Isn't that Cheng Hongzhi? What's he doing in Haishi?
Xu Jinnan hesitated for a moment, then took Xia Lanying's hand and went straight into the mall.
"Hey, you old geezer, why are you walking so fast?"
Xia Lanying was dissatisfied. She had finally managed to get him to come out with her, but it seemed like he was in a hurry to leave, which made her very unhappy.
"Let's go, let's finish shopping quickly, I'll treat you to dinner tonight."
Xia Lanying raised an eyebrow slightly. This unromantic old man, does he still want her to have dinner tonight?
She was somewhat surprised, but since he was willing to come out and accompany her for meals and shopping, Xia Lanying didn't say anything.
They're both getting on in years, and Xu Jinnan can be quite dense at times. The number of times they've been romantic in their lives can be counted on one hand.
If it weren't for him forcibly bringing Xu Rubao back with him back then, their relationship would probably be better than it is now.
Because of that girl, the two of them argued quite a bit.
"Hey, Xu Jinnan, why have you suddenly changed your mind?"
"If you don't want to go, then forget it. Let's go back now."
"Let's go, who said we weren't going?"
Xia Lanying felt that it was rare for him to come out, and who knew when he would come again.
Now that Ziyang has grown up, the old man doesn't need to worry about the herbal medicine business much, and he has more free time.
Xu Jinnan pulled Xia Lanying into the mall. He looked from the shadows and, sure enough, saw Cheng Hongzhi.
He wasn't sure if he had seen himself, so he turned back.
Having not seen each other for so many years, Xu Jinnan was not confident.
Now that he has been promoted to minister, holding a high position and wielding great power, he will likely be even more concerned about the Cheng family's reputation.
Ru Bao has grown up now, and the birthmark on her face is gone.
He had no other intentions than to hope that Ru Bao could live a happy life and not want to have any more opportunities to hurt her.
After the car drove past, Cheng Hongzhi saw that the person was no longer there.
Just now, he wasn't entirely sure if he had seen it wrong.
After a while, the driver noticed that the people behind him were already honking their horns.
"Sir, would you like to get off?"
After looking at it for a while, Cheng Hongzhi had no choice but to give up and said, "Let's open it."
In the mall, Xia Lanying went to her usual store, but Xu Jinnan was truly a blockhead.
She said she came to keep him company, but like Mu, she said everything she bought looked good.
Xia Lanying picked and chose for a while, but couldn't find anything she liked. Instead, she noticed that the old man was sitting there looking restless.
"Old man, are you alright? Why do you look so lost?"
He wasn't like this when the family's herbal medicine business was in trouble.
"It's okay, have you made your choice yet?"
Xu Jinnan knew that she had never liked Ru Bao and found her an eyesore, so he never said a word about Ru Bao.
"I'm not going to be picky anymore, let's go check out other stores."
Xu Jinnan had never been interested in such things, so she went as soon as she said so.
However, it is unknown what Cheng Hongzhi's purpose was in coming to Haishi this time.
However, after so many years, the Cheng family probably already thought that the child from back then was dead.
She was thrown into the river not long after she was born, and normally she wouldn't have survived.
If he hadn't known that Old Lady Cheng wanted to throw her away and hadn't dove into the water beforehand, Ru Bao certainly wouldn't have survived.
She choked in the water and was taken away by him. She spent a long time in the hospital with a lung infection.
Thinking about such a young child, it's truly pitiful.
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