Manman blinked her eyes, watching her brother, who dared not utter a word after hearing the elder's statement.
"Alright, Grandma," Yao Zibao intervened to ease the situation, "it's getting late, and they need to leave early tomorrow to pack their things."
Grandma Yao frowned unhappily at her grandson's words, "You always coddle your brother."
Yao Zibao quickly defended himself, "Grandma, before I even came in, I had already spoken to Lu Jun. Besides, no one protects Nannan more than I do. You can ask Nannan yourself if you don't believe me."
Caught by Yao Zibao's cunning words, Manman felt awkwardly embarrassed and clarified to Grandma Yao, "Yao Brother has always spoken up for me in front of my brother."
"Of course," the elder scoffed, "if he didn't protect you, both I and the old man at home would chase him with a feather duster. Considering his playful childhood and what he and your brother did to you, they would both owe a lifelong debt."
