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All of her defenses collapsed at that moment. Xiao Tong could no longer suppress the grievances in her heart. She waited for a long time and finally found a family member that was willing to take care of her. She cried silently for a long time while lying on Grandmother Xuan's lap.

She didn't know how much tears she would need to wash away her grievances. Xiao Tong read the report in her hands again and again. Her mother had smiled so gently back then. No oysters were completely gentle.

Xiao Tong thought about how she had very few memories of her mother and now that she met her grandmother, she was in such a miserable state.

She was curious about her own past, pestering her grandmother with questions about her past.

Her eyes were red and swollen, but she wiped them away with the back of her hand.

She also wanted to comfort her grandmother that she shouldn't live in the past, that she should keep looking forward.

"Grandmother, I'm much better now. I hope you can tell me my old story."

Xiao Tong pursed her lips and spoke gently like a cute child. She blinked her eyes to make Granny Xuan feel tender towards her.

"Child, others will say that when you married into the Si Family, you became a big shot. In fact, your previous life was a fortune that others could never even think of."

Xiao Tong's eyebrows contracted as she remembered the distant home in her memory.

It was as if they were indeed very rich. There were many servants and the people around them were all very gentle and kind, with a noble and elegant appearance.

Xiao Tong was used to treating people who spoke ill of him in the most gentle manner.

Xiao Tong was used to living like this and didn't have much desire for money. When Granny Xuan said those words, he only nodded and smiled. As for whether or not she had a rich family fortune, it didn't matter.

The most important thing was whether there were any people in the house, whether there were any memories that he cared about.

"Grandma, did I just call you Xiao Tong?"

Xiao Tong had always been naive. During this period of time, Si Han had been forced to surpass many people called Xiao Tong due to his coercion.

Previously, he did not understand why no one came to find him even though he had lost himself.

It turned out that his parents, who cared about him, had all died in a car accident, leaving him to live a miserable life.

"You mean? My parents both died in a car accident? "

Even though Xiao Tong had already prepared herself, she still couldn't believe that a tragic drama like the death of her parents would descend upon her head.

Grandmother Xuan nodded her head solemnly. Although she felt sorry for this child, the truth was still as cruel as ever.

She used her warm and dry hands to gently cover Xiao Tong's palms and spoke gently.

"Tongtong, this is the last time I'll call you by your name. I'll tell you all the stories later. Are you ready?"

Xiao Tong nodded, her face flushed with nervousness.

Granny Xuan smiled and then tried to speak in a calm tone of voice as she told the story of how she had let herself be torn to shreds.

"You weren't called Xiao Tong. I don't know who gave you this name."

Xiao Tong nodded. She could hear the helplessness in her grandmother's voice.

"You used to have an unimaginable wealth in your house, and your mother was the flesh of our family, but he insisted on running to the other side of the ocean."

Hearing her parents' love story was a kind of beauty.

Grandmother Xuan paused for a moment, remembering her once stubborn and obstinate daughter. She felt a pang in her heart.

Seeing Xiao Tong's longing eyes, Esteban's stubbornness, which made him at a loss of what to do, caused the events of the past to come back to him.

"Your father is a well-known superior official family in Europe. I don't know if you've heard of him."

Xiao Tong paused and frowned at Grandma Xuan.

What a strange name. The distant Shangguan family, how could he have such a bloodline?

Heh, he gasped, unwilling and unable to believe that such a thing would happen to him.

"I've heard a bit about it. In that case, what rank is my father?"

Granny Xuan's brows relaxed, as if she had thought of something hateful. She spoke word by word, gritting her teeth.

"Being number one, the Shangguan family's rule is that all of the property will be given to the first child. That is to say, your parents' deaths are a matter of life and death. There really is no way to explain it."

Xiao Tong's face turned pale, and all the blood in her body rushed to her brain.

In just a few short days, Xiao Tong had experienced this dizzying feeling too many times. However, the only time she had been so excited was when she heard that her parents had died.

"So I became a homeless child?"

Xiao Tong remained calm as she took a sip of water to calm her mind.

Grandma Xuan nodded, then quickly shook her head.

"That's what I said, but I've always been thinking about you and wanted to take you over. Unfortunately …"

"What's a pity?"

Xiao Tong gripped the bed sheet tightly. The back of her hand was pale and veins could be seen on it.

Granny Xuan sighed, feeling exceptionally helpless.

"Unfortunately, our family's power is not enough to compete with the Shangguan family's illustrious position. In the end, I still didn't manage to steal your custody rights."

Xiao Tong nodded and took a few deep breaths.

He still did not dare to imagine that his fate had once been that bumpy.

As Granny Xuan continued to speak, her face became more and more serious. As she thought back to what happened back then, Xiao Tong's loss caused her to be unable to control herself.

Her face turned blue, and her entire body began to tremble.

"Later on, I brought enough money and gifts to go and see you. Who knew that you would have already disappeared? "But …"

At this point, she couldn't help but cover her face and cry.

"But I've searched for you for so many years, and finally found your whereabouts! My silly child, how have you been all these years?!"

From sobbing to crying loudly, Granny Xuan started to indulge her emotions, as if she wanted to cry out all the tears she had held back in the past.

Xiao Tong sat up straight and arranged a bright smile on her face. She would never want to make her grandma suffer again.

"Grandmother, don't cry, I'm back …."

"Silly child, call me grandma."