“…”

Yes, the child is talking about...

He's already old, and I don't know how many more years he can live. Even if I want to protect him, I can't...

The old man sighed and said, "Forget it. Even if I don't tell you, Yibei will help you find out. You are also stubborn. In this respect... you are very much like your mother, Miss Luo."

If this child had really listened to me and lived a good life, he wouldn't have checked the origins of the jade pendant and the card.

“…”

Ji Zhinan subconsciously held her breath. She knew that her grandfather had given in.

"Yes." The old man nodded. "What Grandpa gave you is indeed not something from the Ji family. The jade pendant is a token of love your father gave to your mother, and the card is your mother's own. When your mother handed you over to me, she gave me both of these things."

"She said she might not see your wedding day, and that the jade pendant and the card were gifts from her and your father to you. She also told me that if she's gone, you'll have no relationship with her. I can't tell you the truth even if I die."

Her memory suddenly went back to twenty years ago. She held Nan Nan, who was only a few months old, in her arms, gave him the child and the jade pendant, and asked him to swear that he would never let her child step into that deep pit again.

He knelt before her and swore that he would treat Nan Nan well for the rest of his life...

All this seems to have happened just yesterday.

“…” Ji Zhinan moved his lips and wanted to speak but found that he had lost his voice.

After a long while, he finally asked in a hoarse voice, "What are my parents' names?"

"Your mother's name is Xi Luo, and your father is Young Master Li Yuan. When I came to the city from the countryside to develop my career, I worked as a housekeeper for your parents. They are the most loving young couple I have ever met."

Recalling the scenes of the past, Mr. Ji could still laugh out loud: "Your father was a devoted man. He disdained outsiders, but gave all his patience and love to your mother. As far as I remember, they never had a quarrel and were extremely happy every day."

Xi Luo, Li Yuan...

Two very unfamiliar names.

Ji Zhinan asked again: "Are they from the capital?"

Old Master Ji shook his head. "That's what I thought at first, too. I thought they were the young masters and young ladies of wealthy families in the capital. After all, they all had oriental faces. It wasn't until the day of the incident that I realized that Young Master Li Yuan wasn't just the young master of an ordinary wealthy family. He was the heir to the Warrens family."

"The Warrens...family?"

"Yes." The old man nodded: "I only remember that one day, Master Li suddenly dismissed all the servants in the house, and then took Miss Luo and me away."

"The day after we left, there was an explosion in the villa where we were staying. It happened at night. If we had still lived there, we would have been killed by now."

Thinking of those things, Mr. Ji still felt a lingering fear.

"Later, Miss Luo told me that Young Master Li was the young master of the Warrens family. There was chaos within the Warrens family, and Young Master Li was hunted by the opposition..."

The old man grew up in the countryside and had never seen this kind of world. It was then that he realized that rich people in this world do not necessarily live a comfortable life.

There are too many open and covert struggles...

"Later, Miss Luo and I were captured, and Master Li returned to the Warrens family to mobilize his own forces."

Ji Zhinan quickly asked, "What happened next?"

"Later..."