Mind reading saves the whole family; I'm firmly in the role of a charlatan.

Chapter 382 Inviting a Wolf into the House?

Xi Jingyue's double-edged confession failed to immediately move Du Anrao, who was rather slow to understand such matters. He simply said that he had been away from home for too long and wanted to go home for a while, and that the matter of visiting the Xi family would be discussed another day.

Xi Jingyue didn't press the issue, saying that Du Anrao could visit their home anytime he wanted, as long as he gave him a call, he could personally come and pick him up.

As soon as he said that, the man was ostracized by the Du family, who were on high alert, and was once again miserably kicked out of the house.

Thanks to Du Desheng and Xu Ronghai, although the Li Qianxi live broadcast incident caused a great stir, no one asked Du Anrao to go to the police station to give a statement, and no one was so foolish as to come to his door asking him to explain what happened in the live broadcast room.

Having resolved the issues with the Li family and the major threat of Li Qianxi, Du Anrao was satisfied and flew back to S City with his family.

Before that, Du Junyan had already gone home ahead of everyone to arrange everything and also took on the role of picking them up at the airport.

Accompanying him was Du Lianshuang, who had received advance notice and happily came to help pick him up at the airport.

"You're finally back! I missed you so much after you were away for so long." Du Lianshuang hugged Du Anrao tightly as soon as they met, her voice trembling with joy.

"Auntie, I miss you too. Did you receive the gifts I sent to you and Aunt Yin? Did you like them?"

Du Anrao sent Du Lianshuang two gifts. The first was a jade bracelet he bought from the Ya Yu family, one for her and one for Yin Bailu. The second was a family New Year's gift package for Du Lianshuang and her two younger siblings, Du Xiuyuan and Du Yunni.

"I love it! Your Aunt Yin absolutely adores the jade bracelet you gave her; she wears it all the time. She even sent you a gift during the New Year, but since you were still in City B at the time and it wasn't convenient for you to send or receive things, we sent it to your home. You'll see it when you get back soon."

"Really? Then please thank Aunt Yin properly for me, Auntie."

"Okay, okay, Xiuyuan and Yunni really like the gift you gave them. They even wore it to school the other day."

As one of the lucky ones who could hear her beloved niece's thoughts, Du Lianshuang had long known that the rough stone they had generously sponsored Du Anrao to bid on had actually yielded two large pieces of treasure that could nourish the meridians and prolong life if worn for a long time. She also knew that Du Anrao planned to polish these two treasures into small ornaments and give them to their relatives and elders. She had been eagerly waiting for them before the new year.

After receiving the gift, she posted about it on her WeChat Moments for almost half a month, as if afraid that others wouldn't know how wonderful the gift was.

Even the two little ones in the family were so moved by the gift that they didn't need her to say anything. They simply welded the gift to their bodies and didn't want to take it off even when taking a bath.

The school the two attended was quite strict, and students were not allowed to wear jewelry during class. Even so, the two still managed to hide the jewelry in their clothes and bring it with them.

Du Anrao breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this and couldn't help but smile: "I'm glad my younger brother and sister like it."

The family happily drove home, but the moment they stepped through the door, everyone couldn't help but sigh, "Indeed, there's no place like home. No matter how far we go or how beautiful the scenery we see, it's never as comfortable and relaxing as being at home."

Du Anrao wholeheartedly agreed and decided to stay home and relax for a while to recharge before facing the storms that could erupt at any moment. The others clearly thought the same. As a prominent figure in the family, the news of Du Anrao's return home with her parents, siblings, and other family members spread throughout the family group chat almost immediately.

However, everyone felt sorry for her suffering during this time, so they thoughtfully gave Du Anrao a week to rest and recuperate. After that, they tacitly arranged a time to visit her, determined to make up for the New Year's greetings she had missed.

Du Anrao was unaware of the intricacies of the situation. She only noticed that more relatives had been visiting her home recently, and most of them sounded familiar, as if they were elders who had previously given her money.

In addition, an uninvited guest visited the Du family during this period.

"Why is it you?" Du Yuxi was quite surprised to see the man walking into their house so confidently.

After a while, as if remembering something, he looked Xie Jingyao up and down, frowned and said, "You are the friend my cousin mentioned who came to pick me up on his way...

After being reunited with the Li family, Du Yuxi would go to J City almost every weekend. Initially, it was to take over the businesses left to her by her parents. She also became familiar with the Li family, and this habit continued.

Du's parents agreed with this, after all, they could see that the Li family really loved the child left behind by their brother's family. It was a good thing to have more people love the child. They were proper blood relatives, and there was no need to deliberately distance themselves from them.

However, the Li family was somewhat worried about this precious child who had been lost and found after so many years. Even though Du Yuxi was already an adult, they were still afraid that something uncontrollable might happen to her when she traveled between the two cities alone. So, every time Du Yuxi went there, Li Zhaoyang would come to pick her up in person.

Today was an exception, though. Li Zhaoyang didn't come; instead, this man in front of us... Mr. Xie.

“…Hmm.” Xie Jingyao felt a prickling sensation under the scrutinizing gazes of the Du family, but he had no choice but to explain, “Your cousin ran into some trouble today and couldn’t get away. I happened to be in your area on a business trip, and I was just about to go back after finishing my business, so I asked you to pick me up on the way.”

While the two were talking, Du Anrao was sitting on the corner of the sofa in the living room eating fruit. Hearing this, he frowned and sighed as he chewed on his apple.

[What a coincidence! And cousin, have you forgotten that this person was engaged to my fourth sister? Although Li Qianxi monopolized the marriage for a while due to the substitution, it's probably off the table now, but...]

How could the Du family not understand Du Anrao's unfinished meaning? Their gazes toward Xie Jingyao immediately became even more hostile.

Thinking of this, Du Anrao stuffed another piece of pear into his mouth. Recalling Li Zhaoyang's change in attitude towards him after learning that Yue Yang was actually his younger sister's savior, he intuitively felt that the other party probably didn't remember this at all, otherwise...

[Has my eldest cousin inadvertently let a wolf into the house?]

Du Hexuan, who happened to have some free time to go home and rest today: Heh... This guy who became a professional halfway through his career is unreliable and has no sense of crisis at all!

Du Yuxi: "..." However, the engagement is just a joke, don't take it seriously!