Ming Na ran around like a headless fly. Xiao Tianjian finally caught up with her and stopped her: "Why are you running? We should go back and ask your mother clearly!" The more he thought about it, the angrier he became. His son was Now that we are doing serious business, even if we hide something from our daughter-in-law, it is because we abide by the rules of the Security Bureau. How can our daughter-in-law cheat on her? Even if you really want to remarry someone else, you should at least divorce his son first, right
But Ming Na felt panicked, as if something was blocking her chest, which was so painful that she wanted to dig it out. The more she thought about it, the more frightened she became. Since her mother left the Magic City and returned to Ito after the New Year, she had not seen her mother for more than half a year. Moreover, except for the letters that came to my mother in the first two months, contact with her was discontinued later. It wasn't like this before. Her mother would visit her once every three or four months at most, and there would be a letter every ten or eight days. But now it's like this, and her mother didn't reject the man. Did she really not want him? Are you with your father
Like grandpa said, go and ask clearly? Ming Na wanted to go, but she was afraid. What if her mother's answer was that she really wanted to marry someone else? She happily walked all the way to find her mother because she wanted to reunite her family. She didn't want her mother to become someone else's wife!
Xiao Tianjian looked at his little granddaughter who was worrying about gains and losses, and became a little impatient: "If you are afraid that if you ask your mother directly, you will get an answer you don't want to hear, then you might as well ask others. That pair of treacherous... well, your mother If you really get along with another man, there will always be rumors about it."
Ming Na bit her lip, nodded in agreement, and then followed her grandfather to find someone to inquire.
They first found two maids from Zhu Fa's family nearby. They seemed to have just returned from shopping for vegetables. Xiao Tianjian claimed to be a relative of the Zhu Fa family. He heard that the daughter of his family had close contacts with a certain noble son. He was worried about whether to prepare a wedding gift and asked them to find out the authenticity of the rumors.
One of the maids heard this and immediately covered her blushing face: "Oh, you must be referring to Master Chulov. We are also looking forward to this happening. Master Chulov is a handsome gentleman and very talented. Qian, who is also personable, gentle and considerate, is so kind to all of us... Last year when the master was ill, and when the business was in trouble this spring, if he hadn't been so helpful, I don't know what would have happened. If Miss Dora could marry Just give it to him.”
Another maid also echoed: "Isn't it true? He is much better than the current uncle. I heard that the uncle is a boring warrior, uneducated and an illegitimate child. He married a wife as good as Miss Dora, and he actually... He has an ambiguous relationship with other women and shows no concern for the master. This makes Miss Dora often feel sad in private, and the master is also very angry. How can such a person be worthy of our Miss Dora?!"
"Yes, that's right. Hey, have you heard about it? Someone just saw Master Chulov proposing to the young lady. The lady will agree..."
The two maids seemed to be addicted, chatting happily with each other. The smile on Xiao Tianjian's face was almost unbearable, while Ming Na stared at them fiercely, gritting her teeth.
Her father is not some boring and uneducated warrior! These two women are talking nonsense!
However, most of the people in the neighborhood who were willing to answer their questions thought so. It seemed that the young master of the Chulov family had a good reputation in this area. Xiao Tianjian watched his little granddaughter's face getting paler and paler, and angrily stopped inquiring, and took her into the branch of the Xiao Family Trading Company in Matt Port, but avoided the shipping company that was related to the Chulov family. company.
He has always relied on branches and stores stationed across the mainland to get information. His daughter-in-law had a close relationship with another man, but the people at the Matt Port branch didn't report it to him? This is really unreasonable!
The manager of the branch complained secretly. His father and brothers were both in the shipping company, and the Chulov family were half of his bosses. How could he take the initiative to inform? Unless you don't want to mess around anymore.
When Anlong deliberately targeted the Xiao Family Trading Company, he spared the people in Matt Harbor. However, this manager also had his brother and nephew in another branch, and everyone in the entire trading firm was dissatisfied with the second young master Anlong. Under such circumstances, if he does not alienate Anlong, then he will be the one who is alienated. Under such circumstances, in order to express his position, he could only step up his attack on the Zhufa family business, but he later stopped for the sake of the young master of the Chulov family. He was afraid of avoiding Anlong, so how could he take the initiative to intervene in the conflicts between his wife and his wife
However, when the boss asked, he had to answer, so he had to pick up some things that everyone knew and said: "I have not heard that the second young lady is going to remarry, but that young master Chulov, I heard that his wife was remarried three years ago. The family had arranged a good position for him in Ito, but he actually gave up and went to work as a small secretary at the Port of Matt tax office, which made his whole family angry to death. Some people said that he was He did this for the sake of the second young lady. I don’t know whether this is true or not, but he does often visit Zhu Fa’s house, and he has become a close friend of the Viscount.”
Xiao Tianjian gritted his teeth secretly. That boy knew how to follow the parent's line. It seemed that he was not a simple pretty boy.
The manager glanced at him secretly, and then continued: "Don't be angry, the second young master has done something outrageous. People in the business are talking about it. He and Miss Veronica are always entangled, and they never do. I came to Matt to pick up the second young lady. The second young lady took the initiative to go to Yidong, but was driven back by him every time. He also interacted with people from the Heda family... Well, in short... the second young master also seemed to have the intention of divorce. It is normal for a young lady to have a lover..."
"You're talking nonsense!" Ming Na yelled and kicked him in the calf, "My dad is not that kind of person!" The manager had been paying attention to Xiao Tianjian's reaction, but did not pay attention to Ming Na, so he received a kick right away. He was standing there, grimacing in pain, but he didn't dare to say anything because of the big boss's face.
But the more Ming Na thought about it, the more uncomfortable she felt. She had already planned to go home. It was her father who went to the Magic City to ask her to stay there for school, but he left the next day and never showed up again, although there was a letter. , but each letter is written very short. My father left with Aunt Veronica at the beginning. He repeatedly said that he would not abandon himself and his mother, but he always broke the contract.
I remember that my mother often quarreled about my father and Veronica at that time, but when we met in the past two years, she stopped complaining. When Winnie scolded her father, she also helped to say good things. Isn't she no longer angry?
Minna couldn't help but think of Luba's quarrel with Wise. When she went to try to persuade him, Luba said: "It's because I love him that I get angry with him, otherwise I would ignore him."
Is it because my mother is no longer angry because she no longer loves my father
My father never came to take my mother back, and he asked me to go to school in a foreign country. Was it to be with Aunt Veronica
Her mind was in a mess, and she felt even sadder in her heart, as if she had seen her parents break up, leaving her alone. She couldn't help but scream, and when she woke up, she realized that she had run to a strange place, and the pedestrians around her were looking at her strangely.
"What's the point of running around like this? What if you get lost and call me grandpa?" Xiao Tianjian's voice came from behind. Ming Na turned her head and tears fell down.
Xiao Tianjian hurriedly came over to help her wipe her face, and while pulling her away, he comforted her and said: "It's okay, it's okay, even if your mother really marries someone else, she is still your mother! Besides, your father will never abandon you, and neither will your grandfather." I will stay by your side." After thinking about it, he decided to reveal a little bit and whispered: "Don't worry, your father will finish work soon and come to Matt Harbor to pick up your mother in person. You can reunite as a family, and no one will try to separate you." Of course, if it's too late, it means Dora is not lucky, and he will find another good wife for his son.
"I don't believe it! Both mom and dad are bad guys!" Ming Na twitched and cried.
Xiao Tianjian watched her cry helplessly and turned around to look at the scenery. After an unknown amount of time, the little girl finally got tired of crying, and he turned his head back: "Are you done crying? Look what you have become? Tabby cat!"
Mingna pursed her lips and let her grandfather wipe her face, then suddenly said: "Let's go to the boat shop. I won't go to grandpa's house." Grandpa didn't like her father, so she didn't want to go.
Xiao Tianjian was stunned for a long time, and then nodded.
The grandfather and grandson returned to the port. However, there were thousands of ships here, and it was not easy to find a few ships with a certain logo engraved on them. Xiao Tianjian drew the pattern based on his memory, then took it to the dock to ask someone, and finally found the boat company that the compatriot's boat belonged to. He found out that about five or six days ago, this boat company lost two boats in Kamega.
"Two ships?" Xiao Tianjian was a little stunned. Why would one person steal two ships? "May I ask where it was lost?"
"Right at the dock of Kamega City, my men only went ashore in the evening to make a fire and cook. Unexpectedly, when they turned around, they could no longer see the boat. It was not until four days ago that the thief who stole the boat was found and recovered. One boat, but the other one is nowhere to be seen." said the owner of the boat shop.
Xiao Tianjian's eyes widened: "Found the thief?!" Four days... The dead time-travel companion died after being rescued. Taking into account the time and the boat trip from Camega to the mainland, the time seemed not enough ,Could it be that…
"Ah, it's a young girl." The owner of the boat shop knocked on his pipe and poured out a few pinches of cigarette ashes. "Pitifully, she said she was just confused for a moment. Please don't embarrass her. As for the other boat, it was rowed by someone else. She left without knowing it. I saw that her situation was indeed not very good, and I didn't do anything to her. I just took away a few pieces of jewelry from her body." He lifted his head and saw the person walking in the door: "That's it. The ones my sister is wearing now.”
Ming Na hurriedly turned around and saw a woman in her thirties walking in. She was wearing a low-cut dark green velvet dress, with a pink necklace hanging on her chest. It was a set of earrings, both decorated with lace. Bows, small pearls and pink crystal roses, and several thin silver chains hanging down long.
The jewelry is very beautiful, but it is not suitable for middle-aged women to wear at all. The pink necklace and earrings set against the green skirt, it looks weird no matter how you look at it, this woman's aesthetics is so strange.
Xiao Tianjian was in a very excited mood at this moment. It was clearly Korean-style decorative jewelry. Before he wore it, it was popular among young girls to wear it.
When the sister of the boat shop owner saw her brother's two customers staring at her jewelry, she proudly raised her chin, walked into another room, and closed the door with a bang.
Xiao Tianjian took a deep breath and smiled at the boat shop owner: "Can you tell us about that girl? Where did she stay? What does she look like?"
When he asked for all the information and walked out of the boat shop, Minna suddenly asked: "Grandpa, are you going to Kamega?" Grandpa seemed to be very concerned about the girl's affairs.
Xiao Tianjian nodded.
So she thought for a moment and said, "I want to go with you, too. I haven't been to Kamega yet." She didn't want to stay alone.
Xiao Tianjian thought for a while and suddenly smiled: "Okay, once you go to Kamega, you can almost visit the whole continent. Considering your age, it is quite remarkable. Your brother Beiwen is only in Shao." It’s just a round trip between Nan and East, and there aren’t as many places as you go.”
Ming Na was a little proud after hearing this: "Of course, if I can go to Fan'a once, I will really visit the whole continent."
"Why are you going there?" Xiao Tianjian has never had a good impression of the Guangming Cult. "I think I am the center of the continent, the country established by the gods, so I look down on others. When I talked about it, my mouth dried up, but they still refused to open the passage to let my caravan pass through. They passed by the country and said that it was against the will of God. They also pretended to be compassionate and advised me to do more good deeds if I have money. They did not do anything serious except praying and asking for money all day long. We advise people here not to fight and people over there to abide by the rules, but in fact no one knows how bad they are!"
He stared at his little granddaughter and said sternly: "Ming Na, remember that when you see people from the Temple of Light in the future, you can run as far as you can. Those people say they are doing good deeds, adopting orphans, and comforting the elderly. In fact, they have no idea behind their backs. How many people's property has been stolen, how many children have been harmed." In that world, clergy molesting children is common news, and the clergy here are not that strong.
Mingna was about to use the words her mother taught her to refute her grandfather, but then she thought that her mother, who believed in the Light Cult, was betraying the family, and she secretly hated her, so she said nothing more.
However, Xiao Tianjian's heart suddenly moved, and he couldn't help but think of what he had overheard in Nomonka before. Could the "open channel" mentioned by the mysterious accomplice be something similar to the business path? What do those people want to do in Vana? Because of the turbulent situation in Nuojia, he had to give up the clue. Afterwards, he sneaked back but could not find the housekeeper. Because the Elf Forest has been completely closed and no one goes there anymore, no matter what the outcome of this matter is, it will not have an impact on the Elf, so he did not pursue it any further. At this moment, he had a new idea, and he thought that when the matter was over, he might as well check it out.
After thinking about it, they had arrived in front of Youtan's boat. Xiao Tianjian raised his hand to greet: "Old You..." but was stopped hastily by the other party, and both grandfather and grandson were dragged into the house together, which was a little inexplicable. Xiao Tianjian asked: "Old You, what's wrong with you?"
"Shh!" Yutan looked out and quickly retracted, "The people outside are Wood's men, and they also have two boats here."
Xiao Tianjian took a look and saw a man with khaki hair passing by the door. He curled his lips and said, "What's so scary about them? You don't owe them any money."
Yu Tan could only smile bitterly: "Now I really don't owe them money, because you are the one who is in trouble. Have you forgotten? You rescued the fat man from them last night, which is considered to have offended him, not to mention that you still Did something else.”
"Ah, you're talking about this, right?" Xiao Tianjian smiled evilly and took out a huge aquamarine gemstone from the ring. Ming Na's eyes lit up: "It's so beautiful! Grandpa, is this a water magic crystal? It's such a big piece, it'll be enough for me to use it for a long time."
Xiao Tianjian smiled and pushed the gem into her hand: "I just got it for you little thing, put it away." Ming Na happily put it into the storage bracelet and sweetly thanked her grandfather. The depression was almost gone.
Yutan's bitter smile became even bitterer: "You are really... This should be something Wood plans to pay tribute to the palace during the National Day. The current Queen Lorna is a water magician. Such a large crystal cannot be bought without ten or twenty thousand gold coins. , I’m afraid Wood won’t let it go easily.”
"What are you afraid of?" Xiao Tianjian has never been worried. "I didn't leave any traces when I rescued people. I also sent the fat man away. How could Wood know that it was me? Even if he knew, there was no evidence. He knocked me For seven thousand five hundred gold coins, I only want him to have a spar, which is a bargain for him. Don’t say you don’t know he is intentionally blackmailing you.”
Yutan looked helpless: "How could you not know? He has wanted my fleet and shop for a long time. What is the interest of a few hundred gold coins? Although I am not from this country, I have been doing business for decades, my friend. It's quite a lot, but in Manado, no one buys my goods, and no one dares to lend me money. He is too powerful and I can't resist. If it weren't for your help, my fleet and store would be destroyed. I can't keep it." After a pause, a smile appeared on his face: "Forget it, just sell Manado's store to him. I don't do business in the interior anymore. I am only responsible for selling the goods here to other companies. In a business, I earn less, but it’s much more relaxed, and I can go home to spend more time with my children when I have time.”
Xiao Tianjian patted him on the shoulder: "Then my trading company will be the first to buy your goods." The two looked at each other and smiled, and Ming Na was also happy beside them.
Xiao Tianjian told Yutan that he wanted to borrow a boat to go to Kamega, and the latter said: "What are you borrowing? I will go back tomorrow, and you can just come together. I just received a payment for goods today, you take it, it's considered The first money I paid back.”
Xiao Tianjian hurriedly excused himself, and the two began to argue with each other. Ming Na looked amused, but none of the three of them noticed that in the corner of the street, there was a man with khaki hair staring at them, narrowing his eyes.
(Why have the collections been dropped in the past two days? I just got a call, which delayed the update. I’m sorry.)