A Cutie Spoiled by Her Seven Uncles

Chapter 1221 - 954: Parents’ Past

Zhu Xiuxiu’s words were like a sudden awakening from a dream!"Xiuxiu, there’s sense in what you say!"

Ji Youyuan pondered deeply, nodding, "I’ll speak with Suisui about this when she returns!"

Only then did everyone disperse.

As the sky darkened, Ji Youzhi finally received the message and brought back a middle-aged man to the Ji Family.

"Brother!"

Ji Youyuan was waiting at the door of the Ji Family’s courtyard, his eyes glanced indifferently at the middle-aged man.

"Just tell us what you know, don’t embellish or make things up, or else!"

He broke a branch effortlessly with his hand.

The man shivered and said, "I understand, young master, please rest assured!"

The old lady of the Ji Family was sitting in the Flower Hall, accompanied by Nanny Zhang, who was making a small bellyband for Wang Dongxue’s unborn child.

"It’s getting late, and our eyes can no longer see the stitches clearly. You should rest early!"

Nanny Zhang put away her sewing basket, hearing the old lady’s suppressed cough, felt sympathetic, but said nothing more.

She poured her a cup of water and said, "Young Master has been standing in the courtyard for quite a while, he will surely come in later, you should take one of those cough suppressing medicine pills!"

Upon hearing this, the old lady nodded, took out the medicine box herself, and swallowed a pill before allowing Nanny Zhang to leave.

Nanny Zhang left the room and met Ji Youzhi and his companions, she politely greeted them and then sensibly headed to the Qingxin Courtyard.

"Your son greets mother!"

Ji Youzhi and Ji Youyuan greeted the old lady as soon as they entered.

The old lady, seated in the main seat, smiled and said, "No need for such formality, it’s not a festival, why follow all these rituals?"

Ji Youyuan and Ji Youzhi replied with a smile, "Etiquette cannot be abandoned!"

"Mother! This is Yuan Yifan, he knows something about my sister’s affairs."

The old lady scrutinized Yuan Yifan from head to toe, squinting as if she couldn’t see clearly, then said.

"Light the lamp!"

Ji Youyuan obliged, and the old lady could then see the man very clearly.

Yuan Yifan looked honest and sincere, appeared to be a man of practice, his skin rugged from years of exposure to the elements.

His clothes were neither coarse cloth nor luxurious silk, just slightly better material than that of commoners.

Luo Yifan couldn’t help but wipe the cold sweat from his forehead.

Kneeling down with a thud under the scrutiny of the old lady.

"I, Yuan Yifan, greets the old lady, wishing her good fortune and health."

"No need for such a grand gesture, I cannot accept it, Yuan the warrior doing this humbles me too much."

The old lady, seeing Yuan Yifan not getting up, said to Ji Youzhi, "Help him up! How can he talk properly to me like this?"

Ji Youzhi reached out, grabbed Yuan Yifan’s arm, lifted him up, and placed him on a Grand Master’s chair in the guest seat.

Yuan Yifan was taken aback and hurriedly attempted to rise, not expecting Ji Youzhi to be standing beside him, holding his shoulder down, leaving him unable to move!

"Where is Yuan the warrior from?"

Yuan Yifan replied nervously, "I am from Xun’an County!"

The old lady nodded, then asked.

"Do you know Xi’Er?"

Yuan Yifan nodded, "Did you mean the virtuous sister-in-law Ji Xi’Er, old lady?"

The old lady was taken aback, neither nodded nor shook her head, but continued to ask.

"How did you come to know our Xi’Er?"

Yuan Yifan spoke truthfully.

"She is my virtuous younger brother’s wife, a very intelligent and kind-hearted woman, rare in the world!"

"Tell me about how you came to know our Xi’Er."

The old lady leaned back on the Grand Master’s chair.

Her eyes fixed on Yuan Yifan.

Yuan Yifan quickly complied.

"When I came to know the virtuous sister-in-law."

"Address her as Miss Xi’Er!"

Ji Youyuan, standing by, gently reminded him.

Yuan Yifan quickly corrected himself.

"I came to know Miss Xi’Er on the road to Muta River with the Weiyuan Escort Agency in Xun’an County."

"Muta River?"

This name doesn’t sound like a place name from the Central Plains!

Ji Youzhi quickly explained, "It’s a place name from the north, beyond the Great Han, a small border town within Beiyuan!"

The old lady nodded, "No wonder I couldn’t find her when I searched so many places that year, turns out she went north. I chased west for three days without any trace of her, then headed to Nanjiang, which took over half a month, and when I returned, all traces of her had been wiped clean!"