"My mother, Ms. Ye Xiangling, was born into a family with rich heritage. It can be said that she is from a family of scholars, but my grandfather's ancestors had ancestral property and had accumulated assets for many generations since the Qing Dynasty. In the 1950s, the Ye family was still a well-known family in Beijing."

"She and my father loved each other and got married. They were originally very happy."

"A tall tree attracts the wind. My uncle is too flamboyant and has brought disaster to the Ye family."

"So my grandfather decided to abandon his roots in Beijing and transfer some of his assets to Hong Kong. This would inevitably implicate our He family."

"In order not to affect my father's future and the He family, my mother decided to divorce my father and move south to Hong Kong with my grandfather's family."

"My father couldn't bear to let my mother go, and he couldn't bear to see my uncle and grandfather implicated. I heard that he was in great pain back then."

"Even though my mother made the decision to break away from the He family, the Ye family was still targeted by others. When they were evacuating the capital, an accident occurred and my uncle was beaten to death. My grandfather almost lost his life."

"Although my father is divorced from Ms. Ye Xiangling, my mother, he is still worried about her safety and secretly escorts her."

"When he saw someone trying to attack my mom, my dad stepped forward and was killed by the desperate man."

He Ting told Lu Baiwei that he was only five or six years old when the accident happened. According to his grandfather later, he locked himself in the room for a whole month and developed autism.

Later, with the care of his grandfather and the concern of his uncle's family, he finally recovered.

From then on, he lost the innocence and liveliness of a child, and his personality became very stable.

"Weiwei, my father's death, both my grandfather and uncle are very sad."

"What hurts me the most, and what my grandfather and uncle cannot forgive, is that my father died for her, and she went to Hong Kong and quickly got married and had children. What was the meaning of my father's efforts and sacrifices?"

"This is a knot in my heart that I can't untie."

He Ting confided his true feelings to Lu Baiwei: "Deep down in my heart, if I forgive Ye Xiangling, it would be a betrayal of the He family to my grandfather and uncle's family, so I cannot accept these valuable things that she stuffed into the suitcase."

He Ting held Lu Baiwei's hand: "Weiwei, can you understand me?"

He Ting has always been a calm person, but at this moment, his hand holding Lu Baiwei's was shaking.

Jewelry, treasures, and Shichahai courtyard properties are undoubtedly a huge temptation for Lu Baiwei.

But if she accepted these, it would mean that she forgave Ms. Ye Xiangling.

When He Ting's father got into trouble, he was only about five or six years old.

How painful it must have been for him to suddenly lose his warm mother and loving father at such a young age?

Thinking of this, Lu Baiwei couldn't accept Ms. Ye Xiangling's gift with peace of mind.

"Then we don't want these things anymore. Find a chance to return them."

In He Ting's mind, if he accepted his mother Ye Xiangling's things, it would mean betrayal of the He family and his grandfather and uncle.

He hummed and hugged Lu Baiwei: "I will earn the Shichahai courtyard you want for you in the future."

"How can I not trust you?"

In order to make He Ting happy, Lu Baiwei hooked her arms around He Ting's neck and gave him a light peck.

A long separation is better than a new marriage, and deep in his heart he urgently needs physical and mental comfort. He Ting buried his head deeply in her neck...

He Ting thought that he had concealed the things Ye Xiangling gave him very well, but he didn't know that He Hua, who grew up with He Ting, knew his brother best.

Lu Baiwei took out the brown paper bag and asked what was inside. He Ting's subtle change in an instant was already seen by He Hua.

He was a smart man. He chose to know nothing and returned to the military compound with the things that He Ting bought for the old man and the things that Li Chengzhi asked him to bring back.

He Hua carried the things from the jeep into the house. When Wei Shuhua helped to sort them out, she saw the dried seafood on the table. The old man and He Zhenyuan fell silent.

"It seems that Ting met Ye Xiangling on the day he stopped in Hong Kong."

"Grandpa, that's not the case. These things are from the Li family in Yangcheng. They asked Ating to bring them to you and Grandpa Li."

Mr. He snorted: "You kid, you've always known how to cover for A Ting since you were little."

"Don't think your grandfather is old and useless. Old ginger is still spicy."

"How could I not know that even if Ah Ting didn't want to see her, Ye Xiangling would not miss this opportunity when Ah Ting passed through Hong Kong."

Knowing that he could no longer cover it up, He Hua confessed the truth.

"When I came back, I saw my sister-in-law take out a brown paper bag from the box."

Afraid that He Ting would be scolded, He Hua anxiously explained for him: "A Ting was very surprised to see the brown paper bag. It seems that he didn't want to receive it."

"Grandpa, don't be angry."

He Tingyuan and Wei Shuhua also looked at the old man nervously.

The living room was very silent, and there was a feeling that a storm was about to come.

Knowing that his father would get angry when Ye Xiangling was mentioned, everyone in the room thought that there would be a bloody storm.

Unexpectedly, Mr. He looked calm.

"You all don't understand my heart. You always think that I blame Ye Xiangling for Zhenfeng's death."

"Don't you think about what would have happened to our He family if she hadn't followed us to Hong Kong?"

"As for Zhenfeng's death, I do have a grudge, but He Zhenyuan, if it was Shuhua who got into trouble, would you have stood by and watched?"

"You won't!"

"Your brother Zhenfeng is a lovesick man."

"Ye Xiangling had no choice but to divorce him for the sake of the He family and chose to flee Hong Kong. How could he let go of Ye Xiangling? It can only be said that everything has its cause and effect. Ye Xiangling is his love tribulation."

"He was willing to do this for Ye Xiangling, so how can I blame her for his death?"

The old man sighed: "Times make people play tricks on them. There are some paths that cannot be chosen."

In fact, He Zhenyuan and Wei Shuhua thought so too.

Especially Wei Shuhua, she had a very good relationship with Ye Xiangling's sister-in-law back then.

The old man blamed Ye Xiangling for the death of her husband's younger brother He Zhenfeng, and was full of resentment. She never let the family mention Ye Xiangling in front of He Ting, so much so that Wei Shuhua sometimes complained that Ye Xiangling's identity made her and her husband suffer as well.

Although she had complaints in her heart, she was more lamenting her ill-fated fate. He Zhenfeng and Ye Xiangling were a pair of star-crossed lovers.

"Dad, that's not what you said outside in front of us."

He Zhenyuan expressed his doubts.

Old Master He rolled his eyes at his eldest son and said, "You are such a blockhead. If I hadn't said this, if I hadn't drawn a clear line between us and Ye Xiangling, if I hadn't blamed her for Zhenfeng's death, would our family have been able to live a peaceful life for all these years?"

"Then it's not as simple as Ating going to the countryside and us going to the northwest to plant trees."

So this is what the old man thought!

You have been pretending to be so real over the years.

Every time Ye Xiangling was mentioned, his face turned black, and he deceived the couple.

Wei Shuhua said timidly, "Dad, so you don't object to A-Ting interacting with his younger brother and sister-in-law in the future?"