Cui Yulu hesitated for a moment, then suddenly burst out laughing.

"How could I not consider this place home? It's just that I still have things to take care of at the clinic."

"If you consider this place your home, then stay for a meal. Otherwise, you're not treating me like your aunt."

Cui Yulu couldn't resist his insistence and had no choice but to stay.

When Han Chunying saw Cui Yulu, her eyes first reddened, and then she hugged her tightly.

"I didn't have time to hug you earlier, but now we can finally have a proper talk."

Han Chunying led her into her room. Cao Qiaoniu had just given birth and was fast asleep.

Cao Qiaoniu was weak after giving birth and didn't have any breast milk, so Liu Meie asked Han Hu to go to Qianjie Hutong to buy cow's milk to feed the two babies.

He left Han Bao and Han Daping to watch the two children while he went to the kitchen to prepare dinner.

The little mute boy waited outside Han Chunying's door for the two of them to talk.

"Yulu, what have you been through these past few days? I've missed you so much."

"It was a very magical experience. After Fu Xiaoyu and I fell off the cliff, we actually landed in the pool below. All the people searching for us couldn't find us. But we were lucky to survive and were rescued by the people at the bottom of the valley, and we lived there ever since."

"Don't you miss my third brother?"

After hesitating for a long time, Han Chunying finally asked the question.

Compared to that barbarian princess, she would much rather Cui Yulu be her sister-in-law.

“We both lost our memories back then, and I always thought Fu Xiaoyu was my husband.”

"So you never thought of my third brother?"

No.

Han Chunying seemed to sense something different, but she was too embarrassed to ask again.

"Stop asking me how things are between you and Lin Yun. He has no family and has always been with the Prince, so you two should be a good match."

Han Chunying blushed when Lin Yun was mentioned.

The girl's shy demeanor told Cui Yulu that the marriage was definitely going to happen.

"I'm actually a little envious of you guys, your lives are so simple and wonderful."

Meeting the right person at the right time is a happy thing.

The person she met was destined not to be with her.

“Yulu, I think you and my third brother still have feelings for each other. We can’t let that princess ruin your relationship. You should try your best to win her over. Even if the worst outcome is that the three of you can be together, right?”

Seeing that she didn't speak, Han Chunying continued, "It's normal for men to have three wives and four concubines these days, especially someone like my third brother who holds a high position. There are some things he can't control. As long as he cares about you, just go ahead and pay your respects."

Cui Yulu remained silent; she couldn't be so magnanimous as to share her husband with another woman.

Besides, it's not like she can't get married.

The little mute boy outside the door was saddened to hear this. He didn't want Cui Yulu to suffer any injustice, not even emotional ones.

"Let's not talk about these things anymore. I plan to come back and run my clinic. Do you still want to come and help me out?"

The topic was suddenly changed, and Han Chunying was caught off guard.

Since meeting Lin Yun, her thoughts have changed. Now she hopes to get married as soon as possible and then settle down to be a good wife and mother. It's not like Lin Yun can't support her.

“Yulu, I think we women should just focus on being good wives and mothers, and there’s no need for us to go out and create trouble for ourselves.”

“Well, everyone has their own ambitions. You and Lin Yun have a stable relationship and so many family members to rely on, so it’s natural for you to think that way. But I can’t. I have no family anymore. I can only rely on myself. That’s the difference between us.”

Han Chunying suddenly realized she had said the wrong thing, but she didn't know how to salvage the situation.

He could only stare at her blankly, without saying a word.

"Alright, I'll go to the kitchen to see how my aunt is cooking and give her a hand."

The moment Cui Yulu turned to leave, Han Chunying suddenly realized that there seemed to be a barrier between them, an insurmountable chasm.

“I’ll go with you, otherwise my mother will make those unpalatable dishes again.”

When Han Chunying came out, she deliberately glanced at the little mute. Yu Lu was never short of men around her, and this little guard was also very handsome.

Meanwhile, Liu Meie, who was busy in the kitchen, was not idle either. During the break from cooking, she called Han Bao over.

"Mom, why did you call me? I'm looking after the baby."

Han Bao reluctantly walked over. His mother must have other things for him to do, and they were probably not easy tasks.

He could guess it with his toes.

"Keep your voice down, you brat. Go to the post station and write a letter to An, telling him to come back as soon as possible, understand?"

"Mother, what are you doing? Han Yu'an is already going to marry the princess, are you trying to play matchmaker?"

Seeing that he was unwilling, Liu Meie picked up a fire poker and whipped his buttocks hard twice.

"You brat, why can't you understand? Our family's good life today is all thanks to the kindness and generosity of others. We can't forget our roots. We should be grateful for what we have to give. Just go already, why all the nonsense?"

Han Bao managed to dodge Liu Meie's fire poker with a few quick movements.

But still reluctantly, he retorted, "Han Yu'an's marriage was decided by the royal families of both countries. Can you change it? What you're doing isn't for her own good; it's pushing her into a fire pit."

"Whether it's entering a fire pit or not, we have to try it. We also need to make things clear about whether there are feelings involved. Otherwise, if we just stay here in ambiguity, will we even be able to see each other again?"

"You can see them all, just make sure they don't meet. Besides, you know why Yulu came to our house in the first place. We came here to bring her good luck in marriage. Now that she can finally live a good life, do you want to drag her back to your house to suffer?"

Han Bao said a lot of things, which angered Liu Meie so much that she swung the fire poker and hit him on the buttocks.

"You little brat, do you think my word doesn't count? Just do what I tell you to do, stop talking nonsense and don't come back for dinner."

Han Bao rubbed his backside and looked at her with dissatisfaction: "Give me money, I don't have money to send you a letter."

Liu Meie glared at him, then took out fifty coins from her purse and gave them to him.

"That's not enough. We also need to find someone to help write the letter, and we'll need a delivery fee, at least one tael of silver."

"I'm not going to kill you, but you've already spent all the pocket money I gave you before. This isn't enough, so you'd better figure it out yourself."

Han Bao realized that if he didn't leave, she might hit him again, so he reluctantly put the silver away.

Just as he was about to leave, he ran into Cui Yulu, who was coming from this side.

"Where is Second Brother going?"

Cui Yulu greeted him with a light laugh.

"What else can you do but do things for the tigress? There's no benefit to it. Be careful of the tigress in the kitchen, she's throwing a tantrum right now."

"You little brat, stop talking nonsense and get lost!"