Xiang Nanzhi lightly slapped him, but the man's hand didn't stop. "Are you awake? Zhizhi..."
She's not awake. Is he blind? Can't he see she's very sleepy?
At this moment, Xiang Ciyuan called again. Shen Shixun hung up, but the other party refused to give up and called again.
He's already called me "Second Brother," so what else is there to do? He won't stop until he's called "Second Uncle."
"Xiang Ciyuan, what are you doing?"
"Don't worry, brother-in-law, I'm still very satisfied with you."
"What nonsense are you spouting?"
"Hey, brother-in-law, I've always liked you a lot. Believe me, your second brother is calling because he has something very important to tell you." Doesn't this tone make you feel disgusted?
Shen Shixun frowned, not saying anything to express his dislike, but he was already starting to feel a little disgusted.
I wanted to hang up, but then I caught the key words in his words: "I have something important to tell you."
"Zhizhi is still sleeping, I don't want to wake her up."
"Ahem, alright then, I'll make it short."
Xiang Ciyuan told him what happened after he left with Xiang Yun, and also mentioned that Xiang Nanzhi went to the plateau alone and almost died there.
Upon hearing this, Shen Shixun's body stiffened. Xiang Nanzhi? She dared to go to the plateau; she almost died.
"If my older brother and I hadn't arrived in time, Zhizhi would probably be dead by now. Don't even think about seeing him. Men should talk things out, why are you playing hide-and-seek?"
Xiang Ciyuan frowned. "My dad and my older brother are pressuring you. The reason I didn't intervene was just to see how far you would go for my sister. I didn't expect you to be so selfish, only caring about your own self-respect, while she would risk her life for you."
Shen Shixun clenched his fists, unable to utter a single word.
As the sun slowly rose, the fog thinned and visibility improved slightly.
Xiang Ciyuan added, "Also, my sister almost got tricked by human traffickers while looking for you. She ran through several places, but we couldn't stop her."
"Did she tell you about the unwanted baby girl she found?"
The one who called her "Mom" was that baby girl...
How could he doubt her? Was he insane?
He knew perfectly well that Xiang Nanzhi was a simple and kind person. When he left, he comforted himself by saying that she would soon find someone better, which made him more determined to leave.
But she never expected that Xiang Nanzhi had been looking for him for so long; she had been searching for him and the child.
For the sake of his pitiful self-esteem, he could have easily resolved the issue by simply speaking up, but instead he resorted to this most extreme method.
Once inside the tent, Xiang Nanzhi was already up in bed. She hadn't been a morning person before, but in recent years, busy with her studio and the sandy area, she had become much more diligent.
"You've come in just in time, Shim Sehun. Help me braid my hair."
Xiang Nanzhi leaned against him and said, "Braid that little braid you used to make for me again."
She smiled slightly and took the man's arm, saying, "It's like braiding a rope."
The man took a horn comb and straightened her soft, long hair. He then touched a small tuft of her hair with his large hand and began to work on it.
He braided it beautifully and with great patience; there wasn't a single knot, and it was exactly as I remembered.
Looking in the mirror, Xiang Nanzhi smiled with satisfaction. She saw him looking at her intently, his eyes filled with complex emotions.
"I won't stay on the grassland for you. If you don't want a divorce, come home with me."
"good."
Xiang Nanzhi was taken aback, thinking that he had established a career here and would not leave easily, and that someone who loved Saigon so much would not leave this comfort zone for anyone.
She deliberately avoided looking at him, but her eyes were always on him out of the corner of her eye. "When I said 'go home,' I meant 'go back to the ancient city.'"
"I know."
She looked up and met the man's eyes. "Go home, go back to the ancient city."
Xiang Nanzhi couldn't believe what she had heard; she even felt that it was all a bit unreal.
Xiang Ciyuan had only been in Saigon for a short while, smoking a cigarette, when he took a helicopter back the way he came.
He felt that he no longer needed to exist.
As long as her father and older brother still treat her like a child, they want to watch over her 24 hours a day...
When Xiang Jingyi learned that he had left, she was so angry that she cursed, "I sent you over there to keep an eye on Zhizhi."
"Big brother, is this necessary? She's only three years old."
Xiang Ciyuan could no longer bear it. "If you and Dad hadn't interfered, she and Shen Shixun would have gotten to where they are now. They might be living happily in the ancient city as a family of three."
Xiang Jingyi fell silent, gripping her phone tightly without saying a word.
"She doesn't know to put on clothes when she's cold or take them off when she's hot. She already has a child. Do you and Dad need to plan and make decisions for her?"
"Is this funny, bro? They're just a family of three. What the hell am I supposed to do there? I'm an outsider."
Xiang Ciyuan added, "It's not just me, it's you too."
Xiang Jingyi hung up the phone in anger, but upon reflection, he realized that what he said made some sense.
Subconsciously, he felt that his younger sister was still someone who needed his protection, someone who couldn't do anything right and needed him, as her older brother, to sort everything out for her.
Xiang Zhengyi, standing behind him, seemed lost in thought. Xiang Jingyi glanced at him and asked, "Dad, do you want me to..."
"No."
"We've made Zhizhi unhappy for so long, so let her be happy if she wants to."
Jiang Yao had been unable to contact Xiang Nanzhi. In the afternoon, Xiang Ciyuan came and sat down in her teahouse. He frowned as he looked at her tiny waist.
"Ugly".
Jiang Yao looked at herself, puzzled. "What's wrong?"
What's wrong with her? Why does Xiang Ciyuan always seem to have these urges in waves?
Telling a woman directly that she looks ugly is quite hurtful.
"It's too thin, it looks bad, there's no flesh at all, and it doesn't feel comfortable to touch."
"I didn't ask you to touch me."
Xiang Ciyuan remained silent. "Don't worry about Zhizhi. She and Shen Shixun are doing very well."
After finishing a small cup of tea, the man got up and went outside. Jiang Yao asked, "Did she contact you?"
"Don't you believe me?"
No, I believe you.
Xiang Ciyuan curled his lips into a smile. "I'll come see you tonight. Make me some noodles."
Here we go again. She's not his nanny.
I'll be home late tonight.
"I'm waiting for you."
Xiang Ciyuan felt comfortable and warm sleeping with her, unlike the feeling of lying alone in an empty house.
Jiang Yao was in a daze. If this continued, she would start to have the illusion that Xiang Ciyuan might like her.
She had suffered an unprecedented loss with this man, so she knew it was impossible. The novelty was like an object; once you got tired of it and hadn't touched it for a long time, you felt a sense of novelty.
"Brother Li, the investigation you asked us to conduct doesn't seem to have any major problems, but there's one thing that's strange."
"What?"
"Take a look."
Shen Shixun's current position was provided by Li Luchuan. Upon reviewing the information, it was astonishing that Li Qingyuan had personally gone to see Shen Shixun.
Why would Li Qingyuan go to see him?
Cao Mingyuan shrugged and said, "Yeah, I don't know why either."
Could Shen Shixun and Li Qingyuan have some kind of relationship?
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