Chapter 670: PAID

I stopped in my tracks, my expression dazed as I processed Gu Heebi's words.

‘Grandfather?’

It was such an unexpected figure to be brought up that my thoughts ground to a halt.

Grandfather.

If the meaning was as I thought, it referred to the former head of the Gu family, my father’s father.

‘But who is that?’

I didn’t know.

To be precise, I had never even heard of him.

Not in this life, and not in my previous one.

I only knew that he’d died before I was born.

The Gu family, unlike other clans, didn’t practice ancestral worship or ceremonies for the deceased. So I’d naturally assumed he was long dead and never gave it a second thought.

But now, out of nowhere—

‘Does this mean he’s alive?’

I’d heard rumors before.

Even the Shadow King had mentioned him once, though I hadn’t dwelled on it.

‘Grandfather entrusted Cheonma to Gu Heebi?’

It was absurd—beyond absurd.

“What do you mean, Grandfather?” I asked, my voice laced with doubt.

Before I could react further, Gu Heebi flicked my forehead.

I could have avoided it, but I didn’t bother.

Smack!

Rubbing my throbbing forehead, I glared at her.

“Brother, what’s with calling Grandfather just ‘Grandfather’?”

“Then what else am I supposed to call him?”

“Have some respect.”

“I never thought I’d hear the word ‘respect’ from you, of all people.”

It was laughable that the person infamous across Zhongyuan for her foul temper would lecture me about respect.

“I’ve never even seen the man’s face or heard his name. Why should I care? Is what you’re saying true?”

Whether or not Grandfather was alive didn’t matter to me.

I’d never met him, so his existence was irrelevant.

But—

“Are you seriously saying Grandfather entrusted that to you? Is it true?”

If he had truly entrusted Cheonma to her, the story changed entirely.