As she spoke, she immediately turned around, lowered her head, and hastily left the dining room, wiping the cold sweat from her forehead with the back of her hand as she walked.
Over and over, she cursed the culprit who had caused her to sweat inside her heart.
"Miss Anning."
Outside the dining room, she encountered Mrs. Wu waiting at the door, who greeted her. Distracted and with her head down, she replied, "Mrs. Wu, you've worked hard."
The hurried steps turned into a run, and only after sprinting upstairs did she let out a deep breath.
But no sooner did she relax than the study door suddenly opened as she was just passing by, and the old master with glasses appeared in her view.
Startled, she hastily nodded to him, "Grandfather."
Ji Zhengdao, apparently not expecting to encounter Ji Anning when he opened the door, looked surprised, then his stern face softened, "Anning, why so nervous upon seeing your grandfather?"
