After a long while, An Feng finally composed herself.
This woman, who had weathered a lifeti of storms, could clearly see An Mingji’s rejection.
An Feng tidied up her embarrassnt and gazed at An Mingji with a smile.
She asked, "Child, what is your na?"
"An Mingji—"
"Mingji, Mingji..." An Feng murmured this na, then showed a gratified expression to An Mingji: "This na must have been given to you by your aunt, right? It seems she had great expectations for you."
She wasn’t waiting for An Mingji’s response and began to introduce herself: "My na is An Feng. Your grandmother An Ke is my sister, my real sister. In this generation of the An Family main branch, only my sister and I were born. We’ve been separated for over fifty years, since before the war. I was sent abroad by her when I was seventeen."
The rejection in An Mingji’s eyes receded slightly. He looked at the elderly woman before him, understanding that in terms of seniority, she was his grandaunt.
With a reminiscent look in her eyes, An Feng continued: "If it hadn’t been for my sister back then, I’d have been dead long ago. I spent the first half of my life drifting abroad, enduring many hardships, yet I didn’t dare return ho, fearing that returning would an losing my life.
It wasn’t until I acquired so backing overseas that I dared to co back and look for my sister. Unfortunately, the once prestigious, wealthy An Family was left in ruins, and my sister was nowhere to be found because she was involved in the purges of that era. I searched for her for many years but found no trace—"
At this point, An Feng’s voice beca sowhat hoarse, and she appeared sowhat sad.
Gu Jin and An Mingji sat opposite her, quietly listening to her recount past events.
Until An Mingji asked, "Why did Grandma send you abroad, what did you do?"
He had never heard his grandmother ntion An Feng’s existence or that she had a sister.
Even though An Feng said she was his grandmother’s sister, he couldn’t believe it just based on her words.
An Feng’s lips curled into a smile, a wicked and sarcastic grin appeared on her face, "I was in love with a family servant."
"..." Gu Jin.
"..." An Mingji.
Initially, the two were puzzled, since in that era, even if a young lady fell in love with a servant, it shouldn’t have led to such life-or-death stakes.
Until An Feng revealed the servant’s identity, the two were dumbfounded. It was genuinely... shocking!
An Mingji, still inexperienced in matters of love, akin to a primary school level,
was wide-eyed with shock upon hearing his grandaunt’s astonishing revelations.
He even wondered if he had heard wrong, whether his ears had deceived him.
This truly opened the door to a new world for him.
An Feng didn’t care at all. At the age of seventeen, as if in full bloom, back then boasting the An Family’s wealth, she was quite ostentatious.
Even entangled with a servant, she didn’t bother to hide it at all, indulging recklessly.
The An Family, being of scholarly lineage, couldn’t tolerate her tarnishing the family na in such a way.
Upon hearing this, her father wanted to bind her and drown her, but her sister knelt and pleaded with him, saying she would persuade her sister to change.
Her maid, however, wasn’t as lucky as she was, dealt with imdiately, likely without anyone to even collect the body.
If the other party hadn’t been dealt with imdiately, An Feng might have actually listened to the family’s persuasion.
But she died, and that beca the source of An Feng’s rebellion.
She began to defy her father, swearing to never change.
Seeing her stubbornness, her father, though enraged, couldn’t bring himself to kill his own child after his initial fury had passed, and decided to hand her over to the family relatives.
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