Yusui Chang'an

Chapter 1105 Goodbye Ding Xiang
After thinking and talking in detail along the way, they returned to the Lin Mansion in a blink of an eye. On the pretext of checking the accounts, Lin Jinyan asked Lin Wanrong and Lin Jinan, who was full of things to worry about, to return home first. She did not even get out of the carriage, but took Hong Jiu, Wei Zhong and a group of guards to go to Du Xing's residence.

When passing by Youran Ju, Lin Jinyan opened the car curtain a little and glanced at the tightly closed door.

The carriage stopped and Wei Zhong went forward and knocked on the door. Du Xing welcomed the group in, turned around and went to the Youran Residence next door. After a while, he came into the house carrying a food box and brought Dingxiang with him.

Ding Xiang has been living in Youran Ju since she was bought by Lin Jinyan many years ago. Lin Jinyan returned to Beijing last year and it has been many years since they last met. This is the first time she has seen her today.

Ding Xiang knelt down and bowed deeply. When she heard Lin Jinyan calling her, she felt guilty but did not stand up. Instead, she apologized repeatedly:
"If it weren't for the young lady's kindness in taking me in, I would have been homeless and would have starved to death. I haven't been able to repay you yet, but I have caused trouble for you. This is truly a sin."

After she finished speaking, Lin Jinyan was about to speak when the cry of a baby came from the food box. Dingxiang hurriedly knelt down and opened the lid of the food box, picked up the chubby white child inside, and coaxed him gently. After a while, the child stopped crying, and looked at the people in the room curiously with tears in his eyes.

Lin Jinyan signaled Hong Jiu to help Ding Xiang up:

"I heard from Manager Du that your ex-husband saw you carrying the child out?"

Ding Xiang patted the child and said guiltily:
"Young lady, you know that I was divorced by my husband's family because I couldn't have children. Ever since Manager Du sent Xiaobao here, my life has become more and more hopeful. Yesterday, the general's mansion had a wedding, and the people all went to join in the fun. I thought that Xiaobao had never left the mansion, and no one in Kyoto knew me, so I secretly took Xiaobao out without Manager Du's knowledge... I never thought that I would run into my ex-husband Sun Delai. After he divorced me and remarried, we didn't have any children. When he saw me holding the child, he immediately went crazy and grabbed me and wouldn't let go. I had a hard time running away..."

Du Xing glanced at Ding Xiang unhappily and took over the conversation:

"When I came back from the General's Mansion yesterday, her ex-husband followed her all the way and was making a scene outside the Youran Residence. I didn't want to make a big deal out of it, so I said the child was... mine and Dingxiang's, and tried to get rid of him. But Sun Delai was a pushover. He didn't want to admit that he had a hidden illness, and insisted that Dingxiang couldn't have a child. He asked around about Dingxiang and me."

When the child saw Dingxiang crying, he babbled. Lin Jinyan noticed the bloody scratches on Dingxiang's wrist and asked Baizhi to take Dingxiang and the child to the guest room to apply medicine.

After the people left, Du Xing sat down as he was told:
"The Duke's Mansion is secretly tracking down this child. If Sun Delai continues to make trouble, I'm afraid he will attract people. Youranju is the young lady's house, and I'm afraid it will implicate the young lady, so I sent a message to the young lady and asked you how to deal with it."

Lin Jinyan: "Since it has been publicized, the people in the Duke's Mansion may have heard about it. It is only a matter of time before they find Ding Xiang. Choose someone with a similar family background to Sun Delai from the people of the Prince of Jin, and give him some information to lead him to talk to that person. Go to Ci'en Hall a few more times in the next few days to get the child out. With the presence of the Prince of Jin, even if the Duke's Mansion comes to investigate, they will not suspect me. I heard that Qin Zongheng is also looking for this child?"

Du Xing: "Yes, I told Qin Zongheng about the child as you instructed. He sent someone to look for him privately but did not tell Qin Zongliang."