"Auntie, wake up."
Liu Yue felt like she was hallucinating. How could she hear the voice of the girl from the Su family?
Why is there still the scent of Xihanxiang in the room?
The night wind blew the water vapor from the lake and caressed her warm face. The coolness forced her to open her eyes suddenly.
"You...why are you here?!"
When Liu Yue saw the person in front of her, she was so scared that she jumped up from the recliner and ran behind it.
Liu Yue looked around again and confirmed that this was Cui's Mansion.
"What do you want to do? I didn't steal your child!"
The Su family is really brave, they actually broke into Cui's house at night!
And brought her here without anyone noticing!
Xiao Xier quickly ran over, pulled her hand, and soothed her in a baby voice, "Auntie, don't be afraid! Daddy and Mommy are good people and won't hurt you. After all, you might be Third Brother's aunt."
Liu Yue's heart skipped a beat. How did the Su family know about this?
"I don't know what you're talking about. Cui Mansion is not a place for you. The patrolling guards will be here soon. I advise you to leave quickly. It won't be easy to leave if you're discovered."
Xiao Lingyu smiled and said, "Didn't you notice anything different about the Cui Mansion tonight?"
Once reminded, Liu Yue realized that the surroundings were eerily quiet and the only sound she could hear was the whistling of the wind across the lake.
"We came here tonight specifically to see you. My brother Wen woke up and said he was almost killed by Cui Zhehan. It was you who rushed into the room at the critical moment and saved his life. For this, we want to thank you very much."
Liu Yue subconsciously asked, "How is Wen Ge'er now? Can he speak?"
Xiao Lingyu said, "He can't speak for the time being. He needs some time to recuperate before he can recover. For now, Brother Wen can only talk to us on paper."
Liu Yue breathed a sigh of relief, "Oh, that's good."
"You seem to care about my Wen Ge'er very much. You are willing to save Wen Ge'er even if it means offending your family's head. Why is that?"
"I..." Liu Yue tightened her grip on the recliner, "...I was just passing by. I'm also a mother, and I couldn't bear to hear the child crying, so I went in to stop them. That's all."
"Oh? Is that true?"
Xiao Lingyu picked up Xiao Xier and sat down.
"Brother Wen said he overheard your conversation with Cui Zhehan. You said that except for his ears, he looks like your cousin in every way. You are his aunt, right?"
"I am Yunqian's aunt, and it's not wrong for Wen Ge'er to call me aunt."
Xiao Lingyu: "Aside from his ears, Brother Wen looks like your cousin Song Wan. Is it true that everything else is different?"
"Not like it!" Liu Yue said calmly. She now knew why they came to Cui's house to find her.
Su Xingyi stepped forward and said, "Madam Cui, Young Master Meng said that Wen'er looks very similar to his wife. Not only do they have thick ears with dangling pearls, but their eyebrows, eyes, and nose are also similar. We can now confirm that Wen'er is Zilu's son."
Liu Yue's palms were sweating. The Su family was really not simple. Could it be that they found out that Yunqian was her son?
"What you said is possible. I just saw Brother Wen yesterday. His ears are very obvious, you can tell at a glance. I don't usually interact with my cousin, and her face... I can't remember it clearly."
"Madam Cui, I'm sure you've heard about my brother Jie, the eldest son of the Lu family. I found this child at a mass grave outside the city and brought him home to raise. I think fate had its own plan for him to be reunited with his family. He also learned that the perpetrators of his persecution were his second and fourth aunts..."
Su Xingyi paused, looked at Liu Yue's expression, and continued, "I also picked up Wen Ge'er from the mass grave outside the city and raised him. But the child couldn't speak when I found him. Later, my wife found out that he was poisoned by a villain, and his throat was damaged, which is why he can't speak!"
Liu Yue felt a sudden pain in her heart, and her calm face almost faltered.
The scene from that year appeared before his eyes again. His breathing became unstable for a moment, but soon returned to normal.
Xiao Lingyu saw her reaction and said, "Brother Wen was still in his cradle at the time, such a tiny baby. What kind of vicious person would want to poison him? Luckily, he was blessed with good fortune and survived!"
"Third brother was poisoned and rendered mute! Mother! We must find the culprit and make him feel the pain of being poisoned and unable to speak!"
Xiao Xier said angrily, "Was that old man Cui the villain who persecuted Third Brother yesterday?!"
"I'll have to ask this young aunt about that." Xiao Lingyu stroked Xiao Xi'er's little head and looked at Liu Yue. "Madam Cui, we can come to you tonight because we have a lot of clues. Why did the Cui family murder innocent babies?"
"Madam Su!" Liu Yue was furious. "I don't know what you are talking about. How could our Cui family murder a newborn child?"
Liu Yue could only use an angry tone to cover up her inner panic at the moment.
"Mrs. Cui, you must not get angry. Your health is more important. The prescription I prescribed for you requires you to rest and recuperate."
Seeing Liu Yue calm down, Xiao Lingyu continued, "You said that your Cui family wouldn't do anything to a baby, but yesterday Cui Zhehan tried to strangle my son to death. Isn't that contradictory?"
"I……"
"Since our family came to Huayang County, Wen Ge'er has been wearing a mask. No one except the Lu family has ever seen his face underneath the mask, not even Meng Zilu... It was that day when we were invited by the Meng family to take the children to the Meng family for horseback riding, and something went wrong. Wen Ge'er's mask accidentally slipped off while he was riding the pony. Then, Wen Ge'er was captured and brought to the Cui family's house. I can't help but suspect that the villain who persecuted Wen Ge'er back then was Cui Zhehan! That's why we came here to find you tonight!"
After Xiao Lingyu finished speaking, he looked at Liu Yue with burning eyes.
It was a cool autumn night, but Liu Yue was actually sweating coldly.
"Mrs. Su, you've got the wrong person. I don't know anything."
"You really don't know? Why did you appear in that courtyard yesterday? You were the only female in the family!"
“…I…I was just passing by.”
Liu Yue didn't expect Xiao Lingyu to be so aggressive, and she was actually unable to resist.
"Passing by? If I remember correctly, your family of three came back from the Song Mansion, your husband was beaten with a stick, and you were grounded!"
"You...how do you know?"
Xiao Lingyu sneered, "We don't know where the perpetrators of Wen Ge'er are yet? Wen Ge'er's ears are so distinctive, they could easily be spotted by the perpetrators. We naturally have to pay attention to the people and things around Wen Ge'er to prevent him from being hurt again!"
Liu Yue was shocked. The Su family was so cautious!
Fortunately, Wen Ge'er was picked up and raised by the Su family.
"You weren't just passing by yesterday. You went there specifically to confirm what Wen Ge'er looked like. There was a bowl with a few grains of porridge on the table in the room, which means you fed Wen Ge'er porridge."
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