As soon as the words left his mouth, Cheng Huanzhen immediately stopped himself.

Wait. That’s not right. How could he take the initiative to invite his little uncle to disrupt his plans?

This moment of confusion was caught by his little uncle.

Little uncle glanced at him resentfully and asked, “What, you regret it as soon as you said it?”

Cheng Huanzhen: “…No.”

Cheng Huanzhen immediately explained, “I was just thinking about how to adjust my schedule if little uncle comes to find me.”

Little uncle lowered his eyes and rested his head on his hands, humming lightly, “Your schedule is so busy. How could you have time to play with me?”

Cheng Huanzhen thought to himself, when little uncle came to find him to play every day before, he clearly didn’t consider his schedule problem either.

Why is he starting to consider it now?

Cheng Huanzhen asked uncertainly, “Did grandfather say something to you, little uncle?”

Cheng Huanzhen couldn’t describe his intuition.

But it was like when the rabbit he raised as a child died, and later every time he had something that meant something different to him, such as the teddy bear that had always accompanied him by his bedside when he moved from his father’s house to the old mansion as a child, or the rockery cave he always loved to hide in when he skipped classes, they would eventually be destroyed or disappear. And with a little investigation, he could find his grandfather’s figure.

When he realized the strange change in his little uncle, his first reaction was to think of his grandfather.

…Could it be that he was overthinking it?

After all, this kind of thing hadn’t happened for many years.

He had long since adapted to the training rhythm of the old mansion.

He had long since become the descendant in the entire Cheng family who was most in line with his grandfather’s wishes and most able to satisfy him.

He had long since learned how to meet his grandfather’s “perfect” conditions.

This, this kind of thing, it shouldn’t happen again!

Grandfather tricking his little uncle back to the old mansion could at best be considered a “warning.”

But, but how could grandfather…!!

He stared at his little uncle, trying to find the answer to his question in his expression.

But he soon found that he didn’t need to stare at all—

Little uncle didn’t say anything, but secretly buried his head a little deeper into his hands. Only a pair of eyes were left, peeking out at him with a hint of grievance.

Cheng Huanzhen felt uncomfortable, felt angry.

He asked his little uncle, “Did grandfather really talk to you? What did he say to you?”

Little uncle stammered, “No, nothing. Why would my dad say anything to me?… Big nephew, don’t change the subject!”

Cheng Huanzhen did not change the subject and insisted on asking, “Did grandfather say something to you?”

Little uncle poked his head out a little from his arms and puffed out his cheeks a little. “Don’t change the subject! Don’t be a repeater!”

Cheng Huanzhen: “Did grandfather say something to you?”

Little uncle poked his head out a little more, puffed out his cheeks a little more. “Grandfather didn’t say anything to me! Don’t be a repeater!”

Cheng Huanzhen: “Did grandfather say something to you?”

Little uncle: “…”

Little uncle buried his head back in his arms and muttered in a low voice, “Okay, okay… then let me think about it.”

Cheng Huanzhen pursued relentlessly, “Why do you need to think, little uncle? You just need to tell me whether he said it or not.”

Little uncle asked, “Tell you whether he said it or not, and then what?”

Cheng Huanzhen replied with a deadpan expression, “If he did, then I will go ask grandfather why he did it.”

Little uncle blinked slowly and suddenly burst out laughing at him.

When his little uncle laughed, it was like a red flower bud blooming in the sun, carrying a unique fragrance and charm, embracing him in the air.

…Little uncle is happy.

He didn’t know what he was happy about, but this was happiness.

Little uncle called him, “Big nephew!”

Cheng Huanzhen was confused for a second. “Yes?”

Little uncle said, “Don’t overthink it. Why would my dad say anything to me?”

As his little uncle said this, the head that poked out from his arms again had an obvious expression of hiding something.

…It really looks like he has never been caught by his grandfather for any heir training.

Cheng Huanzhen was worried that his little uncle hadn’t fully understood his question, so he simply asked directly, “Did grandfather ever tell you what would happen if you disturbed my schedule?”

Little uncle’s expression indeed became hesitant at once.

Little uncle stammered, “Dad, he just…”

The uncomfortable, angry feeling flared up again. This emotion was not directed at his little uncle, but at his grandfather.

Sure enough, grandfather really did say something to his little uncle!

Cheng Huanzhen pressed, “Just what?”

But little uncle kept his mouth shut and refused to say.

Cheng Huanzhen’s lips pressed into a thin line. He stood up abruptly and strode towards the house.

Cheng Yiming’s eyes widened. He immediately jumped up from the chair, took two big steps to chase after him, and grabbed Cheng Huanzhen’s wrist, asking in shock, “Why aren’t you coaxing me anymore? I haven’t been coaxed enough yet!”

Cheng Huanzhen was suddenly grabbed by the wrist and was stunned for a moment. His anger subsided by thirty percent, and his usual good temper surfaced again.

He used this good temper to first say to his little uncle, “Little uncle, please wait a moment. I’m going to get my phone from inside. I need to ask grandfather what’s going on.”

Little uncle asked, “Ask my dad what?”

Cheng Huanzhen said, “To ask grandfather what he said to you, whether he threatened you.”

He thought of how his other uncles and aunts looked when they faced his grandfather and explained, “Little uncle, don’t worry. I’m more familiar with grandfather, and we usually communicate more. Like third uncle and first aunt, they often contact grandfather through me.”

Little uncle asked, “And then? If my dad really did say something to me, what are you going to do?”

Cheng Huanzhen calmed down a bit and thought, “I… will protest to him. He can’t get two benefits from one thing.”

He was silent for a moment and said, “He shouldn’t use you to threaten me, and then use me to threaten you.”

Little uncle asked again, “What if he insists on doing it? What can you do to him? Aren’t you afraid that my dad will take away all your power in the company? Aren’t you afraid that he will revoke your status as heir?”

Cheng Huanzhen said with a deadpan expression, “I’m not afraid. This family business was meant for me to inherit in the first place.”

Little uncle looked at him and suddenly smiled. “Oh my, big nephew, are you angry? You’re so angry. Okay, you’ve coaxed me enough!”

Cheng Huanzhen was bewildered by his sudden smile.

All his anger towards his grandfather was instantly thrown to the back of his mind. He looked at his little uncle in confusion, not knowing why he would suddenly smile at him like that.

But his little uncle didn’t give him a chance to speak.

Little uncle continued, “My dad didn’t really say much. He just told me that if I disturbed your work again, he would take me back to the old mansion. But being taken back to the old mansion isn’t such a terrible thing, is it?”

Cheng Huanzhen opened his mouth. “No, being taken back to the old mansion…”

For many uncles, aunts, and younger siblings, it was very terrible.

Little uncle lowered his head. “Dad just cares about your work results. I can understand. And look, I was really disturbing you when I was here before, causing you to not finish a lot of your work…”

Cheng Huanzhen immediately said, “That work doesn’t matter. It wasn’t important. I wouldn’t not do the important work.”

Little uncle dragged out his voice, “Oh—” he tilted his head, intrigued, and asked, “What about today? Is your important work done?”

Today’s work hasn’t even started yet.

Cheng Huanzhen thought for a moment and said, “There’s no important work today.”

Little uncle put his hands behind his back, leaned his head forward, and smiled. “Then are you going to invite me out to play, big nephew?”

The scent of the sachet was light, but with his little uncle’s sudden approach, the fragrance still rushed into his nose.

When Cheng Huanzhen had subconsciously asked that question just now, he had already anticipated this ending.

However, if it could make his little uncle happier, then occasionally disrupting a day’s plan was also acceptable.

Just like how his little uncle had always tried to find things he liked before… wasn’t that also a way of trying to find happiness for him?

Thinking so, Cheng Huanzhen replied, “Okay, little uncle. I invite you to go out and play.”

Little uncle was shocked. “How can you reply like that?”

Cheng Huanzhen was stunned for a moment and lowered his head in some embarrassment.

I answered wrong again, he thought.

The correct answer for little uncle is so hard to guess.

The two sides looked at each other in silence for three to five seconds. Little uncle was the first to ask in confusion, “Why aren’t you saying anything, big nephew? Where are we going? When are we going? Now?”

Cheng Huanzhen was equally puzzled and replied, “Little uncle, you decide.”

Little uncle was not satisfied. “How can it be up to me to decide? You’re the one inviting me out to play today. Of course, you have to take me around!”

Cheng Huanzhen: “…Me?”

Cheng Huanzhen accepted blankly but seriously.

He tried hard to think, thought for two seconds, and looked up to ask his little uncle, “Little uncle, do you want to see an exhibition, see the scenery, eat, or go shopping?”

Little uncle was speechless. “If I have to decide all that, then what’s the point of you taking me around? You decide, hurry up and think hard! Find a place you like, a place you want to go, and I’ll go with you!”

Cheng Huanzhen hesitated. “A place I want to go… little uncle, do you want to go to the company with me?”

Little uncle was shocked. “?!”

Little uncle was horrified. “The company is not allowed. Think again!”

Cheng Huanzhen thought with distress.

Cheng Huanzhen: “Then… then do you want to go for a walk at University A?”

Little uncle: “Think again!”

Cheng Huanzhen: “The library?”

Little uncle: “Think again!!”

Cheng Huanzhen: “Venture capital salon?”

Little uncle: “Think again!!!”

Little uncle was extremely dissatisfied. “We’re going out to play, not to work or study!”

Cheng Huanzhen let out a wronged “oh.”

It was clearly his little uncle who told him to think of a place he wanted to go. Why were all his ideas rejected after he thought of them?

If he couldn’t go to the places he wanted to go, then he could only think of places he liked.

Where did he like?

He didn’t know. It seemed he didn’t have any favorite places.

All places were the same to him, just the difference between familiar and unfamiliar.

After thinking hard for five minutes, his little uncle probably couldn’t take it anymore.

His little uncle tried hard to hint, “If you really can’t think of a place you want to go, then why don’t you guess where I want to go?”