Old Madam Li did not ask at once about what happened, but started a recollection instead.
"Oh, Shaoling. How long was it since you came to our family?"
"Twenty years, Grandmother."
"Twenty years…" There was a distant look in Old Madam Li's eyes. "So, it has been that long."
Her thoughts unknown, she sighed. "Get up."
Li Shaoling slowly got to his feet and sat beside her, waiting for her next words.
"Shaoling, you have been destined to be special since the day I brought you in the family." She said meaningfully and earnestly, holding his hand. "I know you've shouldered much since a young age, but that is your fate even if I wished it wasn't so. No one is born with absolute luck, and everything from your addition to our family to taking the reins is CBS is all your own effort. When you were a child, you've already known what you need or wanted, and I didn't have to tell you…"
