"..."
Yes, what the child said is true...
He's so old, we don't even know how many more years he has left to live. Even if he wanted to protect her, he couldn't anymore...
The old man sighed: "Fine, even if I don't tell you, Yi Bei will help you investigate. You're stubborn too, in that respect... just like your mother, Miss Luo."
If the child had truly listened to me and lived a good life, I wouldn't have bothered to investigate the origins of the jade pendant and the card.
"..."
Ji Zhinan subconsciously held her breath; she knew that her grandfather had relented.
"Yes." The old man nodded: "What Grandpa gave you was indeed not a Ji family item. That jade pendant was a token of love that your father gave to your mother, and the card was your mother's own. When your mother entrusted you to me, she gave me both of these things together."
"She said she might not live to see your wedding day. The jade pendant and card were her and your father's tokens of affection for you. She also instructed me that if she were gone, you and she would have no relationship whatsoever. I would rather die than tell you the truth."
Her memory suddenly flashed back twenty years, when she held Nan Nan, who was only a few months old, and gave him the child and the jade pendant, making him 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...
It all feels like it was just yesterday.
"..." Ji Zhinan moved his lips, wanting to speak, but found himself speechless.
After a long pause, she 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, I worked as a housekeeper for your parents. They were the most loving young couple I’ve ever met.”
Recalling those days, Grandpa Ji could still laugh out loud: "Your father was a devoted man. He looked down on outsiders, but gave all his patience and love to your mother. In my memory, they never quarreled or argued, and they were incredibly happy every day."
Xi Luo, Li Yuan...
Two very unfamiliar names.
Ji Zhinan asked again, "Are they from the capital?"
Grandpa Ji shook his head: "At first, I thought so too. I assumed they were young masters and ladies from wealthy families in Beijing, since they all had Asian faces. It wasn't until the day of the incident that I learned that Young Master Li Yuan was not just an ordinary young master from a wealthy family; he was the heir of the Warrens family."
"The Warrens... family?"
"Yes." The old man nodded: "I only remember one day, Young Master Li suddenly dismissed all the servants in the house, and then left with me and Miss Luo."
"The day after we left, the villa where we used to live exploded. It happened at night, and if we had still been living there, we probably would have been killed by the explosion."
Recalling those events, Mr. Ji still felt lingering fear.
"It was later that Miss Luo told me that Young Master Li was the young master of the Warrens family. Back then, there was internal strife within the Warrens family, and Young Master Li was being hunted down by the opposing faction..."
The old man grew up in the countryside and had never seen anything like this before. It was then that he realized that rich people in this world don't necessarily live a comfortable life.
There's been too much open and covert infighting...
"Later, Miss Luo and I were arrested, and Young Master Li returned to the Warrens family to mobilize his own forces."
Ji Zhinan quickly asked, "And then?"
"And then..."
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