"Who is coming to dismantle the Lin Family's main house? I can't think of anyone important enough that Lin Huan wouldn't meet them personally, letting someone whose name isn't even on the family tree, whose status is uncertain, to meet them instead."
If that person really is of a noble identity, the moment they see me, a mere shrimp, greeting them, they wouldn't hesitate to flip the table on the spot.
Wait a minute, my grandfather is not a foolish man.
On the contrary, he is an old but increasingly wise family head. His arrangement for me to meet that person must be deliberate.
The Lin Family Disciple said sheepishly, "Uh, Miss Wan, you'll understand once you go."
"Humph, my grandfather wouldn't have arranged a match with some noble family's son for me, would he?" I racked my brain but couldn't think of this possibility. The key was that Yu Longting had anticipated it earlier.
He felt that grandfather would play matchmaker. I was skeptical at first, but now, the secretive nature of this meeting made me somewhat believe what Yu Longting had said.
The disciple, startled, shrank back his neck, "Miss Wan truly is resourceful. It's no wonder you managed to save the entire Lin Family from difficulty by yourself. Everyone in the Lin Family looks up to you as an idol."
"..."
I raised an eyebrow. There's no need for flattery, especially when it isn't sincere.
If they really saw me as an idol, they wouldn't team up with my grandfather to trap me.
At that moment, my eyes caught Zhang Shuying, dressed in an immaculate cloud-patterned long robe, looking like a charming scholar, lounging with his legs crossed, cracking sunflower seeds and enjoying pastries.
"Old Man Lin, you finally arrived. Taoist Master has been waiting all morning. I've cracked open five pounds of sunflower seeds. Look, my lips are so salty they're peeling," Zhang Shuying complained as he touched his still gorgeous, but chapped lips upon hearing footsteps.
As he glanced up and saw me, he hesitated a moment before standing up and coughing, "Crap, crap, crap, crap... Spiritual Eye Sister… cough, cough, cough... what the heck are you doing here?"
Zhang Shuying bent over, coughing for a long time, hacking up sunflower seed shells.
Then, wiping the sweat from his forehead, he said with a shaken soul, "Whew~ my goodness, a peerless master almost choked to death on sunflower seed shells."
"My grandfather sent me here. He's busy with important matters and asked me to entertain you," I said upon realizing that the person Lin Huan wanted me to meet was Zhang Shuying, and my lips twitched.
Did Grandfather want me to have an arranged meeting with Zhang Shuying? Could it be?
This is so awkward, it makes me want to dig out an entire underground mansion with my toes right here on the spot.
Zhang Shuying stood up and paced in front of me, hand on his chin as if deep in thought, "Grandfather? Damn, are you talking about Lin Huan? How come I never heard Lin Huan had a granddaughter? Where did you come from? Did you pop out of a rock?"
"Uh, I'm not someone who popped out from between the rocks. Aren't you quite familiar with the Lin Family? Didn't you realize I was from the Lin family when we were at Gu Sect?" I wondered why Zhang Shuying was so surprised. It seems I should be the surprised one.
Zhang Shuying finally stopped pacing, reluctantly accepting the situation, "I did hear that Lin Huan had a daughter who was expelled from the family registry, but... Lin Huan is so conservative, he would never acknowledge his banished daughter, much less you as his granddaughter. It's so strange, Third Master was smart all his life, but to be stumped by something like this!!"
"Third Master, let me tell you what happened. Otherwise, you might die trying to figure it out." Seeing that Third Master Zhang seemed unaware of recent events at the Lin Family, I informed him about the upheaval in the Lin Family.