He stopped Tinglan’s plan to go to the market in a few words. Seeing her back as she went to wash her hands, he fell into deep thought. They could only find out the tip of the iceberg.
Although he had only met Yi Muyang a few times, he was very certain that he would not do anything illegal or criminal.
Drug dealing? Unnecessary, his family is well-off. There must be something that drove him to do this.
He had wondered if it was to protect Tinglan and the children? Afraid that Tinglan and the children would be followed or harmed?
To this end, he had tentatively reached out to Yi Muyang, asking if he needed any help?
Yi Muyang replied to him many days later.
“No, thank you.”
He said, “Tinglan is very worried about you.”
Yimu Yang: “That’s your concern.”
After that, he changed his contact information and we couldn’t get in touch with him anymore.
After Zhu Yuyan, he didn’t dare to easily look for Yi Muyang again, fearing that his actions would put him in danger. Facing Yi Muyang’s situation, he did feel helpless because he couldn’t pay too much attention for fear of causing trouble for him.
Ting Lan listened to Zhuo Yu’an’s words and gave up the idea of going to the city. However, since Lao Ding went to the city, she became increasingly anxious because Yi Mu Yang had not been in touch for too long, which was unusual. Even Fu Lady, who was usually carefree, was a little panicked and called her.
Has Aoyang contacted you?
“No,” she could only say honestly.
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Both of them fell silent on the phone. Shu Tinglan only heard Mrs. Fu sigh softly.
“Tinglan, I won’t disturb you then. We’ll contact you as soon as we hear from him.”
Shu Tinglan only felt a sourness in her nose, unable to say anything, so she hung up the phone.
That night, after hanging up Mrs. Fu’s call, Shu Tinglan had the same nightmare again. Yi Muyang was covered in blood and shouting at her.
“Tinglan, run! Don’t look back.”
Even in her dreams, the thick metallic scent of blood engulfed her. Yi Muyang stood behind her, a group of men in black with knives chasing after them. He shielded her with his body, keeping them at bay. His body was pierced by blades, already a mangled mess of flesh and blood. With his last remaining breath, he shouted to her, “Run!”
She ran desperately in the darkness, her lungs burning with each sharp gasp of air.
“Tinglan, Tinglan!”
She stumbled and fell to the ground, but someone caught her. It was the familiar Zhu Yu’an. She suddenly opened her eyes, waking up. Her whole body was soaked in sweat.
“Having a nightmare?”
“Um.” He woke up, shaken but relieved. It was just a dream.
Actually, after she returned to Senzhou, she rarely had nightmares. The only two times she did were about Yi Muyang. The scenes in her dreams were almost the same.
Zhuo Yu’an seemed to know she had a nightmare, or perhaps he heard her calling Yimu Yang’s name in her sleep. He hugged her tightly and gently stroked her back to comfort her.
“Dreams are all reversed, so don’t worry.”
“Well.”
It’s just so real, like it really happened.
“I just feel like I’m too selfish. Leaving him behind like that and going back to Senzhou alone.”
“It’s not your fault.” Under those circumstances, with two other children around, it was the wisest choice for her to leave.
Shutinglan was woken up by a nightmare and couldn’t fall back asleep. Zhuo Yunan didn’t sleep either, staying with her the whole time. The two chatted intermittently until the early hours of the morning before gradually falling asleep.
In the morning, Zhuo Yu’an prepared breakfast for her and the children as usual. After breakfast, he first sent the children to kindergarten, and then sent Tinglan to the law firm. Since their relationship was exposed, Zhuo Yu’an insisted on picking her up and dropping her off to work every day.
She refused: “You’re not on your way, you really don’t have to pick me up and drop me off every day. Isn’t that troublesome?”
“No trouble, a dream come true.” I’d wanted to do this for years, even silently sat with her on the subway many times, but she was just oblivious.
“If I don’t drive, it’s very inconvenient to see clients during the day.”
“Then just park your car at the law firm for work time, or if you need to meet clients, have Brother Chen give you a ride.” He thought that picking up his wife and children for work and school was a matter of course and very important. There was nothing to say about it.
Shu Tinglan refused several times, anyway he didn’t mind the trouble, so he went along with her.
Today, Lin Zhiyue made an appointment to meet at her law firm, mainly about the custody of FeiFei’s property. When they were in Huacan City, FeiFei’s biological father and grandmother came to fight for custody rights. She improvised on the spot, saying that Qiao Zhen had already entrusted the property to Fu Shenyi and her before his death. This was purely a lie to deceive FeiFei’s biological father and grandmother.
Actually, Qiao Zhen’s entire estate was left unhandled. After her death, the house and other assets under her name were transferred to Fei Fei’s name. Lin Zhixuan was afraid that after her biological father and grandmother found out, they would come to take away Fei Fei’s custody again. To avoid any unforeseen problems, he wanted to ask Shu Tinglan for advice on how to solve this issue.
Lin Zhixuan himself didn’t know, unknowingly, he actually started to care about the child’s affairs.
Shu Tinglan smiled and praised her: “Xuexue, you are kinder than you think.”
Lin Zhixuan’s face was filled with disdain; “You absolutely can’t morally blackmail me, I’m in this position because I have to be. You don’t know how that kid tortures me every day, making my life worse than death. For every word I say, she has ten waiting to come back at me. And does she think she’s in a palace intrigue drama? That little brat is obedient and well-behaved in front of Fu Shenyi, but when she faces me, she secretly sneers and tries to provoke me.”
Lin Zhixuan said this, he was both angry and amused.
The little girl’s tricks are all remnants from her childhood, so she finds them quite amusing.
As for FeiFei, she doesn’t actually have any objections. She understands her and can even empathize with the little girl’s psychology. What makes her angry is that Fu ShenYi kept everything hidden from the beginning to the end. Because of this, no matter how Fu ShenYi tries to coax her, she continues to ignore him and live separately, refusing to forgive him so quickly, otherwise all her previous sadness would have been in vain.
To get to the point
“Feifei’s situation is rather special. In fact, she has no blood relation with Fu Shenyi. You two are currently considered adopted. If her biological father proves he is capable of raising Feifei and expresses his willingness to do so, the court might rule in his favor. Let me think about it some more and I’ll get back to you.”
“Alright, I trust you with this. Just let me know how to proceed when the time comes.”
Zuo Yu’an had just sent Shu Tinglan off and entered his office when Lu Kuo’s phone call came in.
“I found the person you asked me to look for before, Ding Zhi.”