Qi Siling dodged, blocked one move, and countered another. After several exchanges, Cao An failed to succeed, and Qi Siling was not in a good situation either, being rubbed several times.

"It's so late, don't you know how to avoid suspicion? Do you still want to maintain your reputation?"

"I was helping her copy the plan. I didn't do anything!"

"We are a single man and a single woman. Who would believe you if you said you didn't do anything?" Cao An had a headache. That little girl didn't understand anything. In this era, a woman's innocence is more important than her life!

"I have already proposed to Youyou. I will ask grandpa to come and propose marriage tomorrow."

Cao An finally let out a sigh of relief. "Then you guys should be more careful these days. Don't let her do whatever she wants! She was alone before, never interacted with outsiders, and doesn't understand love at all!"

Qi Siling nodded, "I know."

"Let me take a look at the plan." Cao An reached out to him and took the blank paper. Two different handwritings painted the paper, and it was immediately clear who wrote it.

I flipped through it, glanced at it briefly, and then handed it back to him. "I'll take you out."

Only after the two men walked away did Xia Youyou open her eyes.

The corners of her lips curled up, "Mom and Dad, I will be very happy, right?"

Qi Siling returned home and immediately went to his grandfather's room. He stood at the door and gathered himself together before raising his hand to knock on the door.

An old voice came from inside, "Come in." The old man thought it was some kid, but he didn't expect it was him who pushed the door open.

"You're back so late?"

"Grandpa, Youyou and I are dating, and I'd like you to propose tomorrow."

The old man was sitting on the bed, reading a book. His eyes lit up when he heard this. "Really? Oh, that's good news. Come on, help me up."

Qi Siling supported him and said, "Grandpa, I can prepare it. It's too late today, you should go to bed early." She just wanted to tell him in advance, but didn't expect her grandfather to be so excited.

"Oh, you don't know what to prepare. Come, go to your room." She put on a coat and stood up with his help.

"All the things your mother left for you are over there. She's finally been waiting for you to get married. If she knew about this, she would definitely be happier than me."

I didn't expect Grandpa to mention Mom, which inevitably brought back thoughts of Dad. The recall notice had already been issued, but I don't know why he's been dragging his feet and refusing to come back.

Helping the old man from the side room to the main house, Qi Siling turned on the light, illuminating the dim interior and revealing the neat and clean furnishings. He flipped a switch in the corner behind the bed, and a secret room appeared on the side wall. He took a flashlight from a drawer and slowly helped the old man down to the secret room.

"These are all your mother's dowry. You haven't touched them before, right?" I already knew that he had come here before to take things out to exchange for food. Otherwise, how could he buy such good rice at home?

Qi Siling hesitated, not daring to tell anyone about Xia Youyou. He'd traded that food for her. He pursed his lips and smiled, thinking it was a good idea to keep the good things within the family. Thinking of the girl's joy, he had to get her some more sparkly goodies; she was sure she'd like them.

"Nothing moved." He knew what could be moved and what could not be moved.

The old man picked up a box, counted the items on the dowry side, and was about to put something in it.

"Grandpa, let me do it. I know what she likes."

"Haha, okay. Take this. I'll go to the public office and prepare some. I'll write the order later." He hunched over as he headed to the other side. He was a live-in son-in-law, an orphan from childhood, fortunately adopted by his wife's family, becoming a child husband and taking his wife's surname. He and his wife lived in harmony and happiness for many years. The turbulent times brought inevitable disaster, and they were separated forever. Now that his most beloved grandson was about to start a family, he was content, having done his duty to the Qi family ancestors. But that unfilial son...

Oh! Let's not talk about it.

Qi Siling picked through the dowry box, picking up some sparkling gems and placing them in the basket. Then, from the bottom of the box, he pulled out a transparent stone the size of a quail egg. He had no idea what it was, but he figured it might be some rough gemstone. He carefully placed it in the basket and glanced at the yellow croaker box to the side. She seemed to like this one, too!

Thinking of the time when she endured the pain and exchanged the yellow croaker for the night pearl, it was funny again.

He turned around and glanced at his grandfather, who was also looking down at what he was going to get.

His hand touched the box and then disappeared into thin air.

It turns out it has this use. I’ll get more good things for my wife and hide them away in the future.

He picked and chose, then casually packed a large pile. They were all the sparkling gems and pearls that Youyou loved. The thought that she would soon marry him made him so excited. He licked his lips. It was all Cao An's fault. He hadn't kissed her much tonight.

"Okay, take these first. You can give the rest to her when she gets married." Mr. Qi also had a pile of things in his hand. "Taking too much will attract too much attention, so take this little for now. Anyway, everything here belongs to you two, so talk to her nicely."

"I understand, Grandpa." Thinking of the son-in-law he had told her about tonight, he spoke again a little embarrassedly.

"Well, I told Youyou that I could go over and become her son-in-law."

The old man was stunned and asked in confusion: "Did she say that herself?" As far as he knew, Youyou was not Liu Hui's biological daughter.

"I said, I think she likes that yard very much, and I think she will be reluctant to leave it."

The old man didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "I'll discuss this with your aunt tomorrow. You two are really just children. You just do whatever you want."

Qi Siling took the bottle from his hand, placed it on top of the bottle in her own hand, and with her other hand, she stroked him and walked out of the secret room with him.

"Go take a shower and go to bed. I'll go back to my room to write the engagement letter."

"Okay, I'll take you there."

After sending Grandpa back to his room, I took a bucket of water from the kitchen and washed in the shower room before returning to my room. I looked at the plan on the desk and sat down to continue copying.

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