Who Made Him an Antagonist

379: Chapter 379 The Tacit Understanding Between Grandfather and GrandsonA quarter of an hour later, the old man, leaning on his cane, looked at the maid applying medicine to Yun Qing and said with earnest dissatisfaction, ”I can understand that you are angry.”

”After all, it was Yun Qing who was watching the stove, and it exploded on her watch.”

”But have you ever thought, if you hadn’t forced Yun Qing to come over, who would be the one closest to the stove right now, suffering the deepest impact of the explosion?”

”A perfectly fine stove wouldn’t just explode because Yun Qing fanned it, would it?”

”To put it plainly, Yun Qing took the brunt of this unprovoked disaster for you!”

The maid lowered her head in panic, ”Old Man, I... I am sorry.”

Old Man Li shook his head, ”The one you need to apologize to isn’t me, this old man, but Yun Qing.”

The maid was applying burn ointment to Yun Qing’s arm. With her head lowered, she said guiltily, ”Yun Qing, I’m sorry. Not only did I implicate you, but I also blamed you for causing trouble.”

”It’s fine, it’s fine.” Yun Qing shook her head. ”Just twist your head off and let me kick it around like a ball, and we’ll be even.”

Of course, that last part was only in Yun Qing’s thoughts; she didn’t actually say it out loud.

She looked up at Old Man Li, feeling slightly uncomfortable, and said, ”Old Man, isn’t this ointment too precious? Using it on me is a waste, isn’t it?”

”For a young girl, having your skin ruined by burns is a big deal.”

Old Man Li shook his head. ”Besides, this ointment is meant for removing scars. Now that the scars I got from the battlefield are mostly gone, it’s just sitting there. Using it on you is not a waste.”

Desire Demoness looked down at the burns on her arm, which were healing at a visible rate under the application of the burn ointment. She felt very strange inside.

She thought to herself: This Old Man Li seems a bit different from the others! He doesn’t wrongly accuse people. And, he actually cares about her!? This Old Man Li is actually quite a decent person.

Just a moment ago, she had cursed Old Man Li as a wretched old man who wanted to drag someone down with him before he died. That was truly a bit like returning kindness with enmity!

”Old Man Li, you’ve paved a wide path for yourself!”

”Once This Demoness regains her magic power and kills your grandson, This Demoness promises to let you live a few hundred more years!”

Desire Demoness thought this to herself secretly. She couldn’t help it; she felt that this feeling of being cared for was very good and precious.

You have to understand, even her own parents and siblings had colluded with outsiders to send her into a fire and burn her alive. Let alone care from strangers!

It had been so many years, and this was the first time she had encountered someone who genuinely cared for her without being threatened by her!

”Little Liu!” Old Man Li turned his head to look at the Old Butler.

The Old Butler lowered his eyes, looked at Desire Demoness sitting in the chair, and said sincerely, ”I am sorry.”

”It’s fine!” Desire Demoness flexed her arm, not bothering to look at the Old Butler, and looked at Old Man Li, saying, ”I’m better, I can work now.”

Old Man Li shook his head. ”Rest for a few days.”

Desire Demoness shook her head vigorously. ”No rest, no slacking off, I can work right now!”

This minor burn was nothing to her. Besides, she was taking a salary from Old Man Li. The work she did was for Old Man Li. She couldn’t take advantage of anyone, but she especially couldn’t take advantage of Old Man Li.

”In that case.” Old Man Li thought for a moment and said softly, ”Since Qin Ge doesn’t want to come out to eat, you prepare some food and take it to Qin Ge.”

Uh— Desire Demoness’s beautiful lips twitched slightly as she froze in place. When a person is speechless, they are truly speechless.

She suddenly wanted to retract what she had just said. She had just escaped from Qin Ge’s wolf den, and now, she was going to throw herself into the net again!?

Old Man Li smiled and said, ”If you’re tired, go and rest. There are others in the house.”

Desire Demoness could have refused, but looking at Old Man Li’s kind gaze, she shook her head and said firmly, ”I can do it, I’ll go!”

A quarter of an hour later, Desire Demoness, carrying a food tray, hesitated in front of Qin Ge’s room, unable to bring herself to enter.