When Xiao Lan opened her eyes, she felt disappointed.

Her dream was so real that the tinnitus she had felt the moment she boarded the plane seemed to have not yet dissipated.

Now her happy life is gone, and she still has to face a lot of trouble here.

She heard that she was poisoned and all the doctors were unable to cure her, but Xu Yi was the only one who insisted on giving her acupuncture.

So she began to doubt again, whether she had returned or it was just a dream.

"You were poisoned so deeply..." Xiao Cheng looked at Xiao Lan, unable to believe that she was standing right in front of him. If it weren't for the unconcealable wound on her lower lip, he would have thought that she wasn't the one poisoned yesterday.

"Isn't it good that I woke up? Second Grandfather hopes that two of our family members will die at once?" Xiao Lan tilted her head slightly to glance at him. "Are you so impatient?"

"Girl Lan!" Xiao Yu couldn't sit still at all. When he saw Xiao Lan coming in, he greeted her with surprise, "Are you okay?" He looked Xiao Lan up and down carefully, and was relieved to see that she was really okay.

"Great grandfather, I'm fine. Yesterday I just saw my father being..." Xiao Lan said no more and burst into tears.

These tears are sincere, because I miss my dad...

Mrs. Xiao Wu took Xiao Lan into her arms and cried, "My son..." She cried sadly. Regardless of whether it was true or not, Xiao Lan took the opportunity to cry freely.

Everyone present started crying, except Xiao Cheng and Xiao Li.

With the comfort of Xiao Fei and Xiao Yu, the mother and daughter finally stopped crying, but no one knew that they were both thinking and crying for their own things.

"You said you saw it with your own eyes? Did you see who killed Zong Shan?" Xiao Yu was helped to sit down, and Mother Xu also brought a stool for Xiao Lan to sit on.

Xiao Lan nodded, the handkerchief still gently pressing against the corner of her eyes, "Yes..."

"Who is it?" This time it was Xiao Cheng who pressed the issue. "If we knew, our Xiao family would never let him go!"

Xiao Lan's eyebrows were slightly furrowed, and her eyes were filled with hatred. She stared at Xiao Cheng without hesitation, "Second Grandfather, do you still care who killed my father? Aren't you the one who is most happy that my father is dead?"

"What are you talking about!?" Xiao Cheng pointed at Xiao Lan and said angrily, "How can you, with such disrespect for your elders, inherit the family business?"

"Tell me the truth!" Xiao Lan glanced at him disdainfully. "If I really had no respect for my elders, I wouldn't be letting you point your finger at me and scold me right now!"

"Heh..." Xiao Cheng laughed angrily, "What? You're going to ask that county magistrate's mistress to come and kidnap me?!"

Xiao Wu and Xiao Yu slammed the table at the same time, "Second Uncle!" "Second Brother!"

"I don't need to tie you up. You will suffer your own punishment."

Xiao Lan stood up and bowed respectfully to Xiao Yu and Xiao Fei. "Fourth Grandfather, Great Aunt, now that I'm fine, I will take on the responsibility of carrying on the Xiao family's business and won't let you down. I'd also like to ask Great Aunt to go back and inform Great Grandfather. Just focus on recuperating from now on."

"Ladies and gentlemen, Magistrate Su is here and he wants to discuss something with you." The old housekeeper suddenly announced.

Everyone looked at each other and then at Xiao Lan.

Xiao Lan naturally didn't know what Su Ze came for. She had just woken up when she heard Mother Xu say that the Xiao family was in chaos. It was all Mother Zhang who told her. So she hurried over without even bothering to inform Su Ze.

"Please come in." Xiao Lan was now in charge and turned around and said to the old butler.

Xiao Li secretly glanced at Xiao Wu, but she didn't expect that Xiao Wu was also looking at her. Xiao Cheng looked at Xiao Lan with an unhappy face, "What? You came so soon?"

No one paid any attention to him, and he turned away, feeling bored. The daughters of the second wife had all retreated to the next room, leaving only Xiao Yu, Xiao Fei, Xiao Wu, Xiao Cheng, and Xiao Lan waiting.

Su Ze walked across the yard holding an umbrella, leading the way. Behind him were Master Cui, Constable Zhao, and Xu Yi, who had hurriedly changed his clothes.

Before entering the house, Su Ze raised his umbrella and saw Xiao Lan, who was waiting for him with Xiao Yu and Xiao Cheng. His gaze lingered on her face for a long time before he turned to look at Xiao Yu and Xiao Cheng.

No one present said anything, but only saluted respectfully, "Master Su!"

Su Ze handed the umbrella to Master Cui and returned the greeting with a fist. "My condolences."

Xiao Cheng was the oldest person present, so he replied, "Thank you, Lord Su, for your concern! Please come in..." Everyone stepped aside to invite him in.

Constable Zhao originally thought that according to Su Ze's style of doing things, he should go directly to see the corpse without exchanging pleasantries. Worried that Su Ze would find it difficult to refuse, he said, "Let's just go directly..."

"Constable Zhao and Coroner Xu, go examine the body first and take careful notes." Su Ze interrupted Constable Zhao, who paused for a moment to come to his senses.

"Please lead the way, butler."

Xu Yi and Constable Zhao followed the old housekeeper to the main house, while Su Ze followed them into the living room and sat down.

"If Lord Su has anything else to ask, we will tell you everything we know!" Xiao Cheng said frankly, but he glanced at Xiao Lan from time to time.

Xiao Zongwen did tell him that they were the ones who did it, but Xiao Cheng didn't know who did it. He didn't expect his son to be so cruel and ruthless. He was completely different from the respectful person he was when he first came. Fortunately, he still cared about him and told him everything. He said, "As long as my father wants me to do it, I will do it for him."

Xiao Cheng felt so guilty that he hugged Xiao Zongwen and burst into tears on the spot.

Su Ze didn't shy away from asking, and just looked at Xiao Lan, "How are you now? Are you still feeling unwell?"

No one expected that this relationship, which could not be made public, would be said so bluntly in front of everyone. Everyone rubbed their noses and drank tea, feeling extremely embarrassed.

"It's okay. Thank you Lord Su for your concern." Xiao Lan lowered her eyes and smiled softly, answering softly. Xiao Yu lowered his head and chuckled, thinking that this little trick was really cute.

Su Ze was slightly startled. He had rarely seen Xiao Lan so obedient. He suppressed the throbbing in his heart, expressionless on his face, and nodded, "That's good. Yesterday, the situation was urgent and I may have offended you. If I have offended you in any way, please forgive me, Madam."

Xiao Lan looked at him and suddenly thought of the photo on the tombstone, the appearance of Su Ze in his twenties. Her heart trembled, and she lowered her head and smiled bitterly, "Thank you, Lord Su, for saving me."

"My girl Lan has a miserable life, alas..." Xiao Yu chimed in, Xiao Cheng looked down on him, and Xiao Wu didn't want to say anything more.

"It's just..." Xiao Lan's eyes were filled with tears, and her eyebrows drooped slightly, "The rumors outside... really made me..." She was hesitant to speak.

Seeing Xiao Lan like this, Su Ze's eyes twitched. He knew she had something to say, so he just cooperated and said, "What?"

Xiao Lan turned her head away, the handkerchief covering her eyes, so her expression could not be seen, but she could only hear her sad words, "Even my second grandfather misunderstood that you were my mistress..."

"Lan girl!" Xiao Cheng suddenly stood up and stepped forward to block the two of them. He patted Xiao Lan's shoulder as if to coax her, "Don't listen to outsiders' nonsense. The Xiao family will always trust you!"

Xiao Lan turned around and looked at him with a mocking look, "Really?"

Xiao Cheng endured it, "Of course!"

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