the two-faced Adopted Girl Who Melted CEO's Ice-Cold Heart-Chapter 1008: Marrying the Girl Outside the Window Who Resembles a Budding Lotus

Crystal Landon chuckled softly, pinching her nose as she said, "Silly girl, the stronger the man, the better. If you find a weakling, you’ll never be satisfied in this lifetime, understand? Do you know how many women in the entire Emperor City are rushing to marry him?"

"Crystal, you’re being naughty again," Nova Howard stomped her foot and said, bringing a burst of light laughter from Crystal.

"Crystal, look at the soldier," Nova said, spotting a cheerful soldier in uniform with a bright smile entering from outside, and she started to squeal excitedly.

That’s all you aspire to! Crystal was at a loss for words.

"Good day, madam, I’m here to find the Major General." The handsome soldier saluted loudly, then added with a grin, "Madam, are you planning to hold a banquet?"

"Yes, yes, if you’re free, remember to stay and have a drink. Richard is in the tea room." Crystal pointed with her lips.

"Yes, madam." The soldier responded happily.

Richard Shaw was brewing tea in the tea room. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

The Shaw family all loved tea and loved making tea. The tea room in the Shaw Mansion was the most exquisite, all the items used were treasures. Brewing tea was a habit Richard Shaw had developed since childhood, it calmed his mind and helped him forget all his worries.

Today, he found his mind less calm. In the morning, when his grandmother went to worship, she talked to him again. The Shaw family had only one descendant for three generations, and now that his grandmother was getting older, she wanted to see her great-grandson soon.

Richard fell silent. His grandfather passed away early, his grandmother had worked hard to raise his father, and later his parents sacrificed for the country. When he was still young, his grandmother was afraid he would not have a firm foundation and might be led astray by malicious people, so she almost closed off the entire Shaw Mansion and taught him everything he needed to know.

To marry a girl outside who looked like the budding tip of a lotus? Richard’s ideal partner was gentle as water, someone who could tolerate and endure loneliness. He belonged to the most iron-blooded profession in the world, never having time for romantic entanglements. Crystal was lively and vibrant; marrying her would ruin her life.

Richard instinctively felt it wasn’t right, but his grandmother’s attitude was steadfast, which made him doubt. His grandmother was an extremely open-minded person,

Back in the day, his father also fell in love freely and married his mother. When it came to him, marriage seemed to be predestined from childhood, unchangeable.

The soldier entered the tea room and saw his Major General staring intently at the teapot in front of him. Immediately, he composed himself, becoming extremely serious, and whispered, "Major General, the information you requested earlier."

The soldier handed over the sealed documents.

Richard nodded, the half-open window still allowing the soft and playful laughter of a girl to drift in from the garden. He opened the documents, his long, slightly rough fingers flipping through the file, reading silently.

Inside, it recorded the Landon family’s affairs from over a decade ago. The Landon family only started rising from the previous generation, outsiders with shallow roots in the Imperial City. However, they came at a good time, arriving in the Imperial City at an opportune moment, among the leading ones to first get rich. Initially, they were considered merely wealthy merchants, not aristocrats, but starting in recent years, due to the Shaw family’s overt and covert support, the Landons managed to rank among the significant families in the Imperial City.

Richard went through all of Crystal’s information, including her birth certificate. The data was perfect, but upon closer inspection, there was not a single photo of Crystal before the age of three. The Shaw family only began to support the Landons fifteen years ago, initially rather discreetly.

Fifteen years ago was when his parents sacrificed for the country, a time when Richard felt as if a mountain was pressing down on him, leaving him breathless.

Reflecting on the Landon parents’ attitudes towards Pearl and Crystal Landon, Richard had formed a suspicion in his heart.