Chapter 573 Return to Jiangcheng
Xie Yansheng felt uncomfortable and said with a straight face: "From the moment you decided to plot against Nuannuan, you were destined to have no result with Lanlan."
"By swapping Nuannuan with someone else and keeping her by my side, I at least got a chance to meet Wenlan again." Jiang Jingci smiled bitterly without commenting, "If I hadn't planned to plot against Nuannuan at that time, I would have been out of Wenlan's world long ago."
"Even if you stayed in her life for another year, you would still be out!" Xie Yansheng threw the unlit cigarette in his hand into the trash can opposite.
Jiang Jingci frowned slightly, "Do your best and leave the rest to fate. If you have worked hard for yourself, you will have no regrets."
Xie Yansheng didn't respond again, staring at the door of the ward for a long time, and finally went downstairs and left the hospital.
On the way back to Tinglan Mansion alone, Xie Yansheng thought a lot.
It was all related to Nuannuan.
Walking into the living room on the first floor, Wen Lan, who was waiting for him, hurriedly came up to him, "Where is Nuan Nuan? Did you have any conflict?"
"She fell asleep in Jiang Guan's ward. I didn't see her." Xie Yansheng took off his coat and threw it on the sofa, and began to change his slippers.
Wen Lan said "Oh" and stared at Xie Yansheng deeply.
At this moment, she had not yet recovered from the truth of the incident twenty years ago, and sighed, "I never dreamed that Jiang Jingci would tell us such a big lie."
"The Jiang surname is indeed very scheming. A lie was revealed twenty years later." Xie Yansheng sat on the sofa at the door and closed his tired eyes, "Lan Lan, I have a hunch that Nuan Nuan and Jiang Guan--"
"Even if Jiang Jingci didn't violate me back then, he was guilty of a heinous crime by replacing Nuan Nuan. I will never agree to Nuan Nuan being with his son!" Wen Lan bit her lip, her attitude firm.
"I don't agree either, but do you think our opposition is useful?" Xie Yansheng pressed his throbbing temple, "I mean, try your best to bring Nuannuan back, and forget it if you can't bring her back."
"What do you mean forget it?! Let her be with Jiang Guan? As long as I am still alive, I will not agree! I will let Nuannuan make a choice tomorrow. If she insists on choosing Jiang Guan, we will cut off all ties with her!"
Wen Lan's words were full of anger and anger. She would never forget the pain when she learned that Nuannuan had died.
In those months, she cried every day holding the small clothes she made for Nuannuan.
If Jiang Jingci hadn't done anything, she and Xie Yansheng wouldn't have gone through so many twists and turns.
All the pain was caused by Jiang Jingci, how could she watch her daughter marry the son of the person she hated!
"Lanlan, calm down and make a decision. Nuannuan has been outside for nearly three years. If she can't handle it well this time-"
As Xie Yansheng was talking, a harsh phone call rang.
Seeing Xie Yu's name flashing on the screen of his mobile phone, Xie Yansheng impatiently turned on the hands-free button.
"Brother, the old man suddenly lost consciousness an hour ago and was sent to the ICU for rescue. The doctor said that the situation is not good and asked us to prepare for the funeral immediately!" Xie Yu's anxious voice sounded.
Xie Yansheng's face suddenly changed and he stood up immediately, "I will go back to Jiangcheng immediately."
Wen Lan quickly suppressed his emotions and booked two tickets to Jiangcheng on the mobile phone booking software.
"Immediately notify Nanchen Nuannuan and Xiaotong to go back to Jiangcheng with us." Xie Yansheng walked upstairs with a cold face.
Wen Jia agreed and booked three more tickets.
Xie Yansheng turned around halfway up the stairs and said, "Notify Beiheng and ask him to rush to Jiangcheng immediately."
"Beiheng just arrived in Country Y--" Wen Lan changed the subject as soon as she opened her mouth, "I will call Beiheng immediately."
No matter how dissatisfied she was with Mr. Xie, she had to put the overall situation first at this time and could not let outsiders see Xie Yansheng's joke.
Two hours later, the family of four and Xiaotong boarded the flight to Jiangcheng.
Because Mr. Xie was in a bad condition, Nanchen and Xiaotong were also there, so Wen Lan and Xie Yansheng did not scold Nuannuan anymore.
When the five of them arrived at the hospital, Mr. Xie had died half an hour ago.
Xie Jianning and Han Pei cried breathlessly, and the housekeeper Uncle Zhong took several of the old man's confidants to run around.
Wen Lan thought that Xie Yansheng did not have much affection for Mr. Xie, but when Xie Yansheng walked into the ward, he burst into tears, kowtowed to Mr. Xie with his three children, and burned farewell paper.
Soon, the funeral car sent Mr. Xie's body back to the Xie family's old house.
Xie Yansheng, Xie Yu, Xie Jianning and Nuannuan, three juniors, got on the funeral car together. Wen Lan saw that there was no empty seat in the car, so he followed Uncle Zhong's car back to the old house.
With the great loss, everyone in the Xie family felt extremely heavy.
Wen Lan didn't have much affection for Mr. Xie. She followed the etiquette of Jiangcheng's funeral and did her own part.
Xie Yansheng's status and worth in the business world at this time had skyrocketed more than ten times compared to when Xie's mother died. As soon as the news of Mr. Xie's death came out, all kinds of bigwigs came to pay their respects.
Needless to say, there were many people who were familiar with the Xie family and Xie Yansheng, and there were many who wanted to get close to Xie Yansheng but couldn't find an opportunity. They came to the Xie family's old house under the pretext of paying respects, but they really paid money to please Xie Yansheng.
The next afternoon, Xie Beiheng returned to Jiangcheng.
Xie Yansheng had two sons and one daughter. Xie Yu now had only two daughters, plus Xiaotong, and six grandchildren knelt in the mourning hall, keeping vigil for the old man with the elders.
To Wen Lan and Xie Yansheng's surprise, Jiang Jingci came on the day of the funeral.
He was dressed in a black suit, solemn and dignified.
Out of courtesy and face, after Jiang Jingci paid his condolences to Mr. Xie, Xie Yansheng took the initiative to step forward to express his gratitude.
After the funeral, Xie Yansheng was told by Uncle Zhong that Jiang Jingci gave the old man the three animals and gift money as a relative.
Xie Yansheng was angry and annoyed, but he was in deep mourning and had no desire to break up with Jiang Jingci.
Han Pei and Xie Yu proposed to separate the family just after the funeral of Mr. Xie.
In fact, many years ago, Xie's family was bankrupted by Xie Yansheng, and Mr. Xie's property was already very little.
When the old man was alive, he clearly said that the old house belonged to the first house and Xue Cuiyuan belonged to the second house.
Now the only things that can be divided are the calligraphy and antiques collected by Mr. Xie during his lifetime. These things are in the study room of the main building of the old house, and the only key is in the hands of the old man.
After the old man died, Han Pei got the key.
But the current owner of the old house is Xie Yansheng. Without Xie Yansheng's permission, she and Xie Yu do not have the courage to open the study room without authorization.
The funeral had just ended, and Xie Yansheng had no intention of dividing these personal belongings. He directly rejected Han Pei and said that he would wait until after the New Year.
Han Pei knew that if she left the old house this time, as long as Xie Yansheng did not return to Jiangcheng, she would not even have the chance to enter the old house in the future!
He said that he would wait until after the New Year to divide the old man’s antiques and calligraphy and paintings, but who could guarantee that Xie Yansheng would not play tricks and hide the valuables in advance?
Han Pei became more and more angry as she thought about it. She sat at the door of the old man’s study, crying and shouting the old man’s name and quarreling with Xie Yansheng.