Sun Xuefeng and Pei Zixi have always had a very good personal relationship.

At the beginning, Lian Xiaomin took Sun Xuefeng to a farm outside Shanghai and rescued Pei Zixi and his younger brother Pei Ziyan.

One of them made a feint to lure the people away from the farm, and the other went to rescue the two brothers.

Among them was a villain on the farm, who was Pei Zixi's enemy and almost killed him. Later, he was killed by Sun Xuefeng himself, which was considered revenge for him.

Pei Zixi secretly made up his mind at that time to repay Sun Xuefeng in the future.

Not only Lian Xiaomin is the Pei family's savior, but Sun Xuefeng is too.

Just last year, the Pei family bought three shops in Mong Kok, registered them in the name of Sun Xuefeng, and gave them to him.

The people celebrating Christmas at the Haikuo Hotel certainly could not have expected that Pei Zixi and Sun Xuefeng, who were at sea, would have a life-or-death journey...

Time flies, after Christmas, the new year comes.

On New Year's Day in 1973, there was also a New Year atmosphere on the streets of Hong Kong.

Department stores in particular are all beautifully decorated, adding a lot of color.

Zhenhua School, which Sun Han and Luo Sheng are in charge of, started in September, so all the children in the family went to school.

Xiaofu, who was five and a half years old, has become a first-grade primary school student.

Only the four youngest ones, Xiaoya, Xiaoxinghua, Junjun and Guagua, stayed at home.

After New Year’s Day, those who go to school will continue to go to school, and those who stay at home will have fun.

Cao Baojiang once met with Lian Xiaomin and discussed something with her.

On the day of the Christmas dinner, he had a friend, Du Xianli, the owner of Qinglian Restaurant. His second son Yubin and second daughter-in-law had only one son, who was thirteen years old.

Because of the difficult labor she experienced, Du Yubin's wife could no longer have children.

They really want to adopt the two little girls, Lotus and Xinghua, but they don't know if Xiaomin is willing.

Lian Xiaomin still remembered Old Du. She had even gone to his restaurant with her grandfather for dinner. He had a calm and easygoing personality and was a nice person.

He is from Shanghai, and he and Cao Baojiang are old acquaintances in Shanghai, and they know each other well.

It turned out that his son and daughter-in-law also attended the celebration party in the restaurant of the Haikuo Hotel that day. They played with Xinghua and Hehua for a while and liked the two children very much and felt that they got along well with each other.

When Du Yubin and his wife heard that these children were orphans adopted by Lian Xiaomin, they were moved and came up with this idea.

Lian Xiaomin thought about it and sometimes she felt that she was very busy and most of the children were taken care of by nannies.

Like Xiao Xinghua, who is four and a half years old, she is so young and perhaps needs more love from her parents.

So she told her grandfather to ask Lotus and Xinghua what they thought, and to meet Du Yubin and his wife again. If the children were willing, she agreed, and it would be a good thing.

In the days that followed, Du Yubin and his wife came to visit the two children and took them to the park on weekends to spend more time with them.

Lian Xiaomin asked the children, and they said they liked their uncle and aunt very much and were willing to have them as their parents, so the matter was settled.

The other party was also from a wealthy family and helped his father run a restaurant.

Lotus and apricot blossom followed Lian Xiaomin all the way to Hong Kong from a home where they were abused by their second aunt.

Now that she finally has a complete family and a better home, Lian Xiaomin is very happy.

So, the two girls changed their names to Du Xiaohe and Du Xiaoxing.

Du Yubin and his wife were very grateful to Lian Xiaomin and said that they would bring their children back to visit her often in the future.

After this incident, even Xiaomin felt emotional and thought that she should have thought more about these children and made some plans earlier.

Cao Baojiang was touched by the adoption of Du Yubin and his wife. He had no children, so he decided to raise a grandson or granddaughter.

The elderly will live a rich and leisurely life, have more energy to take care of their children, and their later years will not be so lonely.

He likes Xiaohuzi and Lanlan very much. One is a strong and sensible boy, and the other is such a pretty and lovely girl.

The old man discussed with them whether they wanted to live with grandfather.

Xiao Huzi and Lanlan liked this grandfather very much, as he was also their sister’s grandfather, so they said yes.

Lian Xiaomin felt that this was a perfect thing. Cao Baojiang was a very knowledgeable and capable old man. He was also very kind and would raise the child well.

Especially since they are from a wealthy family, Xiaohuzi and Lanlan will enjoy a good life in the future and have a bright future.

Cao Baojiang lives in a villa halfway up the mountain, very close to the Pei family's house.

Pei Ziyan, the little grandson of the Pei family, will be able to play with Hu Zi and Lan Lan in the future and guide them to study well.

The matter was settled, and there were two fewer children in the family.

Yunlai and his younger brother Shenglai will not go anywhere. Yunlai is determined to follow his sister.

Xiao Ya felt a little uncomfortable and missed her sister Lanlan very much. They used to live in the same room.

Lian Xiaomin had to coax and comfort the little girl before she gradually adapted. Fortunately, she has a younger brother, Gua Gua, who doesn’t have to go to school and can play with her all day long. He also listens to her in everything!

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Lian Xiaomin celebrated her 18th birthday in mid-February. She has recently been spending more time on the two newly built Blue Bridge Hotels.

On the morning of the 21st, she was supposed to go to the hotel again, but before she even left the house, Pei Yaohui called her home.

It turned out that something big had happened!

The ocean-going freighter that Pei Zixi and Sun Xuefeng were on at the end of last year had an accident!

After the ship arrived in England, it unloaded its cargo and loaded another batch of goods for the return journey.

As a result, on the way back, they encountered pirates.

The entire ship's cargo was intercepted and emptied.

Sun Xuefeng and Pei Zixi fought back against the pirates, but they had too many people and too powerful weapons.

In the end, the two men and five other people on the boat were captured and their lives or deaths are now unknown.

The freighter suffered heavy casualties and lost its cargo, so it had to return to the British port for anchorage.

The person in charge on the ship made a long-distance call to the Hong Kong head office to report what had happened.

Pei Yaohui and his father Pei Zhaojia were extremely anxious. This batch of goods was very important and they had to pay a large sum of money, but the people were more important!

Pei Zixi and Sun Xuefeng's lives are uncertain, and they are really helpless. They must discuss this matter with Lian Xiaomin.

Lian Xiaomin immediately called the Haikuo Hotel and asked Lawrence Lu to go to the Pei family as soon as possible.

She also quickly went out and drove to the nearby hillside villa area.

As soon as they met, Pei Yaohui told the story again.

The person in charge of this ship now is called Xiao Shihui.

According to his analysis, the pirates captured seven people in total, which was most likely a kidnapping. In that case, they would contact them again, negotiate, and pay a ransom.

Pei Yaohui took out a map and told Lian Xiaomin and Lu Guanjie the places this route passed.

"These are the pirates we encountered on the high seas, Amin, Ajie. Now we can only wait for them to come and demand the ransom."