It is human nature to seek profit and avoid harm, and it is normal for Xia Lan to have such a thought.

He is just an ordinary person now, and he is fine to deal with three or five gangsters who are provoking trouble, but Valk is different. With his identity as the security officer of the patrol guard, the other party can arrest him and punish him by making up a reason. If the two conflicts, not only will it be evident, but Valk, who has the ability of a median warrior, can easily defeat Xia Lan with one hand alone.

The feeling of being bullied by a dog in a tiger falls into a flat sun is absurd and ironic, but the so-called reality is nothing more than this.

Apart from leaving Fean Town, Xialan seemed to be unable to think of how to solve the trouble caused by Valk.

However, will Xia Lan really leave Joanna and her daughter behind?

The answer is no.

When escape becomes a manifestation of cowardice that means cowardice.

He had been running away for many years, and he had exhausted both physically and mentally. He no longer wanted to escape.

He was so tired that he would never move anymore.

What's more, Joanna's husband had saved his life, Xia Lan's principles and bottom line did not allow him to abandon Joanna and his daughter.

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From that day on, Joanna's shop business became worse and worse. The merchants who had originally agreed to sign the supply agreement refuted to breach the contract. The bustling and busyness in the past turned into a deserted and depressed state. Even the gangsters who had disappeared for a long time jumped out and fought for the autumn wind, which made people unbearable.

Guy sat listlessly on a bench in the shop, his eyes always looked at Joanna who was concentrating on reading the account books at the counter intentionally or unintentionally. The sudden sharp turn of the shop business these days made him feel quite uneasy. It was rumored that the boss's wife offended Lord Valke, who was in charge of the security of this city, so she suffered such bad luck.

Compared with the big names in the Political Consultative Conference Hall, Valk's small patrol guard commander is naturally insignificant, but in the eyes of the merchants who make a living in this urban area, he has to flatter and please the partner because no one wants his own business to be troubled every now and then, and Valk is the amulet that ensures their normal business.

"Boss, I heard you offended Lord Valk? Is this true?"

After hesitating for a long time, Guy finally plucked up the courage to ask for the doubts in his heart.

"Offend? No! Guy. Don't think too much, just do your job with peace of mind." Joanna looked up at the shop's guy and denied.

"But this is circulating in the crowd..." Guy couldn't help but say.

"Guy! Don't believe the rumors outside in the future. If you can't bear the pressure, I can settle your employment fee and let you find a new store." Joanna frowned slightly, her tone was a bit unkind and stern.

"Boss lady...I..." Guy, the honest and simple Guy suddenly turned red. It was the first time he saw Joanna like this. He was at a loss and could not express his words. He stood up suddenly and walked towards the warehouse without looking back. "I'll go inside and see if there is anything I can help!"

Looking at Guy's back as he left, Joanna immediately smiled bitterly. She was trying to speak loudly just now, with the purpose of stimulating Guy to quit his job and stay away from the vortex of right and wrong. Unexpectedly, he made a counter-arranged choice, and she was unwilling to make it too straightforward and hurtful. Perhaps it was a mistake in itself.

The rumors are true. Joanna knows that Valk is forcing her. If she doesn't marry him, the decline of the shop will be sooner or later. And this may just be the beginning. If Valk becomes angry and embarrassed, it will inevitably affect his family in the end.

The best way to avoid Valk is to leave Fei'an Town, but it took her two years to finally settle down. How could she be willing to leave easily?

She was very upset and she was very upset.

She missed her dead husband very much.

However, she was not the only one who was worried. Xia Lan, who was sitting by the wall of the warehouse, staring at the sky in a daze.

After a long time, he stretched out his hand and touched his throat unconsciously, then closed his eyes.

At 3:10 p.m. Xia Lan left the shop as she used to go to the school to pick up Nina for class. Joanna, who was sitting at the counter holding her forehead and pondering, suddenly called him.

"Brother Alan, I may go back later tonight. Nina is going to bother you."

Sitting on the sidelines is not Joanna's style. She wants to try harder and have a good talk with the merchants who have resigned from their default in the evening to see if there is room for a turnaround.

Xia Lan nodded and understood.

The ship of overturning, everyone is looking for a way to save themselves.

Children will never understand the world of adults, on the contrary, adults will also not understand the world of children.

Xia Lan looked at the scene where Nina said happily with the luxuriously dressed little boys beside her at the entrance of the school. It was hard to associate Nina's tireless appearance a few days ago.

"Do you know the ugly uncle? When the juggling group performed in Vanilla Square last time, Bennett and the others were there, but we didn't see each other. Are you interested?"

Along the way, Nina was telling about things in the school, and Bennett was one of the few little boys who often surrounded Nina.

Xia Lan didn't know who Bennett was, but he knew that Bennett's family background must be not simple.

Because the carriages that pick up and drop off these boys marked the unique family emblem of the nobles.

As long as you are a noble, everything will be easy.

Nina is a very smart child. Although the rumors have not yet spread to her ears, she can see some clues from the sad face that Joanna usually shows inadvertently, especially when she learned that Joanna was returning late, she was depressed and finally expressed her thoughts to Xia Lan.

"Ugly uncle, has my mother encountered some trouble recently? I wanted to ask my mother several times, but I was worried about causing trouble for my mother, so I didn't speak up."

Even though Nina knew that Uncle Ugly was mute and couldn't ask too much, perhaps all she needed was to confirm her guess.

On the dining table, the dim candlelight reflected the terrifying face wrapped in Xia Lan's bandage and gauze, but the eyes were filled with indescribable depth.

"yes."

An extremely hoarse sound like a blunt knife cutting a steel plate sounded.

"So... Hum? Uncle Ugly, you can talk?!" Nina, who was tinkering with the butter mushroom soup in the bowl, said half a word unconsciously, then she seemed to be greatly frightened, and she jumped up. She didn't know where the spoon in her hand had flew away. Her bright big eyes stared at Xia Lan opposite the dining table.

Xia Lan slowly tore a piece of dry cake into small pieces and soaked it in the soup, holding a spoon in his hand and stirring it back and forth, soaking the soup completely into the dry and hard bread as much as possible.

“I can talk.”

"Wow--"

Nina seemed to see a novel toy, her eyes widened and incredible, leaving behind her previous doubts about Joanna.

"Why did the ugly uncle always be a mute?"

"Because I don't want to talk, and..." Xia Lan looked at Nina, who looked like a curious baby, and said: "Speaking can easily cause pain to my throat."

"Does it hurt?" Nina's eyes unconsciously looked at Xia Lan's throat and bit her lips.

"It hurts very much, it's no different from cutting it on a knife." Xia Lan said calmly.

"Then the ugly uncle, don't talk anymore." Nina couldn't help but feel distressed.

"No problem, as long as you can solve your mother's troubles, this little pain is nothing." Xia Lan said.

"Trouble? By the way! Mom is really in trouble! Ugly uncle! Tell me!" Nina came to her senses, her little face begged.

"Of course, because only Nina can help her mother solve this problem." Xia Lan nodded and said, "But I need to make an agreement with Nina to tell you."

"What agreement?" Nina said quickly. "As long as it can solve my mother's troubles, I will agree to the ugly uncle no matter what agreement."

"The agreement is very simple. Don't tell my mother that I can talk. Today's things are the same. This is the secret between us." Xia Lan said.

"Okay! I promise Uncle Ugly! This is the secret between us two!" The child seemed to have a special liking for secrets. As soon as he heard Xia Lan's agreement, Nina immediately nodded and said.

"Your mother got into a bad guy, but I can't solve this bad guy and your mother, but Nina can do it." Xia Lan said.

"How can Nina solve the bad guy that neither ugly uncle nor mother can solve it?" Nina said in confusion.

"I remember you and Bennett should be good friends?" Xia Lan changed the subject and said inexplicably.

"Of course!" Nina said proudly with her small breasts: "Bennet and the others all said they wanted to marry Nina when they grew up! They even fought for this a while ago!"

"Then do you know what Bennett and their family do?" Xia Lan began to induce.

"I don't know, Bennett and the others have never said it. They only know that their family is so big and big, and there are so many servants, which seem to be amazing!" Nina said with a pout.

"Since their family is amazing, it is naturally easy to solve the bad guys who cause trouble for their mothers, right?" Xia Lan said.

"I think it should be possible." Nina said in certainty.

"Believe in the ugly uncle, next time you go to school, you will deliberately pretend to be sad. When Bennet and others ask you why you are sad, you cry and say that there is a bad uncle named Valke who intends to steal his mother and Nina as his wife, so he is so sad." Xia Lan said.

"So the bad guy is called Valk? But why should I say that?" Nina said.

"Nina only needs to listen to the ugly uncle, because only in this way can Nina make that bad guy no longer cause trouble for her mother." Xia Lan said.

"Oh—" Nina nodded in a vague way.

"There is one more thing." Xia Lan seemed to remember something and said: "Don't panic no matter what happens at home. Just follow the words of Uncle Ugly and you will be safe."

Click—

At this time, the sound of the key opening suddenly came from the entrance door.

Xia Lan closed her mouth and stopped talking. She lowered her head and silencedly ate the dried biscuits that had been soaked in the bowl. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!