Qin Ruixu still had many official duties to attend to, so he said a few words of comfort to Chu Yunxiao before leaving the Chu family.
When Zeng Yufan returned home, he saw Jiang Cheng sitting in his house with more than a dozen people. Zhang Anqi and his mother huddled together, trembling with fear, a hint of anger on their faces.
"Jiang Cheng, what are you doing here at my house with your men?" Zeng Yufan asked with a gloomy face.
“Zhang Anqi is pregnant with your child. My elder brother, being a good man, asked me to bring her to you. Now that you’re back, we’ll head back.” Jiang Cheng finished speaking, waved his hand, and left with his men.
Zeng Yufan looked at Zhang Anqi's stomach and asked, "Is the child in your belly mine?"
“Chu Yunxiao has already had a tubal ligation. The baby in my belly isn’t yours, so whose is it?” Zhang Anqi said.
Zeng Yufan sat down on the sofa, looking at Zhang Anqi with a gloomy gaze. "You can seduce me, and you can seduce others too. After the child is born, we'll do a paternity test. If it's mine, I won't treat you badly, and I can even marry you. But if the child isn't mine, I won't give you a single penny."
Zhang Anqi was already humiliated enough by Chu Yunxiao's attempt to dislike her, but now she was humiliated by Zeng Yufan as well. Enraged, she roared, "Zeng Yufan, what kind of person do you take me for? If I didn't want to use a child to climb the social ladder and have a child through artificial insemination, I would never have even looked at you."
Zeng Yufan scoffed, "You have a bad temper, are spoiled and willful, and are not a virtuous wife and loving mother. If it weren't for your ability to give birth, I really wouldn't want to marry you. You are not even as good as one of Liu Anran's fingers."
“No matter how good Liu Anran is, she wouldn’t be interested. She might even be dead by now,” Zhang Anqi retorted angrily.
“She’s doing very well. She won’t die even if you die,” Zeng Yufan said coldly.
...
Liu Anran originally wanted to hire some bricklayers to build a wall, but after seeing Qin Yuhan's tragic death, she worried that it would attract Ling Feng's attention and endanger the four children, so she gave up the idea. She also stopped wandering around and returned to the valley to protect the four children.
When Yunlong and his four siblings saw Liu Anran return alone, they looked puzzled.
"Where's the bricklayer Mom found?" Chu Feng asked.
Liu Anran said, "I couldn't find it. I was worried that you were in danger, so I came back quickly."
"But I ran into your dad and even saved him."
Liu Anran recounted her encounter with Chu Yunxiao in detail.
"Grandma is dead?" Chu Feng exclaimed in shock.
Liu Anran nodded, "She's dead. If she falls into Ling Feng's hands, she'll be badly injured, even if she doesn't die."
Chu Chen said, "If you're a thief for a thousand days, you can't guard against thieves for a thousand days. Luckily, Mother had the foresight to take us away, otherwise we might have fallen into Ling Feng's hands."
"Grandma was careless, which is why she was captured by Ling Feng's men," Yunlong said.
Liu Anran said, "Words are meaningless; strength is the only true measure of success. So you must all work hard to cultivate so that you will have the power to fight Ling Feng in the future."
Yunlong and his four siblings nodded repeatedly. They would definitely work hard to cultivate and not follow in their grandmother's footsteps.
Time flies, and five years have passed since Liu An and his child lived in the valley.
That evening, Liu Anran said to Yunlong and his four siblings, "We can't live in isolation from the world forever. You've all grown up, are sensible, and have the ability to protect yourselves. You should go back to the base in Beijing."
Chu Feng had lived here for several years and had gotten used to it, so she felt a little reluctant to leave now.
"Mom, do we really want to get a divorce?" Chu Feng asked.
“You often talk about your great-uncle and father, so I thought you couldn’t wait to leave,” Liu Anran said.
Chu Feng chuckled and said, "Mom, we haven't been back for so long, I'm worried that Uncle and Dad have forgotten about us."
"Let's just forget about them. We've been doing just fine all these years without them," Liu Anran said nonchalantly.
Liu Anran took out the jewelry she had collected and distributed it to her four siblings, keeping a small portion for herself.
"These jewels are useless now, but they will be very valuable after the apocalypse ends. Put them in your storage ring and don't tell anyone, understand?"
Yunlong and his four siblings nodded in unison, indicating that they would not tell anyone.
Chu Chen sighed, "Mom, you're so wise to be planning for our future so early."
"It's so good to have a mother!" Chu Zhe happily put the jewelry into his storage space. "After the apocalypse ends, I can lie down and do nothing and live comfortably for two lifetimes."
Chu Chen, Chu Feng, and Yun Long also laughed; with their mother's help, they could easily win without lifting a finger.
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