Grandpa Shi also stopped smiling and looked at his granddaughter seriously.

Since he returned to the Shi family, he had never looked at her seriously before. This was the first time he had looked at her seriously and with scrutiny.

“I asked Qin Yu to instigate Shi Yue to steal the plan, but I didn’t ask Qin Yu to kill Shi Yue. It was Qin Yu’s new master who asked Qin Yu to kill Shi Yue.”

Shi Xi lowered her eyes, making it impossible to see what she was thinking.

"Second question: Mom and Dad, older brother and second brother, do you consider them your family?"

A struggle flashed in Grandpa Shi's eyes as he said, "No. My purpose in returning to the Shi family is you. I didn't raise them myself, so what feelings could I possibly have for them?"

"But they treat you like family. I have no affection for you whatsoever, you can have no pity for me, you can scheme against me and hurt me, but how can you bear to hurt them?"

"Family ties, love, and friendship are nothing but useless things that bind us. Only fools care about them."

"Have you never had someone you liked before? Have you ever loved anyone else?"

Grandpa Shi suddenly felt a sharp pain in his chest. Once upon a time, a woman had asked him if he loved her. His answer was, "No."

Aren't you going to ask me why I arrested you?

Shi Xi: "May I ask a third question?"

"Can."

Why didn't you kill Mi Rou?

Mi Rou was tricked and injured, which shows that Grandpa Shi was well prepared and could definitely kill Mi Rou, but he didn't.

Grandpa Shi didn't answer immediately, but thought for a moment, "Shi Hao likes Mi Rou. If I kill her, Shi Hao will be heartbroken. Shi Hao met Mi Rou in the black market. Come to think of it, I was the one who brought them together."

"Grandpa, you still consider the Shi family as your own. Otherwise, why would you worry about whether my eldest brother is heartbroken? Red Thread? Was Mi Rou's early departure to the black market also part of your scheme?"

"yes."

Shi Xi: "..."

Grandpa Shi chuckled, "Three questions, and not a single one of them was about you. You really are a man of deep affection and loyalty!"

“You overestimate me. I’m selfish. I won’t ask questions about myself because… you’ll tell me the answer later.”

"Hehe—indeed, I'll give you the answer next."

"Grandpa, please speak."

Grandpa paused for a moment.

"You are Shi Xi, yet you are not Shi Xi. You know everything that happens in this world, right?"

Shi Xi's expression froze; no matter how hard she racked her brains, she never expected this answer.

Grandpa Shi chuckled softly, "It seems I was right. Did you know that the Shi family suffered a massacre a hundred years ago?"

"have no idea."

She reads books for the story between the male and female protagonists, not for the drama of wealthy families, so she doesn't pay attention to every detail.

“A hundred years ago, there was a rumor that the Shi family possessed a bracelet that could travel through time. When outsiders learned of this, they tried every means to steal the bracelet. When they couldn’t find it, they killed members of the Shi family.”

Are there really time-traveling bracelets?

"Yes. The bracelet is in your father's study."

Shi Xi scoffed, "You actually believe in such fantastical legends? Since you have the bracelet, why don't you travel through time?"

Grandpa Shi: "Traveling through time requires two mediums: a bracelet and a person."

"A person? Me?"

The more you talk about it, the more fantastical it becomes!

"Yes, you are another medium."

"Ha, medium, Grandpa, you want to use me for research? Where do you plan to start your research on me?"