"But I just can't help feeling uncomfortable inside."
"But don't worry, I won't show it in front of our Duo'er. She's a good child, and I don't want her to deliberately distance herself from her biological parents just to please this old man."
“If that’s the case, I’ll be letting down our children’s deep affection for me as their grandfather.”
“I believe you.” Yun Qi nodded. But then she continued, “However, I don’t like seeing you in a bad mood, and I don’t like seeing you with something on your mind.”
"Thinking too much is bad for your health."
“I ran away from home with you when I was a teenager, and later, I followed you all over China. For so many years, we have never been apart for a single day. Anyway, you know me. No matter what you do, I will follow you. Even if I die one day, you have to take me with you. Otherwise, I can blame you for ten lifetimes.”
Yun Dazheng was feeling sad when, out of the blue, his wife stuffed a mouthful of candy into his mouth, sweetening his heart. He forgot all his sadness and couldn't help but say, "You old woman, what nonsense are you talking about? What do you mean by 'I'll take you with me even when I die'? Can't you hope for something better? Can't you hope we both live to be a hundred?"
"And then live like two old monsters?" Yun Qishi replied with a smile.
Yun Da chuckled and nodded in agreement, "That's right, they'll live like two old monsters."
“Eee-ee, sob-sob…”
Yunduo was writing a letter to her parents when a series of cries suddenly popped into her mind. Startled, she slipped her pen and stretched a perfectly good letter into an elongated one.
However, the clouds weren't annoyed at all; on the contrary, they were quite happy.
Previously, in order to give Yunduo some self-defense capabilities, Xiao Jiu had strengthened a lot of soldier ants and wasps, which had overtaxed its body. Therefore, it spent most of the winter dormant. It was impossible for Yunduo not to worry, but she just didn't show it much. Hearing its voice suddenly now, she was startled, but she was still happy.
So, Yun Duo stopped writing and said to Xiao Jiu in her mind, "Xiao Jiu is awake? How are you feeling? Have you recovered? But what were you doing making those whimpering noises? Were you feeling unwell, or... had a nightmare?"
"No, Xiao Jiu isn't feeling unwell, nor did it have any nightmares. Xiao Jiu is just so touched..." Xiao Jiu's tone was filled with a rather amusing sense of 'touched'. It didn't answer Yun Duo's question about whether it was good or not, but instead continued, "Master, Grandpa and Grandma are really too good. We must work hard in the future so that they can live to be a hundred years old and stay with us for a long time."
“Of course,” Yun Duo replied naturally, then asked, “Did you just hear Grandpa and Grandma talking? What did they say?”
Having spent a lot of time with Yun Duo and Yun Dazheng, Xiao Jiu has become more and more sensible. In the past, no matter what Yun Duo asked, it would definitely tell Yun Duo the truth. But now it feels that the old couple are doing this for their master's good, and it should do the same for its master. So, it stops saying certain things.
So, Xiao Jiu answered Yun Duo, avoiding the main point, "Master, you don't know, Xiao Jiu just had her mouth full of dog food stuffed by Grandpa and Grandma..."
"Grandma just said that she has been with Grandpa all her life and they have never been separated. She said that even if she dies, she wants Grandpa to take her with him. Grandpa also said that he wants to live to be a hundred years old with Grandma and be a pair of old monsters."
"Waaah, Xiao Jiu is so touched, but also so sad."
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