61: Relic
The old mansion in her impression has not changed much, she has experienced hostility, fear, exorcism, and protection here
These disturbing emotions rushed through her mind, so fast that she could only leave a trace of afterimage, she gathered her emotions, calmly pushed open the door and walked in.
"Miss."
Yuan Cen stood at the door, staring at her fixedly.
Sheng Jin looked at the situation around her, the servants of the entire old mansion seemed to have been dismissed, and she only saw Yuan Cen when she walked in.
She sarcastically hooked the corners of her mouth: "So cautious." β
Yuan Cen knew the meaning of her words, and explained: "The old man's health is not as good as before, your cousin's family has another residence, and the servants will only come at a fixed time. β
"Let's go inside."
Sheng Jin passed past him and glanced at him.
In an instant, she became the master.
Yuan Cen lowered his head, covered the emotions in his eyes, and followed behind her without saying a word.
In the living room, an old man in his sixties sat quietly in a rocking chair, his hair color had turned pale and white, his face was a little relaxed, the bags under his eyes were slightly shrugged, but his expression was not angry and arrogant.
Sheng Jin stopped: "Grandpa." β
Old Man Sheng's eyes moved slightly, and he turned his gaze to fall on Sheng Jin, his eyes were blazing, as if he was confirming something.
After a long time, he blinked slowly: "It's back"
"Hmm." Sheng Jin sat down on the sofa opposite him and glanced back at Yuan Cen, "Don't you want to leave?" β
Yuan Cen looked at Old Man Sheng silently.
Old Man Sheng: "Let's go." β
After Yuan Cen left, Sheng Jin said with a smile: "I didn't expect this dog that can devour the lord to listen to grandpa's words so much." β
Old Man Sheng was silent for a moment: "I have never targeted you. β
"yes."
Sheng Jin nodded slowly, "But you didn't stop me when the Sheng family regarded me as a flood beast, and you didn't stop me when I became an abandoned girl. Even when Su Baifei got my parents' relics, you didn't stop it. β
Speaking of the back, Sheng Jin's casual tone suddenly increased, and she said word by word, staring deeply at Old Man Sheng.
Why did she fall for Su Baifei's trick and was sent to the underground research institute by her, it was because she took the relics of her parents!
It was the only thing her parents left to her, who died young
"You are still Miss Shanda, the rightful heir of the Sheng family."
Against Sheng Jin's gaze, Old Man Sheng said in a deep voice, "As for the relics, it was an accident. β
"This accident left me in captivity for a year underground!"
Sheng Jin asked, "Grandpa, have you ever thought of looking for me?" β
After speaking, without waiting for Old Man Sheng to answer, she continued to say to herself, "There shouldn't be, after all, I, the natural calamity, is gone, and you are more relaxed, aren't you." β
This time, Old Man Sheng didn't say anything for a long time.
Sheng Jin's chest trembled slightly, she calmed down the nameless fire surging up in her heart, and leaned calmly on the sofa behind her again.
After a while, Old Man Sheng spoke again: "We will clarify the news on the hot search." β
Sheng Jin didn't think that Old Man Sheng could admit it all at once, and the purpose of her coming back this time was not this.
She stood up and said softly, "I'm just coming back to take the relics away." β
Old Man Sheng didn't stop it.
He watched Sheng Jin's back as he left the living room and went upstairs, until Sheng Jin's figure disappeared from his field of vision, and he leaned back in his chair all of a sudden, and he was much older in a trance.
Sheng Jin went back to his room.
The layout of the room has not changed, it is still the same as before, the floor is clean and tidy, and there may have been people who have come to clean it regularly.
- even if the owner is no longer there.
Sheng Jin walked straight in, came to the bedside, and picked up a wooden box on the bedside table.
The box opened, and the music box inside popped out.
Sheng Jin gently stroked the appearance of a family of three carved out of wood on it, and there was some nostalgia in his eyebrows and eyes.
The carpentry is a little rough, but full of love.
After the passage of time, they still stand quietly in the music box, waiting for their owners to retrieve them.
Sheng Jin gently flicked the rotating wooden spoon, and a slight click sounded, and soon the music box was turning.
Accompanying the music are the voices of parents.
"Happy ninth birthday, Jinjin! ~β
"Our little princess has grown up again, happy 10th birthday!"
β.β
"Happy seventeenth birthday, Jinjin has become a big girl."
"You'll be eighteen years old so soon, and Mom and Dad may not be able to witness your growth. Happy eighteenth birthday, go do what you want to do. β
"Mom knows that you will call us naΓ―ve, but Jinjin, you are the most precious gift to us."
Sheng Jin was sent to Hongdeokji Temple on her eighth birthday, and her parents carved this music box for her.
They stored their blessings in advance until Sheng Jin's eighteen years old.
Hearing her parents' voices for a long time, Sheng Jin's fingertips fiddling with the wooden spoon trembled slightly, her expression was calm, but her eyes stared at the three villains on the music box motionlessly.
As her mother's last gentle words fell, she closed the box.
Staring at the wooden box in front of him, Sheng Jin remembered his mother's last words, the corners of his lips couldn't help but curl, and he muttered: "Childish." β
Picking up the box, she turned and went downstairs.
Old Man Sheng was still sitting in the living room, but the rocking chair turned in a different direction, leaving only a back for Sheng Jin.
Sheng Jin stood at the top of the stairs, looked at his back and whispered, "Goodbye, grandpa." β
With that, she left with the wooden box.
Walking out of the gate of the Sheng family, Sheng Jin was not surprised when he saw Yuan Cen standing in the courtyard at the door.
She walked past him with a cold look.
"Miss."
Yuan Cen suddenly spoke.
Sheng Jin stood still and glanced at him: "Since you have already chosen, let's follow your path." β
- It depends on who kills them.
Sheng Jin glanced back at the huge Sheng family, his eyebrows wrinkled imperceptibly, and a strange feeling suddenly came to his heart, but it was fleeting.
Her eyes lit up and she left the place quietly.
Yuan Cen didn't say a word, stared at her departing figure, and then turned around and walked into the house.
Hearing the footsteps behind him, Old Man Sheng didn't look back, he shook his head lightly: "Su Baifei, this chess piece, you lost it early." β
Yuan Cen: "I just accelerated the pace of her suicide. β
"That's it." Old Man Sheng didn't bother to pursue it further, and asked him instead, "Why did Xiao Jin get involved with the Horus Group, haven't you found out yet?" β
Yuan Cen shook his head solemnly.
"I can only find out that the time of Horus's rise coincides with the time of Miss's departure."