Joanna returned home with sorrow, and her gloomy and depressed mood made her face pale, and the reason was all due to the disappointed negotiation results tonight.

In the past two years, Joanna has met many business friends through her own social skills in Fei'an Town. However, business is business, friendship is friendship. When things are in a critical moment, it is considered to be sufficiently affectionate. It is a unilateral delusion that these businessmen who only value interests but not friendship will take help.

She might have expected this situation long ago because she had experienced it three years ago.

"Alan Ge, Nina, I'm back."

Despair makes people depressed, despair makes people painful. Joanna would rather hold on by herself than affect her closest family. However, no matter how hard she smiles, she can't hide the depression that comes from her heart.

Xia Lan and Nina looked at each other at the same time, then lowered their heads and continued to eat with each other.

Without notice of any strangeness, Joanna pulled a chair next to Nina and sat down, and seemed to chat with her daughter as if nothing had happened. From supper to the trivial things in school, Lin Lin was just trying to create a peaceful daily scene, but she didn't know that her performance indirectly confirmed the facts revealed by Xia Lan.

Women seem to have the talent for acting in nature, and it has nothing to do with age. Seeing Joanna and his daughter talking and laughing, Xia Lan finally felt relieved and hoped that everything would go smoothly according to her own ideas.

In the late night, Joanna, who had coaxed Nina to sleep, took off her strong disguise. She leaned against the windowsill, raised her slender neck and stared at the bright and hazy Ziyue. Her beautiful face showed a faint sadness. She was so weak that she couldn't help but want to hold it in her arms and cherish it. Once upon a time, she did not hesitate to compromise with reality and gave up her meaningless persistence, especially the recent forced by Valk, which began to intensify and constantly impacted her chaotic thoughts.

Marry Valk? Go back to Galves in shame?

She didn't want to, she was unwilling to accept it, why did she compromise? Why did she have to be coerced by others? Why did she have to be dominated by others? Why! Why?!

She clenched her fist with a slight grudge, and her silver teeth clenched her lips. Tears couldn't help but slide down from her eyes.

The cry in my heart vented her pain and depression, and what was placed before her was the cruel reality of being powerless to change.

Even if I die, I will not marry Valke, and even if I die, I will not go back to Galves!

Joanna secretly swore that a trace of extreme emotions slowly fermented deep in her heart.

The next day, Joanna stayed alone in a deserted shop. Yesterday, she found a reason to take a vacation for Guy. The business was in a downturn and there was basically nothing to do in the store. Instead of wasting time here, it would be better to let him go home and think about his future future. Nina, who didn't have to go to school, pulled Xia Lan out for a walk and play early in the morning. Joanna just asked Xia Lan to take care of Nina and didn't say much. She originally wanted to accompany Nina. Unfortunately, she asked Nina to block her back with the reason that the shop's business was the priority.

There is no business in the store now, but Joanna doesn't want Nina to worry about the recent store, so she chose to stay alone in the store.

"Madam Joanna, why are you the only one in the store?"

At some point, Valk, wearing a black uniform, walked into the shop swaggeringly, pressing one hand on the sword around his waist, and rubbing the grains placed in the shelves with interest. His cold face was filled with a faint smile, and his half-closed eyes looked at Joanna at the counter from time to time and said.

"Why are you here?" Joanna's face changed when she saw Valk, and she said as if she was facing a great enemy.

"The shop is opened to do business, why can't I come as a guest?" Valk said with a smile.

"Of course I welcome every guest who comes to my door, but I don't welcome guests with ulterior motives," said Joanna.

Valk restrained the smile on his face, put down the rubbed grain in his hand, and walked towards the counter step by step, and said coldly: "Joanna! Now I've just given you a little lesson. I think you should have seen my energy in this urban area. I have always been very patient with beautiful things, but you have made me lose my patience."

"What do you want to say?" Joanna stepped back and looked at him with a vigilant look.

"Don't I understand? Stupid woman!" Valk snorted coldly.

"Valke! Listen clearly! Even if I die, I will not marry you!" Joanna took a deep breath and looked at the other party and said gritting her teeth.

"Is that?" Valke shrugged, turned around and stopped pestering Joanna to leave. "I am very much looking forward to the day when you kneel down and beg me to marry you!"

"Don't think about it!" Joanna was so angry that she trembled all over and thought about it. She reached out and grabbed the account book on the counter and threw it towards Valke's leaving back.

"I will soon fulfill what I say."

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"Ugly uncle! Can this really solve my mother's trouble?"

In a weedy open space, there are messy sand and gravel everywhere around it. This is a construction site left over from the expansion of the new city area. The owner of the original land disappeared unexpectedly when preparing to build a house. According to the laws of Fei'an Town, if the land owner has not appeared within three years, it will automatically be taken over to the public. For a time, this place has become a place where children nearby often play.

Whenever Nina doesn't have to go to school, most of the time she will come here to play happily with the nearby children. When she returns home, she will say a few words at first, but over time she will not pay attention to it. As long as Nina is happy, she will not be able to play so presumptuously when she is older.

Today, Nina did not participate in the game of children in the distance, but sat far away with Xia Lan on a large smooth stone and secretly discussed Joanna's affairs. Since she saw her mother deliberately pretending to laugh last night, Nina, who was heartbroken and sad, made up her mind to help her mother cheer up again!

Nina's mind is very simple. As long as she solves her mother's troubles, her mother can get back to the same state. Uncle Ugly must have a way to help her. Uncle Ugly said the solution was too general, so today she hurriedly pulled Uncle Ugly out, intending to ask Uncle Ugly how to solve his mother's troubles.

"Don't worry, Nina! Uncle has made it very clear. Whether it is successful or not depends on Nina's own performance." Xia Lan gently stroked Nina's little head beside her, and said with a low and hoarse voice.

"Well! I will definitely disappoint my ugly uncle!" Nina bulged her face and clenched her fists and cheered herself up.

"Nina must not remember. Don't panic no matter what happens to your uncle. Just follow your uncle's words and everything will be safe." Xia Lan reminded repeatedly and carefully.

"Why?" Nina said in confusion.

"Because uncle is in trouble." Xia Lan stood up and glanced at a patrol guard team coming towards her from afar. "Nina wants to take good care of her mother, don't let her do stupid things."

"Alan! I now suspect that you are related to the death of Fernal on Rye Street, in the name of the security team. Please cooperate with our arrest and interrogation, otherwise-"

A familiar face walked up to Xia Lan, holding the long sword in his hand and sternly sternly to him.

Xia Lan nodded indifferently, raised her hands and said that there was no threat to walk towards the other party. The two patrol guards quickly stepped forward and drew their swords to put them on his neck.

"Uncle Yas! Why do you catch Ugly Uncle?? Ugly Uncle has always been with Nina, and it has nothing to do with what you say!"

Nina was stunned by the sudden change in front of her, then rushed towards Xia Lan and hugged his thighs, crying at the patrol guards who announced the arrest order.

The team member in the lead was the "acquaintance" who greeted Xia Lanina not long ago. He sighed in embarrassment, squatted down and forced Nina to lift Xia Lan's body, then waved his hand to the team member behind him and said, "You take him back first, I will solve the problem here!"

"Ugly Uncle! Ugly Uncle! Don't leave me... You bad guy! Bad guy!" Nina kept slapping and struggling in Yas' arms, watching Xia Lan leave by being escorted by the long sword. In the end, Nina could only vent all her sadness on Yas.

"Be good to Nina! Uncle takes you to find your mother!"

Nina's venting could not cause any harm to Yas, but her crying would undoubtedly make people feel irritated. In desperation, he simply raised his hand to knock her out.

Looking at the little cute guy fainted in his arms, Yas shook his head, I was really sorry. I was also sorry for some things. If you want to blame, your mother for being too beautiful and causing trouble!

When Yas sent Nina to Joanna's shop, he explained the causes and consequences. When he learned that Alan was arrested, Joanna was immediately distraught. She finally knew what Valke said before leaving.

She has long regarded Alan as a family, and Alan suffers because of him, you can imagine how Joanna feels.

Is this the ultimatum that Valk gave her?

If he didn't marry him, Valk would definitely have a way to frame Fonnar's death on Alan, and in the end Alan would definitely not be able to escape the death penalty.

What should she do? Do you really have to kneel down and beg Valk?

After closing the store, Joanna locked herself at home in a daze. She sat on the sofa, reached out to caress Nina, who was still unconscious on her legs, and looked at the texture of the desktop with empty eyes.

"Mother--"

Nina opened her eyes in a daze, saw Joanna in front of her clearly, and then she reached out to hug her and burst into tears.

"Mom! Uncle ugly was taken away! He was taken away by bad guys!"

"Mom knows! Mom knows! Mom will definitely find a way to rescue Uncle Alan!" Joanna hugged Nina tightly, and tears remained unyieldingly.

For a long time, for a long time.

Nina sniffed, her eyes full of determination, and it seemed that what Xia Lan said before leaving was echoing in her mind.
Chapter completed!