A pond full of blooming flowers, an ultimate addiction.

Grandpa was placed in a VIP ward on the second-to-last floor. To ensure absolute quiet, Cui Xiuling booked half the floor and wouldn't let anyone disturb him.

Everyone knows it's all to guard against Jiang Guoqing.

When Jiang arrived at the ward, he saw that Grandpa Jiang had already removed his oxygen mask.

The morning sunlight shone on the hospital bed, and after a night of hard work, the old man's gray hair made him look very haggard.

"grandfather."

Jiang Yi composed herself and called out obediently. The old man smiled kindly when he saw his granddaughter.

Ruan He took the thermos from Jiang Yang, ladled out a bowl of porridge, and placed it on the table that came with the hospital bed. She originally wanted to feed Grandpa Jiang, but he refused.

"Second Uncle, Second Aunt, Mom, you should go back and rest. We'll take care of things here."

Jiang Yang urged them to go back and rest, as Grandpa had already woken up.

"Okay, we'll be right there." After staying up all night, I really need to go home and wash up.

Ruan He accompanied Cui Xiuling out, and Jiang Yongqing instructed Youjun to keep watch outside the door.

Grandpa Jiang drank half a bowl of porridge and then stopped eating, while Jiang Yi sat obediently beside him.

Grandpa's face was already covered with wrinkles, and only then did she truly realize that the person who had sheltered her from the wind and rain had grown old.

"Grandpa, aren't you going to eat anymore?" Jiang Yi asked, noticing that her grandfather had stopped eating.

Let's eat later.

Grandpa Jiang patted Jiang Yi's head, his gentle gaze full of tenderness, "You must have been frightened last night."

Jiang Yi shook her head with a smile, using this method to tell her grandfather that she was fine. However, the way she rubbed the gold bracelet betrayed her.

"Xiao Yang, it's getting late, aren't you going to the company?" Grandpa Jiang urged Jiang Yang to hurry back to the company as he watched Jiang Yang standing guard over him.

"It's okay, I'll leave when Mom and the others arrive."

Jiang Yang told his grandfather not to worry, he would take care of everything.

"Then can you take Xiao Yi to the airport for me?"

Grandpa Jiang was grateful that God had given him more time yesterday, and the only thing he could do now was to let Jiang Yi leave temporarily.

"Grandpa—" Jiang Yi didn't expect her grandfather to say this suddenly.

"Xiao Yi, remember what you promised Grandpa?"

“Grandpa, I know. Then Grandpa, come back to New Zealand with me.”

Jiang Yi also heard the doctor say yesterday that Grandpa needs to rest and recuperate. Only when he goes to New Zealand and is free from these worries will his health improve.

"You go back first. Grandpa will come back after he finishes the last bit of work on the old house."

Grandpa Jiang knew his health was failing, and he wanted to do something for her one last time.

Jiang Yi knew, of course, that this was her grandfather's delaying tactic. "Grandpa, let's make it public. Only by revealing my identity can we put an end to Dad's hopes."

"Xiaoyi!"

Grandpa Jiang poked her head and asked, "Do you know what it means once it's made public?"

Grandpa Jiang originally wanted to find the safest way to get Jiang Yi back to her original identity within a year, but now it's obviously too late.

"Grandpa, you've always protected me. When I grow up, I'll be able to protect myself."

Jiang Yikuan comforted the old man, "Grandpa, don't worry, you raised me."

"Grandpa, let Jiang Yi go his own way."

Jiang Yang comforted his grandfather, "I will protect her."

"Grandpa is getting old."

Grandpa Jiang waved his hand, then grasped Jiang Yi's hand. "Grandpa has held you back. If it weren't for Grandpa's selfish decision, perhaps you..."

Jiang Yi held her grandfather's hand and said in a very gentle voice, "Grandpa, you have made my life carefree for the past twenty years. I have never blamed you."

Seeing that her grandfather did not refute her, she slowly said, "I know you want to protect me and don't want me to end up like my aunt, but I am a child of the Jiang family and can never stand aside."

Clear and bright eyes indicate determination.