Dongling City.
Liu Family.
Jiang Yiming held Little Doubao's hand as they walked through the Liu Family's rear courtyard.
Though the place was awash in a riot of colors and blooming flowers, he had no heart to admire them.
He had come to the Liu Family, his maternal grandparents' home, yet he felt deeply uncomfortable.
If he had been younger, he would have cried and made a fuss about going home.
But he was no longer at that age.
He was already fifteen years old. He knew he had grown up.
His mother's feelings for his maternal grandparents were no different from his own feelings for his parents.
So, even though he did not feel the slightest attachment to this place, he did not say anything that would spoil the mood.
Just then.
From afar came waves of discussion, along with noisy, hurried footsteps.
"Did you hear? Second Miss brought that wild man back to the Liu Family again."
"Who is Second Miss?"
"The Patriarch's second daughter! Young Master Boming was little back then, so it's normal that you wouldn't know."
"So it's her!" The voice gave a derisive snort. "I know! For some so-called love, she was willing to give up her status as the Liu Family's legitimate daughter for a lowborn commoner. She even broke with Great Grandfather and severed their so-called father-daughter relationship. What an idiot."
"Young Master Boming is right. If she weren't an idiot, how could she have made that choice?"
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"Little Six, that bastard you mentioned—is he in that courtyard?"
"Yes, Young Master Boming! That bastard and his sister are both in the rear courtyard."
Rear courtyard.
Listening to the filthy insults drifting over from nearby and the increasingly close footsteps, Jiang Yiming's brows furrowed, a crease forming between them.
He could not