Chapter 152: Ghost Tears
Jing Shu and Shao Wanyan were unable to disembark from the carriage and could only watch it continue forward.
Jingwu watched the carriage drive further and further away before his tense body finally relaxed.
She thanked Yue Huai and then quickly returned to the house.
When she first came down from the mountain, she longed for the love of her father and mother, but after being abandoned and treated unfairly, she could no longer have any hope for this mother.
He didn't turn her away completely, and was even willing to provide financial assistance, which was already out of consideration for the fact that she gave birth to him.
Jingwu returned to the house, lay on the bed with his eyes closed, intending to process all of this alone.
Fortunately, she digested it quickly.
The next day, Jingwu got up very early and set up a stall on the street.
As soon as I sat down, someone came up to me to calculate an auspicious day.
The three people who came today all came to have their fortunes told and to choose an auspicious day.
After quickly finishing his calculations, Jingwu turned and walked towards the orphanage, donating half of his income for the day.
Upon returning to the villa, they happened to see Shao Chengrui and Yan Shengming getting off the carriage.
Her eyes lit up, and she quickly walked forward: "Cousin, have you finished your exams?"
"Yes, the results will be available in a few days." Shao Chengrui smiled and patted his younger sister's head, looking her over carefully: "Why do you look a little thinner? Have you not been eating properly these past few days?"
Jingwu touched his face and said as he walked inside, "No, I don't think I've lost weight. I think you and Young Master Yan have lost a lot of weight, cousin. Is the food at the examination hall bad?"
"I……"
Just as Shao Chengrui was about to speak, the person next to him interrupted him.
"Hey, you know what, the food in the examination hall is really bad. The place is so small, you eat and use the toilet all in one room. How can anyone eat like that?"
Yan Shengming walked over to her while complaining, touched his unshaven chin, and continued, "Sigh, my well-maintained body must have lost several pounds during the holiday."
Jingwu was amused by his exaggerated statement and walked into the front hall, where the three of them sat at a round table and drank tea.
She suddenly remembered something, turned to look at the boy, and said, "Cousin, now that your exams are over, why don't you find some time to bring your aunt, uncle, and those two younger cousins over?"
Shao Chengrui nodded upon hearing this: "I have thought about this. I was planning to write home after the palace examination to share the good news and mention it at the same time. I wonder how my mother is doing now, and whether she can withstand the long journey."
Jingwu remembered that his aunt was pregnant, so he immediately did some divination and got a good result, which made him smile.
"Don't worry, cousin. Your aunt is strong and healthy now."
"That's good."
After exchanging a few more words in the front hall, Shao Chengrui and Yan Shengming went back to their rooms to sleep.
I haven't been eating or sleeping well these past few days. Now that the exams are finally over, I definitely need to catch up on some sleep.
As Shao Chengrui entered the courtyard, he saw the butler hurrying away, smiling as he addressed him.
“Young Master Shao, I have prepared a new courtyard for you. Please stay there for the next few days.”
Feeling puzzled, Shao Chengrui looked into the courtyard and saw the old women carrying blood-stained quilts and sheets as they came out. He asked in surprise.
"How can there be so much blood?"
The butler sighed deeply and then said, "Miss Jing's mother came to our door yesterday and had a little argument with the young lady, which led to her going into labor. It was an emergency, so we carried her into this courtyard and let her give birth here."
"A-Wu's mother?" Shao Chengrui was a little stunned when he heard this, but after a moment he realized that it was his aunt.
If the housekeeper hadn't mentioned it, he would have forgotten that Ah Wu had a mother.
Shao Chengrui recalled what his aunt had done and felt utterly disgusted.
When he was little, all he remembered was that his aunt looked down on his mother after she married into the Jing family.
One year during the Spring Festival, my family of five went to the Jing family to pay New Year's respects. My aunt arrogantly told my mother that my father should divorce my mother and find him a woman from a better family and with better looks.
Father refused, and started arguing with Aunt. During the argument, Aunt pushed Mother, causing Mother to miscarry that winter and also harming her health.
At that time, my two younger brothers were too young to remember this incident.
But I had already started to remember things by then, and I hadn't forgotten this incident.
Since that incident, my family had no contact with this aunt until A-Wu came to my home.
He only learned from his parents' conversation that Awu had been abandoned by his aunt and brought back by his father, which made him have an even worse impression of this aunt.
Shao Chengrui's face grew increasingly pale. He harbored resentment towards his aunt, but he also knew that she was, after all, his sister's biological mother, and Awu couldn't simply abandon her.
He took a deep breath, suppressed his thoughts, and forced a smile as he asked, "Is Aunt still inside?"
"They're gone. The girl was very decisive; she rented a room outside and had her mother and sister move in there yesterday morning."
Upon hearing this answer, Shao Chengrui breathed a sigh of relief. Luckily, he had moved out; otherwise, he really wouldn't know how to face his aunt.
He twitched the corner of his mouth, and after a moment, realizing something was wrong, he asked again, "Did something happen?"
The steward looked at the person in front of him, hesitated, but couldn't help but say, "Even we servants can see that the madam favors her other daughter. How could Miss Awu not see that?"
Upon hearing this, Shao Chengrui immediately understood. He didn't ask any more questions, turned around and went back into his room, thinking about how to make his sister happy.
Meanwhile, Jingwu was sitting cross-legged in the feng shui array in the backyard, cultivating.
Two hours later, she stood up refreshed and walked out of the formation.
Looking up, I saw a single ghost tear floating in front of me.
Jingwu reached out in surprise to catch it, and the crystal-clear ghost tears fell into his palm.
How could there be ghost tears here?
She turned her head and looked around, and then saw the boy standing not far away.
Jingwu's eyebrows curved into a smile as she looked at him: "Where did you get those ghost tears?"
Yue Huai walked towards him, looking a little embarrassed: "I got it when I was catching ghosts before, but I didn't care for it back then, so I gave it to a friend. I ran into that friend yesterday, so I asked him to take it back."
Of course, it wasn't a friend he met by chance; he went looking for her on purpose. Yesterday, he asked the housekeeper what could make a girl happy.
The housekeeper said that hairpins, silks, satins, and other sparkly items are what girls love most.
Yue Huai thought that Jing Wu might not like hairpins, jewelry, or silk fabrics, so it would be safer to get something sparkly.
Then he thought of Ghost Tears, and rushed back to Xuanmen overnight, relentlessly pestering them to get Ghost Tears back.
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