The review process of the welfare home has been completed and formal preparations for its construction have begun. Yana and Yinyin are busy all day long, especially Yinyin. Although there are not many courses at school anymore, running back and forth is still tiring. She comes back every day, eats a few bites and goes to bed, too lazy to even open her mouth.
Yana is not much better off. Danmin is taken care of by a special person in the manor. She also has to take various game courses during the day. When she comes home at night, she pesters her mother to hold her. Yana has no strength and can only sit on the sofa and let her mother hold her for a while. Sometimes she is so tired that she falls asleep.
Nanxi felt sorry for them and wanted to do more work, but the two of them refused to let her go out no matter what.
"Sister Xi, you're pregnant now. It's too dangerous to go out. Besides, it's so hot outside. It's too painful to go out. Just stay home. Sister Yana and I can handle it."
Yinyin held Danmin in her arms and forced herself to play with her. Yana, who was still talking a minute ago, had now fallen asleep on the sofa.
"But seeing you guys so tired every day, I really feel bad." Nanxi frowned.
"It's nothing. We have our own small business, and we're happy no matter how tired we are. Sister Xi, you are our baby now, and you can't get hurt at all. If you get hurt, with Brother Long's reckless personality, he will definitely cancel the welfare home's project when he comes back, and he might even kick us out of the manor.
Just stay here peacefully and take good care of yourself. Once you give birth to a healthy baby, maybe Brother Long will be happy and give us some extra money."
Yin Yin has always been straightforward and never hides her thoughts.
Nanxi closed her eyes and smiled, "Yinyin, even though your brother Long is usually rough and violent, he can be very careful sometimes. Be careful that he finds out about these little thoughts and punishes you. It's better to hide them. He hates it most when people ask him for money. Every day when he opens his eyes, there are eight hundred people asking him for money."
Nanxi kindly reminded him.
Being in a high position, he has a lot of things to do every day. In particular, Sa Kun often finds various reasons to withhold military expenses, and the people of the Wu faction can only complain to him.
The army is a bottomless pit. No matter how rich a person is, he can never fill it with his private property. It will never be filled. Nanxi watches her husband raising and allocating funds all day long. She feels sorry for his difficulties and will unconsciously think about things from his perspective.
"I know, Brother Long is stingy. He used to talk about him a lot with Brother Tu." Yin Yin didn't think too much and complained softly.
Nanxi shook her head and smiled faintly, "Is it time for Danmin to drink milk? Have the servants take her to drink milk and coax her to sleep. You should also wake up Yana and get her to bed early. I'll go upstairs to take a bath. A-lu will call soon. I'll say a few words and then go to bed. We have to sign the project contract tomorrow, so we all need to be well rested."
"Yeah, okay, Sister Xi, you go up first. I'll send a message to Sa Xun and go to sleep. Otherwise, this bastard will keep calling me. It's so annoying."
Yinyin handed the toy to Danmin and took out her cell phone to send a message.
When Nanxi went upstairs, the servant had already prepared the water. Just as she soaked in it, her cell phone rang. She thought it was Balu, but when she looked up, it turned out to be Xu Jin, her former thangka teacher in college, whom she hadn't contacted for a long time.
Puzzled, he wiped the water off his hands and pressed the answer button.
"Xixi, are you okay?" the person opposite asked hesitantly.
"Well, it's good. Teacher Xu, how are you? Is the travel plan over? When will the art exhibition be held?" Nanxi still remembered how envious she was when she heard that Xu Jin was going to travel around to sketch and then hold an art exhibition, doing something she had always wanted to do but couldn't.
"The exhibition is already being prepared. It will probably be held next year. We will send you an invitation then." The person opposite smiled.
"Okay, I'll definitely go. I'm really looking forward to it." Nanxi said, then added, "Teacher, it's so late. What do you want to talk to me about?"
"Yeah." Xu Jin responded, then said, "Xixi, are you in Yangon?"
"Yes, what's wrong?"
"The last stop of my sketching trip was in the county town near Liang Lu's hometown. I thought since I was already there, I might as well meet up and catch up. I went to the address she gave me, but I didn't see her. I saw her brother instead. That's when I realized something had happened to Liang Lu."
Crash~
The person lying in the water sat up suddenly upon hearing this, and asked nervously, "What happened to her?"
"She followed her family's arrangements and married a local man. He treated her well at first, but later, he was probably tricked and became addicted to gambling. His family was originally quite wealthy, but it didn't take long for him to drain their wealth.
Liang Lu was pregnant and couldn't go out to work, so the man followed her and kept asking her for money. He abused her and even had the child aborted.
Xu Jin's voice trembled as he spoke here, "I can't imagine what she, with such a good personality, has been through.
Her brother said that a year ago, Liang Lu and the man could not be contacted, so their family called the police. The police investigation said that the man was last seen at the airport in the provincial capital flying to Thailand, and it was 80% likely that the two of them went to Thailand.
But I've asked a lot of people, and they're just transiting through Thailand. Their final destination might be somewhere in northern Myanmar. It's very chaotic over there right now, and I don't know anyone there. After much thought, I can only ask you. You're in Yangon, and your family has been doing business in Myanmar for many years. See if there's any way you can get there."
Nanxi took a few deep breaths and calmed down.
"Teacher, I understand. Do you have any information about Lulu's husband? A photo would be fine too."
"Yes, I'll send it to your phone later."
After hanging up the phone, Nanxi sat in the bathtub in a daze for a long time.
It seems like the days when I went to school with Liang Lu were so long ago. How come things have turned out like this in just a few years?
She had heard Liang Lu talk about her family. She came from an ordinary working-class family in a county town. She had no background, but also no ambition. Her biggest wish was to return to her hometown to be an art teacher, find a man who loved her, marry him, and live a stable life.
She worked so hard and never hurt anyone, so why did fate push her to this point in the end?
If she really went to northern Myanmar, it has been so long and it is unknown whether she is still alive.
Southern Myanmar and Northern Myanmar are two different concepts. The south is directly controlled and governed by the military government, open to tourists, and has police security. However, the north is different. Warlords are in power, ethnic armed conflicts are constant, and various forces are intertwined.
When she was a teenager, she was kidnapped and taken to northern Myanmar. She witnessed the hell on earth with her own eyes. If it weren't for Baru's protection, she would have turned into a pile of bones long ago.
But not everyone has such luck. There is only one Baru in the world. How can Lulu survive so many days and nights before she can wait for reinforcements?
According to Xu Jin, her family had given up the search long ago. If Xu Jin hadn't known about her experience by accident, she might have just disappeared.
Thinking of this, Nanxi couldn't help feeling sad.
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