Deliberately Approaching-Chapter 559 - 521: Leaving Overnight

"Speaking of Cao Cao, Cao Cao arrives!" Tang Xiaowan had only wanted to tease Cheng Shi and see his reaction. She knew he had feelings for Wang Meijuan, but he was too scared to confess.

Why not call from far away?

Cheng Shi’s face was filled with worry and tension, suspecting something must be wrong, or else Wang Meijuan wouldn’t have run over.

"Miss, Uncle Quan, Uncle Quan has left!"

"It’s normal for him to go out." As soon as Tang Xiaowan finished speaking, her eyes widened, "On a mission?"

"Could it be targeting Li Wanshan?"

"If it is, even better. He falsely accused my mom back in the day, he’s abominable, serves him right."

Wang Meijuan: The miss finally said it!

Cheng Shi: Did I hear that right, mom?

While they were still caught in the excitement, Tang Xiaowan suddenly snorted coldly and quickly left the greenhouse, running towards the main villa.

She wanted to confirm whether Uncle Quan’s mission was indeed to intercept Li Wanshan. 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂

"Don’t you knock, is there something?"

Tang Mei put down her teacup, glanced at her granddaughter, then got up and went to the lounge chair on the balcony, clearly adopting an attitude of seeing through things without pointing them out.

Before entering, Tang Xiaowan had already thought it over, now was not the time to intercept Li Wanshan.

The words spoken in the room were just out of anger.

"Grandma, I want to learn some self-defense moves from Uncle Quan, could you... lend him to me for a few days?" Tang Xiaowan cheerfully poured herself a cup of tea, gasping for breath as she ran upstairs, she was really thirsty.

Tang Mei: Here she goes again!

"Just a few days ago, didn’t you just borrow six bridesmaids, and now you’re starting with Uncle Quan?"

Tang Xiaowan quickly walked over to Tang Mei and acted coquettishly: "I haven’t, I just want to learn some self-defense moves, you see I’m now kind of... managing Chi Sea and Hai Sheng, you know my status is so high, what if I encounter..."

"Ling Xiao hasn’t arranged coaches for you? Aren’t two enough for making trouble?"

"Ah, but I want Uncle Quan!"

"Wait a few days; he’s gone to Country Y for work, and he probably won’t be back until your wedding, you can ask him then."

"Oh, so he went to Country Y." Tang Xiaowan heaved a sigh of relief, unconsciously touching her nose tip.

"Why, where did you think he went?"

"Nothing, nothing, goodnight, Grandma."

"Tangtang, stay at home honestly, don’t run around." Tang Mei suddenly said, a hint of concern flashing in her eyes, "So many eyes are watching."

That clearly had a deeper meaning, Tang Xiaowan was not foolish, she understood her grandmother’s implication.

"Oh, okay, got it."

Who knew, as soon as she stepped out, she ran into Ye Wanhua, who had come to deliver bird’s nest to Tang Mei.

"Are you here to see Grandma?"

Tang Xiaowan smiled naïvely: "Mhm."

"Your portion has been sent to the bedroom, remember to eat it while it’s hot." Ye Wanhua tenderly instructed, her bright eyes full of affection.

"Wow, I have one too, thanks mom!"

The words struck Ye Wanhua speechless.

Her daughter was finally willing to call her that.

But, fearing her own excessive excitement might affect Tang Xiaowan, she casually replied, "Remember to apply a face mask after eating the bird’s nest."

That seemed more natural, avoiding awkwardness, in case her daughter became shy and stopped calling her again.

"Ok, got it, goodnight."

Watching her daughter’s retreating figure, Ye Wanhua was overcome with joy, tears of excitement streaming down her face.

Why the sudden change of address?

It must be ’Mom’, or else... it’s ’Dad’, or perhaps Ah Jun. He was right after all...

No, it’s not that, Tangtang has come to realize.

In the bedroom, Tang Mei nodded contentedly and did not disturb them, but picked up her mobile phone and issued a new command to Uncle Quan.

"Direct flight to Country Y, no need to detour."

A few minutes later, when Wang Jinhui had finished meeting his guests and returned to the bedroom from the study, Tang Mei told him about Tang Xiaowan calling Ye Wanhua mom just now.

Wang Jinhui was equally astonished.

He had thought they would have to wait at least until Leng Lingxiao came to Nanfeng Mansion to pick up the bride.

...

Meanwhile, at the Jincheng Wuyou Pavilion:

"Honey, hasn’t Zishen already agreed to let us leave? Why do we need to sneak out in the middle of the night..."

"This is only temporary; how could he possibly forgive me? Hurry up, pack quickly; take all the valuables, once we’re abroad, we’ll be safe."

Upon hearing this, Second Aunt Lai stopped chattering and quickly dumped the jewelry into a rolling suitcase.

"Check the documents."

"I’ve got them, got them all."

"And that briefcase, it has all the real estate documents and other things I’ve arranged abroad..."

"Honey, you really are far-sighted."

"Let’s keep the kids out of this for now, we’ll take it one step at a time, and see how things go once we get there..."

"But hasn’t it all blown up on the internet?"

"Don’t worry about that, they’re talking about... my sister-in-law’s issue. Remember to keep quiet, don’t spread rumors."

"Don’t worry, I... I know what to keep to myself."

The couple stayed busy until eleven at night before they managed to sort the easily transportable valuables into four rolling suitcases.

The difficult-to-carry items were all locked in the safe.

Unlike typical safes, his was specially ordered a few years ago, its size comparable to a walk-in closet.

"It’s about time, let’s go." Li Wanshan glanced at his watch and pulled two of the suitcases.

Second Aunt Lai nodded and followed closely behind him.

Downstairs, there was already a car waiting; Li Wanshan could no longer trust the people from his company because of his assistant’s betrayal, but fortunately, the butler and the driver remained loyal.

During the journey, Second Aunt Lai was nervously clutching her handbag.

Whenever a car came too close to them, she would instinctively look towards her husband, fearing that Li Zishen had changed his mind and was coming to intercept them.

Li Wanshan gently patted his wife’s slightly trembling hand, trying to get her to relax.

"Don’t worry, everything’s been arranged."

"It’s just that I still feel uneasy, especially in the middle of the night; what if someone suddenly shows up..." Second Aunt Lai quickly covered her mouth after speaking halfway.

"It’s my fault, I shouldn’t have rushed you."

"How could it be your fault? I’m the one who always worries unnecessarily. Things will improve once we leave here."

Li Wanshan nodded in agreement.

In reality, he was even more nervous and afraid of being caught than Second Aunt Lai, otherwise he would not have instructed the driver to feign a detour before daring to head towards their destination.

Half an hour later, the four of them boarded a helicopter that had been arranged to be near Jinyuan Mountain.

Looking at the rolling suitcases being carried by the butler and his others, Second Aunt Lai felt an immense sense of security, and a smile finally appeared on her previously gloomy face.

"My goodness, we’re finally leaving!"

"Yes, we’re safe now, try to get some sleep." Li Wanshan smiled as he covered his wife with a blanket.

"I remember there’s a fireplace there."

"Honey, we might go through a dull period, it won’t be lively like before, and we won’t have many friends; when the time comes..."

"That’s fine, we can play mahjong."

After saying this, Second Aunt Lai closed her eyes, imagining their future life.

As long as they were alive, everything else seemed trivial.