I was a little surprised and looked at him with uncertainty. "Are you talking about my grandmother Carol?"

He nodded.

"But isn't she the adopted daughter of the Spencer family? Why is her surname Reid?"

"Mrs. Spencer couldn't give birth at that time, so she raised your grandmother as an adopted daughter. Originally, her surname was Spencer, but soon after Carol was adopted, Mrs. Spencer got pregnant with a child of her own. Later, the Spencer family changed Carol's surname to Reid, after Mrs. Spencer's maiden name."

I nodded and gazed at him. "And then?"

family became one of the most powerful families in Jarold City. Many families back then all fawned over them. The Milton family was so prosperous that many nobles in Jarold City wanted to get rid of them out of envy. However, the source of the Milton family's wealth was your grandmother. Once they controlled your grandmother, it would be easy to exploit the oil industry. However, your grandmother knew of the impact of oil on the nation, so she planned to keep oil mining and extraction under strict

I looked at him. "Could the box you're talking about be the sandalwood

nodded. "That's the box. Back then, Sebastian tried his best

time I saw Sebastian was at Grandma's grave. He stood in front of Grandma's tombstone for a long time. At that time, I thought he was paying his respects and didn't think much about it. Now on second thought, I couldn't help but be a little

box to Sebastian!" I had never taken the box seriously, so I let him take it without thinking when he asked for

me and

the right to oil extraction was controlled by

at me with a faint smile. "I had prepared in advance, and switched out

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