The man tightened his grip on his chopsticks. He picked up some of Ling’er’s favourite dishes and placed them into the bowl in front of her. The man looked at Ling’er.

Xiao Jiu tilted his head and looked at Ling’er. After sizing her up for a while, he said, “I feel that Grandma has lost weight too. Is Grandpa bullying you? But I’m here. I won’t let Grandpa bully you.”

Ling’er looked at the dishes in the bowl. Just as she was about to pick them up and put them into her mouth, she heard Xiao Jiu’s words. She couldn’t help but laugh again. “Has Xiao Jiu become so powerful?”

“Of course. If you don’t believe me, I’ll show you my muscles.”

Xiao Jiu put down his chopsticks. His small hands neatly rolled up his sleeves, revealing his small, fleshy arms. Then, he clenched his hands into fists, and his arms bulged a little.

Xiao Jiu even used his hands to poke at the bulging parts and shouted excitedly, “Grandma, look, there are muscles.”

Ling’er smiled and praised, “Xiao Jiu is so powerful.”

Xiao Jiu said proudly, “So, Grandma, you don’t have to be afraid. I will protect you.”

Ling’er looked at Xiao Jiu’s adult-like tone and said with relief, “Xiao Jiu has grown up. He knows how to protect Grandma.”

The man saw that Ling’er laughed a few times today. It was the right decision to let Xiao Jiu accompany her. Xiao Jiu’s mouth was even sweeter than before. Fu Tingyu smiled and said, “Grandma, I’m not afraid.”.

Xiao Jiu looked at the master again, he said very seriously, “Grandpa, you can’t bully Grandma. Grandma is here and is unfamiliar with this place. She only knows you. If you bully her, others will follow and bully Grandma.”

The man had always known how smart Xiao Jiu was. He just didn’t expect Xiao Jiu to be so meticulous to know all this.

The man looked up at Ling’er. How could he bear to bully Ling’er?

“I know.”

Ling’er looked up at the man. Without any warning, she bumped into a pair of cold but affectionate eyes, which made her startled. The man looked at Ling’er.

After breakfast, Xiao Jiu elegantly wiped the corner of his mouth with a tissue. She glanced at the man and said, “I want to call my mom.”

“I’ve told your mom that you’re here.”

Even though the master said that he still took out his phone and dialled Qin Shu’s number. He handed it to Xiao Jiu and said, “I’ve called her.”

Xiao Jiu couldn’t wait to throw away the tissue and take the phone. As soon as the call connected, he called out, “Mommy, I’m at Grandma’s place. Grandma is right next to me.”

Qin Shu could imagine Xiao Jiu obediently sitting next to her mommy when she heard her son’s words. It was just like when she was young.

“I just found out about it. Play with Grandma for a while. Don’t forget what you need to learn, okay?”

The meaning in her words was: Don’t forget the hacking skills she taught you.

“Mommy, I know. I will work hard. I promise I won’t let Mommy down. I will also ask Grandpa to teach me martial arts.”

When she said this, Xiao Jiu looked up at the man. She arched her eyebrows at him and smiled especially obediently. The master smiled at him.

The man only felt that Xiao Jiu was like Xiao Bao when she was young. She was smart and intelligent.

Grandfather?

Her son even called her grandfather directly.

How would the master react?

“Master must have his work and may be very busy. Don’t disturb him too much, understand?”

The implication was, what did the master do.

“I understand, Mommy. I’ll be good.”

“Call me if you miss Mommy.”

“Okay, I miss Mommy, so I asked Grandpa for my phone to call Mommy.”

After hanging up the phone, Xiao Jiu obediently returned the phone to the man. “Grandpa, next time when I miss Mommy, I’ll call her from your phone, okay?”

“Okay,” the man replied. He took the phone from Xiao Jiu and put it away.

Xiao Jiu turned to look at Ling’er and said excitedly, “Grandma, is there anything fun here? Can you take me out to play?”

“I don’t know what’s fun here either.” Even though Ling’er had been here for more than half a year, she had never left the president’s manor. She raised her head and looked at the man with a pleading look.

The man said, “When I’m done, I’ll take you guys out to play.”

Ling’er smiled. “Okay.”

Xiao Jiu nodded excitedly. “Grandpa is the best. It’s not easy for me to go on such a long trip. I want to play to my heart’s content. When the time comes, I’ll go back and share the fun here with Nan Nan.”

“I’ll go handle some business. You accompany Ling’er to play in the courtyard for a while.”

The man stood up and glanced at Ling’er before turning around to leave.

When the man had gone far away and there were only the two of them left in the restaurant, Xiao Jiu grabbed Ling’er’s hand and asked, “Grandma, what is this place?”

“This is the president’s Manor.” Ling’er had heard about it from the female servants.

“The President’s Manor?” Xiao Jiu thought about it carefully. Since there was a president’s manor, it was not in Hua Xia. It was another country.

He asked again, “Then what is the name of this country?”

Ling’er shook her head. “I don’t know. If you want to know, you can ask Ziqing later.”

Xiao Jiu nodded and looked outside at the courtyard. “Grandma, Let’s go take a walk around the courtyard.”

Ling’er was just about to go out for a walk when she held Xiao Jiu’s hand and led him out. “Sure, there’s a swing in the courtyard.”

Xiao Jiu followed Ling’er out and found that the courtyard was very big. It was even bigger than the courtyard in the bright garden. However, the courtyard’s design was European and American, but it was very beautiful.

Not far away, the female servants saw Madam holding a little boy’s hand and playing under a tree. Confusion flashed across their eyes.

On the first day Ling’er moved in, the man announced that Ling’er was the female master of this place. Everyone had to address her as a madam. She was the female master of this place.

“Why did a little boy suddenly appear?”

“Could it be the son of Madam and Master?”

“It shouldn’t be. If it was the son of Master and Madam, why would they only bring him back now?”

“Master still doesn’t have a son or a daughter. I heard that it would threaten the master’s position as president. If madam gave birth to a son and had an heir, the master wouldn’t have so much trouble.”

A five-year-old boy suddenly appeared in the Presidential Manor. The news spread like wildfire. When it reached the ears of the outsiders, it would be known that the President had a five-year-old illegitimate child.

This matter reached the ears of Situ Qianhui. She had waited for a man for more than twenty years, and now, an unknown woman suddenly appeared beside her. Now, even an illegitimate child appeared. She could no longer sit still.

“Send a car. I want to go to the Presidential Manor.”

On the third day that Xiao Jiu had been here, he did not manage to find out the name of the country. No matter how many questions he asked, none of the people here said anything. The main point was that there were too few people in this courtyard.

He felt that he should find an opportunity to ask his grandfather for a computer. That way, it would be much easier for him to do anything.

“Young Miss Qianhui, why are you here?”

The female servants who had been guarding the door all this time looked at Situ Qianhui who had suddenly appeared in surprise.

Situ Qianhui and the president were childhood sweethearts. She was three years younger than the president, so she always called him elder brother. She came and went freely in the president’s manor.