Crowned by the Treacherous Big Shot
Chapter 228 - 212: Grandparent and Grandchild Recognize Each Other

Chapter 228: Chapter 212: Grandparent and Grandchild Recognize Each Other

The old farmer pointed incredulously at Lu Yuan, his old eyes wide as saucers: "Girl, what did you say? This rascal who’s been tricking me all this way is my long-lost grandson?"

Impossible!

Absolutely impossible!

Lu Yuan snorted coldly, "As if I’m keen on being your grandson."

Zong Zhengxi was stunned.

So after all this time, you two are blood relatives, then what was the point of everything I went through?

Starving, fleeing, stumbling, and being imprisoned...

Am I just a part of your family reunion?

Liu Qingyun looked at her father and son, who seemed like they were about to fight, and was baffled: "You two... didn’t know? So how did you end up together?"

Meng Qianqian was equally surprised.

Yu Zichuan had only told him that Lu Yuan and Zong Zhengxi were caught and thrown into the county government’s prison, but didn’t mention there was a rogue "grandpa" involved.

"If you’re not interested, then why did you follow me?"

"Then why did you insist on hosting a feast at the inn without any money?"

"How... how was I supposed to know the inns in Capital City were so expensive?"

"You two stop arguing!"

Liu Qingyun decisively interrupted the banter between the grandfather and grandson, bent down, entered the cell, grabbed her son’s hand, furrowed her brows, and asked the old farmer, "Did you put a gu on him?"

"I did not!" The old farmer adamantly denied.

Seeing Liu Qingyun staring at him with a serious expression, he cleared his throat, "Just one."

Liu Qingyun immediately forced the Gu Worm out of Lu Yuan’s body and crushed it without a word.

The old farmer tried to stop her but was too late: "Ah—my worm!"

Liu Qingyun said angrily, "If this happens again, I’ll burn all your worms!"

The old farmer was heartbroken: "He was the one who tricked me first!"

Liu Qingyun looked at Lu Yuan.

Lu Yuan said flatly, "Put a bit of poison on him."

The old farmer exploded: "I knew it!"

Liu Qingyun’s mouth twitched hard: "The young one poisons the old, the old one puts a gu on the young..."

Other grandparents greet each other with tears of joy, but her father and son meet each other ready to fight to the death!

If she hadn’t come tonight, she would seriously doubt she’d need to collect a body the next morning.

The government official waiting outside grew impatient, knocked on the cell door with his keychain: "Hey! Have you decided yet? Which two are you going to ransom?"

The words plunged everyone into an awkward silence.

Especially Liu Qingyun.

She came to ransom her father and that kid, but she didn’t know her son was there too.

In a flash, she grabbed her father with one hand and her son with the other: "Ransom these two!"

Zong Zhengxi, who was heartlessly abandoned: "...!!"

Meng Qianqian suppressed her slightly upturned lips and hurriedly went to pay the ransom.

The ransom was paid to the government office, used for bailing out three people, but the meal money still needed to be paid.

Meng Qianqian paid for the meal as well.

Liu Qingyun said with a stern face: "A meal for two hundred taels, and the bail for you all cost fifteen hundred taels."

Lu Yuan glanced at the old farmer: "He wanted to eat."

Old farmer: "You didn’t eat too?"

Liu Qingyun scolded: "Arguing again?"

Lu Yuan huffed coldly.

The old farmer also wanted to huff but didn’t dare.

His daughter was terrifying when angry.

Liu Qingyun said to her father: "Meet your granddaughter-in-law."

Meng Qianqian stepped forward, gave the old farmer a respectful salute: "Qianqian greets grandfather."

The old farmer immediately brightened, smilingly said to Meng Qianqian: "Hello, granddaughter-in-law!"

Meng Qianqian smiled: "I apologize for the inadequate greeting upon your long journey, please forgive me, grandfather."

"You’re such a likeable girl! Come, come, grandpa has a gift for you!"

The old farmer said, taking out a small porcelain bottle from his waist pouch.

"Put away those worms of yours..." Liu Qingyun was about to say, but when she saw the Green Simurgh Jade Bottle, she swallowed her words.

The old farmer, having walked around the prison, had dirt on his hand, so when he handed the gift to Meng Qianqian, it inevitably got a bit dirty.

Meng Qianqian accepted it with genuine joy, without a hint of disdain.

The old farmer was very pleased: "The old man is all dirty, it’s hard for you not to mind."

Meng Qianqian chuckled: "What are you talking about, grandfather? Traveling from Miaojiang must have been exhausting, let’s return home first."

The old farmer readily agreed: "Listen to the granddaughter-in-law!"

Meng Qianqian turned to Lu Yuan, but seeing him standing there coldly, she paused, gently taking his hand: "Husband, I’ll come earlier next time."

These words implied that he wasn’t upset with his grandfather, but with her tardiness.

Everyone could see that Meng Qianqian was giving the grandfather and grandson a way to reconcile.

Lu Yuan remained silent.

Meng Qianqian gently shook his hand, urging him to relent.

Lu Yuan, maintaining a very aloof demeanor, acknowledged with a hum, holding her hand as they left the cell.

The old farmer crossed his arms: "You rascal!"

Liu Qingyun sternly said: "Dad, be nicer to my son!"

The old farmer immediately dropped his hands: "Understood."

Unfilial daughter!

Forgot her father once she had a son!

Outside the prison, Meng Qianqian said to Zong Zhengxi: "Your Majesty, it’s too late now. To prevent worrying the Supreme Emperor and Noble Consort, I’ve already sent word to the palace that you’ll be staying at the Governor Mansion tonight."

Zong Zhengxi looked down at himself, realizing his disheveled state was indeed unsuitable for returning to the palace, lest it cause more chaos.

He gave Meng Qianqian a slight nod: "Much appreciated."

After an exhausting day, Zong Zhengxi fell asleep as soon as he got into the carriage.

Liu Qingyun and the old farmer also boarded Meng Qianqian’s carriage.

Yu Zichuan sat atop the carriage, polishing his bow.

When it happened, he was polishing his bow by the front gate of the carriage, and since Lu Yuan and the others escaped from the back gate, by the time he caught up, they were already captured.

The old farmer had left a signal on the roof, and his guard, seeing the signal, found a way to contact Liu Qingyun, who was also in Capital City.

On the carriage, the grandfather and grandson exchanged looks of mutual disdain.

The old farmer said with disdain: "Girl, are you sure you’re not mistaken? Is he really my grandson? He’s nothing like me!"

Meng Qianqian observed their identical eye-roll expressions and couldn’t help but think, isn’t everything exactly the same?

Lu Yuan said coldly: "Indeed, unlike you, cunning and scheming."

"Oh ho! Quite good with words!" The old farmer crossed one leg over the other, grabbing his lifted leg, said, "That’s called old ginger is spicier!"

Lu Yuan chuckled: "Well, didn’t you still get poisoned?"

The old farmer retorted fiercely: "Didn’t you also get hit by my gu?"

Meng Qianqian softly reminded: "Grandfather, watch the respect."

The old farmer choked on his words.

Meng Qianqian glanced over each of their faces, catching all their expressions: "Since everyone’s gathered, why not clear up the misunderstandings of the past?"

The old farmer said: "What misunderstandings? Oh, granddaughter-in-law, you mean about the boy going missing? Why didn’t we look for him after he disappeared, causing him to suffer all these years?"

As he spoke, his face suddenly seemed to carry the weight of years: "Actually, back then..."

Liu Qingyun clenched her handkerchief tightly: "What happened back then was my fault."