The memorial tablets of Jasonâs father and Old master Reed were set up in the inner hall.
Mrs. Wattsâs eyes turned red when she saw the two memorial tablets. She quickly said, âI⦠Iâll offer some incense!â
With that said, she picked up the unused incense sticks in front of the memorial tablets, lit them up, and offered them.
Old Lawyer Watts glanced at his wife and followed suit.
âMrs. Watts, are you okay?â asked Grace when she looked at Mrs. Wattsâs red eyes.
âItâs n-nothing. I just think itâs a pity that your father-in-law⦠died so young,â murmured Mrs. Watts.
âMy father-in-law loved my mother-in-law too much. He lost the will to live after losing the person he loved. Maybe death was a relief for him,â Grace said with a sigh. However, her father-in-law had left his pain to the living to bear.
âHow⦠How did he die?â muttered Mrs. Watts.
âHe froze to death by the roadside. Thatâs when Jay came back to the Reed family holding my father-in-lawâs ashes, âsaid Grace.
Mrs. Watts turned pale and wobbled a little.
Old Lawyer Watts immediately grabbed his wife. âWhatâs the matter? Are you feeling sick?â
âYeah, I feel a little sick. I⦠I want to go back to the hotel and rest,â said Mrs. Watts.
âIâll ask the driver to take you back to the hotel,â said Grace as the three walked out of the mourning hall.
When Old Lawyer Watts and his wife got back to the hotel, Mrs. Watts could not stop her tears and began crying her eyes out.
Old Lawyer Watts sighed too. Today was the first time he saw what that man looked like!
He could have inherited the Reed family and stood at the apex of Emerald Cityâs power and wealth, yet he died in such a way.
âItâs my fault. Itâs all my fault!â As if unable to contain the pain, Mrs. Watts finally shouted, âI did Kim wrong. If I hadnât left at the time, Kim wouldnât have died! I killed him!â
Old Lawyer Watts did not know how to comfort his wife and only patted her on the shoulder.
âHe froze to death⦠A man like him ended up freezing to death. Milo, I never thought he would freeze to death!â sobbed Mrs. Watts.
For years, she had been speculating about the cause of his death but she never expected it to be this!
âIt was because of me. It was because of me! If I hadnât abandoned him and Jay, he wouldnât have made this choice. I was corrupted with greed. I was ruthless!â Mrs. Watts kept pounding her chest. The delicate makeup on her face became streaked with tears.
âIf he knows how sorry you feel, heâll forgive you,â said Old Lawyer Watts.
âNo, Kim wonât forgive me. He wonât forgive meâ¦â Mrs. Watts said with agony.
She once thought she would never return to Emerald City or set foot in the Reed familyâs house again.
However, she eventually learned that Jason was the husband of Grace, who was her husbandâs apprentice. The small child who had called her âGrandmaâ for more than two years was her biological granddaughter! After finding out about everything, she could not contain the longing in her heart anymore.