Recognize relatives

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  Anna ordered with ease and then asked the waiter to open a bottle of red wine. Once the dishes were served and the glasses were full, Anna simply invited the father and son to eat and drink without mentioning the acquisition matter at all. This made Li Yihua even more bewildered - what did this woman want to do?

  "Mr. Li, you are from Bin City in Bei Province, aren't you?"

  Anna suddenly seemed to take an interest in Li Lishuang and started asking him questions, but they were all unrelated to Longyan Xiang.

  "Do you live in the downtown area of your city?"

  "No, our home is in Longtou Village on the outskirts of Bincheng."

  "Oh, I see."

  Dad's answer was ordinary and normal, but Anna listened with a nod of approval, even revealing a hint of joy on her face.

  "How many people are in your family? What's your father's name? Is the old man still alive?"

  At this time, even Li Lisheng felt that Anna's problem was a bit strange. He stopped the chopsticks in his hand and looked at Anna with a very strange gaze.

  Anna also put down her chopsticks and met Li Lisheng's gaze, this woman, this momentum, really made Li Yifan feel a little surprised.

  "Hah!"

  Anna couldn't help it and smiled first, then shook her snow-white neck and said to Li Lishuang.

  "Mr. Li, I just told you that my father is Chinese, I have half Chinese blood, and I also have the surname Li. My father was from Longtou Village in his early years, but in 1949 he followed Chiang Kai-shek to Taiwan, then moved abroad and settled down overseas. It wasn't until his later years that he had me as a daughter. By then he was old and not in good health, but what he liked to do most was hold me on his lap and tell me stories about his hometown and his brother who remained in the mainland..."

  When Anna mentioned this history, her eyes even had a hint of tears, obviously thinking of his father. At this time, Li Lisheng's expression also became somewhat agitated, he was also the grandfather of Li Yifan, the old son who came later, and before him, he still had an older brother.

  Li Yifan's grandfather also had a younger brother, who joined the government army during the war against the Japanese devils. Later, he followed Chiang Kai-shek's retreat and became a bandit army, eventually fleeing to Taiwan and falling into obscurity overseas, with no news ever since.

  Li Yifan grew up by his grandfather's side, so he had also heard his grandfather mention many times the brother who fell to overseas, every time mentioning it, the old man was tearfully misty-eyed.

  And now Anna brings up this piece of history, could it be that she is her own unknown cousin?

  Taking another close look, it's really hard to tell Anna's age, but if you look carefully, you can still see the fine lines at the corners of her eyes. She's probably in her thirties, about ten years younger than Dad. If she were a child of that uncle I've never met, then it wouldn't be impossible.

  After listening to Anna's story, Li Lisheng's heart was stirred. He took out a red cord with a jade lock from his neck. The jade lock was left by the old man and he had told him that it was part of a set of jade artifacts. There was also a key made of jade, but it had been taken away by his younger brother. If one day someone came to find him with the jade key, it would be his brother's relatives coming to look for him.

  And Anna was also moved when she saw the jade lock that Li Lijiang took out from his neck, her eyes turned red in an instant, she stretched out her hand to her own neck, and pulled out a jade pendant key from her collar, only hers The jade key is not tied with a red string, but is strung on a fine white gold chain.

  The two pieces of jade were obviously old, and although Li Yifan didn't understand the craftsmanship of jade, it was still very obvious that these two pieces of jade were a set.

  It can be seen from the quality of jade, size and carving techniques that this is a work by the same person.

  "So you're... You're my sister..."

  At nearly fifty, Li Lisheng, who had been strong all his life, was now trembling with emotion. He remembered that his grandfather had died suddenly from a cerebral hemorrhage, and at the time of his death, he hadn't even closed his eyes. It wasn't until Li Lisheng placed his hand over his grandfather's eyes and promised to find their lost relatives that his grandfather finally closed them.

  Unfortunately in his past life, due to various reasons, Li Lisheng was unable to complete his journey of finding his relatives. He never expected that this lifetime would be so coincidental and he would run into them.

  No wonder when I first saw Mrs. Anna, I had a kind of inexplicable intimacy, it turns out that this is the strong point of blood relationship!

  Although everyone is separated by thousands of mountains and rivers, and has never met before, when they meet together, this kind of blood relationship will be expressed from the inside out.

  No wonder I have this feeling whenever I see her face...

  "Big brother..."

  Anna couldn't help it anymore, her tears streaming down, while Li Lisheng couldn't bear to hold back and hugged this sister he hadn't seen in years tightly.

  Such a reunion of relatives really made Li Yifan feel a little sour in his nose.

  "How's Second Uncle doing?"

  It's finally over for both of us, Li Lisheng asked Anna.

  "A few years ago, he went because of heart disease."

  "Is there anyone else at home?"

  "There are two older brothers, one in Canada and the other in the United States. After my father left Taiwan, he first settled in the US, where he earned his first pot of gold, and then immigrated to Canada, where he retired. I was born in Canada."

  "So how did you end up going to this French company?"

  Li Yihua suddenly interjected, asking a question. Today's events were truly too dramatic. The scene still felt like he was filming a movie, and if Anna hadn't been sitting right in front of him, he really wouldn't have believed it.

  In his previous life, my father had also searched for the other party with great difficulty, but due to limited financial resources, there was no result in the end. I didn't expect that this life would meet each other in such a way here.

  "This is..."

  "This is our family's third child, he has an older brother and sister, Yifan, how can you talk to your aunt like that? No respect for elders!"

  Dad introduced Anna while giving Li Yifan a somewhat reproachful look.

  "Haha, no need to be like this, big brother. This kid is actually quite good. Today he negotiated with me face-to-face and didn't show any weakness at all. This has really made me look at him in a new light! He's far stronger than the average 17-year-old."

  Anna's gaze at Li Yifan had changed, no longer maintaining the elegant demeanor as before, but with a kind of elder looking at younger generation's affection.

  Li Yifan also felt the kindness in his eyes, so he obediently lowered his head and called out.

  Aunt!

  "Oh! Me? My husband is French, so I work for this French company."

  Anna said as she took out her handbag and pulled out a small mini photo album, the album was full of photos of her and her family.

  When he saw the black and white photo of an elderly Chinese man holding a mixed-blood little girl, Li Lisheng immediately confirmed that Anna was definitely his cousin.

  Because in the year when Second Uncle went to join the government army, he had mailed back a photo of himself wearing military uniform. The person in that photo and the old man in this current photo, although their appearance has changed somewhat, but their spirit is absolutely unchanged, it's definitely Second Uncle without a doubt! And at this time, Li Yifan also basically confirmed that this Anna was his paternal aunt without a doubt!

  Anna again introduced the situation of their family to Li Lijiang, and Li Lijiang also introduced the situation of his side to Anna. When they heard that Grandpa had passed away, the two brothers hugged each other and cried bitterly again.

  It was not easy for Li Yifan's emotions to calm down, and he had also made up his mind.

  "Auntie, since you're our negotiation counterpart this time, alright, we'll sell those few pieces of agarwood at the price you mentioned earlier."

  He thought that if he sold the Longjing tea at this price to his aunt, she would definitely get a good review from her superiors when she returned, which would be beneficial for her future development.

  But Anna didn't rush to respond, instead she carefully sized up Li Yifan for a few moments, seeing that he really didn't seem to be pretending, and then couldn't help but let out a giggle.

  "Foolish child, how can Auntie take advantage of you..."