Chapter 162 Each Goes to Their Own Mother
Yu Yan subconsciously looked in Xiang Jingheng's direction.
Xiang Jingheng recognized Mei Nan too, but didn't think much of it. However, he was completely bewildered by Yu Yan's stare: "?"
He replied, "I don't know."
Yu Yan squinted, as if to say: Why don't you know?
“Nannan, she comes here often.”
Dean Xia's words made Shao Muyan, Yu Yan, and Xiang Jingheng all turn to look at her.
Xiang Jingheng was taken aback. "Does Mei Nan come here often?"
"Yes. Her mother came from an orphanage back then; she was also an abandoned baby."
Dean Xia was clearly very familiar with the Mei family, and when he mentioned Mei Nan, it was as if he were talking about his own child.
"After Xiaomei retired, she often came over to talk to me and see the children. She has a deep affection for this place and is very sentimental. Nannan is also a sensible child, excellent and ambitious. Xiaomei is always full of pride when she talks about her daughter. She has suffered most of her life, but now she can finally enjoy the good life with her daughter..."
After talking for a while, Dean Xia added, "Oh, when Nannan came a few days ago, Yun'er also happened to come over. They came together this Monday."
“Me too, I’m here as well,” Xiang Chu interjected.
Dean Xia smiled and said, "Yes, and this little Bao, he brought a lot of things."
Xiang Jingheng looked at his son and said, "Why didn't you tell me that your Aunt Mei was here too?"
Xiang Chu looked completely bewildered. "Dad, you didn't ask me. Besides, what does it have to do with you whether Aunt Mei comes or not? Did you send her?"
"..."
Xiang Jingheng was rendered speechless by his son's words and manually muted his microphone: Okay, stop talking.
If you keep talking, your mother will definitely misunderstand.
Xiang Jingheng looked at Yu Yan somewhat guiltily, but Yu Yan didn't look at him; instead, she looked at Shao Muyan.
Shao Muyan stared intently at the screen, not missing a single person who had visited the orphanage. He desperately wanted to know how the fire had started. Was it really an accident?
Or was it to prevent him from investigating the truth of what happened back then?
Yu Yan reached down and grabbed Shao Muyan's hand, squeezing it gently.
She could sense that Uncle Yan's mood had been quite bad all evening, and he was on the verge of losing control, but he had been holding back.
She had initially thought that what he wanted to tell her had nothing to do with the fire at the orphanage, but now it seemed to be closely related, otherwise why would he care so much about the burned-out database?
Could it be because there is information about Shao Yun in there?
The surveillance footage yielded nothing, so Shao Muyan went through the remaining data, but Shao Yun's information was not among them.
His eyes were red, as if he was trying to control his bleeding.
"Dean, are there no electronic copies of the documents, only paper copies?" Shao Muyan asked.
Dean Xia said, "We have copies from the last two years, but for the ones from a few years ago, we only kept paper copies and didn't save them on the computer. I'm old and don't know how to do these things, so the teachers helped us with it."
Shao Muyan's heart sank.
"What's wrong?"
Shao Yun stayed in the dormitory comforting the children and helped the teachers lull them to sleep. Fortunately, only the resource room burned down, not the classroom or the dormitory, so it did not affect the children's normal lives.
As soon as he stepped into the monitoring room, he sensed that something was wrong.
Especially my uncle, his face was pale, but his eyes were terribly red, as if he were sick.
"What's wrong, Uncle?" Shao Yun frowned, walked up to Shao Muyan, and touched his face.
Shao Muyan gave a slight twitch at the corner of his mouth and said, "It's nothing."
Xiang Jingheng kept a close eye on Yu Yan's hands as she held Shao Muyan's, wondering what she was up to!
I spent the whole night tossing and turning.
After the fire brigade and medical team left, Shao Muyan chatted with Dean Xia about the renovation of the archives room. Dean Xia thanked him repeatedly for funding the repairs.
Xiang Jingheng finally found a chance to speak with Yu Yan alone, so he leaned closer to her and coughed lightly.
"Excuse me, I'm blocking your way." Yu Yan took two steps back to the side.
Xiang Jingheng: "..."
He stood beside Yu Yan and first explained his own situation: "Mei Nan and I have only a working relationship, nothing more."
Yu Yan looked at me with a puzzled expression, as if asking, "What are you talking to me about?"
"You don't need to explain your relationship with Mei Nan to me, we're not even close."
Xiang Jingheng suddenly turned to look at her, his eyes filled with reproach.
"What kind of talk is that?"
Xiang Jingheng pointed to Xiang Chu, who was sticking to Shao Yun and asking him all sorts of questions, not far away, and said, "There's such a big kid standing there, don't you know me?"
Yu Yan ignored him.
Xiang Jingheng originally thought that, in return, after he finished explaining his affairs, Yu Yan would tell him about her situation with Shao Muyan.
He didn't expect that the other party had no intention of informing him on their own initiative, and he had to ask them himself.
"You...you and Third Master, are you back together?"
Yu Yan glanced at Xiang Jingheng.
Sometimes she really couldn't understand Xiang Jingheng's mentality. The man who had completely ignored her and was indifferent to her during their marriage always wanted to jump into her life and interfere after the divorce.
It's really annoying when it jumps around every now and then.
"Okay," Yu Yan told him readily.
Xiang Jingheng's heart skipped a beat, and he instinctively grabbed Yu Yan's wrist, asking incredulously, "You two are back together? You're dating?"
Yu Yan winced in pain and was about to brush his hand away when a strong force pulled Xiang Jingheng's shoulder and dragged him aside. Shao Muyan stood in front of Yu Yan and coldly stared at Xiang Jingheng.
"Why are you hitting me? I'll break your arm!"
Xiang Jingheng pursed his lips. His arm was indeed numb at the moment. He guessed that Shao Muyan had used up all his strength on him.
Are you alright?
Shao Muyan grabbed Yu Yan's wrist, looked at the red mark Xiang Jingheng had scratched, and his eyes were practically spitting fire. He wished he could fight Xiang Jingheng on the spot.
He was seething with anger and had nowhere to vent it!
"dad!"
Seeing that things were not going well, Xiang Chu rushed over. This time, instead of accusing Yu Yan and the others of bullying his father without any explanation, he took Xiang Jingheng's hand.
"Dad, don't cause trouble here. You can't beat Uncle Shao."
Xiang Jingheng: "..."
Shao Yun also came over and stood between them, saying to Yu Yan and Shao Muyan, "Auntie and Uncle, I'm all better now, let's go."
Both children were afraid they would fight.
Xiang Chu pulled Xiang Jingheng out, not forgetting to wave goodbye to Yu Yan and say "Goodbye, Mom."
Yu Yan: "..."
Undeterred by the lack of response, Xiang Chu winked at Shao Yun, "Brother, don't forget about me."
Shao Yun hummed in agreement.
Walking towards the car, Yu Yan gently stroked the back of Shao Yun's neck and asked him what was wrong.
Shao Yun had never forgotten about this matter, but there were too many unexpected situations at night, and he was delayed in doing so.
Once in the car, Shao Yun told Yu Yan that Xiang Chu also wanted to come over for meals from time to time, and that he needed to ask Yu Yan and Shao Muyan for their opinions.
Yu Yan simply said "Oh" to indicate that she understood, but did not respond.
After arriving home, Shao Yun took out a small monkey keychain from his schoolbag. "Xiang Chu asked me to give this to you. He let me choose one at the school convenience store, and he paid for it without me handling the money."
Shao Yun paused, then said, "He said that the little monkey magnetic piece wasn't given by him, but this one was. Although his trust in you is zero, he still wants to try his best."
Yu Yan held the keychain and asked, "Try what?"
"Let's try to find your biological mother." Shao Yun relayed Xiang Chu's words.
Standing not far away, Shao Muyan listened to Shao Yun's words and sighed inwardly: Your biological mother is still nowhere to be found.
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