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Mother Huo closed her eyes, and slowly said in an extremely exhausted manner, "Tinton owes her …"

Ye Jinxin didn't know what to say.

He could only stare blankly at the small wooden box on the table as his head became empty.

Killed in a car, seventeen years old.

The combination of these two words was an extremely cruel thing.

"Grandmother." Ye Jinxin lifted her eyes and consoled the still reminiscing elder with a tearful voice, "Don't be sad. This … This is all over."

But after saying that, even she herself felt that this consoling emptiness was pitiful.

Past.

How could a young man die so miserably under the wheel of a carriage? Could he just jump over it with three words?

Mother Huo raised her hand and took out a handkerchief to wipe the tears at the corner of her eyes. She laughed self-deprecatingly and said, "I'm getting old. I thought I had already passed away. I didn't expect that after more than ten years, I would still cry."

Ye Jinxin lifted the bench to sit next to Mother Huo. She reached out her hand and gently caressed her back.

The woman smiled and pulled Ye Jinxin's hand over to her and gently said, "Jinxin, don't you sometimes feel that your father is a bit cold? It's like he's never cared about other people, just like when you were young, he repeatedly threatened to throw you away."

Ye Jinxin smiled wryly, "I didn't expect you to still remember these things. It seems that daddy has a cold personality."

Mother Huo shook her head with a look of regret on her face. "Actually, Tinton used to be either like this or like this. He loved to laugh and was very obedient. It was only after that child Lin Jia Ning died that his temperament changed drastically.

Ye Jin's heart trembled. She had always thought that Huo Tindong's cold and indifferent attitude was due to the family's pressure and heavy atmosphere. She hadn't thought that there would be such a reason.

"Grandmother." Ye Jinxin hesitated for a long time before clenching the old man's warm hand and softly asking, "Um, big sister …" How could he have been killed by a car because of Dad? "

Mother Huo's eyes darkened, her head lowered in silence.

Just when Ye Jinxin was secretly regretting that she shouldn't have asked such a sensitive question to provoke her, Mother Huo suddenly opened her mouth and said, "That day is the anniversary of their relationship. The two of them have known each other since childhood, and it's also fate.

"Although this kid, Ting Dong, has never mentioned her in front of us, but in my heart, she is definitely my daughter-in-law."

"But on that day, when they were happily preparing to celebrate their first meeting, like all the other young lovers, your grandfather, Tinton's father's business rival, wanted to vent his anger on Tinton due to a moment of jealousy. But it seems that it was better to think about it, when that evil truck came crashing towards him, that silly girl, Jianning, actually pushed him away, and before Tinton could react, that girl was already dead under the wheel."

Mother Huo's voice was choked with sobs. She used a handkerchief to wipe the tears on her face and calmed her breathing before speaking again slowly …

"I will never forget the look of despair in that child's eyes as he guarded that mangled corpse."

"When he refused to let anyone touch that truck and said that it would hurt Jianning, I had a premonition. That girl died, and my son's heart also died with her."

Ye Jinxin sat there stunned. Mother Huo patted her hand and looked down implicitly. Ye Jinxin followed her gaze and exclaimed as she let go of Mother Huo's hand.

She hadn't realized it earlier, but she clenched her fists tighter and tighter. She had completely forgotten that she was still holding Granny Huo's hand.

"Grandma, I'm sorry." Ye Jinxin anxiously pulled her hand over, "It hurts."

Mother Huo smiled reassuringly, "It's alright, you're too engrossed."

Ye Jinxin heaved a long sigh. It had to be said that her mind was in a mess.

He had never thought that Huo Tindong would have so many unknown past events.

For so many years, he must have been thinking about Lin Jianning. After all, no one would be able to let go of a woman who sacrificed her life for him.

He probably wouldn't forget her for the rest of his life.

Ye Jinxin sighed, her heart filled with a sour feeling of loss.

When she realized what she was doing, Ye Jinxin immediately suppressed her dark and selfish disappointment.

Why should she feel disappointed?

Lin Jianning had given his life for Huo Tindong. No matter how many years had passed, in Huo Tindong's heart, that position of first place should have been forever given to him.

By contrast, what had he done for Huo Tindong?

There was nothing she could do except argue and argue with him every day. She had never helped him in the truest sense. On the contrary, she was always bothering him as a burden.

What right did she have to compete with Lin Jianning?

What right did he have to be lost?

Ye Jinxin clenched her fists tightly, not even feeling the slightest pain when her nails dug into her flesh.

Mother Huo seemed to see that she was depressed.

He intentionally coughed lightly to pull Ye Jinxin back from his thoughts.

"Grandmother." Ye Jinxin raised her head and tentatively pointed at the small box, "Can I see what's inside this box?"

The old lady raised her brows. The light in her eyes was obscure and hard to understand.

Ye Jinxin lowered her head in shame, her fingers unconsciously swiping at the tablecloth on her knees.

She also knew that she had overstepped her boundaries. That was a gift that Lin Jia Ning had left for Huo Tindong. She wanted to see her identity, exit, and reason.

"Grandmother, I was wrong …" "I …"

"Open it." Mother Huo interrupted her.

Ye Jinxin looked up in surprise, "What did you say?"

Mother Huo smiled, a warm and amiable smile on her face. "I said open it. I know the key. It's in a book under Tinton's pillow."

"Grandmother …" Ye Jinxin's eyes turned red, "Why are you …" Why do you trust me so much?

"What a heart." Mother Huo raised her hand and caressed the girl's white face, "I know how to judge people. You are magnanimous and kind. From the day you stepped into the Huo family, I treated you as my own child." You being able to stay by his side is his good fortune, and also a compensation from the heavens. "

With that, the old lady said a little embarrassedly, "I don't know if this will make you unhappy or not, but when you stood by Tinton's side, I felt that it was Jianning who came back to accompany him."

Ye Jinxin's heart shook violently. It was as if her heart had been knocked over. Sour, sweet, bitter, and spicy all surged up to him.

She? Like that Janine?

Compensation? Accompanying?

Was she such a placebo substitute in his mind?