Chapter 71: Yu'an: Oh No, Little Uncle Seems Seriously Ill!

She, how could she…

How could it be so easy to just…

The more Cheng Chengxuan thought about it, the redder his face grew, until finally even his breath felt scalding.

"Little Uncle."

Yu'an bounced over, waving at him, looking at him with worry.

"Little Uncle, are you sick? Your face is so red."

"Don't be scared, Little Uncle. Yu'an will go find Grandmother right now to cure you!"

With that, the little one whipped around and was about to dash outside.

Cheng Chengxuan quickly stopped him.

"No need, I'm fine. It's just that this room is too hot."

Yu'an blinked, looked at him, then tilted his head to look past him at the wide-open window behind him.

This is still hot?

Oh my goodness, Grandmother, come quick! Little Uncle really is seriously ill!

……

Meanwhile, back in the Modern Era.

"They want to see me?"

An Luo instinctively refused.

"I won't see them."

Let alone seeing those faces of the Gu Family, even hearing those names made her feel unlucky. She had no desire to make herself miserable!

"Then don't see them."

Officer Lu on the other end nodded.

A friend over there said the Gu Family members had been acting a bit unhinged lately, so not seeing them was for the best.

"There's one more thing. Do you still remember the day you were drugged with sleeping pills? We went to your place because we received a call reporting it."

Right, she'd forgotten to ask before—who made the report?

Thinking this, An Luo voiced the doubt in her heart.

"The caller said he happened to overhear Skinny Guy and the others discussing what they were going to do on the road, and they mentioned your home address. On top of that, those two were acting sneaky and didn't look like good people, so he felt something was off and called the police."

An Luo's brow furrowed slightly.

"What a coincidence?"

Officer Lu continued.

"We've already investigated. That person is indeed clean. But you still need to be careful in your daily life. If anything comes up, contact me right away."

"Okay, thank you."

After hanging up, An Luo stared at the call log on her screen, lost in thought.

Could there really be such a coincidence?

……

On the other side of the city, in a spacious, low-key luxurious office.

A man in a white shirt rubbed the jade bracelet in his hand. Beside him sat a wooden box containing a jade hairpin, and next to it, a photograph.

The office door was suddenly knocked on.

The man tucked the photo into a file folder, then called out toward the door.

"Come in."

The assistant walked in carrying a cup of warm water, a notebook in the other hand.

"Boss, the warm water you asked for."

Saying so, the assistant set the cup to his left.

Then opened the notebook.

"Over the past month, the An Tongxing Charity Foundation has donated to ten families with serious illnesses and no financial means, totaling… and has also donated to impoverished areas…"

The man nodded.

"Mm."

The assistant continued his report.

"Miss An this past month, aside from going to the family supermarket, shows up at the foundation once a week. The rest of the time she's mostly holed up at home."

The man raised his eyes and glanced at him.

"Anything else? For instance, has anyone strange shown up around her?"

The assistant's mouth twitched.

Who could be stranger than you? If you really like her, then go pursue her!

Staring at her photo every day and clutching the jewelry she sold, pining over objects—what's the use?!

Cursing wildly inside, the assistant still wore a smiling face.

"Nothing unusual found so far."

"Then keep watching. If anyone strange shows up around her, tell me immediately."

Assistant: "……"

I'm an assistant, not a paparazzi!

Ever since the boss woke up, he's become harder and harder to serve.

Seeing no response, the man frowned.

"Didn't hear clearly?"

The assistant hurriedly nodded.

"I-I heard clearly."

"Then why haven't you gone to handle it yet?"

The assistant hurriedly nodded and walked briskly toward the door.

Before closing the door, he glanced at a certain someone holding a cup of water and drinking.

He was baffled.

Ever since the boss woke up, he hadn't even drunk his favorite coffee anymore.

Could it be that after recovering from a serious illness, he started learning to take care of his health?

And in the past, the boss loved working overtime the most, acting as if he wished to spend his whole life with work.

But now, he was even slacking off during work hours.

Just as the assistant was thinking, the door of the CEO's office opened from inside.

He instinctively straightened up.

"Boss, do you have any other instructions?"

"Doesn't work end at six? Why haven't you left yet?"

Watching his own boss's dashing departing figure, the assistant wore a baffled face.

"Huh???"

The work you just assigned me—have you forgotten it so quickly?

……

Over on the Dayin Dynasty's side.

"Snow disaster?!"

At the dinner table, Cheng Chengxuan brought up this matter, and upon hearing it, everyone's expressions changed drastically.

Cheng Old Madam suddenly recalled Gu Shang's words from that day.

Could the unrest Daoist Priest Yuanchen spoke of have been referring to the snow disaster?

If this is true, chaos will come soon, and the time left for them won't be much.

"There's also this."

Cheng Chengxuan took out a piece of coal roughly half an adult's palm in size.

"This is……"

Yu'an saw that he hadn't continued speaking, and thought his little uncle had forgotten what it was called, so he immediately put down his bowl and chopsticks and said in a childish voice.

"It's coal! The Fairy Sister gave it to Yu'an!"

After saying that, he gave his little uncle a little look.

Little Uncle is so silly, forgetting so quickly.

Understanding his look, Cheng Chengxuan rubbed his little head, his tone doting.

"Yes, yes, yes, this is coal. Our Yu'an's memory is really good, so amazing."

Then he looked solemnly at Cheng Old Madam and explained how coal could be burned for warmth.

Hearing his words and looking at the coal burning red-hot in the stove, Cheng Old Madam thought for a long time.

"What are you thinking?"

This question was naturally directed at Cheng Chengxuan.

"Your Grandson thinks we should still tell the Chen Family about the coal mine."

Cheng Old Madam didn't respond, only looking at her great-grandson sitting obediently to the side.

"Yu'an, are you willing to hand over the coal mine?"

The little fellow jumped down from his chair, pattered over to her side, placed both hands on his great-grandmother's knees, looked up at her with an innocent face.

"Is a snow disaster very cold?"

Cheng Old Madam nodded.

"Very cold. It might even freeze people to death."

Yu'an instinctively shrank his little body, his little face turning pale, his face full of fear and worry.

Seeing him frightened, Cheng Old Madam felt heartache too, but the children of the Cheng Family should not be those precious, delicate flowers and plants raised in a greenhouse—instead they should be the sturdy bamboo on steep cliffs, the pines and cypresses that remain upright through the battering of wind, frost, rain, and snow.

It was also time to let Yu'an see some of the cruelty of this world.

Yu'an pressed his lips together. Though his little face was still pale, his expression grew resolute.

"If we have coal for warmth, can we save a lot of people?"

"Then take it away. Yu'an doesn't want everyone to suffer from the cold."

Cheng Old Madam contentedly rubbed the top of the little fellow's head.

Then she looked toward Cheng Chengxuan.

"I actually think that compared to coal, the heated kang should be built as soon as possible."

"As for coal……"

Cheng Old Madam used a stick to poke at the coal burning bright red in the stove.

"I think this thing is more suitable for forging weapons."

Cheng Chengxuan's eyes lit up.

Right. This coal burned longer than wood and charcoal, and looking at this firepower, it wasn't something charcoal could compare to either—it really was more suitable for forging weapons.

"Then your Grandson will go to the Chen Family tomorrow to discuss the heated kang. As for the coal mine……"

Cheng Old Madam took a sip of warm water.

"Tell me everything at once, but before that, you still need to go somewhere first…"