She knew very well that any concern, sympathy or softness towards the Qin family would be unfair to those who truly loved her.

"Madam, I think..." Qin Huaiyu said hesitantly, "Perhaps the young lady has suffered a lot of injustice in the mansion, so she came to find Madam and missed the good things about her..."

The young lady had never expressed her desire to find the first lady, and she even had a deep dislike for her.

This appearance was indeed surprising.

"Really?" Sheng Yunrong put down the chopsticks in her hand and slowly walked to the door.

"Mother! Mother! Wuuuuuuu!" Qin Huaiyu cried heartbreakingly, rain and tears intertwined together, regret and annoyance filled her heart, "Mother, I was wrong! Your daughter understands that you have always been doing this for my own good! Mother! I was wrong! I was really wrong! Your daughter knows she was wrong, and she will never dare to disobey you again! Mother, please let me in! Please let me in!"

Sheng Yunrong opened the door, and Qin Huaiyu almost fell to the ground accidentally.

She was ragged and covered in mud, but her pretty face remained intact.

Sheng Yunrong stood in front of her, and Xiang Zhu held an oil-paper umbrella for her.

"Mom, you are willing to see me! You are willing to see me!" Qin Huaiyu's eyes were red. Regardless of the pain of rain soaking into the corners of his eyes, he looked up and stared at Sheng Yunrong.

"Mom, please come back to the Qin Mansion with me! Please go back!" Qin Huaiyu's voice was choked with sobs.

Sheng Yunrong looked at her calmly and asked softly, "Why?"

"Why?" Qin Huaiyu forced a smile. "Of course I hope that mother will continue to instruct her daughter in daily etiquette and teach me everything I learned in the past. Mother, I will never run away again."

"What? You no longer rely on your little girl Lingmeng?" Sheng Yunrong said in a low voice.

Qin Huaiyu's smile froze: "Mom, you, you know everything? When did you find out?"

Qin Huaiyu's voice was hoarse, and his body was still shaking in the rain: "Mom, I was wrong, I was really wrong... Ling Meng... She induced me to indulge in sensual pleasures every day, and also led me to insult and attack mom. I, I was wrong, I was wrong..."

Qin Huaiyu's body seemed to have lost support, and he became limp and powerless. With a dull thud, he fell to the ground involuntarily.

Sheng Yunrong quickly reached out and held her steadily, but the expression on her face remained cold as ice.

The next morning.

In the chaos of fever, Qin Huaiyu seemed to be in another world, vaguely seeing the gentle and loving mother in her memory. She stretched her arms forward as far as she could, trying to touch the familiar figure.

Perhaps, she was recalling the time when her mother was always by her side, wiping her sweat and feeding her medicine.

"Mom, I was wrong..." Qin Huaiyu's voice was filled with deep regret and helplessness, and tears rolled down her eyes like pearls that had broken off the string.

Sheng Yunrong stared at her but didn't say a word.

After a long time, Qin Huaiyu finally woke up slowly.

Everywhere she looked, she saw unfamiliar things. Her heart suddenly tightened, and she trembled with panic, and she could hardly breathe.

This...where is this?

Suddenly, Sheng Yunrong approached with a bowl of medicine. Qin Huaiyu's heart instantly calmed down, and the fear on his face was replaced by joy.

Her eyes were moist as she looked at Sheng Yunrong, her voice weak but full of emotion: "Mother."

Sheng Yunrong put down the medicine bowl and said calmly, "After you finish drinking it, you can leave."

"Mother, mother!" Qin Huaiyu looked panicked, and he rolled down from the bed, tightly grasping Sheng Yunrong's collar, "Mother, please don't leave me! Please don't leave me!"

[I was wrong! I was wrong! It's all my fault! I shouldn't have disobeyed my mother! I shouldn't have doubted my mother! I let Ling Meng take advantage of me and led me astray!

Let Daddy... Let Daddy let Mom down...】

Sheng Yunrong turned around, stared at Qin Huaiyu's trembling and pleading eyes, and slowly said: "Qin Huaiyu, you are my first daughter, and the child I raised and educated with all my heart."

"I...I know..." Qin Huaiyu's tears were streaming down his face, his voice choked with sobs, his heart filled with regret.

"Since you know, then you should be clear." Sheng Yunrong paused for a moment and continued, "I will no longer be as gentle and considerate to you as I was in the past, and I don't want to see you again."

Qin Huaiyu's face turned pale as paper in an instant.

She understood that it was impossible to regain Sheng Yunrong's trust.

She stood up in a daze, and her steps became unusually heavy when she thought about returning to the Qin Mansion that was full of fear, the home that made her panic.

"But..." Sheng Yunrong's voice sounded again.

Qin Huaiyu felt like he had grabbed a life-saving straw. He turned his head quickly, with a glimmer of hope in his eyes.

"I'm willing to give you a chance to reform." Sheng Yunrong looked at her young face, knowing in her heart that she still had the possibility of redemption.

Qin Huaiyu did not commit an unforgivable mistake, she was just dissatisfied with her mother and occasionally spoke rudely. Her behavior was instigated by Ling Meng, and she could not redeem her brother's guidance, which made her confused.

And now, she was able to turn back and realize her mistakes, which meant...she had not yet completely sunk and there was hope.

In that cold and damp corner, the area where the Qin family is located is like a devil's cave that devours flesh and blood.

Old Madam Qin had already pushed her out as a shield, and Qin Wenyuan... perhaps precisely because she mentioned that name, he had quietly developed a sense of boredom in his heart.

If she returned to the Qin Mansion, the only fate that awaited her was to be ruthlessly devoured.

"If you are willing to give up the title of Miss Qin, I can arrange for someone to escort you to the countryside to spend the rest of your life." Sheng Yunrong said calmly, "The choice is yours."

"Go...to the countryside?" Qin Huaiyu immediately felt disgusted.

How could the countryside possibly compare to the prosperity of the capital?

What a dusty and chaotic country it must be!

And she won't be able to wear new clothes and exquisite jewelry!

And you have to endure the unpleasant smell in the countryside!

Qin Huaiyu's expression changed unpredictably, and he obviously could not accept this proposal.

"Since you don't want to, then go back." Sheng Yunrong said in a calm tone.

Qin Huaiyu's voice was dry: "I, I need to think about it carefully..."

"Okay. Go back." Sheng Yunrong did not force her.

Qin Huaiyu was full of doubts on his way back.

Why did her mother want her to abandon the prosperity of the capital and choose to go to the countryside?

My mother gave up her honorable position as the eldest lady of the Qin Mansion and insisted on moving into that dilapidated courtyard!

Qin Huaiyu arrived at the Qin Mansion unknowingly. She stood at the door and only realized it when she saw the servants bowing.

She was missing for a whole night, and no one noticed, let alone came out to look for her.

Qin Huaiyu gritted his teeth, refusing to believe it, and rushed into the mansion.

After walking a few steps, she saw Qin Wenyuan, Ling Meng, Old Madam Qin and Liu Shuangshuang sitting around the dining table in the main house for dinner. She was furious and rushed over.

"I've been missing for a whole night, and you didn't come out to look for me?!" She asked loudly like an abandoned outsider, but no one paid any attention to her.