Chapter: 5859

Yè Chén nodded and said: "These are probably from their romantic period. In fact, after I wrote about them, they were still this affectionate towards each other. They never had any fights; even when they disagreed, one of them would quickly give in before things got out of hand."

Lín Wǎnér curiously asked: "Who usually gives in first?"

Yè Chén thought for a moment and said: "It doesn't seem to be particularly clear who gives in first. The two of them are always very harmonious in their daily lives, always able to judge each other's persistence levels when it comes to something. If they feel that the other person is more persistent than themselves on this issue, one of them will naturally give in."

Lín Wǎnér couldn't help but sigh: "The two people can always balance each other out, no matter what time; such a bond is really hard to come by."

Yè Chén nodded slightly and flipped open the album to its third page.

After opening this page, the photo on the left upper corner shows a small antique shop with an old-fashioned door design that has a hint of British style. The round signboard in the middle has a character written in Chinese characters: "古" (old).

Lín Wǎnér pointed to the plate beside the shop's entrance and said, "Prince, this shop is located in Queens, New York."

"Really?" Yè Chén asked curiously, "How do you know? I can't even make out what's written on it."

Lín Wǎnér replied, "I used to live in Queens. The size, color, and placement of these plates are all characteristic of the early style in Queens. I'm not sure if they're still using it now."

"New York..." Yè Chén nodded thoughtfully, suddenly recalling his uncle's mention a few days ago that their parents had bought a set of antique books from an old shop in New York, which turned out to be the "Preface to Nine Heavens Scripture".

Combining this with the photo of the antique shop, Yè Chén suddenly remembered something and told Lín Wǎnér, "This might just be the old shop where my father bought the 'Preface to Nine Heavens Scripture'!"

Lín Wǎnér was also astonished and quickly said, "The 'Nine Heavens Preface' must have a certain connection with the 'Nine Heavens Heaven Scripture'. Prince, you got the 'Nine Heavens Heaven Scripture' by chance in an antique shop in Nanjing, while your father got the 'Preface to Nine Heavens Scripture' twenty years ago in New York. This can't be just a coincidence!"

Yè Chén nodded and quickly looked down again.

In the lower left corner of the second photo, it's Yè Chén's father, Yè Zhāngyīng, with a younger boy standing together at the entrance of this antique shop.

In the photo, the two men are facing each other and giving thumbs up to the camera simultaneously.

Lín Wǎnér pointed to the person beside Yè Chén's father and asked him, "Do you recognize this person?"

Yè Chén shook his head: "I don't recognize."

Lín Wǎnér said, "He seems to have a good relationship with your father. Didn't you see him when you were young?"

"No." Yè Chén replied confidently: "This person, I'm sure I've never seen before."

As he spoke, Yè Chén looked at the person's face and suddenly furrowed his brow, saying: "Strange... This person in the photo, I'm certain I've never seen before, at least not until my parents and I left Yanjing. However... however this person seems to have some familiarity with me, but I can't figure out where I saw him."

Lín Wǎnér thought for a moment and said seriously: "If you didn't recognize the person, it's unlikely that it would be just a coincidence. It's possible that you didn't see him directly, but saw his family members, which made him look familiar to you. Or maybe you actually did see him, but he had undergone significant changes since then, such as gaining weight, losing hair, becoming more mature or even old."

Yè Chén agreed: "That's a possibility, but I'm still having trouble recalling any specific clues right now."

Lín Wǎnér pursed her lips and asked Yè Chén: "May I take the photo away to look at it? Perhaps there are some notes written on the back of the photo. People often leave messages behind for future generations."

Yè Chén nodded and said, "Okay, bring it out."

Lín Wǎnér carefully took out the photo and then looked at its backside, exclaiming in surprise: "Prince, there are indeed words written on the back of this photo!" JrNovels.com