With her big, watery eyes blinking, Meng Meng tilted her little head drowsily and looked at Lu Zechuan, "Call Brother, can I have candy?" Lu Zechuan kept a straight face and replied with a solemn "Hmm." "Brother is bad! Bad brother!" Meng Meng easily accepted Lu Zechuan’s suggestion with seriousness. Beside her, Xia Mian and Mrs. Lu burst into laughter at Meng Meng’s antics, "She’s killing me with laughter!" "Sun Wen, take her away!" Lu Zechuan said sternly, calling out towards the door. Sun Wen had just stepped in, and as he took one step toward Meng Meng, she already pounced with a thud at Lu Zechuan’s feet, tightly hugging his long leg, "Brother good, brother best, don’t make me go away~~~~" The little one, hugging Lu Zechuan’s pant leg, began to act cutely spoiled, her sweet little voice melting hearts. Lu Zechuan’s expression softened a bit, but he still kept a facade, "Then go to sleep yourself!" Meng Meng looked at Lu Zechuan with teary eyes but still obediently nodded. The little one, although she forgot a lot of things, had high emotional intelligence, knowing when to yield. "Sister-in-law Zhang, arrange for her to sleep!" Lu Zechuan instructed the maid, Sister-in-law Zhang. After all, Meng Meng was a little girl, and it wasn’t appropriate for clumsy men to take care of her. Sister-in-law Zhang cheerfully picked up Meng Meng and went upstairs. "Grandma, we’re going up now." Lu Zechuan held Xia Mian’s hand, nodded toward Mrs. Lu, and pulled Xia Mian towards the second floor. Mrs. Lu watched her grandson tightly clutching Xia Mian’s hand, a satisfied smile appearing in her eyes. Xia Mian and Lu Zechuan went upstairs, while Mrs. Lu also gently yawned. Before, with Meng Meng keeping her company, she didn’t feel anything, but now, with everyone gone and the place quiet, she felt a bit tired. Indeed, as people grow older, they tend to become more sentimental. At the Ji Family, after receiving a call from Xia Mian, Ji Changxing lost all interest in sleep. "Why would Miss Xia suddenly ask if Ah Ling knows Miss Gu?" Ji Changxing slightly furrowed his brow, quickly realizing something, "Where’s Ah Ling?" Mu Keying sat up from the bed with a start, jumped out of bed, and headed straight for Ji Ling’s room. Seeing Ji Ling’s room empty, Mu Keying felt uneasy all over. "She’s not here." Mu Keying’s face darkened, "She’s not here again!" Mu Keying held her hand to her forehead, feeling physically and mentally exhausted. After giving birth to Ji Hua, she longed for a daughter. Later, after finally becoming pregnant with Ji Ling, she raised her delicately, yet didn’t expect Ji Ling to grow astray! Clearly, both she and Ji Changxing were normal, so how did Ji Ling go astray? "Forget it, let her do as she pleases!" Ji Changxing, following Mu Keying to the doorway of Ji Ling’s room, looked at the empty room, also feeling tired. Daughters grow up, how can a father possibly attach her to himself? "If she insists on choosing a woman, then we respect her choice." Ji Changxing’s eyes reflected exhaustion and helplessness. Mu Keying said nothing, just silently bowed her head, "Let’s go back to sleep." As children grow, develop their own thoughts, parents indeed cannot intervene. In a five-star hotel, Gu Zhi and Ji Ling slept on the same bed. "Xia Mian went to your house, destroyed your gourd?" Gu Zhi’s voice softly drifted into Ji Ling’s ears. Ji Ling grunted gloomily, "Zhi Zhi, I’m sorry, I didn’t protect the gift you gave me." Gu Zhi lightly laughed in the dark, "What a silly thing to say, if it’s destroyed, it’s destroyed. Later, I’ll give you something else." Gu Zhi’s tone was light, but Ji Ling felt very sorry for Gu Zhi. It was the first gift from Gu Zhi, extraordinarily meaningful, yet now, in her hands, it got destroyed by someone else. "Does this Miss Xia hold a grudge against you?" Ji Ling’s dark eyes flashed with cold light. Gu Zhi laughed noncommittally, "Maybe." Not long ago, Gu Zhi received a dismissal call from Song Group. They even waived the handover process. Gu Zhi understood that Xia Mian couldn’t tolerate her. "She suspects you of harming my brother. She’s not a good person!" Ji Ling angrily gritted her teeth, "I won’t let her go!" Gu Zhi said nothing, just gently hugged her, "Ah Ling, just , I’m already very satisfied." Having someone who cares if she’s happy, willing to go crazy and cause trouble together, made her content. Ji Ling pursed her lips and stopped talking. The meeting and mutual understanding between her and Gu Zhi were filled with drama, unforgettable and etched in memory, impossible for her parents and brother to comprehend... In a remote little courtyard in the countryside, Master Xie dressed in white came out of a room, looking up at the full moon, squinting deeply. Behind him, Yu Hongmei stood in the shadows, her face twisted with anger, "Master, I’ve given you everything you wanted. When will you get rid of that little bitch?" Master Xie stood with his hands behind his back, not speaking. Yu Hongmei’s eyes were filled with resentment, "That little bitch is responsible for your junior brother’s death." After Han Xi’s miscarriage, Yu Hongmei initially planned to settle the score with Song Juan, but with several strong bodyguards around Song Juan, she couldn’t get close to her. Eventually, she decided to cause trouble for Xia Mian, only to discover something unusual about her. Master Xie turned to Yu Hongmei, "I don’t need your reminders!" Yu Hongmei was silent for a long time before faintly saying, "As long as you can get rid of her, I can give you whatever you want." Master Xie gave Yu Hongmei a glance and sneered, "I’m just temporarily residing here. Between us, it’s purely a cooperative relationship, that’s it!" Master Xie showed no goodwill to Yu Hongmei, a bunch of scheming villagers, thinking they could take down someone else’s heir, as if it would be so easy! Yu Hongmei fell into a strange silence, then left without a word. Originally, she just wanted to kill Song Juan and Xia Mian to seize the Song Group’s assets for Han Xi’s unborn child. Later, after Han Xi lost the baby, their Xia Family had no heir! Now, she still wanted to kill Song Juan and her daughter, only now, it was to bury them with her unborn grandson! Standing in the moonlight, Master Xie squinted, calculating the time that the master should have arrived, yet there was still no contact. Without the master’s presence, he dared not take reckless actions. Dai Ying’s death was a bloody lesson. Xia Mian woke up after a night’s sleep, finding the morning light bright. She picked an outfit prepared by Lu Zechuan from the wardrobe, then went downstairs. Upon reaching downstairs, she saw the Lu family’s eldest son’s wife, Wu Mei, leisurely chatting with Mrs. Lu in the downstairs living room. "Mom, did you hear that the second family’s woman is hospitalized?" Wu Mei lowered her voice, speaking with mystique, "I heard she’s still unconscious!" Mrs. Lu furrowed her brow, "Shen Man was hospitalized? When did that happen?"