When everyone in the courtyard was cleared, Xiang Yi took his sister to the pavilion in the open garden in the backyard.

Being so solemn, Xiang Ning couldn't help but clasping his hands together.

"What does sister want to say to me?"

Xiang Yi glanced at his sister lovingly, held her hand in his palm, and whispered.

"Ning Ning, the person who looks very similar to you that you heard about in the back mountain last time may indeed have something to do with you."

Xiang Ning raised his eyes when he heard this, and his uneasiness became even higher.

"What...what's the relationship?"

Xiang Yi couldn't bear to see his sister so worried, so he simply told her directly.

"Ning Ning is not the biological child of your father and mother. The wife who looks like you may be your biological mother."

A bird suddenly flew across the air and screamed in the air.

Xiang Ning's ears were empty, but the noise in his head was extremely loud.

Many strange things these days seem to be explained with the words of the eldest sister.

Xiang Ning was surprised, but he didn't seem that surprised.

She was just a little dazed and frightened, and slowly hugged herself.

Her voice trembled.

"So my sister and I are different from Ayu. We are not our parents' children, but other people's children, right?"

As she finished speaking, her tears fell down.

She looked at Xiang Yi confused.

"Sister, are you going to send Ning Ning away?"

These words made Xiang Yi feel sour in her heart, and she couldn't help hugging her sister.

"How is it possible? Ning Ning, don't be afraid. My sister has always treated you as my biological sister. You can always be a member of the Xiang family, but now I just want you to know your life experience."

Xiang Ning has felt that she and her sister and brother are not the same since she was a child . So the same.

My sister and brother are both in good health, unlike her who gets sick every three days and can't see anything at night.

Moreover, she doesn't look like Ayu, nor does she look like her sister. When she walked outside, others couldn't believe that she and they were brothers and sisters from the same mother.

When she was lost and thinking wildly, she wondered whether her parents had picked her up, but her sister and brother had never looked at her in the slightest.

Especially after his father's accident, his sister took them to observe filial piety but was bullied. She was so ill that the family had little money and relied on her father's former friends for financial support.

The first time the eldest sister went to the Tan family with the marriage certificate was not only because Ayu was blocked from taking the imperial examination, but also because she was bedridden and unable to take medicine. The doctor came to see her that day and pulled her out of the coma from the road to hell. , but if this continues, she will die within a month.

The next day, the eldest sister, who was so reserved and introverted, took the initiative to show up at the Tan family's door with a marriage certificate...

Xiang Ning's tears fell even more fiercely, and she stretched out her hand to hug Xiang Yi.

"I know, I know, my sister has never treated me as someone else's child, and she has always been so kind to me..."

She said so well that Xiang Yi's eyes turned red.

"Silly girl, you are my sister, and you will be my sister for the rest of your life...Don't think about it anymore."

In the quiet surroundings, both sisters shed many tears.

But Xiang Ning thought of something else.

"Sister, does Ayu know my life experience?"

Xiang Yi lowered his head and glanced at her.

"Ayu... I've known it for a long time."

Xiang Ning was surprised, but Xiang Yi didn't continue the topic. She talked about Xiang Ning's biological mother.

"That lady is trapped in that villa. She sent the secret message today. In all likelihood, she needs us to help her get out of trouble."

"Is this so?" Xiang Ning never thought that she accidentally bumped into him that day. Things actually have such a relationship with me.

"Who locked her there?"

Xiang Yi didn't know either. "When we rescue that lady, everything will become clear."

...

The time and place were given on the special piece of paper. , also gave a description of the person who contacted him, saying that he was a lame girl.

Xiang Yi didn't know what condition the lady was in, but she quietly called for help.

Fortunately, the uncle sent quite a lot of people, and there were many experienced people. She didn't know where he got all these people, and she didn't even need to worry about it, and she spontaneously arranged the time and place on the paper. Joint things.

It was the evening of the second day, so Xiang Yi naturally wanted to go there in person, but he hid in the bushes. After waiting for a while, he saw a lame girl staggering into a hidden place under the tree.

The Tan family members immediately stepped forward.

The lame girl was very excited when she saw that someone was really coming.

The two parties spoke very quickly, and soon they finished talking. The Tan family members left, and the lame girl disappeared.

Seeing that Xiang Yi successfully connected his head, his heart dropped, and he called someone to ask questions.

The crippled girl told her wife what she wanted. As expected, the wife couldn't get out. She said there was a quick and easy way to let Xiang Yi set fire to her villa in the middle of the night and escape in the chaos.

Xiang Yi was surprised, but considering that the security at that house was very tight, this was probably the only way he could do it.

It's just that she said it's not possible today, but anything after today will be fine.

What does this mean? Is there anyone in her villa today?

Could he be Ning Ning's biological father?

In a villa not far from Tanjia Hot Spring Villa.

A lame girl quickly returned without being noticed, and soon she was under the window of the master's tall and spacious wing.

"Madam?"

She called softly and saw her walking over quickly.

The master and the servant exchanged glances very quickly. The lame girl's eyes were bright and she nodded repeatedly to the woman in the room.

She said in a very soft voice, "I picked it up, it's all right!"

When the lady heard this, she couldn't help but clasped her hands and chanted the Buddha's name.

There seemed to be footsteps approaching outside. The woman quickly signaled to the lame girl, and the maid immediately disappeared under the window.

She immediately suppressed her excitement, and when she heard the footsteps, she arrived at the door of the room. She immediately picked up the paintbrush and pretended to color the clothes on the painting table.

Before she finished this stroke, footsteps came behind her.

The footsteps were a sound she was very familiar with. As soon as he approached, the little maids sweeping the courtyard immediately disappeared.

It seemed like she and him were the only ones left in the huge mansion.

The man held her waist from behind and followed her gaze to the painting under her hand.

His voice sounded gentle and elegant, "Yanyan's writing skills are getting better and better, and our daughter seems to be walking out of the painting."

He said, lightly touching the woman's ear with the corners of his lips.

Shen Yan immediately turned his head away and distanced himself from him.

The man didn't feel angry at all, but smiled softly, as if nothing happened, and took a closer look at the painting in Shen Yan's hand.

He glanced at her.

"I know you miss your daughter, can't you tell me where the child is now? I will send someone to pick her up immediately, and our family of three will be reunited from now on, wouldn't it?"

He said it sincerely, but seriously Yan sneered after hearing this.

"You will never find your daughter in this life. Isn't it enough for you to harm me for the rest of my life? Are you going to harm her as well? Can she be included in your family tree, or can she come and go freely here? You also want to trap me, just like me. Her whole life?"

The man was silent for a moment while he was asking questions, and then smiled.

"She is my daughter. I will not treat her badly. I will naturally take care of everything for her and give her a suitable identity to stay with us..."

But before he finished speaking, Shen Yan spat. On the man's face.

The man froze, but Shen Yan didn't care at all and just said something hateful.

"Your family looks down on my origin and says I am a humble commoner. How can you really treat your daughter? It doesn't matter if you despise my humble background, but why do you have to imprison me here for the rest of my life? You are the despicable people. I I never want my daughter to associate with you people and be harmed by you!"

She said, turning around and seeing the man's face.

The man is now in a high and powerful position, but he is not fat at all and is still as handsome and suave as before.

But Shen Yan didn't want to look at him at all.

"You are filthy and disgusting, but my daughter is clean and pure. I would rather never see her in my life than let her recognize you as my father! Lin Xu!"

The bite she just spat on his face has not yet been wiped clean.

Mr. Lin Lin Xu took out the handkerchief and wiped his face without haste. He smiled bitterly and lowered his eyes amidst the insults and insults from the woman next to him.

"You scolded me again... I can't give you the position of head wife, but you are the only one in my heart for the rest of my life, don't you know?"

Shen Yan closed his eyes, thinking of the half-life entangled with him. , and thought that I might see my daughter soon.

Shen Yan's mood was mixed and complicated.

She was a little tired and didn't want to say any more.

"It's not important anymore."

Lin Xu couldn't read her inner thoughts, but he followed her words.

"Yes, it doesn't matter anymore. Anyway, you will be mine, Lin Xu, for the rest of your life."

He said, lowering his head to kiss her on the lips, but Shen Yan turned her head and rejected him again.

She refused, and Lin Xu also thought about it.

He didn't force it, he just laid his eyes on her face for a moment and pulled up the broken hair by her ears.

"Okay, stop making trouble. I'm going back to Beijing first. I'll come back next time I take a break."

After he finished speaking, he turned and left.

Shen Yan never looked back, but as he walked further and further away, his mood became complicated and unspeakable.

But no matter what, she might really have to leave this time.

Leave him now and never see him again in this life!

The next evening, a fire suddenly broke out in the villa where Shen Yan was staying.

In Lin Xu's absence, the servants were frightened, fearing that if they hurt Shen Yan, they would be severely punished by Lin Xu.

But when they were hurriedly putting out the fire, someone suddenly asked.

"Where's Madam?"

As soon as these words came out, everyone was startled.

But he put down the barrel and looked for someone in a hurry, but Shen Yan was nowhere to be seen.

Only five or six servants in the backyard were knocked unconscious and Shen Yan and Lai Gu were missing.

They hurriedly went out to look for someone, but there was no one there.

Neither Shen Yan nor Lai Gu knew how to knock out five or six men in the concierge and the backyard. Moreover, Shen Yan had night blindness and how could he escape due to poor vision at night.

Then someone must have cooperated inside and outside and rescued the person.

The servants were all frightened. While putting out the fire and looking for people, they rushed to the capital to notify Mr. Lin.

...

The Tan family, like all their neighbors, sent people over to help put out the fire.

But Xiang Yi didn't care about the fire at all. He just took Xiang Ning to the courtyard where Shen Yan was placed. He saw his sister hesitated in her steps.

"Is she...really my mother? Why did you send me away back then?"

The little girl was at a loss and confused. Xiang Yi looked distressed and held her carefully.

"Mrs. Shen also has her own difficulties. Ning Ning might as well listen to what she has to say, okay?"

My sister, who has always been well-behaved, listened to her words. Although she was confused and worried, she still followed her.

However, as soon as they walked into the courtyard, the door of the wing suddenly opened with a creak.

Shen Yan had a special feeling when she heard the footsteps that were unfamiliar but still lingering in her heart.

At that time, she was still being raised by Lin Xu in another place in Gyeonggi Province, and was not under his strict supervision like later.

She had long thought that as soon as the child was born, she would send it away immediately and give it to Mrs. Liang with the handkerchief from before.

Mrs. Liang was also pregnant at the time, and she was only a few months pregnant. She knew that it would be difficult for her to run away, but she could send her daughter away so that her daughter could grow up safely with a clean identity in a well-established family like the Xiang family. , she can make any sacrifice.

But in these years, she never stopped thinking about her daughter, but she never thought that one day she would see her daughter again.

Shen Yan pushed open the door and saw a little girl standing behind a woman dressed as a lady.

In the courtyard, Xiang Yi specially asked people to light the lights in the courtyard. In the bright lights, Shen Yan saw the little girl hiding behind Xiang Yi with some fear. She burst into tears when she saw her face that was almost exactly the same as his own portrait. Just stayed.

She stepped forward in two steps.

"Ning Ning?!"

The little girl was still a little timid, just like herself when she was a child.

She looked at herself with wide eyes, looked again and again, and then asked softly.

"Mrs. Shen...is she really my biological mother?" Xiang

Yi

let mother and daughter talk alone for two quarters of an hour before walking over.

Both of them have red eyes, but their looks are almost the same, which is really surprising.

Xiang Yi had someone serve some soothing tea to both of them, but Xiang Ning was obviously closer to Xiang Yi than Shen Yan, and he leaned close to her when she came.

Xiang Yi gave Shen Yan a look of pity and helplessness.

"Don't mind, madam, Ning Ning is young and has been with me since she was a child."

Especially after the death of his mother Liang, Xiang Ning was almost single-handedly raised by Xiang Yi.

Shen Yan didn't mind at all, but stood up to give Xiang Yi a big gift.

"If Ning Ning hadn't been taken care of by the Xiang family, her body would have been dead long ago..."

Xiang Yi didn't dare to accept her gift, so he helped her in advance, "You are my mother's close friend and Xiang Yi's elder. How can I ask you to salute me?"

Seeing her acting so gently, thoughtfully and generously, she was really like Liang Liang. Shen Yan looked like before and shed tears again.

Xiang Yi first told her a few words about his deceased mother, and then asked her directly without going around in circles.

"I wonder who is imprisoning my wife here?"

Xiang Ning asked just now, but Shen Yan didn't say anything at that time.

She looked at Xiang Yi and then at her daughter, her voice low.

"It's Ning Ning's biological father."

Xiang Ning was surprised, but Xiang Yi had already guessed it.

But she glanced at Shen Yan again, slightly hesitant.

"I wonder who Ning Ning's biological father is?"

Shen Yan's eyes fell on her, and then turned to the lantern hanging on the porch.

There was a word written on the lantern, "Tan".

Shen Yan sighed slowly.

"I know this has to be said..."

she told Xiang Yi.

"Ning Ning's biological father is Mrs. Tan's husband, Master Lin Lin Xu."

Xiang Ning trembled when he finished speaking, and even Xiang Yi couldn't help but take a breath.

Mr. Lin, the man who had no concubine and had a lifelong love with Mrs. Lin, Mrs. Tan...

Xiang Yi pinched the center of his eyebrows. In this complete surprise, After thinking about it for a while, it didn't seem that surprising anymore.

But Shen Yan called Xiang Yi specially.

"I don't want Ning Ning and I to be found back by Lin Xu again, so I think it's up to you to decide whether or not to tell Uncle Tan about this matter."

She trusts Xiang Yi, and it depends on whether Xiang Yi trusts him or not. Her husband Tan Ting died.

After all, Mrs. Lin is Tan Ting's aunt.

And Shen Yan's situation is obviously the outer room of the Lin family.

Xiang Yi thought about it for a while that night, then went back to his room and wrote the letter in his own hand.

Beijing.

When Tan Ting took a lunch break the next day, he actually saw someone from the Hot Spring Villa.

His first reaction was that something had happened, and he immediately asked someone, but the person said everything was fine.

He was relieved when he saw the person coming out with a letter.

"It's a handwritten letter from Madam to you."

Tan Ting was surprised.

Yi Zhen actually wrote him a letter?

Or did you take the initiative to write to him?

Tan Ting wanted to open it immediately, but felt that just opening it like this would really let him down the first letter his wife gave him.

So he found an empty room, made a special trip to clean his hands, and then opened his wife's autographed letter.

But when he saw Zhan Xin at a glance, he was stunned for a moment.