Chapter 2354: Need to Be Cautious

Shao Yunduan patted the back of her hand and gave her a reassuring look as he said softly, “That is a good thing. I am here.”

Qiao Xuan felt warmth inside her heart and nodded with a smile.

Old Madam Ruan and the others had never met Qiao Xuan either. They were poor and had no choice but to sell their daughters, yet they remained poor after so many years. They had no feelings for Qiao Xuan, let alone Shao Yunduan.

Seeing Shao Yunduan walk in, the few of them could not help but feel scared. Their hands and feet were stiff, and Old Madam Ruan did not even dare to cry.

Shao Yunduan came forward with Qiao Xuan and took a look at them. He bowed to Old Madam Ruan and said with a smile, “Hello, old lady.”

“Erm, erm…” Old Madam Ruan was so flustered that she did not know where to put her hands. She looked at Shao Yunduan in a daze and then looked away. Her lips moved, but she did not say anything.

The middle-aged man was also a little helpless and subconsciously said, “This, this is my mother. It’s, it’s…”

He seemed to want to introduce Old Madam Ruan to Shao Yunduan and Qiao Xuan, but he was too scared to say anything.

Shao Yunduan smiled. “No matter what, you are seniors. Please take a seat, let’s talk after that. Sit down!”

Old Madam Ruan nodded vigorously and sat down shakily, her granddaughter sitting beside her timidly. The Ruan couple did not dare to sit and stood behind Old Madam Ruan.

Shao Yunduan smiled and said gently, “I heard from the servants that my wife doesn’t have any family left. It is great that you can find her.”

These words made the Ruan family subconsciously relax. They looked at each other and smiled. “Hey, hey!” They quickly nodded and said, “It’s our duty, it’s our duty…”

Shao Yunduan said with a smile, “But acknowledging a family member is a big deal, so we have to be careful, don’t you think so?”

The mother and son of the Ruan family were stunned. They looked at each other and quickly nodded.

“Yes, yes. Lord Shao, you are right. This is a big deal.”

Shao Yunduan smiled and continued. “It has been so many years, and my wife has never been in contact with you, and she doesn’t even know about your existence. I think that you are the same. We should not do anything rash when it comes to acknowledging relatives. We need to do it properly, and we need to prove that we are really family, and then we can acknowledge each other as relatives. That is the right thing to do.”

“If we casually acknowledge you, it won’t be easy to explain it to outsiders. It wouldn’t be good if we made a fool of ourselves. You can understand, right? Before we acknowledge you as relatives, you can also stay in the government office. You’re elders, after all. It’s fine to stay for the time being.”

The members of the Ruan family looked at each other in confusion.

Shao Yunduan had already tried to make his words as clear as possible, but he did not want to be too blunt. It was too hurtful, and if it was true, it would leave a thorn in their hearts, which would not be good.

But from the looks of it, the Ruan family did not seem to understand.

Qiao Xuan said straightforwardly, “I have never met you, and I don’t know Concubine Yan’s family. Now that she is gone, I don’t know whether you are her family or not, so I have to check. When I find out the truth, I will accept you. Before that, you can stay in the mansion, and you don’t need to worry. Do you understand?”

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