Gu Chengyu silently looked at Liang Zhirui, his eyes full of inquiry. Liang Zhirui realized his lapse only when he noticed Gu Chengyu's deep eyes fixed on him.
"What is her relationship with Xue Haozhen?" He didn't reply but suddenly raised this question.
"Xue Haozhen's granddaughter!" Gu Chengyu answered softly.
He didn't know how to describe his inner feelings at that moment. He was somewhat fearful; his teacher's reaction inevitably made him think more.
"Granddaughter?" Liang Zhirui was stunned, recalling that he seemed to have heard at the time of the family seizure that Xue Shiqian's wife, Mrs. Yao, was giving birth. Could that child be the granddaughter now mentioned by his young disciple?
