Lin Xinlan nodded solemnly, "I haven’t lied to you, and I won’t let you down."
Rong’s mother smiled with relief, her heart filled with more hope, and her desire to die was no longer so intense.
After speaking with Rong’s mother, Lin Xinlan quickly set off to leave.
She hurried to the airport, bought a plane ticket, and flew directly to another city.
In her memory, she had last visited that small town when she was eight years old.
It was her father’s hometown, where he had lived until he was ten years old. After that, his family moved to another city, and they never returned.
If it hadn’t been for the death of a relative, her father’s great-uncle, her father would not have returned to that hometown.
At that time, her father took her to attend the elder’s funeral, and they stayed there for a while before leaving.
Besides the address, what stood out most in her memory of the small town was a river that ran through it.
And a stone arch bridge over the river.
Over a decade had passed, and she hoped the small town hadn’t changed too much.
At the very least, as long as the river and the stone arch bridge were still there.
If she could find the stone arch bridge, she could rely on her vague memory to find the house where her father used to live. Perhaps her mother and Xiaocong were staying nearby.
Although her mother had never been to her father’s hometown, she knew everything and often heard her father mention the small town, so she knew the exact location and where her father had lived as a child.
Lin Xinlan just hoped she would find them without too much delay.
Rong Mingyan had already filed an application with the court to declare Rong Shaoze dead.
The news of Rong Shaoze’s death was already known throughout B City.
The matter had caused a great stir in B City, and Shengjue urgently needed a new president to take office.
Although Shaoze had died, the company had to continue operating, and they couldn’t afford to lose a minute.
The company held a shareholders’ meeting, and it was unanimously agreed to elect Rong Mingyan as president.
But first, he had to inherit Rong Shaoze’s thirty-five percent share of the company.
Thus, Rong Mingyan began to deal with the inheritance issues.
However, Rong’s mother continuously refused to sign, and she pleaded earnestly with Rong Guangguo not to sign.
As long as Rong Guangguo didn’t sign, Rong Mingyan couldn’t officially inherit.
But Rong Shaoze was already dead, and it was only a matter of time before Rong Mingyan would inherit the Rong Family’s assets.
Everyone believed that everything of the Rong Family would be his, and they really couldn’t understand what use there was for Mrs. Rong to obstruct at every turn.
They thought Mrs. Rong might as well sign generously and improve her relationship with Rong Mingyan. After all, she would have to rely on Rong Mingyan to support her in the future.
If she upset the future head of the Rong Family, her life might not turn out too well.
Yet Rong’s mother remained steadfast in her refusal to back down.
In reality, her signature wasn’t very important; all that was needed was for Rong Guangguo to sign. The problem was, she kept crying in front of Rong Guangguo, saying that if he signed, she would die, she wouldn’t go on living.
Rong Guangguo was old and his health was not good.
Having been through too many experiences of the older generation burying the young, he couldn’t bear to force Rong’s mother to her death and hadn’t forcefully signed the document.
Although Rong’s mother was his daughter-in-law, not his own child.
She had devotedly served him for decades and had produced sons and daughters for the Rong Family, never doing anything to wrong the family. Thinking of these things, Rong Guangguo repeatedly tolerated her obstruction.