"Nannan."
After the anger subsided, the old man was more panicked. He looked at Ji Zhinan and said anxiously: "Nannan, listen to grandpa, it's not like that, it's not..."
Ji Zhinan's emotions were relatively stable. She didn't cry, get angry, or vent, nor was she... shocked.
Facing Mr. Ji's panicked look, Ji Zhinan nodded: "Okay, I'll listen to you."
In the lounge of the venue, there were only Mr. Ji and Ji Zhinan.
This was the first time that the atmosphere between the grandfather and grandson, who had always been so warm and affectionate, became so awkward.
Old Master Ji was still making his final struggle: "Nannan, Xia Xia was just talking nonsense when she was drunk. You are Grandpa's relative..."
"Who are my parents?"
“…”
The old man was interrupted by Ji Zhinan before he could finish his words.
She looked at Mr. Ji calmly, and spoke again word by word: "My biological parents, who are they?"
“…” Old Master Ji opened his mouth, not knowing how to answer.
After a long while, the old man lowered his head: "Nannan, I'm sorry..."
"Oh." Ji Zhinan raised his lips and laughed at himself: "Now you are not even willing to think of a bad excuse to perfunctorily deal with me?"
“…”
It was the first time I saw the old man with such an embarrassed and painful expression. It seemed as if he had thought of something. His thick brows were furrowed tighter and tighter, and his eyes unconsciously turned red.
He looked up, staring at Ji Zhinan's face that looked more and more like hers, his eyes pleading: "Nannan, you just need to know that grandpa will never hurt you. Grandpa just wants you to live a simple and happy life..."
Live a happy life?
Ji Zhinan smiled.
She pointed at the closed door of the lounge, but her eyes were fixed on the old man: "Grandpa, just now, your granddaughter made me a laughing stock in everyone's eyes. Do you really think I can be happy forever?"
“…” The old man stopped talking.
One minute passed, two minutes passed, three minutes passed...
Ji Zhinan waited for five minutes, but the old man still didn't speak. Ji Zhinan was stunned for a few seconds, then curled up a self-deprecating smile.
She turned around and was about to leave.
“When you stare into the abyss, the abyss also stares into you.”
The old man's voice came from behind.
“…”
Ji Zhinan paused, turned his head after a few seconds, and met the old man's red eyes.
She didn't know why, but in the blink of an eye, she felt that he had aged a lot.
The old man looked at Ji Zhinan's face and spoke slowly, word by word: "This is what your mother once said to me."
“…”
Ji Zhinan knew that the "mother" the old man was talking about was not Mrs. Ji.
The old man stared at the face that looked more and more like her, and for a moment his vision became blurred.
If he hadn't seen the wrinkles on his hands, he would have really thought that everything had returned to more than 20 years ago, when that beautiful and kind little girl hugged the heroic man's arm and called him with a smile: Uncle Ji.
He moved his lips and slowly raised his hand. "I promised her that I would let you live a peaceful life. Maybe not rich, but at least safe and worry-free. For the rest of my life... until the day I die, I will never tell you... your true life story."
Ji Zhinan was stunned: "Why?"
"That's a Pandora's box. Anyone who opens it will die." The old man looked at her and said, "Your mother doesn't want you to get involved with it."
Pandora...treasure chest?
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