Chapter 1

It was October once again, the wind swirled around the courtyard bringing a chill, I was sipping tea admiring the maple trees in the garden when I heard a subtle tapping voice. A small smile adorned my face as I put the cup down and stood up looking toward the source of the voice

“Grandpa”

 “you're still as sharp as ever”

a hearty laugh resounded in the garden as grandpa chided me in a joking manner, his old face turning a shade of red and you could happiness dripping through his face.

Grandpa Yín had a authoritative aura around him but in front of descendants of his family especially the third generation he's like the snow that melts away under the early summer sun. A warmth settled in my heart as I looked at him walking toward me happily.

 I also stepped forward and took his hand out of the Steward Wang's hand “Steward Wang” I nodded toward Steward Wang as he bowed his head slightly to greet me

“It's good to see you back , Eldest Miss”

I escorted grandpa toward the gazebo where we could could easily the beauty of maple trees, these maple trees around the pond were planted by me when I was 4 years old. Once grandpa knew that I liked the maple trees he told me to plant as many as I want. Now that 18 years have passed since then these maple trees have also grown up alongside me. Grandpa has always been lenient towards me , he would grant me whatever wish I have. The only wish he didn't granted me was to not let me live in this country with him and my family. He was so adamant to send me away that I still wonder what was the reason behind it but I don't know why I just didn't had the courage to question anyone.

“ You still love the maple trees?” He asked me once we sat down,

 “I love them, I've always loved them grandpa”

“You're just like her Huan'er”,

“Like Aunt Liánhuā?” my eyes drifted towards him and sure enough I saw a layer of water in his eyes.

“Yeah just like Liánhuā , she also loved maple trees but your grandma didn't let her plant any in our garden so she would always sneak to Fragrant Hills Park and would enjoy her whole evening alone there”

 “ Aunt really loved them as well didn't she?”

“She did” , my Aunt , I've always been curious about her but no one tells us younger generation anything about her just once in while grandpa would reminisce something about her and then would just stop talking. I want to ask more but I know his answer would be “It was her fate that became her chaos”. Grandma and Aunt have always been a forbidden topic in our home.

 “You didn't just come to meet me directly from airport did you Yùhuán ?” Grandpa's voice brought me back to world, my body stiffened a little but I quickly put on a small smile and replied

“I just wanted to meet you quickly grandpa, I thought I'll go back quickly after meeting you”

 Grandpa laughed once again “you haven't changed a bit little kid”

“I have grown though Grandpa”

“ Still a kid to me, the one who would follow me all day calling me grandpa” His eyes were filled with smiles as my saw my face heated up in embarrassment

 “Alright I won't tease you anymore but remember to visit back home as well, don't just stay scooped up in your apartment all day”

 “Alright grandpa” .

Time passed slowly as we talked about the past years that passed without us seeing each other. The autumn wind was cold, but my heart was unusually warm, I soaked myself in the warmth of the family that I so dearly missed.

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Note:

It's a Chinese themed novel so there may be terms and words that readers may not understand but I'll try my best to explain them at the end of the chapter though I'm sure Mangtoon readers definitely read Chinese manhwas afterall even my first learning platform was Mangtoon. But if you still have any queries please inform me.

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