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Chapter 154 No good wine, no good banquet, no good banquet (5)
Thinking about it, he couldn't help but ask, "Well... what did you guys just say?"

Xianglai said: "I didn't say anything, just a few gossips."

"Gossip? Didn't he say anything to you?"

Xiang Lai was puzzled and said, "What's the matter? We met for the first time, what could be the matter?"

"He, he didn't talk about Xu Zongde?!"

Xiang Lai raised his eyebrows and said, "Why did he tell me about Xu Zongde? Could it be that your lord is holding a banquet today to pay back Xu Zongde's money with Lian Sanye? If so, I'm really willing to sell this favor, Suspend closing his shop."

Cao Mingquan swallowed his saliva because of her choking, and was unable to speak for a while.

Xianglai turned her head and gestured to Yu Zixi, then stood up and said: "We are tired after a busy day. Since even the third master has left, I won't stay any longer. Thank you for your hospitality. Let's say goodbye. gone."

After speaking, he took Yu Zixi, Xu Che, and Qi Xing out together.

Cao Mingquan yelled from behind: "Hey, hey...Miss Shen, you just left?!"

Xianglai thought to himself: "What's the matter if you don't go, maybe you still wait for me to pay the bill!"
Seeing that Xianglai and the others had also left, Cao Mingquan had no choice but to sit back at the table depressed.

Xu Zongde was guarding in the compartment next to this room. He knew what happened in this room so clearly that everyone left after hearing it. He hurriedly came out and asked, "My lord, are they really all gone?"

Cao Mingquan said: "Didn't you hear everything, why are you asking?"

Xu Zongde said: "But, what about my business? Has it been done?"

Cao Mingquan said: "What should I do? Didn't you hear that Ke left without farting?!"

Xu Zongde was stunned: "He, how could he do this? He accepted my bloodstone seal!"

Cao Mingquan said angrily, "Then go find him and get him back!"

After speaking, before Xu Zongde could react, he also hurriedly went out to get on the sedan chair, and went back to his house to hide.

Xu Zongde looked at the empty room and the table full of untouched food and wine for a long time, and said to himself without tears: "Didn't you say that as long as Lian Ke came, Chen Xianglai would be shocked, why didn't he come?" Shocked Chen Xianglai, but scared Chen Xianglai away..."

Besides, Xianglai, walking on the street with Yu Zixi, Xu Che, and Qi Xing, Yu Zixi asked: "Xianglai, what did Ke even tell you to go out just now?"

Xianglai looked at him for a while, and finally said: "He seems to have seen the bracelet my mother left me, but he can't be sure, so he has to go to the appraiser for the bracelet."

Although she spoke with reservations, Yu Zixi was still a little surprised and said, "Why, your mother may have a relationship with Lian Youjia?"

Xianglai blinked, lowered his head and said: "No way, maybe it's just the similarity, he just misread."

Yu Zixi shook her head and said, "Not necessarily, it's the first time I've seen a bracelet with giant clams as the base."

Xianglai stopped talking, and thought: "Why are Yu Zixi and Luo Jinxing so smart, but they can see so many tricks with just one bracelet..."

Thinking about her, she said: "So not only does he confirm, but I also want to ask. Brother Yu, I plan to go back to Songning tomorrow and go to my second aunt to find out about my parents. Don't you care about closing the shop here?" Can you look after it for me?"

Yu Zixi said: "Don't worry about going back, I think Yuan Dongqi is also sincerely working for you, and your brother Tianlai is also very smart, let him practice more, if there is any problem that they can't solve, I will come forward .”

Xianglai greeted him, and after going back, she confessed to Tianlai, Guifang, and Huiling, and took Xu Che back to Songning on a fast horse the next morning.

From the end of the Spring Festival to now, Xianglai hasn't come back for more than half a year.

During her absence, Yanjiang Village has changed rapidly, and now it has developed like a small town, with tall houses and bright tiles in every household, with deep yards, and it seems that the village is full of rich people.

But no matter how it is built, no one will build a house next to the first house in the west of the village, and it will always be reserved for Xianglai, so that she can walk into the house as soon as she enters the village.

On the way back, Xianglai was thinking about asking questions. There must be something wrong with her life experience, but she didn't say anything after asking her a few times. What should she do if she still doesn't say this time?
After returning home, she acted as if nothing had happened. When the second aunt asked her why she came back, she only said that she would go back to Songning to do some business and take a look at her home.

Niang Er felt that something was wrong, she asked around, and heard that everything was fine in Tianlai and the business there was going well, so she couldn't think of any other reason.

When she was free in the evening, Xianglai sent out the maid who served Second Aunt, and the two of them sat in the house to do the housework.

Xianglai said: "Second aunt, I didn't come back this year for the Hungry Ghost Festival, and I didn't visit my parents' graves. Did you tell them for me?"

The second aunt said: "Yes, I read it for you in front of their graves and told them that you are busy outside and come back to see them when you have time."

Xianglai said again: "Second aunt, I want to bury my parents together this time when I come back. Last time you said that it was not three years since my mother passed away, so it is not appropriate to break ground. This year it will be three years. I just have time now. Why don't I go to Mr. Yin Yang tomorrow and choose a day to combine them?"

The second aunt's face changed immediately after hearing this, her eyes flickered for a long time in a panic, and she said: "Xiang'er, um, how about this...let's talk about it!"

Xiang Lai said: "Why do you want to talk about it again? It is reasonable for father and mother to be buried together. If I don't take advantage of this summer when I have time, I may come back in winter in the future. It's freezing and I can't do anything. "

The second aunt didn't know what excuse to find, she hesitated for a long time but still didn't nod.

Looking at her flickering expression, Xianglai said, "Second Aunt, don't you have something to hide from me? Why do you disagree every time I talk about burying parents together?"

The second aunt said in embarrassment: "No, no, Xiang'er, don't think about it."

Xianglai withdrew her gaze and said, "Second Aunt, can't you tell me the truth, what is going on with my father, my mother and you? Why did you keep everything my father had before he was alive? My mother doesn’t have any here? I grew up so big, I only heard my mother say that the bracelet was given by my father, but you haven’t seen it before, and now you don’t agree with letting them be buried together. Could it be, could it be... I Are father and mother not husband and wife at all?"

The second aunt opened her eyes in surprise, and said: "Xiang'er, what are you talking about, your father and your mother are, of course, husband and wife, but, just I don't want them to be buried together."

Seeing her flustered look, Xianglai became more and more sure, and said: "Second Aunt, you are still lying to me. I don't know if you are a jealous person. If you don't tell me the truth, then I will tell you." To be honest, I came back this time to ask you about my background."

(End of this chapter)