In modern times, in a certain apartment in Yu City, Room 2102 next to the window. On the bed lay Gong Mingyu, and on the mat on the balcony lay her father, Gong Dexiong. Under the dim light, Gong Mingyu’s father asked her, "That Lin... Lin Wanwan next door, are you familiar with her? What does she do? How old is she? Where is she from?" Gong Mingyu replied, "Neighbor, she’s only moved here for half a month, writes novels, is quite a homebody, doesn’t go out much, and isn’t very social. Why, Dad, is there something special about her? Your reaction today was so strange when you saw her." Gong’s dad didn’t answer but continued to press, "Then how old is she? Where is she from? Don’t you know even though you’re neighbors?" Gong Mingyu replied, "I don’t know, who asks about age these days? She’s probably around my age. But I know her hometown is Yongcheng, we talked about it last time." "Yongcheng, it’s indeed Yongcheng." Gong’s dad muttered to himself for a while, "Could she really be my younger brother’s child, she looks so much like him." "Dad, what are you mumbling about?" "Nothing, I just think your neighbor looks quite proper, much more decent than your previous friends. You can make a good friend out of her." "Oh come on, I know my own business, Dad!" "Alright, enough, you should sleep early too, don’t play with your phone, you have to work tomorrow." After the lights were turned off, Gong Dexiong tossed and turned, unable to sleep, the events of the past suddenly reappearing before his eyes. In the Gong family, there were three boys and a girl, he was third in line, with two elder brothers and a sister, and a younger brother, Gong Deyan. The younger brother, Gong Deyan, was the most promising child in the Gong family. After the three eldest graduated from middle school, one became a substitute teacher in a primary school, another worked as a mason on a construction site, and another became a housewife, only the younger brother went to university, entered the civil service in Sea City, got a decent job, and thus broke away from the small town, looking to settle in the big city. The two elders of the family once favored the promising youngest son the most, and the days of a loving father and son ended when the youngest son told them he was dating a girl from another province. The daughter-in-law the two elders favored was a local female colleague of the youngest son whom they met once, but the youngest son insisted on dating a girl who worked in a garment factory in Sea City who happened to be from a rural area in another province. The family’s youngest son got a decent job at the Sea City customs, and there was an obviously interested local female colleague from Sea City, what an excellent match! At the time, the whole family didn’t understand the youngest son’s thoughts and earnestly advised him to break up with the seamstress girl. But the youngest son didn’t listen, stubbornly insisting on marrying the girl. Gong Dexiong remembers clearly the day his younger brother brought Lin Qingyao home. She wore a white dress, a straw hat on her head, her skin was as white as snow, her eyelashes flickered like fans, and dimples appeared when she smiled, so beautiful she glowed. A gentle breeze lifted her hair on her shoulders like a spring water ripple. Gong Dexiong finally understood why his younger brother had become infatuated, passing over the civil servant colleague from Sea City for a garment factory worker. With such looks, any man would be attracted, who wouldn’t want someone so capable? But for the two elders, what use was beauty? Although they got married with a certificate, the family didn’t even host a wedding feast for them. After that, the younger brother took Lin Qingyao to Sea City for a long time, enjoying their little life together, coming back only for holidays. Later, they had a child. The two elders were hoping for a grandson, but Lin Qingyao, like his wife, had a daughter, which made the two elders even more disdainful. However, the younger brother treated her as a treasure, held a full-month banquet, and named her Gong Yueyao. After giving birth to a daughter, Lin Qingyao stopped working and became a housewife. Instead of turning into a dowdy homemaker, she grew even more elegant each time she returned home during the holidays. If things remained peaceful and smooth, the younger brother’s family could have been the happiest in the Gong family. But they were rebellious, failing to return home for a family reunion during the Mid-Autumn Festival and went traveling with colleagues by car out of town, leading to an accident and a car crash. The four adults in the car, including his younger brother and sister-in-law, all died on the spot, only the little girl they held tightly suffered minor scratches. They were all poor. The elder sister’s family farmed, the elder brother was still a low-paid substitute teacher in the village primary school, and as for himself, he was a mason, his wife farmed at home. The elderly couple were senior too, just two old farmers. No family could spare an extra pair of chopsticks to raise a child, and in the end, they handed the child over to her maternal grandparents. Since then, they never cared for this niece again. Unexpectedly, they met today. She looks just like Lin Qingyao, and Gong Dexiong was confident he couldn’t be wrong. She’s grown so beautifully and even became a writer, writing novels, so how come she’s renting alone in Yu City instead of staying in Yongcheng? His own daughter knows her, even becoming neighbors and friends; indeed, blood ties are fate. Gong Dexiong didn’t have any intention of recognizing Lin Wanwan, even though he was now a small contractor and his daughter attended college, having some spare money. But his niece has grown up, and he doesn’t need to raise her anymore. Since they cut ties back then, naturally, he wouldn’t acknowledge them now. Why acknowledge? He didn’t raise her, he has no face to be her elder. Orıginal content can be found at 𝗻𝗼𝘷𝗲𝗹•𝓯𝓲𝓻𝓮•𝕟𝕖𝕥 In the Great Tang, Lin Wanwan was learning the tea ceremony with Elder Cao. She herself wasn’t very interested, but couldn’t resist Elder Cao’s penchant for teaching. A Great Tang person who doesn’t love tea isn’t a true Great Tang person. So, she has to adapt! Even if she truly can’t get used to the taste, she doesn’t have to drink it; learning the tea ceremony doesn’t hurt. The whole tea brewing process is very pleasing to the eye, very suitable for showing off in modern times. Her life now, isn’t it just about playing the zither, brewing tea, and feeling the breeze? She hadn’t returned to Xiao Mansion for half a month, and from today, Lin Wanwan planned to return to Xiao Mansion for the night. After all, genders are separated at night; she’s locked in the women’s courtyard and can’t see Elder Sun, might as well go home; staying in the Daoist Temple was getting dull. A few days ago, to demonstrate great healer’s compassion, she personally went to the He Mansion to remove He Miao’s stitches and gave her a jar of Elder Sun’s hand-prepared Scar Removal Ointment. Elder Sun was quite pleased with the results of this Suturing Skill, believing this kind of medical skill would be extremely useful for trauma patients, promotable in the military, definitely saving more good men of the Great Tang. Meanwhile, he was utterly speechless at Lin Wanwan’s disorganized learning attitude. With such good conditions, the little guy only learns the surface of everything; even the Suturing Skill was clearly very rough! Sigh, truly didn’t know what to say. She also coaxed him to stay long-term at Lin Family Manor; if he really went for the delicious food, he’d eventually be angered to death by her pesky behavior. Better to avoid it; gluttony is just a minor thing. Traveling the world, collecting more herbs, seeing more prescriptions, curing more diseases, that’s the serious matter.