Chapter 1209
At eleven o''clock in the morning, the sun was shining, and the temperature was still warm.
In the Hsu family, Old Master Hsu''s bedroom was the best one in terms of natural lighting. The sun
shone brightly on the floor through the wholecolored window curtains.
Master Hsu drank the tea, but the wrinkles on his face seemed to have tightened. He then put down
the teacup in his hand and said anxiously, "Anthea, why didn''t you tell me that you had been
injured!"
Anthea smiled. "Grandpa, I didn''t want you to worry about me!"
After the ster was removed, she wanted to visit her grandfather.
It would soon be the Lunar New Year. However, she couldn''t spend the New Year''s Eve with Master
Hsu because of Adam, and therefore she came in advance to visit the old man.
Originally, she didn''t want to tell the Old Master about her injuries. But when the servant came in to
serve them tea, Anthea picked up the teacups from the tray, and the servant stumbled because of
carelessness. Anthea supported the servant with her arms and, during the process, Master Hsu
noticed that Anthea''s movement was somewhat strange and unnatural. He then asked her what had
happened.
"Am I not worried now?" The Old Master was somewhat worried, but he was more worried about
her at the same time. He looked at her left leg. "How is it now? Is everything okay? What did the
doctor say?"
"It''s all right! Look... The ster had been removed and it looks good. The doctor said that I was
young and my recovery was fast! If you don''t believe me, I''ll dance for you now!" Anthea said with a
smile.
Seeing that she was about to stand up and dance, the Old Master berated her, "Stop! Just have a
good rest."
Anthea revealed two dimples to the old man.
Master Hsu felt happy again. He took her hand with his old and warm hands. "Anthea, why don''t
you move to my house? There are many servants here, and they can surely take good care of you!"
"No need, grandpa!" Anthea immediately shook her head.
Although Master Hsu wanted to do so, he clearly knew that if he really let Anthea move to this
house, she might be wronged by someone who looked down upon her. For this reason, he didn''t
insist on inviting her. He then asked, "Where do you live if it''s winter vacation now?"
Anthea exined, "I''m currently living in a female ssmate''s house, which she rented together
with someone else. Her roommate had gone back to her hometown for the Lunar New Year, and
therefore I''m apanying her now!"
Master Hsu nodded with relief, and then repeated, "It will take at least three months to heal your
bones. Anthea, you must be careful during this period, okay?"
"I know, grandpa!" Anthea smiled.
Master Hsu pulled her up and said, "Let''s go downstairs and ask the servants to cook some bone
soup!"
The grandfather and granddaughter walked down the stairs. When they were about to walk down
thest step, a servant came to report, "Old Master, Mr. Adam Chin is here!"
"Adam ising?" The Old Master was very happy to hearthat.
Anthea, who was holding the Old Master''s arm beside him, lowered her eyshes shyly.
"I haven''t expected him toe so fast!"
Originally, they had nned that Anthea would go to the Hsu family first, and Adam woulde
over in
the afternoon...
This was the first time the two of them had appeared together at the Hsu family since they had
be secret lovers.
Soon footsteps could be heard from the hallway. Adam''s coat was ced on his elbow, and he was
wearing a neat camouge suit, which made him look tall and strong, giving others the impression
of a strong and powerful military officer.
Anthea looked at her secret lover almost obssesively.
She quickly restrained her own expression so as not to reveal any clues to the others.
Adam had walked up to them and nodded. "Dad."
Master Hsu was surprised to see his son-inwing to his house. His smile deepened. "Adam,
when did youe back from the army?"
"It''s been a few days." Adam replied calmly.
Anthea said obediently, "Uncle Chin!"
"Uh..." Adam said calmly.
Master Hsu said kindly, "Jayden apanied your mother-inw to visit the rtives of the Jiles
family. I didn''t go with them because there would be too many people there. I thought I would be a
lonely old man staying at home today, and felt bored. I hadn''t expected that you and Anthea would
come one by one! The lunch will soon be ready. Adam, let''s have lunch together!"
"Alright." Adam nodded.
The servants respectfully left after putting the dishes on the table.
Master Hsu was sitting at the master position of the table. Anthea and Adam were sitting at his two
sides. Whenever she looked up, she could see his extremely handsome face.
Anthea tried to behave decently.
As it was a rare instance for his granddaughter toe here, Master Hsu specially ordered
servants in the kitchen to cook some delicious dishes. Every one of the dishes was carefully
prepared. There were six dishes and one soup, including meat dishes and vegetable dishes for the
bnce of nutrition.
Master Hsu''s appetite was good today, and he helped Anthea and Adam to the food from time to
time.
Under the dining table, in a ce that no one noticed, their toes asionally touched. Although the
istion of slippers existed, Anthea could even feel Adam''s big toes gently rubbing hers, which
made her heart tremble slightly.
For some reason, she felt the thrilling excitement of being sneaky...
This was indeed too daring!
Anthea looked fine in appearance, but her heart was beating fast.
At this time, Master Hsu suddenly asked, "Adam, I heard that you have a girlfriend now, right?"
The chopsticks in Adam''s hand halted.
He remained silent for half a second and then nodded without denying it. "Yes."
Anthea, who was sitting opposite Adam, also pinched the chopsticks in her hand tightly and held
her breath nervously.
Master Hsu heaved a long sigh. "Three years have passed since Rory passed away. Adam, I like
you very much! Since the day our two families were united by the marriage, I have always regarded
you as half a son!
You are still young, less than thirty years old. If you meet a girl who you love, I will not stop you. I
can''t let you never marry again for your whole life! As for your mother-inw, she might be more
stubborn in this. But I will persuade her!"
Master Hsu''s words were said after careful consideration.
Even in ancient society, there were no social rules to forbid a man to marry again if he lost his wife.
What''s more, Adam was still so young, and their daughter, Rory, passed away more than three and
a half years ago. It was impossible for Adam to waste a lifetime for his former wife. It was not
realistic!
As for the news that Adam had had a new girlfriend, it was actually revealed to the Old Master by
Adam''s mother, Meadow Yamada.
In addition to showing off to the others, she also wanted to prove that there was nothing wrong with
her son''s sexual orientation. He liked women only. Meadow wanted to keep those gossipers silent.
At the same time, she also wanted to learn about the Hsu family''s opinions.
After all, the two families were once united by the marriage. If Adam was to get married again
someday, it would be reasonable for them to solicit an agreement from the Hsu family.
Adam''s ck eyes swept across the opposite side, and then he replied in a low voice, "Thank you,
Dad."
When the Old Master told Adam that he knew thetter had a new girlfriend just now, he almost
wanted to tell the old man what had happened between Anthea and him.
However, he finally held back.
He thought that this was still not an appropriate time to tell the Old Master, and Anthea might not be
ready for it. Just now, under the table, her toes were curling up nervously. Adam also wanted to
protect her, and her privacy.
Master Hsu turned to look at her again. "By the way, Anthea also has a boyfriend now. When are
you going to bring him here to see grandpa?"
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"Grandpa, don''t worry about it!" Anthea bit her lips.
Master Hsu nodded with a smile and said kindly to her, "Okay... Girls should be more restrained in
such things! But at least you have to tell grandpa whether the rtionship between you and your
boyfriend is good. What kind of person is he? Is he nice to you?"
Anthea''s long eyshes fluttered, and she could roughly see a masculine figure sitting opposite her.
Her voice was shy and serious. "He treats me very nice..."