Xiang Nanzhi misses her child terribly, tossing and turning in the quiet of the night. She hasn't had a full night's sleep since returning from Saigon.

I dream of a child crying, or of a child falling into a very, very deep cliff.

Li Luchuan visited the Xiang family several times, bringing gifts and comforting her, saying that her dog still showed no reaction.

That day, he asked Li Gao to find him some materials, but when he got them, he began to hesitate.

Li Gao saw through this and reminded him, "Your intervention may indeed sever their ties, but what about the child?"

"Miss Xiang will definitely want the child. What good will it do you if she keeps the child with her?"

There are definitely no benefits.

She would also constantly remind him that Xiang Nanzhi had a child with another man.

"Was I too lenient with him, merely forcing him to leave the ancient city?"

Li Gao was silent for a moment, then said, "It would be easy for you to deal with him now; he'll fall into the hands of the Xiang family."

"Too……"

Li Luchuan laughed, "This barbarian doesn't stay on the grassland herding sheep, but actually wants to start his own business, so I'll give him a hand."

If he continues like this, the old man will notice him sooner or later. The old man named him, and he will realize it immediately.

Although he had many women, he felt somewhat guilty towards that ignorant woman in Saigon.

Even though the woman is now so old she can hardly be seen, the child is still his own flesh and blood.

He was somewhat dissatisfied with both Li Luchuan and Li Mingyue. If he found two other people, the Li family's assets would probably have to be redistributed again.

Shen Shixun's good days didn't last long. He was eager to achieve something and return to Xiang Nanzhi's side with dignity, standing in front of her again. But starting a business was more difficult than he had imagined.

Within a few days, cattle and sheep on the grassland began to die one after another. More than a thousand died in just a few days. The cause of death was unknown, but they must have contracted some disease.

Jira cried for several days, and Shen Shixun sensed that something was wrong, but he didn't connect these abnormalities with the Xiang family at all.

If it were the Xiang family, they would definitely not make a sound and would come over to snatch the child first; they wouldn't have time to pay attention to his cattle and sheep.

As soon as the cattle and sheep began to die, he had the equipment moved to another location, assuming that the cattle and sheep on this pasture had contracted some disease.

In this way, all the tin shacks he built before were wasted, which is equivalent to spending money for nothing.

The other place was a little closer to the county, but it was still around the county town. Shen Shixun and the few people he had invited put their things away and set up a large shed to temporarily shelter the equipment inside.

Shen Shixun didn't think about these losses in detail, but when he calculated them, they almost cost him half his life.

He had no extra money left, and the cost of these equipment and the previous farm construction was covered by Zhang Yandong.

At this critical juncture, he wouldn't go to Zhang Yandong; Shen Shixun's attention was focused on the Buddha statue in his home.

Xiang Nanzhi once said that this Buddha statue is made of gold and is extremely valuable. Many people want to buy it, but they can't find it.

Shen Shixun could tell that Xiang Nanzhi liked it very much, and he planned to give it to her as a gift when they met again in the future. He wanted to make her smile when she was old enough to stand next to him.

Shen Shixun arranged for Qiu Er to help take the Buddha statue to Latu and temporarily hang it in the market.

He learned a lot from Master Zhou, and knew that every place has a special antique market. Once you go to the market and put your items up, buyers from other cities can also see them.

Li Luchuan hadn't expected Shen Shixun to pull this stunt. After Li Gao finished speaking to him, he slowly sat down. "Who did he ask for help?"

"I'm not quite sure about that."

Li Luchuan gave Li Gao a deep look, and Li Gao shook his head, "Isn't this a bit inappropriate?"

“What’s wrong with that? Saigon isn’t a big city, and this kind of news is not uncommon.”

On his way back after finishing his business, Qiu Er was stopped by a car. Several people got out of the car, held him down, and forcibly snatched the Buddha statue from his hands.

Qiu Er was a wild man. He got out of the car and gave chase, determined to fight the other party to the death. He even took out his knife and threw it, which hit the rear window of the car. The people inside the car had already fled.

Qiu Er cried out in distress, "Boss, Brother Xun, someone robbed us!"

Shen Shixun remained calm and did not blame him. "Come back."

It seems someone really is trying to get him. Even the Buddha statue knows about it. Could it be someone from the Li family?

Or rather, it refers to Li Qingyuan himself.

After learning his true identity, Shen Shixun knew very well that Li Qingyuan would probably avoid him like the plague. He came to the grasslands to tell his mother that his surname was Shen, but in fact, his surname was Li...

Does Li Qingyuan know who he is? Is he trying to warn him, or is he trying to harm him?

He already has three wives, a son, an illegitimate daughter, and countless women outside the marriage. It takes a lot of effort for them to still think of making things difficult for him.

Not long after, the Buddha statue fell into the hands of Li Luchuan.

He didn't know anything about antiques, but he knew that Xiang Nanzhi liked them, so he had them preserved and then specially delivered them to Xiang Nanzhi.

Xiang Nanzhi had become incredibly thin. After crying for a while, she pulled herself together and started planting trees in that jujube grove. She also moved out of the Xiang family home and into the old neighborhood in the bustling area where she and Shen Shixun used to live...

She's become more talkative now, doesn't like to complain to people, and buries herself in her work every day. Jewelry shows, fashion shows, racetracks, concerts—none of them can pique her interest.

Xiang Nanzhi had never felt this way before. It was as if a piece of her heart was empty. She had given her heart to someone else, and that person had taken it away, along with the child she had been carrying for ten months.

She didn't know what she had done wrong to deserve this treatment from Shen Shixun; before this, the man had given her no warning whatsoever.

The Xiang family never stopped searching, but they were looking in the wrong direction. Li Luchuan didn't want to remind them. He wished that Xiang Nanzhi and Shen Shixun would never have any connection again, and he wished that Shen Shixun would take the child and die somewhere deserted.

Occasionally, he would deliberately probe indirectly, leading Xiang Ciyuan astray, which he found quite amusing.

This woman should have been his!

When Li Luchuan arrived by car, Xiang Nanzhi was wearing a white down jacket and weeding in the jujube grove. There were other helpers in the grove, but she did it all herself.

Over the course of the days, the blisters on Xiang Nanzhi's hands would swell up and then disappear, repeating this cycle until her delicate white hands were in terrible shape!

She was focused when the man suddenly grabbed her. Xiang Nanzhi instinctively thought that she could see Shen Shixun if she looked up.

Li Luchuan smiled at her, "Miss Xiang, why are you digging the ground yourself? You can't possibly do something like this by yourself..."

"There's nothing to do at home."