The green lawn is dotted with ten white wooden round tables with seven sets of cutlery, and a nearby tree is set up with a snack and wine station for guests to eat.

At this time, only a few uniformed waiters were busy at the scene, and there was not a single guest in sight.

The air was filled with the smell of wine and grass mixed together.

September closed his eyes and sniffed the familiar smell gently, and the memories of these years poured out in his mind like a flood that had burst its banks.

Once upon a time, she was also a major focus and object of flattery on such occasions.

"Why are we here so early in September? No one. ”

Jin Xiang stood next to September and asked suspiciously, she is the protagonist of this birthday banquet today, and she should make a gorgeous appearance after everyone arrives.

"Grandpa said that there are some things to tell me, every time we met before, it was very troublesome, and finally there was an opportunity to meet in the name of the right, so naturally we can't waste it, and we have to use it to say big things."

"Big ......"

"Miss, the chairman asked me to take you there." Steward Sun didn't know where to come from, and stopped in front of September with his head bowed respectfully.

"Okay." September turned his head to look at Jin Xiang, hesitated and said, "Let's go together." ”

Hearing this, Steward Sun noticed that there was a woman of the same age as her next to September, and couldn't help but get nervous.

"Miss, who is this?"

"My own people, Steward Sun."

"Okay, that's rude." Hearing his own young lady say this, Steward Sun was no longer nervous, he bowed his head slightly to Jin Xiang and greeted politely.

Then he took September and Jin Xiang and walked towards the depths of the forest.

The three of them walked for about five minutes and stopped in front of a grand house, which was large and bright, and there were two majestic stone lions outside the door, and two pairs of eyes stared at September with embarrassment.

She raised a smile, admired the scene in front of her, and exclaimed, "Grandpa is so powerful that he actually built a house here." ”

"Miss, no outsiders know here, the chairman will often be here during this time, if you have anything in the future, come here to find him."

"Hehehe...... The muscles on September's face twitched a few times, and he looked at the dense woods around him, "This place is really afraid for ordinary people to come alone. ”

Walking into the yard, September found something that surprised her even more, the yard was actually planted with all kinds of precious flowers and plants, as well as a few young fruit tree saplings, and a few solid chicken coops were built near the wall, and there were chickens chirping in it......

September suddenly had a bad feeling in her heart, she stopped, and stared at Steward Sun seriously, "Is my grandfather going to live here for a long time?" Or, is he not going back to the Nine Old Mansions? ”

"Miss, you still have to ask the chairman this question, let's go quickly, he is waiting for you inside."

Steward Sun didn't answer September's question, and his tone was slow, so that people couldn't hear a trace of joy and anger.

September looked at him quietly for a few seconds, and the bad feeling in his heart became more and more intense, and finally decided to walk forward, "Okay, let's go." ”

The house is very large, the internal structure is built according to the mansion of the Qing Dynasty, the walls are already a little dilapidated, and it seems that the time to build it is not short.

What exactly does her grandfather mean?

September's doubts are solved after she meets Chairman Nine.

Chairman Nine sat on a rattan chair, facing the flowers and plants in the yard, wearing a loose gray Tang suit, and the pu fan in his hand was fanning from moment to moment.

"Girl, do you think the environment here is very good?" He asked, but his eyes didn't stop on September, enjoying the scenery to himself.

September nodded, "Well, that's good, Grandpa is planning to live here all the time?" ”

"Do you know how old my grandfather is?"

He didn't answer the rhetorical question.

"Seventy."

"Yes, most of the people who are buried in the loess." He slapped the fan a few times, and the wrinkles in the corners of his eyes were filled with a smile, "Now I can finally enjoy the last old age with peace of mind." ”

"Grandpa, what the hell do you mean? When was the house built and why? September couldn't help but raise her voice, her brows furrowed, her eyes were full of uneasiness, she always had the feeling that her grandfather was explaining what was going on.

Beside her, Jin Xiang gently tugged at the corner of her clothes, signaling her not to do this.

But September couldn't care so much, she just wanted to know the answer, she was now like a small boat without oars, adrift alone on the vast sea, bearing the fear of being swallowed by the wind and waves at any time.

"Girl, grandpa is old, but you have grown up, after today, you will become the only heir of the Nine Clan, and you will also be the eternal helmsman of the Nine Clan."

Chairman Nine sat up straight, looked at September with cloudy eyes, and locked her young face tightly, "Grandpa's body is dying, I have to use all my strength to pull you back." ”

"Grandpa......" September's heart tightened suddenly, and his eyes showed a deep sadness, "Don't say that, you are in good health, and you will live a hundred years old." At the end, she hurriedly added, "Don't be so anxious, Qin Yuxiang is not so easy to deal with, you have to accompany me for a while longer, otherwise I can't handle it alone." ”

"Hehehe, silly girl, there are a few people who live a long life, grandpa is not so lucky. Half a year ago...... I was diagnosed with terminal cancer, and I have at most half a year to go down to your grandma. ”

He smiled kindly, and said in a slow voice, without a trace of sadness in his words, as if he was talking about a very ordinary and ordinary thing.

But for September, it was like a thunderbolt in the daylight.

Her whole person seemed to be drained of her soul, and she stood stiffly on the ground, and Chairman Jiu's words lingered back and forth in her ears, like a deadly ghost.

"Girl, don't be sad, life and death are fateful, grandpa, it's worth living for me to be so old, my last wish is to see you sit in the position of the heir of the Nine Clans with my own eyes, and then I can enjoy the last life here with peace of mind."

"No, you must have lied to me, your body hasn't been very good! How can you get cancer!! ”

September reacted, shook his head vigorously, tears quickly filled his eyes, and one by one the crystal plump dripping down his cheeks and falling on the grass.

"Miss, you haven't seen the chairman for almost five years, and the chairman has experienced a lot of things in the past five years, and his health is not as good as before."

Steward Sun, who had been silent for a long time beside Chairman Jiu, couldn't help but speak, with distress for September between his eyebrows.

As soon as these words came out, September was instantly wrapped in a thick sense of guilt, and his chest seemed to be blocked with a ball of cotton, and he couldn't breathe uncomfortably.

"I ......"

She opened her mouth, trying to speak but couldn't say anything.

Yes, she hasn't seen her grandfather for almost five years, because of what happened back then......

"Girl, listen to grandpa, these things are not important, the important thing is that you have to behave well at grandpa's birthday banquet today." Chairman Nine looked at the pale September, with tears flashing in his eyes.

If he could, he really wanted his girl to never return to the Nine Families, but he was unwilling, unwilling to let the century-old foundation of the Nine Families fall into the hands of a woman like Qin Yuxiang.

"Grandpa, what are you going to do today? They won't agree to me taking over the Jiu Clan, Qin Yuxiang's forces have already infiltrated every corner of the company for so many years. ”

September could even think of what everyone looked like when Chairman Nine announced that she was the heir.

"Miss, don't worry about this, the chairman and I already have a way, as long as you cooperate well today, we have a great chance of winning."

Steward Sun spoke again, his tone firm, like a shot in the arm for September.

"Good! Let's wrap up today! ”

"It's almost time, the guests should have arrived, the chairman and I will go out first, and you will be the last to appear, Miss."

Steward Sun helped Chairman Nine and walked towards the gate.

Behind them, September stared straight at Chairman Jiu, looking at his back, she suddenly found that his waist was more bent than the last time they met, and his steps were not as strong as last time.

September clenched his hands and secretly vowed to let him see a clean Jiu in his grandfather's last days.

Half an hour later.

September glanced at his watch and felt that the time was almost up. She took Jin Xiang and walked briskly towards the birthday banquet scene.

At this time, all the guests had arrived, and the elites and magnates in the business world were saying birthday greetings to Chairman Jiu one by one, and everyone had a thick smile on their faces.

The scene was full of joy.

Only the woman sitting at the round table in the middle had a gloomy face, which seemed out of place with the lively surroundings.

Her white hands clenched her palms, and her eyes wandered faintly through the crowd, trying to find the slender figure and the face that made her hate it.

Shure, a gentle and enthusiastic voice sounded behind her, interrupting her thoughts.

"Vivi, when did you come? Why don't you go to me, how boring it is to sit here alone. ”

Qin Yuxiang was wearing a light red cheongsam, with a graceful figure, and sat down next to Wan Weiwei with a smile.

"You still have the heart to do something else, whether you can succeed depends on today!"

"Don't be so nervous, it's coming in September, don't worry, I've already sent her an invitation."

"It's all about time, can you tell me who September is? Who is she from the Nine Family? Wan Weiwei narrowed her eyes, frowned, and looked at Qin Yuxiang with straight eyes.

Unsure of September's true identity, she was always a little flustered.

"Since you asked, I'll tell you now." Qin Yuxiang met her eyes, and her face gradually revealed deep hatred, "She is the adopted daughter of the Nine Families, and she killed the old lady of the Nine Families five years ago, that is, my mother-in-law, and has absconded since then. Because there has been no conclusive evidence, the inspection bureau can't arrest people, but our nine families know very well in their hearts that the old lady was killed in September! ”