Chapter 963: So What?

Chapter 963: So What?

"Do you really wanna go?" asked Mu Chenyan in a whisper to Grandfather Xiang.

"Why shouldn't I go?" retorted Grandfather Xiang. "I'm invited to their home, I should definitely go."

"You know why they called you over," said Mu Chenyan.

"I do know," answered Grandfather Xiang. "And that's all the more reason for me to go. It's better for me to go than to have them come over and see Yue Yue. Don't make it seem like I can't handle this much."

"Then don't go easy on anyone," said Mu Chenyan.

"Who is the elder here? I'm your elder or you're my elder?"

Mu Chenyan pursed her lips, "I'm just saying, Elder Xiang."

"You're not the only one who can protect your best friend. Yue is a part of our family. And I, as the elder of this family, am still capable of protecting my family members. So what if we are smaller in number? Does that mean we are easy to bully? My ancestors didn't sacrifice their lives so that just anyone could bully their descendants."

Mu Chenyan nodded her head and gave him a thumbs up, "Keep this momentum! Don't let them forget for a moment that you come from a military family."

Grandfather Xiang gave her a look, "Why are you looking like I'm going to war? I'm just going to see Old Zhai. We've been friends for so long. What can possibly happen there?"

"He won't be the only one there," was Mu Chenyan's answer. "That old couple of Yue family must also be there."

Grandfather Xiang sighed and patted her arm saying, "You go and pick up something from my safe for the charity auction. I ordered the dresses, they must be here in a while. Get dressed, take Yue with you and go to the charity auction in my place."

Mu Chenyan groaned and earned a glare from Grandfather Xiang.

"Don't even think about getting out of this," said Grandfather Xiang. "I'd have sent Raelle and Xian but I don't want Raelle to move around so much. So, be a good girl and do as I said."

"All my life I had not been a good girl and you're asking me to be one now?"

"It's never too late to try," responded Grandfather Xiang. Thinking of something, he picked up the auction's brochure and gave it to her, "The last item might be of your interest."

Mu Chenyan opened it and checked the list of things. She finally stopped on the last item and raised her brows. "Oh, is this for real?"

"Authentic from the Qing Dynasty," said Grandfather Xiang. "Now, are you going?"

"I'll go," she said. "Let me drag Yue out of her hole."

Grandfather Xiang shook his head at her and operated his wheelchair to leave. The chauffeur helped him inside the car and drove away.

Early in the morning, Grandfather Xiang received a call from his friend asking him to meet. Grandfather Xiang knew what Grandfather Zhai wanted so he agreed without any hesitation. It was already later than expected.

When he arrived at the Zhai family's house, Grandfather Zhai and Grandmother Zhai were waiting for him. They invited him inside and sat down with him. For a while, they didn't bring up the real topic.

"Wu Hao tea," said Grandfather Xiang as he took a sip of the tea with a look of appreciation. "Good tea. Very good tea. Old Zhai, how did you manage to bring this out of your collection? I thought you treasured this too much to share with this friend of yours."

"Don't joke around with me," said Grandpa Zhai. "It's not as rare for you as you're acting."

"I'm not as big of a fan of teas as you are," said Grandfather Xiang. "But as I said, you usually don't have the heart to serve this rare tea to just anyone."

"Old Xiang, you're not just anyone."

Grandfather Xiang smiled but didn't comment on that.

"How is Raelle doing now?" inquired Grandma Zhai. "I heard about her accident from Yanjun. Why didn't you even inform us? Are you taking us as strangers now?"

Grandfather Xiang waved his hand, "It's nothing like that, sister-in-law. You already know my Raelle doesn't like crowds. And she particularly doesn't like it when people keep asking her if she is okay. So, we didn't disturb her when she was at the hospital. Even after she got discharged, she had been locked up in the house by her husband. It's not that I didn't want to tell you, I just didn't want to worry you both."

"Still, Brother Xiang should let us know," said Grandma Zhai. "I was so sad hearing what she had to go through. Poor girl."

"She is doing better now," told Grandfather Xiang. "Don't worry, sister-in-law."

Grandpa Zhai and Grandma Zhai shared a look and Grandfather Xiang pretended like he couldn't see anything. He definitely won't bring up the topic unless they spoke about it first. Anyway, he was very patient. There weren't that many impatient people in their Xiang family anyway. How could he be impatient? He could way for them to speak without any psychological burden.

"Old Xiang," Grandpa Zhai called out. "What's the name of Chenyan's best friend whom we met when we last visited you?"

Grandfather Xiang looked at his old friend and replied, "Her name is Yue Yue. Why are you asking about our Yue'er?"

Grandpa Zhai gave him a look, "Old Xiang, you can play this game of ignorance with someone else. I for one am not willing to believe that you don't know anything about why I'm asking about her." They still had some doubts when they first learned that Elder Yue and his wife met Yue Yue who was with a woman named Mu Chenyan. And it was particularly difficult to find anything related to this woman named Mu Chenyan. But now, there was no reason to doubt anymore.

Grandfather Xiang pursed his lips and nodded. He put the tea cup down and looked at his friend, "I do know. So what?"