256 The Truth

The people of Eagle Village cheered when they saw that the eagles had chosen new partners.

Of course, some were unhappy. After all, they hadn’t been chosen by the eagles.

Among them were Huang Hong and the young people from the Huang family.

Originally, when he heard that eagle chicks could change their partners, Huang Hong was overjoyed. He felt that the heavens were helping him.

Unfortunately, his hopes were dashed.

This time, the eagles still didn’t choose anyone from the Huang family.

How could Huang Hong not be angry?

At this moment, Huang Hong had already thought of several ways to achieve his goal.

He stared maliciously at the two young boys who had obtained eagle companions.

One was the eldest grandson of the old village chief, and the other was the eldest grandson of the respected Elder Liu.

Neither of them were easy to deal with!

However, they were just difficult to deal with!

As long as Huang Hong wanted something, he wouldn’t stop until he obtained it.

Besides, since the young eagles could choose their companions again, couldn’t they choose again if these two people died?

Li Xiaoran and Luo Cheng were relieved to see that the eagles were no longer standing on their shoulders.

The rest was left to the people from Eagle Village. Li Xiaoran and Luo Cheng left the field with Zhao Huaishan.

Everything was over. Li Xiaoran could finally rest in peace at home.

Without the eagle chicks, there was no trouble, and no one came to the Zhao family to disturb the family’s reunion.

After staying in Eagle Village for three more days and confirming that the two eagle chicks would no longer come, Li Shun and his family started to pack up to leave.

Before leaving, Zhao Huaishan and Xu Xiufang were very reluctant to part with them and reminded their family to come back next year.

Li Shun and Zhao Xiu agreed readily. Then, they waved their hands and left with the cart of things sent by their brother and sister-in-law.

They had brought a cart full of things when they arrived, and another on the way back.

Although the item wasn’t expensive, it was a token of everyone’s affection.

Only by reciprocating affection would they become closer to each other.

There were also a few cousins in the family. They were all nice people.

They had only interacted for a short period of time, so they didn’t know each other that much. At the moment, they were getting along well, and they would only know what kind of person the other party was after more interactions.

It was a smooth ride back.

Initially, Luo Cheng and Li Xiaoran were worried that Huang Hong would attack, but the journey was smooth.

As for the gold mine, Luo Cheng and Li Xiaoran had also discussed it secretly.

They didn’t want to care about it, and they couldn’t anymore.

When the group returned to Hele Village and saw the familiar house, they finally felt at ease.

As the saying went, east or west, home is best!

Returning home was so relieving!

When Luo Ziyang saw that his brother and sister-in-law had returned, he also smiled brightly.

Big Yellow and the others were so happy that their tails kept wagging. A few enthusiastic pups even pounced on everyone.

After calming the pups down, the group carried the things off the ox cart and stored them in a suitable place.

Before Luo Cheng could pull Luo Ziyang to the side to ask about the situation at home, there was a knock on the door.

Hearing this knock, Li Xiaoqing was about to open the door when Luo Ziyang stopped her.

“Xiao Qing, don’t open the door!”

Li Xiaoqing stopped and turned to look at Luo Ziyang while wondering why he was stopping her from opening the door.

“Brother, after you left, a woman brought her husband to see you. I felt that they had ill intentions, so I asked someone to investigate! The other party is the eldest daughter of the Li family’s Li Wei. Her name is Li Lan, and the person who came with her is her husband, Wu Duan,” Luo Ziyang explained.

“So, the person who came is Li Lan?” Li Xiaoqing’s expression changed when she heard Luo Ziyang’s words.

Li Xiaoran saw that her sister’s expression had changed and asked in confusion, “What’s wrong with Li Lan?”

“Sister, you hit your head previously and forgot many things, but I remember it very clearly. Li Lan has always made herself seem like your savior, and others might not know, but I saw the scene very clearly. The reason she saved you back then was because she caused you to be injured in the first place!” Li Xiaoqing said with red eyes.

Li Xiaoqing hadn’t planned to say anything about this in the past.

Because she felt that it was useless even if she said it.

Her parents wouldn’t help her sister get justice, and when the time came, to make things worse, the Li family would make them do even more labor.

Therefore, the young Li Xiaoqing understood what to do.

There was no point in revealing it. She might as well keep it to herself.

But it was different now. They had already left the Li family. Now, someone had her sister’s back.

“What exactly happened? Xiao Qing, tell me!” Luo Cheng’s expression turned solemn as he said.

Li Xiaoqing thought for a moment before telling him what had happened back then.

Li Xiaoqing was only twelve at that time, but Li Lan was already fifteen.

One day, Li Xiaoqing didn’t see her sister return after cutting the grass, so she planned to go out and look for her.

However, just as she reached a place, she suddenly realized that there were a few mushrooms growing not far away. Li Xiaoqing quickly ran to the ditch to pick them.

By the time she’d picked the mushrooms and threaded them through the grass stems, she heard some noises.

She raised her head and looked in the direction of the commotion. She saw two girls punching and kicking a person carrying wild vegetables, knocking her out.

Because the other party came too quickly, by the time Li Xiaoqing realized that it was her sister, Li Xiaoran, who had been beaten up, those people had already run away.

Just as Li Xiaoqing was about to climb up to check on her sister, Li Lan appeared.

She looked around furtively, then squatted down and carried Li Xiaoran on her back.

“Cousin, don’t blame me for being ruthless. You’re the easiest to bully, so I can only let you be my scapegoat! Don’t worry, if I save you now, I can say that I’m your savior! I’m really smart to think of a way to kill two birds with one stone. Not only will I solve the problem, but I can also make my stupid cousin owe me a favor.”

With that, Li Lan carried Li Xiaoran back.

Li Xiaoqing, who was halfway up, heard this and was shocked.

So her sister had done this to protect Li Lan?

As Li Xiaoqing explained, the expressions of everyone in the room turned ugly.

Li Xiaoran also remembered this matter when she heard her sister’s words.

“I remember this. Back then, I was very grateful to Li Lan! At that time, we didn’t know who hit your sister, nor did we know why those people hit her. Your sister was lucky to survive after taking a few pills!” Zhao Xiu choked.