A counter-question silenced the old master for a long while before he finally spoke, fixing his gaze on Huo Jinnan, "What's past is past. Since the marriage certificate has been obtained, a wedding ceremony should be held regardless. Fortunately, before Jizhou's wedding was kept secret, not many outsiders knew about it..."
Huo Jinnan stood there, quietly listening, before he finally looked up at the old master, "She now goes by the name Qin Huan, not Che Huan anymore. Also, she and Gu Jizhou had a secret marriage? How come I wasn't aware of that?"
"..."
The old master glared, his mind suddenly flashing back to his previous words, as he grasped the implication.
Huo Jinnan observed the old master's changing expression, "When I married her, I had just reached the legal age for marriage. Is Grandpa joking?"
"..."
The old master gripped his cane tighter, Anan was attempting to erase Jizhou and Che Huan's past entirely.
Five years earlier—
