The moon falling to the ground

Chapter 186 Cousin

He took two steps forward excitedly, staring at Jian Yue: "You are not Zhen Zhen, you are Zhen Zhen's daughter, right? Yes! You look so much like Zhen Zhen!"

Jian Yue raised her eyebrows. Somehow, she recalled Yun Zhonghe's words last night about being cursed by a villain.

Yuan Shi immediately stopped the middle-aged man and shouted: "Get out of the way!"

The middle-aged man was excited and anxious: "Excuse me, young lady, are you the daughter of Lord Yan?"

Jian Yue nodded: "Yes."

The middle-aged man was surprised and clapped his hands excitedly: "That's right! You are Zhenzhen's child. Your name is Xinning, right? I am your cousin Yan Jinghong."

Jian Yue had asked Fu Wu and Fu Liu to check the origins of the original owner's biological mother. The original owner's biological mother's maiden name was Yan Zhenzhen, and she was the daughter of a wealthy businessman in Qiongzhou. The original owner's mother had a brother and a sister. The original owner's maternal grandfather must have uncles and brothers, but Fu Wu and Fu Liu did not go to Qiongzhou to check, so Jian Yue knew nothing about relatives like cousins.

"Yan Xinning is a fake daughter. The daughter that the Mansion Lord recognized back then was a fake. Don't you know that?"

Yan Jinghong was stunned and said hesitantly, "Back then, the mansion master's brother-in-law sent us a letter saying that our daughter Xinning had been found. Your uncle and I came here once and met Xinning... that child. However, we have never been to Yanling Mansion since then, and we don't know what happened afterwards."

Yan Jinghong looked around: "It's not convenient to talk here, why don't we find a place..."

Jian Yue asked Chen Xiang and Mu Xiang to go to the cloth shop to buy some cloth first. She and Fu Yun took Yan Jinghong to their own Aike Teahouse.

When the new owner of Aike Tea House, Lu, saw the boss coming, he hurried out of the counter and greeted him with a smile: "Boss, you are here."

Jian Yue nodded: "Is there a vacant private room?"

Naturally, the teahouse has private rooms reserved for the owner that are not open to the public. The owner asked this, obviously not wanting to take the visitor to such a private room.

Shopkeeper Lu understood immediately and led the way, leading Jian Yue to an ordinary private room on the second floor.

After serving tea and snacks, Jian Yue let him go.

Yan Jinghong's lips were pale and chapped, and he seemed very thirsty. When he saw the teapot being brought to him, he couldn't take his eyes away.

"Uncle, please have some tea," Jian Yue said.

Yan Jinghong blushed, a little embarrassed: "Well, I won't be polite. I was in a hurry to get on the road today and didn't have time to drink water."

Jian Yue made a gesture of invitation and said with a smile: "No hurry, cousin, please have some refreshments first to fill your stomach."

Yan Jinghong picked up the teacup and drank, drinking three cups of tea in one breath before picking up the cake to eat. He ate a little hurriedly, as if he hadn't eaten for a long time.

Jian Yue just watched with a smile and said nothing.

Yan Jinghong was full and seemed to be alive again. He looked at Jian Yue and smiled awkwardly: "I'm sorry to have embarrassed you, my niece."

"Uncle, you must have had hard time sleeping in the open air along the way." Jian Yue was very understanding.

Yan Jinghong's eyes turned red when he heard this, and he sighed deeply: "When did my niece return home? We didn't even receive any news. Years ago, I accidentally learned from a traveling merchant that the daughter of the Lord of Yanling Mansion had become a disciple of a divine doctor. At that time, I was very happy and thought that your mother's spirit was in the underworld, blessing you in the dark. I didn't expect that you and that Xinning were actually two different people."

"By the way, where is the fake daughter?"

"She became the concubine of the second prince. My stepmother did not drive her away. After she found out that she had made a mistake, she adopted her as her adopted daughter."

"What? How can this be? Doesn't your father care?" Yan Jinghong looked angry.

Jian Yue said nothing.

Some things don't need to be said too clearly, it's better to leave some room for people's imagination.

Yan Jinghong was angry and distressed: "Niece, you have been wronged. The saying that if there is a stepmother, there will be a stepfather is true. During the two years when the fake Qian Jin Gang entered the mansion, your uncle was afraid that you would be wronged, so he sent you a sum of money every year. He provided you with food and clothes, just in case your stepmother would mistreat you."

Jian Yue's heart moved: "My uncle also sent me money?"

"Well, every year we give 20,000 taels, and at least three to five carts of medicinal herbs, supplements, silks, jewellery, and local specialties."

"How many years have you been giving it away?"

"I don't know about that. Ever since your uncle sold his property and insisted on going to the capital to develop, we have lost contact with him. We don't know if he has sent money to the mansion since then."

"Every year they give 20,000 taels, which shows that my grandparents are very wealthy! Uncle, I have just been recognized and I don't know much about my grandparents' situation. Why don't you tell me more about it?"

An hour later, Jian Yue asked the shopkeeper Lu to arrange for Yan Jinghong to stay in a high-class inn. She and Fu Yun returned to Yue's house.

In Yue's house, Yan Xiuyuan was sitting in the living room drinking tea.

There was only a maid in the living room serving tea, and no one was with him.

As soon as Jian Yue arrived at the door, Amber reported to her: "Miss, Mansion Master Yan has been here for half an hour."

Jian Yue entered the living room and found that Yan Xiuyuan looked unhappy.

Can it be good? After arriving at Yue's house, neither Doctor Mao nor Yun Zhonghe paid any attention to him.

It was just because he remembered his daughter's birthday wrong! These people gave him the cold shoulder. Is it worth it just for a little girl?

Jian Yue didn't even bow, and asked calmly: "Why is father here? Is there something wrong?"

Yan Xiuyuan felt a surge of anger in his heart, and said stiffly: "You are not at home all day, so your father had to come out to celebrate your birthday. The government office has been busy with official business recently, and your father was so busy that he was dizzy. After coming here, I realized that I remembered the wrong birthday."

Jian Yue's lips curled up with a hint of sarcasm: If he really cared, how could he even remember his daughter's birthday wrong? She hated people who were obviously hypocritical but insisted on establishing a gentlemanly persona.

"Does Yan Xinning celebrate her birthday every year?" Jian Yue suddenly asked.

"Of course." Yan Xiuyuan regretted the moment he said it.

Sure enough, Jian Yue asked: "Did father forget her birthday?"

Yan Xiuyuan looked as if he had been slapped in the face. His face turned pale and he couldn't breathe out. "At that time, it was your stepmother who took care of everything. I didn't ask about it."

Jian Yue smiled sarcastically: "Father means that stepmother didn't remember my birthday and didn't inform you, so you don't know when my birthday is?"

Yan Xiuyuan's face turned pale, and he didn't know whether he was angry or ashamed.

Jian Yue sighed: "It seems that my stepmother doesn't even want to pretend anymore. She wants to play the role of the evil stepmother to the end!"

Yan Xiuyuan clenched his hands, took a deep breath, suppressed his emotions, and said in a hoarse voice: "Yue'er, you also know that your stepmother has a strange disease and her temperament has changed drastically..."

"Strange disease?" Jian Yue's voice suddenly rose. "Is it possible that it is not a strange disease, but retribution for doing too many bad things?"

"Yue'er!" Yan Xiuyuan's eyes were almost filled with anger.

"My grandparents send money and gifts every year, just to ensure that my niece is not mistreated by my stepmother. Father, who has the money and gifts?"

Yan Xiuyuan's expression suddenly changed...