After sending off the children, Anning quickly biked to school.
But she wasn’t there to attend classes or go to the lab; instead, she found her teacher to request a suspension of her studies.
Anning’s teacher, upon hearing her request, was reluctant to let her leave and earnestly tried to persuade her.
However, Anning had made up her mind to suspend her studies.
"Teacher, sothing has co up at ho, and I can’t continue my studies right now. Can you give two years to sort out my family affairs, after which I’ll resu my studies? If I can’t suspend my studies, then I’ll have no choice but to drop out."
The teacher highly valued Anning.
She was admitted to Qing University as the top scorer of the province and has been studying and researching since enrollnt, already achieving so results. Such a promising seedling made it hard for the teacher to let her drop out, but seeing no other solution, the teacher processed her request for suspension.
After completing the suspension formalities, Anning went ho, packed her things, and called Aunt Yu, telling her she wouldn’t need help with the children anymore. She settled Aunt Yu’s salary on Flying ssenger, adding a generous red envelope.
Then, Anning canceled the rental on her apartnt and booked a flight online.
She waited until the kindergarten dismissed, picked up the kids, and inford their teachers that they wouldn’t be attending anymore.
The kindergarten teacher thought Anning was transferring the children to another school and didn’t inquire further. After completing the formalities, she allowed Anning to take the children.
On the way to the airport, Jixiang incessantly asked Anning, "Auntie, where are we going?"
"We’re going ho," Anning said with a smile.
Ru Yi pouted, "But this isn’t the way ho. If you weren’t my real aunt, I’d almost think you were going to sell us."
These kids...
Amused, Anning pinched Ru Yi’s chubby cheeks, "What if your auntie is indeed selling you two, would you be scared?"
Ru Yi blinked, "Who are you selling us to?"
Jixiang put on a terrified expression, "That sounds so scary."
Naughty sprites.
Anning entertained the children all the way to the airport, only then telling them they were making a trip back to their ancestral ho.
The kids were tired from the journey, falling asleep as soon as they got on the plane.
When the plane landed at Qing City Airport, it was already past nine o’clock in the evening.
Anning woke the children, took them off the plane, collected their luggage, and took a taxi ho.
Their ancestral ho still had houses left.
Previously, Anning’s parents had bought two properties, both in school districts. Later on, Anning’s older brother and sister-in-law also purchased a small two-bedroom apartnt. Additionally, Anning’s sister-in-law was an only child, and her parents had passed away two years ago, leaving two properties for Jixiang and Ru Yi.
It can be said that Anning and her niece and nephew owned several properties in Qing City. Now, Anning left one large three-bedroom apartnt vacant, while the rest were rented out.
She returned to manage these properties.
Once ho, Anning didn’t tell Jixiang and Ru Yi to go to bed, but rather had them sit down like adults, speaking to them softly about the matter.
"You are both big kids now, and as mbers of our family, your aunt has sothing to discuss with you. I need your approval for this matter, as I can’t decide on it alone."
Jixiang looked at Anning, "Aunt, please tell us."
Ru Yi bit her finger, "Is it that Aunt can’t afford to keep us?"
Anning smiled and rubbed Ru Yi’s head, "Your aunt can afford to keep you, and I won’t sell you off."
Then, she revealed that the bracelet was lost, "Few days ago, the bracelet that Grandma left your aunt went missing."
"Ah?"
Jixiang and Ru Yi were particularly surprised.
The children rembered that particular bracelet, "Is it, is it the family heirloom from Grandma?"
Anning nodded, "Yes, your aunt searched everywhere but couldn’t find it. Later on, I had soone help investigate, and it turned out it was Aunt Chunhua who stole it."
That Aunt Chunhua was a relative of Anning’s from the Capital, technically a distant cousin of Father Tang, nad Tang Chunhua.
"I knew she was acting suspiciously that day she ca to our house."
Jixiang had good mory; after pondering a bit, he recalled the incident, "So she is a thief."
Ru Yi raised her hand, "Aunt, let’s call the police, we must get Grandma’s bracelet back."
Anning seriously said, "We must call the police, but there is another matter. Aunt Chunhua didn’t keep the bracelet. She was instructed by soone else to steal it. That person gave her a lot of money, and moreover, that person’s family is very powerful, beyond what we can handle. I’m afraid there’s little chance of getting the bracelet back."
"What should we do now?"
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