Chapter 564

Half a month later. As Jane sat in the bamboo room with Frederick and the three elderly men, savoring a hot pot, snowflakes flitted across the sky. Today the three mischievous elders, whose faces were as happy as children wearing new clothing for the New Year, were permitted to have a bit extra wine with Jane's consent. There wasn’t a trace of sorrow over the impending farewell. Jane eyed the three grandfathers’ cheerful expressions suspiciously, sensing something was off. She had been harassed nonstop by these three elderly men for the last two weeks in an attempt to convince her to stay. However, they had abruptly stopped talking in the past two days. Now, the three grandfathers showed no signs of stopping her and Frederick from leaving after this meal on the day that they were scheduled to leave. This was far too unusual. She silently wondered if the three old man had already hatched some scheme to keep her and Frederick from leaving. Could it be… that the grandfathers had slipped s