The photo showed a man and a woman, both in their twenties. Although the photo was very old, the faces of the people in the photo could still be seen.
The young woman in the photo actually looked very similar to herself, almost identical if not identical. And the young man in the photo looked very similar to her father, which made Ye Shuning completely stunned.
This photo is incredibly strange. It's no coincidence that the person in this photo looks so much like me and my father. Photos these days can't be faked; they're definitely real.
Ye Shuning raised her head and asked in confusion, "Old man, who is the person in this photo? Why does he look so much like me and my father?"
The old lady's eyes lit up when she heard this. "Are you saying that the man looks like your father?"
Ye Shuning nodded and said, "He does look a lot like my father, just like a younger version of him."
The old lady wiped her tears and said, "Is your father's name Ye Xingguo?"
Ye Shuning was surprised when she heard this. "Old man, how did you know? My father's name is indeed Ye Xingguo."
Ye Shuning felt that the old lady did not seem like a bad person, so she decided to tell the truth.
The old lady hugged Ye Shuning and cried, "My dear, I finally found you."
Everyone rushed to comfort the old lady when they saw her crying so hard, but Ye Shuning was stunned by her crying. She didn't know what was going on.
Ye Shuning was afraid that the old man would cry and get hurt, so she quickly persuaded him, "Old man, let's stop crying. Take care of yourself. I don't even know who you are. Can you tell me something?"
The old lady wiped her tears with her handkerchief and said, "The man and woman in this photo are actually your grandparents, and I am your grandfather's biological sister. I am your great aunt."
Ye Shuning was completely bewildered by this sudden turn of events. So, she wasn't kidnapped by the underworld, but was instead invited here to recognize her as a relative?
The old lady continued, "Back then, I took your second cousin back home to my mother, but he fell ill and his condition got worse. We thought he was in trouble, so we went to the church hospital in the provincial capital to see a Western doctor. So your grandparents sent your second cousin and me to the provincial capital to see a doctor.
Your father was only three years old at the time, and your grandparents left him at home. With your great-grandparents taking care of him, there was nothing to worry about.
But who knew that war would break out within two days, and our hometown was also affected. When your grandpa and grandma returned home, your great-grandpa and great-grandma had been killed, their house had been ransacked, and your father and some of the servants were missing.
Your grandparents searched for a long time but could not find any news of your father. With their parents tragically dead and their home gone, they came looking for me, their sister. Your grandparents have always blamed themselves, regretting not keeping your father close. They also regret not protecting your parents, leading to their tragic death.
They never gave up searching for your father. Once, they got a glimpse of news and went looking for him, but they never returned. Because of the war, we left the interior and never heard from your grandparents again. We don't know if they're still alive.
Due to the situation in the mainland over the years, we haven't been able to openly search for them. We can only hope that they are living safely somewhere."
Ye Shuning was shocked after hearing what the old lady said. "So my grandparents back home aren't my biological children? No wonder they treated me like that."
Ye Shuning no longer felt nervous. If these people were really her relatives, she would have nothing to be afraid of.
But the period novel never mentioned that Ye Xingguo was not his biological son? Could it be that because Ye Xingguo died early, and the original owner also died early, so there was no chance to meet these relatives?
Mrs. Ye understood what Ye Shuning meant and quickly asked, "Are they treating you badly?"
Ye Shuning nodded and said, "For a while, everyone thought my father had died, and my mother also died of illness due to excessive grief. Then my uncle's family occupied our house, stopped me from going to school, and forced me to work for them and serve them. Later, my uncle and my grandmother even wanted to marry me off to an elderly disabled man in exchange for a dowry so that my uncle's son could get a wife.
I had no choice but to seek help from others and flee to another province to escape their schemes. They were also very cruel to my parents, always targeting my uncle's family. My mother died young because of their torture. They were also very cruel to my father. It is said that they tortured my father a lot when he was young, which is why he left home early to join the army.
The old lady asked hurriedly, "Is your grandfather called Ye Laoshuan?"
Ye Shuning nodded and said, "Yes, my grandfather's name is Ye Laoshuan, and my grandmother's name is Li Cuilan."
Upon hearing this, the old lady gnashed her teeth and said, "These two ungrateful, white-eyed wolves! The Ye family treated them well, yet they treated the master's child like this. When your grandpa and grandma returned home, they found that in addition to the two dead servants, two more were missing: Ye Laoshuan and Li Cuilan. I didn't expect that they were the ones who took your father away."
After saying this, the old lady tearfully pulled Ye Shuning and said, "Child, you have suffered. I am your great aunt, and we will take care of you in the future."
As she spoke, the old lady took out a white jade Guanyin pendant from her neck. The Guanyin statue was carved very exquisitely and it was obvious that it was a good thing.
The old lady touched the Guanyin statue and said with nostalgia, "I had someone carve a pair of Guanyin statues out of mutton-fat white jade. This is one of them. I gave the other one to your father. I don't know if he still has it."
When Ye Shuning saw the Guanyin statue, her heart moved. She remembered that her father had given her a pendant like this before, saying that it belonged to the original owner and asked her to keep it.
Ye Shuning took the pendant out of the research institute space under the cover of her clothes.
The old lady burst into tears again when she saw the Guanyin statue in Ye Shuning's hand. She choked up and said, "This is the Guanyin statue I gave to your father. It was to protect him. There are still scratches on it where your father accidentally made them with a copper coin."
Ye Shuning took a closer look and indeed found a not very obvious scratch on the back of the Guanyin pendant, and then she handed it to the old lady. She guessed that the old lady mentioned this to further confirm her identity.
The old lady took the Guanyin statue and looked at the scratches on it that she still remembered vividly. She said, "I didn't expect to see this Guanyin statue again after so many years. It's really God's blessing."
This Guanyin pendant with special meaning seems to further confirm the relationship between the Yan family and Ye Shuning.
But Ye Shuning was very curious about how the Yan family found her, so she asked, "How did you find me?"
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