Chapter 383 - Su Hua’s Whole Family Was

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Su Hua was utterly shocked.

Even Su Sanlang’s portrait was 90% similar.

As for Madam Zhao’s portrait, it was very similar. It looked like it was drawn in front of Madam Zhao. Qi Xingzhi’s painting skills were exquisite, and he saw the portrait as if he was seeing someone. If not for his calm explanation, Su Hua would have thought that he had followed them.

However, Qi Xingzhi’s confidence and the intangible pride he exuded told Su Hua that he had deduced this with his own ability. He would not secretly follow him.

Looking at these portraits, Su Hua also understood why Qi Xingzhi had confidently addressed his mother as his aunt.

Qi Xingzhi smiled and said, “Cousin, you just said that Aunt wants to see me. When? I’m free anytime.”

This time, Qi Xingzhi even changed the way he addressed Su Hua.

There was no such coincidence in this world. If there were really so many coincidences, then these coincidences must be the truth.

Qi Xingzhi was very confident in his ability. His deduction would definitely not be wrong. And from Su Hua’s reaction, he knew that he had handed in a perfect answer.

Qi Xingzhi was very proud and satisfied to show off his skills in front of his cousin, whom he had not seen for decades.

“Tomorrow, at my house, come and see my mother alone.”

Su Hua looked at Qi Xingzhi and said.

Seeing Qi Xingzhi’s move today had indeed shocked him, but this matter was suitable to be taken slowly.

Qi Xingzhi smiled and nodded. “Alright, I’ll definitely come as promised tomorrow.”

Qi Xingzhi looked at the calm Su Hua and asked, “Cousin, don’t you have anything to ask me?”

Su Hua looked at Qi Xingzhi and asked, “I have something to ask you. How much do you know about Yan Mian? I want to know about the situation of the Yan family.”

He had also decided to ask about this.

Qi Xingzhi smiled and said, “I knew you wanted to know. Cousin, please take a seat. Let me pour you a cup of tea before we talk.”

Qi Xingzhi made tea for Su Hua before slowly saying to him, “Back then, my great-aunt married an official named Yan Qingyun. He is now the first-grade minister of the current dynasty, the Minister of Revenue. Two years after my great-aunt gave birth to Yan Mian and passed away, he married a member of my ancestral family, Qi Xinyue, who later gave birth to a daughter and a son for Yan Qingyun.”

“We are all family. Qi Xinyue is also a nice person. Originally, our family was happy. Yan Mian was also engaged to the son of the Minister of Rites at the age of 16. His name was Sun Yangxin. When he was 17 years old, he had already set a wedding date. However, that year, she went out of the city to offer incense at the Buddha monastery. When she returned to the city, she encountered bandits and her whereabouts became unknown. Actually, our family has been looking for her for so many years. However, we never found any useful information. There were a few times when we saw people who looked very similar. However, when we saw them in the end, we knew that they were not. That was until we met you guys.”

“The Yan family is now in rapprochement. To them, Aunt has been missing for more than 24 years and is already equivalent to a dead person. Although they are also looking for her, that is only for my great-grandfather to see. It’s just an act. My family is different. My great-grandfather only has my great-aunt as his only daughter. My great-aunt passed away early and only left behind a daughter. This became my great-grandfather’s wish. He always said that if he can’t find this child, his daughter won’t be at peace in the netherworld. He will die of old age in a hundred years and won’t have the face to see his daughter even if he goes down.”

“When Yan Mian was lost back then, there was a rift between my family and the Yan family. Now, our relationship is just ordinary. No matter how much resentment we have, it has already happened and there is no way to save it. There are some things that just haven’t been exposed.”

“Last year, my great-grandfather was injured. His body was not as strong as before. My family was afraid that he would die with regrets. Sigh… My great-grandfather doted on me since I was young. I don’t want him to have regrets for the rest of his life.”

At this point, Qi Xingzhi looked at Su Hua with burning eyes. He smiled slyly and said, “I’ve been lucky since I was young. It seems that this credit belongs to me.”

Su Hua looked at Qi Xingzhi in silence.

Qi Xingzhi smiled and asked, “Cousin, there are those people in your family now. Apart from you and Eldest Cousin, does my aunt have any other children? Tell me about you too.”

Su Hua smiled faintly and said, “There are a total of six people in my family. Apart from Big Brother and me, there are also two sisters. You’ve already drawn their appearances.”

“Our family are just ordinary farmers. We’ll talk about the rest when we meet.”

With that, Su Hua prepared to leave.

Qi Xingzhi was a little disappointed. He smiled. “Alright, there will be plenty of opportunities in the future anyway.”

“I’ve delivered my message. I’ll take my leave first.”

Su Hua stood up and cupped his hands at Qi Xingzhi.

Qi Xingzhi smiled brightly. “Okay, let me send you off.”

Su Hua looked at Qi Xingzhi. He wasn’t as eloquent as the other day. He was so open to him that it made his calmness seem a little distant.

Qi Xingzhi sent Su Hua out the door. Su Hua said to him, “Alright, I’ll send you here.”

Qi Xingzhi nodded. He smiled and waved his hand. “See you tomorrow.”

Su Hua nodded and left.

From what Qi Xingzhi told him, he knew that only the Qi family was looking forward to finding Yan Mian.

As for the Yan family, they were now in rapprochement and treated the lost Yan Mian as a deceased person. They didn’t really care if they could find her or not.

Qi Xingzhi told him this to let him understand that what happened back then was already in the past. As long as Yan Mian was fine now, it would be the greatest blessing.

No matter what the Yan family’s attitude was, the Qi family would definitely stand on their side. After knowing this, Su Hua felt more at ease and returned home.

Qi Xingzhi also returned to the courtyard happily.

As soon as she entered the courtyard, he realized that there was someone in the study.

“Xingzhi, what’s with these portraits?”

Qi Xingfeng asked as he compared the portraits.

“Brother, why didn’t you say anything when you came to my place? You even touched my things. That’s not good.”

Qi Xingzhi took the portrait back from Qi Xingfeng and put it away as he spoke.

“Aiyo—Big Brother—”

Qi Xingzhi gritted his teeth when he was suddenly hit on the head.

“I’m 16 years old and you’re still hitting me. I’m going to tell my great-grandfather that you hit me!”

Qi Xingzhi said angrily. He had been doted on since he was young. Because of the weakness brought about by his mother’s womb, the military aristocratic families had learned to be gentle to him. The martial arts sects who were used to weapons and spears were all amiable to him, but his brothers always liked to bully him.

Although they had to be reprimanded after bullying him, they still refused to change.

“Hurry up and say it. If you don’t, I’m really going to attack. In any case, you’ll suffer before my great-grandfather punishes me.”

Qi Xingfeng was an impatient person. He didn’t beat around the bush and directly threatened him.