Grandfather Xiang was left momentarily stunned because of her words. It wasn't the first time that Raelle was thinking of surprising someone. It'd be hard to even count the number of times she had done crazy things to surprise him with something he'd been looking for. But it was his first time seeing her actually talking so openly about her feelings.
So this moment was indeed quite special to him. Except for looking at her in a daze, he had no other words. After sorting out his feelings, he patted her head saying, "My Raelle has grown up."
"Did you just notice?" asked Raelle.