He quickly hung up once he heard Han Juexian and Ding Yu arguing over a bag of chips. Those fools! Maybe he shouldn't have brought them along for the mission. But he already had painstakingly prepared everything and so it couldn't be helped.
"Sir, your car is ready," the assistant said and bowed respectfully.
"Ah Luo, go and investigate all the employees at the restaurant. I don't want any mistake," he ordered strictly.
"Yes, sir," Luo Yue said and quickly went to get the job done. The boss doesn't like delays or excuses so he had to move fast.
The man grabbed his coat off the hook and drove the car to his grandfather's house. The old man had been grumbling and acting like a child, throwing temper tantrums because he didn't visit him. Doesn't the old man know that he was busy!?
"You brat! Where have you been!? You didn't answer my calls nor my messages! Do you not want this old man anymore!?" Old master Shentu cried out the moment his grandson arrived to visit him.
"Grandpa, I was busy. Please take care of your health," he bowed respectfully to his grandfather.
"Hmph, take care of my health? With the way you anger me every time, how am I supposed to stay healthy? You are the one who should be taking care of your health. You're so old yet you haven't married or have children. Tell me, when can I hug my great grandchildren?" Old master Shentu pouted.
The man didn't answer. Instead he only looked calm and expressionless. He already could see where this conversation was leading to.
"Stop running around and find a wife and settle down. Which woman would want you if you are so old?" Old master Shentu chided him.
"Grandpa, you're sixty years old and I'm 27. Who's truly the old one here?" He remarked.
"Rotten boy! I wonder how your father taught you! You better get a wife or I'll set up blind dates for you. Don't every time hang around that young master of the Peixuan family. He's a bad influence," old master Shentu said, reprimanding him. He even threatened his grandson with blind dates as he knew that the latter hated blind dates.
"Yes, grandpa. I understand,"
"You understand but you won't listen. How stubborn!" Old master Shentu grumbled.
"Brother Peixuan is not as bad as you say," the man spoke up. The corners of his peach blossom eyes slightly moved.
"What do you mean by not bad? Didn't he break the law by drinking and driving at top speed? Didn't he bribed the police in broad daylight to release him? Last year, he fought and punched the young master of the Wen family. Three months ago, he went to a brothel and played with women. Who knows how many dirty things he had done!? I'm saying this for your own good. Why can't you listen? You're just like your father and youngest brother, stubborn!" Grandpa started coughing and the man didn't dare to say anything to rebuke the old man.
He started coughing violently so the man had no choice but to agree to whatever his grandpa wanted him.
"If the Qin family didn't marry their daughter off, I would have asked you to go and ask her hand for marriage. She is such a good and gorgeous girl! She looks like Yin'er!" Grandpa had a dreamy look whenever he mentioned Yin'er. Yin'er was grandpa's old lover back in high school.
The two loved each other a lot but due to a difference in background and status, their family forbade them from marrying. Later Yin'er went abroad and they lost touch. But grandpa never stopped thinking about Yin'er.
Grandpa married another woman because the Shentu family made him to. After a very long time, he met Yin'er again. Yin'er had also married someone else. But the love that had for each other was still there. Later grandpa found out that Yin'er actually didn't marry anyone. She lied to him and flew abroad because she wanted to treat her cancer. She was afraid that her cancer would become a barrier in their relationship.
However, her cancer couldn't be cured and Yin'er passed away. Grandpa was so heartbroken and cried for weeks. Even though he loved another woman, he still gave his wife respect and some care. Grandpa's touching love story was spreaded throughout the entire family.
After spending an hour convincing his grandpa that he will really find a wife, he left the living room.
"Second young master! Second young master!" A servant came running to him before he could step out of the door.
"The eldest young master wants to see you. He said it's something urgent," the servant bowed and then left.
What does his eldest brother want? So he turned back and headed upstairs to where his eldest brother stood.
"Shentu Jing ah, Shentu Jing. It's rare to see you come home. Look at how you made grandpa angry. Don't you feel sorry for his health?" Shentu Chu said in a mocking tone. He turned around to face his brother.
"Brother, why are you here? Did grandpa invite you for a blind date too?" He avoided the question and asked Shentu Chu instead.
"I already have a fiancée. It's you whom he wants to see you married. Don't throw your poor big brother under the bus," Shentu Chu smiled and acted like he was wronged.
"I should be asking you not to throw me under the bus. Usually by this time you should be at the office reviewing the manuscript. Why are you suddenly here? Your second brother is getting very suspicious," Shentu Jing said with a cunning smile.
"Of course it's very suspicious. After all, I'm not the one who's going to get beaten till he can't stand or even walk," Shentu Chu let out a dark chuckle.
The gears clicked in place in Shentu Jing's brain as he began to understand what his eldest brother meant.
"Shentu Jing! You better get a wife or I'll spank your ass!" His father suddenly burst into the room, holding a ladle and pointing it at him.
Oh no.