"Later, Miss Luo gave birth to a daughter, and wow, she was so beautiful! I've never seen such a beautiful girl before..."
As the village chief's wife was speaking enthusiastically, her gaze inadvertently fell on a certain spot, and her eyes widened instantly, as if she had witnessed some earth-shattering scene, leaving her completely stunned.
She knew that a big shot had come to their house. Her son had told her that he was a wealthy person they couldn't afford to offend. So, from the moment she entered, her eyes were fixed on her husband, and she didn't notice the young man sitting in the main seat, cold and silent, exuding an imposing aura.
The village chief's wife wasn't intimidated by Li Yuan's emperor-like aura, but rather by his face...
“You, you…” The village chief’s wife pointed at Li Yuan, speaking haltingly, unable to express her meaning for a long time.
She abruptly took a step back, quickly averting her gaze to the side.
Impossible! How could this be? This is not normal.
It's been twenty years already, twenty years...
In a fleeting glance, the village chief's wife's eyes met those of Ji Zhinan sitting beside her. Her terrified gaze met Ji Zhinan's beautiful, lively eyes, and her pupils constricted. She then slumped to the ground in a flustered state.
"Old woman!" The village chief panicked, fearing that his wife's rude behavior might offend the distinguished guests present. He quickly stepped forward to help her up and whispered a scolding in his wife's ear.
"What are you doing? You're so clumsy!"
"..." The village chief's wife seemed to be stunned, staring at Li Yuan, then stiffly turning her head to look at Ji Zhinan.
“This…this…he is the person in the photo that Miss Luo was holding back then.”
"What?" The village chief didn't understand at first.
Li Yuan looked expressionlessly at the speechless village chief's wife, then stood up: "I am her man."
Ji Zhinan gripped Gu Yibei's hand tightly, suppressing the turmoil in his heart, and said calmly, "I am that child from back then."
"..." This time, not only the village chief's wife, but even the village chief was stunned.
Indeed, I was too scared to look closely earlier, but now that I'm looking at this girl carefully, she looks exactly like Miss Luo from back then, especially her eyes, they're like they were made from the same mold. When she speaks, she's fine, but when she doesn't speak, her expression is indifferent and aloof, just like Miss Luo from back then, untouched by worldly affairs.
Twenty years have passed. The child from back then has indeed grown into an adult, but this man…
Miss Luo was only in her twenties back then, so she must be at least forty now, and her man should be in his forties too.
The village chief stared at Li Yuan in shock; he didn't look like a middle-aged man in his forties at all.
The village chief was only in his forties, but the passage of time had etched wrinkles all over his face, while Li Yuan, on the other hand, seemed to be a man ignored by time, his face devoid of color.
Standing together, no one would guess that Li Yuan and the village chief were the same age. Just by looking at their appearances, the village chief looked at least like Li Yuan's uncle, if not his father.
Li Yuan looked at the village chief and said, "Tell me everything you know."
"..."
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Bodyguards were stationed outside the old house where Shiloh used to live.
Li Yuan walked in again, looking at the overgrown courtyard. His expensive leather shoes crunched on the weeds as he walked step by step toward a certain direction in the courtyard.
There's a small flower bed over there, made of bricks. It's small, but very delicate.
There must have been something growing in the small flower bed before, but now only dried-up flower stalks remain. The soil has also cracked due to lack of watering for a long time.
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