Li Xiyue nodded vigorously and said, "Mom, I'm your child, the child you've been looking for for so long! Mom, I'm here, look at me!!"

She looked at Cheng Xiaohui with longing. Having lived through two lifetimes, she was still a child no one loved or cared for...

How much she longed to be like other children, to have parents who loved her!

Cheng Xiaohui stared intently at Li Xiyue, her withered hand slowly rising and gently placing it on Li Xiyue's cheek...

"child……"

Li Xiyue's tears flowed like a burst dam, sliding down her cheeks and her mother's fingers.

She choked back tears and said, "Mom! It's me, Yue'er, the Yue'er that Jin Cuicui switched at birth!"

When Cheng Xiaohui heard the name Jin Cuicui, her calm gaze instantly turned sharp!

Like a trapped beast, she screamed hysterically, "Kill Jin Cuicui! Kill Jin Cuicui!"

She shoved Li Xiyue aside, opened the door, and ran outside.

Li Xiyue quickly caught up, grabbed her mother's arm, and pulled her back, saying, "Let's go home! I'll tell you when we get home!"

Every household in the courtyard had a stove, and her mother was rushing out like this because she was afraid her mother would get burned.

Cheng Xiaohui was being held by the arm by Li Xiyue and couldn't run away. Her eyes were bloodshot, and she screamed, "Kill Jin Cuicui! Kill Jin Cuicui!"

The aunties and grandmas in the courtyard all rushed over to help Li Xiyue, and together they pushed Cheng Xiaohui back to her room.

Aunt Zhang sighed repeatedly and said, "Why has he gone mad again? Yue'er, did you give him his medicine?"

Li Xiyue said, "I took my medicine. I was fine just now, I don't know how..."

Aunt Zhang lowered her voice and said, "You absolutely must not mention Jin Cuicui in front of her, she goes crazy when she hears that name!"

Oh! Poor thing! Even her own daughter doesn't come to see her. Luckily, she has you, her cousin!

"You haven't had breakfast yet, have you? Wait for me to bring you some; my family made dumpling soup."

Li Xiyue quickly thanked her, "Aunt Zhang, thank you. I'll take my aunt to the breakfast place later and take her out for a walk; maybe it will help her."

Looking at Cheng Xiaohui, who had quieted down, Aunt Zhang said, "Alright then, it's good for you to take her out for a walk to clear her head."

Aunt Zhang and her neighbors shook their heads as they left Cheng Xiaohui's room, gossiping among themselves.

Li Xiyue closed the door, walked up to her mother, and gently tidied the stray hairs that had fallen across her mother's forehead with her fingers.

At this moment, Cheng Xiaohui was like a doll that had lost its power, completely devoid of energy, and had returned to the dazed and silly state she had been in yesterday.

Li Xiyue's brows furrowed into a knot as she said in her spatial dimension, "It's only just gotten a little better. It's all my fault. I shouldn't have mentioned Jin Cuicui."

The system said, "You didn't know this would happen, so it's not your fault. Think about it, your mother regained some of her senses after just one dose of medicine. If she takes it for a few more days, she should be completely cured!"

Li Xiyue said, "The medicinal effects of the Chinese medicine in this space are dozens of times stronger than those of medicine outside. Based on this multiplier, drinking this medicine for one day is equivalent to drinking it for dozens of days. My mother's illness will be cured in just a few days!"

The system said, "That's right! Your mother will be cured in a few days! Today is another hopeful day! Hahaha!"

A smile slowly appeared on Li Xiyue's face. Yes, it was another hopeful day!

Mom will get better soon!

She rummaged through her mother's trunk but couldn't find a single decent piece of clothing; all the clothes were patched.

There was no other way but to let Mom wear the patched clothes for now, and then I would take her to the cooperative to buy new clothes.

She helped her mother to the washbasin, washed her face, and brushed her teeth.

Once Cheng Xiaohui calmed down, she became more aware of herself. When a water cup and toothbrush were handed to her, she knew to brush her teeth.

Li Xiyue took Cheng Xiaohui to the breakfast shop. She wondered how long it had been since Cheng Xiaohui had gone out. When she saw the sun, she would subconsciously lower her head.

In this era, everything was state-owned. Cooperatives were state-owned, as were breakfast shops and steamed bun shops.

There was a long queue in front of the oil fryer at the breakfast stall, with everyone waiting for their fried dough sticks.

Li Xiyue first went to the cashier to buy a tag. Different foods had different tags, and the tags indicated the type and quantity of breakfast.

She bought two fried dough sticks and two bowls of wontons.

In this era, there were no wontons; wontons had large fillings, while dumpling fillings were small.

Wontons are perfect for this era of meat scarcity.

The breakfast section has long tables and benches.

She found two empty seats and let her mother sit down and wait for her.

She stood at the very back of the line selling fried dough sticks.

The system shouted into the space, "Look behind you! Behind you!"

Li Xiyue turned around and saw Li Wenbo and Mu Jiuhong leading their daughter Li Yan into the breakfast shop.

Li Wenbo held his daughter's hand the whole time, and Li Yan's head rested slightly on Li Wenbo's arm.

Li Xiyue saw again the honey-sweet smile on Li Yan's face, and the world-melting love in Li Wenbo's eyes.

As Mu Jiuhong followed the family of three, she immediately spotted Cheng Xiaohui sitting on the long bench.

She raised an eyebrow, rolled her eyes, and said aggressively, "What bad luck! I actually saw her! How come that kind of woman is still alive?"

She really has the nerve to live! She really has the nerve to come out and eat! If I did something so wrong to my husband, I would have died right there against the wall!

Li Wenbo's gaze lingered on Cheng Xiaohui's back for only half a second before he looked away.

His brows furrowed deeply, forming two deep lines. Every time he saw Cheng Xiaohui, his thoughts were pulled back to more than ten years ago.

Cheng Xiaohui got her quota to return to the city before him. He finally got his quota and spent a day and a night traveling to get back to his home in the capital city.

However, the moment he opened the door, he found his wife in bed with another man...

This is a disgrace that a man can never tolerate!

He immediately decided to divorce Cheng Xiaohui and reported the case to the police station.

In this era, engaging in illicit sexual relations is considered a crime of hooliganism, and Cheng Xiaohui was sentenced to three years in prison.

What disgusted him the most was that Cheng Xiaohui refused to admit that she had been seeing other men and even cried and cried in front of him, claiming that she was innocent!

He saw it with his own eyes, how could it be fake?!

This resentment had been bottled up in his heart for a long time. Even though Cheng Xiaohui received the punishment she deserved, this matter was still a knot in his heart that he couldn't untie!

Even if he didn't want to admit it, he had to admit that Cheng Xiaohui was the only woman he had ever truly loved!

Li Xiyue was truly glad that the seat she had found for Cheng Xiaohui was facing away from the main entrance, and also that none of Li Wenbo's family knew her.

She wrote in her online space, "Damn it! Why are they here? My mom's mental state right now can't take any more shocks. She can't see them, she can't have a fight with them!"