Hearing Jiang Xinxin's question, Ge Peiyao felt heartbroken. She bent down to look Jiang Xinxin in the eye and said gently, "How could Xinxin think that way? You're so cute, no one would dislike you."
"If so, then she has poor taste."
Jiang Yueyao said helplessly, "Mom, please don't keep saying that to Xinxin."
Jiang Hengzhi smiled and said, "Mom is right. Our Xinxin is the most beautiful and adorable little girl in the world."
Bai Wenying and her daughter have no right to dislike her.
Jiang Xinxin blushed with embarrassment at the compliments and covered her face with flowers, saying shyly, "Oh dear, you've made Xinxin blush with all your praise!"
As the group talked, the black sedan slowly drove in.
Jiang Xinxin jumped up and down happily: "My little uncle and sister are here!"
Jiang Hengzhi and Ge Peiyao subconsciously looked at the black sedan that had slowly come to a stop.
Jiang Hengzhi stood up straight, while Ge Peiyao unconsciously straightened her perfectly wrinkle-free skirt. Her gaze, fixed on the black sedan, carried a hint of nervousness and anticipation that she herself was unaware of.
Jiang Yueyao calmly observed their reactions, her hands clenched into fists at her sides, the sharp fingertips digging into her palms, the slight sting keeping her rational.
The door of the black sedan was pushed open.
Jiang Lixuan got out of the car and saw the people standing at the door. He exclaimed "Oh!", put one hand on the car door, raised his eyebrows and said in a nonchalant manner, "Mom, Second Brother, Little Sister, Xinxin, did you come here especially to welcome me?"
"Stop being so cheeky," Ge Peiyao scolded. "Where is he?"
She had barely finished speaking when the other car door suddenly opened.
With a "whoosh" sound, a child wearing tattered gray clothes, with two messy pigtails, fair skin, and a pair of bright round eyes, appeared in her line of sight.
When Ge Peiyao saw the little girl, she was momentarily stunned, as if she saw Bai Wenying when she was a child, before she got lost.
The resentment she had felt towards Bai Wenying instantly dissipated somewhat.
Jiang Hengzhi was also a little stunned. This girl looked so much like Bai Wenying when she was a child; she was practically a carbon copy of her.
His originally cold expression softened slightly.
Jiang Yueyao, who noticed all this, almost couldn't keep her smile. It's happening again!
Whenever Bai Wenyin is around, or whenever there is someone or something related to Bai Wenyin, they become this absent-minded.
Even though he verbally expressed his disgust for her, even though he had already kicked her out of the house, even though he had threatened to sever ties with her, why is he still reacting so strongly to her situation?!
While they were observing Nanmanyuan, Nanmanyuan was also observing them.
From their faces, she could tell that two of the three adults were related to her by blood, while the pretty aunt and the good-looking child were not.
Nan Yuanman tilted her head slightly and asked, "Are you my mother's relatives?"
Ge Peiyao snapped out of her daze and frowned slightly upon hearing her question: "How dare you talk like that? I'm your maternal grandmother, didn't your mother tell you that?"
"Where's your mother? Why isn't she coming down yet? What's wrong? Do I have to go and ask her myself before she'll come down?"
Jiang Lixuan's expression became somewhat subtle upon hearing Ge Peiyao's words.
Jiang Yueyao didn't notice his expression. She reached out to support Ge Peiyao, a hint of sadness in her eyes: "Mom, don't say that about my sister. Maybe it's because of what happened back then that she..."
"Sister, I'm sorry for what happened back then. If you still blame me, I apologize."
"Don't worry, I won't be staying at the Jiang family's house for long. I'll be moving out with Xinxin in a couple of days."
Jiang Xinxin, who was originally excited to greet Jiang Lixuan and Nan Yuanman, suddenly looked flustered upon hearing this: "Mommy, are we moving?"
She pouted, her voice trembling with tears, "I...I don't want to move..."
"Move out? You and Xinxin are not in good health. Who will take care of you if you move out?" Ge Peiyao raised her eyebrows, feeling even more dissatisfied with Bai Wenyin's deliberate act of being pretentious.
He's such a stubborn bastard, he's only causing her trouble as soon as he gets back.
Jiang Hengzhi's previously softened expression turned cold, and he warned, "Bai Wenying, if you don't come down now, you'll never come down!"
Jiang Yueyao lowered her eyes, her expression sorrowful, but a smile quickly appeared on her lips.
Five years have passed, and Bai Wenying is still as useless as ever.
Nan Yuanman looked at them with a puzzled expression, then turned to look at the empty back seat: "There's only me and Jiang Lixuan in this car. Who is this Bai Wenying you're talking about?"
As Ge Peiyao listened, a sense of foreboding rose in her heart for some reason: "Bai Wenying is your mother! Didn't she come back with you?"
Nan Yuanman said calmly, "Oh, my mother? She's dead."
Her expression was so calm and her voice so relaxed that Ge Peiyao thought she had misheard for a moment.
Jiang Yueyao's expression froze for a moment.
Jiang Hengzhi's pupils contracted sharply, and he asked in a trembling voice, "What...did you say?"
Nan Yuanman gave him a strange look. What's wrong with this Jiang family member? Why are they so young and already deaf?
She repeated, "I said my mother is dead."
Ge Peiyao suddenly looked at Jiang Lixuan, tightened her grip on Jiang Yueyao's arm, swayed slightly, and exclaimed in a shrill voice, "How is this possible?! How could she be dead?!"
She did dislike her daughter Bai Wenying, but... she never imagined that Bai Wenying would die.
Bai Wenying was only in her early twenties, so young, how could she possibly die?
Jiang Hengzhi looked at Jiang Lixuan with a deep gaze. Jiang Lixuan touched his nose and said, "I was just about to tell you this. When I went to Batang Village, I only found Yuanman, but not Bai Wenyin."
"Yuanman was raised by an old coffin maker."
As he spoke, he gave Jiang Yueyao a strange look.
Was it just his imagination? He had a feeling that what Yao Yao said earlier seemed intentional.
Why?
What benefit would it bring to Bai Wenying if she were deliberately provoked?
“If we haven’t found her, we can’t prove she’s dead.” Upon hearing this, Jiang Hengzhi felt a sense of relief for some reason. He looked at Nan Yuanman with a hint of displeasure and said, “Don’t curse your mother so easily.”
Nan Yuanman's expression was indescribable: "..."
She confirmed that her mother's relative had a serious mental illness.
Ge Peiyao seemed convinced and nodded, saying, "That's right, she must be trying to use this trick to attract our attention."
As she spoke, she turned her gaze to Nan Yuanman. When she saw Nan's tattered clothes, her shoes that had come unglued, and her messy hair, her brows furrowed tightly: "What kind of mother was Bai Wenyin? How could she raise you like this?"
"Go take a shower right now, you're filthy!"
As she spoke, Ge Peiyao stepped forward, her delicate fingers gently pinching Nan Yuanman's clothes on her shoulder, and led her into the house.
Jiang Hengzhi also saw Nan Yuanman's current appearance. His brows furrowed almost imperceptibly. He subconsciously took out his phone and called the children's brand he was working with, asking them to send over a few sets of girls' clothes.
Jiang Xinxin could clearly sense that her second uncle and maternal grandmother's attention had been drawn to the new older sister.
She felt a pang of panic, thinking that if she didn't do something, her grandmother and uncle would be taken away from her.
Jiang Xinxin clutched her chest, her frail body swaying, and weakly said, "Uncle, Grandma, I feel so bad..."
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