Abandoned daughter reborn, legitimate son is resourceful

In the afternoon, the two had lunch and went out with a servant named Xiaoyu.

First, they came to the cloth shop of the Liu family, the Chu family's arch-enemy.

"How do you know this cloth shop?"

Chu Xiaoran looked at Nan Jinming who was holding his hand and walking forward, heading exactly towards Liu's Cloth Shop.

"The clothes you wore a few days ago were custom-made by Liu's Cloth Shop. The Chu family's cloth shop has long been emptied out. I won't let you wear those cheap fabrics."

Nan Jinming was followed by the servant Xiaoyu, who came from another place to live with his relatives. He was here just to make a living, as he couldn't eat other people's food and drink in his relative's house, or else people would gossip about him.

She had also heard of the Chu family. The Chu family was once a famous cloth shop in the local area, but later gradually disappeared.

Chu Xiaoran felt a little embarrassed when he heard her say this. Although he didn't touch those businesses, his surname was still Chu after all.

"Brother Xiaoran?"

Chu Xiaoran heard someone calling him from behind and unconsciously slowed down his pace.

"Brother Xiaoran, is that you?"

Nan Jinming was originally looking at the new things sold by the small vendors around her. The Mid-Autumn Lantern Festival was only half a month away, so she was still looking forward to it. She also wanted to buy some lanterns to take back. These lanterns were all delicately crafted, and if she didn't buy them early, she might not be able to get such good ones.

Nan Jinming also heard the voice behind him and stopped. The two of them turned around and looked behind them, and saw a young man in the crowd wearing an elegant turquoise brocade robe, a white veil on his face, and a hollow hair crown with goose yellow gemstones and silver threads wrapped around his hair. His jet-black hair hung on both sides. He had a gentle temperament and everyone around him couldn't help but take a few more glances.

"Brother Mingli?"

Chu Xiaoran was also a little uncertain and asked tentatively. The man nodded, walked up and held Chu Xiaoran's hands with both hands. The warmth came from his fingertips, which seemed to burn Chu Xiaoran's whole body.

He didn't expect that someone would still miss him and remember him.

"Brother Xiaoran, is it really you?"

Gu Mingli couldn't believe it and secretly sent people to investigate, but there was no news of Chu Xiaoran.

Gu Mingli was brought up strictly at home, but he had been sensible since he was young. Under his father's guidance, he realized that what his uncle did was indeed wrong.

Gu Yanshu is his younger uncle, the third child in the family, so he also calls Gu Yanshu Third Uncle. According to seniority between him and Chu Zixuan, Chu Zixuan should also call him cousin, but the two of them are competing openly and secretly. Although Chu Zixuan asked him to go to the Chu family to recite poems and compose couplets, it was actually to humiliate him.

"Brother Mingli, it's me."

Gu Mingli stared at Chu Xiaoran in front of him for a long time before he realized that Chu Xiaoran's face looked whiter and fleshier, much better than before.

"I was just telling my attendant that the figure from behind looked a bit like you, but I wasn't sure, so I called out to see if you agreed."

Yuecheng's restrictions on men were not that strict. Most of the men who went out with veils were unmarried. Gu Mingli had strict family education and was placed with high hopes since he was a child, so it was difficult for him to go out and he stayed at home most of the time.

Gu Mingli had heard about Chu Xiaoran's story a long time ago. After learning so many etiquettes, he also understood propriety, righteousness, integrity and shame. His uncle was indeed wrong, but his uncle was also very pitiful. He was not like his mother's legitimate daughter. He was just the son of a concubine. Since his father passed away, his uncle's presence in the family has become even lower.

"I heard about the dirty things Chu Zixuan did to you. Now that I see you standing in front of me, I feel relieved."

Gu Mingli held the person in his arms, and Nan Jinming stood beside him waiting. She didn't know much about the relationship between the two, but the name Gu Mingli sounded familiar. He should be the official fiancé who came to Fu Village to judge the case last time.