Finally, Ji Anning could not hold back and was the first to speak, calling out. She pursed her lips, cautiously waiting for his elder's response.
"Anning," the elder finally withdrew his gaze from outside the window and shifted it onto Ji Anning. His eyes, which had seen all manners of the world, stared unblinkingly at her face.
His expression was sorrowful.
Seeing this made Ji Anning even more panicked and nervous.
"Ah," the elder sighed helplessly, "there is something, Grandpa originally thought that since you would eventually be part of the Ji Family, I wouldn't tell you. But now, it seems I must."
Ji Anning vaguely felt it was bad news, her voice tense and dry, taking a long time before she could speak, "What... what is it?"
Could she never know about it?
"You better look at this first." The elder took two sheets of paper from beside him and handed them to Ji Anning.
"What is this?" Ji Anning asked as she looked down.
