"Ruoruo, you never hid things from me before. Did someone bully you? I'll go and settle the score for you!"
Gu Yanyue was about to leave when Qin Ruoruo quickly grabbed her and said, "No, you misunderstood."
"That……"
"Today is the anniversary of my mother's death."
Qin Ruoruo finally spoke out, but her heart felt as if a thousand-pound stone was pressing on it, and her brows were drooping.
Gu Yanyue was stunned. She didn't expect it to be like this.
Realizing his impulsiveness just now, he suddenly felt a little embarrassed.
"Auntie... If you accept my condolences, if she were still alive, she would definitely not want to see you like this."
Qin Ruoruo nodded listlessly.
"Are you...going to hold a memorial service for your mother? I can go with you."
"Okay." Qin Ruoruo didn't care and responded casually.
The two men prepared the sacrificial items and rode in a carriage to the moat.
There was no one around here, so they didn't prepare much, as Qin Ruoruo also said to keep it simple.
Gu Yanyue got off the carriage and took out the sacrificial items one by one.
There was no paper money or incense or candles. Qin's mother was an elegant person when she was alive, so every year for the sacrifice, Qin Ruoruo would prepare some lanterns or paper lanterns, float them on the water, and let them go with the water.
Qin's father had a new love and might have forgotten her mother long ago. In the sacrifices in the past few years, Qin's father never showed up and only sent a few servants to deal with it perfunctorily.
But in recent years, even the perfunctory attitude has disappeared, and Qin Ruoruo is the only one left to take care of these things.
Gu Yanyue helped to take out the lantern and suddenly found that there was a very delicate kite at the bottom of the basket.
She paused, and couldn't help but take it out to admire it, and subconsciously asked: "Ruoruo, did you make this?"
Qin Ruoruo was lighting the candle in the lantern by the river and letting it float away with the water.
Only after hearing Gu Yanyue's question did he turn around.
"Yeah." She responded softly, her eyebrows slightly drooping, and her memory went back to the distant past.
Qin Ruoruo's mother loved kites when she was alive and was very skillful. She could make them herself when she was a child and often took her to the river to fly kites.
So after her mother died, she would make it herself and bring it over every year.
After a simple sacrifice, he cut the kite's string and let it fly into the sky carrying his thoughts.
But there were always two years before that when her concubine sister didn't want her to have an easy life. She would deliberately destroy the kites she made by herself after staying up all night, and she would also go to Qin's father to complain first.
The kites that Qin's mother left to her were also damaged by her concubine's sister.
At that time, Qin Ruoruo made a big fuss, but was only scolded by Qin's father, who pointed at her head and scolded her for being ignorant.
As the lanterns were released one by one, Qin Ruoruo's memories were still stuck in the past.
The last lantern floated away with the water. Qin Ruoruo picked up the scissors and cut the kite string.
Looking at Qin Ruoruo who looked listless, Gu Yanyue couldn't help but sigh.
Of course she knew what the situation was at Qin Ruoruo's family. Qin Ruoruo's half-sister was definitely not someone she could easily deal with, and she must have made things difficult for her over the years.
Qin Ruoruo lost her mother again, and her father favored her younger sister. For a time, she was almost helpless.
Gu Yanyue sat by the water, Qin Ruoruo was beside her.
The two did not leave just like that, but sat quietly for a long time.
Qin Ruoruo was unusually quiet today. Gu Yanyue looked at the shimmering water, unsure how to comfort her. She simply said, "Ruoruo, you don't have to keep putting up with Qin Ranran. You can just go and seek revenge on her. But...you have to be careful. After all, Master Qin is blind."
Gu Yanyue's words seemed to have touched Qin Ruoruo's heart. She finally felt a little moved and unwilling, but soon, she became depressed again, "I have nothing, what can I use to take revenge?"
"Who said that? Don't you have me?" Gu Yanyue hooked his arm around her shoulders and smiled as brightly as a painting.
Qin Ruoruo showed a hint of bitterness at the corner of her lips, smiled helplessly, and said: "I don't want to cause you any trouble."
The Qin family didn't know that Qin Ruoruo and Gu Yanyue had such a deep friendship, otherwise they wouldn't dare treat her like this.
But... Gu Yanyue has a special identity after all, and no one knows how many people are watching her. Qin Ruoruo is afraid that she will cause some bad influence on her.
Besides, she didn't want to drag Gu Yanyue down.
After hearing what she said, Gu Yanyue waved her hand to make her position clear. "What kind of trouble is this? If you are not doing well, then I will be upset."
She paused and continued, "Whoever owes you something must pay it back. Everything in this world is a cycle of cause and effect. It's unreasonable for those who did evil things not to pay the price! Besides, Ruoruo, you're not really a fool. You're clearly no worse than anyone else in the capital. Since you have a treasure, you might as well give it a try, even if it's just to get justice for your past self."
The struggles within the deep courtyards have always been complicated and exciting. It is difficult to say whether Qin's mother's death was related to the concubine of the Qin family.
These words finally touched Qin Ruoruo's heart, and she gradually clenched her fists.
It would be fine if Qin's father was partial to her, but why should she allow Qin Ranran to bully her all the time?
No matter what, Qin Ruoruo couldn't continue to be so depressed.
"I understand. Thank you, Yueyue."
"It's as they should be." Gu Yanyue still held her shoulders with his arm around her, looking very relaxed. "Karma has its way. It's time for those people to taste the bitter fruit and pay the price for what they did in the past."
"Yes!" She nodded seriously, a fire burning in her heart, and her eyes gradually became firm.
Even though she is not valued by her family, she is not left with nothing.
She has Gu Yanyue's support behind her, and her unique medical skills and poison skills make few people in the capital city match her.
After figuring it out, Gu Yanyue saw that it was getting late, so he took Qin Ruoruo back home.
Yu Wenran has been extremely busy these past two days and is often not seen for the entire day.
Gu Yanyue often took Qin Ruoruo along to take care of little Wonton.
She knew that Qin Ruoruo also loved children very much, so she discussed it with Yuwen Ran and simply let Xiao Yuntun recognize Qin Ruoruo as his godmother.
Qin Ruoruo was also very happy about this and took good care of Xiao Yuntun.
Little Yuntun is at the stage of babbling. Although he can't say much, he always smiles when he sees Qin Ruoruo. The two seem to get along very well.
That day, the sky outside gradually became cloudy, and suddenly there was a loud thunder in the sky.
Gu Yanyue, who was playing with the child with Qin Ruoruo, put down the rattle in her hand, opened the door and took a look outside the corridor.
The servants were waiting outside the corridor. She glanced at the gray sky and asked, "When will Yuwen come back?"
"Your Majesty, I don't know yet."
Yuwen Ran went out early this morning to discuss things with the Secret Guard Camp.
While the two were briefly talking, raindrops began to fall from the sky, gradually getting heavier, mixed with a damp and cold wind.
Gu Yanyue closed the door and went in, only to find that Qin Ruoruo's face was abnormally pale.
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