Hearing Chen Bin's words, Gu Nanxun replied expressionlessly. He had already guessed it; from the moment Qingqing saved Chen Bin's father, he had guessed the whole story, so he wasn't surprised.
“As soon as my uncle received the letter, my father and I rushed over. He also sent people to investigate and found the nurse who was in charge of my aunt and Wang Dahua’s room back then. They are now doing the final step of confirmation.”
“But my uncle said it’s absolutely true. You must be his son, my fourth brother.”
“There was indeed a jade pendant after the child was born. My aunt put it in the baby’s swaddling clothes before she fainted.”
"Brother Gu, could you let me take a look at that jade pendant?"
Chen Bin glanced at Gu Nanxun, hesitated for a moment, and then spoke.
"The jade pendant is not with me, it is with Qingqing."
Upon hearing Chen Bin's request, Gu Nanxun said that the jade pendant was in Qingqing's space, not with him.
"Is it an imperial jade pendant carved with a blue dragon?"
Hearing Chen Bin's question, Gu Nanxun nodded.
“My eldest brother, second brother, third brother, and I all have a jade pendant like this. Every child in the Chen family has one.”
“Back then, my grandfather obtained a piece of top-quality imperial green jadeite. He used this jadeite to make a total of seven jade pendants: five dragon pendants and two phoenix pendants.”
"But over the years, no girls have been born in the family, so two phoenix pendants were given to my aunt and my mother, and the remaining five were given to each of us five brothers."
After saying that, Chen Bin glanced at Gu Nanxun's expression and continued.
"When my uncle returned from his mission, he received the news and rushed from Beijing. My aunt was bleeding heavily because of the death of her child. My uncle was busy taking care of my aunt while also handling the funeral arrangements. In the midst of all this, he thought the jade pendant had been stolen by someone. He looked for it but couldn't find it, and because of my aunt's health, the matter was left unresolved."
"So what's going on now?"
Gu Nanxun raised the gun in his hand and asked.
"As soon as my uncle and father received my letter, they rushed over from Beijing. As soon as they arrived in the county, they were relentlessly pursued. My uncle said that there were two groups of people chasing them. One group came from Beijing, so something must have happened there. The other group was local."
Is it local?
Gu Nanxun pondered, fiddling with the gun in his hand.
“My uncle was worried that the other party would follow the clues to find you and your sister-in-law, so he asked me to come and protect you and your sister-in-law.”
"My uncle said he can't come to see you right now. He will try to distract the other party and buy time, and he will send someone over as soon as possible."
"Go to work first! Take good care of Qingqing."
After listening to Chen Bin's explanation, Gu Nanxun remained silent for a while before speaking.
"Fourth Brother, what about you? What about you?"
Chen Bin asked, still uneasy.
Although his fourth brother had a gun, he had difficulty moving around in his legs!
Moreover, Fourth Brother is in more danger than Lin Qing. After all, Lin Qing is at work, surrounded by people, and the enemy wouldn't dare to appear so openly.
It's not so certain for Fourth Brother, and since everyone is at work now, it's even more dangerous for him to be home alone.
"It's alright, I'll go to the yard in a bit. Besides, they haven't come looking for us yet, have they? Don't worry, everything will be fine. Just protect Qingqing."
Lin Qing told herself that the house had been reinforced with security measures. If anyone with ill intentions approached, the system would issue an alarm, and Lin Qing would be able to know in time.
"Okay, then Fourth Brother, please be careful."
After listening to Gu Nanxun's explanation, Chen Bin hesitated for a moment before speaking.
He needs to hurry to work and come back as soon as possible.
No, he had to discuss it with Haoran and have Haoran come back first, then go to work in the afternoon. That way, he could protect his sister-in-law, and Haoran could protect his fourth brother.
"..."
"Haoran, you can go back now! You can come back to do your work this afternoon."
As soon as Chen Bin arrived at the field, he went straight to Wang Haoran.
Why?
Wang Haoran looked at Chen Bin with a surprised expression and asked.
“I’m worried about Brother Gu being home alone. You go back and keep an eye on him.”
"No way, Chen Bin? Didn't Brother Gu always live alone at home?"
Wang Haoran exclaimed in disbelief, "What's wrong with Chen Bin? Brother Gu isn't a woman, why is he so worried? I've never seen Chen Bin this worried before."
"The past is the past, and the present is the present. Listen to me, go back first, and I'll explain to you later."
"Alright, since you put it that way, I'll head back now."
Wang Haoran looked at Chen Bin with suspicion, but out of trust in Chen Bin, he didn't say anything and went back directly.
Seeing that Wang Haoran had gone back, Chen Bin didn't go to work in his own field. Instead, he went directly to Lin Qing's field and helped Lin Qing with the work.
"Why did Wang Haoran go back? Why don't you go to your own land? What are you doing here?"
Lin Qing looked at Chen Bin with a puzzled expression.
"Haoran had to go back, so I'll help you with this for now."
Hearing Chen Bin say that, Lin Qing didn't refuse. At worst, she could just help him with the work later.
After working for a while, Chen Bin took advantage of Lin Qing walking deeper into the cornfield before turning around and going to the field of a family that was large but relatively poor.
"Auntie, can you help me with my work? I'll give you one yuan."
When no one was looking, Chen Bin secretly took one yuan and slipped it to the old lady.
"Okay, no problem."
The old woman's face flushed red as she spoke excitedly.
Chen Zhiqing's land was only four-tenths of an acre, which any one of his children could finish in no time, and even if one person worked all day, they wouldn't earn a single yuan.
"Then why don't you do Wang Haoran's too?"
After thinking for a moment, Chen Bin gave the old lady another dollar and said.
"Don't worry, Chen Zhiqing. We'll take care of your and Wang Zhiqing's land. We'll do a good job for you."
Seeing that she had received another dollar, the old lady patted her chest and assured her.
After finishing his business, Chen Bin quietly returned to the field and sped up his work.
A four-tenths of an acre wasn't much, and the two of them finished quickly. Lin Qing checked the time; it wasn't even 9:00 yet.
"Chen Bin, let us help you with this!"
Lin Qing wiped the sweat from her forehead and said to Chen Bin.
"No need, I'll find someone to do it for me. Let's go back."
When Lin Qing heard that Chen Bin had found someone to help her with the work, she gave him a thumbs up, then said goodbye to Lu Xianghong and Xu Fengjiao before heading back.
"Do you think Chen, the educated youth, is pursuing Xiao Lin, the educated youth?"
As Chen Bin and Lin Qing walked away, two middle-aged women nearby huddled together and whispered among themselves.
"Isn't Lin, the educated youth, with Gu? Why is Chen, the educated youth, joining in too?"
"That goes without saying, it's definitely because Xiao Lin, the educated youth, regrets it!"
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