Chapter 216: I Am Jiang Lixuan
At that time, Zhou Manor.
By an artificial lake, an old man sat wearing a bamboo hat and comfortable white Tang suit, leisurely fishing.
A few minutes later, a middle-aged man hurried over holding an invitation, standing half a meter away and respectfully said: “Patriarch, the Feng family sent someone with three invitations to the family reunion banquet. Who should we send this time?”
“Family reunion banquet? Which doll has the Feng family adopted now?” the old man asked curiously.
The middle-aged man: “This time it’s not adoption, but biological… Apparently just found from outside…”
“Oh, illegitimate daughter…” The old man sneered: “When that old guy from the Feng family died, didn’t he worry about his second son having no heirs? Look, they’re clever, secretly had one outside long ago.”
“Not an illegitimate daughter.” The middle-aged man added: “Mr. Feng announced that he divorced Miss Meng a long time ago.”
Zhou Guoqing: “…” Who would believe that.
But whatever, ever since that old guy from the Feng family passed away, his dealings with the Feng family had faded. This family reunion banquet…
“I remember the eldest and second branches have some young children, right? Let them take the children along.” Zhou Guoqing said slowly: “By the way, didn’t Ze’er from the eldest branch want to go find little sixth from the Feng family to play before?”
“Let them take him along too, get acquainted, familiarize faces, so they don’t clash later and make things awkward.”
The middle-aged man nodded respectfully: “Yes.”
The Xie family and Xiao family, including the third-ranked Wang family, also received invitations. Xie Yifei and Xiao Qidong discussed and decided to bring their respective nephews and nieces to join the fun and find playmates for Yuanman.
The Zheng family still held some resentment toward the Feng family, showing little emotion upon receiving the invitation, even somewhat indifferent.
The Sun family, as always, perfected their surface manners, showing no dissatisfaction despite the deaths of Sun Jiajun and Sun Mengman.
If they had previously wanted to use Sun Mengman’s death to make trouble for the Feng family, after Xiao Mingchen brought the mummified Jiang Huiqin to the Sun family and explained everything, they didn’t dare.
Not only didn’t dare, but during this time, they had to keep a low profile, fearing the Feng family would come after them over Jiang Huiqin.
How could they know Jiang Huiqin had such courage to target the Feng and Xiao family members with metaphysics!
You target them, fine, but she failed! Causing them to be resented by the Xiao family, suffering several losses in business, unable to retaliate.
Sun Zhifeng was thus “exiled” from Shangjing, “banished” to the Sun family’s most remote branch company, all his privileges revoked, becoming an ordinary person living on salary.
For Sun Zhifeng, who had enjoyed a wealthy life, this was worse than death, and he grew to hate Jiang Huiqin and Sun Jiajun even more.
Soon, unable to endure having no money, Sun Zhifeng took up gambling, and later died in a car accident while fleeing debt collectors…
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None of these matters reached Nan Yuanman’s ears. She was now strolling through Shangjing’s vegetable market with Feng Jingcheng.
Back in Batang Village, her favorite thing was going to the big market with Grandpa. The market had many treats she couldn’t usually eat, fresh vegetables, fruit, all kinds of meat, fried goods, and more for sale.
But Shangjing had no markets, only vegetable markets.
Nan Yuanman had no choice but to drag the idlest person at home to shop with her.
Feng Jingcheng heard all sorts of chickens, ducks, and geese clucking and quacking around him, along with vendors hawking, his head buzzing a bit.
He couldn’t help tugging Nan Yuanman, who was charging ahead like a little calf, and shouted: “Yuanman, what do you want to buy?”
“Buy chicken!” Nan Yuanman shouted back just as loudly.
She didn’t know what others’ family reunion banquets were like, but for hers, she wanted to personally select some ingredients.
Just like in the countryside when hosting a feast, the host family would go early to the market to buy vegetables.
She was already a five-year-old little adult! She could definitely buy good ingredients!
Feng Jingcheng: “?”
If she wanted to eat chicken meat, couldn’t they just wait for ingredients to be delivered? Why come out to buy specially?
Was the chicken meat in this vegetable market different from other chicken?
If Nan Yuanman heard his thoughts, she would surely tell him they were very different—native chicken tasted different from feed chicken, free-range chicken different from wild chicken, some chicken had no chicken flavor at all!
The chicken she chose had to be the freshest and tastiest! Even if guests didn’t eat, the ancestors would! Grandpa would too!
Nan Yuanman marched boldly toward the chicken stall, eyes fixed on a lively chicken in the cage. She had picked her target and was about to buy when a surprised female voice called: “Little Immortal Aunt!”
Nan Yuanman and the disgusted-looking Feng Jingcheng turned to see Li Meilin, carrying a bunch of things, with exquisite makeup, looking completely different from before, full of vitality.
Li Meilin hadn’t expected to run into Nan Yuanman here. She truly had great affinity with her.
Nan Yuanman was a bit surprised: “Li Yiyi! You look so pretty now!”
It wasn’t random flattery from Nan Yuanman. Compared to her previous dignified elegance, Li Meilin now had more liveliness, robust vitality, looking vibrant.
Li Meilin laughed heartily: “Little Immortal Aunt is very cute too!”
“Little Immortal Aunt, thank you so much before!” Li Meilin was deeply grateful for the amulet Nan Yuanman had given her and the hints.
Without her, she might have been devoured to the bone by the Luo family before waking up.
With Nan Yuanman’s hints, she accidentally uncovered the Luo family’s schemes upon returning, saw their true faces clearly, successfully gathered evidence, sent that family of lawless thugs to the police station, and successfully divorced Luo Gaoyuan.
Husband, child, and the family that always told her to endure—Li Meilin cut them all off.
Now single, she started her own business anew. It was hard, but much freer and happier than before!
Li Meilin had planned to achieve something first, then thank Nan Yuanman.
Nan Yuanman waved her hand: “That’s all Li Yiyi’s own choice! I didn’t help much.”
Li Meilin smiled, not taking her politeness to heart, and asked what brought her to the vegetable market.
Learning the family was holding a family reunion banquet for her and she wanted to pick ingredients herself, Li Meilin became a vegetable market guide, recommending cheap stalls with fresh produce.
She even helped Nan Yuanman pick vegetables and pay, and before leaving, transferred fifty thousand in cash as a gift.
Li Meilin couldn’t help self-mocking: “Thanks to those years married into the Luo family, tormented by my mother-in-law daily running to the vegetable market, that’s why I know it so well.”
Nan Yuanman happily shoved the two selected chickens into Feng Jingcheng’s hands and grinned: “Then Li Yiyi could try doing an ingredients business.”
“Might have unexpected results~”
“Li Yiyi, I’m heading home first! See you if fate allows~”
Nan Yuanman winked at Li Meilin, then turned and led the dutiful Feng Jingcheng home.
Li Meilin stood stunned for a few seconds, her heart stirring, taking Nan Yuanman’s words to heart.
The car headed to Feng Family Manor. Feng Jingcheng glanced at Nan Yuanman and said: “Yuanman really likes this Li Yiyi?”
“I like obedient clients.” Nan Yuanman tilted her head, giving an ambiguous reply.
Hearing this somewhat domineering remark, Feng Jingcheng inexplicably saw Uncle’s shadow in Nan Yuanman…
Tsk, birds of a feather really do flock together.
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At the same time, Shangjing International Airport.
Much thinner Jiang Lixuan walked out of the exit. He looked up at the cloudless sunny sky, squinting his eyes.
Jiang Lixuan stood in the sun for a while, feeling the chill on him dispelled by the sunlight, then took out his mobile phone and called Nan Yuanman again.
The call went unanswered again.
Jiang Lixuan pursed his lips and called Feng Yuli instead.
After two rings, it was picked up, and Feng Yuli’s mild voice sounded: “Hello, may I ask…”
Before he finished, Jiang Lixuan said: “Feng Yuli, it’s Jiang Lixuan. I’m in Shangjing now.”
“My dad brought Xin Xin to Shangjing to find Yuanman.”
