After finishing his speech, Abbas reiterated, “However, the olddy and her son are exceptions.”


    “They were sent home.”


    “Before departing, the officers and soldiers responsible for the escort left 100,000 yuan in cash for the olddy and her son, following the directives of their superiors. However, the olddy firmly refused to ept it. The subordinate recalled that you once mentioned wanting to visit them after returning to China, which is why they did not press the soldiers to hand over the money.”


    “I understand,” Charlie replied, a slight frown creasing his brow. Despite the many questions swirling in his mind, he realized that all the mysteries would only be unraveled once he met the olddy.


    After a three-hour flight, the ne touched down in Zunhuai, located in Guizhou Province.<h3 style="background-color:DodgerBlue">


    As soon as they arrived, the person in charge of the Wade family in the province had already driven a high-performance off-road vehicle to await them outside the airport, as per Isaac Cameron’s instructions.


    This time, Charlie and Isaac were headed to a remote area in the southern Shu mountains, where the roads were quite difficult to navigate. Therefore, Charlie decided to travel with Isaac Cameron without any additional followers—just the two of them.


    Once they were in the off-road vehicle, Isaac Cameron took the wheel while Charlie settled into the co-pilot seat. They wound through the mountainous terrain for nearly five hours before finally reaching a vige at the foot of the mountain.


    However, this vige was merely a stopover; their true destination was a small vige perched on a cliff halfway up the mountain. Due to the steepndscape, only a narrow, steep path led up the mountain, and aside from motorcycles, no other vehicles could manage the ascent.


    Fortunately, despite the challenging terrain, the distance was manageable. Both Charlie and Isaac were fit enough to tackle the rugged path.


    After hiking for over an hour, they arrived at a small mountain vige situated on the edge of a cliff.


    This vige appeared quite run-down, with most of the structures being aged wooden buildings that were in disrepair.


    It seemed that strangers were a rarity here, as the elderly men gathered at the vige entrance were taken aback at the sight of the two neers.<fn88ec> ???? ????s? ???????s ?? find{n}ovel</fn88ec>


    Among the group of elderly vigers, Charlie did not spot the olddy he had heard about. Luckily, Isaac Cameron had obtained video footage from the soldiers of Wanlong Pce through Abbas, which showed him the way to the olddy’s home from the vige entrance.


    Thus, despite it being their first visit, they easily navigated to the olddy’s residence.


    Although Charlie and Isaac had set off early in the morning, it was already evening by the time they arrived, and wisps of cooking smoke were rising from the courtyard.


    The weathered wooden courtyard doors were only partially ajar, allowing them to glimpse someone emerging from the cooking shed. From the other end of the courtyard, a figure fetched a handful of branches and firewood from the woodpile.


    Charlie recognized this person as the olddy’s youngest son, the only one of her four sons who had reached adulthood.


    At that moment, the olddy’s son was unaware of the two visitors standing outside the door. As he turned to head back with the firewood, Charlie knocked gently on the wooden door and called out, “Excuse me, is Grandma home?”


    The young man paused and, with a Sichuan ent, inquired, “Where are you from?”