Lin Qingyan took the photo frame; the photo inside was covered with a layer of transparent glass.

She was immediately captivated by the beauty of the young woman in the photo.

The woman in the photo looked to be about the same age as her, with a pretty face full of collagen, bright and elegant features, and exquisite beauty, like a lotus emerging from the water. She also looked quite similar to Granny Lin.

"Grandpa, Auntie is so beautiful!" she couldn't help but exclaim.

When her gaze shifted downwards and she saw the jade pendant Dong Lianxin was wearing around her neck in the photo, she suddenly focused her attention again, because the jade pendant Dong Lianxin was wearing was a milky white phoenix jade pendant.

Upon closer inspection, the size, craftsmanship, and shape of the outstretched wings of the jade pendant were exactly the same as the metal phoenix that Lu Zhengting had given her. The two metal dragon and phoenix pieces were a pair, so this phoenix jade pendant and the dragon jade pendant in her space should also be a pair.

The person who previously possessed this jade pendant was her mother, so Dong Lianxin really is her mother.

Seeing that her gaze was fixed on the photo and she couldn't come to her senses for a long time, Grandpa Dong didn't disturb her.

After a while, he noticed her fingers stroking the photo again, her eyes reddening, so he asked her, "Girl, does seeing my daughter's photo remind you of some unpleasant memories?"

"No." Lin Qingyan shook her head, looked at Grandpa Dong, paused for two seconds, and said, "Grandpa, I want to know how your daughter died. Were you all there to see her die?"

"No, not at all." Old Master Dong then recalled the past: "At that time, the country had just been established. The internal troubles were gone, but the external troubles continued. Bonian and I went abroad to fight. At that time, Lianxin had already lost her memory, so she stayed at home with her mother."

We were away fighting for three years. When we returned, Fenglan had lost her memory and became mentally unstable, while Lianxin had disappeared without a trace.

Everyone who knew Lianxin said she fell off a cliff and was never seen again. Later, we went to search the bottom of that cliff and only found a pile of white bones. Beside her was a rotten medical book, which was Lianxin's favorite book.

The old man's cloudy eyes were already wet, and large tears rolled down his cheeks like beads from a broken string.

"I see. So you didn't actually see how she died. You only saw a pile of bones, not a real person."

“When we came back, Lianxin had been gone for three months. At that time, we were still living in Northeast China. At first, we didn’t really believe it, but we searched for a long time in the vicinity without finding any news about Lianxin. We also searched in other places but couldn’t find her either. Gradually, we accepted the fact.”

Lin Qingyan nodded: "Grandpa, I understand. It seems I was right all along. Your daughter might not have died at all back then, and those skeletons must belong to someone else. Grandpa, if I said Dong Lianxin is my mother, and I am your granddaughter, would you believe me?"

When Old Master Dong heard her words, he was shocked and stared at Lin Qingyan with wide eyes.

No wonder he felt that Lin Qingyan resembled his daughter. Could it be that she was his granddaughter?

Lin Qingyan knew that she didn't have enough evidence to convince him to believe her.

Then, pointing to the jade pendant Dong Lianxin was wearing in the photo, she said, "Because my mother also has the same jade pendant. Moreover, both my mother and mother-in-law have amnesia. I had previously suspected that this amnesia was hereditary. My mother-in-law and I have a natural closeness. My mother-in-law goes out to look for her daughter. At that time, I suspected that my mother might be my mother-in-law's daughter."

But later, when Xinning went to Mopan Village to pick up her mother-in-law, she told me that her mother-in-law only had one daughter and had always lived in our family, so I gave up the idea.

Also today, Comrade Dong told me that Comrade Xu's mother is not your biological daughter. The idea that I had previously dismissed has resurfaced.

It wasn't until I saw this photo and the jade pendant your daughter was wearing around her neck that I knew she was my mother.

My mother passed away when I was three years old. We didn't have any photos of her at home, and I had long forgotten what she looked like. That's why, when I met my mother-in-law, I couldn't tell from her appearance whether they were mother and daughter.

Grandpa Dong listened to her words and remained stunned for a long time.

After a while, his vision blurred again as he looked at Lin Qingyan, and his lips trembled as he stammered, "You, you said you are Lianxin's daughter."

Lin Qingyan nodded: "Although that jade pendant has never been on me, and I don't have any evidence to convince you, I'm telling the truth. If you don't believe me, just pretend I didn't say anything."

"No, no." The old man shook his head. "I believe you, I believe you." He wiped away his tears. "As I said before, I feel that you have a kind of temperament that is very similar to my daughter. From the first time I met you, I also felt that there was an invisible force that made me want to be close to you. Moreover, every time I see you, I am reminded of Lianxin."

Now that I know all this, you are definitely my granddaughter. Qingyan, the jade pendant is not important. The jade pendant is not on you. Even if someone else takes it to claim kinship, they are not her. We will not claim kinship based solely on a jade pendant.

As for our Fang family's true granddaughter, even without any tokens, I trust my old man's intuition. Your good relationship with Fenglan might also be related to that blood relation.

"God, you've been so kind to me. I, Dong Zhentian, thought I'd lost my own daughter, but God sent my granddaughter to my side." Suddenly, his face darkened again. "But my granddaughter is all grown up, and I only just learned of her existence. I've never held her, never cared for her for a single day. I... I don't deserve to be a grandfather."

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