Spring River Chasing the Moon

Nan Youmin accepted the money and didn't say anything more to the Luo family.

He just said to the secretary and others, "I'm sorry to bother you all today. I'll send a car to take you home."

Except for the secretary, everyone present is a villager. It's just a matter of walking a few steps home, so they don't intend to trouble others.

"No need, our home is nearby, and we are old, so we need to walk and exercise."

Nan Youmin looked at the secretary staring at him awkwardly, and understood what he meant. "I'll have the driver take you home."

The secretary nodded quickly, "Thank you for the trouble."

He didn't want to trouble Nan Youmin, but their home was really far away, and he didn't have a bike to ride, so he didn't know how long it would take to walk there.

"You're welcome." Nan Youmin asked the driver to take the secretary home first.

After a large group of people left, Nan Youmin looked at the Luo family, who were all hiding in the corner. Except for Luo Jiasheng, everyone else seemed to have an unwilling look on their faces.

He was unwilling to interfere in their family affairs anymore. Now all he had to do was find evidence that Yang Qian had deliberately swapped the children and let this vicious woman receive the punishment she deserved. Only then would this matter be truly resolved.

Nan Youmin's men have been secretly investigating in the village and town a few days ago to find out if anyone saw or heard what Yang Qian did back then. Unfortunately, he has no evidence and can only wait.

Looking at Luo Jiasheng sitting on the bench in a daze, Nan Youmin took out a note given to him by Luo Youyou. She secretly asked her to decide whether to give the note to him based on Luo Jiasheng's attitude towards solving the problem.

Although Nan Youmin didn't quite understand what Luo Youyou meant, the Luo family still had a good attitude today and nothing happened, so Luo Youyou's note should be able to save the Luo family.

Following Luo Youyou's instructions, Nan Youmin pulled Luo Jiasheng aside and handed him the note.

"This is for you. She said, you need to read the words carefully and remember them in your heart. Then return them to me after reading them. Don't tell anyone about the contents, not even my family. Got it?"

Luo Jiasheng was very surprised. He never thought that Luo Youyou would leave a note for him. Before going to Nancheng, she couldn't even write.

He was a little happy and nodded in agreement, then reached out and opened the note handed to him by Nan Youmin.

It simply said, "Mozhu Town, noodle shop, fight, don't meddle in other people's business. Remember, don't meddle in other people's business."

Luo Jiasheng knew every word, but he was still confused and had no idea what Luo Youyou meant. He flipped the paper again, making sure there was only this line of words, before returning the paper to Nan Youmin.

"Do you remember it clearly?"

Nan Youmin respected Luo Youyou. Since she didn't let him read it, he wouldn't read the contents of the note.

Luo Jiasheng nodded, confused. "I remember it clearly, but what does this mean? Did they say anything else?"

Nan Youmin thought for a moment and said, "Youyou just said that you just need to do as instructed."

Seeing that Luo Jiasheng wanted to ask something, Nan Youmin interrupted him directly.

"I don't know about the rest. Just remember what she wrote. Trust her and do what she says."

Luo Jiasheng was stunned and nodded.

Luo Youyou struggled for a long time about whether or not to remind Luo Jiasheng that he might get hurt in the future.

In the end, she decided to leave the choice to Luo Jiasheng himself.

If Nan Youmin goes to the Luo family this time and Luo Jiasheng's attitude is extremely bad, as shameless as Yang Qian and Luo Tian, then he does not deserve a warning that will affect his life.

That year, Luo Jiasheng was on his way home from vacation and went to Mozhu Town to buy gifts for Luo Youyou and his other grandchildren.

Unexpectedly, at the door of a noodle shop, two customers had a dispute over a small collision and started fighting each other. As a soldier, Luo Jiasheng immediately stepped forward to stop them, but in the chaos, someone pushed him hard and broke the glass at the door. Although his other injuries were not serious, his legs were deeply pierced by several pieces of glass, which damaged the nerves and affected his normal life. Later, Luo Jiasheng retired from the front line and went to logistics.

What made Luo Youyou decide to give Luo Jiasheng another chance was that she was one of the people he wanted to give gifts to back then, and Luo Jiasheng did not favor one over the other.

So Luo Youyou couldn't bear to do it. She told herself that she should just consider it as paying back the guilt she felt back then.

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Before dinner, Nan Youmin received a message from his subordinates saying that Xiaomei and her grandmother had returned home, so he hurried to Xiaomei's door.

Since arriving at the Luo family, he has been paying attention to the courtyard next door and found that the gate has always been closed. After asking, he learned that the old lady had taken Xiaomei to visit her son and daughter-in-law some time ago.

Fortunately, I came back today, otherwise I would have missed it and all my expectations would have been dashed.

"Hello, is anyone here?"

Nan Youmin stood at the door of Xiaomei's house, looking at the half-open door and asked.

"who are you?"

Suddenly, a childish voice came from below. Nan Youmin looked down and saw the little girl staring at him with big eyes. He felt a little embarrassed.

"Is your name Xiaomei?"

Nan Youmin squatted down to look at her at eye level.

"Yeah, my nickname is Xiaomei, and my full name is Luo Luo."

"Uncle, who are you?"

Nan Youmin looked at her round little face and inexplicably thought of Youyou's cute appearance.

"I'm Youyou's uncle, and you're Youyou's good friend, right?"

Xiaomei nodded obediently, but suddenly felt something was wrong and looked at Nan Youmin suspiciously.

"I've met Youyou's uncle. You're not him. You're a liar... You're a bad person..."

"grandmother……"

Xiaomei’s crying scared Nan Youmin, and he didn’t know how to comfort the child.

"Don't cry...don't cry..."

The more Nan Youmin coaxed Xiaomei, the redder her eyes became. At this time, Xiaomei's grandmother hurried down from upstairs.

"What happened?"

When she went downstairs, she saw a strange man sneaking around her door, and he scared her precious granddaughter to tears. She was very worried.

"Who are you? What are you doing at someone else's door? Are you here to kidnap a child?"

Nan Youmin was caught off guard by Xiaomei's grandmother's questions.

There was really no other way, so he stood up and bowed slightly to the old lady.

"Hello, are you Grandma Xiaomei?"

"My name is Nan Youmin. Youyou asked me to come and look for Xiaomei."

Xiaomei's grandmother was also confused. The man in front of her didn't look like a thief. Judging from his clothes, he looked more like a wealthy man from a big city.

Most importantly, he didn't run away even after being discovered by himself.

"Youyou?" Hearing him mention Luo Youyou, Grandma Xiaomei felt a little relieved. She looked at Nan Youmin carefully, thinking that the Luo family had such a relative.

"Are you a distant relative of the Luo family?"

Grandma Xiaomei has been a neighbor of the Luo family for many years, but this is the first time she has seen him. She guessed that he must be a very distant relative.

When he heard the Luo family, Nan Youmin frowned.

"No, this is what happened..."

Nan Youmin told Xiaomei's grandmother the whole series of events from the beginning again.

"Maybe you haven't been home recently, so you're not very clear about it. I think everyone in the village will know about it after today."

After all, with so many people as witnesses, and such a big thing, Nan Youmin thought that within a single night, this small place would be filled with gossip and rumors.

Xiaomei’s grandmother was also shocked and was stunned for a long time before she came to her senses.

But when she regained consciousness and thought about it, she realized that this result was not particularly surprising.

After all, Grandma Xiaomei has watched Luo Zhong grow up since he was born. She has no idea how many times she has doubted whether Luo Zhong is Yang Qian's biological child because of the way he treats her.

Luo Zhong finally got married and started a family, thinking that things would be better, but he didn't expect that he would have to bear the living expenses of everyone in the family. Even his lovely child suffered a lot of grievances.

"A sin..."

Grandma Xiaomei couldn't help but blurt out, "I knew it, that heartless person, she must have known that Luo Zhong was not her biological son, so she treated him like this."

Her unintentional words were heard by Nan Youmin.

"Do you know something?" Nan Youmin asked cautiously.

Grandma Xiaomei seemed to be lost in memory. "One time, Ah Zhong was beaten really badly. Several of us neighbors couldn't stand it anymore and went to comfort Yang Qian."

"I remember very clearly that at the time, Lao Liu said, 'Just teach your own child a lesson, but don't let the beating cause any problems.'"

"Guess what Yang Qian said?"

Nan Youmin shook his head. He could no longer think calmly after hearing that his brother was beaten.

"She said at the time, 'What's your own child? This is just a bastard who came to piss me off.'"

"There are many more words like this. Every time she gets angry, her scolding is very unpleasant."

At that time, we all thought she was just saying that in anger and didn't take it to heart, but we didn't expect it to be true.

The aura around Nan Youmin became gloomy. He was determined to make Yang Qian pay the price.

"Are all the neighbors from back then still in the village?"

Grandma Xiaomei shook her head. "They've all moved out, and the children are all successful. They should all enjoy the good life with their children."

Nan Youmin silently made a note in his mind that he had to find the neighbor from that time first, so that he could have a witness.

"By the way, I came here this time on a request from Youyou. I wanted to ask Xiaomei if she'd like to stay in South City for a few days. Don't worry, we'll find someone to send Xiaomei back when school starts."

"Youyou already has a real family in Nancheng and may not return to Haicheng. She misses her good friend Xiaomei very much."

Xiaomei's grandmother was a little hesitant. Although the man in front of her spoke and acted very well in every way, she was still worried about Xiaomei, a girl, following a grown man to such a far place.

Xiaomei, who was listening on the side, didn't think so much. She wanted to go see Youyou.

She understood that the grandparents next door were not Youyou's real family, and this uncle was Youyou's uncle. Since Youyou asked him to come, she would definitely be willing to go.

Seeing Xiaomei agreed immediately, Xiaomei's grandmother took her hand and apologized with a smile, "The child is naive. I'm sorry to have embarrassed you. We will think about it again."

As if thinking of Xiaomei's grandmother's concerns, Nan Youmin suggested, "How about this, you and Xiaomei go together, and you can also take a walk around South City. That way you can feel more at ease."

"Don't worry, you don't have to worry about food, accommodation and transportation. You took such good care of our Zhong and Youyou in the past, and now you have to give us the opportunity to repay you." Nan Youmin was afraid that the old man would feel burdened, so he said it was to express his gratitude.

"Oh, the villagers are talking about whether to repay or not. I'll think about it. It's getting late today. I'll contact Xiaomei's parents tomorrow and ask them to make a decision."

The trip to South City was so far away, and they would have to stay for a few days, so Xiaomei’s grandmother felt that she had to tell her son and daughter-in-law.

"Okay, then I'll wait for your reply."

"I won't bother you anymore. I'll go back first."

"Xiaomei, uncle is leaving. See you tomorrow."

Nan Youmin squatted down and waved to Xiaomei.

Xiaomei also spoke sweetly.

"Uncle, see you tomorrow."