"Of course, it's you. I want to drive you away because you are not welcome in my house. Who told you to come here anyway?"
Clifford didn't hide his irritation upon seeing Chant enter his house without his permission.
"Ha-ha! Is that how you welcome your guest? I just thought that you might be really bored being alone in this house, so I came to have a chat with you," Chant replied.
"I'm bored? That will never happen. My great-granddaughter is with me. We always have a good time. I feel sorry for you because you have no great-grandchildren," Clifford retorted.
Chant sneered, "I don't have great-grandchildren? I have more great-grandchildren than you. And they are currently at school."
"Don't brag in front of me. I know you well. Your grandson Andrew is a man who always wears a poker face. No woman will like him."
"Huh! Do you think your grandson is awesome? Cayn is even much more beautiful than women. Will any woman like him?"
"Well...You are just jealous because Cayn is a very good-looking man."
"But he looks like a woman," Chant sneered.
"You... I dare you to say that again."
Clifford pointed his index finger at Chant furiously.
Although Chant was fighting with Clifford, his eyes were fixed on Dany.
He even winked at her mischievously.
Fortunately, Clifford didn't see it.
Chant then replied, "Of course, I can say it again. I can say many times that Cayn looks like a woman. That is an undeniable fact."
Clifford was about to retort when Dany suddenly held his hand and said in a sweet voice, "Great-grandpa?"
All of a sudden, his voice softened. "Honey, what's wrong? Are you annoyed by this old man too? Don't worry. I will drive him away at once."
Dany blinked her eyes.
It was not what she wanted to say.
She just couldn't understand why the two old men were arguing in front of her.
"Did you hear that? My great-granddaughter doesn't like you. So please, get out of my house now," Clifford said to Chant.
Dany was rendered speechless. It wasn't true that she wanted to drive Chant away.
Chant retorted, "What's wrong with you? Are you scared that I'm here? Perhaps my presence reminds you of those many times that you've lost to me when we were young."
"That's bullshit! When did I ever lose to you?
You are just a cunning hypocrite. If it weren't for your tricks, the woman I loved wouldn't have run away with you," Clifford snapped.
"Let me just remind you that she left with me because she loved me," Chant replied.
Their encounter today brought them back to the time when they were young.
Even then, both of their families were already powerful and influential in J City, and they were young and bold.
They always wanted to compete with each other and see who was more powerful.
But they didn't expect that they had the same taste when it came to women.
Eventually, they fell in love with the same woman.
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