The next day, at noon.
Lin Chen slept until the sun was high in the sky before finally waking up from his dream.
Stepping out of his room, he saw Dugu Yan, with a smiling face, walking towards him.
"Sister Yanzi, why are you so happy?"
Dugu Yan joyfully came to Lin Chen's side, skillfully rubbed Lin Chen's head with her small hand, and said:
"Little Brat, didn't you say yesterday that you wanted to see my grandpa?"
"My grandpa just returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy. When he gets home, I'll take you to see him."
Originally, Dugu Yan thought she would have to write a letter to call her grandpa back.
But when Dugu Yan went to school today, she found that her grandpa had already returned to Heaven Dou City and should now be at Prince Xue Xing's mansion.
"That fast?!"
Lin Chen rubbed his eyes, secretly marveling at his good luck.
He only met Dugu Yan yesterday, and today he was already going to face Dugu Bo.
Thinking of this, Lin Chen grabbed Dugu Yan's small hand and cautiously reminded Dugu Yan again: "Sister Yanzi, when your grandpa gets angry later, you absolutely must protect me. Your latter half of life still depends on me."
Hearing Lin Chen's ambiguous words, Dugu Yan glanced at Lin Chen. This Little Brat really couldn't speak properly.
"I know, I know, don't worry, I promise to protect you."
Dugu Yan patted her slightly flushed chest and made a promise to Lin Chen.
Just then.
"Yan Yan, Grandpa's back."
"Did you miss Grandpa?"
Dugu Bo's voice arrived before he did, his robust voice echoing throughout the entire Dugu family residence.
The next moment.
A thin old man with emerald green eyes and wearing a green robe appeared before Lin Chen and Dugu Yan.
"Grandpa!"
"Yan Yan missed you so much, you're finally back."
Seeing Dugu Bo return, Dugu Yan excitedly rushed over, opening her arms wide, wanting to give Dugu Bo a big hug.
Dugu Bo, seeing this, also opened his arms and embraced his beloved granddaughter, his eyes filled with doting affection as he looked at Dugu Yan.
Dugu Bo, in his life, was eccentric and arrogant, doing things entirely as he pleased, and had a notorious reputation outside.
But towards Dugu Yan, his only relative, he was extremely doting, unable to bear her suffering even the slightest grievance.
"Hmm?"
"Yan Yan, why is there another child here?"
After letting go of Dugu Yan, Dugu Bo finally noticed Lin Chen, who looked about six or seven years old, not far away.
And looking at Lin Chen, he was fair-skinned and tender, adorable and lovable.
Could it be that his granddaughter liked this type? And liked to raise them from a young age?
"Grandpa, that's my friend, his name is Lin Chen."
"Oh, right, Grandpa, Lin Chen wants to see you to discuss some matters."
Dugu Yan introduced Lin Chen to Dugu Bo.
Immediately after, remembering Lin Chen's reminder, Dugu Yan continued: "Grandpa, no matter what Lin Chen says later, please don't get angry, okay?"
Dugu Yan held Dugu Bo's large, calloused hand, shaking it continuously, acting spoiled towards Dugu Bo.
"Alright, Yan Yan, how could Grandpa stoop to the level of a child?"
"Don't worry, no matter what that child Lin Chen says later, I won't hold it against him."
Dugu Bo showed a benevolent smile to Dugu Yan, patted his chest, and made a promise to Dugu Yan.
"That's good."
Hearing this, Dugu Yan's eyes curved into crescents, and the smile on her face grew even brighter.
"Lin Chen, come over quickly, this is my grandpa, Poison Douluo, Dugu Bo."
Dugu Yan waved to Lin Chen, who was not far away, signaling him to come over quickly.
Hearing this, Lin Chen came to Dugu Yan's side and took her small hand, which made Dugu Yan a little flustered.
"What are you doing?"
Dugu Yan was instantly startled by Lin Chen's sudden small action, and a faint blush appeared on her cheeks.
"Sister Yanzi, this way I feel more secure."
Lin Chen gave a dry laugh and explained to Dugu Yan, but being too short, he didn't notice Dugu Yan's expression and demeanor at the moment.
But Dugu Bo was different.
He had seen Dugu Yan's shy expression just now, completely taking it all in.
At this point, Dugu Bo was completely certain that his granddaughter was interested in this boy Lin Chen and really wanted to play that noble's game of 'raising' someone.
However, Dugu Bo didn't care. He was never bound by worldly rules; in his heart, as long as his granddaughter was happy, that was all that mattered.
"Alright, then hurry up and finish talking, and then let go of me."
Dugu Yan whispered to Lin Chen.
If Lin Chen were just an ordinary child, Dugu Yan naturally wouldn't have reacted this way.
But she knew in her heart that Lin Chen was a fake child with a mature mind.
"Senior Dugu, if I may be blunt, you are deeply poisoned, and I can cure you of your poison."
Lin Chen stared at Dugu Bo's emerald green, oppressive eyes, his golden eyes showing no fear, but rather full of confidence.
Hearing Lin Chen's words, Dugu Bo, who had just been full of smiles, instantly became serious.
Deep within his emerald green eyes, faint traces of terrifying killing intent, hard for ordinary people to detect, were revealed.
If Dugu Yan hadn't been there, Dugu Bo would have already slain Lin Chen, even if Lin Chen was just a child who had just awakened his Spirit.
"Boy, what are you saying? Do you know that this old man's title is Poison? This old man, a dignified Titled Douluo, would be poisoned?"
Dugu Bo narrowed his eyes, staring intently at Lin Chen, and retorted.
Seeing this, Lin Chen's gaze remained firm, and he continued:
"Senior Dugu, if this junior hasn't guessed wrong, whenever it's cloudy or rainy, you experience an intensifying itch in your ribs. It flares up once at noon and once at midnight, each lasting an hour. Furthermore, in the dead of night, you experience a needle-like stinging pain in the crown of your head and the soles of your feet, which is unbearable."
Upon hearing this, the killing intent in Dugu Bo's eyes could no longer be hidden. Terrifying spirit power enveloped Lin Chen, making him feel as if he were facing an abyss.
Seeing Lin Chen accurately reveal his secret, Dugu Bo no longer cared about the promise he had just made to Dugu Yan, and he channeled his spirit power to press down on Lin Chen.
"Boy, you're courting death!"
If his enemies knew about his Spirit's poison backlash, it would become his fatal weakness.
When the poison erupted, that was when he, Dugu Bo, was at his weakest.
That's why he often had to leave and go to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, relying on it and his own Titled Douluo cultivation to suppress the outbreak of his poison.
But now, this secret was spoken aloud by Lin Chen.
If Lin Chen couldn't give him a reasonable explanation, even if it meant breaking his promise to Yan Yan, he, Dugu Bo, would kill this boy on the spot!
Feeling his grandpa's bone-chilling killing intent, Dugu Yan's heart panicked.
Grandpa, Lin Chen has a space jade slip. If you scare Lin Chen away, it will be difficult for us to resolve the poison backlash.
Seeing this, Dugu Yan stood in front of Lin Chen, facing her grandpa.
"Grandpa, you're not allowed to hurt Lin Chen."
"Your granddaughter is also suffering from poison backlash. If it can't be resolved, I'm destined not to live past thirty."
"You don't want your granddaughter to die before she's thirty, do you?"