Young Wu was embarrassed and could only use a cough to cover up his guilty conscience. His brain also took a tad too long to work: "Irin, why did you come here?"
When Joohyun heard her grandpa's question, she also remembered the purpose of her trip, so she glared unhappily at him and asked rhetorically, "How dare you ask me? What do you mean by the dream you entrusted to me and Third Brother last night?"
"Huh??" Young Wu now remembered. "Did Lisa also come?"
Just as Young Wu asked, Lisa walked out of the door. After Joohyun ran out from the living room, Lisa asked Mingwang permission and followed her out.
Lisa was also stunned when he saw Young Wu. Fortunately, although Elder Wu became Young Wu, it was not difficult to recognize him. Moreover, Elder Wu's cultivation was advanced, so transforming his soul back to his youth wasn't that much of a problem. Coupled with what Black and White Impermanence said about him pretending to be young before, Lisa quickly figured the ins and outs of the matter.
"Grandpa." Since Lisa met Joohyun's parents, he began to follow how Joohyun addressed her elders smoothly.
"Grandpa? What grandpa? Don't call me that. Don't call me something so old." Young Wu thought he was younger than Lisa at this time, yet this man wasn't embarrassed to call him grandpa.
"..." God knew how much psychological barrier Lisa just overcame when he called grandpa in front of Young Wu. He finally voiced it out, tsk, only to be despised.
"Old Man, you..."
Joohyun listened as Elder Wu pinched Lisa without rhyme or reason. Just as she was about to assist him, her grandpa poked her on the forehead with a finger the moment she opened her lips: "Shut it. You are not allowed to call me Old Man from now on."
"Then what should I call you?" Joohyun was dumbfounded. If she wasn't allowed to call him Old Man or grandpa, then what would she call him in the future?
"Call me..." Young Wu was caught off guard by Joohyun's question. Right, ah, how should he be addressed? "Don't call me so when there are outsiders around."
Joohyun was rendered speechless, and she gave him an eye roll. In the past, it really never occurred to her that her Old Man cared so much about his age. Although he was indeed fond of applying facial masks, he also loved capitalizing on his seniority. How could he have changed so much after just a month? Was it because an old chap in his seventies wasn't good looking enough in the Underworld, so he found a new path and took the young route?
"Ahem..." Young Wu saw it clearly. The two of them came out from Mingwang Palace right before his eyes. It seemed that Lisa really had some ties with Mingwang.
"Huh?" Joohyun turned her head to Young Wu.
But Young Wu's gaze was firmly fixed on Lisa: "How did you two come out of the Mingwang Palace?"
"Oh." Joohyun answered without much thought, "Third Brother and I came to the Underworld to look for you and found that you were still in the Underworld, so we came here. By the way, Old Man, do you know? It turns out that Third Brother's master in his first life is Mingwang. No wonder Third Brother's Book of Life and Death was encrypted."
Lisa's master was Mingwang? Sure enough, they are related. Young Wu's eyes abruptly lit up.
Lisa's heart missed a beat, and his mind instantly went on alert.
"Do you know why I appeared in your dream?" Young Wu asked Lisa.
"No, ah, that's why we came here." Joohyun also asked, "Old Man, what do you mean? If you don't give me an explanation, I won't burn paper money for you during the Qingming Festival in the future."
"Are you only going to burn paper money during the Qingming Festival? Don't you usually burn some?" Young Wu was indignant. How did he raise such an unfilial apprentice?
"I know," Lisa rushed to speak before the grandpa and granddaughter butt heads.
"Third Brother, do you know?" Joohyun looked at Lisa in surprise.
"It's good that you know," Young Wu said in satisfaction.
Joohyun looked at the two who had inexplicably become taciturn, full of confusion.
"Let's talk over here," Young Wu said and moved to a corner. When he moved, Joohyun followed. Young Wu quickly stopped her, "Don't come here."
"Why?" Joohyun said dissatisfied.
"This is a secret among men," Young Wu replied meaningfully.
"Ahem!" Lisa really wanted to hold back his laughter. Unable to do so, he could only cough. "Irin, wait here for a while, I'll have a few words with grandpa."
"Can't I know?" Joohyun asked unhappily.
Lisa leaned down and whispered in her ear, "Wait and I'll tell you when we get back."
Joohyun was instantly satisfied. She was brimming with dissatisfaction just now, but because of Lisa's words, her countenance immediately turned sunny. Young Wu felt envious, looking at them on the side.
He must learn such superb coaxing techniques, ah.
After appeasing Joohyun, Lisa turned around and walked to the side. He stopped in front of Young Wu and started before Young Wu could speak, "Grandpa, you appeared in my dream just for me to come here, right?"
Lisa discerned that Young Wu's appearance in his dream was the main point, and he only appeared in Joohyun's dream in passing.
"Mm." Young Wu nodded unabashedly.
"You want me to help you. I've also guessed what specifically it is about also. However...How far do you intend to let me help?" Lisa asked cautiously.
As early as a month ago there were rumors that Elder Wu had taken a fancy to Mingwang's daughter in the Underworld. Combined with his relationship with Mingwang, as well as those words Elder Wu had shouted outside the gate today, Lisa quickly guessed what this was all about.
Although it was not clear what kind of relationship Elder Wu had with his nominal junior sister, whom he has not met yet, Lisa deeply felt that it was unwise for outsiders to meddle in this kind of relationship. But Elder Wu was Irin's grandfather. Lisa couldn't ignore everything completely, hence the dilemma now.
"Cough..." Although Young Wu's EQ was relatively low, he was sincere in pursuing Miaomiao. He called Lisa, but he didn't even think about letting Lisa help much. He just wanted to meet him and use Lisa's relationship with Mingwang to let him give him a chance. "Mingwang has always prevented me from meeting Miaomiao."
Miaomiao? Lisa raised an eyebrow and realized that she was probably the heroine of the story.
Nonetheless, was his master standing in between Elder Wu and Miaomiao's relationship? Lisa still didn't quite believe it. As early as more than a thousand years ago, his master was an open-minded and enlightened person. How could he be pedantic now? Obviously, his Miaomiao kept Elder Wu out of the door most likely at the request of her junior sister, Miaomiao.
"I'll go in and ask for you." Lisa decided to go in first to ask his master.
"Is there any hope?" Young Wu asked with glowing eyes.
"I'll be right back." Lisa smiled and didn't answer directly. Instead, he turned around and entered Mingwang Palace again.
Young Wu has been waiting outside the door since Lisa entered the palace, and he even ignored whatever Joohyun was saying. Fortunately, Lisa was the master of time management. He came out in just ten minutes from when he entered.
"Third Brother..."
"How is it? How is it?" Young Wu pushed his granddaughter aside and dragged Lisa to the side.
Lisa seemed amused. He said smilingly, "Master will not restrict you from entering the Mingwang Palace in the future."
"Really?" Happiness struck too suddenly, so Young Wu couldn't believe his ears.
"But..." Lisa added immediately, "If Junior Sister, Miaomiao, cannot accept you, you cannot force her."
When Young Wu heard the phrase 'If Junior Sister Miaomiao can't accept you', his heart ached. How could Miaomiao not accept him? No, he would never give up this time.
"I see, thank you." Young Wu calmed down his emotions and said solemnly, "I have all the patience in the world."
Patience?
Lisa raised his brows and surveyed Young Wu with a complicated expression. He couldn't help but began to think inwardly.
Just because his master forbade Elder Wu from seeing Miaomiao, he appeared in his dream and asked him to break up with Irin. If he fails to gain Miaomiao's acceptance, would he and Irin...
Thinking that Elder Wu might appear in his dream to force him to break up with Irin every other day, Lisa frowned and felt deeply restless. His relationship with Irin finally was sailing smoothly, so this sort of unpleasantness must be eliminated.
"Grandpa..." Miaomiao was his junior sister, making titles really difficult to maintain. Forget it. Before Miaomiao and Elder Wu's relationship was set in stone, he'd better call him so for now.
"Huh?" Young Wu was thinking about whether he should go in and see Miaomiao directly or go back to freshen up before seeing her. Hence, he seemed indifferent to Lisa's question.
"How do you plan to woo Miaomiao?" Lisa never thought he would one day discuss how to woo girls with Elder Wu.
"I..." Young Wu started and was at a loss for a moment. "I must first clarify our misunderstanding."
"Grandpa." Lisa sighed and decided to go straight to the point, "This is the Underworld, and Miaomiao is Mingwang's daughter. .The misunderstanding in the human world does not need to be clarified at all. She can read it all from the Book of Life and Death."
"Then...then why does Miaomiao refuse to see me?" Young Wu was stunned. If it wasn't for a misunderstanding, could it be that she really didn't like him?
Lisa realized that Irin was indeed worthy of Elder Wu's nurturing. This kind of emotional intelligence was really... Forget it, don't mention it.
Lisa sighed, for the sake of a harmonious emotional life with Irin, he spoke more bluntly, "Junior Sister Miaomiao is probably a reserved and arrogant woman."
"Yeah." Although Miaomiao was arrogant, she was very kind.
"An arrogant woman will most likely say no and mean yes," Lisa pointed out.
"What do you mean?" Young Wu seemed to understand somewhat.
Lisa silently glanced over his shoulder at Irin, remembering himself, who was equally tsundere in a certain life against Joohyun's pursuit and confession. He said, "It's useless to wait and be patient with a proud woman. Grandpa, you should be more... a bit bolder and let her feel your determination."
"Bolder?" Young Wu was enlightened somewhat.
While Young Wu was frozen in contemplation, Lisa took Irin's hand and went in to say goodbye to Mingwang. They had been in the Underworld for a long time and had to go back to the world of the living. Otherwise, it would be detrimental to their souls and bodies.
Young Wu seemed to have had an epiphany. He stood at the door of Mingwang Palace and reexamined all the emotional experiences between him and Miaomiao. He didn't even notice that Joohyun bade him goodbye. At long last, he came to the conclusion that he had used the wrong method before.
With this in mind, Young Wu was so excited that he rushed into the Mingwang. He followed Miaomiao's spiritual power and found her room unimpeded.
Miaomiao was in the room, sitting on a rocking chair and playing with her cat. When she saw him, she raised her eyebrows and asked arrogantly, "How did you come in?"
Young Wu didn't speak. He swaggered in domineeringly, raised his hand and tossed the black cat out of Miaomiao's arms. The black cat mewed miserably, but due to Young Wu's momentum, it didn't dare to approach any longer. It jumped on the windowsill and ran away dejectedly.
"What are you doing?" Miaomiao said a little angry.
"Miaomiao." Young Wu leaned down and suppressed Miaomiao on the rocking chair. He brazenly said, "I came to tell you that I always liked you. In my whole life, since I was five years old, I have only liked one girl. That is you."
Miaomiao was astounded by this sudden turn of events. Also, what was going on with this bloody overbearing president's vibe?
"You like me?" Miaomiao sneered, "You like me, so you came in and threw my cat away in a rage?"
Young Wu stiffened. However, reminded of his overbearing president persona, he immediately justified, "That black cat is a male."
"..." Miaomiao was completely speechless. This man's jealousy has not changed at all, but why does her heart feel a bit ecstatic?
Because Lisa's soul left his body and went to the Underworld today, he was a little tired and fell asleep not long after they returned. When he thought that the matter was resolved and he could sleep peacefully, Young Wu appeared in his dream again.
"???" Lisa was caught off guard and question marks almost popped out of his face.
"Teach me how to woo girls," Young Wu said excitedly.
When Young Wu broke into Mingwang Palace to establish his overbearing president persona this afternoon, he felt that Miaomiao relented a bit, no doubt about it. With this perception, he was delirious. However, the naive Young Wu knew nothing about an overbearing CEO before death, so this was why he approached Lisa for help.
"..."
"Irin is together with you. Do I need to give betrothal presents?" Young Wu asked again.
"..." So Lisa instantly woke up from the dream. Through the Internet, he sorted thousands of kinds of pick-up lines and romance stories deep into the night, printed them out, and burned them to Young Wu.
Consequently, for a long time in the future, there would always be a scene like this in the Underworld.
"Miaomiao, let's go look at the starry river. You look at the stars, I look at you!"
"Get lost!"
...
"There will always be a time in one's life when you forget yourself for someone. Miaomiao, since I met you, I can't find myself anymore."
"Go away!"
...
"Miaomiao, when I was alive, I didn't dare to die for fear that I wouldn't find you after death, and I didn't dare to live because it was too painful missing you."
"..."
The ultimate move: (Remember, most women in the world are duplicitous in front of love. When you domineeringly show your desire, constantly employ love words offensive. You can use this trick if the woman always verbally dislikes you but doesn't take any drastic actions.)
Young Wu felt that the time was about ripe, so he skillfully pinned Miaomiao on the railing of Naihe Bridge while she was distracted and kissed her without hesitation under her frightened eyes.
Consider my first kiss as given!