Jiang Xiaoli gnawed on a pig's trotter, "Maybe Aunt Xu's pig's trotters have a taste of love."
Zhong Yuan nodded seriously, "I think so too!"
Jiang Xiaoli turned to ask, "Is Uncle Xiao satisfied with the courtyard house?"
Zong Jia returned after serving them rice. "They were more than satisfied. After seeing the courtyard house, Uncle Xiao dragged me along to buy bedding and move in."
"Cough cough cough." She choked on her words. "Is Uncle Xiao in such a hurry?"
She couldn't help but think of Aunt Xu and Xiao Muyu, who didn't like courtyard houses. "Oh dear, when Xiaoyu finishes her college entrance exams and comes to Kyoto, will this family of three have to live separately again?"
Zong Jia wiped her mouth for her, "Maybe Xiaoyu and the others will like it again when they see the newly restored courtyard house?"
She continued gnawing on the pig's trotter, "Yeah, let's wait until they come before we talk about it. Now that you mention it, I miss them!"
"It's alright, it'll only be a little over a month, they'll be here soon."
That evening, Jiang Xiaoli strolled home and found Li Guizhi sitting in the living room, lost in thought.
She quickly went over and sat down beside her. "Mom, what's wrong? Did something happen at the store today?"
Li Guizhi held her daughter's hand and said, "Xiaoli, two customers came to the store this afternoon and said they were your friends. Tell me about them."
Jiang Xiaoli was completely confused by her words. "Mom, what are their names? What happened?"
Li Guizhi began to recount what had happened that day.
After the New Year, Li Guizhi firmly rejected Cao Fang, a middle-aged man with an artistic bent. Today, for some reason, Cao Fang got drunk and went to the entrance of "Guizhi Restaurant" to recite poetry. In the end, he still wanted to pursue Li Guizhi.
His commotion attracted a lot of onlookers. After hearing the waiter's report, Li Guizhi came out and planned to drive Cao Fang away.
"Cao Fang, I've said it many times, I'm not going to look for him anymore. If you cause trouble again, I'll call the police!"
Cao Fang was incredibly moved with himself, "Guizhi, I know you don't really think that way. Every day after you rejected me, my sky turned gray, I..."
Li Guizhi's face turned red with anger. Just as she was about to ask the waiter to call the police, two guests came out of the courtyard and came to her rescue.
The younger man lifted Cao Fang up with one hand. "Can't you understand when someone says no? Are you sure you want to keep spouting nonsense?"
His action startled Cao Fang, sobering him up considerably. He immediately stopped pretending to be crazy and ran away.
Li Guizhi was momentarily stunned when she saw the middle-aged man.
Even after she got home, her feelings remained complicated.
Jiang Xiaoli couldn't help but ask curiously, "Mom, did they leave their names?"
Li Guizhi shook her head, "But I looked at their reservation information, and the person who made the reservation is surnamed Jiang, the Jiang of the Yangtze River."
Jiang Xiaoli suddenly realized, "Then I should know who it is, Mom. Can you tell me why you're curious about them?"
"Sigh!" Li Guizhi rubbed her temples. "I don't know why, but when I saw Mr. Jiang, I felt like I knew him so well. His eyes are exactly the same as your father's!"
Jiang Xiaoli patted her hand, "Mom, when I saw him, I felt exactly the same way you did. I felt his eyes were familiar. It turns out he looks like Dad!"
Upon hearing this, Li Guizhi asked, "Do you know this Mr. Jiang?"
She carefully explained the origins of Jiang Ruilin and Jiang Chengle to her mother.
Li Guizhi murmured, "Are there really people with such similar eyes?"
Jiang Xiaoli put her arm around her shoulder and said, "Mom, the world is so big, it's definitely possible. I've even heard of people who look exactly alike but have no blood relation!"
"real?"
"real!"
Li Guizhi pressed her temples and said, "Okay, I'm going back to rest. You should rest early too."
Watching her mother's retreating figure, Jiang Xiaoli was puzzled as to why her emotions were fluctuating so much.
She just couldn't understand it. Jiang Ruilin was clearly someone who had absolutely no connection to her family!
Could it be related to my father's past?
That shouldn't be! In her previous life, she lived to be 35 and never heard of anyone searching for their relatives.
Thinking about this, she couldn't help but laugh. A young master who had been separated from his family and living abroad—wasn't that a bit too melodramatic?
She didn't think much of it, quickly washed up, and went to sleep.
The next morning, when she returned from her morning run, she saw Li Guizhi sitting in the living room.
She was startled. "Mom, why are you up so early?"
Li Guizhi looked at her seriously and said, "Xiaoli, Mom wants you to do something."
This was the first time she had seen her mother so serious. She said solemnly, "Mom, please speak."
Li Guizhi said, "I want you to use every means possible to investigate this Mr. Jiang and his family."
Jiang Xiaoli frowned. "Mom, aren't you overthinking this?"
Li Guizhi stuffed Jiang Weimin's gold peace lock into her daughter's hand, saying, "This is the only thing your father had when he was adopted by Grandpa Qian. I heard your father tell me why he was surnamed Jiang instead of Qian, the same surname as Grandpa Qian."
Because the word "Chiang" is engraved on the back of this safety lock. Grandpa Qian asked people who spoke English, and they all said it was the English spelling of surnames like Jiang, Jiang, and Chiang. That's why he chose Jiang as your father's surname.
Jiang Xiaoli opened her mouth wide and agreed, "Mom, I will find someone to investigate."
Li Guizhi was afraid that her daughter wouldn't do her best, so she gripped her daughter's arm slightly tighter, "Xiaoli, you must investigate carefully. Your father... all your father sent back back then were his belongings!"
"What?" Her eyes widened; she had never heard her mother mention this before!
“You were too young back then, you don’t know these things. I’ve wondered countless times if they’ve made a mistake, if your father would never abandon us, but after so many years of no news, I had no choice but to accept this reality. But now, Xiaoli, promise me you’ll investigate this seriously, okay?”
Jiang Xiaoli felt as if her throat was being choked, and she nodded with difficulty.
"Mom, don't worry, I will definitely find out the truth."
After explaining the matter, Li Guizhi lost the mood to open the shop today. She asked her daughter to log on to the "Guizhi Restaurant" website homepage to request leave before going back to her room to rest.
Jiang Xiaoli sat quietly in front of the computer for a long time.
She suddenly remembered something, quickly got up, packed her things, and went out.
She had just opened the door when she bumped into Zong Jia, who had come to find her. "Little Pear, didn't you just say you were going to rest at home today?"
Jiang Xiaoli pursed her lips. "Ayu, come with me."
Zong Jiayu sensed that something was wrong with her, so he nodded and said, "Okay, I'll change my shoes and come right away. Wait for me."
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