Panic flashed across Old man Walton’s face for a second, not expecting Ashley’s sudden question. His hand that was placed on his lap was clenched into a fist, trying not to give away his panic expression.

Ashley’s question caught him off-guard. He didn’t expect her to connect him with Raymond immediately. He was impressed by how intelligent she was. But that couldn’t change his decision of sending Ashley far away from his grandson.

He could help Ashley’s family to become better secretly, and also make her career a success in New York, but he feared about the consequences on his grandson, who he had been teaching all he needed to...