82 With Lord Huai

"You?" Lin Jiaxing said with a look of disbelief.

However, seeing Gu Chaoyan's brief smile and calm face, he soon gained back his composure and felt gratified.

He had not fully believed that the girl only needed the dowry list to cure Jiashu, but now he did. He might be honest, but he was not stupid as a businessman. He knew that this girl was paving the road for herself.

He was not that worried any more. "Chaoyan, you have become different. You are more useful than me."

"…."

"When your grandfather passed away, I couldn't even keep our position as the imperial court family. If not for me, your mother would not have been stricken so hard and passed away too." Lin Jiaxing was truly saddened, as if he had just thought of the past, grieving memory.

However, what he said made Gu Chaoyan understand.

Gu Chaoyan's mother had been dead for years, but she had never tried to find out the cause, but what Uncle said did not make sense to her.