Su Ming found a flashlight and shone it on the ground for Su Xiaonuan. She gently tapped the ground and stopped when she found a hollow spot. "Mo Ran, Jiang Yi, you two come and move this iron plate away."

Her hands were covered in injuries; otherwise, she would never have needed anyone else's help, as she could have lifted the iron plate herself.

Lan Guangxue checked the time and knew it was time to let the children go out.

He raised his hand from below and pushed, and the iron plate left the ground.

"Wow, there really is a basement?" Mersey was also stunned.

Xiao Moran pushed Jiang Yi away with disgust, bent down and picked up the iron plate, then put it aside.

As soon as the cave entrance opened, Su Xiaonuan couldn't wait to go down into the cave to see the children.

"Mother."

"Godmother."

"Auntie."

The children, their voices trembling with tears, rushed forward and surrounded her, some hugging her legs, others tugging at her hands. She endured the pain, squatted down, opened her arms, and embraced all five children. The children cried, and she cried too.

Holding her five children, she cried uncontrollably. The joy of having them back made her reluctant to let go, afraid that if she let go, they would be gone. Although the children were not related to her by blood, Su Xiaonuan had already treated them as her own children, and each one was the apple of her eye.

Xiao Moran and Jiang Yi went downstairs. The place was too small, so Su Ming pulled the women along and didn't let them join in the fun.

Then, the voices of several women could be heard at the entrance of the cave.

"Dou Dou, Guo Guo, this is Grandma. Answer me if you hear me."

"DouDou, GuoGuo, it's Grandma! Answer me!"

"Xiao Tian, ​​Xiao Li, this is Aunt Chen. Please answer if you hear me."

"Tiesuo, it's me, your aunt. Can you hear me calling you?" Xiao Moxi said loudly as soon as she saw that all the children were being remembered.

Then, the children's echoes came from the cave entrance:

“Grandpa, Grandma, Grandma, we heard you,” DouDou and GuoGuo answered in unison.

"Aunt Chen, we're still alive," Xiao Tian and Xiao Li said in unison.

"Auntie, I heard you. Don't worry, my younger siblings are all fine, we're all okay." Tie Suo's voice was the loudest.

Hearing the children's response, the women upstairs jumped for joy, holding hands. "They're alright, they're really alright, that's wonderful, thank God so much."

"Uncle, what exactly happened?" Xiao Moxi turned to ask Su Ming, who was still relatively normal. She didn't dare to ask the old women anymore; they were all overjoyed.

Su Ming briefly recounted the fire that had occurred that day, which made her tremble all over. She thought to herself, "Thank goodness the children are alright, otherwise, the survivors would have to live a hellish and dreary life."

The children were brought up one by one, and a litter of white mice were also brought out by the children.

Jiang Yi followed the children up, while only Su Xiaonuan and Xiao Moran remained below.

Su Xiaonuan pulled Xiao Moran down to kneel before Lan Guangxue.

"What are you doing? This is unacceptable! Get up!" Lan Guangxue reached out to help them up. "I am also a sinner, I don't deserve to be treated like this."

“No matter what bad things you did in the past, this time, you have forgiven the children. From now on, you are the benefactor of our whole family. It’s okay, Lan Yin won’t take care of you in your old age and see you off in your final days, I, Su Xiaonuan, will take care of you in your old age and see you off in your final days. Come live with us on the surface. This basement is too damp and will cause you to develop health problems.”

Xiao Moran looked around and saw that there were ventilation holes in the basement, but they were all stuffed up with scraps of cloth.

"I'm sorry, I tore up your blankets to stuff the ventilation holes, in case the smoke got in and it wasn't safe." Lan Guangxue followed Xiao Moran's gaze.

"Good job tearing it." Xiao Moran said cheerfully. "From now on, you can tear whatever you want. I, Xiao Moran, have plenty of fabric for you to tear. Uncle Lan, from now on, I, Xiao Moran, and Su Xiaonuan will take care of you in your old age and see you off when you die."

Lan Guangxue was overcome with emotion, wiping away his tears. "I, Lan Guangxue, am a complete scoundrel. If my wife and daughter hadn't pushed me off a cliff, I would still be hurting people with them for the rest of my life. Xie Zhi saved me from the clutches of death, and I will never do bad things again."

"Then come up with us."

"It's not the right time yet. We haven't found Lan Yin's money yet. I'll go out after we find the money."

“It’s alright, go out. I’ll find you a safe place to stay,” Su Xiaonuan said. “The police also want us to cooperate in finding that money, the children need to find a safe place to hide, Xie Zhi needs to stay at the police station, and the arson charge needs to be pinned on Xie Zhi. Only in this way will Lan Yin lower her guard. Wasn’t all of this your idea for Xie Zhi?”

“That’s right. Lan Yin is too vigilant and doesn’t trust people. Li Chunxiang doesn’t even know where she keeps the money. Once she feels that all obstacles have been removed, she will let her guard down,” Lan Guangxue said. “In my opinion, next, they will sell the house and leave this place. After doing so many bad things, they will also be afraid that the children will come to take their lives.”

“Go upstairs and take a shower before eating. After dinner, I’ll arrange a safe place for you to stay. You and the children will stay there until we find the money,” Su Xiaonuan said. “The police have already withdrawn the plainclothes officers who were monitoring Lan Yin.”

Half an hour later, Lan Guangxue and the children were refreshed and sat at the table enjoying the delicious food.

However, what they didn't know was that those watching them eat hadn't eaten anything themselves, nor had they even had a sip of water.

The children are fine; they can go hungry for a few more days without any problems.

Zhang Yulan was extremely grateful to Lan Guangxue, because if it weren't for Lan Guangxue and Xie Zhi, her two beloved grandsons would have been burned alive.

Upon hearing Lan Yin's heinous crimes, Jiang Yi volunteered. "How about I take Uncle Lan and the children to my house? Not just anyone can enter the military compound, and it's safe at my house, so you don't need to worry."

“Yes, let’s go to Jiang Yi’s house. His parents love children. We can spend some time with them.” Xiao Moxi also thought it was a good idea. She could also stay at Jiang’s house for this reason, and as his aunt, she could stay there with the children.

Xiao Moran frowned. He was unwilling. Although Jiang Yi was dating Mo Xi, they were both men. He could tell that Jiang Yi had Xiao Nuan in his heart and was with Mo Xi because Mo Xi had Xiao Nuan's shadow in her. The girl usually liked to imitate Xiao Nuan. Therefore, he didn't want Xiao Nuan and Jiang Yi to have anything to do with each other.

"This is a matter for the Xiao family, so we won't trouble the Jiang family," Xiao Moran said coldly.

"What Xiao family and Jiang family?" Jiang Yi scoffed. "Your sister is going to marry me in the future. Can you say the Jiang family and the Xiao family have no connection?"

Jiang Yi knew that he could only keep his love hidden. For both reason and emotion, he would not ruin Xiao Nuan's happiness. Choosing to be with Mo Xi was to fulfill Xiao Nuan's happiness. It was clear that Xiao Nuan loved Xiao Moran very much, so there was no point in him pestering her anymore. Since he had set his sights on Xiao Mo Xi, he had to be responsible for her to the end.