“Hey, don’t touch it!” Xyla swatted the back of Cordelia’s hand.

“There are only two pieces in the box. I’ll have to make them again if you ruin them!”

“Mom…” Cordelia looked at her in puzzlement. “Why am I bringing this to Elder Mr. Hamerton? I haven’t eaten this that much myself!”

“Silly girl!” Xyla said with a smile, “Back where we come from, this is what we use to show our respect for the elders!”

“Back where we come from?” Cordelia looked at her with widened eyes.

Growing up, she had always thought that Jangasas was her hometown.

Xyla’s face fell upon realizing that she had said too much.

“You… You don’t have to bring it if you don’t want to,” she said softly. “The other presents are quite valuable too. The Hamertons won’t look down on you!”

After saying that, she returned to her room, leaving Cordelia to stay dazed in the living room with furrowed brows for some time.

On the day of the meeting…

Janine, who planned to work overtime, canceled two meetings in a row and stepped on the accelerator to rush to Hamerton Manor, not forgetting to call Zephyr and scold him on the way.

“You brat! Why didn’t you let me know that Cordelia’s meeting the old man today?”

Zephyr was confused. “For what, mom? So you can wreck the meeting?”

“Rascal!” Janine sped up and went past the yellow right.

“Don’t you know what kind of person your grandfather is? Don’t you know that he insists you and Nelly get married? Now with what happened to the Tanners, he wants to meet Cordelia… I think there must be some conspiracy!

“Zephyr Hamerton, is your grandfather trying to set up a loaded dinner to threaten Cordelia and then help the Tanners rise back up?”

with difficulty, “Mom, grandpa’s not a fool. Nelly Tanner has gotten chased out

had the potential for dementia when he

fell silent for a moment before he

your grandfather! What if you switch sides last minute? Our Cordelia will

not trust

be there soon anyway!” Janine insisted. “Come out and open the door

to say anything, and

the door but thought it was too careless to ask the latter to go. Given his mother’s temper, she would want him to

speedily, and hurried

there. He would have enough time to appease his mother first, then pick up Cordelia. The point was

a drive from Zen Residence to the

before Zephyr arrived. She parked and was going to call Zephyr when she heard a sharp

and froze, shocked

They had not met for over 20 years, and he had gotten older, but the way he carried himself had never changed. How he looked like a refined scum,

the manor only to look up and meet Janine’s icy gaze. He

stared at each other for more than ten seconds and felt

“R-Rowan Irwin!?”

“You’re… Janine Baker!?”

heads away upon recognizing each other and looked appalled, like they had seen

“Why are you here?”

are you here

here. Why can’t

due to his medical judgment of kinship and their facial resemblance, realization struck him.

rolled her

the most, but he had no idea who his parents were. He used to assume that his

a surprise

his voice. Enemies were bound

his head before opening them abruptly. “I must,

her arms on her hips. “Rowan Irwin, have some shame! Your Cordelia? Haha… Does Cordelia know

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