Chapter 53 Returning Home Safely
What Jiang Huailiang hated most in his entire life was that he was such a good man, but he didn't have a face that could please his wife.
So he had no choice but to grow a big beard to cover up his ugliness, and he looked down on any pretty boy he saw.
He glanced at Li Laosan's face and muttered to himself, "This boy is quite a grown man, but his face is more delicate than that of a little girl. How annoying!"
But when he turned around and saw his daughter smiling, he immediately felt a chill in his heart.
It’s over!
It is said that sons resemble their fathers and daughters resemble their mothers.
The eldest girl wouldn't be like her mother, choosing men based solely on their looks, right?!
"Ahem, well, let me say a few words."
He quickly stepped forward to interrupt.
"It's getting late. If you're tired, don't stay here. Let's go back to the city first!"
"Second Uncle Jiang is absolutely right."
Li Yanxiu agreed knowingly and tactfully.
"There's still a lot of time to go on, Wanjie, we can talk about it later if you have anything to say."
After saying that, she blinked her right peach blossom eye slightly, giving Jiang Wan a tacit understanding look as if it were a secret signal.
Sure enough, smart people can communicate through eye contact.
Jiang Wan immediately smiled, nodded, and blinked, which made Li Chengxiu, who had been turning his head to look at her, feel a little uncomfortable.
He felt an inexplicable surge of absurd anger in his chest, and felt that Wan Jie had deceived him.
And you still say you don't want his brother? Look at your face, it's almost smiling like a flower, how does it look like you don't want him? It's obvious that you have improper thoughts about my brother!
I lowered my eyes feeling a little lost. I don't know why, but I suddenly felt a little aggrieved.
You were so set on me in broad daylight, but now you've changed your mind the moment you see my brother? Even though I don't really want to marry you, you can't be so open about your affections right under my nose, can you?
Sure enough, what my dad said was absolutely right. Pretty but fierce girls are the most annoying. They just like to play with other people's feelings!
I had finally made up my mind at that time, but the flower buds withered and fell to the ground before I could decide whether to bloom or not.
The team was hurrying back to the city, and no one had the time to care about the young boy's thoughts.
The group of people wandered around in the dark for most of the night, and finally returned to the tall city gate of Maocheng at almost midnight.
Jiang Huailiang and Li Yanxiu each produced a token, effectively opening the tightly closed city gates. Everyone filed in and returned safely to the city.
At the crossroads where they were about to part ways, Li Yanxiu once again sincerely thanked the eldest daughter of the Jiang family and left her a cryptic message.
Li Yuanxiu was assassinated and his injuries are unknown.
Jiang Wan held those seemingly affectionate eyes for a few moments, mentally analyzing the other person's intention in revealing this news to her. Honestly, she still didn't understand until Li Chengxiu said goodbye in a wronged tone.
Maocheng was under curfew, and the streets were deserted. The group returning from outside the city quickly dispersed and went home.
Although it was already late at night, candles were still lit in the courtyard of the Jiang family's mistress. Xu knelt before her sister's tablet, weeping uncontrollably.
"Sister, I lost my child. I, I lost our youngest sister. Sister, I'm so sorry!"
From the moment she received the news that her eldest daughter was in danger until now, the tears on Xu's face had hardly dried. She regretted and blamed herself over and over again, thinking that she shouldn't have agreed to let her child go out of town to play!
"If my husband can't find my sister, I will die as a token of my guilt! Sister, please bless our sister..."
"Madam, she's back! The general has found our young lady!"
Qingzhu hurriedly ran into the yard from outside and started shouting at the top of her voice before she even entered the house. Where was the usual dignified and steady maid in charge of Anranju?
Her eyes, already red and swollen from crying, looked just as miserable as her master's. But now, her face was filled with an excited and happy smile.
Zi Yu, who was guarding the door, heard the good news from her little sister, and quickly wiped away her tears and rushed into the house.
"Madam, the eldest lady has been found!"
Xu got up from the ground as quickly as possible and ran out in a hurry.
"Wanjie'er!"
"mother!"
Jiang Wan didn't dare to waste any time on the way home, rushing as fast as she could, because she knew there must be a woman at home crying her heart out for her.
This woman is her mother, the person who loves her the most in her past and present lives.
"Mom, don't cry, I'm back!"
He rushed into the yard and caught the frail figure that rushed towards him. She was crying so hard that she looked miserable, just like she did when he first opened his eyes.
But, this is the person who loves me the most in the world!
"Mom, I'm sorry. I made you worry."
"Sister Wan, Sister Wan, my child..."
Only when she held her daughter in her arms and felt the familiar warmth did Xu's frightened heart finally settle back into her chest.
The mother and daughter hugged each other and cried bitterly, which made the people who came after them happy and tired at the same time.
Jiang Huailiang took a few steps forward and took his daughter-in-law, who was crying so hard that it made him feel distressed, off his eldest daughter's body, and then carefully put her on his big body.
"Sister Yu, don't cry, didn't I find the eldest girl back?
I have checked it just now. There are no missing limbs, no broken branches or leaves. I guarantee that it is intact.
Don't worry, huh? "
Although she knew that the big black bear was trying to comfort her, Xu still reached out and twisted his arm unhappily.
"Can it talk? Is that the child you were talking about? Is it the radish our mother planted in the backyard?"
"Ouch, it hurts! The child is watching!"
He screamed in response to his wife's strength, and finally made her stop crying. The tough-skinned old Jiang then stepped aside with his big white teeth bared.
"I just gave you an analogy in a moment of anxiety, fearing you wouldn't understand. It's all right if you understand it. Why bother fussing over the inappropriateness of a few words from a rough guy like me?"
His wife had been crying her heart out today and was too angry to talk. But his daughter was a good girl and quickly called her father and mother in each hand and dragged them into the house.
"Dad, didn't you tell me last time that you were a well-known and knowledgeable person in the army? How come after just a few months, you've degenerated into a rough guy?"
The naughty child came to her father's rescue while complaining and watching the fun. Sure enough, a few words made her father roll his eyes.
"What do you mean by degeneration? You're saying those incomprehensible things again. I'm certainly a man of knowledge, I just don't know much. But in the army, I'd definitely be one of the best!"
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