"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.

likely the most heartbreaking thing that could happen to a

worry, Lin. Aunt Tang is your father's friend. She's here to visit

pick me up?" Chu Lin was excited to hear the mention of his

eyes brimmed with tears as she hugged

to was probably the

world, I didn't raise him 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 birth to him. I bet

with unfathomable sorrow as she sobbed. "I'm sorry,

pretty lady was crying. However, he could feel the anguish consuming

away and took out a milk candy from his

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 I can only

Tang Yun found it even more challenging to control her tears as

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

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

swollen red by that

wrong, she nodded gently in

"You rascal! I don't know what to say to you. Why 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 two's fault that he's

me. The boy was still sleeping and calling out to his parents in his dream. When he opened his eyes, 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

faced the old woman's reproach with silence. Lowering her head, she stood still as her pearl-like tears

when Chu Lin's the one suffering. In the future, you should stay

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