"Do you have a blood-colored maple leaf tattoo?"

When Old Lady Zhou asked this question, Ye Feng's eyelid twitched instantaneously, a flash of cold light burst forth from his eyes!

The blood-red maple leaf tattoo on his back was no secret, but ordinary people didn't know about it!

Especially since he didn't know Old Lady Zhou at all, and she should not have known either!

"What are you trying to say?" Ye Feng's eyebrows furrowed tightly as he asked Old Lady Zhou.

Old Lady Zhou shook her head, her aged face full of bitterness:

"Don't misunderstand, I am a dying person, with no ill intentions!"

After speaking, Old Lady Zhou's gaze once again filled with reminiscence as she looked at Ye Feng, as if she was looking at her own descendant, filled with tenderness:

"My surname is Wu. Before I married into the Zhou Family, my name was Wu Xueqing, and I have an older twin sister named Wu Xueli! We were twin sisters. I grew up in China, while my sister Wu Xueli grew up overseas! Eighteen years ago, my sister, whom I hadn't had contact with for decades, suddenly came to Jiangnan to find me, carrying a baby at that time!"

While speaking calmly, Old Lady Zhou seemed to not care about Ye Feng's thoughts, merely recounting a story from eighteen years ago:

"It was only then that I learned my sister had joined an assassin organization abroad. After undergoing training, she went to work as a servant for an ancient family!"

After finishing her story, Old Lady Zhou seemed to notice Ye Feng's confusion and smiled faintly:

"You must be surprised why, as the matriarch of the number one family in Jiangnan, my own sister was merely a servant in another's household!"

At this point, a hint of self-mockery appeared on the corners of Old Lady Zhou's mouth:

"The Zhou Family, though called the foremost family in Jiangnan, a small place, is very insignificant on the international stage. Yet, although my sister was just a servant in that family, her status was almost comparable to a high-ranking official of a nation!"

"That was an ancient and powerful family, stronger than one could imagine!"

After expressing her sentiment, Old Lady Zhou gave a bitter smile:

"When people get old, they like to reminisce! Let's continue with the story. At that time, my sister was very panicked, covered in injuries. According to her, the little boy was the discarded child of that family, a bastard who should not have come into this world, a child born of a sinful affair!"

Hearing this, Ye Feng's frown deepened, his heart forming a guess, one that he didn't want to think about or face!

"At that time, my sister was seriously injured, but she couldn't stay in Jiangnan City any longer as there were assassins on their way! She handed the child to me, asking me to place him in a remote area where no one would take notice. After that, my sister left, and I arranged for the child to be placed in a small town in the Western Mountain Area of Jiangnan Province! I never saw him again!"

After finishing speaking, Old Lady Zhou's eyes stared intently at Ye Feng, filled with pity, helplessness, regret, and reminiscence:

"That child had a blood-colored maple leaf tattoo on his shoulder!"

Upon hearing these words, Ye Feng trembled, and a blast of cold light exploded in his eyes, "What happened after that?"

Ye Feng's voice was somewhat trembling and hoarse, clearly his heart was extremely unsettled, knowing himself to be a discarded child, but never expecting it to be from an ancient family!

"After that, all I knew was that my sister had died... And then no one came looking, no one even asked! It was as if the child had been discarded by the world, thrown away like garbage!"

As she spoke, Old Lady Zhou continuously fiddled in her pocket, eventually pulling out an ancient-looking diamond ring:

"My sister instructed me before she left, not to go looking for that child, no matter if he was dead or alive. Otherwise, it would doom the Zhou Family, doom the child! This diamond ring was also left by her before she left, saying that if one day you should find it, I was to hand this diamond ring to you; it was your parents' engagement token! Also, never go to Europe, live an ordinary life..."

Having said that, Old Lady Zhou handed the ancient-looking diamond ring to Ye Feng.

Ye Feng took the diamond ring, glanced over it, and discovered that its material was neither gold, silver, nor iron, but rather an extremely peculiar substance, and the diamond on it was unlike ordinary diamonds, exhibiting a white hue throughout!

Ye Feng fell silent for a moment, his feelings toward Old Mrs. Zhou were somewhat complicated at this point!

He resented her for driving Shu Yuehua to suicide by jumping off a building!

At the same time, this Old Mrs. Zhou had been kind to him, at least sharing some connection with him!

Seemingly discerning Ye Feng's expression, Old Mrs. Zhou gave a bitter smile,

"All this was destined by God; you shouldn't take it too much to heart! The Zhou family was meant to be ruined, no one is to blame! It's just a pity for Yuehua, that child!"

As she spoke, two streams of tears slowly flowed from the old woman's cloudy eyes:

"When Yuehua married into our Zhou family, she was obedient and respectful, but it's a shame my son wasn't blessed, a short-lived fool! If I had known earlier that the man Yuehua was with was you, maybe… alas… it's all over now, I killed Yuehua, I deserve to die!"

Watching the old woman's expression, Ye Feng's face remained as cold as before, "Yuehua isn't dead!"

"Not dead?"

Old Mrs. Zhou was taken aback; she had received reports stating that Shu Yuehua had died immediately. However, at this moment, rather than harboring any resentment, her heart filled with a touch of joy and relief,

"Although I don't know how Yuehua survived! I will still take responsibility for my actions!"

After speaking, Old Mrs. Zhou took out some paper and a pen, and then slowly began to write on it.

A moment later, after stamping her seal, she handed this paper to Ye Feng:

"Tell Yuehua, my heart was blinded by greed, I apologize to her! The wealth of the Zhou family can be her compensation!"

As she spoke, a trickle of crimson blood slowly flowed from the corner of her mouth, her face bearing intense pain, as the medication she had taken began to take effect!

Ye Feng silently took the will, did not attempt to save Old Mrs. Zhou, as she herself had said, mistakes must be borne by oneself!

"After your death, I will leave the Zhou family with one sole survivor!"

Having said that, Ye Feng turned around and left the room!

Upon hearing Ye Feng's words, a glimmer of light appeared in Old Mrs. Zhou's deathly gray eyes:

"Thank you… thank… "

Before she could finish her sentence, her eyes instantly fixed, and she died on the reclining chair!

After leaving the room, Ye Feng's palm continually caressed the diamond ring, his expression filled with complexity!

"A pawn?"

The corners of Ye Feng's mouth turned down sharply cold, upon hearing about his origins, he had no interest in inquiring more about that family, as he disdained them!

Since that family had abandoned him, they were undoubtedly abandoned by him as well!

PS: I was busy today, hence the late update, four chapters today, more tomorrow!

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