Grandpa Lu was completely bewildered. Was there something wrong with him staring at a little girl?

There's absolutely no problem, okay?

July 28th is just around the corner, the auspicious day for Li Youxuan and the eldest grandson of the Yu family to get married.

This time, Li Youxuan didn't let her family come. She really couldn't stand her mother's antics anymore; who knew what kind of wicked schemes she would come up with?

At this moment, Li's only son is still in prison, and Li's mother is not going to let go of any opportunity to get her son exonerated.

Now, Li Youxuan is only thinking about how to help her husband rise to a higher level, and she prays that the Yu family will continue to prosper. She also wants to sever ties with her family from now on, and she doesn't want anything to ruin her happiness.

Jiang's mother was truly good to Li Youxuan; it seemed as if she gave all her maternal love to Li Youxuan.

Jiang Jueyi secretly visited her mother many times, and almost every time she saw her mother and Li Youxuan being affectionate with each other.

Jiang Jueyi was very disappointed, wondering what the siblings had done wrong that their biological mother would rather give all her maternal love to a complete stranger than give them even a little bit.

Jiang Jueyi hadn't told her family about this, but she had mentioned it to Xu Xinning once by chance. Xu Xinning said that relationships between people are all about fate, even with one's own mother. If there's no fate, why worry about it? If you don't worry, you won't get hurt.

Perhaps her heart had grown cold, or perhaps she had finally come to her senses; from that moment on, Jiang Jueyi never mentioned her mother again.

Li Youxuan is getting married, and the busiest person is Jiang's mother. She has prepared a complete dowry, including everything that is currently available, which has cost her most of her savings.

People who don't know the situation might think that Li Youxuan is her illegitimate daughter.

Otherwise, how can we explain treating strangers better than one's own children?

As July 28th drew closer, Mu Jingheng became increasingly busy, and he was rarely seen lately, having entrusted the task of protecting Xu Xinning to Fu Zhihong, the old master's orderly.

This puzzled those unaware of the situation, and rumors even circulated that Xu Xinning was about to fall out of favor.

Xu Xinning herself knew exactly what was going on.

Mu Jingheng told Xu Xinning that a critical moment concerning the lives of millions of people was about to arrive.

In the early hours of July 28, a sudden earthquake shook the ground. Xu Xinning woke Kuang Meizhu from her bed and, for her safety, pulled her to an open area.

When Xu Xinning and the others came out, the orderly and guards rushed over, and even Xiao Ning arrived.

They were able to arrive so quickly entirely because Mu Jingheng had made preparations in advance. He was afraid that while he was away, enemy agents hidden in the compound might take the opportunity to kidnap Xu Xinning.

Mu Jingheng and Xu Mingyang had already set off for the earthquake zone with the main preventative force. Before the earthquake even struck, they evacuated a portion of the population in an orderly manner, relying on the public's trust in the soldiers.

This task was very difficult. Fortunately, Mu Jingheng had enough time to prepare and persuaded those who needed to evacuate to leave before the earthquake struck. However, the scale of the operation was too large, and people always took chances before the danger arrived. Many people who evacuated secretly returned after seeing that everything was alright, not to mention the stubborn ones who did not evacuate.

Ideological work was done again and again.

You can't reason with a devil who's determined to die. There's really nothing you can do about those who keep sneaking back. After all, there's just too much work to do.

When the earth began to shake violently, everyone finally understood the soldiers' good intentions, but it was too late for regrets.

The tremors were quite strong in Kyoto, and many people were awakened and ran out of their houses.

"What's going on? Was it an earthquake?"

"What should we do? Will our house collapse?"

"It's stopped, it's stopped shaking."

Everyone in the open space seemed panicked.

Many people in the compound were secretly sent out to provide disaster relief.

Xu Xinning looked in the direction Mu Jingheng had indicated. Although the distance was far, Xu Xinning could still see unusual colors on the horizon.

That place must be like hell now, right?

Xu Xinning looked worried.

At Mu Jingheng's request, Xu Xinning had prepared a lot of medicines long ago, and she also moved a lot of supplies from her own space to their shared space. Now, although the space is large, it is full of things, mainly food, which was mostly grown in Xu Xinning's space later.

Xu Xinning didn't know how Mu Jingheng had rationalized these supplies, but she hoped they could contribute to the people in the disaster area.

Because of the earthquake in the middle of the night, Li Youxuan and the eldest grandson of the Yu family could not hold their wedding, and the men in the compound were all busy and overwhelmed.

The couple had already obtained their marriage certificate the day before, and the groom-to-be was urgently summoned back home in the middle of the night.

The next day at dawn, Grandpa Yu decided that the wedding banquet would proceed as planned. The food had already been bought, and it would spoil in the weather if they didn't eat it, so it was better to invite everyone to eat.

And so Li Youxuan had a wedding without a groom.

The eldest daughter-in-law of the Yu family felt very uncomfortable. She always felt that this was an unlucky thing, so she didn't give Li Youxuan a good look.

The wedding banquet began, but the men who were going to perform their duties didn't have much of an appetite.

Therefore, there was hardly any laughter or joy at this wedding.

The eldest daughter-in-law of the Yu family felt even more depressed. She even attributed all of this to Li Youxuan, who in her mind had become an unlucky person.

Jiang's mother also came. This was her first time entering the compound since her divorce. Things had really changed. Fortunately, she was thick-skinned and acted as if nothing had happened. She ignored Jiang Jueyi and Lin Ying, as if she were only Li Youxuan's family member today.

Many people shook their heads when they saw Jiang's mother's behavior. How could a normal person do such a thing?

So ever since Jiang's mother moved into the compound, everyone, whether they knew her or not, kept their distance from her.

The Yu family only hosted one meal at noon; there was no banquet in the afternoon.

Jiang's mother acted like a true in-law, sitting with Li Youxuan at the Yu family's house for quite a while, saying a lot of nice things about Li Youxuan, as if afraid that Li Youxuan would be bullied.

The daughters-in-law of the Yu family rolled their eyes in silence, speechless. They had never met anyone more clueless than Jiang's mother.

While Jiang's mother and the Yu family were arguing about Li Youxuan's future, aftershocks came one after another from the epicenter, which made the rescue more difficult. In addition, due to the lack of advanced equipment, many soldiers suffered injuries of varying degrees.

Mu Jingheng felt helpless, realizing how insignificant he was. Even with thorough preparations, countless people still died and were injured in the face of natural disasters.

Humans are so insignificant in the face of nature, as insignificant as a speck of dust, which can be blown away without a trace, as if it had never existed.

The houses collapsed, and it's unknown how many people were trapped underneath.

During the rescue, in order not to hurt anyone, the soldiers almost dug with their bare hands. Seeing such a tragic scene, they didn't care even if their hands were torn apart, they just wanted to save as many people as possible as possible.