The little girl's behavior softened Xu Lanyin's heart. She thought, maybe she was angry that she didn't say goodbye to her when she left.

Xu Lanyin was still a little puzzled. She had only spent a short time with him, so how could she develop such special feelings for him?

Xu Lanyin quickly walked forward and squatted down, looking Min Jia in the eye, and said softly, "Sister, I'm sorry. Aunt Xu left in a hurry last time and didn't say goodbye to you."

The little girl was so close to her that she called herself "Auntie Xu", which brought them even closer.

Min Jia didn't say anything, but tears still fell.

Housekeeper Hao and Madam Liu were even more bewildered. Their daughter hadn't spoken, smiled, shed a tear, or even displayed any facial expression since Great Grandma's passing.

This Miss Xu only spent half a night with my sister and gave her a few dolls. Why did my sister treat her like this?

Xu Lanyin wiped Min Jia's tears with a handkerchief. She heard her thinking, "Auntie is not like mother. She left and never came back..."

So that’s how it is!

Xu Lanyin understood. By chance, she had become the first person to enter her heart after her mother's death. So she was particularly reluctant to let go, afraid that she would never return...

Xu Lanyin was even more moved. She hugged Min Jia into her arms and whispered, "Aunt Xu apologizes. I won't do that again next time. No matter how urgent it is, I will say goodbye to you in person and agree on a date to see you again. Aunt Xu has prepared a gift for you. Do you want to see it?"

Min Jia knew that the gift Aunt Xu had prepared must be one she liked. Seeing her nod, her tearful eyes filled with hope, making her quiet face even more lively and vivid. This little face was so adorable that Xu Lanyin resisted the urge to pinch or kiss her and wiped her tears with a handkerchief.

She stood up, holding her big hand and walking into the yard. Housekeeper Hao handed the things in his hand to a maid, and then walked excitedly to the front yard.

He was anxious. Why hadn't the master come back yet? He had to tell the master the good news that his sister had made progress and make him happy.

After entering the living room, Xu Lan asked Min Jia, "Where are the two pairs of mother and daughter?"

This surprised everyone in the room except Min Jia. There were not only mother and daughter here, but two pairs at that!

Min Jia's mouth curled up, and she happily ran to the bedside of the bedroom and took out a basket. Only then did Mother Liu realize who they were, and she hurried in and came out with another basket.

In one basket lay a large cat and a small cat, still covered with Xu Lanyin's old handkerchief, but with a new pillow and bed sheet. In another basket lay a large duck and a small duck, with a pillow and quilt made by Qin.

Xu Lanyin took the package from the old woman and opened it. Inside were some wooden boards, a small table with a small wooden frame, and other things.

Xu Lanyin assembled the wooden planks and built two small houses. Each was a foot and a half square, with a small window on one side and a small bunk bed covered with a small gauze curtain on the other. In the middle stood a small round table and four stools. The floor and windows of one room were a diamond-shaped pale purple, while the floor and windows of the other were a lotus-leaf-shaped emerald green.

This is the toy set that the child loved to play with in the previous life.

Xu Lanyin put the cat and its daughter into the light blue room, and the duck and its daughter into the green room, and said with a smile, "This is their home. Isn't it beautiful?"

Min Jia had been watching Xu Lanyin decorate the room with her bright eyes. When she heard Xu Lanyin ask her, she nodded her head heavily.

Xu Lanyin smiled again and said, "When I have nothing to do in the future, I can ask someone to make some beautiful gauze curtains and quilts for them to use, and I can also decorate the room according to my own preferences."

Then, he took out four tadpole dolls from the package and put them into the duck's house, and took out a big frog doll and put it into the cat's house, saying that the cat and the duck were too lonely, so he invited guests to come to his house to play.

Min Jia was even happier, and she actually grinned, revealing her white, sticky teeth. She didn't know what tadpoles were, but she thought they were cute.

Mother Liu kept her mouth shut and said jokingly, "Oh my, there's a way to play like this? Miss Xu is so lucky to have come up with this idea."

The little girls Qingyin and Miaoyu were also amazed.

Min Jia watched with great interest, even moving small tables and stools himself. Then Qing Yin took Xu Lanyin and Zhang Zhu to the west wing.

After Xu Lanyin finished washing up, Zhangzhu helped her comb her hair again. When she was changing her clothes, she heard someone calling "Master" in the yard.

The Fujian people have arrived.

As soon as Min Hu returned home, he heard the news of his daughter's condition from the steward Hao who was waiting at the gatehouse. He was in disbelief, or rather, he couldn't believe it, and hurried to see his daughter.

As soon as I walked into the living room, I saw my daughter quietly looking at the two wooden frames on the round table, with the corners of her mouth raised and her eyes full of smiles.

Minhu suddenly realized that his daughter only smiled when her mother was alive.

His heart was as soft as the gentle breeze outside the window, and his footsteps became lighter.

Min Jia, who was immersed in her own world, was finally "awakened". She looked up at her father, her upturned little mouth immediately pursed, and her bright eyes immediately dimmed.

Minhu couldn't help but feel disappointed, and shook his head with a wry smile. He sat silently with Minjia for half a quarter of an hour, but seeing that his daughter was still in a daze, he couldn't bear to disturb her any further, so he got up and left.

When I arrived in the yard, I happened to meet Xu Lanyin coming out of the west wing.

The girl in the sunset, with delicate features and an unworldly temperament, was as clean and beautiful as a bouquet of flowers in a deep valley. Her eyes were especially bright and clear like two springs, as if they could flow into one's heart.

Min Hu had seen Xu Lanyin a few times before. The room was dimmed during the hypnosis session, so he couldn't see clearly. The last time, at the Ningzhou government office, he didn't get a good look in front of so many people. His previous impression of this girl was that she was plainly dressed, above average in appearance, surprisingly intelligent, with a soothing, gentle voice and a certain magical power.

Only now did he realize how young and beautiful this girl was. She exuded a unique charm and aura, unlike any other girl he had ever met. Her voice was just as enchanting... And rightly so. Someone with such a talent should be different. His heartbeat was racing unconsciously.

Feeling that he had lost his composure, Minhu quickly frowned, coughed lightly, and said with a smile, "Miss Xu."

Xu Lanyin saw that Min Hu looked tired, with dark circles and bags under his eyes becoming more noticeable, and his face was a little flushed. She thought that insomnia had seriously affected his metabolism. She quickly knelt down and saluted, smiling, "Master Min, nice to meet you again."

Smiling, polite and considerate, neither humble nor overbearing, with a crisp voice, not as gentle and magical as when hypnotizing. But Minhu just felt his heart beating and at ease... It seemed a bit contradictory that his heart could be beating and at ease.

Thinking of Xu Lanyin's ability to read people's expressions, Minhu instantly suppressed the conflict in his heart.