Chapter 2678: Close at Hand

At nine o'clock in the evening New York time, this private jet converted from a Boeing 748 took off from Kennedy Airport for Jin Ling, China, ten thousand kilometers away.

After twelve hours of flight, the An family's plane landed steadily at Jin Ling International Airport at nine o'clock in the evening local time in Jin Ling.

The staff who arrived in Jin Ling in advance arranged for a motorcade to pick up the old couple, An Chongqiu, Li Yalin, and others to Wanliu Villa.

It was already late at night when the motorcade arrived at Wanliu Villa. At this time, Wanliu Villa was exceptionally quiet and peaceful, and the An family's housekeeper took the four directly to the villa in the center.

More than ten hours of travel made the four of them somewhat tired. After assigning rooms, they each returned to their rooms to rest.

The single villa area of Wanliu Villa is very large. The structure of three floors above ground and one floor underground has a usable area of at least eight or nine hundred square meters. Because the area is large enough, each room is designed as a suite with an independent bathroom. The old couple lives in the largest room on the third floor, An Chongqiu lives next to them, and Li Yalin temporarily lives opposite An Chongqiu.

Returning to the room, Li Yalin couldn't care about resting. He first sent a message to Ye Chen, informing him that he had arrived at Wanliu Villa.

At this time, Ye Chen was lying beside Xiao Churan, waiting for Li Yalin's report.

Xiao Churan beside him had already fallen asleep, and when he received Li Yalin's message, he felt a thousand emotions in his heart.

The arrival of his grandparents was not the key that truly touched him.

What truly made his heart unable to calm down for a long time was the arrival of his grandparents, which made him involuntarily think of the past, thinking of the day his parents were killed.

From the moment his grandparents' plane took off, Ye Chen's mind was full of fragments of what happened back then.

When his parents had an accident, Ye Chen was still attending class at school. The weather was already in late June, and the summer vacation was coming soon. The weather in Jin Ling that day was extremely sultry. Dark clouds pressed on the sky for most of the day, making people feel exceptionally depressed. It wasn't until the afternoon, with a thunderclap, that a heavy rain suddenly fell from the sky.

The rain came fiercely. It only took more than ten minutes to completely cover the school playground with rainwater. Ye Chen still remembered that at that time, the thunder was roaring, the rain was cold, and many children in the class were even shivering with fear.

And just at that time, the classroom door was suddenly pushed open. Tang Sihai, who was already soaked and full of rain on his face, ignored the teacher's obstruction, rushed into the classroom, picked up Ye Chen from his seat, and rushed out of the classroom.

Ye Chen still remembered that in the rain, there were more than a dozen middle-aged men in black. They were full of rain, and their clothes were tightly attached to their bodies because they were soaked by the rain, looking exceptionally embarrassed.

What made Ye Chen feel even more surprised was that each of them was holding a boy whose age, figure, and dress were very similar to his own. Then Tang Sihai gave an order, and more than a dozen people took more than a dozen children and quickly scattered on the spot, while he was held by Tang Sihai and ran wildly in the rain.

Afterwards, Ye Chen was sent to the welfare home where he grew up. Before leaving, he told Ye Chen the news that his parents had been killed, and exhorted Ye Chen not to reveal his true identity to anyone in his life.

The ignorant Ye Chen didn't have time to be sad before Tang Sihai disappeared from the welfare home. From that day on, Ye Chen lived in the welfare home as an orphan for ten full years.

In the first few years of the ten years, he lived a life that was almost isolated from the world.

At that time, they received primary education in the welfare home. The welfare home never organized them to go out. There were no spring outings, no tomb sweeping, no visits, and no performances. These children stayed in the welfare home every day. In addition to learning, they also had to help the aunt in the welfare home do some housework within their power. Even the vegetable plots in the welfare home often needed the help of these children to maintain.

At that time, Ye Chen always thought that the welfare home must have no funds, and it was already very rare to ensure that they could receive education and have enough to eat.

But it wasn't until he recognized Gu Qiuyi again and asked Tang Sihai that he realized that all of this was arranged by Tang Sihai early on. The reason why the welfare home isolated them was just to protect him alone.

It was also the few years of isolation from the world that helped him avoid everyone's search.

Whether it was Ye Chen's relatives, his parents' friends, or enemies who wanted Ye Chen's life and cut the grass and roots, they all set their targets outside Jin Ling after searching for a few years without results.

No one could have imagined that after so many years and so many people searching for three feet in Jin Ling, Ye Chen was still in this city.

Now, twenty years later, his grandparents and eldest uncle have come here again. And Ye Chen also knew through Li Yalin and Gu Qiuyi's description that his grandparents had never given up looking for him for so many years. So, in the depths of Ye Chen's heart, he also wanted to recognize his grandmother's family, at least, let the two old people not worry and blame themselves for his unknown life and death.

However, thinking that the Poqing Society still didn't want to let go of his grandparents' family, he could only suppress this thought for the time being.

But his grandparents have already arrived here, and looking at their posture, they should plan to live here for a long time. He will live under their noses for a long time in the future. In this case, it is not easy to ensure that his identity is not revealed.

However, even though he felt a thousand emotions in his heart, he still didn't change his decision.

He could only hope that his grandparents, who were close at hand, would not find any clues related to him.

This night, Ye Chen didn't sleep all night, but his grandparents, eldest uncle, and Li Yalin who lived in Wanliu Villa slept exceptionally soundly.

The old master An Qishan had had sleep disorders for a long time. He hadn't slept a complete night for at least ten years, and in recent years, he hadn't slept for more than five hours a day.

In most cases, he would lie in bed around ten o'clock at night, tossing and turning until around twelve o'clock in the morning before he could barely fall asleep. But his sleep could not be maintained for more than an hour, so he would definitely wake up before one o'clock, and then it would take another hour or two to fall asleep again.

Long-term sleep disorders led to his poor mental state, which also exacerbated the deterioration of his Alzheimer's disease on another level.

But last night, this problem that had lasted for at least ten years seemed to be solved after he arrived in Jin Ling.

After washing up last night, he slept until dawn.

He didn't wake up once in the middle, nor did he have any dreams. He seemed to be in a rare deep sleep state all night.

The old partner on the side had the same feeling.

Although the old lady didn't have Alzheimer's disease, she was old after all, and it was always difficult to guarantee the quality of sleep.

But last night, like the old master, she slept until seven o'clock in the morning, and she slept exceptionally soundly.

Because she slept so well, the first feeling when she opened her eyes was an indescribable, strong sense of relaxation.

Seeing that the old master's complexion was also very good, she asked subconsciously, "Qishan, how did you rest last night?"

An Qishan leaned on the head of the bed, still murmuring in disbelief, "I don't seem to have slept so soundly for many years."

After saying that, he added, "It may also be because of the exhaustion of the journey yesterday, so I slept so soundly..."

Immediately after, he shook his head and murmured, "It shouldn't just be this reason... Perhaps it also has something to do with the environment here. I roughly looked at it on the way here yesterday. It seems to be on a mountain, and there is a lake. The Feng Shui should be good. It's a pity that it was too late and I didn't see it clearly. With such a good environment, people can definitely be much more relaxed."

The old lady nodded gently in agreement. She had the same feeling.

The next second, she suddenly looked at An Qishan in horror and asked, "Qishan, do you remember what happened yesterday?!" ===== CHAPTER 2679 =====