"There are still a few days until the New Year, so my wife and I bought some gifts to bring to you. I'm going to find my elder sister and brother-in-law. You two can chat."
Ye Jun is currently on his honeymoon, and even while talking to Lin Yan, his large hand under his sleeve is still holding Xie Li's small hand.
Before leaving, he kept turning back to look at me.
Seeing his reluctant expression, Lin Yan couldn't help but chuckle.
"Uncle, you're really reluctant to part with your aunt. They live in the same courtyard. Are you afraid I'll eat her alive?"
Faced with her teasing, Xie Li's face turned bright red instantly, and Ye Jun also left hastily with a blushing handsome face.
Since the new dormitory building has just begun construction, the extra forty men will have to squeeze in temporarily.
Some people lived in the new house, squeezing in with Zhang Li and the others, while others moved to the old house next door.
However, for convenience, they ate all three meals at the new house. For this reason, Lin Yan also hired a few more aunts to come and cook for them.
Therefore, since there were many men sitting in the courtyard washing up and resting, she could only take Xie Li to the study to chat.
"How are things, Auntie? Have you been adjusting well since you got married? Has your uncle ever bullied you?"
Xie Li always felt embarrassed whenever she heard Lin Yan call her "little aunt," after all, they used to have that kind of relationship.
"My husband treats me very well and has never bullied me in the slightest!"
Aside from his particular fondness for "bullying" her in that kind of situation...
I don't know where he got such strength. He looks very thin, but once he gets on the kang (a heated brick bed), he seems to have inexhaustible strength!
Of course, Xie Li couldn't say these words out loud; she could only silently complain in her heart.
Feeling her face growing increasingly hot, she quietly lowered her head, staring only at the tips of her shoes.
Looking at the almost completely red face in front of her, Lin Yan couldn't help but curl the corners of her lips. Looking at the sky outside, she cleared her throat before speaking:
"It's still early, you can go back after you finish dinner."
Reminded by her, Xie Li remembered the purpose of her visit and quickly took out a drawing paper from her bosom.
"By the way, I actually came to see you about something. Do you recognize this?"
"What is this? What do you want with this?"
The more Lin Yan looked at the drawings, the more familiar they seemed, as if she had seen them somewhere before, but she couldn't quite place them.
"This is a long story, let me tell you slowly."
The time it takes to drink a cup of tea has passed.
After learning everything, Lin Yan looked at Xie Li with pity and sighed sincerely:
"Second Master Xie is a kind and honest man."
Fortunately, Master Xie was kind and generous; otherwise, any other man would likely have faced death.
No wonder she always felt that Xie Li and Xie Sheng looked nothing alike.
"Yes! Father and Aunt are both very good people..."
Hearing Lin Yan's words, Xie Li's eyes gradually reddened, but in a short while, she calmed her turbulent emotions.
“Xu Yuan is the Fifth Prince’s concubine. I suspect she came here this time to make some kind of deal with him. I can’t completely trust what she says. The Fifth Prince is an ambitious man, which shows that this thing is definitely not an ordinary item. If Xu Yuan can’t find this thing this time, he might come back to force her next time. You all need to be extra vigilant during this period.”
Lin Yan's delicate eyebrows furrowed tightly.
She couldn't understand it.
What's so special about the drawing on this paper that it attracted these princes to come and snatch it?
However, Xie Li's willingness to tell her everything in detail was beyond her expectations.
It seems she didn't misjudge him!
"Thank you for coming to tell me about this."
Thinking of the days when Lin Yan took care of her, Xie Li felt a warm feeling in her heart.
She held Lin Yan's hands, looked sincerely into her eyes, and her voice was choked with emotion:
“I will do my best to find out the cause of my mother’s death. If the real culprit is indeed the First Madam, I will not let her go. But she is her, and you are you. I will remember all the kindness you have shown me and never forget it.”
Lin Yan didn't know how to comfort her.
The thought that one's aunt might be the murderer who killed one's own mother would probably break anyone.
She could only silently pat Xie Li's hand to comfort her.
...
After dinner.
By this time, the sun had completely set, and Xie Li and Ye Jun boarded the donkey cart for their return journey.
The courtyard returned to calm.
As night fell, Lin Yan took out the blueprints and spread them out on the kang (a heated brick bed), asking the person next to her questions with curiosity.
Do you have this?
When Xie Muqing saw the lifelike pattern on the drawing, his pupils suddenly contracted, and he looked up at Lin Yan in astonishment.
"How did you get this blueprint?!"
Lin Yan told him everything that had happened that day, but of course she concealed the fact that Madam Xie might be the murderer of Xie Li's birth mother.
"What exactly is this? Was this the reason the Fourth Prince sent assassins to kill you last time?"
Xie Muqing originally wanted to tell a small lie to cover up the matter.
But when he met those curious and bewildered eyes, he suddenly remembered the last time, the look of utter disappointment and despair hidden in those eyes.
His heart ached sharply once again!
He didn't want to make the same mistake again...
Xie Muqing gave Lin Yan a deep look, then walked to the wardrobe and took out a small package from the bottom.
It was gently placed in front of her.
"This is what they want."
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