She first gave them a big hug, then smiled and spread her hands towards Tingye and Moyin: "Where is my gift? You promised to bring me a gift when you come back from abroad!"

"Wan Ning is only thinking about the gifts, not mom and dad?" Xiang Tingye deliberately put on a stern face, and only smiled after Xiang Wan Ning kissed him on the cheeks twice and said, "I miss you all."

Mo Yin handed over the gift box she had been holding, and said with a smile that she was a greedy ghost. Xiang Wan Ning happily held it in her arms and couldn't help but mutter, "You guys spoil me, so I have to be a greedy ghost. Next time you come back, each of you has to give me one! I won't acknowledge one if two of you give me one!"

After she finished speaking, she looked up at the man who was about the same age as her brother and Yu Quezhou. She was surprised to see that he had a handsome face and was quite extraordinary. Her mood was a little complicated: [I thought it was rare for my brother and Yu Quezhou to become CEOs at this age...]

[So everyone becomes a CEO at such a young age? Has the world outside developed to this point? Is everyone a genius?]

[Help, this makes me look useless. Doesn't that mean I'm the only useless person in the family? ]

Soon, Xiang Wanning happily consoled herself again: [That's good. With me at home eating and waiting to die, everyone will be more motivated to make money! It's also great to be a little loser who only knows how to spend money! ]

Although she thought so, Xiang Wanning still extended her hand to him, introduced herself generously, and smiled at him: "Hello, my name is Xiang Wanning."

Chen Yanli was stunned, as if he had not expected that the sunny girl in front of him would be Xiang Wanning. He was a little dazed for a moment and found it difficult to connect her with Xiang Wanning in his previous life.

After he reacted, he gently held the other person's hand, separated at the touch, and said in the same way: "Hello, my name is Shen Yanli."

Xiang Wanning thought it was just an ordinary meeting and just glanced at him quickly.

After they briefly introduced themselves, Xiang Chisong sent Xiang Wanning away under the pretext of discussing business. Finally, looking at her back, he asked Chen Yanli, "What's wrong? You looked very surprised just now."

"Indeed." Chen Yanli was somewhat emotional, thinking of the sadness that was difficult to conceal between her eyebrows in her previous life, and murmured: "It turns out that if she had a different life, she would have lived so brightly."

After saying that, he turned his head and looked at Xiang Chisong with a serious look: "...Where is Chinen?"

* When they were about to go out, Xiang Wanning ran down from upstairs, wearing the gift she had just received from Mo Yin, and appeared in front of everyone.

It was a very beautiful dress, a purple off-shoulder long dress that fell to the ground, adorned with sparkling sapphires, and a silver-white waist chain passed through it, like a galaxy connecting countless stars. As she ran, it drifted like the wind, rising and falling, like a breathing universe.

"Mom!" She turned around in front of everyone and asked with a smile, "Is it suitable for me?"

No one answered.

Xiang Wanning raised her head in confusion, and saw that they seemed to be stunned, staring at her so closely that even their breathing stopped for a few moments.

Mo Yin endured it again and again, and wiped away the crystal tears from the corners of her eyes under the pretext of fixing her hair. She smiled, suppressed her choked words, and tried to make herself happy.

She praised: "It's really beautiful, it suits you very well."

"Is that so?" Xiang Wan Ning shook her head proudly. "It's like it was tailor-made for me. Mom, where did you buy it? Do you know who the designer is? I need to remember the designer of this dress. It's so beautiful! Does it have a name?"

She threw out questions one after another. These questions were not difficult to answer. Any one of the four people standing in front of Xiang Wanning knew the answers, but at this moment, everyone seemed to be speechless.

How should they answer? They looked at Xiang Wanning with a twinkle in her eyes, as if the sapphires on her skirt were melting into her eyes. She was expecting and waiting for their answer.

"The designer's name is Alice, but this dress has no name." Finally, it was Chen Yanli who spoke up. He said, "Since your aunt bought it for you and you like it so much, why don't you give it a name."

Xiang Wanning was immersed in happiness and didn't notice the other party's address. She felt that what he said made sense. While thinking about what name to give to her beloved skirt, she stroked the skirt and couldn't let it go.

She was immersed in it, like stars in the night sky.

Xiang Wanning said: "Then let's call it Xingchen."

At the moment she blurted out the words, she thought of countless poems related to the stars. She proudly put her hands behind her back and recited a few lines to everyone. Finally, she turned around, pinching her skirt.

Mo Yin saw Xiang Wan Ning skipping back, and she seemed to remember when Xiang Zhi Nian handed her the gift box. She said, "I won't give it a name this time. I don't know if Wan Ning in this life will like it. Let her decide."

Chinen, are you sisters in tune with each other?

Otherwise, why did Wan Ning choose the name you used in the first place after all the twists and turns?

…

Since that day, Xiang Wanning always felt that everyone was hiding something from her.

The atmosphere at home has been a little strange recently. Not only has Xiang Zhinian stopped coming to school, but Xiang Chisong and Yu Quezhou also go out early and come back late. Except for the housekeeper and servants, she is the only one at home most of the time.

She called Xiang Chisong, and there was the crisp sound of wine glasses colliding. Xiang Chisong smiled and explained to her: "The company has been busy with social events recently, and my brother can't leave. Wan Ning should study hard while I'm not at home."

"Brother, drink less. Have you forgotten how drunk you were before?" Xiang Wan Ning complained, swallowing the words she was about to ask, and failing to say them: "I know, take care of yourself and save others' worries."

After she hung up the phone, she felt uneasy again and called Xiang Zhinian, but the call didn't go through.

Xiang Wanning lay in bed, listening to the voice announcement that the call was not connected. She tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep. She stared blankly at the screen of her mobile phone. For some reason, she felt extremely panicked.

She always felt like she was about to lose something.

Xiang Wanning couldn't help but clench her fingers, and even her breathing paused because of her own guess. She thought for a long time and finally called Yu Quezhou.

But she regretted it as soon as she dialed. She felt that it was a little late, so she decided to call during the day to avoid disturbing the other party. Xiang Wanning thought so and was about to hang up when the call was connected at that moment.

"What's wrong?" Yu Quezhou's voice was filled with laughter, but Xiang Wanning could hear a hint of fatigue in it.

She hesitated for a long time before asking, "Brother Xiaoyu, do you know where my sister went?"

Yu Quezhou fell silent.

"What's wrong? Did something happen?" Seeing that he didn't respond, Xiang Wan Ning sat up from the bed and asked anxiously, "How is my sister?"

Countless doubts flooded into her mind. The scene of Xiang Zhinian meeting her in the hospital before made Xiang Wanning couldn't help but worry. She just felt that she couldn't breathe. A terrible guess hovered in her heart. After a long while, she asked: "Is my sister sick?"

Yu Quezhou held the phone further away, looking at the people with an inquiring gaze. Finally, when the person in the middle shook his head, he held the phone closer and gave a random reason: "No, it's just that she was admitted to a foreign school before, and recently received an acceptance letter. She plans to go abroad to have a look."

"Is that so?" Xiang Wanning was a little skeptical: "Then why did everyone hide it from me?"

"I'm not hiding it from you, but Chinen still has to take the entrance exam there. If I tell you that she didn't pass, she, as her older sister, will be embarrassed."

Xiang Wanning is now 14 years old. Many of her doubts were dispelled by Yu Quezhou's powerful words. She is at the age of youth. After hearing this explanation, she thought about it from his perspective and felt it was understandable.

She heaved a sigh of relief, but was still very angry. She couldn't help but scold everyone, and finally said: "My sister is a bad guy. If she didn't pass the exam, then she didn't pass. I won't say anything to her!"

"She better not pass the exam!" She cursed viciously, "She is destined to come back and study in high school with me, humph!"

After Xiang Wanning finished her childish speech, she hung up the phone in annoyance.

In fact, she didn't completely believe Yu Quezhou's words, but Yu Quezhou was the only person who told her these things, so she had to believe it and couldn't help but believe it.

Xiang Wanning didn't understand why everyone kept it a secret from her and why her family kept silent about it if Xiang Zhinian wasn't sick or in trouble and was just taking an entrance exam.

But she knew that no one would tell her the truth, perhaps because she was too young. Xiang Wan Ning stretched out her hand and scratched her head anxiously, wishing she could grow ten years older overnight so that she could share all the burdens with them.

She knew that everyone was protecting her, but she couldn't help but feel sad: But why did they hide it from her? Why did they leave her alone? Xiang Wanning paced back and forth in the room, feeling heavy in her chest, as if she had been excluded by everyone.

But even so, she comforted herself by thinking:

Could it be that I am overthinking it?

What if...what if things were really as Brother Xiaoyu said? Xiang Wanning thought for a moment, took out his phone again, edited a text message and sent it to her.

【Xiang Wanning: Sister, I wish you all the best (＾▽＾) I will wait for you to come back home! 】

…

On the other side, inside the police station.

In the solemn atmosphere, Yu Quezhou hung up the phone, looked at the family waiting at the door, and walked over.

The police officer poured warm water for everyone and comforted them, "Don't worry, the chief is just asking about her condition. If everything goes well, she will be able to go home soon!"

At this point, the police officer praised them for their courage and strategy, for being able to see clearly what Country Z was doing against China and for rushing to report it to the police. Before he finished speaking, he saw the chief leading Xiang Zhinian out of the room.

Several people stood up from the benches in an instant, and heard the director say: "We already know the situation, thank you for your cooperation. Xiang Zhinian, we will stay first, and the others can go back."

Although this was an expected answer, Mo Yin and the others still looked at her worriedly, and Xiang Tingye tried to save the situation: "We will cooperate with the police investigation, can we let her go home with us?"

"I'm sorry, this matter is extraordinary. Xiang Zhinian needs to stay in the police station. When everything is over, we will let her go and will not restrict her freedom." The chief said: "Don't worry, I am doing this for her own good. If Country Z wants to take action against her, we can also protect her."

“…”

Chen Yanli raised his head and looked at her from a distance across the crowd.

He was holding a glass in his hand, which looked ridiculous in this scene. This was what he did to Xiang Chisong when Xiang Wanning called him just now, just to convince the other party.

Even with a hat on, you can see that his hair is messy, a button is missing at the collar, and the folds of his suit are not straightened. It is obvious that he has rushed here. Shen Yanli has imagined the scene of seeing her again countless times. They may hug, kiss, and confess their love to each other.

But I never expected that I would be here, in the police station, standing there and staring at her from afar, unable to even take a step forward.

This was the first time they met in their lives.

Chen Yanli's throat slid, swallowing countless words, and looked at her deeply, pushing the brim of his hat down to cover the tears in his eyes.

He took a step back.

With this step, he gave up his position, and the others hurriedly passed him and stepped forward to give careful instructions to Xiang Zhinian.

The chief did not stop everyone, but just watched with the police officers, and asked Shen Yanli who was standing by the side in confusion: "Who are you to her? Why don't you go and say goodbye?"

The chief reminded: "In order to protect her, we will not let her leave until this matter is over."

Chen Yanli thought a lot. In his previous life, he could call himself "fiancé" and could be said to be her lover, but in this life, he had nothing and could not say anything.

Xiang Zhinian is only 14 years old now. If she tells others, what will they think? Although the director said so, it is also an experiment to see how everyone treats her. Who knows what he thinks of her? Will he think she is abnormal? Will he think that the experimental subject is not a normal person and will definitely lose control?

He couldn't even go up to hug her, because their journeys in this life had no intersection, and he had just hurried back to China, so there was no possibility of knowing her. He was afraid that he would not be able to control his strange emotions, which would arouse the director's suspicion and make Xiang Zhinian's situation worse.

But……

But Chen Yanli still wanted to speak out about their relationship, even a little hint or something different would do, he didn't want to say anything from his own mouth to deny his relationship with Xiang Zhinian.

He looked towards Xiang Zhinian who was in the center of the crowd.

At the same moment, Xiang Zhinian also raised his head and his eyes briefly met his. At that moment, it seemed as if thousands of words merged into his heart.

Chen Yanli measured the distance between him and her with his eyes. It was about ten steps. It would only take him a few seconds to reach her.

——You can walk up to her.

But in the end, facing the slightly suspicious looks of the chief and other police officers next to him, he just smiled.

"The Shen family and the Xiang family have cooperated. I just came with them out of humanitarianism." Shen Yanli said to the director: "I don't know her and I'm not familiar with her."

Wan Ning will recover her memory later, but this plot point is a little late.