Hearing this, Tao Mo puffed up like a proud peacock in full bloom, boasting triumphantly, "Indeed! My granddaughter is the spitting image of me! Those old fogeys even said she looked like me, which is why she turned out ugly! Utter nonsense, look, Heaven has proved it, she's not my real granddaughter! My granddaughter is Little Taotie, cute and beautiful, nobody has a granddaughter as lovely as mine!"
The home assistant desperately tried to signal him with his eyes, squinting and winking until his eyes were almost cramping, but the old man didn't get it at all and kept on bragging.
"Ahem!" The home assistant couldn't help it and coughed loudly.
Tao Mo snapped to his senses, his old eyes widening, his pupils nearly having an earthquake.
His lips trembling, he said, "You...you now...pretend you heard nothing, can you?"
"Ha! Old man, do you think that's possible?" Qin Xin smiled slyly, like a Cheshire cat, very dangerous.