Fu Yuxiu ate this meal in fear. Every time Old Master Fu cast his eyes at him, he would feel as though he was being dismembered.

"Old Fu, why don't you eat some more?" Old Madam Fu looked at his half-eaten porridge and frowned.

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Old Master Fu snorted. He wished he could kill this little scoundrel in front of him. How could he still be in the mood to eat?

"Third Son." Old Madam Fu threw the problem to Fu Chen. Old Master Fu was already old, so if he was both hungry and angry, his body wouldn't be able to take it.

Song Fengwan glanced at Fu Chen from the corner of her eye, looking forward to seeing how he would persuade Old Master Fu.

In the end, he just frowned. "Aren't you going to execute the family punishment later? If you don't eat, where will you get the energy to do it?"

Fu Yuxiu's hands trembled, and his chopsticks fell to the floor. "Third Uncle."

Old Master Fu snorted lightly, but he actually took half a steamed bun and started chewing.

"Bring father's antihypertensive medication, heart relief pills, and everything else over, just in case of any emergencies." Fu Chen's tone was calm.

Fu Yuxiu felt like crying. Is he still my uncle? How can he do this to me?

He was usually respectful to him and never offended him. At most, he had talked back to him once back in Yuncheng. Does he have to be so ruthless?

"Third Son is still the most thoughtful," Old Master Fu agreed.

Song Fengwan glanced at Fu Yuxiu. Based on her observations, she knew that apart from him, there wasn't a single person easy to deal with in the Fu family. They were all extremely devious.

***

After dinner, Old Master Fu stood up and gestured for Fu Yuxiu to follow him to the living room.

"Grandpa, aren't we going to the study?" There were many people in the living room, and most importantly, Song Fengwan was here.

"There are no outsiders here. What have you been doing all this time if you're afraid of embarrassing yourself now?!"

Old Master Fu had been holding back his anger for more than a month. He gripped the ferule and smacked Fu Yuxiu's back with it.

There was no warning, and a crisp sound rang out.

Song Fengwan was caught off guard and shivered. She didn't expect Old Master Fu to be so serious and ruthless.

Fu Yuxiu grunted softly. His face was pale, and cold sweat instantly seeped out of his forehead.

Everyone subconsciously held their breaths, not daring to breathe loudly.

"Do you know what you did wrong?!" Old Master Fu's voice was stern. His fingers holding the ferule were trembling slightly from the lash. Clearly, he was merciless when he hit Fu Yuxiu.

"I know. I was wrong." Fu Yuxiu wasn't stupid, so he hurriedly apologized. He sounded slightly breathless and weak.

"What exactly did you do wrong?" Old Master Fu asked.

"I shouldn't have broken the engagement without informing you."

"Since you know it's your fault, why did you still dare to threaten Wanwan?" While speaking, Old Master Fu raised the ferule and smacked him hard on the back again.

"Who gave you the courage to use the Fu family's name to lord over others?

"You haven't grown much in the years you've been in Yuncheng, but instead, you've learned so many bad habits!"

"I was really wrong." Fu Yuxiu gritted his teeth. His back hurt so much that it felt as though it was burning.

"Don't apologize to me!" After all, he was his grandson. After Old Master Fu finished venting his anger, he threw the ferule to the side. Only then did Old Madam Fu go forward to help him sit down.

Uncle Zhong served him a cup of ginseng tea. "Old Master, have some tea."

Fu Yuxiu's body trembled as he faced Song Fengwan. "Song Fengwan, I'm sorry."

At this moment, everyone's eyes landed on her. She only nodded and didn't say anything.

"I didn't force you to get engaged back then." Old Master Fu took the cup and took a sip of tea to calm himself down. "You and your parents agreed on it yourselves. Now that you think you're all grown up, you actually dared to annul the engagement without saying anything?

"Fu Yuxiu, you're really something!

"I really didn't expect that I would be embarrassed by my own grandson at this age!"

"Grandpa, I didn't think too much about it at the time. I didn't consider everything. I will accept any punishment you give me." Fu Yuxiu sounded sincere.

"Don't say I'm ruthless. If Third Son hadn't rushed over in time, you would have supported that girl at the Song family residence! What position would you put Wanwan in? Where's your brain!" Old Master Fu gripped his cup tightly.

"At that time, others would think that the Fu family was on that person's side. Where would I put my face then?" He angrily threw his cup, which still had some tea in it, at Fu Yuxiu.

"All these years, your parents have been protecting you too well, so you don't know how sinister people are and sent yourself to be a tool for others!"

The cup didn't hit him, but the tea splashed all over him. Fortunately, the weather was cold, and he wore many layers of clothes, so the tea didn't scald him.

Old Master Fu was best at strategies and calculating people's thoughts, so he could see through Jiang Fengya's thoughts clearly. If Fu Chen hadn't gone over, people would have thought that the Fu family stood up for an illegitimate daughter. If this matter spread…

He would be too ashamed to face anyone!

"If it wasn't for the large age difference between your eldest brother1 and Wanwan, do you think this marriage would have been yours? But you're still not satisfied?" Old Master Fu was furious.

The eldest brother he was referring to was naturally the eldest grandson of the Fu family.

Fu Yuxiu had never understood why his grandparents were so obsessed with Song Fengwan. The Song family was unremarkable with nothing special about them, so why were they so obsessed with her?

But when they had proposed the marriage, they had said it was up for discussion. But as juniors, they didn't dare to disobey, so they agreed to it.

Fu Chen had been sitting calmly at the side, and only when he heard his father mention the age difference did he raise his eyebrows. It's just ten-odd years. Is there that big a difference?

In contrast, Song Fengwan shuddered, and her heart felt alarmed. She wasn't dumb. When her cousin sent her here last time, she knew that the Fu family only had their eyes on the Qiao family. If not for the fact that her uncle didn't have a daughter, this matter wouldn't have had anything to do with her.

She was in a daze when Fu Chen, sitting beside her, said in a low voice, "Do you think age is important?"

"Huh?" Song Fengwan was stunned for a moment before reacting. "I think feelings are the most important."

Fu Chen nodded and didn't say anything else.

Song Fengwan frowned and glanced at him. Why did he ask that? He couldn't possibly want to match me with the eldest grandson of the Fu family…

Ever since she had gotten engaged to Fu Yuxiu, she had been criticized for not being worthy of him. If it was his eldest brother, she would be condemned even more by everyone.

But how could the Song Fengwan of right now know that Fu Chen asked this question for himself?

Old Master Fu means Fu Yuxiu's eldest cousin here.