After that incident, there was no more turmoil in the city, but I heard that the police station had been unsuccessfully pursuing Zhang Jiutai's whereabouts, but many of his brothers were arrested.

And Li Yao and several sisters in the family gradually forgot about it, but Li Yao occasionally had nightmares.

In the dream, the sky was dark, as if there was a rain to fall, the air was humid, the wind swept from the ground, with the sand and gravel on the ground, fascinated her eyes, she raised her hand and rubbed her eyes, suddenly, a figure suddenly appeared in front of the fog, looking a little familiar.

When she got closer, she suddenly showed a happy smile, it was her father who had been away from home for several months, she wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and rushed up: "Father, they all said you were dead, I don't believe it, Uncle Ma pulled the corpse back and didn't show it to me, I knew that they were all lying to me, how could you leave me!" ”

Father Li's face was a little pale, his face was expressionless, he heard Li Yao's voice, his eyes suddenly widened, and he was half crazy to remove her hand and push her far away.

Li Yao fell heavily to the ground, and Father Li's face suddenly became extremely frightened and distorted: "Go!" Come on! Li Yao sat up from the bed with a spirit, and broke out in a cold sweat, tears and sweat on her face.

For the first time in the long time since her father had been gone, she had dreamed of him, even if it was a nightmare.

She felt a faint uneasiness in her heart, her father in the dream was full of pain, as if he was suffering something, and what he had experienced in his disappearance for so long was still a mystery.

She panicked in her heart, and her head hurt after thinking too much, so she simply got up.

Today is Linglong's birthday, and her uncle Liu Tianbao, who has just taken office, Inspector Liu, has given her a birthday banquet at the Daxing Hotel, and the Li family has to give him face, so Li Yao naturally can't be absent.

She wanted to find a reason to shirk it, but she didn't expect that early in the morning, the eldest lady sent someone to send a dress, which was very delicate and beautiful.

Yun Cui walked in, Yun Cui was a clever girl, as soon as she entered the door, she said to Li Yao: "Third Miss, I heard from the maids of the young ladies in several other rooms that their masters have prepared generous gifts, Miss, have you prepared gifts?" ”

Li Yao then remembered that she didn't expect to prepare a gift at all, she immediately rummaged in the box for a while, and the hand ornaments last time were all gone, leaving only a jade necklace, which was her mother's relic and naturally could not be given away.

Linglong can be said to be a golden branch and jade leaf, she has never seen anything, she can't think of anything good to give her for a while, and she doesn't have much money on her, she saw the jade bracelet in her hand, and thought for a while, money is something outside the world, and she can't lose face.

She took off the bracelet in her hand and handed it to Yun Cui: "Scrub it clean, find a beautiful box and wrap it." ”

"This is the only valuable thing you have left, Miss, and you are so willing to give it away?" Yun Cui asked distressedly.

Li Yao smiled bitterly: "These things are nothing, take them and wrap them!" ”

Yun Cui reluctantly took it.

Early in the morning, Lin Zichen, who had not shown up for a long time, arrived in his car and picked up Ling Li and Li Yao.

At that time, it has been like a city, Daxing Hotel is built by foreigners, so the hotel style is very Western, just look at the outside and feel that the splendid style is very, the door has a lot of colorful flags and streamers, and the flower stands are placed on both sides, it can be seen that Inspector Liu is generous, this is the whole hotel, a number of welcoming staff, and the people who come and go can be described as endless.

Lingli seemed a little unhappy and didn't speak along the way, she wore a pink dress today, her hair was freshly made, and she was painted with light makeup, which was already very beautiful.

The reception was also very Western-style, above the magnificent hall, hanging transparent and delicate crystal lamps, the lights fluttered slightly, and the bottom was full of men and women in gorgeous costumes, staggered, a little noisy.

On the table were a dazzling array of pastries and fruits, but Li Yao didn't have much appetite.

Suddenly, who raised the wine glass and tapped it with a knife and fork a few times, the crowd fell silent, and a middle-aged man in a suit, about forty or fifty years old, came down the stairs with Linglong in his arms. She was wearing a velvet white dress, gently pulling up the tulle hanging from the skirt as she walked, the diamond earrings sparkling in the light, a fine pink pearl necklace on her chest, a jeweled body, she already had a delicate face, but such a dress was too gorgeous, but it was a bit noisy.

She came in a curling manner, enjoying the stars holding the moon, she swept the guests in the audience, her eyes stayed on Li Yao, and her face full of smiles suddenly stiffened.

Li Yao also wore a white skirt today, although the material is different, the style is somewhat similar.

She didn't have any other gorgeous decorations on her, but today, the lights of the hotel were sold, and she looked so beautiful.

She was a little unhappy in her heart, Li Yao seemed to be aware of Linglong's sharp gaze, she looked at her skirt, she was a little uneasy, the clothes were prepared by the eldest lady, and she didn't expect to hit the shirt.

Linglong put away the displeasure on her face, said a few toasts generously, and then made a wish and cut the cake.

Then the banquet officially began, Li Yao couldn't dance, so she found an empty seat and sat down, and Zichen sat next to her because of her inconvenient legs.

She sat for a while feeling bored, and suddenly a man came over and stretched out his hand to her: "Miss Li, can I ask you to dance?" ”

Li Yao was stunned for a moment, except for the Li family and the Lin brothers, probably no one here knew that she was the young lady of the Li family, so she was a little surprised and hesitated.

"What, the birthday boy refuses to appreciate his face?"

He really recognized the wrong person, Li Yao was about to explain to her, Linglong walked over, the man was stunned for a moment, looked at Li Yao, and then looked at Linglong, and smiled at Linglong embarrassedly: "This young lady is wearing the same clothes as you, I am clumsy and admit that I am wrong." He smiled and stretched out his hand to Linglong: "Miss Linglong, can you appreciate your face?" ”

Linglong cut off, looked him up and down, ignored him and walked straight to Lin Zichen.

The man stood in place awkwardly, probably not expecting that Linglong was a high-flying girl, and because she was Inspector Liu's niece, he left bored.

Linglong turned her head to look at Lin Zichen: "What about Zichuan?" Why didn't he come. ”

"He's on duty today, but don't worry, I've brought his gift." Saying that, Zichen took out a delicate box from behind him, and said with a smile: "Brother, I don't have anything good to give you, a small handbag was given to you by me, and a pair of earrings were given by your brother Zichuan." ”

Linglong happily opened the box, the delicate handbag looked like a good leather, it was not cheap, and played with the earrings for a while, and said thank you.

Li Yao watched from a distance, their gifts were rare things, and the jade bracelet in his hand was not a good jade, and he hesitated and didn't know how to give it out.

At this time, Lingli walked over, she first stared at the things in Linglong's hand for a while, and then saw the things in Li Yao's hand, and said, "The third sister also wrapped a gift?" ”

Li Yao's hand trembled, and she could only reply stubbornly: "I don't know what the fourth sister likes, so I wrapped a gift casually, I hope you like it." “

Linglong took it casually and opened it, there was a brown bracelet lying inside, some familiar, she seemed to have seen Li Yao wear it, she looked at Li Yao's empty hand, sure enough, it was the jade bracelet she usually wore, I thought she must have no money to buy any valuables, I wanted to refuse, but Lingli came over and said, "Isn't this the bracelet that the third sister usually brings?" How do you bring what you've brought with you......"

Ling Li usually doesn't speak so impertinently, but today she exposed her shortcomings in front of so many people, and she was immediately a little embarrassed.

Linglong was also stunned, but in fact, she was not dissatisfied, but immediately showed displeasure: "Is this the jade bracelet you usually carry?" I don't want anything you ever wore? ”

threw the box into Li Yao's hand, and the jade bracelet came out of the box, and fell directly to the ground, cracking in half with a crisp sound.

Linglong didn't expect that she used so much strength, looking at the broken jade bracelet on the ground, a trace of panic suddenly flashed on her face, and she secretly blamed Lingli in her heart while forcibly pretending to be arrogant, and said: "You are not a good object, turn back, I will compensate you for one when you turn back." ”

Li Yao silently squatted down and picked up the broken bracelet on the ground, it was natural to feel a pity if such a good thing was beaten, but Linglong was right, it was indeed a little unreasonable to give away the things she had brought, but this was the only valuable thing on her.

Zichen was a little unbearable when he saw her appearance, and reproached: "Linglong, you are too careless, your third sister is willing to give you such a precious thing, you are not grateful and broke people and things!" ”

This was a trivial matter, how did it become her fault, Linglong was so angry by his reproach, and stomped her feet: "How can you speak for her, you never said that about me before!" ”

Linglong was about to continue, but was suddenly interrupted by a middle-aged man, who was her uncle Liu Tianbao.

Liu Tianbao saw from a distance that there was a dispute here, he had no heirs under his knees, so he especially doted on this niece, but when he saw the pitiful Li Yao with red eyes on the other side, he was suddenly stunned.

He thinks that he has read countless people, four or five aunts and wives in the family, even if there are a few good ones in the kiln, he is used to seeing vulgar fans, and when he saw such a pure and lovely girl at first glance, his heart trembled, and he immediately changed his attitude and apologized for Linglong: "Little girl, I will compensate you for your bracelet!" ”

Linglong's face became even more ugly: "Uncle, what did you say?" She is Li Yao, the daughter of the third uncle's family! ”

Liu Tianbao had heard that there was a long-lost third lady in the Li family, but he didn't expect it to be the girl in front of him, looking thoughtful.

It is said that it is a birthday banquet, but it is better to say that it is a good time for Liu Tianbao's new official to take office and form a faction, and many of the people invited are officials or nobles, as if it is not a birthday banquet, but Inspector Liu's 60th birthday.