435 (first watch of the night)

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But the choice I made that day was also human nature.

On one side was my own granddaughter, on the other, my granddaughter through marriage.

Any clear-sighted person would choose their own granddaughter.

Blood is, after all, thicker than water.

However, Zhao Hai had not expected things to turn out the way they did, for Chu Jin to make such a decisive action.

That manner of handling things was not at all like that of an eighteen-year-old child, but more akin to someone who had been through trials and tribulations.

"Come and see my mother," said Chu Jin, moving to the side and placing the carnations into the vase, her tone very detached.

Now, Chu Jin had no good feelings toward Zhao Hai, a person who could abandon his own granddaughter, what humanity was there to speak of?

Speaking to him was merely out of respect for an elder.