The smile on Dong Xuezhenâs face disappeared. He did not expect her to make such a request.
He didnât want to sell the land, but he had just said that Mu Huan could approach the Dong family if she ever needed anything. She had saved what amounted to his life, so if he didnât sell the land she wanted him to sell, then he would be too ungrateful.
However, that place was his home. It had memories of him and his wife to sustain him for the rest of his life. No matter what, he didnât want it to disappear. He didnât want her to disappear again. It felt like if it disappeared, there would be no more trace of his wife left in this world. It would be as if she had never existed, as if the past was just a dream.
Furthermore, his family had a history of Alzheimerâs. This illness had a high chance of being inherited. Now, his memory was no longer as good as before. If he didnât have memories of the old house, he was afraid that one day, he would forget his wife.
Even if everyone in this world could forget her, only he couldnât.
If he could sell the land, he would have sold it long ago given his relationship with the Bo family.
But if he didnât sell it now, this...
If he sold it, he...
Meng Yueman frowned when she saw Dong Xuezhenâs face becoming increasingly sullen. Although it would be a huge loss if they couldnât buy this piece of land, losing a few hundred million wouldnât damage the relationship between the two families. She couldnât let anyone know that the Bo family was blackmailing him.
Just as she was about to say something...
She could only hear the following.
Mu Huan continued, âUncle Dong, I know that you donât want to sell the land because it belongs to you and your wife.â
Mu Huan had never been a person who would blackmail others into repaying their kindness. She could understand the old manâs desire to keep his memories. Hence, she would not force him to sell his land to repay her kindness. However, she would not let her husband lose so much either. This would not do. If that did not work, then she would make peace!
Not only did she want Elder Dong to keep his memories, but she also wanted her husband to successfully develop this piece of land!
âYes, thatâs where weâve lived all our lives. When I came back, I wanted to continue living there. If it werenât for the fact that I really couldnât sell it, I would have sold it to Junyan long ago.â Mu Huan had saved their lives, so she had raised this condition. If he didnât sell it, it wouldnât make sense. However, Dong Xuezhen really didnât want to sell it. Hence, when he spoke, he looked reluctant.
He hoped that Mu Huan could make another request.
âUncle Dong still wants to stay there, so you can just continue living there! Uncle Dong just needs to keep your familyâs home and courtyard and sell the rest to my husband!â
The Dong family was a well-known family in Yun Cheng. Apart from the old house of the Dong family, the land of the Dong family included horse farms, gardens, theaters, and many other facilities. The total area was over a hundred acres.
âThis...â Dong Xuezheng really didnât know what to say. This was because Bao Junyan wanted to develop a commercial center and a residential area. If their familyâs home got surrounded by skyscrapers and bustling commercial centers, how was he going to live in such an old house?
âUncle Dong, are you afraid that the surroundings will be filled with skyscrapers to block the sunlight?â
âYes.â
âLook at this map...â Mu Huan said as she took out a map of Yun Cheng.
âUncle Dong, do you see the old temple here?â Bo Junyan had gone in to call Mu Huan, but she came out only after a while. It was because Mu Huan had prepared some things, including this map.
âYes.â Dong Xuezheng did not know why she suddenly asked him to look at the map and the temple. However, he still nodded when she asked him about it.