The room was bright and spacious. The table in front of the man was filled with stone-carved lions, horses, swords, and other items.

"cousin!"

When the girl saw the man, she immediately forgot about Lin Tingwan behind her, ran over quickly, and threw herself into the man's arms.

"Grandfather said you were here, so I guessed you must be here, and sure enough, I guessed right."

The man stretched out his slender hand and scratched the girl's nose lovingly, "Okay, okay, you are the smartest one."

The girl pouted, "You said last time that you would come to see me when you have time. It's been three months. If it wasn't for Grandfather's birthday, I don't think you would come today."

After that, she felt even more aggrieved, "I said I wanted to go find you, but my grandfather and dad wouldn't let me."

The man sighed deeply, his voice clear and crisp, like mountain spring water, "It's my fault. I'm sorry for wronging us."

After hearing the conversation between the two, Lin Tingwan guessed the girl's identity. She was He Sikong's youngest granddaughter, He Nian.

When the entire He family was executed, He Nian was only ten years old. Lin Tingwan had never seen her in his life and was not familiar with the He family. He only heard from Lin Yuehong later that the child cried like a tearful person that day and watched all her family members die in front of her.

Before she could react, her head fell to the ground.

Lin Yuehong was present at the scene at the time, and his description was very moving, which moved Lin Tingwan deeply as he listened to it.

He Nian snorted and said coquettishly, "Then I will forgive you this time, but only this time! If cousin fools me again in the future, I will never talk to you again!"

"Okay, whatever Nian Nian says is what it is."

He Nian was happy now. He waved his hand and asked Lin Tingwan to come over. "Open the box."

Lin Tingwan walked over slowly, put the box on the table, and when he looked up, he saw the familiar face of He Shiyi.

He was as handsome as before, but his face looked paler than it was three years ago, as if he hadn't been exposed to the sun for a long time, a sickly pale color.

When He Shiyi saw her, he was obviously stunned for a moment, but he quickly reacted and lowered his head to coax He Nian in his arms, "What did you prepare for your brother?"

He Nian got up from He Shiyi's arms, opened the box, and revealed the inky stone inside.

Lin Tingwan couldn't help but curl her lips as she looked at it, she never thought that there were actually stones inside. Okay, okay, this is how you give gifts now, right?

"Wow—" He Shiyi exclaimed softly and gently touched the stone in the box, "Where did Nian Nian find this? My cousin has been looking for a stone like this but couldn't find one. Our Nian Nian must be really good."

He Nian raised his head with a proud look on his face, "That's because you are too stupid, cousin. I found this stone in my grandfather's yard. I knew you would like it, so I moved it here."

"Grandfather knows."

He Nian disagreed, "Grandfather is the best to me, but it's just a stone. Can he really scold me for a stone?"

He Shiyi suppressed his laughter and nodded vigorously, "Nian Nian is right, grandfather will definitely not care."

Children always have wild and imaginative ideas. She pulled He Shiyi aside and talked to him for a long time. The latter was very patient and coaxed her softly, one sentence at a time.

"Nian Nian, it's getting late. The banquet in the front hall should be starting soon. Grandfather must have prepared a lot of delicious food today. Don't you want to go take a look?"

"Then I want my cousin to go with me!" He Nian's eyes lit up when he mentioned food.

"My cousin has some important things to take care of. Can I come to you later?" He Shiyi was very patient and coaxed softly.

Fortunately, He Nian was not an unreasonable person. After knowing that he was really busy, he nodded and said, "Then you should hurry up, cousin, otherwise they will finish their food and there will be nothing left when you come later."

Go ahead, she turned and looked at Lin Tingwan, "You go back with me."

"Brother, I still have some things to sort out. Why don't you be so kind as to ask Nian Nian to sort out the things for me?"

He Shiyi said so, the little girl naturally would not refuse him, and nodded, "You should serve your brother well and don't make your cousin unhappy."

After giving her instructions, she turned and left, "Cousin, don't forget to reward her with some good things. I promised her."

"Okay, I understand. Just don't worry."

As soon as she left, only He Shiyi and Lin Tingwan were left in the room.

"I really didn't know that the eldest daughter of the Lin family had a hobby of dressing up as a maid in other people's homes?" He Shiyi joked.

Lin Tingwan didn't feel embarrassed at all, "I came here to look for you."

He Shiyi raised his eyebrows, "You are really lucky. The people in this mansion have been looking for me for half a day and couldn't find me, but you found me by sheer luck."

There was no one else in the room at this time. Lin Tingwan didn't want to play dumb with him anymore. She sat opposite He Shiyi and said, "Three years ago, you left a letter saying that there was something wrong with Vice General Wu. I want to ask you, do you know anything?"

"What? I don't know."

Lin Tingwan frowned, "Isn't that what you gave me?"

He Shiyi saw how anxious she was and suddenly became interested. "I gave you the letter, but I have long forgotten the contents of the letter. After all, three years have passed. What do you think, Miss Lin?"

"Stop teasing me. This matter is very important to me and our entire Lin family." Lin Tingwan looked anxious.

"Ms. Lin, there are some things that cannot be said. It's best not to ask questions between you and me. It will not do you any good. What do you think?"

"Perhaps you are right, but this matter is really important to our Lin family. Please tell me, Mr. He, so that I can prepare early. No matter what the final outcome is, I will be happy with it."

After a pause, Lin Tingwan said seriously, "If Mr. He wants anything, just tell me and I will do my best to satisfy you."

He Shiding stared at her for a long time without saying anything, "Is it really possible to do anything?"

Lin Tingwan bit her lower lip tightly and said, "Anything is fine."

He Shiyi's expression suddenly changed. "I didn't know Miss Lin could make such a sacrifice for the Lin family. If I were to make things difficult for you today, would you agree?"

"Although I have known you for a short time, I know you are not such a person."

"What kind of person am I?" He Shiyi chuckled. "Sometimes, Miss Lin, you should not be too confident, so as not to hurt yourself. I will pretend that I didn't hear what happened today. I hope Miss Lin will not say such things to strangers in the future."

"You are worried about my father and our Lin family." Lin Tingwan said firmly.

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