After the baby's first birthday celebration, Li Mai was worried that Yan Bao and Yu Bao might transform at any moment, so she took them back to the house to rest.
In the morning, Zhou Quan released the seal on the two children. He spent the rest of the day cautiously, keeping a close eye on them. Fortunately, they both behaved normally.
Soon after returning to the space, the two began to transform, at roughly the same time as the hundred-day period.
This time, however, they seemed to be in great pain before transforming, so Li Mai and Zhou Quan could only feed them spiritual liquid.
With the help of the spiritual liquid, their transformation speed increased, and they quickly transformed.
Looking at the three-headed baby snake, Li Mai pursed her lips, thinking about what kind of people the two siblings would become in the future, and how she should educate them to exist in this world.
After midnight, the two children turned back to normal.
Zhou Quan took the two children outside to cultivate, leaving Li Mai to rest.
The next day, they continued on their journey, but Yanbao and Yubao were quite different from the day before. The two children would sometimes ponder, sometimes look at their hands, and sometimes act cute and cling to their mother.
Unlike before, Zhou Quan now teaches three children to cultivate in his space every night. He used to only teach Zhuzhu, but now he has added two more children.
Knowing that her two younger children were different from other children, Li Mai didn't bother them. She simply chose to avoid seeing them and instead went out of her space to read and draw.
Fortunately, Zhou Quan sealed the true forms of the two children, so they never transformed in front of Zhuzhu, and Zhuzhu didn't know how her younger brother and sister were different from her.
It took them twenty-six days to travel back to Qingshi Town.
The journey, which should have taken twenty days, took six extra days. When they passed through Yongzhou City, they stayed there for a day. Xu Changhuan escorted the head of the Xu family back. Xu Changle and An Nanyang were also in Yongzhou City with their children. The family spent a lively day in Xu Family Village. On the third day, they met up with Li Mai and the others and set off again.
This time, when Li Mai was staying in Yongzhou City, Jiang Wenlin, the current head of the Jiang family, met with Li Mai.
Li Mai didn't know why he wanted to see her, but thinking of Jiang Wenhan, she went to see him.
After Jiang Wenhan got into trouble and was imprisoned, Li Mai also heard about the turmoil within the Jiang family. Jiang Wenhan had become a figure despised by merchants, and many people were unwilling to cooperate with the Jiang family again.
It is said that Jiang Wenlin had a rough year, spending his time cleaning up the mess left by Jiang Wenhan.
Jiangji's business was doing so well, but because of their previous ambitions, they've ended up like this.
Zhou Quan accompanied Li Mai to meet Jiang Wenlin, and immediately asked him why he wanted to see her.
"I wonder what brings Patriarch Jiang to see my wife and me? It seems we're not very familiar with each other?" Zhou Quan said casually.
Jiang Wenlin waved his hand, and one of his men brought over a wooden box. He opened it himself and pushed it in front of Li Mai.
He smiled and said, "Madam Zhou, please take a look. Do you need anything inside?"
Li Mai glanced at the box and roughly guessed what it was. "My wife and I don't like beating around the bush, so please speak frankly, Patriarch Jiang."
“I visited my older brother in prison last month. He told me some things. These things are also on my brother’s behalf. I want you to pass them on to my cousins Huanhuan and Lele.”
"My older brother said that in those years, because of his maternal family's arrangements and his mother's wishes, he did some things that were wrong to his two cousins. Now, as he slowly reflects on his mistakes in prison, he realizes how wrong he was."
“He said he met you two and really wanted to be friends with you. He never expected things to turn out this way. There are two shops here, which are compensation from the Jiang family to you two. As for the other things, please leave them to your two cousins!” Jiang Wenlin said, while observing Li Mai’s expression.
Li Mai smiled faintly to herself. This Second Master Jiang was far inferior to Jiang Wenhan.
Based on her understanding of Jiang Wenhan, this didn't seem like something he would allow to be done. No matter how you looked at it, this action seemed to be paving the way for Jiang Wenlin.
Would Jiang Wenhan be that stupid? He was only sentenced to a few years, not to spend his entire life in prison.
This isn't his style, given his personality.
Li Mai didn't even look at it and pushed it back directly. "We have no business dealings with Jiang Wenhan. The only connection we have is that we had a meal together once. So, we will not accept anything from the Jiang family."
"As for the things to give Huanhuan and Lele, I remember, they are also Second Master's cousins, right? You all know each other, so why give them to them through an outsider like me? Whether they forgive the Jiang family or not is their business, whether they give them to them personally or not is your business, Second Master Jiang."
After saying that, Li Mai stood up, glanced at Master Jiang with a faint smile, and said, "Master Jiang, let me give you some advice: in business, sincerity is the most important thing."
"Farewell!" Zhou Quan and Li Mai nodded to him and left.
Master Jiang sat silently to one side, pondering Li Mai's words. After a long while, he smiled and thought, "She is indeed a clever woman."
Jiang Wenhan wanted to use him, to have him guard the Jiang family business for him, so that he could take it over when he came out.
As for his two cousins from the Xu family, he still remembered that year when he returned from school, there were two little maids of similar height in the mansion. He originally wanted to ask whose family they were, but his aunt quietly called them away.
He said these were his aunt's two children, who were now a poor family and should not be associated with, otherwise the master and mistress would dislike them.
At that time, he obediently ignored them, because he was afraid of being disliked by his grandparents, which might prevent him from continuing his studies.
The next day, I heard that the two elders didn't even see the two children, and wouldn't even let them into the house. They just gave them ten taels of silver to get rid of them.
However, I heard that the two children threw the silver in the yard and left, and never went to the Xu family again after that.
He was unaware of Jiang Wenhan's interactions with them until Jiang Wenhan opened an incense shop, at which point he had someone secretly investigate and discovered the truth behind his actions.
To be honest, he despised Jiang Wenhan for taking advantage of the two girls, but it wasn't his place to criticize others. He just hoped that the two sisters would find out about Jiang Wenhan one day.
Unexpectedly, heaven has eyes, and Jiang Wenhan was eventually discovered to have done those things behind the scenes, as well as the fact that the legal mother of the Jiang family was actually a concubine's daughter.
The Jiang family's main branch is now completely despised by the people of Yongzhou City. Jiang Wenhan is in prison, and Old Madam Bai is ill and nearing the end of her life.
He knew that Jiang Wenhan's purpose in making him do this was to scheme, to make his cousin Huanhuan, who was now the Princess of Yun, hate him, or to make her take revenge on him.
However, he also wanted to take advantage of the situation and use this opportunity to get close to the Prince Yun's mansion.
Today's events were a test, and his words were only half true.
He had investigated and found that Huanhuan trusted this Madam Zhou, Li Mai, and knew that the discovery of Jiang Wenhan's actions was due to the help of this Lady Zhou and Prince Yun behind the scenes. This also meant that it would be easier to get close to Huanhuan through her.
After Li Mai and the others left Yongzhou City, this Second Master Jiang planned to visit his cousin Xu Changhuan in Qingshi Town sometime.
If he wants to secure his current position as the head of the Jiang family and completely control the Jiang family, he needs a powerful backer.
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