Black Lotus is reborn. Hush! Just lie down and be quiet.

Ma Shanxing was shocked and looked at Xiao Yingyue in disbelief, then looked at Xiao Zhifei. The father and daughter had similar features, no wonder she felt so close to this girl when she first saw her.

"Nanny?"

Xiao Zhifei muttered to himself, looking straight at Xiao Yingyue, his eyes gradually changed from confusion to determination. A cute and lively little girl appeared in his mind, looking up and smiling sweetly at him, "Dad, I want to eat cream cake!"

"Cream cake, Dad is going to buy some cream cake..."

Xiao Zhifei spoke in a low voice, but Xiao Yingyue heard it. She cried and asked, "Dad, do you remember it?"

When she was a child, she loved cream cake the most. Every time her father got his salary, he would buy her a piece. Her father would not eat it himself but would watch her eat. However, she would always share it with her father. The father and daughter would eat the cream cake, taking turns to take a bite. This is a unique memory belonging to them.

"NanNan..."

Xiao Zhifei's eyes turned red. He seemed to remember something, but he couldn't remember it completely. It was as if there was a door blocking him from recalling the past.

Suddenly, Xiao Zhifei held his head and screamed, then fainted.

"newborn?"

Ma Shanxing was frightened, but she reacted quickly and pinched Xiao Zhifei's philtrum hard to wake him up.

"Don't pinch!"

Xia Qingqing stopped her, "He has blood clots in his brain, and he is unconscious for self-protection. Carry him in first!"

Ma Shanxing didn't know what self-protection meant, but she was obedient and wanted to help Xiao Zhifei up.

"I come!"

Tie Niu easily lifted Xiao Zhifei and put him on the bed.

"Sister Qingqing, can my dad be cured?"

Xiao Yingyue felt very guilty. She thought it was her appearance that caused her father to fall into a coma. If her appearance would cause her father to get into trouble, she would rather not see her father for the rest of her life.

"Don't worry, you'll be fine once you clear the blood clots. Don't overthink it. Your presence is a good thing for your dad!"

Xia Qingqing comforted her, but the girl was almost overwhelmed by self-blame.

Xiao Yingyue, who was comforted, gradually calmed down and sat beside the bed to watch over Xiao Zhifei.

"Have a cup of hot tea."

Ma Shanxing brought a cup of tea and handed it over. Her eyes were red and she looked like she was worried about something.

"Thank you."

Xiao Yingyue took the tea, stood up and bowed deeply to her.

"Don't do that, get up!"

Ma Shanxing quickly helped her up, looking terrified.

"Auntie, thank you for saving my dad and taking care of him for so many years, thank you!"

Xiao Yingyue was truly grateful to Ma Shanxing. If it weren't for this woman who saved her father, she would never have been able to see her father again.

"Your father is very nice to me, no need to say thank you."

Ma Shanxing wiped the corners of her eyes and smiled sheepishly. She hesitated for a long time, but couldn't help asking, "Is your mother okay?"

"Dead, don't worry, I will take care of you and dad in the future."

Xiao Yingyue knew what Ma Shanxing was thinking and made a promise.

Just because Ma Shanxing saved her father, she would provide this woman with care and support until the end of her life.

"I don't need you to take care of me. I'm in good health and can work and earn money. You're still a child!"

Ma Shanxing waved her hands repeatedly, and her mood suddenly improved because she didn't have to give up her husband!

But she didn't dare show it. She felt that it was wrong for her to think this way. How could she be happy about someone else's death? It was totally wrong.

Xia Qingqing was giving Xiao Zhifei acupuncture. His head was full of golden needles, like a hedgehog. After more than ten minutes, Xiao Zhifei vomited blood and woke up.

"father!"

"newborn?"

Xiao Yingyue and Ma Shanxing cried out at the same time and looked at him with concern.

Xiao Zhifei's eyes were confused at first, then gradually became clear. He looked at Ma Shanxing, then at Xiao Yingyue. The face of this beautiful girl gradually overlapped with the face of the little girl in his mind.

"Nanny?"

Xiao Zhifei called out hesitantly.

"I am, Dad, I am Nannan, do you remember me?"

Xiao Yingyue held his hand tightly, tears in her eyes.

"Nannan has grown so big, she has become a big girl!"

Xiao Zhifei reached out his hand to wipe his daughter's tears. His eyes were relieved, but he felt very guilty in his heart.

He missed his daughter's growth and didn't know how she was doing under the care of Ding Yumei and Xiao Zhiguang.

"Dad, I finally found you!"

Xiao Yingyue threw herself into her father's arms and cried desperately.

"It's Dad's fault. Nannan has suffered. Did they bully you?"

Xiao Zhifei also cried. The father and daughter cried together, and Ma Shanxing kept wiping away her tears.

"They all bullied me and forced me to live in the storage room. But now everything is fine. Ding Yumei is dead. It was Xiao Zhiguang who killed her. He has also been sentenced to death and will be shot next month. Dad, you can go home now!"

Xiao Zhifei couldn't believe his ears. Xiao Zhiguang actually killed Ding Yumei?

He had a lot of questions to ask, but Xia Qingqing stopped him, "Uncle Xiao, the blood clots in your brain haven't been completely cleared yet, so you shouldn't get too excited."

"Dad, I'll tell you in detail when we get home. It's really exciting and you'll definitely be happy to hear it!"

Xiao Yingyue pointed at Xia Qingqing and said, "Dad, she is Sister Qingqing. Without Sister Qingqing, I would definitely be killed by Xiao Zhiguang."

"Thank you Miss Qingqing!"

Xiao Zhiguang's face turned grim and he got out of bed to kowtow to Xia Qingqing.

"Uncle Xiao, Yingyue and I are good sisters, we are family, so there's no need to be polite!"

Xia Qingqing helped him up and gave him acupuncture to induce sleeping. Xiao Zhiguang fell into a deep sleep.

"Sister, I heard that there are guests from the city at your house? What's going on?"

A man in his thirties shouted outside the cave.

"It's the freshman's daughter who's here."

Ma Shanxing went out to explain that the person who came was her younger brother Ma Erxi. The siblings had a very good relationship, and she and her husband were able to settle down in the village thanks to her brother's help.

"The daughter is here? Is he thinking about the past? He has a daughter, does he also have a wife?"

Ma Erxi's face darkened, and he was full of worries.

When he first saw Xiao Zhifei, he felt that this man would not stay in the countryside all his life. He was too handsome and didn't fit in with the rural people. This kind of man would definitely not be able to live peacefully with his sister.

His sister's life is miserable enough. If she is abandoned by a man again, how will she live in the future?

"Hey, keep your voice down!"

Ma Shanxing glanced into the room, worried that Xiao Zhifei and his daughter might hear her, and glared at her brother.

"Sister, I advised you not to be with him. You can't carry anything with your shoulders or hands, and you have to do all the heavy work. What do you want?"

Ma Erxi was very dissatisfied with Xiao Zhifei, a pretty boy who used sweet words to coax his sister into being dizzy and willing to work like a slave for him.

Although his sister couldn't give birth to a child, she was pretty and many men whose wives had died came to propose to her, including a few from the town who were not bad. But his sister was determined to be with this pretty boy and he couldn't wake her up no matter how much he scolded her.

"I want him to respect me and care about me, and I want him not to hit women. Erxi, you don't understand!"

Ma Shanxing felt that the best thing she had ever done in her life was to pick up Xiao Zhifei, who was covered in blood, from the cliff.

Ma Erxi really didn't understand what respect and care were. There was no need to be so particular about life together as a couple. They worked during the day and slept and had babies at night. They didn't have the energy to think about other things.

As for beating women, he felt that his sister was a little pretentious. All the women in the village had experienced this. Disobedient women had to be beaten, and they would behave themselves after being beaten.

Ma Erxi also hit his wife, but he was considered good-tempered in the village and only hit her when he was extremely angry. Unlike other men in the village, beating his wife was a common occurrence and no one thought it was wrong because the villagers had lived like this for generations, and even women thought it was normal.

"Don't worry, Erxi. The woman who gave birth to him before him died, leaving him with only a daughter. His daughter is so pretty. I'm sure I can't give birth to such a pretty daughter."

Ma Shanxing lowered her voice and told her brother the good news that she now treated Xiao Yingyue as her own daughter.

Ma Erxi was also relieved. It was good enough that he was dead, and his sister wouldn't have to vacate her position.

At night, Xiao Zhifei woke up and felt much better. He and Xiao Yingyue chatted in the room for a long time.

Ma Shanxing took out the white flour that she had carefully saved, cooked a big pot of noodles, and fried an egg for each of them. However, she had no eggs, so there was not much white flour in the bowl.

Ma Erxi also stayed to eat. He held a big bowl and ate with great relish.

Xiao Zhifei glanced at Ma Shanxing's bowl, used chopsticks to divide the egg in his bowl into two halves, gave her half, and also cut some noodles for her.

"That's enough, eat now!"

Ma Shanxing stopped his chopsticks. There was not much white flour left at home, and she wanted to save some for her husband to nourish his body. She didn't mind eating white flour or coarse flour.

Xiao Zhifei ignored her and cut half of the noodle.

Ma Erxi glanced at him and felt comforted. Although this pretty boy was useless at work, he was still good to his sister.

That night, they all lived in the cave. Xiao Zhifei asked Jin Yinghui about the current situation of the film studio and also inquired about the situation of many old colleagues. The two had a very happy chat.

Xia Qingqing suggested that he return to Shanghai for treatment, as he needed several injections to treat the blood clot in his brain.

"We'll go back after the kids finish their final exams."

Xiao Zhifei also wanted to return to Shanghai, but he wanted to take Ma Shanxing with him.

They have been together day and night for these years and have developed a deep affection for each other. He will not leave Ma Shanxing here.

"I...I only know how to work in the fields. What can I do over there?"

Ma Shanxing was a little frightened. The farthest place she had ever been to in her life was the town. To her, Shanghai was farther away than the stars in the sky.

She was also worried that after going to the big city, she would embarrass her husband because she knew nothing.

"You can do whatever you want. You are good at making noodles, so you can open a restaurant. If you don't want to open a restaurant, just stay at home and rest."

Xiao Zhifei's gentle voice soothed Ma Shanxing's uneasy heart. She nodded. After all, if you marry a chicken, you follow the chicken; if you marry a dog, you follow the dog. She would follow her husband wherever he goes.

The next day, Xia Qingqing and the others left, leaving Xiao Zhifei some body-replenishing pills and some money. After the final exams, the couple would return to Shanghai and celebrate the New Year with Xiao Yingyue.

After sending Lin Jianhua home, they returned to Shanghai.

After arriving in the county town, Xia Qingqing called Ban Yuming.

"Xiao Wenlin was indeed taken away by human traffickers, but he was sold to them by Xiao Moli. This group of human traffickers abducted children and women, which is a heinous crime. Xiao Moli was spying on them and is an accomplice!"

Ban Yuming told Xia Qingqing about the latest investigation results. Xia Qingqing was not surprised. Xiao Moli's behavior at the police station that day had made her suspicious.