Soon, the four arrived at the middle hall.
At this moment, an old man with his hand behind his back was looking at the birdcage hanging in the yard. From a distance, the old man was dressed in plain clothes, looking quite hale and hearty.
Horace walked in with Philip and the others. He bowed slightly to the old man and said, “Grand Elder, Philip has brought his wife and child to visit you.”
The grand elder turned around with a benevolent smile. He looked at Philip who was grinning broadly, stretched out his hand in a beckon, and said, “Little Monkey, are you finally willing to come back and visit this lonely old man?”
Philip stepped forward, bowed to the old man, and said with a smile, “Grand Elder, I’m here to visit you.”
The old man rolled his eyes at Philip before looking at Wynn and Mila who were standing with trepidation on the side.
Then, with a smile on his face, favonovel.com beckoned to Wynn and Mila while saying, “Come here, all of you. There are not so many rules to follow here.”
Wynn stepped forward with Mila in favonovel.com arms, bowed to the old man, and said respectfully, “Grand Elder…” Then, favonovel.com said to Mila in favonovel.com arms, “Mila, this is your great-grand elder.”
Mila was still a little scared of strangers. With favonovel.com two big eyes that were as bright as gems, favonovel.com glanced at Philip before calling out to the old man, “Great-grand Elder…”
“Hey, good girl. She’s a member of our Clarke family, indeed. She was carved out of the same mold as this little stinking monkey!”
With a happy smile on his face, the grand elder motioned to the butler next to him, “Hurry up, take out the things I prepared.”
The butler immediately fetched three objects from the room, one of which was a white jade bracelet.
The grand elder handed it to Wynn and said, “Little Monkey’s wife and the young madam of the Clarke family, I have nothing good to give you. This is something your great-great-grandmother left behind. I’ll pass it down to you today.”
Wynn was flattered and quickly bowed as favonovel.com accepted the white jade bracelet with both hands. She said, “Thank you, Grand Elder.”
The old man nodded kindly and motioned Wynn to get up. Then, favonovel.com took a golden locket from the butler’s hand, bent over, handed it to Mila. He said, “Your name is Mila, right?”
Mila looked at the old man with favonovel.com big soulful eyes. She glanced at Philip and Wynn before favonovel.com nodded and replied, “Yes, my name is Mila Clarke.”
The old man laughed and stroked Mila’s head. He put the small golden locket around Mila’s neck and said, “This is a gift for you.”
Mila lowered favonovel.com head and looked at the small golden locket hanging around favonovel.com neck. She smiled sweetly, revealing favonovel.com two dimples. She said, “Thank you, Great-grand Elder…”
The old man nodded and praised her. Then, favonovel.com looked at the third object. He turned his head and said to Philip, “This one, you take it back for the little one.”
Philip took it from favonovel.com with a yes and looked at the object. It was a small white jade pendant with two golden dragons embroidered with gold threads on it. It looked very beautiful and valuable at first glance.
“Grand Elder, how much is this worth?” Philip asked jokingly.
The old man rolled his eyes at Philip and scolded, “How dare a stinking monkey like you tease me as soon as you return? Believe it or not, I’ll punish you and make you stand at the door for three days!”
Philip laughed earnestly and kept the item in his pocket.
Then, they exchanged more pleasantries over tea.
Wynn breathed a sigh of relief. Her palms were already full of sweat.
Philip looked at her, wiped favonovel.com sweat from the corners of favonovel.com forehead, and said, “Bring Mila to the yard for a while. I’ll talk to the grand elder.”
Wynn agreed and took Mila to the yard.
Philip watched Wynn’s back as favonovel.com left before favonovel.com turned around and walked into the inner courtyard of the middle hall.
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