Ye Li's eyes immediately reddened; every time she felt wronged as a child, Elder Master Ji would comfort her just like this.
"Grandpa, I'm very happy now," Ye Li told him.
"Ali..." Grandfather softly called the name, "Don't cry..."
That night, Elder Master Ji passed away. Ye Li's eyes reddened over and over, but she stubbornly held back her tears.
The doctors all said that Grandfather's memory had been poor recently, unable to recall recent events, dwelling in the past. But Ye Li knew that Elder Master Ji remembered everything more than anyone else.
He told her not to cry, not because he was dwelling in the past, but because he didn't want her to be sad.
So she wouldn't cry; she would let Grandfather depart in peace.
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On Ye Li's twenty-eighth birthday, the two men of the Ji Family still accompanied her, only one was a little chubby boy who had just learned to crawl.
After putting Ji Nianwen to sleep, Ye Li went to Elder Master Ji's room.
