Suddenly I saw a girl walking towards me in a hurry.

When Wen Yu saw her, she quickly took Yan Zhu to meet her, unable to hide her surprise: "Lan Fang! You're here?!" She went up and grabbed the girl's hand.

Finally seeing you again...it's been a lifetime!

In an instant, my eyes turned red.

Liu Lanfang in front of him and Jiang Pingting, who moved away with her family, have been Wen Yu’s good friends since childhood.

"Ayu!" Liu Lanfang was also a little excited. The two held hands and hid in a place with few people.

Thinking about everything that happened in her past life, Wen Yu couldn't calm down for a long time.

Liu Lanfang looked Wen Yu up and down and nodded: "Ayu, you are so beautiful!"

Wen Yu's eyes turned red, "Afang, I miss you so much."

"Ayu, I miss you too... Look, this is my coming-of-age gift for you." Liu Lanfang took out a small box.

"Thank you...where is your brother?" Liu Lanfang has a younger brother named Liu Lanzhou.

"I was worried about him being alone at home, so I brought him here. But... my aunt wouldn't let him in, so I asked Du Juan to watch him in the car."

"Let's go and bring him in." Wen Yu pulled Liu Lanfang and was about to leave.

"Goodbye, there are a lot of people here today, so just let him stay in the car. I'll come to see you and then go back to accompany him."

"But I miss my brother too. I even made his favorite snacks yesterday. It's okay. I found a quiet place today."

Liu Lanfang held Wen Yu, her eyes reddened, and she choked up, "Alright."

Wen Yu said to Yan Zhu, "Go back and get your things, then come find us at the Peony Pavilion."

After saying that, he pulled Liu Lanfang to the second gate, ready to pick up Liu Lanzhou.

But the maid at the door quickly stopped her, "Hey, young lady, you can't go out this door."

"Mom." Wen Yu was very polite. "The Liu family's carriage is at the door. Miss Liu and I brought Liu's younger brother in." She gave him a string of rewards.

The old woman took it, still a little embarrassed, but she thought that it was a busy day and no one would pay attention to it, "Then you better go and come back quickly, don't walk around!"

The two walked to a carriage, and Liu Lanfang's maid Du Juan lifted the curtain on the carriage, "Master, look, the girl is back! Miss Wen is here too!"

Sitting in the carriage was a young boy who looked to be eight or nine years old. In fact, he was almost twelve years old, but he looked very young.

He has fair skin, red lips, thin eyebrows and eyes, a high nose and a red mouth. He is an extremely handsome young man.

However, he didn't look at anyone and didn't react to the outside world. But after hearing Du Juan's words, he was obviously more relaxed than before, and his tightly clenched hands loosened a little.

Liu Lanfang smiled and said, "Brother, look, who's here?!"

The young man neither raised his eyes nor moved.

"Don't you miss Sister Yu?" Liu Lanfang asked again.

Wen Yu also leaned over and said with a smile: "Is Lan Zhou thinking about Sister Yu, or the osmanthus cake that Sister Yu made?"

Liu Lanzhou pursed his lips slightly but still ignored everyone.

Wen Yu said, "Brother, do you know? Your sister Hongdou has changed her name to Zhuzhu. Do you think it sounds good? She went to get the snacks she made for you. This time, she also made black sesame balls for you! Come down quickly with sister Ayu!"

Liu Lanfang watched Wen Yu coaxing her younger brother, and her heart was filled with excitement, and her nose felt sore.

After the two of them patiently coaxed him for a long time, Liu Lanzhou finally got out of the car reluctantly.

Walk slowly, no one can rush him.

It was a long time before they entered the yard.

The Peony Pavilion is very close to Wen Yu's yard, and there are more than a dozen peonies planted around it. But there are no flowers at this time, so not many people come here.

Yan Zhu had already prepared food and drinks. Seeing Liu Lanzhou coming, she actually ran over to pull him. "Lanzhou Lanzhou, I haven't seen you for a long time! Did you know that I changed my name? It's Yan Zhu! My last name is Yan and my first name is Zhu. You can call me Sister Zhuzhu! It sounds nice, right? It's Pearl!"

Liu Lanzhou didn't even try to hide! Yan Zhu kept pulling him into the pavilion. She arranged for him to sit down and talked to him. She also brought him some freshly made snacks and talked to him. Liu Lanzhou didn't resist.

Seeing this, Liu Lanfang breathed a sigh of relief and sat down with Wen Yu. "I couldn't come to your coming-of-age ceremony."

"What kind of coming-of-age ceremony is this?" Wen Yu said with a smile.

"Ayu..." Liu Lanfang felt sad.

"It's nothing, I'm not sad at all. Ah Fang, really, I'm fine, don't worry! How are you and Ah Di?"

"Alas..." Liu Lanfang sighed sadly, "Ayu, my aunt is going to arrange a marriage for me."

Wen Yu was not surprised. In her previous life, she was too busy taking care of herself to know what happened to Lan Fang. Later, when she asked again, she heard that she had married her aunt's family, which lived more than 200 miles away.

By the time she was able to find Lan Fang, she was already dead.

Wen Yu's nose was sore. In her previous life, the people she loved didn't have a good ending! "Is he your aunt's nephew?"

"How do you know?" Liu Lanfang was surprised.

"I...oh, your aunt once said that she loves you and doesn't want you to be too far away from her in the future." Wen Yu said lightly.

Liu Lanfang nodded, "Yes, my aunt said he is down-to-earth and motivated. I have met him once."

He is pretending!

But Wen Yu couldn't say it and was thinking about how to help her.

"Although he looks ordinary, I am also ordinary." Liu Lanfang said with a wry smile. She was not as tall as Wen Yu and her appearance was barely pretty, far inferior to her younger brother Liu Lanzhou.

But when her parents were still alive, she was also a naive and delicate little girl!

"Besides, I told him that he wanted to take my younger brother with him when he got married. He agreed." Liu Lanfang said with relief.

"He agreed directly?" Wen Yu was surprised.

"Um."

How could this be possible? Wen Yu didn't believe it at all: He didn't even ask the families of both sides about such a big thing, and he just agreed?! He was obviously trying to fool Afang! But how could he explain this?

Lan Fang looked at Wen Yu's expression and continued, "Actually, I just want to provide him with a shelter. I won't let him be supported by my family. My parents left some property to my brother."

“…”Too naive. Wen Yu was speechless.

"Ayu, what's wrong?" Lan Fang asked, looking at her expression.

"Do you believe him?"

"This... it's nothing, right? My brother may not be able to get married and have children in this lifetime... we don't know how long he can live!" Her eyes turned red, "My uncle and the others probably won't stop me."

"But my brother's last name is Liu after all! How can you trust this man who promised you without asking his parents or your uncle and aunt? "

Lan Fang was helpless when she heard this, "But I really have no other choice. My brother will not survive without me."

Earlier, her uncle and her father had separated from each other. Her parents lived with her and her younger brother. Her mother had a generous dowry and was good at managing finances, so the family property was quite abundant.

It’s just that my younger brother is sick, and my mother is planning to find a son-in-law for him.

Unexpectedly, her mother died of illness, and her father passed away soon after. Before she knew what was going on, she and her brother became orphans. It was natural for her uncle to take over her siblings and their property.

"My aunt has been praising him all the time, but I also know... without any achievements or reasons, he won't be that great after all. But I think that after all, he is a relative, which is better than others. My brother's affairs will be easier to handle. Besides, I have a lot of dowry, so if I really marry him, I can speak with more confidence!"

Wen Yu shook her head desperately in her heart, "Ah Fang...Have you checked this person?"

"No. If you just want to be safe, there's no need to check, right?"

"I'm afraid it's not that simple."

"Ayu, what do you think?"

"You just said that you had a lot of dowry, and your parents also left some property for your younger brother. But have you ever thought about it? Will your uncle and his family let you two take it away?"

"But... my father and uncle have already separated. My father and mother's property belongs to me and my younger brother." She was stunned for a moment and smiled bitterly. "At most, I won't take my younger brother's share. I will raise him!"

"Ah Fang, things are unpredictable. How can people stop just because you want them to? For example, I have grandparents and my biological father. Haven't I done a lot over the years? Haven't I given in a lot? But so what?"

"Ayu, don't be sad!" Liu Lanfang patted Wen Yu, her kindness overflowing, and she forgot about her own affairs.

"I'm not sad. I just want to remind you: right now, your uncle has the final say over your, my brother's, and your parents' property!"

"But they..." Lan Fang murmured.

"You haven't felt any changes recently?"

"Ayu... to be honest, there have been changes. The number of people around my brother and I has gradually decreased. My aunt... always has something to say, either about this or that. I have to take care of my brother, so she doesn't really understand. Ayu, I'm scared..."

"It's no use being afraid. What is the property left by your parents? How much is it? Do you have an account?"

"I didn't, Madam Jiang said..." Ah Fang was momentarily absent-minded again, "My aunt sent Madam Jiang away, saying that my cousin was pregnant, and asked Madam Jiang to go and take care of her for two days. Now that you mention it, it's been several months, and she hasn't come back yet... Oh my God! Ah Yu, what should I do?"

Wen Yu had no choice now. "At the moment, we can't go out. I can see Zhang Jiangqing later, or I can ask him to ask..."

Zhang Jiangqing...Liu Lanfang was distracted for a moment.

(End of this chapter)