Chapter 217: Feng Yanxiu
Jiang Lixuan was afraid that Feng Yuli would block him like Nan Yuanman did, so he didn’t dare to beat around the bush and stated his purpose clearly in one sentence.
He swallowed some saliva, moistening his dry throat: “I know you all protect Perfection very well, but my dad… he’s the type who will do anything to achieve his goals. Shangjing is so big now, and I can’t find him. I… I hope you can give me a chance to protect Perfection.”
“As soon as I see my dad appear by Perfection’s side, I will immediately take him away.”
Feng Yuli listened to Jiang Lixuan’s voice, the gentleness on his face disappeared, cold light flashed in the depths of his eyes, and he chuckled lightly, mocking: “Don’t make yourself sound so aggrieved and noble. The ones who have always brought trouble to Perfection are you Jiang family members.”
“If you really wanted to protect Perfection, you should have stopped Jiang Tianzong immediately when he came to Shangjing, instead of feigned notifying us only after he arrived.”
“Moreover, even if you can stop him this time, can you stop him a second time?”
Jiang Lixuan was left red-faced by his words, as if he had been slapped across the face from afar, stinging painfully, along with an indescribable embarrassment.
He opened his mouth, offering a feeble explanation: “I didn’t know at the time…”
“When he erased Perfection’s mother’s existence for the sake of the Jiang family, wanting to place Perfection under your big brother’s name as his illegitimate daughter that couldn’t see the light of day, you also said you didn’t know and didn’t stop it.”
Feng Yuli’s voice remained gentle, but his words made Jiang Lixuan feel utterly ashamed: “Now you also say you didn’t know and didn’t stop it. Jiang Lixuan, you’re such trash—how can you protect Perfection well?”
“Perfection now has us protecting her, and we don’t need you. Go back where you came from and don’t disturb the peaceful life she has finally found.”
With that, Feng Yuli didn’t continue talking nonsense with him and decisively hung up the telephone, then immediately informed Feng Congqian of the news that Jiang Tianzong and Jiang Xinxin were coming to Shangjing.
The second Feng Congqian received the news, he immediately arranged for people to secretly search for traces of Jiang Tianzong and Jiang Xinxin in Shangjing.
In five days—no, four days—it would be the family reunion banquet. He didn’t want any trouble at this family reunion banquet and wouldn’t allow anyone to disrupt it.
Jiang Lixuan, meanwhile, stood at the airport exit, bewildered and helpless as he watched the passing crowd, suddenly unable to understand how his relationship with Perfection had deteriorated like this…
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Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, three days passed. Feng Langqing, Feng Yuli, and Feng Xingchi, who were working outside, received the news that the family reunion banquet was about to begin and all rushed home after pushing aside their work.
Feng Zining and Feng Jingcheng had also left messages for him early in their three-person group chat with Feng Yanxiu.
And in the evening, the two took turns calling Feng Yanxiu, urging him repeatedly to make sure he came back for the family reunion banquet.
Feng Yanxiu was particularly helpless: “Big brother, henchman, it’s just a family reunion banquet for an illegitimate daughter—it’s not some important event. It won’t matter even if I don’t go back, right?”
They kept urging him every day, like they were urging him to his death.
“Also, how did I not know when your relationship with uncle became so good? Have you forgotten what happened with mom and dad back then?”
Dressed in khaki work clothes, with a tall and burly build and handsome, rugged features, Feng Yanxiu sat in front of his laptop, scrutinizing the two brothers who were video calling him.
His eyes narrowed slightly: “You two… were bought off by uncle?”
“No, Feng Yanxiu, what nonsense are you spouting? What illegitimate daughter! Perfection, she’s not an illegitimate daughter!” Feng Jingcheng looked displeased: “And what buying off—you’re so harsh with your words.”
“What happened between uncle and mom and dad back then was a misunderstanding!”
“What misunderstanding?” Feng Yanxiu countered.
“Anyway, anyway, you’ll know when you come back. I can’t explain it clearly over video right now.”
They couldn’t very well tell him that the misunderstanding between him and uncle was cleared up because mom hadn’t reincarnated yet and was still living with them, right?
He’d probably call the mental hospital dean to come drag him away the moment he said it.
Feng Zining, who hadn’t spoken much, slowly spoke up: “Second brother, there was indeed a misunderstanding between mom and dad and uncle. Someone will explain the details when you get back.”
“You’ve been away for quite a while now—it’s time to come home and pay respects to mom and dad.”
Feng Yanxiu fell silent for a moment upon hearing this, finally relenting: “Fine, I’ll take the earliest flight back tomorrow.”
He wanted to see what explanation they could give him.
Feng Zining’s tone softened a bit as he chatted about recent events. Just before hanging up, his voice paused, and he continued: “By the way, second brother, Perfection isn’t an illegitimate daughter. She’s…”
“More special than all of us, our heart’s treasure. Don’t speak carelessly in front of her from now on.”
“Alright, I’m hanging up first. See you tomorrow.”
With that, Feng Zining hung up first. Feng Jingcheng rolled his eyes exaggeratedly at Feng Yanxiu, flipped him off, and cut the video call before Feng Yanxiu could react.
Feng Yanxiu: “…”
Feng Yanxiu laughed in anger: “That little punk is really obnoxious.”
But this illegitimate daughter sure had some skills to get his brothers to speak up for her one after another—either a green tea bitch or a white lotus.
Perfect timing—on this trip back to offer incense to mom and dad, he could expose her true colors while he was at it.
As Feng Yanxiu thought this, he sneered, about to wrap up his final work when there was a knock at the office door. A head wearing a yellow safety helmet poked in, the tanned, honest face full of excitement: “Boss! We dug up something good!”
He had something tucked in his arms and ran in excitedly, carefully placing it on the desk: “Look!”
“What good thing? Didn’t I tell you to dig the foundation?”
Feng Yanxiu curiously looked at what he placed, and at first glance, it was a stack of soil-covered copper coins with the faint words “Tong Bao” engraved on them.
Feng Yanxiu shot to his feet: “You dug up a grave?”
“Isn’t digging up a grave normal?” The worker scratched his head: “It’s just that this grave is different from the previous ones—lots of burial items. We split some according to the old rules… Of course, the bulk is saved for turning in!”
Feng Yanxiu frowned slightly: “I’ll go take a look.”
The engineering project Feng Yanxiu had taken this time was for a new campus in a small county in City A.
The project had just started, right at the foundation digging stage, and unexpectedly, they hit a grave before digging much foundation.
Over the years, the projects he worked on had unearthed quite a few graves deeply buried due to tectonic shifts, but none had so many burial items, so Feng Yanxiu instinctively sensed something off.
It was likely they’d dug up the grave of some ancient big shot.
As Feng Yanxiu walked out of the simple iron-sheet office, he saw the workers gathered together from afar.
He went over and saw a big pit ahead with a black coffin that had been opened lying in it.
Inside the black coffin was a curled-up female skeleton, cradling a smaller skeleton in her arms. The small skeleton seemed to be wearing a longevity lock around its neck.
A worker wearing a red safety helmet was on tiptoes, trying to yank the longevity lock off the small skeleton’s neck.
Feng Yanxiu frowned, feeling somewhat uneasy, and called out to him: “Li Dali!”
At his call, Li Dali, who had been careful, jolted, and with a yank of his hand, pulled the longevity lock off.
The small skeleton’s neck snapped with a crack as a result.
