When learning something, time always passed very quickly.
Before she realized it, it was already lunchtime. The housekeeper called Cheng Ling in.
Like what Ding Shun had said, there were many dishes that Cheng Ling liked to eat on the table.
“Brat, come down quickly and eat.” Ding Shun shouted upstairs and Ding Yu came down late.
“We have guests here. What’s going on? Do you need our guests to wait for you ?”
“Grandpa, I was wearing my earphones and didn’t hear you. I came down as soon as I heard you. Besides, Grandpa Jin loves me so much. He definitely won’t hold it against a junior like me, right?”
Ding Yu was very good at getting the attention of the elders. He explained everything in a few sentences and even acted coquettishly with the two elders.
Cheng Ling was very envious of people who could act coquettishly without restraint.
This meant that they had grown up in love since young, and they were protected. So, acting coquettishly was useful.
“You’re the only one who knows how to find excuses.”
“He’s just a kid. He’s playful at this age. Why are you scolding him?”
Jin Wang spoke up for Ding Yu.
“Xiao Yu has become more and more handsome in recent years.”
“What’s the use of being handsome? He doesn’t have a brain! Old Jin, this brat got first place from the bottom in the last exam. It made me so angry.”
Ding Yu’s face showed a rare look of embarrassment.
Although two of the three people present had known that he got first place from the bottom, at least they should give him some face in front of Jin Wang!
“Grandpa, we’re eating now, why are you talking about me? Let’s eat. Grandpa Jin, eat more too.”
Everyone picked up their chopsticks and began to eat.
At the dining table, Ding Shun and Jin Wang continued to reminisce about the past. When they talked about the past, they were always emotional.
“Oh yes, Old Ding, why is there no alcohol on the dining table? This is not your style.”
“Oh, this girl said that I can’t drink alcohol while taking medicine, so I gave up drinking.”
It was not that Ding Shun only had been drinking for a day or two, but nearly fifty to sixty years. How could he give up so easily?
Jin Wang looked at Ding Shun suspiciously.
“You’re so obedient?”
“Of course I have to be obedient. I have to listen to the doctor’s advice.”
Jin Wang did not speak. He did not believe in Chinese medicine anyway.
“Oh yes Old Jin, let me remind you. You can’t drink alcohol on the day you take that medicine.”
“Alright, alright.”
Jin Wang muttered in his heart. It was not certain whether he would drink it or not.
“By the way, Grandpa Ding, Lu Qi from the Lu family asked me to send his regards to you just now. It’s the same person you saw in the office the last time.”
“Oh… I know Lu Qi. This boy is polite and capable, but his body… Hey, girl, how did you know him? Did he look for you to treat his illness?”
“Yes. We met by chance at a banquet organized by the Cheng family.”
Jin Wang raised his eyebrows. This girl knew people from the Lu family?
She was quite good at cheating. She even fooled people from the Lu family.
Of course, he only said this in his heart. If he said it out loud, Old Ding might even fight with him.
Ding Yu was the only one who didn’t know what had happened.
Treatment? Lu Qi? What was all this?
“Grandpa, what are you guys talking about? Why didn’t I know anything about what you guys are talking about?”
Ding Shun glanced at his grandson. “What do you know? What do you know other than playing games? You’ve been cooped up in that shabby room of yours every day. Maybe one day, when I die, you won’t even know.”
“Grandpa, what are you talking about?”
“Grandpa Ding, don’t say that.”
Ding Yu and Cheng Ling spoke at the same time.
Such words were not taboo to Ding Shun. He had been through life and death for so many years, so he had long become indifferent to life and death.
Now, he wanted to live a little longer. He just wanted to support the Ding family a little longer, leaving behind a richer family background, so that his descendants would be better off.
“It’s rare for the two of you to have such a tacit understanding. Little Girl, what do you think of my grandson?”
Cheng Ling picked up some vegetables and placed them into Ding Shun’s bowl. She could recognize that these vegetables were planted by her.
“Grandpa Ding, do you want me to tell the truth?”
“Of course. What truth can you and I not tell?”
“Not so good.”
The few people at the table were stunned for a moment before they reacted. Cheng Ling’s ‘not so good’ was referring to Ding Yu.
Old Master Ding was not angry when he heard the reply. He actually laughed out loud.
As he laughed, he said, “This girl is really honest.”
Therefore, Ding Yu was the only one who was hurt.
After eating, Chen Ling left.
Ding Yu and Jin Wang were walking in the garden, admiring the flowers and plants.