Chapter 3 Goodbye Grandpa

  It's not clear whether Zhao Mingyuan made some concessions to his daughter, but after Zhao Lirong came out of her father's room, she hugged her son Feng Sicheng and cried bitterly. Then she told her son that they would stay in the motherland for a while, and then she took a plane back to the UK early the next morning.

  Feng Siche's impression of his ancestral home was not bad, at least in the quadrangle courtyard he felt that everyone loved him, even his usually stern and unsmiling grandfather would always keep a smile on his face when seeing him, completely unlike when he saw his older uncles and aunts who always had a serious expression. However, Feng Siche was only curious about this place, after being used to living in England, he didn't want to stay here for long, and his mother had only said let him stay in Kyoto for a year, after that he could go wherever he wanted. That's why Feng Siche temporarily stayed in the quadrangle courtyard.

  But never would have thought, the grandfather actually secretly signed up for the Youth Class, and intentionally let him develop in the direction of officialdom. This is certainly not what Feng Sizi, who was used to living in a free world, wanted. If it weren't for the agreement with his mother, he might have sneaked back to England.

  These are some of Yu Tian's memories about his past life. He still remembers that in his past life, he was very disgusted with his maternal grandfather because his maternal grandfather forced him to enter politics, which was not his interest. Later, despite the pressure from his family, Feng Si Zhe did not return to England after graduating from the Youth Class several months later, but he insisted on not entering politics. His maternal grandfather eventually compromised and allowed him to stay in Kyoto as long as he wanted, so Feng Si Zhe chose a career that he somewhat liked - becoming a social commentator under the national government. He used his Western education and perspective to repeatedly criticize the various inequalities and events of the Republic.

  Now, after his rebirth, Feng Si Zhe no longer thinks this way. After decades of life experience, he has seen the rise and fall of the Zhao family, even experiencing life and death. It can be said that he has already seen through many things, and kinship may be more important to him now. Now, he is about to use his new insights to visit his grandfather, making his grandfather happy, which can also be considered a kind of gratitude for being given a second chance at life.

  Feng Sichao ran all the way to the training grounds on the east side of the quadrangle courtyard.

  As a senior general in the army, especially having served as the communication officer of the newly resigned Central Military Commission Chairman, Zhao Mingyuan's position in the military was quite high. The siheyuan where he lived was also very large, with a big standard siheyuan and two sports fields on either side for physical exercise. Now Major General Zhao Mingyuan was exercising on the east courtyard sports field.

  Feng Sicheng suddenly appeared here, and the eyes of the people training here were all stunned. In the quadrangle courtyard, the boundaries between the east and west exercise grounds are still separate.

  Normally, the east courtyard was where Zhao Mingyuan and some of the quadrangle's security personnel would exercise, while the west courtyard was where the second generation of the Zhao family and younger members would work out. This morning, however, Feng Sicheng suddenly appeared on this very same training ground, leaving everyone utterly astonished.

  "Zhe'er, how did you come here?" As soon as Feng Zhe appeared here, the first person to be surprised was Zhao Mingyuan. He had a special affection for his only grandson. Not to mention that Zhao Mingyuan, who had a strong preference for boys over girls, loved this young man dearly. Just considering that Feng Zhe had dual master's degrees and was a returned overseas youth with great talent, it gave him immense face. It was precisely because of this that when he used his connections to get Feng Zhe into the Central Youth League, the country's political cradle, it didn't take much effort at all. In fact, some central leaders even said that the country needed people like Feng Zhe, who had returned from abroad, to join in and contribute their talents. Moreover, He Xianqing, the former vice chairman of the Central Military Commission and honorary president of the National Defense University, took a liking to Feng Zhe and wanted to marry his granddaughter to him. This made Zhao Mingyuan overjoyed. As the president of the National Defense University, He Xianqing had connections in all circles and was once Zhao Mingyuan's superior officer. Now that his superior officer had taken notice of his grandson, how could Zhao Mingyuan not be thrilled? However, the problem was that Feng Zhe didn't care about any of this. If anyone tried to force him into a political marriage, he would simply return to England and live with his mother. This scared Zhao Mingyuan so much that he didn't dare mention it again.

  It can be said that Feng Sicheng is fine in everything, both in status and origin, but he just doesn't like to bother himself normally. And it's said that Feng Sicheng performed very mediocre in the middle youth class, and even didn't speak much. This worried Zhao Mingyuan a lot. Several times, he wanted to have a good talk with his grandson, but unfortunately, whenever Feng Sicheng saw him, he would hide. This made Zhao Mingyuan want to speak up several times, but couldn't find the right opportunity. But today in the morning, Feng Sicheng actually came to the East Courtyard playground on his own initiative. What does this mean? Could it be that his grandson has really had enough of staying here and wants to return home? This is still four months away from the one-year time limit set by the agreement at the beginning. But young people are all impulsive, once they have an idea, they will say it out loud and do it. Thinking that Feng Sicheng might be coming to bid farewell, Zhao Mingyuan was a little scared for a moment, and even didn't want to see his beloved grandson.

  "Grandpa!" Seeing Zhao Mingyuan, Feng Sicheng shouted excitedly from afar.

  "Ah." Zhao Mingyuan took a look and saw that Feng Siche was indeed coming to find him. He couldn't help but sigh, fearing that his premonition might come true. Immediately, he prepared to take evasive action, thinking that he would not see Feng Siche for the time being, not giving him the opportunity to speak, and then taking advantage of the situation to do some work on his eldest daughter, since his grandson wouldn't listen to him, maybe he would listen to his mother.

  The guards at the East Courtyard saw Feng Zhe walking towards General Zhao and were all delighted. As the chief's bodyguards, they naturally knew some things about the Zhao family and understood that their chief, even in times of war, had a crazy guy named Zhao Mingyuan who was most eager to get along with Feng Zhe. Now that Feng Zhe had taken the initiative to come find the chief, wouldn't the chief be overjoyed?

  But contrary to the expectations of all the guards and even Feng Sizi, Zhao Mingyuan actually turned around and walked in another direction, looking like he didn't want to bother with Feng Sizi's meaning.

  "Director, your grandfather is calling you." Zhao Mingyuan's life secretary and head of the guard team, Li Zhiyong, suddenly jogged to his side, reminding the director.

  "Who?" Zhao Mingyuan took a look and it was his life secretary Li Zhiyong. He let out a sigh, just about to say "Little Li, what are you blocking me for?", but then Feng Sicheng had already arrived by his side. "Grandfather, where are you going?"

  "Oh, Grandpa, I'm not feeling well and want to go back and lie down." Seeing that he couldn't avoid it, Zhao Mingyuan thought of an excuse to slip away first.

  "What? Let me take a look." As soon as he heard that his grandfather was feeling unwell, Feng Si Zhe immediately showed concern and helped Zhao Ming Yuan up, then kept sizing up the old man with his eyes.

  Feng Siche remembered that in the previous parallel world, Zhao Mingyuan's body was very good at that time, and he rarely even got injections. Until he was 80 years old, his body was still healthy. However, due to the fact that there was no one to inherit the Zhao family, it was difficult to form a new generation of effective core power. Adding to this, the eldest uncle had chosen the wrong person, and the younger uncle was not very progressive. As a result, the Zhao family became a sacrifice in the factional struggle. Eventually, at the age of 82, the old man suffered a stroke and was hospitalized due to his children's incompetence. Feng Siche also rushed to the hospital after hearing that the old man was no longer okay, but ended up getting into a car accident, which led to his rebirth, bringing him to the present.

  These are all Feng Sizi's memories from the previous parallel world, could it be that everything has changed in this world? Is Grandpa's body not well now? Feng Sizi had no bottom line, he could only closely observe, hoping to see something on Grandpa's face.

  Perhaps because he lied in front of his own grandson, anyway Zhao Mingyuan's face was a bit red, and this redness looked very bad on Feng Sicheng and Secretary Li Zhiyong. "Quickly, Uncle Li, let's help my grandfather rest in the house."

  "Alright," Li Zhiyong hastily agreed, then waved his hand and the other guards on horseback rushed over, surrounding Zhao Mingyuan from all sides, as if they were afraid he would be blown away by a gentle breeze.