"Yes, he is. Ye Fan asked me to care for him before he left. Perhaps he's the last descendant of the Chu family," Old Madam Chu uttered heartbrokenly.

Even though I should've gotten used to deaths after witnessing so many of them over the years, I'm still profoundly impacted by Ye Fan's fate. After all, Ye Fan is the Chu family's descendant I have valued the most for years. Yet, he ended up dying before I did. The heavens are cruel, making me, a hundred-plus-year-old woman, outlive my great-grandchild.

"Can I hug him, Old Madam Chu?" asked the female visitor with a trembling voice as she struggled to suppress her emotions.

Her sight never left Chu Lin once she laid her eyes on him.

When the old woman saw that, she realized something.

"Yun, is this child..."

The woman was none other than the former head of Chu Sect, who had disappeared after the war against her organization, Tang Yun.

Tang Yun silently approached Chu Lin and stretched her arms toward him to hug him.

However, Chu Lin shrunk his head fearfully and hid behind his great-grandmother.

Clearly, he was afraid of Tang Yun.

Disappointment was scribbled all over her face when she saw that.

Even though he was her son, he treated her like a stranger.

heartbreaking thing that

your father's friend. She's here to visit you on behalf of your father," the old

father? When is he coming back to pick

Yun's eyes brimmed with tears as she hugged him

she felt the most apologetic to was probably the boy in her

or keep him company. Again and again, I let him suffer. Sometimes, I think about how much agony I could've spared him if I hadn't acted rashly and given

"I'm sorry, child.

shocked because he didn't understand why the pretty lady was crying. However, he could feel the anguish consuming her

away and took out a milk candy from

reluctant at first to hand Tang Yun the candy, but after a brief contemplation, he gave it anyway. "Have a sweet. My mommy gave this to me. She said if I eat this, I won't feel like crying anymore. I only have three left, so

more challenging to control her tears as she thanked him

Chu sent Chu Lin back to his room. Tang Yun needs time and space to calm her emotions. If Chu Lin sticks

asked, "So, tell

eyes were swollen red by

though she was a kitten that did something wrong, she nodded gently

just abandon the boy to Ye Fan and forget about him? Why did you give birth to him if you can't provide

stranger. He cried so hard on his first day here. My heart wrenched as I listened to his wailing. It took days before he accepted the cruel reality that his parents were no longer by his side.

reproach with silence. Lowering her head, she stood still as her

Chu's heart softened when she watched the younger woman cry. "All right, that's enough. Stop crying. None of you deserve to cry when Chu Lin's the one suffering. In the future, you should stay here and keep him company, but I'd

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