More than a month has passed in the blink of an eye.
He Lanyi is back.
He returned without alerting anyone and slipped directly into the courtyard he had been longing for.
It was still late afternoon when Li Yunyan lay lazily on the chaise lounge, holding a travelogue in one hand and a silver fork in the other, eating seasonal fruit.
Qingyin sat next to her, embroidering a handkerchief with a sewing basket.
Seeing him enter, Li Yunyan slightly raised her eyes.
"Cheng, why are you back at this hour?"
Upon hearing her address, Helan Yi lowered his eyes, his expression darkening slightly.
He strode toward her and said calmly, "I had little to do today, so I came back early."
Looking down, she saw Qingyin standing there and said coldly, "We don't need you here, you can leave!"
"yes."
Qingyin knew that her son-in-law didn't like anyone serving him when he came back, so she obediently took her sewing basket and went back to her room.
As soon as she went out, Li Yunyan watched his tall figure approaching her, his eyes filled with indescribable emotions.
The next moment, a deluge of kisses rained down upon them.
"Hmm!"
Li Yunyan was caught off guard by his kiss, and the fruit she hadn't even swallowed was snatched away from her mouth as well.
He Lanyi kissed her deeply and urgently; he missed her terribly! In the 42 days they had been apart, he hadn't stopped thinking about her for a single moment!
"Yanyan..." he whispered her name as he kissed her.
Li Yunyan wrapped her arms around him tightly, sensing his emotions. "Acheng? What's wrong? Is something wrong with your business?"
"No," he replied calmly, suppressing his surging emotions, "I just think you look especially beautiful today!"
She chuckled softly and bit him, "You're getting better and better at sweet talk!"
He laughed, pried open her lips, and kissed her deeper and deeper.
The door suddenly opened, and Li Yunyan was startled and huddled in his arms.
He Lanyi calmly turned around and looked through the openwork of the screen at the wide-open door.
Then he turned away as if nothing had happened.
"It's nothing... the wind blew the door open."
Li Yunyan breathed a sigh of relief and pushed him away, "Stop kissing me!"
"Yanyan,...be good." He had missed her for over a month, and he wasn't going to let her go today!
Li Yunyan slapped him, "Then go and close the door properly!"
"......good."
In the next room, He Lancheng clenched his fists tightly. He hadn't expected He Lanyi to move so quickly!
He thought he would be back in at least another two weeks!
The next morning, He Lanyi walked out of the room and out of the courtyard, feeling refreshed.
Half an hour later, a servant came to the courtyard to report that the eldest young master had returned and that the old lady wanted everyone to go over there!
This is the first time the old lady has taken the initiative to get involved with He Lanyi's affairs since what happened six years ago.
He Lancheng knew that He Lanyi's matter had been accomplished!
He rubbed his temples, tucked the blanket around the sleeping Li Yunyan, and called Qingyin in.
"Madam didn't rest well last night. You stay here and watch over her. If anyone comes to call her, just say it was me who said so. Madam doesn't need to go over!"
"Yes, sir, I understand!"
Qingyin knew perfectly well that Miss had been exhausted again last night and would probably sleep until late afternoon today.
He Lancheng walked outside the courtyard, where Shuquan was already waiting.
Two months ago, the young master forbade anyone from entering this courtyard, not even his personal servant. Every day after returning home, he could only stay in the side room outside the courtyard.
When they arrived at the old lady's courtyard, He Lanyi was already sitting upright inside.
Sitting with him were some elders from the clan and relatives from collateral branches. They all wore solemn expressions, indicating the importance of what they were about to face.
He Lancheng and He Lanyi met each other's gazes indifferently, and the emotions revealed in their eyes were intriguing.
He Lanyi smiled and said, "Second brother is here, please have a seat!"
When the old lady didn't see Li Yunyan, she asked, "Why didn't Yan'er come over?"
He Lancheng readily replied, "Grandmother, Yanyan is not feeling well today, so I let her rest."
"I see."
The old lady didn't ask any further questions, but Helan Yi raised an eyebrow and looked at Helan Cheng with a hint of provocation in his eyes.
He Lancheng cursed the beast in his heart, but at the same time thought he was very childish, so he looked away and ignored him.
The truth will now come out.
He Lanyi has found key witnesses during his trip out, revealing the true cause of death of his father He Lanhuaide, stepmother He Shi, and his two stepbrothers and sisters six years ago.
They were only thirteen years old at the time.
One day, He Lanyi overheard his stepmother talking to her maid and learned that his birth mother had been murdered by this woman! He secretly told his younger brother about it, and the two of them secretly searched for evidence.
In the process of gathering evidence, they inadvertently discovered an even bigger secret! That is, the son and daughter born to the stepmother were not of the Helan family bloodline at all!
The child's biological father is someone else!
They immediately told their father, Helan Huaide, about it.
Helan Huaide, of course, did not believe it and scolded them for being narrow-minded, unable to even tolerate their own younger siblings! He even had them whipped and made them face the wall in repentance.
Although Helan Huaide did not believe what they said, a thorn had grown in his heart, and soon he also noticed something was amiss.
But he discovered it too late!
Since He had already been suspected, he had made preparations and put a colorless and odorless poison in his food.
Helan Huaide died on the spot from the poison.
After Helan Huaide collapsed, Madam He hardened her heart and slapped each of her two children several times. She then had her sons, Helan Yi and Helan Cheng, summoned to her side, creating the illusion that they had quarreled with their younger siblings, causing their father's death!
After doing all this, she sent someone to invite the old lady.
If she could drag these two brothers into this mess, then secretly kill them both, and finally poison the old woman, then her two children would be the only offspring of the Helan family's main branch.
Then the entire Helan family will belong to them!
Madam He thought her plan was flawless. She had prepared all her evidence and all her servants had prepared their testimonies. Even if the brothers had hundreds of mouths, they couldn't possibly make the old lady believe them!
But she underestimated Helan Yi's decisiveness!
After discovering her intentions, He Lanyi acted decisively, taking advantage of He Shi's momentary lapse in vigilance, and directly pulled out the dagger hidden in her calf—
They killed her two children!
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