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did not say anything, and Xie Jingxi would not object to it. Only Gu Xiaoyu treated him with unusual warmth, and dragged him around the entire village, introducing him as her grandfather when they saw him, and even showing him the things that she had done while raising her own grandfather.

Marquis was also willing to get close to her, and would frequently carry her to the city to buy all kinds of small things. She did not make the little girl too happy, and her parents often brought her to the city as well, but unlike Marquis, she did not promise to do whatever she wanted. Not only did she promise to do whatever she wanted, she even took the initiative to buy whatever she wanted, wishing they could move the entire city.

On the birthday, Marquis had taken off the jade thumb ring on his hand. Xie Jingxi did not know what this ring represented, but as far as she could remember, Marquis had always carried it with his.

”It's not a valuable item, but after following me for so many years, I'll leave her some time to think about it.”

Gu Yun was originally going to reject his at once, but because he had retracted his words, he remained expressionless. Xie Jingxi said: ”Father, it's not appropriate to give her this. You have already given her quite a few things.”

”No worries, I'll keep it for her. As her grandfather, I don't have any family heirlooms, so I'll pass it on to her.”

The Marquis had always wanted to pass his Marquis Mansion down to Gu Yun. No matter if it was in the past or in the future, it was only because he didn't want it as a son that he passed it down to Gu Xiaoyu in such a roundabout way.

”Thank you grandfather, I will take good care of it for you.” Gu Xiaoyu who was unclear of what was going on said sincerely.

”We, Zhiyu, understand grandfather's heart best. When we think of grandfather in the future, do you want to go back and see him?”

Gu Xiaoyu did not understand the meaning of those words, and nodded her head innocently, thinking that if his grandfather was not here, then where was he?

In the dead of night, when the Marquis was standing alone in front of the Old Man Ji's and's graves, when he couldn't see anything clearly, what appeared in his eyes were all the grass and trees from thirty years ago. In truth, there wasn't much of a change in this place, with tens of years going by like every single day, it would even make people feel like the old man was still there, as if, in the next moment, the figure that was carved in his life would appear behind him, blindfold his eyes, and let him guess who she was.

There was no need to guess. Marquis with his sharp ears could hear her footsteps and smell her scent from afar. In fact, it could only be her.

”I don't think they want to accept your memories.” Gu Yun stood a few steps behind him, maintaining a distance that he did not want to get any closer to, ”Why do you have to disturb my sweet dreams with wishful thinking?”

Marquis sighed, his back still facing him. ”The matter between your mother and I is not what you think.”

”I don't think she has anything. At an age when she shouldn't have died, that's a fact that can't be changed.”

This is actually the biggest obstacle in the hearts of Old Man Ji and the people of Liu Family, no one cared about your process, even if they and the Lady Ji had been dead for a lifetime, they could not face the early death of the Lady Ji, whether it was due to illness or suicide, it would deepen their resentment and hatred towards the Marquis. To put it bluntly, no matter what I do, the Marquis is still in a position to be hated, and there is no reason for it to weaken, it can only be deepened.

”No matter if you believe me or not, I never had a shred of ill will towards your mother. I admit that when I was young, I couldn't understand things, and I also had uncontrollable ambitions in the areas I couldn't experience, but I really planned to protect her for the rest of my life. However, she wasn't willing to give me more time.”

Gu Yun didn't want to discuss about the concept of love with him. This kind of thing differed from person to person, there wasn't a second Gu Yun, and there wasn't a second Marquis in this world either.

”It's her business if you don't forgive her when you have the chance to say these words to her in the future.”

Just as Gu Yun was about to turn around and leave, Marquis said, ”Boss, he … Did you find it? ”

Don't tell me you don't know the background of the people behind this. You used your mother's poison to nourish this bunch of disasters, do you know that the bitter fruits don't taste good anymore! Marquis, my almighty Marquis, after so many years of inaction, after so many years of indulgence, do you think that by coming here and having a happy day with your granddaughter, you can wipe away everything that had happened in the past? You are too naive, who gave you such a f * cking big face, go and continue to play with the one in your seat, go and protect your Marquis Mansion for thousands of generations, you have a son and grandson, so stop meddling in my affairs and don't even think about extending your hand, if others knew that he is your grandson, they might even die a little faster! ”