Chapter: 5503

What left Ye Cheng feeling even more astonished was that each person had a boy in their arms, identical to him in age, physique, and attire. Then, Tang Sihai gave an order, and the 10 men with 10 boys quickly dispersed from where they were standing, while Ye Cheng himself was being held by Tang Sihai, running wildly through the rain.

Later, Ye Cheng was brought to the orphanage where he grew up, just before leaving, his parents' already deceased news was told to him, and he was warned that for the rest of his life, he should never reveal his true identity to anyone.

Ye Cheng's dazed mind couldn't take in the shock, Tang Sihai disappeared from the orphanage at that moment. From then on, Ye Cheng lived in the orphanage as an orphan for a full 10 years.

During those 10 years, the early few years were almost like living in isolation.

At that time, they received primary education at the orphanage and never organized outings, with no spring outings, grave-sweeping, sightseeing, or performances. Those children would spend every day within the orphanage walls, aside from learning, doing household chores as instructed by the aunties, even helping to maintain the orphanage's vegetable fields.

At that time, Ye Cheng had always thought that the orphanage probably couldn't afford anything, and it was already difficult for them to receive education and get food.

But it wasn't until he met Gu Qiuyi again and asked Tang Sihai that he learned the truth - everything was actually planned by Tang Sihai earlier. The orphanage kept them isolated just to protect him alone.

It's also during those years of being cut off from the world that helped him avoid everyone's search.

Regardless of whether it was his relatives, parents' friends, or enemies who wanted to take Ye Cheng's life and root out everything, they had given up searching after a few years and placed their target elsewhere in Jinling.

No one thought that even after so many years and so many people dug deep in Jinling, Ye Cheng would still be hiding in this city.

Currently, it's been twenty years since then, and grandfather, grandmother, and the elder brother have come back here once again. Ye Cheng also learned through Li Ailin and Gu Qiuyi's description that they had never given up searching for themselves all these years, so in his deep heart, he also wants to recognize them as a family, at least to spare their lives from anxiety and self-blame.

However, thinking about the fact that Ba Qing Hui has still been unwilling to let grandfather, grandmother, and their family go, he can only temporarily suppress this thought for now.

But it seems that they have already arrived here and are planning to stay, which means I will be living under their scrutiny for a very long period in the future. To ensure my identity is not revealed, it's also not an easy task.

However, even though he felt deeply moved in his heart, he still didn't change his decision.

He could only rely on grandfather, grandmother, and the elder brother who are right next to him to find no relevant clues about himself.

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This night, Ye Cheng couldn't sleep at all. However, grandfather, grandmother, and the elder brother who live in Wanliu Mountain Villa, as well as Li Ailin, were all sleeping very soundly.

Grandfather An Qingshan has had a long-standing sleep disorder for many years. He hasn't slept a complete night's sleep for at least ten years, and recently, he can only really fall asleep for less than five hours each day.

In most cases, he would lie down on the bed around 10 pm, toss and turn until around 12 am, before finally falling asleep with great effort. However, his sleep wouldn't last more than an hour, so he would definitely wake up again by 1 am, then use another one or two hours to fall asleep again.

Long-term sleep disorder has led to a poor mental state that has also accelerated the worsening of his Alzheimer's disease on another level.

However, yesterday night, this problem that had lasted for at least ten years or so seemed to resolve itself after he arrived in Jinling.

Last night, he fell asleep right after washing up and slept until morning.

In between, he didn't wake up even once, nor did he have any dreams, and the entire night seemed to be spent in a deep sleep state that was hard to come by.

His elderly companion had the same feeling too.

Although grandma wasn't affected by Alzheimer's disease yet, she was getting older and it was always difficult to ensure good quality sleep. JrNovels.com