Chapter 97: Chapter 97: Superior Intergenerational Inheritance
Tao Mo smiled benevolently, “Just open it and see.”
Tao Ti nodded obediently, and upon receiving his consent, she opened it.
Inside was a card, black in color.
Tao Ti took out the card, looked at it, and put it back, not finding anything special about this type of card.
But Cheng Guodong, standing to the side, was stunned, his eyes wide with shock as he looked at the card.
Cheng Guodong had a Black Card one, an unlimited Black Card.
Tao Ti then took out the other item from the red envelope, a white jade pendant, its entire body smooth and lustrous, as pure as coagulated cream.
The jade pendant was shaped like a little beast, not like a Kirin, not like a dragon, not like a lion, very strange.
Tao Ti’s eyes lit up, and she stared at the jade pendant for a long time without blinking.
This was exactly like herself in her dreams!
It was the bloodline born of the Lion Tribe and Taotie, the white little beast, resembling a lion yet not quite, with a large head that also somewhat resembled a blend of the Nian Beast and Kirin.
Tao Ti, holding the Jade Pendant, was extremely happy; she loved this Jade Pendant because its existence seemed to prove that second-generation ferocious beasts had existed, left traces of their existence, and that later generations remembered them.
Seeing Tao Ti clutch the jade pendant, unable to part with it, Tao Mo felt proud inside; this was a family heirloom passed down from generation to generation, meant for daughters, not sons!
Tao Mo didn’t have a daughter, so he thought of giving it to his granddaughter. After his daughter-in-law bore him two grandsons, Tao Mo’s heart grew cold with despair.
Would he not have a sweet and soft granddaughter?
Fortunately, the country had implemented the three-child policy. Conditions at home were good, so everyone was encouraged to have a third child. The daughter-in-law was also very enthusiastic, really hoping for a little “cotton-padded jacket”, and everyone was in agreement, looking forward to the little girl’s birth.
Indeed, the daughter-in-law finally did well this time, giving birth to a “cotton-padded jacket”.
When he received the call, he and his wife were praying in the temple. They hurried back, giving that evil maid the opportunity to take advantage.
Thinking of this, fury rose in Tao Mo’s heart.
Tao Mo looked at the jade pendant in Tao Ti’s hand and felt immense relief. In fact, when his granddaughter was born and a month old, he and his wife had intended to put the jade pendant on the child.
Strangely, the jade pendant went missing!
The box was still there, but the jade pendant was gone as if it had vanished into thin air.
They even called the police. The police came to investigate, there had been no entry by outsiders, and it became an unsolved mystery case, just disappeared out of thin air.
On the day she turned one month old, looking at Tao Yinyin’s little face, both he and his wife felt off.
You must know, although his two grandsons looked wrinkled and monkey-like at birth, by one month old, they were the brightest of children!
But this Tao Yinyin, somehow, still looked skinny and monkey-like even after a month.
Later, they realized the daughter-in-law was suspected of having postpartum depression at the time, not able to bond with the child and without milk to nurse.
At that time, the guests whispered among themselves, saying that sons resemble their mothers while daughters resemble their fathers, implying that the poor appearance of the little granddaughter was because the Tao Family wasn’t good-looking.
Mainly, they criticized him, this old man, saying he was short and thin, and that Tao Yinyin had inherited these features from him through a generational skip.
Tao Mo felt indignant inside. Later on, he became somewhat discontent when looking at Tao Yinyin, initially thinking it was due to anger and his own petty nature, but now it all made sense. She wasn’t his real granddaughter, so it was normal for him to feel she didn’t look right.
Tao Mo looked at Little Taotie, liking her more and more! Look at those big eyes, fair skin, cherry lips, all like his own! It truly was a case of skipping generations. Look how excellent his genes are!