He Ningxi lost all interest in anything else, only wondering why her brother, who had been perfectly fine just moments before, had suddenly become angry.

"I used to think it was great to have a mother, but today I realized that she's so controlling and meddlesome. It's not as good as before, when no one could control me and I could do whatever I wanted."

He Ningxi wholeheartedly agreed, "Second brother, but there are people downstairs, how are we going to get out?"

"Wait, wait until it's quiet downstairs, then I'll quietly take you back to Grandma's house, and we'll never come back."

He Ningze's voice trailed off mid-sentence. "Wait, even if we go to Grandma's, we'll be sent back. What do we do? Are we going to end up homeless?"

He Ningze lay on the carpet, sighing in distress.

He Ningxi tiptoed to her second brother's side and whispered, "Brother, I know where we can go."

"We went to Aunt Wen's house; she was the kindest to us."

He Ningze breathed a sigh of relief, finally knowing who had done it.

My brother was right after all.

"Aunt Wen! Yes! She used to be the best to us! It's a pity that Dad fired her later."

He Ningxi continued mysteriously, "Don't worry, I have Aunt Wen's contact information and I know where she lives. She told me that if I want her or my mom to not allow me to eat sweets, I can secretly go to her and she'll treat me."

He Ningze nodded slightly, his mind already occupied with some thoughts.

Did she also say that if her mother treated her badly, she should go to her?

"Brother, how did you know?"

He Ningze's mind raced, and he lied expressionlessly, "Because Aunt Wen told me the same thing in private, let's go find her now."

"Okay, brother, let's go this way."

There is a tree outside the second-floor balcony. With a stool, it is easy to get down from this tree with its gnarled roots and lush branches.

"Little sister, be quiet, I'm going back to get my coat."

He Ningze wasn't afraid that his sister would come back. He left a note on the table and then climbed down.

The two were quickly spotted by Mianhua, who called out to the two children a few times.

After He Ningxi went down, she immediately hugged Mianhua's head to stop it from barking.

"Cotton, shh—we'll be right back."

Cotton quickly shut up and followed the two out the door again.

He Ningze did not agree to his sister's suggestion to keep the cotton at home.

"Cotton can protect us, so let it follow us."

"But with cotton around, we'll be easy to spot."

The two had just hailed a taxi and left when Yu Lian and He Xinglan, who had been delayed buying gifts on the way, parked the car at the door.

The small gate to the front yard was slightly ajar. Yu Lian noticed it, looked inside, and called out "Mianhua" as she took something.

In the past, before she even reached the door, Cotton would already be standing excitedly behind the door, wagging its tail to greet her.

"cotton?"

Yu Lian subconsciously assumed that Mianhua had gone into the house, and without thinking much about it, she led He Xinglan inside.

Before Yu Lian could even open her mouth to call for cotton, she was interrupted by her two younger sisters whom she hadn't seen in a long time.

For a moment, the living room on the first floor was filled with the excited shouts of the two.

Yu Lian walked past the two of them to the terrace in the courtyard. "Is Manman upstairs? Did she say anything?"

"I told her to reflect on her actions. Don't go up there yet. We'll take a picture of Hehe and try to get information out of her. It should be soon."

"So... cotton? Cotton?"

Yu Lian called out to the backyard a few times, then turned around and called out to the house a few more times. After circling around the first floor for a long time, she finally got out.

Yu Lian recalled the slightly ajar door when she entered.

Yu Lian vaguely felt that something was wrong.

He turned and went upstairs.

She found the cotton plant when it was only three months old. It was covered in injuries and had been thrown into a sewer drain, where it almost drowned.

When Yu Lian rescued the cotton plant, she never imagined it would grow this big.

This unintentional act, however, protected her unknowingly over the years.

However, cotton has a characteristic that it will not get close to strangers. Unless you deliberately take it out, its activity range is limited to the front and back yards of your house.

"An'an, are you sure your little brother went upstairs?"

As she spoke, Yu Lian knocked on her daughter's bedroom door.

Unable to get a response, Yu Lian had no choice but to ask An An to knock on the door and try.

After knocking twice and calling her younger brother's name twice, An'an turned the handle slightly, and the door opened.

"Mom, it seems like my brother and sister have run away."

The balcony door was open, and behind the fluttering curtains was a white stool. It should have been inside the house, but several fresh leaves had fallen on the balcony.

Yu Lian walked over. The courtyard, which had been swept clean in the morning, now had a fallen leaf and broken fresh twigs on the ground.

"Mom, they ran away."

He Ning'an picked up the note from the desk.

Yu Lian took the note; the words on it were crooked and messy: I took my sister to the old witch's house, brother, come find us quickly.

"Who is that old hag?"

"It's Aunt Wen." Sui Sui excitedly ran to her mother and raised her hand to answer the question.

Why is she called an old hag?

As Yu Lian asked the question, she pushed the child down the stairs.

"Mom is telling you this in secret: because she likes Dad, she always dresses up in a flashy way to try and seduce him."

Yu Lian nearly lost her footing and instinctively grabbed the wall for support. "Who told you that?"

"Grandma Xiaoju helped my sister and grandma. She said she was pitiful, so grandma let her stay. But she was restless and wanted to be our mother. Grandma Xiaoju told us not to trust her."

"Okay... I'll ask you about this later. Now let's go find Hehe and Manman."

Yu Lian went downstairs and briefly explained what had happened, then turned her gaze to He Lin.

"address."

"I'll have someone investigate now."

"you do not know?"

"Do I need to know?" He Lin stared at Yu Lian, wanting to know the deeper meaning behind her words.

"I'm not going to say anything more. Go and call to find out."

Yu Lian led the two children out the door and stood there, asking in a low voice, "What's your father's usual attitude towards Wen Xue?"

Yu Lian thought that since she could win the favor of her mother-in-law Li Ying, her relationship with He Lin couldn't be too bad.

Since she had that idea, she might have already expressed her feelings to He Lin after all these years.

However, one cannot discern anything from He Lin's attitude just now.

"Huh? What do you mean, Mom?"

He Ning'an closed the door, shutting out their voices. "Mom, Dad hasn't spoken to her."

Not a single word?

"Yes, she even made her younger sister pretend to be sick to go see Dad. I could tell she wanted to get close to him, but he never saw her, and when he did, he ignored her and had Uncle Chen chase her away."

"I see~" she said, her tone filled with an uncontrollable sense of relief.

"I see~"

Suddenly, He Lin's voice rang out from behind her, repeating her words.

Yu Lian was startled, stood up, and turned around to look at him.

"I have nothing to do with Wen Xue. You seem very happy?"

Yu Lian shrank back; He Lin was speaking too close.

No, you misheard.

He Lin tilted his head slightly to look at her. "Yeah, I guess I didn't sleep well last night and I was hallucinating again. Let's go, I got the address."

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