, my grandpa," Liu Sisi watching beside Xiao Yifei, couldn't help but ask. In response, Xiao Yifei pulled Liu Sisi out of the room, clearly not wanting their conversation to disturb Hu Jingtang.

"Brother Xiao Yifei, my grandpa will be okay, right?" Liu Sisi immediately asked Xiao Yifei once outside the room. Seeing this, Xiao Yifei smiled, comfortingly saying, "Don't worry, it's fine. He just got overly angry, and his heart was inflamed. A bit of medicine should settle it."

Hearing Xiao Yifei's words, Liu Sisi finally breathed a sigh of relief. She thought Hu Jingtang had some serious illness. "It's all my brother's fault!" Liu Sisi said somewhat angrily.

Seeing this, Xiao Yifei shook his head helplessly, "Everyone makes their own choices, and we can't control them. Just take care of yourself." Saying this, Xiao Yifei placed the bowl used for the medicine in Liu Sisi's hand and returned to his room.

Seeing Xiao Yifei's carefree demeanor, Liu Sisi couldn't help but pout, muttering, "It's really my brother's fault, if not for that woman he agreed with, things wouldn't be like this now. I'm going to find out who that woman is, she definitely seems no good."

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