Ann said nothing and waited quietly for the rest of Eddie's story.

His eyes narrowed slightly and he spoke of the past in a quiet voice.

"Before I came to City A, I lived in a small mountain village in City C, where my grandfather and mother are from."

"More than 20 years ago, Group Clinton was just a small pharmaceutical company, and my grandfather's family was a family of traditional Chinese medicine. At that time, he was a small celebrity in the area of City C. Many pharmaceutical companies wanted to cooperate with him and wanted his Chinese medicine formula."

Eddie's eyes drifted away, silent in the past.

"In...