She hugged Li Wei with her backhand, feeling each other's heartbeats and feeling warm.
After a while, they gently separated, smiled at each other, and sat down again. Everything was said without words.
"Grandma, great-grandmother...what's going on?" Li Wei asked softly.
When talking about her mother, Jiang Xinyue's expression was filled with reminiscence and a hint of sadness.
"My mother, Jiang Wantang, didn't come from a noble family. After graduation, she joined the Rift Investigation Bureau and became an ordinary investigator."
"At the age of twenty-five, she was somehow swallowed by the 'Abyss' during a mission."
"At first, everyone thought she was dead, but she turned a disaster into a blessing and fell into an ancient ruin, where she obtained the complete inheritance of the 'Nine Swords of the Reflecting Moon,' the 'Treasured Scroll of the Jade Lotus of the Moon,' and the 'Four Seasons Sword Formation.'"
"Since then, my mother has become increasingly powerful, and her career has become increasingly successful. In less than ten years, she has developed the Jiang family."
Li Wei was listening attentively. This was simply the standard template of the protagonist.
"But..." Jiang Xinyue changed the subject, her expression downcast. "The year I graduated from Wuda University, my mother was promoted to Grandmaster. She became obsessed with finding the ruins and refused to listen to anyone's advice."
"Once you leave, you'll never come back."
"Even after my father died in battle, she never showed up again..."
Li Wei's heart tightened, and she couldn't help but ask, "Grandma, how can you be sure that Great-grandmother... is still alive?"
Jiang Xinyue gently patted the warm jade platform beneath her body, with a hint of determination in her voice.
"Because, this 'Four Seasons Sword Formation' still has an owner."
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