Chapter 355: Do You Miss Me?

Forget it, perhaps Li Xuan has only returned to her maiden home for a short while; it is more important for him to find the child quickly.

……

Li Xuan opened her eyes and discovered she had returned to the place she hated most.

Kongque Zhen.

But, how did she return?

As her memory returned, it must have been that bowl of rice porridge her mother served her that was the problem.

Tears slid from the corners of her eyes, and Li Xuan felt a deep sense of sorrow in her heart.

To think there is such a mother in the world, spending decades as if they were a single day trying to harm her own daughter.

She pounded the bed fiercely, and the old bed frame emitted an unpleasant creaking sound.

Thinking of her child, Li Xuan cheered herself on in the depths of her heart, telling herself she must be strong.

Based on her chats with Mother Li over the past two days, she deduced that Mother Li likely wanted to marry her off to the fool in town in exchange for a bride price.

Originally, Mother Li had wanted to fish for some benefits from Shen Lan, but later she must have seen that Shen Lan was in jail, and decided to bring her back to Kongque Zhen instead.

As long as she could delay for some time, Shen Lan would surely come to save her.

However, Li Xuan did not expect it to be so soon.

Mother Li brought in a red dress, the fabric looking cheap at a glance, "Put it on! The man I found for you may not be clever, but he has a solid family foundation; he is much better than that embroidered pillow you found yourself that looks good but is useless."

"Mom," Li Xuan knew that once back here, she could not go head-to-head with Mother Li, "Shen Lan will surely have great success in the future."

"If you marry me off to a fool, you can only get one bride price, but if you wait until Shen Lan has success and becomes a high official, I can send you money every month."

"If you had said this in the past, I might have believed you."

Mother Li poked her forehead with an index finger, "Still trying to trick your old mother? If I let you run away again, who knows if I'll ever be able to find you."

"I've raised you this big, surely I can't see not even a drop of oil?"

Mother Li smiled, revealing two rows of yellowed teeth, "Be good and change your clothes, or I'll have your third brother come in and change them for you."

Li Xuan trembled all over; she clutched the dress and lowered her neck, appearing as if she had resigned herself to fate.

……

Shen Lan was thrown out of the Fuliyuan by the security guards.

His palm was cut by a stone and bleeding, but he seemed not to feel it at all.

The child was truly gone.

He grabbed his head in a near-breakdown; what was going on? It seemed that ever since Si Rong cancelled the wedding on the day of their marriage, he had started having bad luck.

Lost his job, went to the detention center, had no place to stay, and now even the child was lost...

What to do? What should he do?

If there was no other way, he decided he still had to bring Li Xuan back.

But he dared not go to the Si Family, so he went to find Ming Zi to ask her about Li Xuan's hometown.

"How would I know? You had a child with her and she didn't even tell you her home base; do you think she would tell me?" Ming Zi gave him the same cold shoulder as always.

"She might be in danger now," Shen Lan suppressed the urge to hit the woman, "If you don't know, just ask Si Rong; I have to rush over to save her."

"Wow! Could the person in front of me be some kind of super hero?"

Ming Zi let out a cold snort, "Regarding Li Xuan's affairs, I don't know, and Si Rong doesn't know either; get lost!"

With no other choice, Shen Lan had to return to the school to flip through the files, and finally saw a place called Kongque Zhen.

……

"Asking me about Li Xuan's hometown? Isn't that funny?" Ming Zi went to the Si Family and asked Si Rong, "He didn't come to find you again, did he?"

Si Rong shook her head, "In the short term, he shouldn't appear in front of me again."

Sometimes fists are still more useful than words.

"Why do you think he wanted to ask about Li Xuan's hometown?"

Si Rong blinked; that Mother Li was never a good person, thinking all day about selling her daughter for a bride price.

In her past life, after coming to Huaiyang, she remembered that Shen Yuan should have been the one brought back to Kongque Zhen.

This time, because of her, Mother Li came to Huaiyang early, and since the daughter was still so young, of course she would sell her to earn a bride price.

If Mother Li was capable enough, then her eyes should be able to have some peace for a while.

"Why bother with him? He won't gain any advantage by going there."

Li Xuan's three older brothers were not to be trifled with.

One can only say that evil people have their own evil people to deal with them.

"Shall we go eat wontons tonight?" Si Rong suggested.

The wontons at the State-run Hotel were naturally delicious, but she didn't expect they would run into Luo Sheng.

"What a coincidence!" A young girl stood beside Luo Sheng, her scrutinizing gaze landing on Si Rong and Ming Zi, hesitant and uncertain.

Ming Zi ignored him and lowered her head to eat her wontons.

It was unclear what Luo Sheng said to the girl, but the girl soon left.

Luo Sheng also ordered a bowl of wontons and sat opposite them to eat, "The one just now was my cousin."

Ming Zi couldn't be bothered to pay him any mind.

He had far too many female cousins, and she had seen even more after they were married.

"Is she from your aunt's side?" Si Rong asked.

Luo Sheng did not expect her to ask in such detail, and shook his head.

"Then is she from your father's sister's side? Or your mother's brother's side?" Si Rong asked again.

Luo Sheng shook his head again, suddenly feeling his face grow a bit hot.

"What kind of cousin is that? Could it be a sweetheart?"

Luo Sheng remembered that Si Rong was never a talkative person; why did it feel like she was somewhat dissatisfied with him today?

"Of course not," he denied with a smile, his eyes fixed on Ming Zi with great affection, "I only have A-Zi in my heart."

Truth be told, Si Rong could also understand the choice Ming Zi made in her past life.

Luo Sheng was a man of talent and appearance, with a good family background, and he had a way with sweet talk.

Ming Zi gave a light scoff, "Don't, I can't afford such flattery."

Luo Sheng's face turned cold; he hadn't expected Ming Zi to show him so little respect, and he left without even eating his wontons.

"The girl just now likes him," Ming Zi said, eating her wontons as if nothing had happened, "A rotten cucumber!"

Si Rong:...

After eating the wontons, Ming Zi sent Si Rong back to the Si Family before leaving; her translation draft had already been mailed out, and if she could earn money to support herself, she would let that Luo Sheng go to hell!

Si Rong rested for a while before going to the post office; she wanted to call Jiang Cheng.

She missed him.

"Hello?" The man's voice on the other end was filled with surprise, "Is that Si Rong?"

"It's me," Si Rong said, tracing circles on her knees, "Have you eaten dinner yet?"

"No—yes, I have, I have," Jiang Cheng felt his head spinning just from hearing Si Rong's voice, "How about you?"

"I had wontons with Ming Zi."

Si Rong asked him again, "Is your training hard?"

"It's not hard."

Jiang Cheng replied, not thinking about her own hardships.

The transfer order had not yet come down, and he was separated from her by a thousand miles.

For some reason, Jiang Cheng had been dreaming frequently lately, and the scenes he dreamt of were all very strange.

Many were of him being with Si Rong; there were scenes of her hugging him under the osmanthus tree, scenes of them walking side by side, and even...

Jiang Cheng once felt that he might be a bit of a pervert.

Every time he dreamt of Si Rong at night, he had to get up the next day to wash his bedsheets.

He even intensified his training, but it had no effect; he had dreamt of Si Rong again last night.

The scene was extremely intense, and the bed collapsed.

From the receiver, Si Rong's questioning voice suddenly came through, "So, have you missed me?"