After chatting with Jiang Tong, Xue Fenglian felt like a deflated balloon.
It was mainly because he knew he had no chance.
Jiang Tong didn’t need to be persuaded; she would follow that old guy Ji Hezhou directly.
This truly made him very upset, almost to the point of heartbreak.
Thinking about it, Xue Fenglian trudged back to his room with heavy steps.
"Grandma Lu, is Grandpa Xue okay..."
Jiang Tong didn’t know what had happened, so she just looked blankly at Xue Fenglian’s back.
What just happened?
Why did Grandpa Xue’s emotions change so drastically all of a sudden?
Lu Juan sighed helplessly and gently patted her shoulder, "Xiao Tong, don’t worry about him, it’s just elderly depression. He’ll be fine in a few minutes."
Elderly depression?
Does such a condition even exist? How come she had never heard of it?
Jiang Tong blinked naively, her large almond-shaped eyes filled with small doubts.
"By the way, Grandma Lu." She suddenly thought of something, rummaged through her shoulder bag and took out a bank card.
As she spoke, she stuffed the bank card into Lu Juan’s hand, "There’s two hundred thousand on this card. Although it’s not much, please keep it and buy some nice things for the grandpas and grandmas."
Lu Juan shook her head, trying to push the bank card back into Jiang Tong’s hand.
Jiang Tong quickly grasped her hand, "Grandma Lu, how many times have I told you, don’t refuse me! I have enough money to spend, so don’t worry."
Hearing this, Lu Juan’s eyes slightly narrowed, and eventually, she put the bank card into her own pocket.
Because Jiang Tong didn’t know their identities, it was inevitable for her to think they were just ordinary retired teachers.
Even if she didn’t accept it today, with Jiang Tong’s personality, she would definitely find other ways to give them the money.
It was better to accept it now, save it for her, find a friend to invest it, and give the multiplied amount back to Jiang Tong as a dowry.
"Alright, thank you on behalf of all the grandpas and grandmas." Lu Juan gently patted Jiang Tong’s hand, a hint of a smile on her wrinkled face.
Jiang Tong sheepishly touched her face, "Grandma Lu, don’t be polite with me. If you have any difficulties, call me. I’ll be off now."
"Alright, be careful on the road."
After bidding farewell to Lu Juan, Jiang Tong carried the now-empty vegetable basket and slowly walked out of the alley.
Unknowingly, she had stayed in the alley for the entire day.
The sky had long changed from blue with white clouds to a vast darkness dotted with a few stars.
Jiang Tong drove the car and passed a park.
Because she had been dealing with a lot of troubling matters recently, she parked the car, intending to take a walk in the park.
The park just after dinner wasn’t very crowded yet. Jiang Tong leaned against the railing and took out a candy box from her pocket, unwrapping a White Rabbit candy to pop into her mouth.
Not far behind her, a group of people dressed in camouflage uniforms were lurking in the bushes.
The leader was a young man in his early twenties.
Due to daily exposure, his originally fair skin had turned a healthy tan, and his almond-shaped eyes blinked, somewhat resembling Jiang Tong’s.
"Colonel, the people from Team A’s simulated exercise are nearby. Should we take her out?" a soldier beside him asked.
Jiang Zirui lazily leaned against the tree trunk and issued an order, "No, capture them alive first. Let’s get their headquarters information."
"Roger that."