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"Good," Ma Kuxuan said as he stood up and dusted off his hands. "In that case, I'll go back on my word just this once. From now on, you will be an esteemed guest of mine anytime you decide to visit."
After that, Ma Kuxuan began walking along the bank of the Dragon Whisker River, intentionally releasing his aura instead of continuing to conceal it. Before long, a clump of waterweeds appeared in the river, gently swaying in the water as if it were observing the young man on the riverbank.
The old woman, whose appearance had been rejuvenated, poked her head timidly out of the water, seemingly too afraid to approach Ma Kuxuan. River deities were incapable of shedding tears, but she was still habitually wiping at her cheeks.
This was the first time that Shudian had seen such a vibrant smile on Ma Kuxuan's face, and it was also only now that she discovered that even someone as cold and heartless as him was capable of shedding tears.
On that day, Ma Kuxuan sat down at the riverbank beside the woman, who gently held onto his hands while speaking to him in a kind and gentle voice.
All Ma Kuxuan did for a long time was sit in silence. The woman's physical appearance had become rather unfamiliar to him, but her all-too-familiar nagging felt very much like home.
His grandmother spoke to him about a bunch of trivial nonsense and also badmouthed a bunch of people who had wronged her, but in the end, she told him that he didn't need to do anything for her sake.
After a long conversation, she instructed her grandson to wait for her for a moment while she made a trip back to her shabby underwater abode before returning with all of the assets that she had painstakingly...
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