But then she worried that her dirty hands would soil Gu Jian's face, so she put them down.
The main reason is that Gu Jian has grown taller.
Now, she can't reach his head even when she raises her hand.
With tears welling in her eyes, Granny Gu said in a hoarse voice, "Little Jian, you've really come back. It's so wonderful to see you again."
"You're here to see your father, right? But your father... he's badly injured. Sigh..."
Gu Jian frowned and said, "He is not worthy to be my father, and I did not come here to see him."
"Um?"
Grandma Gu's face showed a look of astonishment.
But looking at Gu Jian's heartless face, her aged heart couldn't help but ache.
Then, she sighed and said, "Ah, I knew it. Little Jian, back then, your father didn't give you away to a distant relative, did he?"
Gu Jian nodded and said, "Yes, I don't have any distant relatives. He left me in the dilapidated temple and then left."
"A dilapidated temple?"
Granny Gu opened her eyes wide and said, "It was December then, and he abandoned you in the dilapidated temple?"
"Um."
Gu Jian nodded again.
He could still vividly recall that snowy night from that year.
A little boy desperately chases after his father in the heavy snow, but can never catch up.
He abandoned him, riding away on his horse, further and further away.
This was even his nightmare for many years.
I wake up in a fright every time I dream about it.
Now, through cultivating the demonic path, his heart has been tempered and strengthened a hundred times over.
Those nightmares are gradually fading away.
Granny Gu trembled with anger, her voice hoarse as she said, "How could he do such a thing? He's a wicked child, a wicked child indeed!"
She had always thought that Gu Xiu had given Gu Jian to a distant relative to raise, but that wasn't the case.
Grandma Gu felt deep regret and also felt sorry for Xiao Jian from back then.
If only I had known this earlier.
Back then, she was determined to stop Gu Xiu no matter what.
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