After Jiang Cheng led Zhao Hai and the members of the Gulat Family out of the grassland, Grove was left alone in the quiet and desolate grassland.
Grove squatted down on the grass, carefully placed the box on the grass beside him, and opened the letter with great care and anticipation.
"My dear child, when you read this letter, I will have gone to another wonderful place. So, you must live happily on your own." When he saw the first part of the letter, Grove thought of his mother's reluctance and pain when she wrote this letter because she knew that he was going to leave.
A young man who had always been strong and valiant in the outside world, when he saw the things his mother left for him, his eyes were soaked by floodwaters of tears until they were red and swollen.
Then, she carefully read the last letter her mother had left for her.
"My dear child, you must know that you have the blood of the Gulat family flowing in your veins. Therefore, I hope that you can step forward bravely when the Gulat family is in danger and do what you can for your family." The content of the letter indirectly hinted that not only could Cherv not hate his family, but he must love his family.
What did a 16-year-old boy go through to make him hate his own family so much? The more Grove read the letter, the angrier he became. If it wasn't for the voice in his head telling him that this was something left behind by his mother, he would have torn the letter to shreds.
Although Jiang Cheng was far away, he could still see every move of the Grove Thief clearly. Therefore, when he saw the sorrow and anger on the Grove Thief's face and felt that the Grove Thief's heart was about to break down, Jiang Cheng ran into the grassland.
Jiang Cheng ran to Grove's side as fast as he could. He snatched the letter from Grove's hand with one hand and hugged this teenage boy tightly in his arms with the other. Although Grove was about the same age as Alice, he had the advantage in terms of physical condition.
Although Grave Stealer was only 16 years old, he had already grown to a height of 1.8 meters and was almost as tall as Jiang Cheng. Therefore, without any contact with him, it was difficult to guess what had happened to this young man who had been tortured by time to the point that it made one's heart ache.
Therefore, even if someone of similar age stayed in Jiang Cheng's arms, the effect was different. Alice looked especially cute in Jiang Cheng's arms, while Grove snuggled in Jiang Cheng's arms like an ostrich. This scene made Zhao Hai and the members of the Gulat Family laugh.
"It's okay. Everything will be fine." Although the members of the Gulat Family didn't quite understand what happened to Grove, they greeted Grove who was still snuggling in Jiang Cheng's arms with a concerned tone.
After hearing a member of the Gulat Family talking to him, Grave Thief awkwardly pulled his head out of Jiang Cheng's arms. After all, he was a tall and burly man, and he was actually snuggling into a man's arms.
"Where's my letter?" Grove struggled out of Jiang Cheng's arms and found that his letter was no longer in his hands. He frantically searched for it.
Jiang Cheng saw that Grove cared so much about the letter but was very resistant to its contents, so he said, "The letter is with me. Take good care of it. Also, do your best to complete the contents mentioned in it. After all, it's something you care about. Otherwise, why would you be so nervous about losing it?"
Grove wanted to refute, but he realized that he really wouldn't throw away this letter that carried his mother's expectations.
When the member of the Gulat Family saw Grove's expression, he took the liberty to ask, "Can you let me see the letter in your hands?"
"Is there something wrong with your brain? It's a letter his mother wrote to him. What are you looking at? If you want to read it, go home and ask you to write it for you. " Zhao Hai, who had been quietly observing the situation, heard the rude question from the Gulat Family. He directly knocked on the head of the Gulat Family member a few times.
The member of the Gulat Family touched his head and turned his gaze to Zhao Hai.
Just as the Gulat Family member and Zhao Hai were about to fight, Grove handed over the letter in his hands and said, "Take it. This way, someone can prove that my mother loves this family and not like what you said."
When the member of the Gulat Family heard that he wanted to read the letter for himself, he turned around and ignored Zhao Hai who was about to fight. He quickly took the letter and read it seriously.
As a bystander, he would not be able to read a letter written to someone else. Therefore, the Gulat family member calmly finished reading the entire letter. Just when the Gulat family member was about to write 'Burglar' in the letter, he saw a line of words behind the signature that read 'Tsk'. 'Burglar' meant 'secretly'. At this moment, the Gulat family member came to a sudden realization.
"Why aren't you going to return the letter to Grove Thief after reading it? Don't tell me you want to 'steal' this letter?" Jiang Cheng's gaze was fixed on the expression of the Gulat Family member, so he naturally understood the secret behind it.
The member of the Gulat Family only reacted after hearing Jiang Cheng's words. He handed the letter to Grove Thief with both hands.
"Is there something wrong with the letter my mother wrote to me?" Although Grove Thief couldn't read the expression of the Gulat Family member, he still felt that his behavior was a little inappropriate, so he asked casually.
"Let's leave this place first because it's really dangerous here. Let's go back to my home first. I'll tell you about the Gulat Family," the member of the Gulat Family said to everyone present in a serious tone.
Jiang Cheng also felt the strangeness of this place. After all, there weren't many things that could restrict the use of True Qi. However, the soil here could, so he nodded in agreement. Zhao Hai didn't have a choice at all. He could only follow wherever Jiang Cheng went.
Unexpectedly, when everyone agreed, Grove Thief said, "I don't want to know anything about the history of the Gulat family. Just pretend that you didn't see me today. In any case, I won't tell anyone about you since you helped me get the letter."
The member of the Gulat Family looked at Grove Thief with a determined gaze and said in a serious tone, "If the matter I'm talking about is about your mother, will you go?"
When Grove Thief saw the Gulat Family member's determined gaze shine brightly, he hesitated in his heart.
At this moment, Jiang Cheng's powerful True Qi sensed that the atmosphere here was getting stranger and stranger. He called out, "Whether we go to his home or not, let's leave this troublesome place first."
Grove Thief and the Gulat Family member trusted Jiang Cheng. Then, they followed Jiang Cheng and left this bottomless troublesome place.
After coming out of the desolate grass, Grove Thief thought that he didn't have anything to do, so he followed the Gulat Family member back to his home with slight reluctance.
On the way, they passed by many small houses with almost the same design. Other than them, they didn't see anyone else.
"Why do these houses look like they've never been lived in before?" Jiang Cheng asked as he looked at the houses around him.
Grove Thief looked at the houses and said disdainfully, "Actually, there aren't many people in the Gulat Family. Moreover, it's very difficult for us to develop well under this traditional family system. These houses were just built by the patriarch and the others to conceal our family's power. Moreover, eight out of ten houses here are empty."
When the Gulat Family member saw Grove Thief's disdainful expression, he felt bad. After all, the blood of the Gulat Family flowed in his veins. However, he was too embarrassed to say anything to Grove Thief. After all, Grove Thief's status was much higher than his, and the blood that flowed in his veins was the royal blood.
The Gulat Family member pointed at a small house near the roadside and said, "My home is up ahead."
"Do you have the right to choose the houses here?" Jiang Cheng looked at the empty houses and asked the Gulat Family member, who was opening the door.
The Gulat Family member looked at Jiang Cheng and said, "Come in first."
"Cheng Ge, isn't this where we came in from? Where's our car? "Zhao Hai asked as he looked at the empty road outside.
Jiang Cheng knocked on Zhao Hai's head and said, "Let's go in first."
"Take a seat, I'll pour you a cup of water first," the Gulat Family member said politely to Jiang Cheng and the other guests as the host.
After the Gulat Family member poured the water for Jiang Cheng and the others, he said, "Actually, the Gulat Family used to be very glorious. It's just that in recent years, the country has been affected by the war, causing everything here to lose its vitality."
"Of course it was good, but after that Cherv or something became the patriarch, everything here changed. Not only did the people change, even the beasts became quiet." Grove Thief was not happy with the Gulat Family member's humble introduction of his family, so he tried his best to smear his family's reputation.
The members of the Goulart Family didn't feel good when they heard how Grove Stealer had ruined their patriarch. Although the governance had slowly changed after Cherv came to power, they could only blame the previous patriarch for choosing a person who was filled with evil thoughts as the patriarch. Because of that, the family, which had a glorious history of hundreds of years, was brought onto a path of no return.
"Cherv is indeed a lecherous and evil person, but his ability has always been valued by the elders of the previous generation, so he naturally obtained the position of patriarch," Grove Stealer slandered while the Goulart family members continued to explain.
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