In that familiar embrace, Jiang Yao no longer felt the anticipation and excitement she once did. Instead, she felt unease and anxiety. "If something happens to me, will you really take care of me? Will you stand up for me?"
"Um."
"If anyone causes trouble at the teahouse in the future, I'll come to you too."
"Okay, find me."
Xiang Ciyuan hugged her tighter and kissed her neck. Jiang Yao felt uncomfortable all over from his kisses, and goosebumps rose on her skin. "Don't dodge, I'm not doing anything."
He just felt a little lonely and wanted her to keep him company; he couldn't be alone during the New Year.
"Ciyuan, what if Nanzhi finds out?"
"I'll talk to her when I have the chance, so that you won't misunderstand."
"Thank you."
"What are you thanking me for?"
Isn't this what he should be doing?
However, in Jiang Yao's memory, Xiang Ciyuan was a capricious person who did whatever he wanted without considering the consequences and only cared about his own comfort.
Xiang Ciyuan kissed her and stroked her, but didn't go any further. Finally, he lay flat on the bed and hugged her tightly. "Jiang Yao, the world is still a beautiful place. Don't die. Take your medicine properly. Heart disease isn't incurable. Once you recover, you'll be almost like a normal person."
Jiang Yao isn't good at staying up late, and she's already a little sleepy.
Let alone Xiang Ciyuan, even if a tiger were lying on her bed and about to devour her, it wouldn't stop her from wanting to sleep.
She should have gone to sleep long ago, but Xiang Ciyuan's antics have kept her up until now.
"Jiang Yao, Happy New Year."
"Happy New Year……"
What do you want to eat tomorrow morning?
"Um."
Xiang Ciyuan asked again, "What do you want to eat tomorrow morning?"
Jiang Yao was already asleep and did not respond.
Xiang Ciyuan then remembered that he hadn't given her the New Year's red envelope yet.
The next morning, when Jiang Yao woke up, Xiang Ciyuan had already left, probably because of something urgent; he hadn't even eaten breakfast.
There was a huge red envelope on the spot where Xiang Ciyuan had lain.
Jiang Yao's eyes were still blurry, but the red envelope was too dazzling. It had several big characters written on it: Happy New Year.
The red envelope was the size of a pillow, and it was full of cash.
Jiang Yao was overjoyed and couldn't help but laugh. She rolled around on the bed while hugging the big red envelope.
I haven't received such a big red envelope in so many years...
On the first day of the Lunar New Year, Xiang Nanzhi was tricked into going to a city 300 kilometers away from the ancient city, where someone claimed to have found Shen Shixun and Tangyuan.
There was a composite photo in the surveillance footage, showing a man holding a child. It looked very crudely made, and Ma Xiaorong could tell it was fake at a glance, but that didn't stop her.
Xiang Nanzhi brought over a million yuan in cash, but was swindled out of it all.
When they found her, she was squatting by a bridge, crying...
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Meanwhile, Miko brought Li Qingyuan to Li Luchuan's place. "Qingyuan, really, I really saw a Buddha statue exactly like the one in your room, right here in Luchuan's place."
"impossible."
Li Qingyuan didn't believe it, but he couldn't resist Mi Ke's persistent pleading.
There was another Buddha statue, but even after he had been deceiving her for so long, the woman never told him where it was.
That was a family heirloom, something she valued more than her own life, and she wouldn't give it away rashly.
Back then, he lied to her until she had given birth to her second child before she agreed to let him take a look. However, he kept a secret and only showed him one of the statues.
"Really, look, it's right here."
Miko led him to Li Luchuan's study with practiced ease. When Li Qingyuan saw the Buddha statue in the hidden compartment, his eyes widened in surprise.
Miko's lips curled up slightly. Ever since she entered the Li family, Mao Yuling and Li Anqi from the second wife's side had given her a hard time more than once. Originally, Li Qingyuan was supposed to stay in her room during the New Year, but those two took advantage of their seniority and seniority to snatch him away. She was more resentful than a ghost.
If Miko hadn't discovered this old story, she wouldn't know how to deal with Mao Yuling and her son Li Luchuan...
Now look what's happened, they've used someone else to do their dirty work!
When Li Luchuan received the call, he rushed back to his residence. Mi Ke was sitting with the old man, and the Buddha statue was placed in the center of the table.
He had just stepped into the living room when he felt a chill run down his spine and immediately turned to make a phone call...
Before he could speak, Li Qingyuan stood up, "Come here..."
"dad……"
Li Luchuan quickly sent a message to Mao Yuling and then walked into the living room with a stiff upper lip.
How could he have imagined that Li Qingyuan would suddenly appear, and that he would immediately set his sights on that Buddha statue...
"Explain to me clearly, where did this thing come from?"
The appearance of the Buddha statue here suggests only one possibility: Li Luchuan must know something.
Since the death of the old master of the Li family, even Li Qingyuan himself has never mentioned the whereabouts of the other Buddha statue, but the other Buddha statue ended up in the hands of Li Luchuan.
He knew the hidden story behind it all, it goes without saying.
Back when Mao Yuling got pregnant, Li Qingyuan still had some conscience. He felt that the woman he had played with was also very pitiful. If he could find the child and bring the child to his side, the woman could still remarry.
The search was brief and exhausting, and some of the people who went had not yet returned. Fearing that they might alert the enemy, Li Qingyuan had no choice but to stop the search.
Later, whenever he thought of this matter, he would send people to look for it, but still to no avail.
He guessed that the woman might have married someone else and had another man's child, making it difficult to find her, so he stopped looking for her after that.
The situation on the grasslands is unpredictable. They might be eaten by wolves, or even if they are found, their backward thinking will only make them a laughing stock in the family, unworthy of respect.
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