Chapter 514 Aunt Xue's Complaint
As soon as Meng Yunzheng and his companion left, the old lady and the others surrounded Lu Erbai and asked him questions.
Upon learning that Shu Yu was indeed alright, everyone felt relieved. Considering they had to get up early the next day, they didn't want to delay and all went back to their rooms to sleep.
The next day, the three vehicles set off again, moving slowly, following behind the exile procession.
The Lu family, who had been working tirelessly for the past two days, can finally rest and recharge.
They would occasionally discuss what arrangements to make after arriving in the Southwest. They didn't know much about the Southwest before, and only had some general information from the adults. Based on this, their plans were not very comprehensive.
But now that Meng Yunzheng is here, although he has never been to the Southwest, he is well-traveled, knowledgeable, and has seen many places. In particular, after learning that the Abbot of Dongqing Temple had gone to the Southwest and that Shu Yu would be exiled there, he did his homework in advance.
So after hearing what he said, the Lu family had a more intuitive understanding of the Southwest.
Around noon, their convoy stopped to prepare for lunch.
The exiles ahead also began to rest and eat. Shu Yu had seen Lu Erbai the night before and was in a good mood until Aunt Xue came to sit down next to her again.
Shu Yu slowed down her eating suddenly and glanced at her coldly.
Aunt Xue waited a moment, and seeing that the leading officer didn't say anything this time, nor did he scold or chase her away, she breathed a slight sigh of relief. Then she said to Shu Yu, "Yu'er, are you still blaming your mother?"
Shu Yu took a bite of the rice ball in her hand. "What mother? My mother isn't you."
Aunt Xue pursed her lips, looking heartbroken. "It's understandable that you don't acknowledge me. Over the years, I haven't treated you well. But I didn't want to. You don't know, back then your family was poor, and your biological parents wanted to drown you because you were a girl. I couldn't bear it. You were such a small, soft little thing, so cute and well-behaved. My child died right after birth, and I thought we were both pitiful people, so let's take care of each other. That's why I brought you back to the Shu family."
Shu Yu's lips twitched twice. She didn't say anything, deciding to finish her lunch first, lest she go crazy later and not have a chance to eat.
However, seeing that she remained silent, Aunt Xue persisted, saying, "I really want to take good care of you so that we can depend on each other in the future. But the master treats me coldly because you are a girl. As you grew up, you looked completely different from the Shu family, and I started to panic, and my thoughts became more and more extreme. Later, I went to see a doctor, who said that I was depressed and that I was sick, sick in my mind."
“Yu’er, I really didn’t mean it. How could I have known my illness would be so serious? But ever since I found out that the Shu family had drowned you, I’ve been filled with regret and hatred, and I’ve been crying every day. Only then did I realize how important you were to me. My heart is healed, but you’re gone now, and there’s no use in regretting it now.”
"But I never expected to see you again. These past few days, I haven't dared to speak to you, afraid you'd still resent me. I've thought about it repeatedly these past two days, and now that we've come to this point, we should take care of and support each other even more. From now on, when we get to the Southwest, we'll be the closest of family, I..."
Shu Yu swallowed the last bite of rice ball, then suddenly stood up.
(End of this chapter)
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