"It was Old Master who couldn't sleep at night and wanted to take a walk, so he sent the bangle over to you." Zhang Ma followed Qin Zhi'ai into the living room.

  "Has Grandfather also arrived?" Qin Yilu's eyebrows furrowed slightly, and before Zhang Mama could respond, she saw the butler hand a steaming cup of calming tea to Mr. Gu, who was sitting on the sofa.

  "Grandpa."

  "Hmm." Mr. Gu replied somewhat unclearly because he had just taken a sip of tea, and only spoke up after swallowing it: "Why did you come back so late?"

  After finishing, Mr. Gu finally realized that something was wrong, frowned, and looked out at the courtyard outside the floor-to-ceiling window, didn't see Gu Yusheng's car, and continued to ask: "Where is Yusheng? Didn't he come back with you?"

  As Mr. Gu continued to ask, his expression became increasingly displeased: "Is he still the same as before, leaving you alone at home, neglecting you, and not coming back all day?"

  "None..." Qin Zhi Ai almost didn't hesitate at all before responding to Mr. Gu's words.

  Gu Yu's reason for putting on such a serious act at the old mansion tonight was just to make Grandpa think that he and she were getting along well, so that he could be at ease.

  If Grandpa knew that he and she weren't as friendly as he thought, he would definitely blame Gu Yu Sheng, and in the end, it was still her who suffered.

  What's more, last month he was so cruel to sleep with her and give her medicine, it was already a great insult to her. Now how could she dare let Grandpa know the true situation between them, and go to humiliate herself again?

  Qin Zhi Ai's brain quickly turned to find an excuse, while she forced a calm and unhurried smile on her face as she said to Mr. Gu: "Yu Sheng just received a temporary phone call saying that something came up at the company and he had to go overtime."

  "My life was originally going to take me back home, but I wanted to take a walk, so I let him drop me off at the entrance of the community and walked back myself."

  Facing Mr. Gu's thoughtful gaze, Qin Zhi'ai didn't show any tension at all. She spoke again in a calm and unhurried tone, her expression on her face extremely calm, making it impossible for anyone to detect even the slightest sign of deception: "When I have nothing to do, I always go back home. Grandfather doesn't believe you? Ask the housekeeper."

  As she spoke, Qin Zhi'ai also gave a glance at the housekeeper.

  The housekeeper immediately knew the tone and echoed: "Yes, old master, Mr. Gu has a return home when he is not busy."

  "That's good......" Upon hearing the butler's words, Mr. Guo's expression finally eased up, and he stood up while speaking: "I didn't come for anything in particular, just wandering around aimlessly. It's getting late, I should head back too."

  Qin Zhi'ai knew that Mr. Gu had been deceived by himself in the past, and secretly let out a sigh of relief: "Grandfather, I'll see you off."

  ……

  Qin Zhi'ai stood at the door of the house and watched Mr. Gu's car leave the courtyard before turning around and going back upstairs.

  The housekeeper first made Qin Zhi'ai a cup of hot milk, then went out to lock the gate of the courtyard, but unexpectedly Mr. Gu's car was still parked outside and hadn't left yet.

  The housekeeper was stunned and hadn't recovered yet when Mr. Gu's car window came down, and Zhang Ma called out in a low voice: "Xiao Yang, the old master is looking for you."

  The housekeeper hastily walked forward and respectfully shouted towards the car: "Sir."