Chapter 178: Destroyed Siheyuan - Qiyuan
There was a hint of joy in Yu Lanci's eyes.
She also found the restaurant much more pleasing to the eye. She raised her eyes and looked at the co-pilot: "Xiao Que, do you want to eat something too?"
Lou Yanjing, who was originally sitting in the passenger seat with his legs crossed in a carefree manner, suddenly felt a vein jump in his forehead.
He tilted his head slightly and looked at his mother-in-law who was calling him by his nickname. He felt as if his chest was completely blocked. He wanted to refute and protest but dared not to say a word, so he pressed the tip of his tongue against the roof of his mouth.
Li Zhi couldn't help but laugh while biting her chopsticks.
Lou Yanjing glanced at her lazily, humming a laugh with his Adam's apple sliding. Then he turned around and looked back at Yu Lanci with a more serious look: "Thank you, Mom. I don't need it."
Li Zhi looked at him like this, her eyes almost filled with smile. She tilted her head slightly while picking up the duck spring rolls, and muttered softly to imitate his attentive tone.
Yu Lanci couldn't help but laugh along.
Seeing that Li Zhi liked the dish very much, she tried to start a conversation with her about its taste.
Yu Lanci doesn't like food that's too sweet, nor does she like chili peppers.
She said that when she was waiting to give birth in Yicheng, she was extremely sad. She felt that Jiangnan cuisine was really unpalatable, either too sweet or too bland.
The confinement nanny she hired at the beginning stewed pig's trotter soup for her without adding any salt, which made her so angry that she cried at home. Qi Heqing fired the confinement nanny when she returned home that night.
Listen to Yu Lanci say this.
Li Zhi even felt that she had found a soulmate.
Every time she tasted Jiangnan cuisine, she thought it was either too sweet or too bland. It was only after she went to study at the Central Academy of Dance that she felt her tongue was liberated.
Yu Lanci smiled: "See, that's why we are biological mother and daughter. Your dad doesn't like sweet things. He even thinks this barbecued pork is too sweet."
The laughter of mother and daughter rang out in the car.
Li Zhi asked Lou Yanjing to ride with her in the car, thinking that she would feel more secure, but she didn't expect that he would become a background board.
But maybe it’s because Lou Yanjing is here.
Li Zhi was in a very relaxed mood and gradually opened up, chatting a lot with Yu Lanci.
The more they talked, the more they discovered that they had many common interests.
As a socialite among Hong Kong celebrities at that time, Yu Lanci also loved to play. She was among the best in billiard, ice hockey, golf, Texas poker, mahjong and go-kart.
Lou Yanjing couldn't help but sigh as he listened: "I finally understand who she learned to be so wild from. When she was in high school, she wore a lady's school uniform skirt and a helmet, like a little gangster. She obviously didn't have the guts, but she still wanted to race with me on a motorcycle."
Even Fu Yanze said it several times back then.
I really don't understand how Li Zhi could be so outspoken in such a conventional environment like the Jiang family.
A noble little swan.
In fact, it has a small pointed mouth and can bite people very ferociously.
Yu Lanci winked at Li Zhi and said, "When we have time, let's play a game of billiard. Even your dad can't beat me."
The mother and daughter made a new agreement.
Carrying Qi Heqing on his back brought his heart closer.
The convoy of luxury cars drove back from the airport to Yangguan East Street. The bold Hong Kong media followed them all the way with cameras, but they couldn't capture any footage through the anti-theft glass. In the end, they were intercepted by people sent by the Qi family, who brought lawyers to silence them.
Yu Lanci hates Hong Kong media very much.
She was always being made up by the Hong Kong media when she was young, especially after the Yu family announced that they were going to marry her off to Kyoto, the Hong Kong media reporters started picking on her every day, causing her a lot of damage.
Once again, the Yu family sold their daughter, and once again, she was tragically traded.
The wedding day.
Qi Heqing came to the Yu family to pick up the bride in the early morning, and then took Yu Lanci back to Kyoto on a private plane, so that the ceremony could still be completed at the auspicious time of noon for the first marriage.
The title given to her by the Hong Kong media at that time was——
The little peacock from Hong Kong escaped from the zoo and attacked Beijing overnight.
Yu Lanci was unwilling to listen to their random writing.
It would have been fine if she had hurt herself in the past, but now that she had finally found her daughter, she didn't want to listen to these people making up stories about her again.
Although sooner or later you can't escape it.
After all, the Hong Kong media have always been bold and hard to shut up.
But at least later.
It’s better to seal it for a while.
Besides, her daughter hasn't even accepted them yet, but she was completely scared away by these lunatics from the Hong Kong media.
The atmosphere on the road was unexpectedly relaxed for Li Zhi.
Yu Lanci is worthy of being the top socialite in Hong Kong at that time, and she deserves the title of social gangster.
She has a strong personality and high emotional intelligence.
Even though he is frank and never puts himself in a difficult position, and he is not used to speaking in a flattering way, he is still likable.
Li Zhi felt comfortable listening to the whole process.
Oh, of course.
She also has her share of sarcastic moments.
After all, some people are really annoying. Yu Lanci showed no mercy when she criticized Jiang Zhiyou and Fu Yanze. The people who were criticized by the crickets would definitely not like her.
But who wants them to like it!
Li Zhi felt that she saw a lot of her past in Yu Lanci...
Before she knew she was a fake daughter.
She has been so arrogant before.
It was as if he wanted to take a cannon and shoot all these brainless people to death.
The mother and daughter chatted like this, with Lou Yanjing occasionally joining in.
Before we knew it, the fleet of luxury cars arranged by Yu Lanci drove into the Second Ring Road. At this season in Kyoto, the Sophora japonica trees were in full bloom and white snowflakes were falling on Yangguan East Street.
The car window was slowly rolled down.
Li Zhi looked up at the Sophora japonica flowers falling in the wind and smelled the light and pleasant fragrance of the flowers. Only then did she feel that she had truly returned to Kyoto.
"Our home is in this alley."
Yu Lanci said to her, "This alley is a bit narrow. Your father said it was like this more than a hundred years ago."
Li Zhi suddenly thought of the dilapidated courtyard house that Lou Yanjing had mentioned.
Looking at the ivy-covered walls and the brick and tile green walls that seemed very old, she couldn't help but recall the song "The Thatched Cottage Destroyed by the Autumn Wind" again in her mind...
But as the convoy gradually went deeper.
Until it stops.
The towering high wall, which was completely different from the green wall in the alley, and the high door with square edges and bright rock, suddenly caught Li Zhi's eye.
The facade has flowing patterns.
The gatehouse of the mansion with high ridges and corners.
Above the green bricks and black tiles with carved beams and painted buildings, the plaque "Qiyuan" hangs high among the bamboos that protrude from the courtyard.
"We're here." Yu Lanci said in a light tone.
The butler arrived at Qi Garden before them. When he saw the lady and the eldest daughter's car arrived, he came over and helped open the door.
Li Zhi walked down in high heels.
Looking in from the gatehouse, you can see the brocade pond surrounded by rockery, pine stones, and a white jade arch bridge.
Inside the palace gate.
The Chinese-style courtyard surrounded by ponds and shaded by green trees is lit by countless bright lights that reflect the daylight.
Several other cars followed shortly after.
Qi Jiashu was the first to pull Sang Ying out of the car: "Wow, I'm finally back home."
And this time he also brought back his sister.
Qi Heqing and Qi Yubai also got out of the car one after another and walked towards Li Zhi who was observing the plaque.
When Li Zhi saw the scene inside the mansion, she was already in a trance. She turned her eyes to Lou Yanjing and said, "Is this what you said, the haunted courtyard?"