It's been a long time since I've been to Yancheng, and as soon as I stepped into the familiar and unfamiliar land of Yancheng, Bai Muqing's mood immediately soared.

The feeling of coming this time was much more comfortable than the previous ones, and she even ignored the sideways eyes of others to meet the gentle spring breeze, opened her arms and sighed happily: "Ah! Hometown....... I'm finally back. ”

Nangong Chen glanced at her, smiled and took Xiao Wanqing's hands and raised them like her: "Ah, Mommy's hometown, I'm here too!" ”

"Ah, Mommy's hometown, Dad is also here....... Bang Qing said with a giggle.

Bai Muqing looked down at the father and daughter who were joining in the fun, and said, "Dad often comes." ”

"Not very often." Nangong Chen stood up and grabbed her shoulder with one hand: "Since you are gone....... This place seems to have a shadow for me, even if I need to go on a business trip, Assistant Yan came here instead of me. ”

"And now? No more shadows? ”

"It's gone." Nangong Chen shook his head and looked down at her: "What about you?" Probably not either, right? ”

"Not at all." Bai Muqing smiled and said: "It's rare that we are all so happy, why don't we find a hotel by the sea to live?" ”

"Yay! I want to stay in a hotel by the sea! I want to be able to play in the sand every day. Xiao Bangqing cheered.

Nangong Chen and Bai Muqing looked at each other and smiled, it seemed that they couldn't live by the sea.

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In fact, they don't need to live in a hotel at all, Nangong's family happens to have a villa by the sea, but no one has ever lived in it.

Before coming to Yancheng, Nangong Chen had already ordered someone to come over and clean up, and he could move in directly.

After the family of three came to the seaside villa, Xiao Bangqing ran to the beach with cheers as soon as they put down their things.

Bai Muqing leaned on the railing of the villa and looked at Lian Qing like a happy little angel, and a smile unconsciously bloomed on her lips.

Nangong Chen walked out of the house, and after seeing the smile on her face, he glanced at Xiao Bangqing not far away, and raised his hand to hug her: "What is so happy, say it and share it together?" ”

Bai Muqing still looked at Xiao Bangqing running on the beach, and said: "I suddenly feel that life is really wonderful, the last time we came, there were still two people, and this time we came there were already three people, and it was a little baby who could run and jump." ”

"Well, I remember the first time I came, Bang Qing was still in your belly, and you kept me a secret."

"Are you blaming me?"

"Although I feel the urge to break you out every time I think about it, is it useful to blame you?"

"It's useless." Bai Muqing smiled and shook her head.

"That's right, you don't take my anger to heart at all now." Nangong Chen pretended to be sad and shook his head and sighed: "Alas, I don't have the prestige of being the head of the family anymore, and I still miss the time when I coughed and your legs trembled." ”

"Gone are those days, you die." Bai Muqing said with a smile.

Nangong Chen fell her on the guardrail, lowered his head and gnawed on her neck: "Little goblin!" ”

Bai Muqing smiled and dodged for a while, pushing him away from him: "Don't make trouble, let Bang Qing think we're fighting when she sees it." ”

Nangong Chen glanced at Bang Qing not far away, and had no choice but to let her go.

Bai Muqing straightened the clothes on her body, looked at the small but chic villa in front of her and asked, "Is this also the Nangong family's property?" Why haven't I seen you bring me here before? ”

Nangong Chen smiled: "Nangong family's industry is all over the country, I will take you to it slowly." ”

"No, I like Yancheng because I grew up here when I was a child, and I have feelings for it here, and I don't have much interest in other places."

"Like it here?"

"I like it."

"Then stay here for a few more days and take a vacation."

"You don't have to go to work?"

"Didn't you say it, you can't make enough money." Nangong Chen put his hands on the guardrail casually, looking at Xiao Bangqing on the beach: "Money can't be earned, but Bangqing will grow up, we don't accompany her more and hug her, she will grow up, and she will no longer need our company." ”

"Can you not be so stunning?" Bai Muqing looked up at him with a speechless face.

If it weren't for her heart, she wouldn't be sad, Nangong Chen smiled and raised his hand to rub her hair: "I'm sorry, I've had more free time recently, and I've been thinking about more things." ”

Bai Muqing leaned into his arms, hugged him and sighed softly: "Actually, you are right, when Bang Qing grows up and gets married, she will probably annoy us if we want to accompany her." ”

"Why is it your turn now?" Nangong Chen looked at her amusedly.

"It's not that you killed me." Bai Muqing glanced at him with disgust.

Nangong Chen took her little hand with an innocent face: "Okay, I was wrong, I already apologized just now." So we don't want to do anything now, can we play with Bang Qing in peace? ”

As he spoke, he had already taken Bai Muqing's palm and walked in the direction of the beach.

Xiao Bangqing on the other side of the beach saw them coming down, and waved her hand at them excitedly: "Mom and Dad....... There are so many beautiful seashells here, come and pick them up for me! ”

Hearing Bang Qing say this, Bai Muqing immediately looked down at her feet, and said with a look of surprise: "There are really a lot of shells." ”

Nangong Chen glanced at the beach under her feet with her and said, "This is a place where tourists are forbidden to enter, and few people pick it up, so there are more of them." ”

Bai Muqing picked up a piece of shell and shone it in the sun, and said casually: "Rich is a cow, and even picks up more shells than others." ”

Nangong Chen smiled and pulled her palm and walked in the direction of Bang Qing.

"Dad, you can help me hold it." Bang Qing handed the shell in his hand to Nangong Chen.

Nangong Chen took it and helped her hold it in his hand, but Bang Qing picked it up too quickly, and gradually he couldn't hold it.

"Baby, Dad can't hold it anymore, can we pick up a bag another day?"

Bang Qing looked back at her, then walked over and lifted the hem of his T-shirt: "Dad, you're so stupid, you can have clothes to cover." ”

"It's just, stupid dad ........" Bai Muqing learned to echo Wanqing's tone.

Nangong Chen had never used the hem of his clothes to carry things like this, and he was very unaccustomed to protesting: "Baby, use your own skirt to carry around, you can definitely carry a lot." ”

"I don't, I'm going to pick up shells, I'm going to play in the water."

"I'm going to pick up shells to play in the water, too."

"Dad, you're an adult, you can't be so naïve."

"Do you hear me, you're an adult, you can't learn from children to pick up water and pick up shells." Bai Muqing said.

"You'd better do it." Nangong Chen reached out to lift the hem of her big skirt, Bai Muqing was so frightened by him that she screamed and dodged, and shouted in her mouth: "Nangong Chen, you don't have ....... shame." ”

"What are you afraid of, no one sees it here anyway." Nangong Chen simply put the shell in his hand on the beach and chased after Bai Muqing.

Bai Muqing shouted to dodge: "Nangong Chen, baby asked you to help him get the shell, how can you push it on me?" You....... Yes.......! ”

Bai Muqing was crushed by Nangong Chen on the beach, she instinctively turned over and struggled, and the two rolled on the beach like this.

Xiao Bangqing looked at the two of them rolling together, watched them roll and kissed, and said a little speechlessly: "Mom and Dad, can you stop fighting all day long?" The teacher said that when there is something, you should communicate well and not always fight. ”

"Do you hear it, communicate well if you have something." Bai Muqing pushed him away from him and glared at him angrily: "Why do you have such a big opinion if you want to take some shells?" Don't hurry up for me. ”

Nangong Chen got up from Bai Muqing's body and said to Bang Qing with a smile: "Your mother's temper is too stubborn, I really can't communicate with her before I started to do it, don't follow her." ”

"Obviously, he said that he wouldn't give our baby shells." Bai Muqing protested.

Xiao Wanqing looked at the two, shook her head and turned around, looking like she couldn't stand them.

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After picking up the shells, the family of three returned to the villa to change clothes.

Bai Muqing said with a smile while changing her clothes for Bang Qing: "Do you want someone to know when you see your grandmother and uncle later?" ”

"Got it." Bang Qing pointed to the pink dress on the hanger and said, "Mom, I want to wear this princess dress." ”

"Why? Mommy has already changed it for you. ”

"I have to dress beautifully so that my grandmother and uncle will like me."

Nangong Chen smiled and said: "How afraid is Bang Qing that others don't like her, where is the shadow falling?" ”

Bai Muqing looked at Xiao Bangqing, Xiang Qing would not have been so unconfident in the past, why did she become so unconfident today? Could it be a mother-daughter connection? At a young age, she can already feel that her mother has not been loved by her grandmother since she was a child?

Nangong Chen felt her heartache, and hurriedly took Bang Qing's little hand and said, "Don't worry, grandma and little uncle won't dislike Bang Qing, if little uncle dares to dislike Bang Qing, Dad will clean him up." ”

"Daddy....... You're violent again. Bang Qing reminded him.

"Ugh....... Daddy was kidding. Nangong Chen picked her up from the ground: "Let's go, it's time for us to go out." ”

Zhu Hui and Xiaoyi still live in the western suburbs of the residence arranged by Zhu Zhiwen for him, although Bai Muqing had contacted Zhu Hui before coming to Yancheng and explained the original incident to her, but when she saw Bai Muqing, Zhu Hui still looked incredulous.

She looked at Bai Muqing, and only after a while did she call out in a daze: "Are you really Muqing?" ”

Bai Muqing nodded and called excitedly: "Mom, I'm Muqing, I'm back." ”

"How is this possible? The original car accident was so serious, how could you be Mu Qing's ........ Zhu Hui muttered.

"Mom, if you don't believe that I'm Mu Qing, then you look at Bang Qing, you should believe her when you see her, right?" Bai Muqing smiled and pulled out Bang Qing behind her, and coaxed her: "Bang Qing, be good, call grandma again." ”

"Grandma'........" Bang Qing called cautiously.

Zhu Hui finally moved her gaze from Bai Muqing to Bang Qing, and when she saw Bang Qing's face that was the same as Mu Qing's childhood, she was so shocked that she couldn't speak for a long time.

"Mom, Bang Qing is the biological daughter of me and Chen Shao, and she is not dead."

"Bangqing?" Zhu Hui stepped forward, took Xiao Wanqing's hands and looked at her closely, then looked up at Bai Muqing and Nangong Chen, and said, "It looks really like Mu Qing when she was a child....... ”

"So, Mom, do you still suspect that I'm a fake?" Bai Muqing smiled.

"Sister, it turns out that you are really my sister?" Xiao Yi, who had been standing next to him, finally couldn't help but squeeze up, looked at Bai Muqing and exclaimed, "Sister, why didn't you say it last time you were in the apartment?" I thought my brother-in-law was lying to me. ”

Remembering the last time I recognized my relatives in the apartment, everyone smiled bitterly in their hearts.

Nangong Chen smiled and said: "When I told you that Mu Qing was not dead, you all treated me as a madman, even your sister thought I was crazy, I was really anxious and helpless at that time." ”

"I'm sorry, but I didn't know who I really was because I didn't recover my memory at the time." Bai Muqing smiled and raised her hand to touch the top of Xiaoyi's head: "I haven't seen you for a long time, Xiaoyi has grown taller than me." ”

"Sister, I will never trouble you again." Xiao Yi smiled, and then lowered his head to tease Xiao Bangqing: "Sister, is this little doll the baby in your belly at the beginning?" ”

"Yes, she's your niece."

"Come, let me hear my uncle?" Xiao Yi smiled and hooked his finger at Wanqing.

"Uncle." Bang Qing called out obediently, looked at him and said, "But Uncle can see clearly, I'm not a little doll, I'm almost four years old." ”

"Yo, it's kind of real." Xiaoyi took her little hand: "Let's go, my uncle will take you to pick fruits to eat." ”

"What is fruit picking?"

"Hmm....... The fruit grows on the tree, and let us go and pluck it off. ”

"Really? Is there any fruit to be picked here? Bang Qing was immediately overjoyed, she looked at Xiaoyi, and finally turned to Nangong Chen uneasily: "Dad, I want you to accompany me to pick fruits." ”

Nangong Chen looked at Bai Muqing, nodded and took Bang Qing's little hand: "Okay, Dad will accompany you to pick fruits." ”

After Nangong Chen left with Bang Qing, Bai Muqing turned around and found that Zhu Hui had cried into tears at some point.

"Mom, what's wrong with you?" She hurriedly walked up, grabbed Zhu Hui's arm, helped her to the sofa and sat down, and looked at her: "Why are you crying?" Mom, don't you want to see me and Bangqing? ”

Zhu Hui covered her mouth and shook her head: "No....... I just feel sorry for you, for the sins you've suffered over the years. ”

"It's all in the past." Bai Muqing smiled and patted her shoulder: "Mom, I haven't thought about the past for a long time, don't think about it too, okay?" Don't cry. ”

"I know it's not been easy for you all these years, but it's good that everything is okay now." Bai Muqing took a tissue to wipe away the tears on her face: "Don't worry, from today onwards, none of us will have any more disasters, I will take care of you and Xiaoyi as before." ”

"Say no more....... The more you say that, the more uncomfortable my mother feels. Zhu Hui shook her head: "It's all because my mother is useless, it's my mother who has caused you to suffer so much." ”

"Mom, why do you say that?" Bai Muqing looked at her: "You know, I never blamed you, let alone thought about it." ”

"Mu Qing, I'm sorry, I never knew about you and Nangong Chen when they were children, and I didn't know that Zhu Zhu replaced you to marry Nangong Chen, and framed you for such a serious car accident, these mothers only learned recently."

"You know everything?" Bai Muqing was surprised.

Zhu Hui nodded: "I only knew the truth after your uncle's accident, he kept lying to me that Zhu Zhu married a good family, but never told me that Zhu Zhu was married to Nangong Chen, it turned out that they brought me and Xiaoyi back to Yancheng just to prevent me from knowing these truths." ”

"How are my uncle and aunt doing now?" Bai Muqing only knew that Zhu Zhu was dead, but she never asked her ruthless uncle and aunt.

"Your aunt was put in prison by Nangong Chen, and your uncle was cornered by those creditors and didn't know where to hide."

"These are all done by Nangong Chen?" Bai Muqing was surprised.

Zhu Hui wiped the tears on her face and nodded: "Yes, Nangong Chen also took back their house, in short, your uncle and aunt can be regarded as self-inflicted." ”

After Zhu Hui finished speaking, she continued to say indignantly: "I always thought that your grandmother died strangely, but I didn't expect that she was actually killed by the two of them, in order to let Zhu Zhu marry into the Nangong family, they really lost their conscience, and they could do anything." ”

"Mom, it's already happened, let's just not think about it, okay?"

"How could I not think about it? Even if they killed your grandmother, they actually poisoned you so badly, it's too vicious. ”

"It's vicious, but they've all been punished, haven't they?" Bai Muqing grabbed her hands with a smile: "Mom, let's stop talking about those unhappy ones, let's talk about being happy, okay?" ”

Zhu Hui nodded, and finally began to look at her again: "How are you now?" Are you alright? ”

"Okay, I've got back together with Chen Shao, and Bang Qing has also come back, and now I almost haven't taken you and Xiaoyi to my side." Bai Muqing said.

"Bang Qing, yes, where did Bang Qing go? I haven't even taken a good look at her yet. Zhu Hui looked around.

Just patronized and was sad, and I ignored the child Bang Qing.

"Bang Qing went outside to pick fruit." Bai Muqing smiled and said, "Bang Qing has been worried that her grandmother doesn't like her all the way." ”

"How so?" Zhu Hui finally smiled: "Bang Qing looks so cute and well-behaved, how can I not like her?" ”

"I think so." After Bai Muqing finished speaking, she changed her words and said: "By the way, Mom, you can go back to City C with us in a few days, you can live in the apartment where you lived, where the environment and surrounding facilities are complete, and it is convenient for Xiaoyi to go to school." ”

All this sounded good, but Zhu Hui shook her head: "No, Xiaoyi and I are already used to life in Yancheng, so I won't go back to City C with you." ”

"Why? You live in City C, I can only take care of you on weekdays, and I like City C a little. Bai Muqing said.

"I'm in good health now, I don't need your care for the time being, don't worry, Xiaoyi and I are fine here." Zhu Hui now feels that she doesn't even have Nangong Chen's face, so why is she embarrassed to always trouble others?

At the beginning, she believed her brother's words so vaguely and put Mu Qing into such an unbearable situation, although Nangong Chen didn't blame her, but she felt guilty and embarrassed just thinking about it.

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After coming out of her mother's house, Bai Muqing also went to Mrs. Zhu's grave to visit her old man's home.

In a blink of an eye, I hadn't seen her for several years, Bai Muqing squatted in front of the old lady's grave and stroked her head, and said bitterly: "Grandma, I don't know if you want to see your uncle's family end up like this?" You're so kind, you can't bear to see them like this, right? ”

Although Bai Muqing felt that her uncle's family deserved it, she was still a little sad when she thought that the descendants of the Zhu family had ended up like this.

She believed that if Mrs. Zhu had knowledge, she would definitely forgive them.

Seeing Bai Muqing standing in front of Old Lady Zhu's tomb for a long time, Nangong Chen came over and grabbed her shoulders and said, "Muqing, we should go back." ”

After speaking, he turned to Mrs. Zhu's tombstone and said respectfully: "Grandma, don't worry, I will take care of Mu Qing and never let her suffer the hardships of the past again." Also, Mu Qing and I come to see you every year, goodbye ........ ”

Bai Muqing looked at Nangong Chen, then bowed to Old Lady Zhu, and left Old Lady Zhu's cemetery with Nangong Chen.

When the family of three returned to the villa, it was already night.

Bai Muqing helped Bang Qing take a bath, put her to sleep, and walked out of the bedroom to the study in the next room.

Nangong Chen was dealing with some important official business, and when he saw her come in, he looked up at her and asked, "Is Bang Qing asleep?" ”

"Well, what about you? Are you done with business? Bai Muqing put the water cup in his hand beside him.

Nangong Chen said: "Today's matter is basically over. He took a sip of warm water from his glass and looked up at her, "What's wrong?" A look of preoccupation. ”

"No, it's just that today I recalled a lot of past events with my mother, and I went to see my grandmother again, so I felt a little sentimental."

When Nangong Chen heard her say this, he got up and hugged her into his arms, kissing her hair: "Don't be sentimental, it's all some things from the past." ”

Bai Muqing nodded.

Nangong Chen asked again: "By the way, how did you talk to your mother?" Will she come back to City C with us? ”

Bai Muqing shook her head and said helplessly: "This is also the reason why I am sad, I have persuaded her a lot, but she just doesn't want to leave Yancheng." ”

"After living in Yancheng for so long, it's normal to be reluctant to leave, don't be sad, just let them stay." Nangong Chen thought for a while, looked down at her and said, "Don't worry, I will find a house for them to live in the city, and arrange for someone to take good care of her and Xiaoyi." ”

"Really?" Bai Muqing looked up at him.

"Why are you talking to me in such a skeptical tone? Is it so hard to do this little thing? Nangong Chen tapped her forehead with his finger, Bai Muqing smiled, hugged him with a smile, and said in his arms: "Thank you, thank you so much." ”

"Thank you, we're a family now." Nangong Chen lowered his head and teased her: "If you have to thank me, then kiss me." ”

Bai Muqing didn't think about it, stood on tiptoe and kissed him on the lips.

How hard is it to kiss him? It's exactly what she loves to do!

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This trip to Yancheng, Nangong Chen's original plan was to take Bai Muqing and Bang Qing out to play, in addition to meeting Zhu Hui.

Zhu Hui felt that she had no face to see Nangong Chen, and refused to play around with everyone, but her sister was very happy, and she still loved to stick to her and Nangong Chen as much as she did back then.

After playing outside for a day, everyone had breakfast together the next morning, and Nangong Chen proposed to let Xiaoyi stay at home to play with Bang Qing, and he and Bai Muqing walked around together.

In the past two days, Bang Qing has become familiar with Xiaoyi, and she is happy to let them go to the world of two.

Although two nannies were arranged to watch Xiaoyi and Bang Qing at home, Bai Muqing was still a little uneasy when she went out, and repeatedly told Xiao Yi to be optimistic about Bang Qing and not let her fall into the sea.

Nangong Chen raised his hand and stroked the back of her head, and said with a smile: "This is a shallow sea area, you can't fall down, and ah, Xiaoyi is a big boy, you can take care of Bang Qing, don't always treat him as a three-year-old child." ”

Bai Muqing smiled embarrassedly.

Although Xiaoyi has grown as tall as her, in her heart he is still the little kid who likes to chase her to buy chicken legs to eat, so it's hard to worry.

After the two left the beach together, Bai Muqing looked at Nangong Chen and asked, "Where are you going to take me to shop?" ”

"Where do you want to go?" Nangong Chen turned his head and glanced at her: "Let's see if we are thinking about the same place?" ”

Bai Muqing smiled and said, "Actually, I really want to go back to Zhu's alley to have a look, but it seems to be a little far away." ”

"Exactly, I want to go too." Nangong Chen smiled: "It seems that we are still quite smart." ”

"Really?"

"Of course it's true."

Nangong Chen really drove the car to the vicinity of Zhu's alley and stopped, because the alley has now become a commercial street, and the car is not easy to enter, so the two got out of the car and walked inside hand in hand.

Seeing the dazzling snacks on both sides of the alley, Bai Muqing couldn't help but think of the scene when she persuaded Nangong Chen to eat snacks, but she had a bad stomach, and she couldn't help laughing out loud.

Nangong Chen seemed to guess what she was laughing at, moved the palm on her shoulder and pinched her cheek: "Don't laugh." ”

"Is it okay to eat that?" Bai Muqing pointed to the food on both sides of the street.

"Absolutely." Nangong Chen nodded.

"But I still want you to eat with me." Bai Muqing shook his wrist and was coquettish.

"Do you want me to squat in the toilet for half a day like I did last time?"

"No, you're in such a good body now!" Bai Muqing said as she squeezed into a small stall selling skewers in front of her and bought two skewers.

Seeing her rare girlish heart, Nangong Chen was reluctant to touch her and ate skewers with her.

"How? Does it taste good? ”

"Okay."

"Wait, let me take a picture." Bai Muqing took out her mobile phone and called up the camera, and Nangong Chen approached her very cooperatively, and put the skewers to her mouth to pose for a photo.

After Bai Muqing put the phone back in his pocket, he took back the skewers in his hand: "You better eat less, don't really eat your stomach." ”

"Whetted my appetite and won't let me eat it?" Nangong Chen was unconvinced, snatched the skewers back, and ate them with her.

At this time, the two of them were like little lovers, eating and taking pictures while walking forward, and after walking for a long time, they came to the small courtyard of the Zhu family where Bai Muqing lived when she was a child.

Bai Muqing's footsteps stopped, and she looked up at this old small courtyard, and her mood instantly became much heavier.

Nangong Chen looked at her and smiled lightly: "What's wrong?" Don't dare to go in? ”

Bai Muqing glanced at him sideways, took a light breath, and walked inside.