Marriage in crisis

After this episode involving Xu Aihua, we did not continue our conversation with Wei Qingchuan.

In the afternoon, the first task was to send my aunt and the others away from Jinding Guanlan. Wei Qingchuan arranged a boat and went directly back to the island from the sea.

The two elders of the Zhou family also returned to Suzhou temporarily, saying that they would come back during the Spring Festival.

My dad didn't leave because grandpa was still around. These two friends of different ages always had endless things to talk about. They were inseparable these past two days. They also liked to hang out in the vegetable garden at the back and drink a little wine with their enemy's dad.

After they all left, Jinding Guanlan returned to normal, just waiting for Chi Xi and Alang to return home tomorrow!

What’s more, Chi Xi and Chen Lang didn’t show up the whole day, and we didn’t receive any phone calls to disturb them.

In the evening, grandpa called us together and told us that he had seen Lahong's picture.

They also showed us the survey results of that area by our Chinese geological experts. We were amazed at how valuable the map was.

But Grandpa said, "There is no accompanying picture on this map, so it is impossible to determine the exact location."

"In other words, only when the main picture and the attached pictures are included, can it be a complete and valuable picture?" I asked.

Grandpa nodded and said, "The reason why this map is divided into the main map and the attached map is the cleverness of the Lahong family. Their ancestors must have long anticipated that with this thing, it would inevitably attract the ill intentions of outsiders and cause trouble.

That’s why I racked my brains to design two pictures, the main picture is a mountain map, and the attached picture is a real mineral vein map. It’s like a meridian acupoint map of the human body.”

Wei Qingchuan said, "Aren't there densely marked key points on it?"

"That's just a visual confusion, to deceive people. This is the cleverness of the Lahong family's ancestors. In fact, the main picture is the opposite of the attached picture. The real main picture is the real attached picture, and the really useful attached picture is the main picture." Grandpa pointed at the picture and said, "The reason why these two pictures were made up and the order of the pictures was reversed is to make a feint to the east and attack in the west."

"No wonder..." I sighed and didn't say anything else.

But Wei Qingchuan understood what I meant. He looked at me and said, "You mean, no wonder Lahong handed this map to us. What's in his head is the real thing!"

I nodded and had to admit that Wei Qingchuan's brain was really useful.

Wei Qingchuan also nodded, "But Lahong's words are still very telling."

We all looked at Wei Qingchuan, and I asked, "What did you say?"

"Lahong repeatedly asked us to show the picture to Grandpa, which means he knew that Grandpa would understand the mystery! He would be able to understand this picture. This means that he has expressed his determination to us."

Grandpa nodded, "You're right!"

Wei Qingchuan said, "Then he won't care how we use this picture!"

His words shocked us immediately. I couldn't help but look at Wei Qingchuan, "So what you mean is that Ling Zhiyang's words are really well-founded. Could it be... that this muddy water was stirred up by La Hong? Is it really related to the Ang Gang? Why did they do this?"

"Angkang destroyed their gang himself?" Shen Kuo questioned, "That means Angkang has some ideas, and he even pushed Lahong to get close to us. It seems that Angkang is up to something. He must have a purpose for doing this! But so far, he has not expressed his position. What is he waiting for?"

Grandpa listened to our discussion, leaned closer into his chair, and fell into deep thought.

Finally, Wei Qingchuan said something meaningful, "It seems that I still have to meet this Ang Kang!"

Grandpa then spoke, "No hurry, since they have handed the map to us, let's use it and not waste their kindness! But how to use it... we have to plan it carefully. For this matter, please ask your uncle to come tomorrow!"

Once we had a goal, we all felt more relaxed than ever before.

We all went to bed early that night, and it was the best sleep I had in a while.

The next morning.

Because it was the day Chi Xi was coming back, we all got up very early, prepared breakfast that they both liked, and waited for them to come.

But no matter how long he waited, the two men never showed up.

I was getting a little anxious and was about to call them when I saw their car driving into the yard, with a large cart of gifts.