CHAPTER 146: CHAPTER 141: AGONIZING SUFFOCATION (PART 1)

Yi Luowa pouted, "How should I coax him?"

"Just coax my granduncle the same way you’d coax my great-grandpa."

Yi Luowa rubbed her head, "Then I should tidy up a bit—this look isn’t great."

"You’re a patient, just sit on the bed. Your hair..." Tong Airui raised his hand to help her smooth the strands scattered on her shoulders, "Even like this, you’re breathtakingly beautiful."

Yi Luowa burst into laughter, "Breathtakingly beautiful? So, when you first saw me, did you lose your breath?"

Tong Airui narrowed his eyes dangerously, "The first time I saw you, it was so painful, I couldn’t breathe."

Yi Luowa raised her hand, glanced at it, then forcefully wiped it twice on the blanket. Seeing Tong Airui giving her a disapproving look, she giggled, "Come on, for Ai Ni, I’m willing to do anything!"

Tong Airui glanced at the phone screen, "Once you’ve decided what to say, we’ll start."

Yi Luowa made an OK gesture. Watching as Tong Airui pressed the record button, she waved at the phone with a bright smile, "Hello, Grandpa! I’m Yi Luowa, your future granddaughter-in-law in training. Hehe... Grandpa, whether I can ’go permanent’ still awaits your approval. Grandpa, I’ve hurt my leg a bit, but once it’s healed, I’ll visit you and Grandma in Laman with Tong Airui. Everyone tells me you’re the most adorable, kind grandpa. Without even meeting you, I already like you. I’m so looking forward to meeting you."

Tong Airui hit pause and asked with a grin, "After saying so many insincere things, do you feel disgusted?"

Yi Luowa stifled her laughter and nodded, "Let’s stick with that. If I say any more, I’m afraid I’ll crack up."

"But the things you said will definitely please my grandpa. Let’s record a bit more together and send it to him, so he can cool off. Then Ai Ni and You Jia might have it a bit easier."

While the two of them were busy with the recording, the hapless Teng Ai Ni sat on the sofa, sniffling.

Teng Tianxiang walked out of the bedroom and, seeing his darling granddaughter crying, rushed over to comfort her. "The doctor said your grandma’s fine, stop crying."

"I know Grandma is fine. I’m crying for myself. Boohoo..." Teng Ai Ni said no more after that.

Teng Tianxiang frowned as he looked at You Jia, "You... if you weren’t so clingy, would Ai Ni have been so upset?"

Before You Jia could reply, Tong Aino stepped out of Grandma’s bedroom. "Grandpa, let’s be reasonable here! You can’t blame everything on You Jia."

Teng Tianxiang’s expression changed instantly. "Get back to the study! Look at the things you’ve designed—sure, they’re advanced, but they’re full of flaws. I can’t even be bothered to fix them."

Tong Aino walked over with a mischievous grin, threw an arm around Teng Tianxiang’s shoulder, and chuckled, "Ha! Is it that you’re too lazy to fix them or you just don’t know where to start? If you miss me, Grandpa, just say so! Don’t keep hiding behind those blueprints."

Teng Tianxiang slapped his hand away in annoyance. "I miss Ni’er, not you! You and your brother are both no good!"

Just as Teng Tianxiang finished scolding, his phone rang. He took it out, glanced at it, and muttered, "That brat has sharp ears. I just scolded him and he already knows."

Tong Aino craned his neck to peek. "Grandpa, it’s a WeChat message from my brother. Check it out—there might be a surprise!"

"That brat can’t even be bothered to call me these days!" Teng Tianxiang opened WeChat and, although his face was still stern at first, it quickly softened into a smile. Holding his phone, he gleefully headed back to the bedroom. "Old lady, come see your granddaughter-in-law!"

Seeing her grandfather leave, Teng Ai Ni stopped crying. "Grandpa’s mood will definitely improve after seeing Sister-in-law Four. I’ll go talk to him."

You Jia tenderly wiped her tears. "I just repeated what Fourth Brother taught us earlier. I think Grandpa’s already starting to waver. Be careful when you talk to him. Don’t make him angry—and stop crying, it breaks my heart."

"You may feel heartbroken, but Grandpa feels it even more. I’ll keep crying." Ai Ni grabbed the tissue box from the coffee table and stormed into Grandma’s bedroom.

Ouyang Beilei saw her granddaughter walk in, struggled to sit up, reached out to hold her hand, and gently comforted her. "Stop crying. Your grandpa just has a terrible temper. He’ll be fine once he cools down."

Teng Tianxiang shot his wife an annoyed look and continued watching the video sent by Tong Airui.

"Grandma... it’s not that I want to cry. It’s that I just can’t swallow this indignation. Who does Shiqing think she is? She said one sentence, and now she claims I can’t become the queen of country S. Well, I’ll prove her wrong! In her eyes, my dad and Grandpa don’t even exist. Her arrogance—it’s as if country S belongs to her! My mom was so mad she cried, and my dad was so furious he kicked the coffee table over right then and there..."

"Your dad’s useless! Smashing your own furniture—is that what makes a man? If it were me, I’d shoot that so-called Shiqing dead on the spot!" Teng Tianxiang huffed coldly. "When your uncle gets back, I’ll tell him our family won’t do business with country S anymore!"

"Not doing business won’t hurt Shiqing in the slightest. And if, just because of something she said, I can’t become queen, how could you and Dad ever face anyone again? Boohoo... It’s all my fault. Rather than have you both share my humiliation, I... I might as well just die!"