Ten Thousand Soul Banner: Deceased, do you have any unfulfilled wishes?-Chapter 1025 - 1021: Arrangements

Lunch was still at the Jiang Family’s; they didn’t go out.

Jiang Hongtu and his wife believed that hosting guests at home was the highest form of etiquette and felt more like being a family.

Since everything was settled and lunch finished, Taozi couldn’t sit still at home and informed her parents that she was planning to leave with Shen Siyuan first.

As for Shen Jianjun and his wife, they planned to drive back in the afternoon. Shen Siyuan invited them to his home, but they preferred not to. Since the drive took just over an hour, he let them decide.

But as soon as Shen Siyuan came out of the Jiang Family’s house, he saw Xiao Yue waiting by the roadside from afar.

"What are you doing here?" Shen Siyuan waved her over.

Xiao Yue immediately conjured a gust of Yin Wind and settled on the car’s back seat, revealing her figure; Taozi, who was driving, didn’t mind as she was already used to it.

"Did you come looking for me at this time because something’s up?"

If it wasn’t urgent, Xiao Yue would wait until he returned home at night to tell him. Coming by at this time surely meant something was urgent.

"It’s about Duoduo and Dou Dou..." Xiao Yue said with a frown.

"What’s up with the two of them? They seemed secretive and mysterious yesterday. Did they get into trouble?" Shen Siyuan asked with a slight frown.

"No, actually... it’s just that I can’t really explain it..." Xiao Yue replied.

"Start from the beginning." Shen Siyuan became curious upon hearing.

Taozi, who was driving, also perked up her ears.

"Drive properly, don’t get distracted, or you might crash."

Taozi grumbled unhappily, "Every time we go out, I’m the one driving. Now that you’re back, why don’t you go get a driver’s license first?"

"I do plan on it, but let’s not talk about that. Xiao Yue, please continue with what’s up with Duoduo and Dou Dou?"

So Xiao Yue recounted the whole incident from start to finish.

In the end, she said with some confusion, "I think Xu Youliang doesn’t seem like a good person; it’s clear he’s deceiving Dou Dou and Duoduo. But when I told Xu Xiangyang’s mother about it, she just laughed, thanked me, and said that Duoduo and Dou Dou bringing news about Xu Xiangyang was correct..."

Xiao Yue still had little life experience and couldn’t see Xu Youliang’s malicious intent.

Upon hearing this, Shen Siyuan immediately understood why he was doing it. Even the straightforward Taozi quickly caught on.

"He’s taking advantage of Xu Xiangyang’s mother’s kindness. How do you think they live when you visited Xu Xiangyang’s mother’s house?"

"Just so-so." Xiao Yue recalled.

Although it was a new house, the interior was simply furnished.

"For an average family, raising two kids is already a struggle. What do you think would happen if she brought Xu Xiangyang home too?"

"Even more difficult." Xiao Yue answered without hesitation.

"Exactly, more difficult. Besides Xu Xiangyang, there’s also Xu Xiangyang’s grandma bedridden and unable to move. If she’s a good hearted woman, she definitely wouldn’t ignore it..."

"Even if she doesn’t care, could Xu Xiangyang not care for his grandma? From what you’ve mentioned, one can tell Xu Xiangyang is a filial child. Since that’s the case, he couldn’t possibly ignore his grandma, so for her son, Xu Xiangyang’s mother wouldn’t ignore his grandma either..."

"Three children, one elderly bedridden, with only one member of the family working to earn money. Do you think they could live under these conditions?"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yue shook her head, just the thought made her scalp tingle.

Unlike Dou Dou and the others, who knew nothing, she understood the importance of money, having experienced poverty herself.

"Then... should we help them?"

Xiao Yue hesitated for a moment, looking at Shen Siyuan with a glimmer of expectation.

Shen Siyuan neither said yes nor no, but asked in return, "Do you want to help?"

Without a moment’s hesitation, Xiao Yue nodded directly.

Shen Siyuan smiled and continued asking, "Do you want to help them purely to expose Xu Youliang’s evil intentions, or is it because Xu Xiangyang’s mother’s kindness and Xu Xiangyang are worth helping?"

Xiao Yue said, "Xu Xiangyang and his mother are good people."

"Then we’ll help." Shen Siyuan smiled.

Hearing his words, Xiao Yue breathed a sigh of relief.

But then she asked, "If I had just said I didn’t want Xu Youliang to succeed, would you still help?"

"I would still help." Shen Siyuan replied.

"Why?" Xiao Yue was puzzled.

"Because I’m helping simply because you want to help, not because of how you chose to answer."

"You’re so nice, brother..."

Xiao Yue was deeply moved upon hearing his words, and for the first time, expressed her emotions so plainly.

"Wow~"

Taozi exclaimed and honked the horn twice.

"Drive properly."

Shen Siyuan said helplessly, was such a big reaction necessary?

Taozi glanced sideways at Shen Siyuan and said, "Don’t just focus on Xiao Yue, even I was moved by that. Have you used this trick in the past to fool many girls?"

"Nonsense, before I met you guys, I only ever had one girlfriend, and that was in university, and even then, she was the one who pursued me." Shen Siyuan said.

"I don’t believe you. But since I can’t verify it, say whatever you want."

"Then why did you ask?"

"I heard before there was a mermaid, wasn’t there?"

"What mermaid, she just worked at an aquarium. Don’t believe Hongzhuang’s nonsense. I never dated her, we only knew each other and we haven’t been in contact for a long time."

"I heard she’s a great beauty, her legs longer than my life, named Jiang Tingyu. Even the name sounds extraordinary." Taozi teased.

"Xiao Yue is still in the car, stop saying anything that comes to mind." Shen Siyuan said helplessly.

"I don’t mind, brother, I’m interested in listening too." Xiao Yue said calmly.

Yet, the smile on her lips was hard to suppress.

"Hahaha..." Taozi burst into laughter.

Shen Siyuan didn’t want to engage and changed the subject asking Xiao Yue, "Where are Dou Dou and Duoduo now?"

"They are helping Xu Xiangdong collect recyclables."

"Uh..."

Shen Siyuan didn’t know what to say.

"Should we call them back?" Xiao Yue asked softly.

"No need, let them be."

"Do we need to tell them about Xu Youliang?"

"No need either, suffering some losses and being deceived, it’s not a bad experience for them."

Shen Siyuan thought it was a great opportunity for the two young ones to grow.

"What about Xu Youliang, what should we do with him?"

"Mark him, but leave him be for now, focus on setting Xu Xiangyang’s issues right first."

"If he finds things didn’t go his way and his ex-wife is doing better, it might be more painful for him than killing him," Taozi remarked.

"That’s exactly what I had in mind."

With just a few words, Shen Siyuan had arranged everything. Meanwhile, Dou Dou and Duoduo were still naively helping Xu Xiangdong collect bottles.

"Look, I found a big one."

Dou Dou exalted as she raised a two-liter bottle like a torch, lighting up the way ahead...