Chapter 939 Have you seen him?
The girl was stunned and even forgot to get up and wipe her eyes.
"Used to death?"
"Don't you know?"
The cane tapped slowly on the bluestone pavement as he approached her.
"When he was fifteen, his parents died within a year of each other. From then on, he officially joined the army and could only go home a few times a year. Many people left, from family members to comrades, superiors and subordinates."
"Too many."
The old man put down his cane, slowly sat down beside her, and let out a long sigh.
"I...know his parents are dead,"
Shen Pianxian said in a low voice,
"But he knows very little about the rest. He never tells me these things."
"Of course he wouldn't tell you that."
The old man looked back at her, his eyes, aged by years, were very gentle under the dim palace lantern.
"You were born to belong to light and hope. How could he be willing to expose these blood-stained things in front of you?"
"He couldn't bear to leave."
The old man turned his head to look at the twinkling stars in the sky. The bustling pier in the distance looked like a distant mirage in the summer night.
He said lightly,
"In fact, until today I am still very curious about why Cheng Zhiyuan likes you."
"Logically speaking, you two have no intersection at all. The distance between you is like two planets in completely different orbits. One revolves around the sun, and the other just spins in the darkness."
"Besides, with his conditions, he is more than qualified to choose any beautiful girl, even a royal princess."
Huo Chengde frowned, his expression showing genuine confusion.
"So why on earth does he like you so much? And he's been liking you for over ten years. It's unbelievable."
Shen Pianpian: ...
The tears that were prepared to flow were suddenly withdrawn.
The girl sniffed expressionlessly and asked numbly,
"So, how bad am I in your eyes, Grandpa?"
The old man looked at her and suddenly laughed.
"Of course not. My granddaughter is better than even a royal princess in my eyes."
"But this thing that is taken for granted for me, I don't know when it started, it became taken for granted for that kid from the Cheng family as well."
"He has a deeply rooted revolutionary background, a family that practically controls the lifeblood of the nation. And he himself is a princeling among princelings. Ordinary second- and third-generation princelings can't even touch his heels, whether in terms of family background or personal ability."
"So even though your mother verbally left such a will, I never thought he would truly accept this engagement. I was already prepared to cancel the engagement at any time. It wasn't until his parents died when he was fifteen that I became more certain of my premonition."
Huo Chengde smiled and shook his head.
"So when Cheng Zhiyuan came to Yungang in person with the Cheng family's betrothal gifts, I almost thought I was being tricked and was suspicious for a long time."
"So the bottom line is, Grandpa, you think I'm not good enough?"
Shen Pianxian puffed her cheeks and said in frustration and dissatisfaction. Then she blinked and tilted her head and asked,
"Then...Have Cheng Zhiyuan and I really never had any contact? Have we never met? Didn't he tell you why he agreed to the marriage?"
"As far as I remember, you two actually met once."
The old man moved, his eyes were gentle but then a dark look appeared, and he said lightly,
"At Grandpa's last birthday party."
"You've seen him."
"But you probably forgot."
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