Elly Campbell wasn’t afraid at all that the adulterous couple could do anything to her. Seeing the Old Master so agitated, she agreed to his request.
Besides, she didn’t want to let those shameless people dirty her grandfather’s home.
After chatting with the Old Master for a while and waiting for him to fall asleep due to exhaustion, Elly quietly walked out of the hospital room.
When she left the hospital building, to her surprise, she saw the Jones family’s Lincoln still parked outside.
The people inside the car seemed to have noticed her as well. The car door opened, and the driver walked towards her.
"Young Miss, the Old Lady is waiting for you in the car."
Elly was somewhat surprised. The Old Lady had left an hour ago; had she been waiting here the whole time?
Elly didn’t dwell on the driver’s outdated address for her and quickly walked over.
"Come have a coffee with your grandmother."
Elly obediently nodded her head.
They arranged to meet at a traditional Chinese cafe, a quiet environment with an ancient and quaint charm.
"Elly, do you know why the Jones family proposed a marriage alliance with the Campbell family back then?"
No sooner had Elly sat down than the Old Lady straightforwardly asked.
Elly was taken aback and looked at the Old Lady with a hint of confusion in her eyes.
The marriage alliance the Old Lady referred to must have been the one the Jones family proposed when Elly was 15.
At the time, she had simply thought that both families were of matching status, and for people like them, a marriage alliance was common. She hadn’t thought too much about it.
Was there another reason?
Faced with Elly’s puzzled look, the Old Lady seemed to think of something amusing and suddenly burst into laughter, leaving Elly somewhat baffled.
Elly was startled, her eyes showing an unmistakable surge of shock.
"Just one day, out of the blue, he came to me and said he wanted to propose a marriage alliance with the Campbell family. It gave me quite a scare. Other boys would rather postpone marriage for a decade or so, but there he was, at 19, coming to me to discuss marriage. I asked him why he suddenly wanted a marriage alliance with the Campbell family. Guess what he said?"
The Old Lady looked at her with twinkling eyes, teasingly withholding the answer.
Elly was indeed curious. Hearing the Old Lady’s question, she shook her head honestly, indicating for the Old Lady to continue, "He told me that he just wanted to marry that girl from the Campbell family."
"I know my grandson well; he’s very proud. So, when he admitted it so eagerly, it really took me aback. I remember his face even turned red."
At this, the Old Lady’s laughter grew even more unbridled.
"Elly, can you imagine? That tall and proud young man blushing in front of me."
Hearing this, Elly tried to imagine Adam Jones blushing, but she simply couldn’t picture it.
She watched the Old Lady smiling with reminiscence and did not respond.
Only to hear the Old Lady continue, "Later I thought about it, the granddaughter of old Mr. Campbell, there would definitely be no issues. So I went to talk to your grandfather, who said he needed to ask for your opinion and would reply in a couple of days. You wouldn’t know how restless that boy was during those days, fearing you would refuse. He kept asking me several times a day whether the Campbell family had given an answer."
As she listened, the surprise in Elly’s eyes deepened, and her emotions became more complex.
After laughing for a while, the Old Lady regained her serious expression, took hold of Elly’s hand, and said, "Elly, your grandmother told you before that she would no longer deal with that boy. However, when your grandmother went to see him, she couldn’t bear it when she found him sitting there quietly, lost in thought."