Xingxing looked at Zhu Lin, who smiled and nodded slightly.
"Sister Chen, come outside with us. I'll take you to see someone." Xingxing grabbed Chen Yuexin's hand and headed towards the stairs.
Hua Zan was taken aback at first, then felt as if he were facing a formidable enemy. He didn't know whether to watch the grain or rush forward to snatch his wife back. "Hey, kid, I'm warning you, don't do anything reckless. Let go of my wife. You can't take her away."
"If we really want to take people, what's the use of just shouting like this? Bring the food and come out with us." Zhu Qiuyu stretched out his folding fan to block Hua Zan from advancing.
"Then, then don't walk too fast, wait for me to carry the grain." Hua Zan hurriedly turned around and went back to carry the sacks.
The group stepped out of the secret chamber. The rain had stopped, and there were no leaks. Everyone except the guards on night watch was still asleep.
Xingxing took Chen Yuexin directly to Bai Yushuang. Bai Yushuang and Bai Yue'e slept together, with the child sleeping between them. Both of them slept very properly, leaving no space between them.
"Aunt Bai, wake up! Look who I brought to you." Xingxing shook Bai Yushuang's arm.
Chen Yuexin had already seen Bai Yue'e's face clearly, and she was overjoyed. She looked at the woman next to her whose face was covered by long hair, and her heart pounded.
If nothing unexpected happens, the woman the little girl is calling "Aunt Bai" should be her mother. But is she really her mother?
"Hmm, what's wrong?" Bai Yushuang was half asleep and had just had a messy dream that she couldn't remember. She vaguely heard someone calling her, but she couldn't hear clearly. Suddenly she realized that someone was really calling her.
"Aunt Bai, wake up! Look who this is. Isn't she your eldest daughter?" Xingxing's eyes were illuminated by the campfire, making them look like they had two small flames in them, which was very dazzling.
Bai Yushuang was still dazed. After a while, she suddenly snapped to attention and looked up, meeting Chen Yuexin's eyes. Both mother and daughter were stunned. They stared at each other, neither daring to make a sound, afraid that it was just a dream and that the person in front of them would disappear when they woke up.
Xingxing stared at the mother and daughter for a long time, but the two did not react. They just stared at each other blankly with teary eyes. So she spoke up to break the silence, "Aunt Bai, is this your eldest daughter? She said her name is Chen Xinyue, and there is a boy named Huazan with her. So we brought them over."
"Mother, Mother, is it really you? Is it really you, Mother?" Chen Yuexin rushed forward and hugged Bai Yushuang tightly.
Bai Yushuang hugged her daughter tightly, sobbing uncontrollably. "Xin'er, I've finally found you! I've been looking for you so hard. I was so afraid something had happened to you. Thank goodness you're alright."
"Waaah, Mother, I almost didn't see you again. I was sold to a brothel by that Yang Er. The madam wanted to force me to take customers. I was all prepared. If I really had to take customers, I would die." Chen Yuexin was very emotional, crying and laughing at the same time, sobbing as she told her loved ones about her grievances.
“Yang Er has been imprisoned. He got his comeuppance. He killed Uncle Yang, and we don’t know if Uncle Yang’s wife and children are alive or dead. All of Yang Er’s crimes have been exposed, and the evidence is conclusive. The prefect said he will be executed in the autumn.” Bai Yushuang gently patted her daughter’s back while comforting her in a low voice.
After the mother and daughter had cried enough, they finally parted ways. Chen Yuexin sniffed and looked at her face, but she was stunned when she saw it. Her pupils dilated in shock. "Mother... Mother, your face, what happened to your face?"
Having cried for so long and finally stopped, Chen Yuexin felt heartbroken and unable to accept seeing her mother's face ruined like this, and she hugged her and cried again.
Everyone was awakened by the noise, even Bai Yue'e's son. The little guy frowned, opened his mouth, and cried loudly.
Once the mother and daughter had calmed down, Bai Yue'e had also soothed her son. This little rascal was quite easy to please; as long as he was fed, he would stop crying. After eating, he still wouldn't want to sleep and would just look at you and babble away. When he got tired of babbling, he would fall asleep on his own.
There was still an hour until dawn, and everyone else went back to sleep. Even Xingxing was coaxed to sleep by Zhu Lin and didn't continue listening to Bai Yushuang and her daughter.
Afraid of disturbing others, Bai Yushuang took her daughter outside, and the mother and daughter sat down to talk not far from the dilapidated temple.
"It turns out Mother met some good people. Those people even helped you look for me and Father. I don't know where Father and Brother went afterward. Father was badly injured by the men Yang Er hired, and Brother was also injured. I was captured and sold to a brothel in Tong'an Prefecture."
I kept waiting for my dad and brother to come and rescue me, but they never came. I figured something might have happened to them, and I was very worried, but what could I do? Then I met Hua Zan, that silly boy. He was straightforward and simple-minded.
I coaxed him into helping me redeem myself, but the madam manipulated me and refused. Luckily, Hua Zan's maternal grandfather had some influence, but it was also because of me that he squandered his mother's dowry and was eventually kicked out of the house by his father.
Bai Yushuang put her arm around her and said softly, "No matter what, we owe a lot to Hua Zan. Since you've already agreed to marry him, let's settle this matter. Once we find your father and brother, we'll arrange the marriage for you."
Chen Yuexin nodded slightly, "Mother, I know what's important. This time, I really owe a lot to Hua Zan. If it weren't for him, I don't know what would have become of me, even if I'm still alive."
She wasn't ungrateful. Although Hua Zan was rather naive and easily trusting, he hadn't been so easily fooled by her and had even squandered his fortune to help her redeem herself. She was naturally grateful to him.
Later, Hua Zan helped her escape from Hua'an County. Along the way, he took good care of her and always put her first. She wasn't heartless; how could she not know how good he was? After spending so much time together, she had feelings for Hua Zan.
At daybreak, Bai Yushuang found Zhu Lin and Xingxing and told them, "Xin'er said that she and Hua Zan originally planned to rest here until they recovered and then head back to Changping City. Before my master went to seek refuge with the Yang family, he found a secluded place to hide silver and all the valuables there."
Xin'er originally intended to go to the place where the silver was hidden to find my master, but now she doesn't know if they've dug it up yet. So she'd like to ask you to send someone to that place to investigate; they should be able to find my master and the others."
Since Chen Tu had a backup plan, unless something happens to him and his son, they will definitely find a chance to go back and dig out the silver. This clue is very important, and we are confident that we can find them.
"Do you want to come along, or go south first?" Zhu Lin asked calmly.
Bai Yushuang replied without hesitation, "Let's go south first. I'm worried about Ruru. She's the youngest, and although Guizhi and Shunping have been protecting her, I can't rest easy until I see her in person."
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