"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.

thing that could happen

worry, Lin. Aunt Tang is your father's friend. She's here to visit you on behalf of your father," the old

he coming back to pick me up?" Chu Lin

hugged him tightly. "I'm

to was

Sometimes, I think about how much agony I could've spared him if I hadn't acted rashly and given birth to him. I bet he wouldn't have needed to experience

sobbed. "I'm sorry, child. It's all my fault. I've failed

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

the tears on her cheeks away and took out a milk candy from

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.

found it even more challenging to control her tears as she thanked him

Chu Lin back to his room. Tang Yun needs time and space to calm her emotions. If Chu Lin sticks around, she'll cry

a stone bench in the courtyard and asked, "So, tell me, what's going on? Is Lin

Yun's eyes were swollen red

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

didn't you raise him if you're his mother? Look at you two. Neither you nor Ye Fan acted like proper parents to him. Did you just abandon the boy to Ye Fan and forget about him? Why did you give birth to him if you can't provide the child with a stable and happy life? It's you

everything changed. His parents were gone, and he was in an unfamiliar environment with a 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. I can't admonish Ye Fan for leaving him here since this is

her head, she stood still as her pearl-like tears dropped to

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 suggest you hide your

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