Searching for Treasures in the Clouds

After a moment, Situ Ningzhai broke the silence, looking at Yun Wenzhi and Chi Jingliu and asking, "Wenzhi, Jingliu, I have a question. How did you find this place so precisely? Are you so sure that Xiaoru is the one who killed someone? Before Xiaoyuan brought her home, we investigated Xiaoru, and we couldn't find any information or information about her whereabouts. Logically speaking, you shouldn't have caught her so quickly. It's one thing to stay here, but you were out of town, how did you know? Who told you?"

"Mom, I'm sorry, it's confidential, I can't tell you."

Situ Ningzhai glanced at Yun Wenzhi with displeasure and replied, "Wenzhi, I understand that you can't answer many questions because of the nature of your work. But I really want to slap you. Every time I ask you a question, you tell me it's confidential. This is confidential, that is confidential, everything is confidential."

After saying that, she looked at Yun Bianzhi, pointed at him, and then pointed at Yun Wenzhi, saying, "You two brothers should have changed your names back then. Bianzhi should have been called Wenzhi, and Wenzhi should have been called Bianzhi."

Her words amused everyone, easing the heavy atmosphere somewhat, but soon the air fell silent again.

Seeing that everyone was stalling for time and didn't want to hand over Yu Ru, Yun Wenzhi had no choice but to change his tune: "Bianzhi, Zhuxian, Yu Ru is Xiaoyuan's wife, and she calls us Uncle and Aunt. Officially, we need to take her away, but personally, we'd like to meet this niece-in-law. Is that alright?"

Before Yun Bianzhi and his wife could answer, their daughter Shanshi spoke first: "Dad, you were just saying you wanted to take Xiaoru away, why have you suddenly changed your mind? What is your purpose?"

“You child…” Yun Wenzhi smiled helplessly, “You think of your dad as a spy. Even if I wanted to do something, I couldn’t. You’re worried that once Yu Ruyi comes out, your mother and I will carry her away.”

He looked at Yun Bianzhi and Sang Zhuxian and continued, "Bianzhi, Zhuxian, I'm just going to check on the child. I won't do anything else, so don't worry. Even if we wanted to kidnap her, we're too old to outrun so many of you."

“What you said makes sense.” Yun Bianzhi nodded, then looked at Sang Zhuxian beside him, “Zhuxian, why don’t you go and ask Xiao Ruyi what she thinks?”

"it is good."

Sang Zhuxian got up and walked in the direction Yu Ru had just left.

A short while later, Sang Zhuxian came out holding Yu Ru's hand.

Yu Ru immediately recognized Yun Wenzhi. He resembled Yun Bianzhi by about 70%, though their demeanor differed. Yun Bianzhi was more refined and scholarly, while Yu Ru possessed a more dignified air. Another difference was that everyone in the Yun family seemed to have taken some kind of age-defying elixir. The grandparents looked as young as the parents, and the parents looked as young as the older siblings. Yun Wenzhi, however, appeared quite old, with half his hair already white. His wife, Chi Jingliu, was the same; half her hair was white. The two of them were the most age-appropriate people among them.

"Xiaoru, these two are your uncle and aunt." Sang Zhuxian led Yuru to Yun Wenzhi and his wife, put his arm around her shoulder and whispered in her ear.

Just as Yu Ru was about to greet them, Yun Wenzhi and his wife stood up. Yun Wenzhi extended a hand to her and said, "Comrade Yu Ru, it's a pleasure to meet you."

The others were slightly taken aback upon hearing this title, their expressions filled with confusion.

Upon hearing this form of address, Yu Ru immediately sensed something was amiss. She instantly guessed that Yun Wenzhi was the one who had come to take her away. Although being sent for investigation and imprisonment by someone she called "Uncle" was somewhat awkward, it was still better than being taken by a complete stranger. It made her less afraid and felt safer on the way there. She extended her right hand to shake his, while gently supporting his hand with her left, and greeted him with a smile, "Hello, Uncle."

Yun Wenzhi held Yu Ru's hand for a few seconds and then quickly let go. Immediately afterwards, Chi Jingliu also extended his hand to shake hers, saying, "Yu Ru, I am your aunt."

Yu Ru immediately shook hands with Chi Jingliu in the same way, saying, "Hello, Auntie."

After a brief exchange, Yun Wenzhi looked at Shanxin and said, "Shanxin, give me the box that your mother and I brought. Shanren, bring me that red bag."

"Ok."

The believer immediately stood up and brought the box he had mentioned to him. The box was quite large; the believer held it, obscuring half of his body. It was a brocade box with a design of linked phoenixes and pearls, the patterns shimmering under the light, appearing exquisite and beautiful. Yun Wenzhi glanced at the box, then looked at Yu Ru and said, “Yu Ru, you and Xiao Yuan are engaged. Your aunt and I were unable to return due to official business. This is a gift for our first meeting. We didn't give it to you before, but now that we're finally back, we brought it with us. Please accept it.”

"Thank you, Uncle. Thank you, Aunt." Yu Ru reached out her hands to take it, but Chi Jingliu stopped her. "Yu Ru, this box weighs more than ten kilograms. Let Shanxin take it to Xiao Yuan's ward. Then you can have the housekeeper take it home."

"Okay." Yu Ru nodded. "Thank you, Auntie."

Immediately afterwards, Yun Wenzhi picked up the velvet red bag from Shanren's hand, handed it to Yuru, and said, "Yuru, this is a red envelope that your aunt and I prepared. Please accept it as well."

The red envelope he mentioned was as big as a normal one-year-old child's; it could hardly be called a red envelope anymore, but rather a giant lucky bag. Yu Ru accepted the enormous red envelope with both hands and thanked him again.

……

The next day,

Yu Ru decided to follow Yun Wenzhi and his wife to where she was meant to go. This was her own choice, and she knew that she couldn't escape it; this day was bound to come sooner or later.

At this moment, all the members of the Yun family gathered in the lounge where they had met the previous night to say goodbye to Yu Ru.

"Grandpa, Grandma, Dad, Mom, please don't see me off. There are too many people outside, it'll be too conspicuous. I'll just go out with Uncle and Aunt." Yu Ru smiled and waved to everyone.

Sang Zhuxian's tears flowed uncontrollably again. She stepped forward and hugged Yu Ru, choking back sobs, "Xiao Ru, you must come back. Let's go look at the stars again later, okay?"

"Mom, I will." Yu Ru gently patted Sang Zhuxian's back with both hands.

At this moment, Yun Bianzhi spoke up: "Xiaoru, the two people I arranged for you are trustworthy. You can ask them to do anything. We will also arrange people to guard the area around where you are. Whether you need to take a car or a plane, just contact the person I gave you last night, and he will arrange everything."

Yu Ru looked up at Yun Bianzhi and nodded, "I understand, thank you, Dad."

Situ Ningzhai stood aside, watching them, and couldn't help but wipe away his tears. "Yu girl, don't be too scared staying there. We'll find a way to get you out."

Yu Ru nodded. "I understand, Grandma."