Su Yujiao found Zhou's attire increasingly strange.

Zhou has always paid attention to her appearance and likes bright colors.

When have I ever seen her dressed in all dark gray?

Suppressing her unease and confusion, Su Yujiao stepped forward and entered the Buddhist hall.

"mother?"

She called out quietly.

Zhou stopped holding the Buddhist prayer beads and stopped chanting the scriptures.

She paused for a while before replying, "Please sit down."

She didn't even glance back at Su Yujiao, her coldness and aloofness making her seem like a completely different person.

Su Yujiao was increasingly puzzled. When had her mother-in-law ever treated her so coldly?

Recalling her mother's strange behavior last night, she couldn't help but suspect that the two of them had really quarreled.

So she was dragged down with her?

"Mother, what's wrong?"

"Has something happened?"

"Did you have a fight with my mother?"

Zhou remained silent, but continued to mutter to himself.

Su Yujiao glanced at Wang Ma beside her, puzzled. Wang Ma shook her head slightly and said nothing.

Even though Su Yujiao was puzzled, she did not disturb her again.

Instead, they waited for Zhou to finish reciting the scriptures!

But it was almost lunchtime, and Zhou seemed to have no end to her rambling.

Bai Qingrou came over to ask if they should set out lunch, but Zhou Shi still ignored her.

"Sister-in-law, come out and wait."

Su Yujiao hesitated for a moment, then quietly left the Buddhist hall.

She felt a little dizzy from the strong smell of incense and candles in the Buddhist hall.

She also wanted to ask her sister-in-law what was wrong with Zhou Shi.

Su Yujiao walked out of the Buddhist hall, pulled Bai Qingrou into the garden, and whispered, "What's wrong with Grandma?"

"But did my family offend her?"

"I felt that Mother was cold to me today."

"And why did Mother suddenly start eating vegetarian food and chanting Buddhist prayers?"

Bai Qingrou sighed: "Don't overthink it, it has nothing to do with your family."

"She's been cold to everyone lately and doesn't like to talk to people."

"As for eating vegetarian food and chanting Buddhist scriptures, I guess it's because of this incident that my mother-in-law is frightened and chanting scriptures to calm her mind."

Su Yujiao suddenly asked, "Could it be that something happened to the men in the family?"

"Or did something happen to Dad?"

Bai Qingrou quickly shook her head: "No, no, everyone at home is fine, don't overthink it."

Su Yujiao frowned. Although her sister-in-law's tone was relaxed, she still felt that something was not right.

How could a person suddenly change their personality without any major upheavals?

As the two were talking, Zhou suddenly came out of the Buddhist hall, and Su Yujiao finally saw her mother-in-law's face clearly.

She suddenly paused, startled?

How come my mother-in-law looks so haggard after only a month?

Could it be that he/she is sick?

She immediately went over and asked, "Mother, why do you look so haggard?"

"Are you feeling unwell? Let me take your pulse."

Zhou abruptly withdrew her hand, glanced at her with complicated emotions, and said in a flat tone, "I'm fine."

"Let's have lunch first."

After finishing her speech, Zhou left with Wang Ma's help.

Su Yujiao stood there, stunned, watching her mother-in-law's figure, repeatedly pondering the look in her eyes just now.

Why did she feel there was... resentment in that look?

Is her mother-in-law complaining about her?

But why?

"Sister-in-law, is Mother blaming me?"

A hint of bitterness and sympathy flashed in Bai Qingrou's eyes; she could understand her mother-in-law's feelings.

She would resent it even if her own son died saving another woman!

Even if she is his favorite daughter-in-law, his son is still his own flesh and blood!

"Jiaojiao, don't overthink it. Mother has been cold to everyone lately."

"Perhaps it's because I'm getting old, my body isn't feeling well, and everything annoys me."

Su Yujiao felt there was something strange about it, but she didn't ask any further questions.

"Sister-in-law, has Ziqian written back recently?"

She originally wanted to ask Zhou Shi, but seeing Zhou Shi's appearance, she suddenly didn't dare to ask.

That look just now was clearly one of resentment towards her, though she didn't know why!

Bai Qingrou's expression changed: "No."

Su Yujiao was even more uneasy after returning from the general's mansion.

Could it be that something happened to Lu Ziqian?

Is everyone hiding something from her?

eccentric!

Everything is strange!

She called Xiao Tao and the Wei sisters in to ask them questions, but couldn't get any information out of them.

In the end, the only option was to send the Wei sisters to keep an eye on Zhou, hoping they could find out some information.

Half a month passed in the blink of an eye, and the two sisters found nothing.

Su Yujiao felt that the Wei sisters were not telling the truth, so she had to investigate herself.

She went to the general's mansion in person and then into the Buddhist hall. Taking advantage of Zhou's inattention, she hid the video camera and voice recorder under the shrine.

Three days later, she figured the battery should have run out, so she quietly took the things back.

Zhou continued her daily vegetarian diet and Buddhist chanting without fail. If it weren't for the Buddhist beads spinning in her hand, she would have thought the scene was still.

After she had been chanting for a whole day and night without eating or drinking, Wang Ma, with a tearful voice, urged her to eat properly and take care of herself.

Wang Ma mentioned the general, saying that if he knew in the afterlife that she didn't cherish her health, he wouldn't be at peace.

General?

who?

Lu Ziqian or Lu Jingming?

Both are possible, after all, his father-in-law, Lu Jingming, has regained military power and is guarding the border.

But she felt that the general Wang Ma was referring to was Lu Ziqian.

Because when Wang Ma addressed Lu Jingming, she always habitually called him "Old General" or "Master".

Su Yujiao stood up abruptly, her mind in turmoil. Even though it was very late, she was determined to find out who had died.

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