"Young Master, let's go." Zhan Yue looked at his master with heartache. He felt that it was bad enough that his master had mistaken a woman for someone else, but now he was even trying to claim her child.
Thinking this, he fixed his gaze on Gu Xiaoran.
Upon seeing this, he was filled with disbelief. "Young master, he... he looks just like your lost young master."
"It doesn't seem like it at all." Gu Xiaoran felt a little uncomfortable under Zhan Yue's gaze. "Mother, let's go. I need to take a boat. I still need to go home to eat glutinous rice balls later. Let's not waste time."
Qiu Yumei and the others noticed that something seemed to be happening and quickly ran over.
"Jin'er..." He Lin called softly, and tried to snatch the child away again.
"You've lost your mind!" Qiu Yan, holding Gu Xiaoran, suddenly turned around, then stuffed five taels of silver into the boatman's hand and quickly boarded the pleasure boat.
He Lin wanted to follow, but Qiu Dayu waved him off.
"I'm telling you, man, in broad daylight... no, with all the lights on, you come here to snatch a child? Aren't you afraid the child's father will come after you for revenge?"
He Lin stopped, muttering, "His father... I am his father..."
Qiu Dayu shook his head. "Sigh, he's quite ill."
Noticing that Zhan Yue was looking at him with hostility, Qiu Dayu stepped back, quickly pulled Zhao Yuanyuan along, and followed Qiu Yan onto the cruise ship.
Qiu Xu arrived quickly, glanced at the man in front of him for some reason, and like his sister, thought of the fight at Xingyue Tower that day.
He and his aunt and others boarded the cruise ship one after the other, found a seat at random, and sat down.
Just as the cruise ship was about to set sail, Ling Qi and Ling Ba ran up from a short distance away and, at the last moment, leaped onto the cruise ship.
They had seen He Lin long ago.
On the cruise ship, Qiu Yumei saw Zhao Yuanyuan and her fifth brother appear at the lantern festival together and asked with a smile:
"Yuanyuan, is the clothing store busy lately?"
Fifth brother, that silly boy, has finally figured it out.
Zhao Yuanyuan replied with a smile, "It's just after the New Year, so I'm not very busy."
Qiu Ling'er and her two cousins were overjoyed. They looked around, especially Qiu Ling'er and Zhao Yang, who ran around excitedly as soon as they boarded the ship.
Zhao An also kept clinging to the railing of the boat, gazing out into the distance.
Qiu Xu, on the other hand, quietly watched his sister and the others jumping around happily, and his heart was filled with joy as well.
Qiu Dayu participated and played with the children.
"Ling'er, Yangyang, let's play a game of throwing stones and see who can throw the farthest."
After saying that, he took out a handful of sweet almonds from his pocket, picked out one, randomly found an empty spot on the lake, and tossed it into the distance.
The almonds, following his force, lightly touched the lake surface, reflecting shimmering ripples.
Zhao Yang, in a playful mood, said, "Uncle, that's a great idea!"
Qiu Yumei, fearing the children might be in danger, spoke up to stop them, "Fifth brother, these are perfectly good sweet almonds, wouldn't it be a waste to ruin them?"
Furthermore, this lake is full of tourist boats; what if you hurt someone?
Zhao Yang lowered his head, pulled Qiu Ling'er along, and went to find Zhao An to look at the scenery.
Qiu Dayu chuckled awkwardly, turned to Zhao Yuanyuan, and stuffed the sweet almonds into her hand, saying, "Don't waste them."
The latter, holding a sweet almond, sighed, "Qiu Dayu, how old are you?"
Qiu Yumei burst out laughing at Zhao Yuanyuan's words.
Then, she glanced at He Lin, who was staring intently in the direction of their cruise ship, and asked Qiu Yan, "Xiao Yan, do you two know each other?"
"I don't know him," Qiu Yan said, then remembered what Gu Qian had said that day, "He's Gu Qian's friend."
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