On New Year’s Eve, the house was bustling, but it always felt empty and the atmosphere was much less lively.
It feels like the New Year is not the same as before.
The New Year’s Eve dinner was sumptuous, but it felt weird while eating. My family was right next to me, but something just didn’t feel right.
After dinner, Ji Yingying set off fireworks, but before she could finish a few, Yanni and Ji Jiayu went back to the house.
She was heavily pregnant, so it was normal for her to go back later. As for Ji Jiaming, he sat for a while and then went back to his room.
Only Ji Yingying and Fang Yulan were left in the hall.
Fang Yulan had to keep watch that night, so naturally she wouldn't go back.
Ji Yingying set off fireworks for a while, but then got bored and stopped. She found a wall to sit on and looked outside.
Every household had red lanterns hanging, which looked beautiful but also lonely. Not long after, Mu Kaiji arrived with a bottle of red wine. He drank it, but Ji Yingying was not yet an adult, so Mu Kaiji did not let her drink it.
"You know, I'm only eleven years old, but why do I feel like the New Year atmosphere in this world is becoming less and less?"
"Who knows, next year might have a New Year's atmosphere. We don't need to be sent out this year, and you also have holidays. Why don't we just go out and have some fun? Don't you have a tricycle?"
"Yes, but they are not as practical as electric cars!" Tricycles are good, but they consume a lot of fuel and electricity. They can't be driven for long, and they are not reliable.
"Then let's ride the electric bike. Let's go out and play, and come back after the court session."
"Okay, let's go travel around!" Ji Yingying left without even saying goodbye and left the capital directly. When Fang Yulan found out, she wanted to scold her.
It was New Year's Day and there were many taboos, so she had to send a message to the palace saying that she was going out for fun.
Now, only the one in the palace can keep her in check; even her own mother's words sometimes have no effect.
...
"Where should we go first?"
"We have no plans, we'll just go wherever we end up. It's just too cold, shall we switch to a horse-drawn carriage?"
"I think it's okay, I'm dressed warmly!" Ji Yingying looked at the clothes she was wearing, including a down jacket, thermal underwear, and so on. She had put on everything.
I drove for three days straight to Jiangnan. It was raining but not snowing there, but it was still bitterly cold.
Upon arriving in Jiangnan City, Ji Yingying found an inn and stayed for two days. The lights of Jiangnan were dim and beautiful on the third day of the Lunar New Year.
“It feels a bit like a city that never sleeps.”
"You're overthinking it. It's just during the New Year holidays. Oh, and I heard there's a temple that's very effective. Should we go check it out?"
Ji Yingying was shocked and looked at him quickly: "No way, you are a materialistic person, and you actually want to go to worship?"
"I didn't go before, but now that I can, I naturally want to go and see it."
"Okay, let's go then."
[Host, there's a human trafficker downstairs. He's been bribed to kidnap a little girl.]
[What little girl?] Ji Yingying looked down from the private room upstairs and immediately spotted the human trafficker.
[The little girl he was staring at now, three or four years old, was the daughter of a wealthy businessman in Jiangnan City. The human trafficker wanted to abduct her because he wanted his wife to be heartbroken and then adopt her as his own daughter.]
[Hiss~ This plot... looks so familiar! ]
Could the person behind this be... a relative of that girl?
[No, she's a concubine. She doesn't want to be a concubine anymore. Only by doing this can she send her daughter into the mansion, then outlast the mistress and marry into the family herself.]
[Just tell me, does that man, the mistress's husband, know that she did this?]
【Know!】
[The most important thing is that the man is a gigolo. After marrying into their family, he wanted to take over the family property and has been plotting against the woman.]
【Besides, that woman is now pregnant again, and the child is not his yet.】
[What? The little girl's mother also cheated on her husband? ]
[He didn't cheat on her; he cuckolded himself. Because he didn't like her, he didn't want to sleep with her, so he let someone else sleep with him. And that person was a guard.]
[Then...] Ji Yingying didn't expect the follow-up, but she really wanted to eat this melon.
The guard was bought by the woman for the man she married into the family; however, it was that guard who lived with her from their marriage until now.
[The guard fell in love with the woman and wanted to live a good life with her, but he didn't know how to say it, so he kept protecting the mother and daughter silently.]
[Then the man who married into the family found out, and today he sent him out to have someone kidnap that daughter.]
[Wait, you mean that woman married into the family, but the man didn't like her, only wanted her family fortune, so he agreed to the marriage. After the wedding, he had a bodyguard take his place in the bridal chamber, and she gave birth to the bodyguard's daughter. Now she's pregnant again, also with the bodyguard's child, and the bodyguard has fallen in love with the mother and daughter, secretly protecting them. But the man who married into the family found out and wants to harm them?]
[Yes, you can summarize.]
What would have been the fate of the mother and daughter if I hadn't intervened?
[The mother and daughter are separated forever. The biological mother suffered a miscarriage after her daughter was abducted, and her health deteriorated. She then adopted a mistress's daughter, but was eventually killed by the mistress. Her biological daughter was found and also murdered. Finally, the guard, heartbroken, killed the man who had married into the family and then committed suicide. That is the ending.]
[Okay, okay... This isn't a happy ending. I have to save them, but at least I can't let the family fortune fall into the hands of this scumbag!]
[Okay, I support you!] Xiangxiang chuckled twice, obviously... happy again, as she was going to gain more merit.
Ji Yingying asked Rong Er to deal with the human traffickers and then wrote a letter to the mother and daughter.
The woman had already heard the whole thought and knew all along. Moreover, Ji Yingying had been to Jiangnan City, and everyone in Jiangnan City knew that she could speak ventriloquism.
So when she heard the inner voice, she immediately knew that Lord Ji had arrived.
After reading the letter, she immediately said to Rong Er, "Thank you, sir. I have no way to repay you. Once this matter is settled, I will definitely send you half of my family fortune."
Ji Yingying was shocked when she received the news.
That woman said she'd give me half of her fortune. Tell me what happened next, I need to know when she'll give it to me.
Ji Yingying was overjoyed; money was coming in again. She always spent the most money on this trip.
The money we earn isn't even enough to feed the people!
[What followed from your meddling was... that woman dealt with the mistress, crippled the man, locked him up, and then lived with the guards.]
What about the rumors and gossip outside?
[She told others that the man had run off with a vixen, taking a lot of her money with him, and then went to live with the guards.]
[That guard wouldn't have any ulterior motives, would he?]
[No, he really fell in love with the woman. Moreover, she even gave birth to several children for him!]
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