Twenty minutes later, Zheng Linxu came over with Sansan in hand.
Zheng Linxu was originally worried that Jiang Mingzhu would cry, but he worried too much. This time when he came over, Jiang Mingzhu had a smile on his face.
Zheng Linxu was very happy in his heart. He could see Jiang Mingzhu's changes in mentality in recent years.
After Sansan saw the photo on the tombstone, she covered her mouth and whispered, "Dad, this brother is so handsome."
Jiang Mingzhu also heard this. She pulled Sansan over and said with a smile, "Sansan, come and say hello to your brother."
Sansan followed Jiang Mingzhu's example and squatted down, raised her little hand and waved towards the photo on the tombstone, calling "brother" obediently.
Jiang Mingzhu raised her head and looked at Zheng Linxu, and the two of them smiled at the same time.
When we came out of the cemetery, it was already dark.
Zheng Linxu sent Jiang Mingzhu back to the central villa, but Sansan refused to leave, so Jiang Mingzhu left the father and daughter to have dinner together.
He Chuyan, Jiang Guming and Zheng Linxu were all familiar with each other, but this was Sansan's first time here.
Seeing Sansan, He Chuyan and Jiang Guming's expressions were a little subtle.
——
The day before New Year's Eve, Zhou Li returned to Beicheng alone.
As usual, the Zhou family has a reunion dinner on New Year's Eve.
Except for Zhou Li's family, all the other uncles came over, including Zhou Li's cousin who is far away from abroad. They all came back for the reunion dinner this year.
The Zhou family has not been so lively for a long time.
Mr. Zhou has three sons. Zhou Li's father, Zhou Zhanghui, is the second oldest. He has an older brother and a younger brother.
The Zhou family was not divided, and they all lived in the ancestral home after they got married.
Zhou Li is the fourth eldest in his generation. He has two cousins, Zhou Ren and Zhou Yi, and a cousin, Zhou Ruo.
The only one younger than him is Zhou Ming, who is still studying for a master's degree.
Among Zhou Li's generation, Zhou Ren is the only one who has a family, and he has two children.
Now that news of Zhou Li's engagement has also spread, he has become the object of ridicule by Zhou Yi and Zhou Ruo.
As soon as Zhou Li came in, he heard Zhou Yi's playful voice: "The fourth child is back, why didn't he bring his wife?"
Zhou Li: "Not my wife yet."
Zhou Yi: "Sooner or later, I can still run away."
Zhou Li sat down and looked at Zhou Ruo, "When did you come back?"
Zhou Ruo: "Yesterday."
Zhou Li: "How long will you stay?"
Zhou Ruo: "Half a month."
Zhou Li: "It's rare."
Zhou Ruo: "I haven't been back for a long time. Have fun. By the way, why didn't Zhan Yubai come back with you?"
Zhou Li: "She is handling matters at the South Yunnan Welfare Institute."
Zhou Ruo chuckled lightly, but the meaning was unclear.
Zhou Li always talks little, and after chatting for a few words, he stopped talking. The Zhou family was particularly lively today. Zhou Li was sitting on the sofa, and there was no silence in his ears.
The phone suddenly vibrated. After Zhou Li took it out and saw the message reminder, he got up and went to the balcony alone.
It was a photo sent by Lin Yu on WeChat.
There was also a paragraph after that: [On the cemetery side, I only took pictures of the outside, but I couldn’t follow the inside. 】
Zhou Li opened the photos taken with him to look at them. Today's protagonists are Jiang Mingzhu and Zheng Linxu, as well as a four or five-year-old child.
That child should be Zheng Linxu's daughter whose mother is unknown.
Zheng Linxu went to the central villa to pick up Jiang Mingzhu and took her and the child to the cemetery.
Although it only captured the stage at the entrance to the cemetery, the photo contains a lot of information.
Zheng Linxu's trunk contained a lot of sacrificial items. Two trolleys were filled with them, and the staff pushed them in in batches.
If you just pay tribute to one person, you won’t need so many things——
Zhou Li confirmed his previous guess that this cemetery belonged to Zheng Linxu.
But Pei Ye's tombstone is also inside.
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It is said that Zheng Rinxu is Jiang Mingzhu’s brother-in-law——
Clue after clue quickly connected in the brain, all pointing to the same answer.
Pei Yegu is most likely a member of the Zheng family, otherwise Jiang Mingzhu would have no reason to call him "brother-in-law."
After Zhou Li saw the photo, he sent another message to Lin Yu: [Go and check the Zheng family. 】
After sending the message, I heard Zhou Yi's voice coming from behind: "What are you doing standing here alone, chatting with your wife?"
Zhou Li put the phone back into his pocket.
Zhou Yi quickly walked to Zhou Li, held his hands on the railing and sighed: "I didn't expect that you got married before me in the end."
Zhou Li: "Envy?"
Zhou Yi: "That's not true. The whole forest is waiting for me outside."
Zhou Li: "Be careful of getting sick."
Zhou Yi: "You kid, can you wish me something better?"
Zhou Li: "Friendly reminder."
Zhou Yi was the most playful among the brothers. Due to his work, he was always traveling on business trips. The old man taught him many times but it was useless, and then he ignored him.
Zhou Yi: "That's because you don't understand the joy of the relationship between men and women."
Zhou Li: "..."
Zhou Yi patted Zhou Li on the shoulder, leaned closer and asked him in a low voice: "You have a woman like Yu Bai, she looks very conservative."
As soon as Zhou Yi said this, the first thing Zhou Li thought of was what Jiang Mingzhu said when she seduced him before.
Zhou Li felt his throat was hot and grabbed the tie with his fingers and pulled it.
Zhou Yi: "Do you like her?"
Zhou Li remained silent.
Zhou Yi: "You don't like it."
Zhou Li: "It doesn't matter whether you like it or not."
Zhou Yi: "I don't like it anyway. This kind of moral kidnapping is just to bully the second aunt to be kind. If it were me, I would give her the money and let it go."
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There is a fireworks display in Hong Kong City on New Year's Eve.
After dinner, Jiang Mingzhu went out with them.
The square was crowded with people. Normally Jiang Mingzhu would not join in the fun.
At 11:50, the fireworks show officially started. Jiang Mingzhu was so crowded that she got separated from them and could only stand alone in the crowd to enjoy it.
Everyone nearby was taking pictures with their mobile phones. Jiang Mingzhu also took a few token photos and posted them on WeChat Moments.
Fireworks are beautiful, and the whole sky is full of brilliant colors. When she was a child, there were fireworks near the orphanage during New Years and holidays. She would drag Pei Ye to watch them together every time.
At that time, because she was young and small, Pei Yehu would carry her on his back so that she could see more clearly.
Jiang Mingzhu became distracted when she thought of the past events. As a result, she was pushed, her center of gravity was unsteady and she almost fell.
Just as he was able to support his body, he was stepped on again.
Jiang Mingzhu bent over in pain.
She limped a few steps, preparing to find a place with few people to stay, but as soon as she started, someone grabbed her arm.
Then he turned around and saw Xu Siyan.
He was wearing a black shirt, fireworks exploded above his head, and his pupils were full of colors.
But Jiang Mingzhu had no intention of admiring it.
She just finds it annoying, and it doesn't make her happy no matter how she spends the New Year.
Before she had time to struggle, Xu Siyan had already dragged her out of the crowd, and the two stopped in a deserted corner.
Jiang Mingzhu shook Xu Siyan's hand away.
Xu Siyan knelt down and held her ankle.
Jiang Mingzhu: "What are you doing?"
Xu Siyan: "Which foot did you step on?"
Jiang Mingzhu: "..."
Xu Siyan: "Is this this one?"
Jiang Mingzhu: "It has nothing to do with you, let go."
Her every word was laced with impatience.
