Old Madam Wang had originally been sitting on the sofa with a bright smile, holding Qin Ge’s hand. However, the moment she heard Jiang Yingxue’s explanation, she turned to look at Qin Ge beside her, and her expression immediately became somewhat unnatural.
Jiang Yingxue’s heart skipped a beat.
She regretted it so much that she wanted to slap herself.
It was over!
That excuse was far too ridiculous.
She had just claimed that Qin Ge was busy discussing business, yet the very next moment, she found him sitting right beside her grandmother.
It was a blatant slap in her own face.
More importantly, her grandmother was incredibly sharp. She must have already guessed that something was wrong.
Jiang Yingxue stared at Qin Ge sitting on the sofa and clenched her small fists in frustration.
It was all Qin Ge’s fault!
This bastard had done it on purpose!
He had deliberately ignored her messages and refused to discuss anything with her. Now, he was even sitting there watching her embarrass herself in front of her grandmother!
Old Madam Wang’s expression darkened as she glared at Jiang Yingxue. “What exactly is going on?”
Holding Old Madam Wang’s hand, Qin Ge smiled and said, “Grandma, can’t you tell?”
He continued naturally, “We originally planned to surprise you, but Xiaoxue drives too slowly. I arrived first and couldn’t resist coming in to see you, so things ended up like this.”
Old Madam Wang turned toward Qin Ge, her face immediately filling with a warm, affectionate smile. “Really?”
Qin Ge nodded firmly. “Of course! It has already been 31 days, 9 hours, 28 minutes, and 7 seconds since I last saw Grandma. No, 8 seconds now…”
With just a few words, Qin Ge made Old Madam Wang burst into laughter.
She held his hand, her eyes overflowing with affection. “My Qin Ge’s mouth is as sweet as honey. You wouldn’t be lying to Grandma, would you?”
Qin Ge immediately shook his head. “Of course not!”
Old Madam Wang carefully studied Qin Ge’s face before muttering suspiciously, “Why does Grandma feel like you’ve become even more handsome than before?”
Qin Ge almost laughed.
How many points of Charisma had he possessed before?
Ever since taking the Beauty Pill and Charisma Pill, both his appearance and temperament had been pushed directly to the limit.
Of course he was more handsome than before.
His looks were even more formidable than his Physique.
Hearing this, Jiang Yingxue also began studying Qin Ge as though she were seeing him for the first time.
Qin Ge really did seem different from before.
He was more handsome and far more pleasing to the eye.
She could not find a single flaw in his appearance.
Qin Ge held Old Madam Wang’s wrinkled hands in both of his and said, “Grandma has become even more beautiful too.”
One had to know what to say depending on the occasion.
Back on Earth, Qin Ge had already mastered the art of dealing with people and saying exactly what they wanted to hear.
And now he was facing an elderly woman who already adored him.
How could this possibly be difficult?
Old Madam Wang lightly patted Qin Ge’s hand. “Nonsense. How old is Grandma already? My face is covered in wrinkles.”
Qin Ge shook his head. “True beauty lies in the bones, not the skin! Grandma’s facial structure is nearly perfect. Xiaoxue inherited her beauty from you. Otherwise, how could she have become the most beautiful woman in Yunhai City?”
Qin Ge continued with a smile, “If Grandma were a few decades younger, Yunhai City would have a different number one beauty today!”
Jiang Yingxue hurriedly sat beside her grandmother and cuddled against her. “Grandma is beautiful. You looked just as beautiful as me in your old photographs.”
Old Madam Wang deliberately snorted in displeasure. “So you’re saying Grandma was still just a tiny bit less beautiful than you when I was young?”
Jiang Yingxue pinched her thumb and index finger together, leaving the tiniest gap between them. “Only this tiny bit.”
“You only know how to brag about your beauty!” Old Madam Wang poked Jiang Yingxue’s smooth forehead.
However, her cloudy eyes soon dimmed with sadness. “With that temper of yours, Qin Ge is probably the only person who can tolerate you.”
She glared at Jiang Yingxue. “If I ever find out that you dare bully Qin Ge in the future, just watch how I beat you!”
Qin Ge flexed his biceps and proudly showed them off to Old Madam Wang. “Grandma, look at these muscles. Xiaoxue bullying me? I could punch the crap out of her with one fist!”
Even Old Madam Wang was momentarily speechless.
She glanced at her slender granddaughter and could not help laughing.
Shaking her head, Old Madam Wang took Jiang Yingxue’s hand and Qin Ge’s hand and placed them together.
Jiang Yingxue instinctively wanted to pull away.
Although she and Qin Ge had been boyfriend and girlfriend, they had never really engaged in much physical contact.
She was not accustomed to it.
However, with her grandmother sitting right there, she did not dare withdraw her hand.
She could only blush and silently endure the unfamiliar warmth of Qin Ge’s hand against hers.
Old Madam Wang looked at Qin Ge and spoke earnestly, “Child, Xiaoxue simply has a bad temper. Deep down, she isn’t a bad person.”
“I wouldn’t feel at ease entrusting Xiaoxue to anyone else.”
Emotion flickered through her cloudy eyes as she gazed at Qin Ge. “Child, can you promise Grandma something? After Grandma is gone, please don’t ever let Xiaoxue suffer.”
“If she dares bully you, you can scold her. You can even hit her. But no matter what happens, please don’t abandon her.”
Jiang Yingxue hugged her grandmother tightly, her voice choking with grievance. “Grandma, don’t say things like that. You’re not going to die. You’ll definitely live to 100!”
Old Madam Wang counted on her fingers. “Then I still have another 12 years.”
Jiang Yingxue immediately shook her head. “No! Grandma can live to 120, even 200!”
She did not care!
She simply could not accept the thought of her grandmother leaving her!
Old Madam Wang mocked herself, “Wouldn’t Grandma become a thousand-year-old tortoise by then?”
Qin Ge casually chimed in, “You could also be a ten-thousand-year-old turtle.”
Jiang Yingxue immediately raised her head and snapped at Qin Ge, “You’re the turtle!”
“You, you, you!” Old Madam Wang raised her hand as though she were about to hit Jiang Yingxue. “What’s wrong with being a turtle? If Grandma were a turtle, I could live for 10,000 years!”
She angrily continued, “Grandma isn’t even dead yet, and you’re already bullying Qin Ge.”
“Are you determined to anger Grandma to death before you’re satisfied?”
Old Madam Wang grabbed Jiang Yingxue’s hand and smacked the back of it several times.
She would have been fine if she had not done that. However, the movements were too forceful, and Old Madam Wang immediately began gasping for breath.
Her breathing grew faster and more labored with every passing second.
In less than half a minute, her entire body began trembling violently like a sieve once again.
“Medicine! Her medicine!” Jiang Yingxue pointed frantically toward her grandmother’s handbag and cried out.
Qin Ge resisted the urge to respond with a joke and quickly pulled the large pile of capsules from the bag. Looking at Jiang Yingxue, he frowned and asked, “When did she last take this medicine?”
Jiang Yingxue immediately answered, “Two and a half hours ago.”
Qin Ge shook his head. “This medicine puts too much strain on the heart. She can’t take repeated doses within such a short period, or something could go seriously wrong.”
Jiang Yingxue suddenly remembered the doctor’s warning. Her eyes reddened as she anxiously asked, “Then what do we do? Right, call an ambulance! Call an ambulance!”
Qin Ge raised a hand to stop her. “It’ll take the ambulance at least half an hour to get here. There isn’t enough time.”
He immediately lifted Old Madam Wang into his arms and carried her straight toward Jiang Yingxue’s bedroom.
After carefully laying the trembling old woman down, Qin Ge reached out and began massaging her acupoints with smooth, practiced movements.
From the perspective of Western medicine, Old Madam Wang was suffering from heart palpitations and a sudden spike in blood pressure, which had triggered further complications.
However, from the perspective of Traditional Chinese Medicine, her qi simply was not flowing smoothly.
For a skilled Traditional Chinese Medicine practitioner, restoring that flow would be enough to stabilize her condition.
And Qin Ge had just happened to obtain the medical skill, Miraculous Healing Hands.
His mastery of Traditional Chinese Medicine techniques had reached the point where he could wield them as naturally as his own limbs. Even compared to the most revered grandmasters of the Traditional Chinese Medicine world, Qin Ge was not inferior in the slightest!