Chapter 59: Everyone Returned to the Village

Although he was the little troublemaker born to Lin Wangsheng and his wife, he was still just a child. Li Yurong wouldn’t treat him differently in front of Ye Junsheng and his wife.

She smiled as she welcomed them, saying, “These oranges are from the tree behind our house, really sweet. If you like them, later, Grandma—ah, no, I mean Auntie Li will get you some more.”

Lin Yaozu ignored her and directly grabbed a handful of candies, stuffing them into his pocket.

Ye Kang, on the other hand, politely thanked Li Yurong.

Since their family would be staying the night here, Li Yurong went to prepare the guest room, fetching blankets to lay out.

Meanwhile, Ye Junsheng and Gu Siyun were completely engrossed in studying the house.

“Wife, look at these exquisite carvings. The Zhang family’s ancestors must have been from a wealthy household.”

Gu Siyun nodded and added, “Did you notice the stone trough at the entrance? What kind of beast is carved on it?”

Hearing this, Ye Junsheng hurried back to check.

When they had first arrived, he had been too focused on the house itself to pay attention to the entrance.

After circling around the stone trough for a while, he said, “Their ancestors must have known feng shui. This stone trough is placed here to ward off evil, gather energy, and protect the household. Unfortunately, the courtyard walls and gatehouse have been torn down, breaking the feng shui. This generation of their family…”

He shook his head. “Not very promising.”

Gu Siyun immediately shot him a glare. “Stop talking nonsense. You only know a little bit about trivial things.”

“Yes, yes,” Ye Junsheng quickly agreed.

“With the current situation in the country, you still dare to dabble in superstitions? Come on, let’s go inside.”

The two of them entered the house, where they saw Ye Kang and Lin Yaozu peeling oranges and eating them.

Ye Kang said, “Dad, Mom, these oranges are really sweet. Do you want some?”

Gu Siyun smiled. “You two eat. We’re fine.”

At that moment, Li Yurong passed by carrying a bundle of blankets. She laughed and said, “Go ahead and eat, we have plenty at home. Our own orchard produced several hundred jin last year. We didn’t sell them—they’re all stored in the cellar. If we don’t eat them soon, they’ll go bad.”

Hearing that, the couple didn’t hesitate any longer.

Gu Siyun picked up an orange and handed it to Ye Junsheng. “Here, eat. I’ll go help with making the beds and cleaning up.”

Li Yurong took the opportunity to say, “Sister, you’ll be staying in this room tonight. What do you think?”

The room had belonged to her eldest son and daughter-in-law. It was one of the best rooms in the house, facing the sun, and even had a small attic above it. Next door was a study, which could be used for their son, Ye Kang.

After her eldest son passed away, his wife ran off, and the room had been left unused.

Gu Siyun looked at the antique-style room and smiled. “Of course, this is great. Thank you for the trouble.”

It felt like staying in a museum.

As they made the bed and cleaned the room, their conversation naturally turned to Lin Bingwei.

“They didn’t treat Weiwei well at all. It’s not just my words—you’ll understand if you walk around the village, especially Linjia Village. Ask around, and you’ll see.”

Hearing about how the Lin family had mistreated Lin Bingwei, Gu Siyun wiped her tears, feeling heartbroken.

If this had been her biological daughter, how could she bear it?

They had raised their enemy’s daughter to be outstanding, while their own daughter hadn’t even had the chance to study.

“We originally planned to give birth to her abroad, but she arrived early—two months premature. Her health was poor, and she needed to stay in an incubator for two months. But we couldn’t wait any longer—if we didn’t leave then, the whole family wouldn’t be able to go. We gave them plenty of money and entrusted them to take good care of her.”

Li Yurong nodded. “I understand your difficulties. The situation in those years… sigh, it was tough for everyone. But if you had to entrust your daughter to someone, why didn’t you find someone more reliable?”

Gu Siyun sighed. “At the time, my daughter was premature, and their child was a difficult birth. We happened to be placed in the same hospital room. They seemed honest and simple, not like bad people.”

Li Yurong nodded. “That’s true. Bad people don’t have ‘bad person’ written on their faces.”

“Exactly. We both had difficult childbirths, and Lin Wangsheng even shared the same character in his name as my husband, Ye Junsheng. It felt like fate, so we entrusted them with our child. Back then, they promised so sincerely.”

“Sigh, let’s not dwell on the past. What do you plan to do now?”

“We have to stay and investigate. If Weiwei really is our daughter, we plan to…” Take her away?

It didn’t seem possible now—she was already married.

“We need to find out the truth and reunite with her.”

“What about Xiaoyu? She doesn’t seem to know anything.”

Gu Siyun said, “She’s grown up now. She can decide for herself.”

“And what about Lin Wangsheng and Bihua? Those two are truly wicked.”

Gu Siyun gritted her teeth. “They took our money and didn’t do their job. Not only that, they abused my daughter and even dared to switch the children. I won’t let them off. I’ll hire a lawyer and sue them—make sure they go to prison.”

As they spoke, Lin Bingwei returned.

After riding her bike all the way back, she was drenched in sweat.

Ye Junsheng saw her from outside and wanted to say something, but in the end, all he could awkwardly muster was, “Come, sit down and rest.”

Lin Bingwei smiled and nodded. She parked her bike in the yard before heading inside.

Ye Junsheng said, “I thought you would take a ride back with them.”

Lin Bingwei replied, “I rode my bike there in the morning, so I had to ride it back.”

“Then… you must have suffered a lot over the years.”

Lin Bingwei gently shook her head. “It wasn’t too bad.”

She could sense Ye Junsheng’s hesitation—he wanted to get close to her but wasn’t sure how.

She felt a bit uneasy herself. After resting for a while, she got up and went to cook.

Ye Junsheng called Ye Kang and Lin Yaozu over, saying he wanted to take a walk around the village and asked Lin Yaozu to lead the way.

Lin Yaozu had been eating and drinking well these past few days, and they even bought him new clothes and shoes. He actually felt quite fond of Ye Junsheng—he almost wished this man were his real father.

So when Ye Junsheng asked him to lead the way, he ran off faster than a rabbit.

Back in Linjia Village, Lin Wangsheng’s family arrived later than the others—even later than Lin Bingwei.

Originally, they had planned to leave in the morning. They had sold off everything they needed to and thought they wouldn’t be coming back anytime soon.

But unexpectedly, the whole village saw that the couple, who had been set on leaving to work elsewhere, had returned—and they had brought back a young, beautiful girl.

What was going on?

“Hey, Lao Qi, didn’t you two say you were leaving? Why are you back?”

Not only had they returned, but they had also brought back their luggage.

Their expressions were extremely sour.

Lin Wangsheng said, “The train isn’t running tomorrow—we had to reschedule. We’ll leave in a few days.”

Bihua added, “We ran into Xiaoyu and brought her back to stay for a few days.”

“Oh, Xiaoyu? So this young lady is Xiaoyu?”

Bihua forced a smile. “Yes, this is our Xiaoyu.”

“Wow, she’s so pretty—like someone straight out of television.”

“And her hair! Why is it this color? All curly, just like a foreigner’s.”