Xu looked towards the doorway.
The moment Xu Yan and Yun walked into the house side by side, they also looked at her.
Ever since Xu Qingwan had disappeared, Xu Yan had never dared to imagine what would become of his sister, and now that he saw her standing properly in front of him, with a change in appearance, he could not help but redden his eyes.
Yun’s eyes were also red. Back then, when she married Xu Qingwan, Xu Qingwan was not yet married, and she and this little sister-in-law got along very well, treating her completely as her own sister.
“Big brother, sister-in-law.”
Xu shouted, breaking the strength Xu Yan had been holding on to, he instantly burst into tears as he approached Xu step by step, lifting his trembling hand and stroking her head as he had done when he was a child, “Little sister, you’ve finally come back.”
Yun covered her mouth, no one knew better than her how Xu Yan had come through all these years.
Meng followed suit and dropped her tears again.
Xu’s eyes were also red and her voice choked, “All these years, I have made big brother worry.”
“It’s good to be back, it’s good to be back ……”
Xu Yan murmured with blurred eyes.
Yun wiped her tears and smiled, “Look at you, it’s good that little sister is back, isn’t this the day you’ve been hoping for all these years?”
“Yes, Wan’er is back, you are also back, our family is reunited, we will never be separated again.”
Meng also wiped her tears, but the more she wiped, the more she could not stop.
Yun helped her to sit down, and pulled Xu Yan and Xu Cotoneaster to salute her, before Meng stopped crying.
Song Wan Yue also came forward and called out to the others, and they all took their seats separately.
When they received a letter from Meng, they rushed back without stopping, and only after asking the messenger on the way did they learn that Xu Qingyuan had lost her memory.
Meng told them about Xu’s situation and their speculations.
After hearing this, Xu Yan got up at once and took Yun and Xu Cotoneaster over to Huo’s side of the courtyard, but did not go in, standing pensively at the courtyard entrance and asking the boy to report.
The eldest gentleman was reading in his study and was indifferent when he heard the report.
Xu Yan had been his pride, in terms of learning and writing, none of the sons in the capital could compare with him, and he had great expectations for this son, expecting him to surpass himself and his father and become a great scholar of great renown.
But to his surprise, after Xu Qingwan’s accident, he took his wife and children away on a trip to the clouds.
At that time, he thought that it would be good for Xu Yan to go on his travels, as he would gain some experience and insight, which would be good for his future, but later he found out that he had gone to look for Xu Qingyuan in the name of travelling.
Mr. Da was furious and immediately went to ask Meng where he had gone and to write to him to ask him to come back.
When Meng said he didn’t know, he was so angry that he almost vomited blood. He waited for Xu Yan to return on New Year’s Day and reprimanded him severely, ordering him to put his mind on his studies and not to go out again.
Xu Yan, however, turned a deaf ear and left quietly after the 15th of the first month. He was so angry that he fell ill, and from then on, whenever Xu Yan came back, he would not see him.
When the boy did not hear any echo, he knew that he was gone as before and returned.
“You go and tell father that if you don’t want things to come to a point where they can’t be cleaned up, ask him to see me again.”
The boy rushed off again to report.
After hearing this, Mr. Big dropped the book in his hand, “Go and tell this rebellious son not to come and scare me!”
The boy returned with a stiff upper lip and told him this. Xu Yan listened and gestured to Yun and Xu Cotoneaster to wait at the courtyard gate while he walked towards the study.
The boy followed fearfully behind.
When he reached the entrance to the study, Xu Yan stopped and ordered the servants waiting in the courtyard, “All of you go and wait outside.”
The subordinates looked at me, I looked at you, but no one moved.
Xu Yan’s voice sank, “What, do you want the housekeeper to sell you out?”
The subordinates were so frightened that they quickly walked out.
Xu Yan straightened his clothes and pushed the door in, one foot had just stepped inside the door when a book came smashing towards him, Xu Yan dodged it with his head and the book landed on the floor with a snap.
Xu Yan looked down, turned around and closed the door without panic, then stepped over the book and walked straight up to the bookcase and looked at Mr. Big, “My son only asked father one thing, do you know about Wan’er’s disappearance or not?”
Mr. Big got up and lifted up the books on the desk and smashed them all on him.
Xu Yan didn’t dodge, and when all the books fell to the ground, he asked again, “Do you know about Wan’er’s disappearance or not?”
“Rebel son, rebel son!”
Mr. Da was furious, pointing at him and scolding him.
Xu Yan turned a deaf ear and asked a third time, “Do you know about Wan’er’s disappearance or not?”
Mr. Big pointed his finger at the door, “Get out of here!”
“Father, just give me an answer, do you know about Wan’er’s disappearance or not?”
“You, you, you ……”
Mr. Big couldn’t speak as he pointed at him.
“Father just needs to give me an answer, do you know or not?”
“I don’t know!”
Mr. Big hissed.
“You really don’t know?”
“You rebellious son, if I say I don’t know, I don’t know, why, do you still want to hold my head down and make me admit it?”
“My son would not dare.”
“There is still something you don’t dare to do!”
“Indeed, my son does not dare, my son cannot do anything that would make the world laugh.”
“You ……”
“Father says today that he does not know, and my son believes it. My son is unfilial and has not been by your side to do his filial duty all these years. From now on I will do my studies well and become a great scholar as you wish, and become famous all over the world. But please also remember what you said today, father, if one day Wan’er recovers her memory and points out that you lied, Wan’er and I will sever our relationship with you, and the Xu family will no longer tolerate you, and then you will lose your reputation, everything will be lost, and you will also become a disgrace to the literati of the world, and you will have no place in this world!”
“Get lost! Get lost!”
Xu Yan gave him a deep salute, straightened up and then turned around and walked out.
Outside, Huo hurried over, panicked the moment she saw him and hurriedly retreated again.
Xu Yan took it for granted that he did not see it, and after leaving the courtyard, he said to Yun, “Let’s go, let’s go see mother.”
Yun didn’t ask him what had happened, since she had heard that Mr. Big knew about Wan’er’s disappearance, her heart had been in shock, and she still hadn’t recovered from it, as they say a tiger’s poison doesn’t eat its son, how could the eunuch be so cruel?
After they had left, Huo crept to the door of the study, and the moment her hand was about to touch them, she stopped, stood for a moment, then dropped her hand and turned back.
This day, the House of Xu was once again bustling with activity, but Huo and Mr. Big’s courtyard was silent, and the servants walked on tiptoe, lest they make a sound.
In the blink of an eye, it was the day of the red list.
Before dawn, Grandma Song and Liu Cui Lan couldn’t sleep, so they got up and cooked a meal, and after they had eaten, it was just a little light.