Chapter 78: Eve Of The Family Reunion Banquet
Gou Dan, who was floating and sitting properly on the chair, looked at Nan Yuanman with slight surprise upon hearing this: “Family reunion banquet?”
The man then realized that he didn’t know much about the background and family of this little young cub in front of him, nor did he know how she had acquired such skills at such a young age.
And there was also this Purple Zombie that she kept by her side and called Grandpa…
Gou Dan suddenly felt a bit uneasy in his heart. He lowered his gaze to Nan Yuanman and gently asked her in a soft voice: “Perfection, can you tell me about yourself?”
Nan Yuanman scratched her head: “There’s nothing much to say about my matters…”
She didn’t intend to hide it from him. For some reason, she always felt that Gou Dan looked familiar and had an inexplicable sense of trust toward him.
So the little cub quickly spilled all her affairs clean.
Except for the matter that Grandpa had repeatedly warned her not to let anyone know about Xiao Hong’s existence.
“So, you are the child born to the daughter of the Jiang family, the richest family in S City, who was lost outside, and tomorrow’s family reunion banquet is also to bring you back to the Jiang family?” The man showed a thoughtful expression. He always felt that this Jiang family sounded a bit familiar, as if he had heard it somewhere.
But upon careful thought, his mind was still blank, with no memories at all.
“Yes, I don’t actually have much expectation about whether I can be recognized back into the Jiang family. I just want to let Mama return to the Jiang family.” Nan Yuanman hugged Old Master Nan’s little leg and said.
Her mother had suffered so much grievance in the Jiang family, and after being driven out of the Jiang family, she had endured so much hardship. There was no reason for the Jiang family to just remove her name like that.
If they wanted her to return to the Jiang family, they had to bring Mama back with her.
She wanted to let Mama return to the Jiang family openly, enter the Jiang family ancestral hall, and enjoy the Jiang family incense.
At the same time, it would also give those who hurt Mama a place to repent.
Gou Dan was stunned for a moment and subconsciously asked her: “Then where is your mother? Didn’t she come back with you?”
“She came back with me!” Nan Yuanman said, then rolled up from the ground, ran over with pattering steps to pick up the small coffin, rummaged inside, and carefully took out a spirit tablet.
Nan Yuanman gently wiped the spirit tablet and looked at the carved words on it, chattering: “Sorry, Mama. So many things happened after returning to the Jiang family that Perfection almost forgot about you. Don’t blame Perfection…”
While saying this, she carefully placed the spirit tablet on the table, ran to get the fruits and melons that the servant had brought when she was bathing earlier, placed them in front of it, lit incense, and made offerings.
When Gou Dan saw the spirit tablet, he instantly fell silent: “…”
He had thought of every possibility, but he never expected that the little girl’s mother had already died.
Also, if she hadn’t died, she wouldn’t have watched Nan Yuanman stay with a dangerous Purple Zombie day after day.
Inexplicably, his chest felt stuffy.
The man’s face showed some annoyance. He wanted to comfort the little girl but didn’t know how, and for the first time, he hated his habit of being short on words.
Nan Yuanman didn’t care at all. After she was born, she was raised by Grandpa and had never experienced the love of a mother or father. For these two most important roles in life, she only had a very shallow symbol in her mind, without specific thoughts.
But she also understood that Mama must love her very much.
If she didn’t love her, she wouldn’t have desperately given birth to her.
Therefore, she was very willing to help Mama clear her grievances, get revenge, and take back what she deserved.
After making offerings to Bai Wenyin, Nan Yuanman shared the strange things she had encountered recently with Old Master Nan. When she got sleepy from chatting, she climbed onto the bed to sleep.
She didn’t put away the spirit tablet. She planned to hug it tomorrow to attend the family reunion banquet.
Gou Dan was silent all night. He sat by the bed, quietly watching the little girl curled up in the blanket, fast asleep.
A five-year-old child’s face was still chubby. When asleep, her hands were tightly clenched into fists placed beside her cheeks, squeezing out the cheek meat. Her mouth was slightly open, sleeping with puffing sounds like a little goldfish.
Gou Dan couldn’t help but reach out and gently poke her cheek meat. After poking, he looked up and met the gazes of one Purple Zombie, one ghost, and one spirit by the bed.
Old Master Nan: “Stare.”
Zhuang Zhuang: “Stare.”
Xiao Cao: “Stare.”
Clearly, except for Old Master Nan, the other two little ones had no eyes, but Gou Dan inexplicably felt like he was being stared at by an 800-watt bulb.
Gou Dan: “…”
He sneered coldly, reached out, and touched again.
Old Master Nan: (╬益)!!
He stood up and silently pounced toward Gou Dan. Xiao Cao and Zhuang Zhuang hurriedly stopped him, with Xiao Cao desperately pointing at the soundly sleeping Nan Yuanman.
Gou Dan contentedly floated away slowly from the little girl’s bedside. He looked at the tightly closed door, thought for a few seconds, then passed through the door and floated outside.
It was now 11 p.m. Except for Jiang Xinxin and Nan Yuanman, these two children, the other Jiang family members hadn’t slept yet.
Jiang Lixuan was puckering his buttocks, searching on the table and floor for the USB drive from last night, muttering: “Strange, I clearly remember putting it on the table that night, and I specifically told the servants not to enter my room to clean. How could it be missing?”
Although he had already backed up everything in the USB drive to the cloud, that USB drive couldn’t be taken away casually by others. If outsiders discovered the contents, the Jiang family’s reputation would probably be implicated by Jiang Yueyao.
Not to mention, Jiang Tianzong had warned him.
He didn’t have the strength now, nor the courage to go against him.
Gou Dan glanced at Jiang Lixuan, who had stuck his head under the table, and continued floating to other places.
He roughly browsed through the Jiang family villa before floating back to stay by Nan Yuanman’s side.
One night without dreams.
The next day, after searching all night for the USB drive and turning the room upside down without finding it, Jiang Lixuan gave up. He knocked on the guest room door early: “Perfection, get up, wash up, and eat breakfast. We’ll have to do styling later.”
The little girl yawned and slowly sat up from the blanket, shouting outward: “Got it.”
Gou Dan didn’t make a sound, quietly watching Nan Yuanman, who was hugging the blanket with a head of messy hair, spacing out to shake off sleepiness.
After her sleepiness passed, he softly asked: “Perfection, can I accompany you today?”
Nan Yuanman was stunned for a moment, then nodded: “Sure.”
Gou Dan was a living soul, not afraid of sunlight.
Just right, maybe among the people attending the banquet today, there would be Gou Dan’s relatives.
After shaking off sleepiness, Nan Yuanman got out of bed to wash up, putting Grandpa, Zhuang Zhuang, and Xiao Cao back into the small coffin.
When picking up Xiao Cao, Nan Yuanman let out a sound of surprise. Her chubby little hands went under her armpits, lifting her up. Looking at her fully repaired leg, her eyes lit up: “Xiao Cao, Grandpa fixed your leg?”
Xiao Cao shook her head and nodded.
“Great!” Nan Yuanman pouted and gave Xiao Cao a big kiss before carefully putting her away, and finally the spirit tablet of Bai Wenyin.
After packing up the scattered items, she skillfully slung on the small shoulder bag and went out: “Coming!”
Gou Dan’s mouth corners involuntarily curved up as he slowly floated behind her.
The family reunion banquet was held at a five-star hotel under Dongsheng Group in S City, which specialized in banquets. Jiang Tianzong had cleared the entire hotel, hired people to decorate the site, and the styling team was ready. The Jiang family members just needed to go over.
After Nan Yuanman finished breakfast, Jiang Yueyao also came down from upstairs with Jiang Xinxin, along with Jiang Hengzhi, who had returned at some point.
Jiang Lixuan glanced at them, didn’t greet them, held Nan Yuanman’s hand, and went out first.
Jiang Hengzhi, who was about to greet: “?”
He incredulously turned to Jiang Yueyao, pointing at Jiang Lixuan’s back: “What does he mean? Is he still throwing a tantrum at me?”
Jiang Yueyao’s expression was a bit ugly. She forced a smile: “I don’t know either…”
“I was the one who got beaten… Whatever, Xin Xin, Yao Yao, let’s go. Ignore him.” Jiang Hengzhi got angry too, fumed as he held Jiang Xinxin’s hand, and took Jiang Yueyao to the hotel together.
Even so, the two groups quickly gathered at the hotel.
Jiang Lixuan still ignored others and only hovered around Nan Yuanman.
Jiang Xinxin watched eagerly, secretly glanced at her mother’s ugly expression, didn’t dare call him, nor dare to pester him.
Children’s styling was quick. After Nan Yuanman and Jiang Xinxin finished, it was the adults’ turn.
Jiang Lixuan was afraid she would get bored staying in the hotel, so he instructed: “You can play inside the hotel today, but don’t run outside, okay?”
Nan Yuanman nodded: “Got it.”
Children couldn’t stay put. She quietly sat on the sofa playing with the watch for a while, then couldn’t help but run out for fresh air.
As soon as Nan Yuanman ran to the corridor, her nose suddenly caught a faint grievance emanating a rotten stench.
The originally lazy little girl perked up her brows instantly, became alert, sniffed with her nose to find the direction of the grievance, and ran over with her short legs.
She had just run toward the corridor corner when, behind her, the restless Jiang Xinxin also came out, looked at her back, and carefully followed…
