He said seriously, like a little adult, "No, Mommy said you can't let strangers in, or you'll be taken by bad people."

Old Master Lu nodded approvingly when he heard Gu Anning's words. He thought that Gu Ziyan had taught her son well.

Gu Ziyan was busy cleaning up the house. She had just finished washing the clothes, but Gu Anning was nowhere to be seen. She could not help but become anxious. Her face revealed a panicked expression, and she immediately said, "Peace! Peace!"

"Mommy, I'm here!" When Gu Anning heard Gu Ziyan's call, he immediately turned around and shouted.

When Gu Ziyan heard the voice, she immediately rushed over. When she saw him open the door for someone, she immediately became nervous.

He took three steps forward and protected Gu Anning behind him. He looked at Old Master Lu warily and said, "May I ask who you are looking for?"

Old Master Lu carefully sized up Gu Ziyan. Seeing that she was not as he had imagined, his impression of her improved a little, but her face became serious again.

"I came to find you."

"Looking for me?"

"Yes, it's about Lu Jingchuan."

Gu Ziyan was slightly moved by the name of Lu Jingchuan - alas, she didn't show it.

"Come in and tell me about it."

She'd clearly broken off her relationship with Lu Jingchuan a long time ago - she didn't know why she'd come knocking on the door at this time of the day. At first, she didn't want to let him in - alas, seeing that Old Master Lu was getting on in years, she couldn't let him stand outside the door for too long out of politeness.

Gu Ziyan brought Gu Anning and retreated, giving up a spot.

Seeing this, Gu Anning could not help but ask, "Mommy, do you know this grandfather?"

"Yes, I know him. Why don't you go back to your room and play by yourself for a while? Mommy will call you when I'm done."

"Okay."

Gu Anning nodded obediently and then turned around to run away.

When his small figure disappeared from her sight, Gu Ziyan walked over to the sofa. Seeing that Old Master Lu had already sat down, she said, "I'll make you a cup of tea first."

Old Master Lu looked at Gu Ziyan's back as she walked into the kitchen and couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

Perhaps he really had a different misunderstanding of Gu Ziyan.

Even though she was Lu Jingchuan's grandfather, no matter what kind of past she'd had with Lu Jingchuan, Xiang Wan still had to treat Old Master Lu with the utmost respect.

Gu Ziyan took out the best black tea in the house and made it. A few minutes later, it was served.

"I wonder why Mr. Lu called me here this time?" Gu Ziyan sat on the sofa not far away, keeping her distance from Old Master Lu. She thought for a moment and decided to call him by his title.

"Yes, I heard that Lu Jingchuan helped you hide something today - Gu Xueqian doesn't know about it, do you admit it?"

Even though Old Master Lu's impression of Gu Ziyan had changed slightly, this did not mean that he would side with her.

Gu Ziyan was startled, and could not help but reveal a surprised expression.

Conceal?

Impossible!

She and Lu Jingchuan had never interacted with each other again - how could he possibly help her? Besides, Xiang Wan had always been clean and would never get into any trouble!

"Mr. Lu, you may have misunderstood something - not to mention the fact that you haven't been in contact with Lu Jingchuan for a long time, how could he possibly do such a thing for me?"

Old Master Lu thought that it made sense, but when he thought about how pitiful Gu Xueqian looked when she cried, his heart became resolute again.

He thought for a moment with a straight face. It was true that he did not have much evidence to prove that Gu Ziyan had made a mistake, but he had come here of his own accord. Wasn't that the same as asking for trouble?

Thinking about it this way, Old Master Lu did not plan to stay any longer. Instead, he stood up and was about to walk out.

"Mr. Lu."

Gu Ziyan did not understand what he meant by this action, so she also stood up and spoke.

However, Old Master Lu ignored Gu Ziyan and directly walked out. After closing the door, the room returned to silence.

He returned to the car and said in a deep voice, "Drive."

The driver didn't know why Old Master Lu was doing this, but he was just a small driver and couldn't interfere too much.

Just as the car drove off, Lu Jingchuan's car stopped at the entrance of Gu Ziyan's house.

They'd just missed each other so that no one would be able to notice the other.

As soon as Lu Jingchuan got out of the car and looked around Gu Ziyan's house, he couldn't help but feel a little conflicted - he couldn't help but wonder how long it had been since they'd last met alone.

He took a deep breath and tried his best to calm himself down. He tidied up his suit jacket before emboldening himself to walk up to her.

Seeing that everyone had left, Gu Ziyan looked at the hot black tea again. She thought for a moment and decided not to waste it.

Just as she was about to call Gu Anning out and find a good TV show to watch, she suddenly heard the bell ring again.

She could not help but scratch her head in annoyance. She did not know why there were so many people here today.

Gu Ziyan didn't even look at the peephole. She opened the door and said, "No insurance, no car insurance, no house, please leave..."

Before she could finish her sentence, she looked up to see Lu Jingchuan's unnatural smile.

Xiang Wan couldn't help but frown as the words that Old Master Lu had just said flashed across her mind - she couldn't help but pretend that she didn't see him as she closed the door behind her.

However, just as he was about to close the door behind him, he saw a foot in exquisite leather shoes appear in the crack of the door - Lu Jingchuan couldn't help but gasp in pain at Gu Ziyan's strength.

Gu Ziyan couldn't help but feel a little surprised - she subconsciously let go of her hand.

The door slowly opened, and Lu Jingchuan took advantage of this opportunity to walk in, ignoring the pain in his feet.

"What are you doing here? Hurry up and get out!" Gu Ziyan, who had just come back to her senses, immediately shouted at Lu Jingchuan to get out of the room.

Even though Lu Jingchuan knew that Xiang Wan didn't like him very much, he still didn't want anything to happen to her.

"Have you read today's newspaper?"

"What newspaper?"

Lu Jingchuan was relieved to hear this.

But it was his appearance that made Gu Ziyan feel even more strange. Coupled with what Old Master Lu had just said, she immediately understood what was going on.

"What was in the newspaper? What did you hide for me? Lu Jingchuan, I'm telling you - don't make any decisions on your own - I have nothing to do with you right now - please don't cause me any unnecessary trouble."

"I'm helping you! Don't you understand that you would've been condemned by tens of thousands of people today if it wasn't for me!"

Lu Jingchuan couldn't help but feel enraged - he couldn't help but raise his voice slightly.

Even so, Gu Ziyan didn't feel grateful at all - the scenes from the past resurfaced in her mind.