Zong Jia glanced at him calmly. "Mr. Jiang, 'Jiang Li Ji' has only been around for three years. Little Pear's life for the previous ten years wasn't nearly as carefree as it is now."
Jiang Ruilin's expression froze. "I know too little. I'm sorry."
Zong Jia sighed, "Mr. Jiang, Xiaolizi's father passed away quite early. She has lived with her godmother for many years and is very cautious about her family. I think you should communicate with your family first before discussing anything else. I don't want Xiaolizi to get hurt because of these things."
Jiang Ruilin thought for a moment and nodded seriously, "Xiao Zong, I believe you understand that this is not a small matter for our family. We also need to verify it carefully before we can proceed to the next step."
Zong Jia clasped his hands together and said, "I understand."
The conversation with Zong Jiayu didn't make much progress, but his attitude made Jiang Ruilin firmly believe that Jiang Xiaoli was his niece.
After finishing her exams, Jiang Xiaoli went to the company to handle some backlogged matters. When she returned home that evening, she saw Li Guizhi sitting in the living room with a frown on her face.
"Mom, what's wrong?"
Li Guizhi put down her water glass. "Today someone went to our old house to inquire about us. The description they gave him sounded like Jiang Chengle."
Jiang Xiaoli chuckled, "It's so easy for him to expose himself. It's like something he would do. It's okay, let them investigate. We've done nothing wrong, what's there to be afraid of?"
Li Guizhi thought for a moment, "That's right, it's just that Sister Wang called me today, and people thought we'd gotten into some trouble outside!"
She hugged her mother's arm and advised, "Don't listen to those people gossiping. We're living a good life now, and there are plenty of people talking behind our backs. If you care about that, it will make you feel terrible!"
Li Guizhi understood what her daughter was saying, but she still complained, "That Jiang Chengle is really stupid. He went straight to Sister Wang's convenience store to ask about us and even promised to give her 500 yuan as a reward! He's really brainless!"
"This..." Jiang Xiaoli was speechless for a moment.
Don't novels and TV dramas always say that people from big families are cunning and shrewd?
Why did she feel that Jiang Chengle looked like someone who could be easily kidnapped by human traffickers?
This is also why she didn't read the information Song Guoqiang gave her carefully. If she had read it, she would have understood.
In Jiang Chengle's generation, the main branch of the Jiang family only had him, a younger sister, and a pair of twin cousins.
However, the oldest of these three children is only 12 years old.
Having been the only child at home for over a decade, Jiang Chengle was showered with love and affection. Even now that he has younger siblings, his grandparents, parents, uncles, and other relatives still dote on him without any diminishing of his affection. He has no idea what cunning is.
Seeing that her daughter didn't know what was going on either, Li Guizhi simply stopped thinking about it. "Forget it, as long as he doesn't do anything outrageous when he goes to Xijing, that's fine."
Jiang Xiaoli nodded. "Yeah, I don't think this naive and innocent girl would do anything too outrageous."
On his first day in Xijing, Jiang Chengle went to the vicinity of the Jiang family's old house and asked all sorts of questions, thus revealing his identity.
However, money really works. Under his financial offensive, many people revealed everything they knew about Jiang Xiaoli and her daughter. Some even found old photos of themselves with Jiang Weimin when they were young and sold them to him at high prices.
He cried his eyes out when he called Jiang Ruilin that night.
"Uncle, I heard someone say that when Xiaoli was little, other children called her a child without a father. I'm so sad!"
Jiang Ruilin felt very uncomfortable listening to the story of the mother and daughter's past.
He was also speechless at his nephew, saying, "Didn't I tell you to keep a low profile? Xiao Li and the others might already know about this."
"Huh?" Jiang Chengle was dumbfounded. "But I told those people to keep it a secret after I took the money."
Jiang Ruilin: ...
Jiang Ruilin rubbed his temples. "Fine, since it's already like this, just hurry up and come back as soon as you're done."
Jiang Chengle nodded, "Yes, Uncle, I understand pretty much everything, but I want to go to Xiaoli's high school tomorrow. I heard that Xiaoli is a legendary figure at her school, and her picture is still hanging there!"
Jiang Ruilin was also very interested in this. "Okay, remember to take some photos when you get there."
"no problem!"
Jiang Chengle arrived at Xijing No. 20 Middle School the next day full of confidence.
He planned to use his baby face to sneak into the school.
But he was stopped by the gatekeeper as soon as he reached the entrance. "Hey! Young man! What are you doing?"
When he was stopped, Jiang Chengle was not in a hurry. He smiled brightly and said, "Uncle, I just wanted to come and visit."
The No. 20 Middle School is now very famous, and people often come to visit. The gatekeeper looked at him like he understood, and he didn't let Jiang Chengle into the school. However, he kindly let him in to visit the wall of honor inside the school gate.
Jiang Chengle spotted Jiang Xiaoli in the first seat immediately. "Hey! She's really here!"
The gatekeeper chuckled upon hearing this, "Young man, so you're here to see classmate Jiang?"
Jiang Chengle asked curiously, "Uncle, do many people come to the school to see her?"
"Of course!" The gatekeeper puffed out his chest proudly. "Just look around in the entire city of Xi'an, can you find another girl more outstanding than our classmate Jiang?"
Jiang Chengle shook his head in perfect agreement, "I don't think it's a good idea?"
The gatekeeper was somewhat dissatisfied with his answer. "What do you mean 'you think'? It's simply not good enough! Don't even mention Xi'an, you'd be hard-pressed to find someone as outstanding as our Jiang in the whole country!"
The gatekeeper, once he started talking, began to promote his business, "Young man, you know 'Jiang Li Ji,' right? That was founded by Jiang when he was studying at our No. 20 Middle School!"
Jiang Chengle nodded, "I know, I know, Xiao Li is really amazing!"
The gatekeeper was finally satisfied. "You're smart, kid!"
The two started chatting about Jiang Xiaoli, and in the end, the gatekeeper invited Jiang Chengle to sit down and have a long chat in his guard booth.
At lunchtime, the gatekeeper took a sip of water and concluded, "Young man, our student Jiang is just that outstanding. He's definitely a good role model for you!"
Jiang Chengle thought for a moment but didn't explain, "Well, I think you're right!"
He got up and said goodbye to the gatekeeper.
Jiang Chengle looked back at the wall of honor. He felt that although he had been stopped by the gatekeeper and had not been able to enter the school today, he had gained a lot and was very satisfied!
After having hotpot at "Master Jiang" for lunch, he realized that he had been chatting so happily with the gatekeeper that morning that he had forgotten to take the photos he promised Jiang Ruilin.
After finishing his meal, he returned to No. 20 Middle School, greeted the gatekeeper, and then took a series of photos of the honor wall.
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