As soon as Jiang Sheng stepped inside, the other woman guarding the door returned.
Hearing the words "Miss Jiang the Third", she was a little confused. Didn't Miss Jiang the Third just go in with her people? Why is she here again?
However, given the family's prestigious background, he figured no one would dare to impersonate them, so he felt relieved and chatted and laughed with the person opposite him.
Inside Yuzhenfang.
Jiang Sheng was also puzzled. When did the Jiang family produce a third young lady? There was indeed a Jiang San, but he was a real boy.
As she pondered, she searched for Qiao Yuhe's figure within the Yuzhenfang.
Unaware that two slender figures in front of them were frowning and looking over.
"We barely arrived and someone's already impersonating us. Anshui County is truly a remote and impoverished place; they'd even do something this despicable!" someone said sarcastically.
Jiang Sheng looked up in confusion, but realized she didn't recognize the person, so she lowered her head and continued searching.
"Ha, they've actually learned to play dumb. It's true what they say, a lowly place breeds lowly people, the lowest of the low who can't be brought to the table." The man was so angry he seemed to be trembling.
She even complained to those around her, "Miss, this wretched girl is impersonating you, aren't you going to do anything about it?"
Hearing this, Jiang Sheng belatedly realized that she must have gotten in thanks to "Miss Jiang the Third", only to bump into the real person in Yuzhenfang.
She stared intently at the Third Miss Jiang and saw a young girl who was about the same age as her but exuded an air of nobility. She looked vaguely familiar.
I think I saw it at the entrance of Youranju in Fucheng last year.
At that time, she was full of pride and arrogance, with a detached and unworldly air. Jiang Sheng was like a mouse digging a hole in the ground, making her dislike him but not worth paying attention to.
But now, her face is solemn and her eyes are cold, as if she has experienced several blows and has become somewhat ruthless and decisive.
When the maidservant brought the accusation to her with encouragement, Miss Jiang stared coldly at Jiang Sheng, as if she was about to explode in anger at any moment.
This wasn't the first time Xiao Jiangsheng had seen this kind of look.
In the past, when she stole food and drinks, and was discovered by her employer, she would almost always be looked at like this, and before long, she would definitely get a beating.
After being beaten many times, Jiang Sheng gained experience: don't resist or beg for mercy, just grit your teeth and endure it. Once you close your eyes and open them again, it will be over.
If you're smart, it would be better to kneel down and take the beating.
But after being pampered by her five older brothers for so long, and influenced by her eldest brother's dignity and integrity, Jiang Sheng suddenly felt her legs stiffen, and she felt like... she couldn't kneel down anymore.
Just as Jiang Sheng was struggling with the conflict between being beaten and maintaining her dignity, and as Miss Jiang's gaze grew increasingly cold.
A figure suddenly rushed in.
"Huanhuan." He was bright and cheerful, standing in front of Miss Jiang, dispelling the surrounding gloom. "Don't be stubborn anymore, your parents have come to pick you up from Fengjing."
Miss Jiang was taken aback at first, then quickly smiled, and as she smiled, tears streamed down her face again.
She choked back tears softly, "I thought... my parents didn't want to acknowledge me, that they would abandon me..."
"No, you will always be the third young lady of the Jiang family, and the daughter your parents love the most." Jiang Chengyuan comforted her. "This time, because you were angry with your parents, you didn't go back to Anshui County for three whole months. Your parents miss you terribly. Why don't you come with me to see them?"
"You mean, Father and Mother are outside?" Miss Jiang asked, both surprised and delighted. "I'll go right now."
After saying that, he hurriedly walked out.
But after taking two steps, she felt hesitant and turned back to pull Jiang Chengzong, saying, "Brother, I want you to come with me."
"Okay," Jiang Chengyuan replied, his face full of doting affection.
They left happily, and even the maidservant forgot what had just happened.
Jiang Sheng breathed a sigh of relief and finally poked her head out. She vaguely felt that someone was watching her. When she turned her head, she saw Qiao Yuhe standing in the corner, looking at her with pity.
Great opportunity!
Jiang Sheng reached out and pinched herself on the waist. Her round eyes instantly filled with tears. She staggered to Qiao Yuhe's side and only managed to utter two words, "Mother..."
According to Jiang San's investigation, Qiao Yuhe's eldest daughter is about the same age as Jiang Sheng.
Perhaps it was because of the difficulties she had just faced that Qiao Yuhe felt sorry for her, or perhaps it was because she loved her so much that she extended her affection to her. In any case, by the time Jiang Sheng came to her senses, she had already been settled in the rest room of Yuzhenfang.
Qiao Yuhe was sitting opposite her, with a stack of osmanthus cakes that little girls love and two cups of honey tea on the round table.
"Thank you, Madam." Jiang Sheng smiled sweetly and took two bites of the osmanthus cake.
Qiao Yuhe's eyes were full of tenderness. "Eat slowly."
Jiang Sheng nodded while taking large gulps of honey tea, and when she choked, she had to swallow it down.
Throughout this time, Qiao Yuhe maintained a gentle and serene smile, showing no impatience whatsoever.
Jiang Sheng felt relieved. She swallowed the last bite of pastry, tilted her head back, and said sweetly and obediently, "Auntie, I have something to tell you, something I want to tell you alone."
At first, Qiao Yuhe didn't care, but when Jiang Sheng took out a piece of paper from his sleeve and revealed the words "Qin Feng" written on it, her expression changed drastically, and she made an excuse to send the maid away.
Just as Xu Mo judged, ten years of a life of wealth did not make Qiao Yuhe forget her original intention. She always remembered that she was a daughter-in-law of the Qin family and that the person she loved was a bright and cheerful young man named Qin Feng.
She stayed with the Sun family for the sake of her seven or eight family members, hoping that her parents could live out their old age in peace, that her brother and sister-in-law could live in safety, and that her nephews and nieces could grow up healthy.
But now, she finally knows that her family members had already perished ten years ago.
Qiao Yuhe was terrified, weeping, anxious, uneasy, regretful, and trembling.
But no matter what, we can't go back to ten years ago, and our deceased loved ones can't come back either.
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