After the Edwards family fell from grace, few people came to visit. The only visitors were Layne’s old friends who always walked or rode bicycles when they came to Layne’s place. The courtyard was so precious that even a single brick on the ground could be an antique, and breaking it would be heartbreaking.

“I’ll go see who it is,” Layne put down her teacup and headed towards the door.

“I’ll go change my clothes,” she said as she was wearing a pink pajama set that would be inappropriate for receiving guests.

The gate opened, but as soon as Layne saw who it was, his face darkened. He quickly prepared to close the door.

“Layne, wait!” A hand suddenly pressed against the door panel and a man in a black coat squeezed in.

He stood before him.

It’d been over twenty years, and he had aged a lot with silver hair covering his head.

“Adrian, you didn’t die overseas. What are you doing in my rundown courtyard?” Grandfather, who was always gentle and kind to people, surprisingly showed such hatred towards the visitor and even said such words.

the commotion outside.

everything clearly. Was Grandfather really angry? She had to go out and

long hair back with a pearl

that accentuated his wrinkled face as he replied softly, “After all these years, you still have

dust from his clothes before stepping into the courtyard with his polished shoes. Looking at this unchanged little yard made him feel emotional as

this.”

the root to pick them. You accidentally tell down, and Uncle cut down the apple tree, he

the fruit from that tree

Layne back to his childhood memories in

he was already seventy

than him and should be

of the Edwards family wouldn’t welcome

What did he mean?

commit a big mistake

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