From Sidekick to Bigshot

He had to recover as soon as possible. His sister believed in him.

“You don’t need to be stressed about this. I understand.” Jian Yiling said.

“Okay, brother will listen to you.” The worry in Jian Yunmo’s heart was finally set free.

“That’s good. You’re a good patient who listens.”

With that, Jian Yiling removed a small decorative pin from the iron box and attached it to Jian Yunmo’s sleeve.

When Jian Yiling was five years old, she liked to attach decorative pins to her family members. The pins were a sign of her recognition. They were rewards for her family members who kept her company. It was meant to be an honor to receive a decorative pin from their little girl.

Jian Yunmo looked at the pin on his sleeve. It was not consistent with his age. However, a smile of joy and satisfaction surfaced on his face. It was as though he had won a prize in the world of science.

This was his sister’s recognition.

After a while, Jian Yunmo said softly to Jian Yiling: “Yiling, second brother will not persuade you to forgive Yunnao. I’m not qualified to do that. In fact, I only want you to live a happy life. I don’t want you to get hurt.”

Then, Jian Yunmo went on to say: “I won’t leave for the time being. If you’re not afraid of me, I will stay with my little princess. I won’t let the wolf cubs from outside take you away.”

“There are no wolf cubs.”

“Silly girl, if you can see at a glance that someone is a wolf cub, then that person isn’t a wolf cub.”

“I’m not silly.”

“Okay, okay, I’m silly then. Is that better?” Jian Yunmo asked with a smile.

“That’s not better either.”

“Either way, if a wolf cub comes over to take you away, I might not be able to control my violent temper. If I end up beating someone up and breaking things, you must not be scared of me. Please don’t say that your image of me has been ruined.”

“Okay.”

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A very special guest arrived at the Yu Residence.

Yu Simiao and Yu Xi sat upright and still after they greeted this guest. They didn’t even dare to breathe loudly.

In front of them, an elderly man was trying to give Zhai Yunsheng earnest and well-meaning advice:

“Yunsheng! You’re so old already. Why can’t you be more interested in girls?”

This elderly man was no other than Zhai Yunsheng’s grandfather. It was Master Zhai.

Master Zhai was rather thin. He wore plain and dark grey clothes. However, he still managed to look rather imposing.

“Well, you’re quite old yourself too. Why don’t you find yourself another partner?”

Zhai Yunsheng leaned back on the sofa. He looked rather lazy. He didn’t care much about the words of Master Zhai. It was as if the words had gone in through his left ear and gone out of his right ear.

“What nonsense are you talking about?! I am waiting for you to give me a great-grandchild!” Master Zhai cried out in anger. He was so angry with Zhai Yunsheng that his beard almost stood up.

“Well, go and talk to my second uncle. He’s not too old. He will have no problem giving you a few more grandchildren at his age.”

Zhai Yunsheng’s tone was languid and lazy. It was a stark contrast against Master Zhai’s fervor.

“You guys are just playing a game of throwing the embroidered ball!” This topic was always thrown back and forth in the Zhai family. In the very end, no one wanted to find a partner anyway!

The number of people in the Zhai family was dwindling. There were only three men in the entire family.

“It’s called soccer,” Zhai Yunsheng corrected.

Sure enough, Master Zhai couldn’t reason with his grandson without getting angry. The more he talked, the angrier he got.

And thus, Master Zhai turned around and asked Yu Xi: “You kid, didn’t I tell you to introduce him to a young girl? Didn’t you write back to me saying that there was a girl who got along quite well with Yunsheng?”

Yu Xi’s heart was about to turn cold. He knew that sooner or later, he would be held accountable by Master Zhai for this matter. However, he hadn’t known that this day would have come so quickly.

Who would have thought that the famous and renowned Master Zhai would personally come all the way from the capital to Hengyuan CIty just to pressure Zhai Yunsheng to get married?