The three entered through the back door of the clinic.

The boy snatched the bundle from the young man's hand and placed it on the stool. He crossed his arms and said seriously, "Mother... no, Father, are we leaving again this time?"

As far back as he can remember, it seems that he is transferred by his mother every now and then.

And once it's time to leave, my mother will pack three big bundles.

The young man was none other than Su Youran, who was disguised as a man. When she took the man's pulse in the fishing village, she discovered that he was a highly skilled martial artist.

She knew she was leaving again.

So they quickly packed their things with their children, slipped out the back door, went to a dense forest, led out their well-hidden horse, hitched it to a carriage, and headed straight for Nanzhen.

She also runs a small clinic in town, and often comes here to see patients for ten days or half a month, then returns to the fishing village for ten days or half a month.

When she practiced medicine in town, she dressed as a man and asked her two children to call her "Daddy".

She hugged the two children tightly. "Qianqian, Wanwan, get some rest tonight. We'll pack up and leave tomorrow. It's nice to live somewhere else!"

Qianqian looked serious and didn't want to talk.

Wanwan burst into tears upon hearing this, "Mother, I can't bear to part with Sister Lin, I can't bear to part with Aunt Zhang, I can't bear to part with Brother Ashun..."

You Ran pinched her nose and said with a smile, "You can't bear to part with the five coins that Sister Lin gives you every day, the fried meatballs that Aunt Zhang makes for you, or the roasted sparrows that Brother Ashun gives you, can you?"

Wanwan hummed, "That's because I can't bear to part with it!"

"Do you remember when we left the foot of that mountain last time, you cried and said you didn't want to leave Grandma Liu... But now, do you still remember her?"

Wanwan, being so young, shook her head somewhat blankly.

After the mother and her two children finished their dinner and washed up, they lay down to rest.

You Ran was mentally planning how to find a buyer to take over her shop the next day when she heard the door being gently pushed open, and Qian Qian tiptoed in.

She sat up abruptly. "Qianqian?"

Wasn't he asleep? Or was he sleepwalking?

Qianqian nodded, her large, grape-like black eyes shining in the darkness. "Mother, tell me honestly, are you a fugitive the government is after? The one whose name was posted on the city gate when we entered the city?"

You Ran was both amused and exasperated. "Why would Qianqian think that way?"

"If not, why do we have to run away every year or two? Mother, if you're not a fugitive, why do you run away?"

A sense of guilt welled up in You Ran's heart.

When the child was young and didn't understand, now that the child is growing up, won't they also grow tired of this kind of life?

Qianqian continued, "Brother Lin Xiaosi has Sister Lin, Grandpa and Grandma, Uncle and Aunt, and many brothers and sisters. They all have many families, why don't we?"

You Ran's throat tightened. "Qianqian, what kind of family do you want?"

Qianqian said definitively, "I want a daddy!"

“Your mother said that your father might already be dead…” She wasn’t lying; hadn’t that scoundrel said six years ago that he was going to die soon?

"That's just a possibility!" Qianqian said, somewhat angrily. "In my heart, Father won't die!"

"Waaah... Daddy won't die!" Wanwan's sobs came from outside the door.

Then, that evening, she came running in with her short legs, climbed onto the bed, and threw herself into You Ran's arms. "Mother! Is Father really dead? Father can't be dead, right?!"

You Ran: ...

Those brats! They're all like this, protecting each other without even having met them?

She gritted her teeth and said, "Fine, I'll find you a father in a few days!"

Qianqian was taken aback, but quickly calmed down and said coldly, "Mother, we don't want a stepfather!"

You Ran: !!!

After saying that, Qianqian carried her younger sister and walked out.

Outside, you could still hear Wanwan's clear voice asking, "Brother, what is a stepfather?"

"The father that Widow Li's son called out to was his stepfather!"

You Ran: ...

Son, do you know too much?

The front half of the clinic was a pharmacy. When she wasn't there, a clerk would run the pharmacy and dispense medicine according to prescriptions for customers.

The next day, when she appeared at the pharmacy, the clerk greeted her with a look of delight, "Boss, you're finally back! A couple has been waiting for you for five or six days! I'll go tell them right away!"

This wasn't the first time something like this had happened. When she wasn't at the clinic, she would claim she was going to the mountains to gather herbs, and some of her regular customers would wait for her to return before coming for a consultation. Occasionally, a few customers who came specifically because of her reputation would also keep track of when she would return.

She called out to the shop assistant, "No rush, I have urgent business to attend to on a long trip, and this shop needs to be sold. Could you go to the brokerage firm and tell them that the price is negotiable as long as it's in cash?"

The man was shocked. After confirming with her several times, he went out to do his job with a worried look on his face.

She sat back in the consultation room, thinking that this was the last day of her consultation, so she might as well waive the consultation fee and offer a 20% discount on the medicine, which would be a good way to promote the business.

She then found paper and pen to write the advertisement.

When Qianqian and Wanwan saw that the shopkeeper was not there, they obediently took turns sweeping the floor and cutting up medicine packets.

Looking at the two children leisurely, a sense of conflict arose in her heart for the first time.

Soon, the shop assistant led the two into the consultation room. "Dr. Physician, these are the Mr. and Mrs. Huang I mentioned earlier. They have come from afar and have been waiting for you for several days. As soon as they heard you were back, they rushed over."

After saying this, he asked the two to sit down in front of You Ran, then turned and left.

You Ran hummed in response without looking up, continuing to write today's promotional sign at her desk. Just as she finished writing, she carefully picked it up and placed it aside to dry before finally glancing at the two of them.

Upon seeing it, I was immediately shocked.

A gentle smile slowly spread across his face. "Which of you two needs a medical consultation?"

The woman looked embarrassed. "Perhaps it's mainly me, or perhaps my husband will also want to see it."

You Ran immediately understood, "Are you two having problems with having offspring?"

The woman nodded, staring intently at You Ran's face.

Without making a sound, You Ran gestured for her to rest her wrist on his head, and then placed three fingers on her wrist.

Her pinky finger was raised and trembling slightly, revealing the turmoil in her heart.

The two people in front of me are Emperor Shunqing and Consort Zhou!

Oh no, after the Empress was executed along with her entire clan, Consort Zhou was posthumously honored as Empress Zhou! Now she is Empress Dowager Zhou.

Although it had been five years since they last met, these two were the most distinguished people in the world, so of course she remembered them!

Furthermore, she knew that Chu Heng had ascended the throne two years ago, but there had been no news of the deaths of Emperor Shunqing and Empress Dowager Zhou. She assumed that perhaps the two had suffered from the poison they had been poisoned with years ago and had retired to recuperate.

I never expected to see them here!