After Breaking the Persona, I Reach the Peak of My Life-Chapter 881 - 870: Spontaneous Combustion

"Alright!" Elder Zheng gave Bi Xia a playful glance, "Instead of bickering with me here, you’d better go outside and negotiate with my daughter yourself. You’d gain even more benefits that way."

Bi Xia shrugged indifferently, sending a text while speaking, "They’re not as bad as you think, and..."

His starry eyes lazily lifted, looking mischievously at Elder Zheng, "Aren’t I here to tangle with the most threatening old fox? As for the daughter of the remaining old fox, she’s no threat to them."

"Hey!" Elder Zheng didn’t expect Bi Xia to be so blunt, and laughed, "You’re really... Careful I take back this task."

"Ah!" Bi Xia raised an eyebrow at Elder Zheng, "I really don’t fear! When the time comes, I’ll pester you until you hand over the task to us."

Elder Zheng shook his head helplessly, "You’re really clinging to me!"

Shrugging, Bi Xia happily looked at the phone, then cheekily made a popping sound with his lips at Elder Zheng, and began chatting with Qin Zhan.

Elder Zheng laughed, leaned over to fill up the two tea cups, then looked up at Bi Xia, "Speaking of Little Nine, what are your future plans?"

"Looking at you now, it seems like you’re not very satisfied with your current situation, what? Planning to expand outside?"

"Grandpa Zheng, you might as well be direct about expanding," Bi Xia chuckled, putting down his phone, "Yes, I plan to expand outward, I can’t stay in Qing City forever."

Looking out the window, Bi Xia relaxedly placed his legs on the chair, his arm on his legs, and propped his cheek with one hand, "Although Qing City is great, I was born and raised there, but honestly..."

His red lips slightly tugged, turning his head toward Elder Zheng, "Before I turned sixteen, Qing City really didn’t leave a good impression."

"My biggest wish back then was to get into college and leave Qing City with my mom and brother," his starry eyes slightly lowered, his originally indifferent pupils now soft, "Even now, that wish hasn’t disappeared, it’s just that my mindset is different now."

"Before, it was to escape, and now, it’s for betterment."

Listening to Bi Xia’s words, Elder Zheng deeply looked at Bi Xia, suddenly sighed lightly, "You look just like your grandpa when he was young."

"Grandpa?"

"Yes," Elder Zheng smiled, his calm eyes carrying a hint of nostalgia, "Unlike me, who grew up in Beijing, your grandpa ventured into Beijing."

"At that time, when your grandpa’s father passed away, he was all alone when he came to Beijing and opened a small restaurant. I got to know him purely by chance," Elder Zheng said with a slight cough of embarrassment, "Actually, I was fond of the dishes your grandpa cooked."

"From the first bite, I wondered how such a temperamental man could prepare such delicate and mesmerizing meals."

"Later, I often went to your grandpa’s restaurant for meals, gradually becoming familiar and friends with your grandpa," Elder Zheng slowly stood, walked to the window, "Your grandpa, being young, feared nothing, with the exception of that handsome face, he had no other positive traits."

"Who said that? His cooking is good!" Bi Xia interrupted.

"Hey!" Elder Zheng glared at Bi Xia, "He really is your grandpa, I just mentioned him and you started talking back! Don’t interrupt!"

Bi Xia playfully stuck out his tongue, took off shoes, nestled into the chair, resting his head against the backrest, "Grandpa Zheng, continue, I’ll listen closely to your story."

Elder Zheng didn’t mind Bi Xia’s casualness, on the contrary, he felt quite satisfied seeing Bi Xia act like this, just like he told Bi Xia, he hoped Bi Xia would see him as a grandpa, and likewise, he truly wanted to see Bi Xia as his granddaughter, not solely because Bi Xia was Xia Jingshen’s granddaughter, but because he genuinely liked Bi Xia as a person.

Thinking about it, Elder Zheng grinned mischievously, wondering whether Old Xia would be furious upon returning to find out his granddaughter called him Grandpa.