CHAPTER 114 RECORDED IN THE FAMILY TREE

Henry ignored her obvious question. After unknotting the string, he bowed slightly to place the jade pendant over Yvonne’s neck.

"Done, let's go.” He was the first to head toward the direction Master Lancaster left in.

Yvonne was still dazed. It took her a while to regain her composure.

While she ran for Henry, she held the jade pendant around her neck.

The pendant was not big - it fit perfectly in her palm. Yvonne could even feel the lingering warmth on it, left by Henry. It spread to her heart through her palm.

"Henry, thank you!" Those were Yvonne’s first words t o Henry when she caught up to him.

Henry raised a brow at that. "For?"

Yvonne waved the pendant around her neck. "This, of course."

He had personally put it on for her and she thought that she might be reluctant to take it off when she wanted to.

Nonetheless, Henry misunderstood her as he pursed his lips together. "You should thank Grandpa.

Grandpa gave it to you, not me."

"I don't mean... Nevermind, this will do." Yvonne beamed.

She wanted to explain that she was thanking him for personally putting the pendant on her but she suddenly felt that it was unnecessary. The misunderstanding felt nice too!

"Henry, Frederick’s calling us." Yvonne pointed at the front.

Following the finger with his gaze, Henry quickened his pace. Not expecting the acceleration, Yvonne jogged to catch up with him. When they reached the old man, she was already panting while Henry looked fine as usual.

Yvonne was swiftly filled with indignation. Was having long legs very impressive?

Although she grumbled in her heart, she was more proud than vexed. Yvonne’s eyes were glossed with infatuation as she scrutinized Henry's legs discreetly. Ah, he was truly her subject of admiration. His hips and his legs were impeccable.

"Ouch!" The sudden slap on the back of her head caused Yvonne to cry out.

Henry looked at her with a straight face. "Keep your weird gaze away. The remembrance day ceremony is starting."

Yvonne promptly schooled her expression and kept her thoughts in check, emulating the grim looks of others as she looked forward.

Master Lancaster was honoring the ancestor plates in front. Behind him, Yvonne and Henry followed. The remembrance day ceremony was a tedious and lengthy process. After honoring the ancestors, they had to listen to a long speech.

Yvonne did not quite understand it, but she could only force herself to listen to it seriously lest she dozes off during the formal occasion. When the speech was finally over and she thought that the ceremony was coming to an end, it surprised her when Master Lancaster asked for her again.

He was not gifting her anything this time. He was going to write down her name personally on the family tree record.

Looking at her name being written down next to Henry's, Yvonne held her hands together emotionally and braced herself to ask, "Grandpa, am I now officially Lancasters’ granddaughter-in-

law?” This belongs to .

"That’s right." The old man wore a kind smile.

Tears brimmed Yvonne’s eyes again from how happy she was. "It’s wonderful...”

“Be nice to each other with Henry." Master Lancaster patted the back of her hand.

Yvonne nodded fervently. "I will."

She loved Henry. Of course she would be nice to him. A s long as Henry did not abandon her, she would stay b y his side her entire life.

"Alright, go back to Henry. Don't be alone lest people with ulterior motives come to you," reminded the old man.

Yvonne made a sound of acknowledgment and jogged away with a wave of the hand.

Henry was spending time with a few elders in the family at the lounge when Yvonne reached him. Without interrupting, she softened her steps to stand behind him but Henry had already noticed her presence. He paused the conversation and turned to her. "What did Grandpa need you for?"

"Grandpa recorded my name on the family tree." Yvonne's eyes turned into crescents when she answered.

Henry hummed. "I see. There's nothing else after this. You can go back to the room first."

"Sure." Yvonne nodded after glancing at the elders.

Summoning a servant, Henry asked the servant to take Yvonne back.

With the servant's lead, Yvonne returned to the room smoothly without meeting any troublemakers. She wondered if those people dared not or thought it unnecessary to instigate a discord. Whichever it was, she was relieved. It was better to have nothing happen than something.

Yawning, Yvonne took off her shoes and snuggled herself into the bed to take a nap. The nap lasted until afternoon, the sky darkening from the lapse of time.

Yvonne sat up rubbing her eyes and caught Henry who was going through some documents on a chair in the room from the corners of her eyes.

"Henry?” she called out softly.

Without looking up, Henry replied, "You're awake?”

"Mm.” Yvonne stretched lazily.

Henry responded with a light snort. "You took quite the nap. The branch families have all left."

"All of them?" Yvonne was surprised. "What time is it now?”

"Seven.” Henry signed the document he was going through.

Yvonne swallowed and probed, "Seven in the evening?"

"What else?" Henry questioned back.

The corner of Yvonne's lips twitched. "How could I've slept for so long...”

"Six hours!" Henry declared the exact length of time.

When he went back to the room to ask her to eat, she was sound asleep. He called her twice but it was in vain. If Henry was not sure that she was asleep, he would have thought that she had fainted.

1 “Sorry, I didn't expect to have slept so long either. I was thinking of a short nap." Yvonne was abashed. She did not even feel like she had slept for six hours.

"No need to apologize. It’s time for dinner." Henry put down the pen in his grip.

"Okay.” Yvonne got off the bed and got changed.

When both of them arrived at the dining table, Master Lancaster was already waiting for them.

He asked in concern when he saw them, "Yvonne, do you feel unwell anywhere?"

"No, I feel fine. Thank you for asking, Grandpa." Yvonne waved her hands in dismissal as she sat down.

The old man was bewildered. "Why did you sleep so long then?"

Flustered, Yvonne mumbled, "Maybe I didn’t sleep so well these days so I accidentally took a long nap."

"I see," Master Lancaster sighed in regret. 1

He thought that she was sleeping so much from being pregnant and thought of asking a doctor to check her. Looking at her now, however, it seemed that she might really be fine.

"Grandpa, let's eat." Henry placed a piece of fish on the old man’s plate and diverted the topic.

Master Lancaster merely gave him a glare before beginning to eat.

After dinner, Yvonne left the family residence with

Henry to go back to their villa.

Henry went upstairs after he received a phone call when they returned, leaving Yvonne in the living room.

Sue took over the bag in Yvonne’s hands. "Madam, did the remembrance day go well today?"

"Without a hiccup," replied Yvonne with a smile.

She had thought that people might pick at her but nothing happened. Her worry and restlessness were for nothing. It could be due to her sleeping, too, that exempted her from those people.

"That's good then." Sue heaved a relieved breath and asked again, "Right, madam, are you recorded in the family tree now?"

"Yes, and Grandpa gave me this too." Yvonne took out the jade pendant on her neck.

Sue was happy for her when she saw it." Congratulations, madam."

"Thank you." Yvonne toyed with the pendant fondly.

Buzz!

Her phone vibrated out of the blue.

"I'll pick this one up," Yvonne told Sue and stuffed the pendant back under her clothes before she fished her phone out from her bag.

When she saw the caller ID, she pursed her lips. "Why i s it him?"