Chapter 627 The Missing Person
With the help of Xiao Xiao’s existence, Xiao Yan’s status in the Xiao family has also been rising. Within a few years, he took over as the head of the Xiao family from his deceased father. location.
Therefore, although the Xiao family is becoming more and more powerful, and there are even rumors that the Xiao family rules the world, the Xiao family is becoming more and more low-key, as if retreating behind the scenes.
Although the courtiers had many doubts about this, no one took the initiative to mention it. They tacitly understood it and just pretended that the Xiao family's scenery in the past had never happened.
“Daddy.”
In Prince Qian's palace, when Xiao Xiao, who was already learning to talk, saw his father coming back, he couldn't help but open his hands and hugged the now more mature young man.
"Yes - good daughter."
Facing that immature girl, how else could Xiao Yan keep a straight face? Xiao Yan's heart had already melted into pieces. He smiled and picked up his sweet daughter.
“Have you been obedient today?”
“Yes!”
Seeing his beloved daughter nodding her head so cutely, Xiao Yan was so happy that he couldn't open his mouth from ear to ear.
It was as if all the smiles he had never shown in his life were now revealed for her.
Although it is indeed an exaggeration to say this, it is not wrong to say so. Since the birth of his daughter, Xiao Yan has indeed had a lot more smiles on his face.
“Xiao Xiao is so well-behaved.”
“I am so well-behaved in front of my father, but I don’t know how much homework I have completed.”
But before Xiao Xiao could be happy for too long, Cai Lin's voice came, causing Xiao Xiao to subconsciously shrink his neck, and then subconsciously curled up in Xiao Yan's arms.
"Okay, don't be afraid..."
There is a trace of smile left in the corner of Xiao Yan's mouth. He doesn't know what's going on. Every time he secretly sees the mother and daughter getting along. , is equally harmonious and warm, but I just don’t know why. As long as she is around, Cai Lin likes to make Xiao Xiao unable to continue acting coquettishly towards her, causing her to be pulled away pitifully every time.
Although Xiao Yan was amused in his heart, he also knew that Cai Lin was probably thinking about Xiao Xiao's future, so it was inevitable for the time being.
As he spoke, Xiao Yan couldn't help but shift his gaze slightly, looking at the beauty in red dress walking slowly over there.
"I've seen my mother."
Looking at the cold beauty walking slowly, Xiao Xiao no longer had the slightest desire to act coquettishly. She curled up slightly. It was not difficult to see that she was still more comfortable at home. A little afraid of my mother.
“I haven’t seen you working hard on school all day long, so I worked hard to please your father.”
Cai Lin looked at Xiao Yan, and there was a hint of emotion in her tone. Share blame.
“Okay – it’s not a big deal if your child plays a little older.”
Although he knew that Cailin was so demanding for Xiao Xiao's own good, Xiao Yan couldn't bear it after all, and couldn't help but plead for his good daughter, which naturally attracted Xiao Xiao's hopeful look. with a somewhat grateful expression.
It's a pity that even if Xiao Yan opens his mouth, it may not be able to change Cailin's mind. She just snorted coldly, and then gave Xiao Xiao herself the right to choose, and at the same time gave Her look seemed to say, it's up to you what you want.
Xiao Xiao naturally noticed Cai Lin’s eyes. How could she dare to disobey her mother’s order? He could only look back at Xiao Yan with a bitter look on his face, then turned his head and left without saying anything.
"After all, it's the flesh and blood that fell from your body, why do you have to be so strict on everything?"
Looking at the back of his good daughter who couldn't resist and had to go back obediently, Xiao Yan couldn't help but Zi Zhi was a little dumbfounded, then stood next to Cai Lin and couldn't help but whisper.
"There are too many problems that I will have to face as a monarch in the future. If I can't even complete this homework, how can I safely pass on this position to him?"
Cailin is. He snorted lightly, then glanced at Xiao Yan, seemingly resentful, and said: "Being a puppet in other people's hands is something I have experienced once, which is enough."
Xiao Yan said this I still don’t understand what Cai Lin means, it clearly refers to Sang Shu Huai.
But he just chuckled and said: "Xiao Xiao is half of the Xiao family after all, which will make it easier for her to control the weakened Xiao family in the future."
"Speaking of which, I really don't know if Xiao Xiao's birth was also part of my father's plan. After all, the bloodline between the Xiao family and the royal family has been born. It can be said that one of my father's goals has been achieved. Xiao Xiao will meet Xiao Xiao in the future. The family is powerful, so with the help of the secret moves we left behind, we will naturally choose to further weaken the Xiao family’s power.”
"It's just that the result is 80% that there will be no change."
Xiao Yan said softly, but Cai Lin snorted softly: "I never felt that bloodline is so important from the beginning to the end. "
"If this were not the case, there would be only aristocratic families in the world."
"What choice Xiao Xiao will make in the future will naturally depend on us. What kind of choice, instead of some inexplicable bloodline in her body?" Cai Lin replied calmly.
"That's true."
Xiao Yan then took a long breath and seemed to relax to some extent.
"But fortunately, at least the time is still very long."
"No matter how long the time is, you can't let you squander it like this."
Just Cai Lin He was obviously not as optimistic as Xiao Yan. Instead, he frowned slightly and said immediately. After all, she was lucky enough to meet Xiao Yan, but there was no guarantee that her daughter would be able to meet someone worthy of her trust in the future. Putting her destiny on others was ultimately something Cai Lin couldn't accept.
Xiao Yan smiled silently. It seemed that there were still many things that needed to be busy, but they were still young and there was still enough time to face them together.
The days that followed were both peaceful and filled with a different kind of thrill. As time went by, Xiao's power gradually weakened. Xiao Yan knew that after him, Xiao would naturally become his daughter. The biggest threat in the future, although he cares about the Xiao family, he doesn't want the family that will eventually overthrow his daughter to be from the same family.
For Xiao Yan, there is no need to think too much about which family to choose between his daughter and a family that will no longer have a relationship in a hundred years.
As winter turned to spring every year, the traces left on Xiao Yan became more and more obvious. Until one sunny and sunny day, Xiao Yan, who was already full of white hair, quietly leaned on the back of the chair and held his arms in his arms. The couple holding the white-headed man in their arms suddenly stopped.
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When Xiao Yan came to his senses again, everything in the past was still vivid in his mind, but he was no longer in Nagan Palace.
And everything in front of him is equally familiar to Xiao Yan -
It is the Xiao family, to be precise, the Xiao family in Wutan City.
Are you back?
A trace of speculation suddenly emerged in Xiao Yan's mind.
He couldn't help but look down at the clothes on his body. They seemed to be the clothes he wore when he was fifteen or sixteen years old. Xiao Yan couldn't help but feel an inexplicable weirdness in his heart.
He immediately walked out of the door. When he opened the door, he saw a certain elf-like girl standing in front of his door. He was shocked when he saw him pushing the door open.
"Xun'er?"
Xiao Yan saw that the person outside the door was Xun'er, and couldn't help but be a little stunned. Could it be that it was Xun'er this time?
But something is not right...
If this is the fourth time, why do you still remember it?
"Brother Xiao Yan, are you feeling better?"
Seeing that Xiao Yan was finally willing to open the door, Xun'er couldn't help but reveal a faint smile and visible worry and relief.
"I feel good...I'm fine. What's wrong, Xun'er?"
Xiao Yan was stunned. He didn't even know what happened now. He just felt a vague pain in the palm of his hand. When he looked down, he saw a dazzling blood mark on the palm of his hand, which was bandaged with gauze. It was still aching. .
Xiao Yan was startled and immediately recalled that this was the blood stain left by Nalan's divorce letter when he came to break off the engagement.
If that's the case...
"Xun'er, I have other things...I won't talk to you now."
Xiao Yan remained silent. , suddenly said.
"Brother Xiao Yan?"
Xun'er was slightly stunned, how could he know what happened to Xiao Yan?
But Xiao Yan didn't care about Xun'er at the moment, he just ran all the way to the secluded guest room courtyard in the Xiao family.
"Wan'er——"
Xiao Yan pushed the door open without thinking, only to find that there was no one inside, and there were a lot of weeds growing in the corners of the small courtyard.
A layer of dust accumulated on the door that had not been opened for a long time, silently indicating that no guests had come here for an unknown period of time.
Xiao Yan suddenly understood where the inexplicable sense of disobedience and uneasiness in his heart came from.
"What's wrong with brother Xiao Yan? But what happened?"
Looking at the empty courtyard in front of him, Xiao Yan was silent. After a while, Xun'er followed Xiao Yan's footsteps caught up and he couldn't help but ask, his heart filled with unspeakable doubts and weirdness.
"——Xun'er, do you know Wan...where is the girl who lives here?"
Xiao Yan was silent for a long time, and then he broke the silence. He held the last glimmer of hope in his heart, hoping to hear some news about Xun'er from Xun'er's mouth.
"Girl? Did brother Xiao Yan make a mistake?"
However, Xun'er's reaction completely shattered Xiao Yan's last illusion.
Xun'er's face was full of strangeness, and she didn't see the anger when she mentioned that woman in her past memories. At the same time, she said: "No one has lived here for many years, and there is nothing like what brother Xiao Yan said. The girl is here?”
“...No?”
Xiao Yan subconsciously repeated Xun'er's answer.
"How could it be...not..."
Xiao Yan frowned and refused to believe it.
"Brother Xiao Yan...did you have some strange dream?"
(End of this chapter)