On the night of August 14th, the night sky was clear and the moon was bright.

At four quarters past the hour of the twilight, Hua Qingcheng let go of Mu Lige's hand and reluctantly sent him to the door of the Hua family in the east of the village.

"Rest early, I'll come pick you up tomorrow morning."

Hua Qingcheng looked at Mu Lige with her eyes full of love, raised her hands and gently stroked his shoulders, then moved forward and pecked him lightly on the lips.

"good!"

Mu Lige raised the corners of his lips, his eyes as bright as stars, and looked at Hua Qingcheng affectionately.

Faced with the warm and soft beauty in his arms, Mu Lige stretched out his hands and tightly wrapped them around Hua Qingcheng's slender waist, which was as thin as a hand, and leaned over to give her a gentle and affectionate kiss in return.

“Cough cough cough…”

Hua's father spoke at the right time, interrupting the sweet conversation between the two young wives and husbands.

"Li Ge, go back to your room and rest early. You have to get up early tomorrow."

"Qingcheng, why don't you go back first? You two shouldn't stay together tonight. It's just one night. Won't you see each other tomorrow morning?"

Ye Maochun was naturally pleased and happy to see his daughter and her husband so loving. But considering their wedding was tomorrow, he hoped they would just hold back for the sake of good luck.

"Okay, Dad."

Mu Lige was slightly embarrassed when he said this to Hua Fu. He was so focused on kissing Hua Qingcheng goodbye that he completely forgot about Hua Fu and his younger brothers standing beside him.

"Wife, you go back first. We will go back soon."

Situ Ye, like Hua's father, just wanted to get Hua Qingcheng out of the way as soon as possible. The four of them had to add makeup to their eldest brother later, and it wouldn't be convenient if she was there...

"Alright, alright! You four shouldn't stay too late, come back early."

Hua Qingcheng's lips twitched slightly. Did she marry this doctor for the whole family? They all dared to complain that she was in the way?

The wife is not strong enough, the wife is not strong enough, the wife is not strong enough...

"Qingcheng, don't worry, we will go back after we are done." Si Chengfeng smiled as if he were in spring breeze, but there was a hint of cunning in his eyes.

Recently, Hua Qingcheng was busy moving, then busy with the housewarming ceremony, and then busy preparing for the wedding. Si Chengfeng has also been living in Huaqiao Village to help these days.

Seeing Hua Qingcheng being humiliated in front of Hua Fu and Situ Erge, Si Chengfeng secretly laughed in his heart. Hua Fu and Hua Qingcheng really are a match made in heaven.

Under everyone's expectant gaze, Hua Qingcheng finally set foot on the country road back to the Hua residence at the end of the village. Her father, Ye Maochun, also led Mu Lige to the west wing in the backyard, while Situ Ye, Han Yichen, Yu Xiaotian, and Si Chengfeng waited outside.

"Li Ge, you've worked so hard these years!" Ye Maochun took Mu Li Ge's hand and sat down at the table, looking at his daughter's doctor with a distressed look on his face.

"Dad, stop saying that. You and Mom have been so kind to Li Ge, and it's my duty to serve you."

Mu Lige's eyes reddened slightly. A glass of water poured for one's parents when they were alive was better than ten sticks of incense burning at their graves when they were gone.

"I know my daughter well. She was indeed a very bad person in the past. Fortunately, you took care of her. Otherwise, I don't know what she would have become now."

Ye Maochun narrowed his eyes, swallowed the bitterness in his heart, and then took out something wrapped in cloth from his arms.

"Dad, what is this?"

Mu Lige looked at Hua's father Ye Maochun in surprise, and saw him opening the round ball layer by layer. Finally, when he opened the tenth layer of cloth, a milky white jade pendant was revealed.

"This is what I put together with Qingcheng's swaddling clothes when I found her. Now that she has finally started a family and established a career, I can safely entrust it to you."

"Picked up Qingcheng?"

Mu Lige's dark eyes widened slightly, and he was shocked.

"Yeah." Ye Maochun's eyes were moist, and the smile in his pair of phoenix eyes suddenly disappeared.

"Sixteen years ago in the winter, I gave birth to a daughter. Unfortunately, she was unlucky and died just two days after she was born."

"It was a very cold night. After the baby in my arms took his last sip of milk, his body began to slowly grow cold..."

"When I was heartbroken, I suddenly heard the faint cry of a baby outside the door. I asked your mother to help me go to the door to check, and I found a newborn baby in a wooden basin placed at our door."

"It was extremely cold, and the baby was only wrapped in a thin yellow swaddling cloth. His face was red from the cold, so I quickly asked your mother to bring the basin containing the baby back into the house."

"Just as my unlucky daughter passed away, this baby came to our home. I think this must be fate arranged by God. Your mother and I raised her as our own daughter."

"In order to prevent the villagers from gossiping, we could only quietly bury my unlucky daughter. That's why everyone thought Qingcheng was born to me and your mother."

Mu Lige took out the handkerchief from her arms and gently wiped away the tears from the corners of Hua Fu's eyes.

"Dad, why are you telling me this? Why not just tell Qingqing directly?"

Ye Maochun stuffed the jade pendant into Mu Li Ge's arms and smiled gently.

"Li Ge, I've known your character for the past six years. You're a steady person, so I feel at ease leaving Qingcheng in your care."

"Only those who are extremely poor and miserable, unable to survive, would be so cruel as to abandon a child on someone else's doorstep. But the exquisite swaddling clothes this child is wrapped in, and the precious jade pendant, all indicate that she was probably not abandoned because of poverty."

"Whether it's because they have enemies, or because they were ostracized because of her wealthy family background, or because they simply didn't want her and abandoned her...it's not a good thing anyway. I just hope Qingcheng can live a peaceful and happy life."

"When I found Qingcheng, besides the yellow swaddling clothes, this jade pendant was probably the only keepsake she had. If her parents hadn't abandoned her, if... if one day Qingcheng's biological parents came looking for her and I was gone, then there would be someone who could tell her the truth."

"Okay, Dad, I promise you."

Mu Lige examined the jade pendant in her hand and discovered it was made of the finest mutton-fat jade. It was pure, bright in color, a milky white with a hint of yellow. It was also tightly structured, with fine, evenly distributed particles. It was undoubtedly priceless jade.

The oval-shaped jade pendant is meticulously carved and exquisitely crafted. One side is engraved with a figure depicting a goddess holding a peach, while the other side also features the character "Ling." A red agate is placed between the brown hanging cord and the pendant. The brown tassel beneath the pendant is also made of fine ice silk, creating a beautiful drape.

Mu Lige lowered her eyes slightly. Anyone who could afford such a noble jade pendant must be of extraordinary status. She just wondered who her little wife's biological parents were? And why would they abandon their newborn daughter?