Chapter 384

The last time Li Lan returned to Nantong, she was still with her fiancé.

Since then, Li Lan had never returned to her hometown, never seen her parents or brothers again, and even the phone calls she made were handled by her secretary, Auntie Xu, who was also from Nantong.

She had been intelligent since childhood and was the daughter Li Li Weihan and Cui Cui Cui Cui Cui Cui Cui Guiying loved the most.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan did not know exactly when Li Lan realized she was ill.

It must have been much later than his own realization, because Li Lan did not have a mother named "Li Lan."

Since returning to Nantong, Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan had heard about Li Lan's past from many people's mouths; from some detailed descriptions, Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan could perceive that Li Lan had already shown signs back then.

College, graduation, work, her condition constantly worsening; the partner she found, who was his own father, was the anchor she used to treat her illness.

Later, she discovered that relying solely on so-called love was no longer effective.

She then planned to have a child to awaken her maternal love, using it as a new anchor.

As a result, she gave birth to a... freak, even more severe than herself.

This caused her condition to become completely uncontrollable.

The summer Li Lan sent him back to Nantong was the time when Li Lan's condition completely spiraled out of control.

In fact, whether Li Lan herself returned was not important to Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan.

After all, in the boy's heart, there had long been no obsession or habit regarding a "mother."

What made Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan feel puzzled, and even produced a sense of inexplicable vigilance, was what Li Lan had just said on the phone.

She had changed.

It was as if she had put on a complete new layer of human skin, or as if she had thoroughly scraped away the last bit of dead skin from her body.

Such a Li Lan made Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan feel uneasy.

Li Lan:

"Son, you will come to pick up Mom, right?

You must be very worried about Mom's current state.

You wouldn't want Mom to just appear so abruptly at the entrance of the village, would you?"

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan: "Specific address."

Li Lan: "Nantong Hotel, Room 909."

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan hung up the phone.

Zhang Shen showed a hint of embarrassment.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan bought two packs of cigarettes for Great-Grandfather, along with some candies and snacks, and after paying, he carried the bag and walked home.

Great-Grandfather had finished breakfast and was standing on the dam; seeing Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan return, he deliberately stretched and asked casually, not caring at all:

"Anything up, Little Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan Hou?"

"Nothing, Great-Grandfather."

"Oh, that's fine then."

"Great-Grandfather, I bought you some cigarettes."

"Haha, I've told you several times, don't buy such expensive ones."

Taking the cigarettes and tucking them into his pocket, Li Sanjiang went down the dam for a stroll.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan sat back in his seat and finished the bowl of white porridge in front of him with the salted duck egg that A Li had peeled.

Putting down his chopsticks, the boy looked at the girl and said:

"She is back."

A Li's expression did not change.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan: "She wants me to go pick her up."

A Li nodded.

"I'm going to see what kind of state she is in exactly."

A Li reached out, her five fingers pressing against the boy's palm, and after exerting a slight downward force, she withdrew her hand.

The boy's palm did not bleed, but five nail marks were left behind.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan looked into the girl's eyes, found himself within them, and said very seriously:

"Believe me, she no longer has the qualification, let alone the ability, to peel off my skin."

As he spoke, the boy grabbed the girl's wrist and placed her soft hand on his Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Face.

"If you don't believe me, you can pinch here; although it's very thin, it is truly the skin I have newly grown."

A Li did not pinch; she just gently touched the boy's Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Face.

"I'll send you back to your room first."

A Li shook her head, stood up, and went up the stairs by herself. When she passed the edge of the terrace, she looked at the boy standing below; she did not return to her room but sat down on the rattan chair.

She wanted to watch him leave and wait for him to return.

The girl knew that Li Lan was an extremely complex and special existence for the boy; she was harder to deal with than evil spirits, because evil spirits could be killed directly.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan walked to the back of the house, where the group who had finished breakfast was already working vigorously.

Zhao Yi held the blueprints, guiding and coordinating while doing the work himself.

Seeing Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan come over, Zhao Yi took the initiative to step onto the ridge of the field and smiled bitterly:

"I can only rush to build the basic structure according to the content of your design, but the final debugging still requires you to do it yourself.

No way around it, who told me that all my professional abilities are a bit worse than yours; integrated together, it's more than one big grade lower."

"Thanks for your hard work."

"No hard work, between us, there's no need to be so mushy, it's too formal."

"Work hard, help me supervise the work today, and finish building the basic structure for me."

"Going out?"

"Yeah." Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan paused and added, "My mother is back."

Zhao Yi's mouth hung open for a while; he could offer opinions on other matters, even if they were ultimately useless, at least he could help the Li guy broaden his thinking.

But regarding this matter, he couldn't say anything too specific.

He couldn't exactly comfort him by saying that when he realized his mother had been replaced and was practically declared dead... well, in his heart, it was just one of those things.

After all, when he was a child, his mother and father had tried to strangle him many times, intending to create a scene of his early death.

Zhao Yi: "How about I go with you? Anyway, I can finish this after I get back by working overtime at night."

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan: "No need."

Zhao Yi did not insist further.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan: "Brother Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng."

Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng: "Coming, Little Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan."

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan: "Accompany me on a trip out."

Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng: "Okay."

Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng left the construction site, went to the well on the dam to rinse off, and then pushed out a tricycle.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan sat on it, Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng released the handbrake, and rode down the dam.

Chen Chen Chen Chen Chen Chen Chen Xiyuan asked Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin: "What happened? Where is the little brother going?"

Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin held a large piece of material in his hands and shook his head: "Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan didn't talk to me just now."

Chen Chen Chen Chen Chen Chen Chen Xiyuan: "But you can definitely hear it."

Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin: "My hearing is the opposite of your appetite; you don't control your appetite when you get home, and I deliberately pretend to be deaf when I get home."

Chen Chen Chen Chen Chen Chen Chen Xiyuan: "I think there must be a big secret in this, right?"

Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin: "Some things are best not asked."

Chen Chen Chen Chen Chen Chen Chen Xiyuan nodded and said: "Okay, I'll pretend I don't know, and I won't ask again."

Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin: "Yeah, let's continue working, try to finish the project before the sun goes down."

Chen Chen Chen Chen Chen Chen Chen Xiyuan: "But you actually know it's an inconvenient thing to ask, so you actually eavesdropped earlier, right?"

Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin shrugged and pulled out a cigarette case, flicking a cigarette to Zhao Yi.

He had indeed heard it; Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan's mother had returned to Nantong.

The reason Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan chose to take Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng with him was likely because he valued Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng's firmness and his resistance to external influences.

He had been traveling the rivers for so long, but regarding today's matter, if Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan had asked him to accompany him, Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin would have felt incomparably anxious; one had to know, that was the woman who gave birth to Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan.

There were cars at home, and one could flag down a car on the road; the Nantong Hotel was located in the city center, and it was quite far from Shinan Town.

But Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan did not want to see Li Lan too urgently or too early.

He needed the wind to blow on his forehead, and he also wanted to leave himself a little more time to brew and prepare.

But no matter how long the road was, there would eventually be a time when it was almost finished; although Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng did not accelerate or pedal hard, he did not stop for a moment along the way.