nashuaworldcup Chapter 252 Lan Ling's Letter
Chapter 252 Lan Ling's Letter
The bandit suppression caused a huge uproar in the city and became the main topic of conversation among the people after dinner.
As the story spread among the people, it became known that Xiao Ran brought County Magistrate Cui to Xiao Wenchang's home to accuse him of being the bandit's accomplice.
While they admired Xiao Ran's achievements in suppressing bandits, they also had different opinions on Xiao Ran's testimony against his father.
Some people think that Xiao Ran is too ruthless.
No matter what, Xiao Wenchang is his biological father. Killing his own father for the sake of justice is a heinous crime.
Some people think that Xiao Ran’s action is righteous.
When faced with major issues of right and wrong, one should ignore all relatives.
If they were in his place, they would do the same as Xiao Ran if they encountered such a thing, and would never show mercy.
What's more, these bad things were done by Xiao Wenchang and had nothing to do with Xiao Ran.
In addition, Xiao Wenchang cruelly killed his original wife!
After hearing about this, Zhao Wanzhu, Jiang Xingjun and Jiang Lanlan learned that Xiao Ran and Su Xiaoxiao had returned to Changming County and risked their lives to suppress the bandits.
They were so scared that their faces turned pale. They immediately put down their work in the shop and went to find Xiao Ran and Su Xiaoxiao.
As luck would have it, the three of them had just walked a short distance when they saw Xiao Ran and Su Xiaoxiao walking towards them.
Only after confirming that the two were safe did the three of them finally let go of their worries.
Zhao Wanzhu held Su Xiaoxiao's hand with tears in her eyes.
"How could you take such a risk? What would I do if something unexpected happened? It's so worrying!"
Su Xiaoxiao comforted her, "We're fine. We're back safely now! Don't cry, Mom!"
Jiang Lanlan's eyes also turned red, and her eyes were full of worry.
"Xiaoxiao, you've become too brave! That bandit is so cruel and ruthless, aren't you afraid at all? You really scared us to death!"
Jiang Xingjun rarely looked nervous.
"Yeah, when I heard about your bandit suppression, my heart almost jumped out of my throat!"
Xiao Ran knew that everyone was too worried about them, so he smiled and patted his chest to assure them.
"Don't worry, I'm here. If there's any danger, I'll be the first to rush forward and protect my wife!"
Zhao Wanzhu was naturally happy to see her son-in-law protecting her daughter like this, but the bandits killed people without blinking an eye, so no one could take the risk.
She dotingly chided him, "You don't have any martial arts skills at all. You can hardly protect yourself, how can you protect Xiaoxiao? You're talking nonsense! I'm telling you, don't put yourself in danger like this next time!"
Hearing the scolding from his mother-in-law, Xiao Ran dared not disobey.
"Oh! I understand, mother. I won't dare to do it again next time. Even if my wife wants to take a risk, I won't agree."
Su Xiaoxiao felt something was wrong and kicked Xiao Ran.
"What did you say!"
Isn't this a disguised way of betraying her, letting her family know that it was her idea to let the bandits kidnap them? Wouldn't that make her family even more worried?
Xiao Ran covered his buttocks, "Ouch! Ouch! It hurts! Wife, why did you kick me!"
"If you talk any more, I'll kick you!"
Su Xiaoxiao said this and blinked at Xiao Ran.
Xiao then realized it belatedly, pouted and whispered aggrievedly: "I didn't say anything!"
"What else do you want to say!"
Seeing that Su Xiaoxiao was angry, Xiao Ran immediately covered his mouth and dared not make any sound.
Xiao Ran was afraid that his wife's behavior made Jiang Lanlan and Jiang Xingjun couldn't help laughing.
Zhao Wanzhu also smiled and scolded Su Xiaoxiao, "Why are you so mean to your son-in-law? Let's not talk in the street anymore. Let's go back first!"
"Hey, hey, hey, let's go back first. I'm craving the food at home. Could you please make me some noodles with sesame sauce, brother?"
"OK, no problem!"
The group chatted as they walked into the shop.
Back in the backyard of the noodle shop, Su Xiaoxiao saw that the doghouse was empty and asked, "Where's Dahuang?"
Jiang Lanlan said, "Da Huang is in the new house. Aunt Zhao and I go back there every day to live there. Da Huang is there to look after the house!"
"Has Da Huang gained weight again?"
Thinking of such a kind and human-like dog, Zhao Wanzhu couldn't help but praise it.
"Our Da Huang is not fat! Da Huang is probably tired now. I don't know how many times he has to patrol our house every day, especially the warehouse."
Jiang Lanlan also agreed.
"Da Huang is very popular! The servants in the mansion all like Da Huang. Every time they see Da Huang, they will play with him for a while."
Several people came to Jiang Xingjun's room and just sat down when Jiang Xingjun brought in two bowls of hot dry noodles.
"You must be hungry, eat it while it's hot!"
"Thank you, third brother!"
Xiao Ran didn't hesitate to take the hot dry noodles and started eating with Su Xiaoxiao.
The two men had been busy in the yamen and hadn't had a bite of food yet. They were really starving.
After dinner, Zhao Wanzhu asked, "How are Young Master Yang and Young Master Tang doing?"
Xiao Ran said, "Don't worry, Mom. They've all returned home. Tang Ze has been taking care of him for the past few days and is almost fully recovered. It's okay. Xiao Xiao and I will go see them later."
"As long as it's okay, it'll be okay."
Jiang Lanlan asked, "Xiaoxiao, I heard you opened a chain store in the capital city. Can you tell us about it?"
"it is good!"
Su Xiaoxiao and Xiao Ran recounted the entire process of their opening of the chain store.
Jiang Lanlan was very excited when she heard this.
It would be fun if she joined in!
While we were chatting, someone suddenly came in.
It's a letter from Lan Ling.
Su Xiaoxiao opened the envelope, and Xiao Ran came over to look at it with her.
"Lan Ling is going to Linzhou Prefecture?"
Zhao Wanzhu and the other two were very confused.
"What exactly happened? Why did Miss Lan suddenly go to Linzhou Prefecture?"
After reading the contents of the letter, Su Xiaoxiao said, "Old Madam Du of the Wei family in Linzhou Prefecture is having a birthday party. She wants to come to the banquet and wants to take me along to join in the fun!"
Xiao Ran raised an eyebrow, "The Wei family of Linzhou Prefecture?"
"you know?"
"Of course I know. The Wei family is a well-known local merchant family, but that's nothing. Madam Du of the Wei family is the most extraordinary. Her elder sister is the mother of our Protector of the Nation General Li Mu. In other words, she is General Li's aunt."
"This relationship is truly extraordinary. No wonder Lan Ling, who is so far away in the capital, also wanted to come!"
"This time Madam Du is celebrating her birthday, maybe General Li's mother will come too! Linzhou Prefecture will be bustling with activity!"
If General Li's mother came here, many people who wanted to climb up the social ladder would naturally not miss the opportunity and would definitely try every means to curry favor with General Li's mother.
Su Xiaoxiao said, "It doesn't matter whether we can attend the birthday party or not. The main thing is that we have to go back to Linzhou Prefecture to open the second chain store. We can wait for Lan Ling in Linzhou Prefecture. I miss her a lot too!"
Xiao Ran nodded.
"Looking at the date on the letter, Lan Ling left the day after she sent it. I'm afraid she'll be here soon. When the time comes, we can go and pick her up!"
"Okay, then it's settled!"