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Ruan Qi fumbled for her phone in her bag at a sluggish pace and opened WeChat.
Perhaps still not fully recovered from drowsiness, she sleepily glanced at the voice message in the chat window and hit the speaker button without thinking.
"Xiao Qiqi, in a few days it'll be your Fourth Grandpa's tenth memorial anniversary. Is there anything you want Grandpa to bring for you?"
Grandpa Ruan's booming voice came through the speaker, startling the young girl so much that it shook off her sleepiness.
She glanced apologetically at Xi Jiu and then quickly tapped out a reply.
It wasn't long before Grandpa Ruan replied.
The two of them exchanged messages back and forth for a while until Ruan Qi turned off her phone. When she looked up, she unexpectedly discovered that Xi Jiu's complexion seemed a bit off.
She blinked in confusion, "Mr. Xi?"
Xi Jiu's expression relaxed slightly, and he gave a faint 'Hmm' in response.
Ruan Qi continued to look at him with concern.