"Brother, I know it was you who asked Brother Shao Jin to stay with me, and to comfort and protect me. Brother, I've grown up now and I won't make those mistakes again. I'm sorry, brother."

"Okay, I got it. Good luck in the game! If you win, Qiu Hu and I will treat you to dinner."

Ning Yijia watched her brother leave before realizing what he had just said: "Good luck in the competition, and I'll treat you to dinner if you win."

She recalled that back in junior high school, Ning Yizhan would always take her to painting competitions. Every time, he would say, "Good luck in the competition! If you win, your brother will treat you to something delicious." In the end, she always got to eat a lot of delicious food.

Thinking of this, Ning Yijia burst into tears of joy, covering her face and crying loudly. Ning Yizhan went downstairs and couldn't hear her, but Old Master Qiu in the study heard it clearly. Startled, he went out to look and saw his beloved granddaughter squatting on the ground crying. "Oh dear, what's wrong? What happened?"

Hearing Grandpa Qiu's voice, Ning Yijia tried hard to hold back her sobs and stammered, "Grandpa, just now... my brother told me... to do my best in the competition, and if I win... he'll treat me to dinner, sob sob sob."

After saying that, she started crying again, "Waaaaaahhhhhh..."

"..." Old Master Qiu didn't want to deal with it anymore, so he went back to his study and continued to tidy up the chessboard.

After Ning Yizhan came downstairs, he saw Lianzhi and Qiu Hu chatting happily. Qiu Hu's smile was as beautiful as a flower!

But he had to admit that his mother was quite capable; she could make Qiu Hu laugh!

"Ah Hu, let's go, let's go home!"

"Huh? Oh!" Qiu Hu only glanced at Ning Yizhan after hearing him speak.

"Why are you leaving so soon? Can't we talk a little longer?"

"No!" Ning Yizhan felt that their relationship had developed well enough and there was no need to continue. He was afraid that his mother would corrupt his Qiu Hu.

He took Qiu Hu's hand and started walking away. Qiu Hu looked at him and was still smiling, but the smile was strange.

Qiu Hu was still pulled away by him, and he turned back to say goodbye to Lian Zhi, "Auntie, we're leaving now, let's chat again next time!"

“Okay, okay!” Ms. Lianzhi responded immediately.

Ning Yizhan turned Qiu Hu's head around and said, "Come on, stop looking." He was now certain that they had talked about something.

After getting in the car and traveling about a third of the way, Ning Yizhan asked, "Ah Hu, what were you guys talking about just now?"