Chapter 980 Calm as Still Water

• After he finished speaking, Wynter’s eyes went wide in shock. For years, she’d searched and searched, and never found any of it. Now, finally, everything had surfaced. No wonder her heart felt calm as still water—most people wouldn’t get that kind of silence settling in after a storm.
• Seeing her stunned face, Huxley actually understood. In a moment like this, he couldn’t think of a better way. The only thing left was to take her straight at it and face it head-on.
• “Look, I know what’s running through your mind. So I’m not sending you home empty-handed. I’m bringing you to borrow a new family’s help. If you really belong to that family—if you’re from the same bloodline—they’ll have their own way to confirm it. Then we’ll know whether you’re from the Jiamei branch.”