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Before approaching Ye Wanlan, the Kang Family had already thoroughly investigated her.
Her father, Lin Jiayan, went missing around the time of her birth, leaving behind not a single message.
No one saw him alive, nor found his body after death.
But after all these years without a trace, and modern technology still unable to find any information on him, he most likely met his end in a foreign land.
The Jiangcheng Lin Family is merely a branch of the Yunjing Lin Family and ranks quite low among the families of Jiangcheng, far inferior to the Kang Family.
They also found that Old Madam Lin, Lin Weilan, had been ill for decades, barely kept alive by medication, with no signs of recovery. Death seemed inevitable, probably within a few years.
Ye Wanlan remained silent, holding the apple. She raised her crescent-shaped eyes slowly and looked at the young man.
It was a very gentle and serene gaze, as soft as a babbling brook.
