Chapter 366 - 146th time

At night…

Xiu Mei was dressed up in a beautiful blossom stand collar calf-length cheongsam dress in the lightest shade of purple. Her long hair tied up into a messy bun. She applied her cherry lipstick in the name of makeup, wore matching stilettoes and looked into the mirror for final touch-ups.

'knock knock'

"Come in"

She heard a knock at the door and allowed the person inside.

The servant immediately stepped inside, her attitude very polite as she gave a bow….

Xiu Mei peeped at the servant from the mirror, "Is everything set?"

"Yes, mam. Do you want me to inform the elder master?" she looked at Xiu Mei through the mirror. Upon finding the Young Miss of the Zeng house look so beautiful she cannot stop herself from praising the divine beauty inwardly.

"No need, Waiwai, this is my surprise. I'll do it" Xiu Mei was beaming with happiness when she replied. If this was the dinner date with grandpa, she'll do it like how it's done. With perfect ambiance, music, food, and clothes. She looked back at the servant who was waiting for the order, "You can take your leave"

Before leaving, Waiwai bowed once again but didn't forget to take one last glance at the woman who was beautiful inside out. How rare for a rich heiress to be this down to earth.

Xiu Mei went to fetch her date for tonight in Zeng Shihong's room, but she was stunned for a long time before reacting when she saw how the old man was dressed up for the date. Seeing him dressed in a traditional Tang suit in red she wanted to whistle but sadly don't know how to.

"X, someone's giving you a tough competition in good looks. And this beauty is already inclined to this handsome man" Affectionately she wrapped her hands around Zeng Shihong's elbow and clicked her tongue to tease Lu Xion who was sitting on the couch with Lu Gingxin and Ge yifan.

Lu Xion didn't say anything but raised his phone up to click some pictures as instructed by Zeng Shihong.

"Hey… I want a picture of this moment" Before Xiu Mei could object Elder Zeng gave a big happy smile at the direction of the camera, and Xiu Mei could only follow him.

Lu Gingxin mumbled, 'Hmph… looking more like a squeezed tomato. What an odd pair'

"Not fair! Mei, you are cruel! Why are you going with this rotten turtle, you'll be bored with his pathetic jokes. How about I join you?" Lu Gingxin tried to self-invite himself shamelessly and Ge Yeifan joined harmoniously, "Yup, how about three rotten turtles? Trust me, I'm a much better company than these two and will keep you entertained"

"I don't mind if... Ummmmm….." Zeng Shihong placed his palm on her mouth to block the words coming out before she naively involves the two useless weeds to spoil the perfect date with his granddaughter. "Let's go… Let's go… It's getting late…"

Lu Gingxin and Ge Yifan's mouth twitched when they saw the old man's cunning tactic, how he shamelessly dragged her before she could invite them.

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On the terrace, a perfect setup for the dinner date was arranged….

Zeng Shihong's face lit up seeing the dinner table set up in the middle of the terrace garden, decorated with beautiful fairy lights, and Chinese red lanterns. A soft piano piece played in the background and if one pay attention to the choice of music it was an old retro song playing.

The set up was thoughtfully designed keeping in mind to make it full of warmth and love but not romantic.

"Little Mei, you did all this for me?" He brushed his hand on the fairy lights, beaming with happiness and Xiu Mei tugged him towards the table, "Who else? This is how I seek an apology. Now, c'mon! I'm famished. Let's chat while eating"

Zeng Shihong let her pull him to the dinner table, enjoying the attention showered on him. This was the first time when his granddaughter was showing the affection, and he was enjoying every bit it.

Grandpa enjoyed the dinner thoroughly, his eyes moistened a bit thinking that he never got the chance to share such harmonious dinner with his daughter. He cannot undo what he did with his daughter but showered all the love to his daughter's daughter as his hands didn't stop moving and kept on adding food on her plate.

After dinner, she has planned to return back to the villa but Zeng Shihong insisted for a walk in the garden.

She agreed to his request and walked to the courtyard with her hand hooked in his elbow. The ancient house designed according to the taste of Zeng Shihong gave great aesthetic pleasure. Taking a stroll through the quiet garden was serene. Although she knew there were dozens of bodyguards hidden everywhere, silently protecting the place.

The stars twinkled in the dark sky, the night started to get colder and the air brings along the cold breeze passing through the thin clothes of Xiu Mei, she cannot help but think about Feng Jianyu. Her hands reflexively went to check the phone to see if there's any message or missed call from the man.

"146th time, Little Mei"

She shrieked, almost dropping the phone on the floor, "I was just checking, nothing else" Putting the phone down she turned to look at grandpa and was surprised to see the housekeeper of the house standing there with a blanket rested on his forearm and two cups of hot tea in his hands. When did he come?

Zeng Shihong silently stared into her eyes, makes her sit on the long wooden bench. He took the blanket from the housekeeper's hands and wrapped it around her before passing a cup of tea to her. "Care to tell me what you were checking for the 146th time within the last two hours"

Xiu Mei pursed her lips into a thin line, "Checking work that I set up on the computer before coming here"

Right after saying that she bites her inner cheeks, feeling guilty.

Zeng Shihong didn't respond to her and took a sip of freshly brewed chamomile tea....

"What do you think of Xion?" Zeng Shihong suddenly asked her.