“Your aunt really wants to have a child. The Li family treats her well, but she feels guilty because she can’t carry on the Li family line.”
"I was thinking, if you have any secret formula for having children, could you let your aunt try it?"
As Su Yujiao watched her mother-in-law's mouth open and close, she was thinking about Lu Ziwei's ending in the original book.
It seems that none of the Lu family members have a good ending!
"Jiaojiao, Jiaojiao?"
Su Yujiao realized what was happening and asked, "Mother, have you been visiting my aunt recently?"
"I can accompany you, but I need to diagnose the condition myself before I can prescribe any medicine."
There is no panacea in this world; treatment must be tailored to the specific symptoms.
Overjoyed, Zhou held Su Yujiao's hand and thanked her repeatedly, saying, "That's wonderful!"
"Jiaojiao, your mother thanks you on behalf of your sixth sister."
"Don't worry, Mom won't put any pressure on you. You just need to go and see. Whether she can be cured or not is up to your sixth sister's fate."
Looking at the tears in Zhou's eyes, Su Yujiao couldn't help but sigh. No mother has it easy; they spend their whole lives worrying about their children.
"Mother, please don't say thank you. This is what I should do."
"My sixth sister has helped me a lot. She saved my life, so I should help her out of both gratitude and reason."
"Ah, a life-saving grace? How come I didn't know?" The three women, Zhou and her mother-in-law, stared at her curiously.
Su Yujiao smiled shyly. She had liked Lu Ziqian since childhood, and in order to get closer to Lu Ziqian, she first approached Lu Ziwei.
She gave Lu Ziwei skincare products, beauty cream, and homemade food, and the two quickly became friends.
Lu Ziwei would often provide her with information so that she could bump into Lu Ziqian on his usual route.
She also told her about Lu Ziqian's preferences and tastes so that she could cater to them.
She remembered that when she was twelve years old, she was kidnapped by kidnappers and happened to meet Lu Ziwei.
Lu Ziwei, though unskilled in martial arts, bravely stood in front of her, letting her go first.
When she returned with reinforcements, Lu Ziwei had almost been assaulted by those thugs. She was so frightened that she became withdrawn and remained in the shadow of the ordeal for a long time before she finally emerged from the trauma.
After hearing this, Zhou kept wiping away tears. No wonder she locked herself in her room all day during that time, not speaking or responding to anyone, and wouldn't say anything when asked.
So that's what happened!
Su Yujiao handed over a handkerchief to comfort her, saying, "Mother, don't be sad. Those things are in the past. The key is to help Sixth Sister solve the current troubles."
"Um."
"Then I'll go pack my things, and we'll set off as soon as possible."
Su Yujiao nodded: "Okay, I'll go back and make the arrangements too."
The next morning, Su Yujiao and Zhou Shi set off, accompanied by Lu Ziqian and some servants.
“Jiaojiao, Ziqian said that Doctor Mo might be in Yangzhou. He wants to try his luck there. Maybe Doctor Mo can cure his leg.”
"Since it's on the same route, Mother thought, let's travel together, so we can look after each other on the way."
“After all, his leg is very inconvenient now, so his mother is a little worried.”
Zhou explained cautiously, afraid that Su Yujiao would have objections.
Unexpectedly, Su Yujiao didn't react much, only nodding slightly.
Let's go.
Zhou breathed a sigh of relief, afraid that people would think she was being fussy, since they were no longer mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.
It's a favor if someone helps you, but it's normal if they don't.
Zhou was old, and the carriage swayed and rocked, so she quickly fell asleep.
Su Yujiao found a medical book and began to read it intently, completely absorbed in it, without glancing at Lu Ziqian once.
Lu Ziqian kept staring at her, his gaze burning with anticipation, hoping she would give him a response.
But soon he discovered that she wasn't deliberately avoiding him by reading; she genuinely didn't care about him.
When she sees something she doesn't understand, she frowns or makes notes in the book with a pen that has a fine, hard tip.
Seeing the pen in her hand, Lu Ziqian thought of the recording pen he had seen as a child; the two looked very similar.
He was very curious about what the place where she used to live was like.
Will she still be able to freely travel between the two worlds like before?
Since she has no attachment to this world, why doesn't she choose to go back?
Or is it that she can't go back?
"Is this a voice recorder?" he suddenly asked.
Su Yujiao paused in her writing, and asked in surprise, "What?"
Lu Ziqian pointed to the pen in her hand and asked another question.
"This is a ballpoint pen; it cannot record audio, it can only be used for writing."
After that, she ignored him again.
"Jiaojiao, is it true that you can't go back?"
Su Yujiao frowned, finding him very noisy and constantly disturbing her reading.
Seeing her frown and not respond to him, Lu Ziqian felt a deep bitterness welling up in his heart.
Before, she always put him first, coaxing him, indulging him, and pleasing him. She would never be so indifferent as she is now.
She smiles at everyone now, but refuses to smile at him.
The two remained silent for the rest of the journey; the only sounds in the carriage were their breathing and the turning of pages.
For the next three days, the two maintained a lukewarm relationship.
Zhou sighed as she watched, anxious but not daring to interfere.
Upon arriving in Lin'an County, the two groups parted ways. Su Yujiao and Zhou Shi went to visit Lu Ziwei, while Lu Ziqian continued on to Yangzhou.
"Jiaojiao, let's find an inn to stay at tonight. I'll have someone send a visiting card, and we'll go there tomorrow."
"It would be impolite to show up so abruptly, especially since it's getting late."
Su Yujiao asked, "Mother, do you always give advance notice before you go to see my aunt?"
"That's natural."
"What's wrong?"
Su Yujiao thought for a moment and said, "Let's go there tonight. Sometimes what people show you isn't necessarily the truth."
"Perhaps the Li family isn't as good as my aunt says."
"It's not that my aunt can't get pregnant, but she's miscarried several times for no apparent reason."
"Didn't you ever have any doubts?"
"If the Li family truly cared for my aunt, why wouldn't they take good care of her and instead let her suffer repeated miscarriages?"
Zhou's expression changed, then she immediately shook her head and said with certainty, "No, you don't understand the Li family. They wouldn't do such a heartless thing."
“Rong Heng is also very devoted to Weiwei.”
“Your aunt has not had any children all these years, and he has not taken any concubines or maids.”
"Even if your aunt offers to find him something, he won't touch it."
"Later, your aunt was afraid of wasting the girls' youth, so she found good families for those two girls to marry."
"The Li family is truly a rare and wonderful family."
"You... sigh, you've been through too much these past few years, suffered too much hardship and pain, that's why you always think the worst of things."
Zhou insisted on going tomorrow, unwilling to break the rules.
"How about this, let Mo Feng and Mo Ying sneak into the Li family tonight to scout out the situation."
"What if we make a discovery?"
“This…” Zhou hesitated, thinking it was completely unnecessary.
Besides, it would be so embarrassing if someone found out, making things even more difficult for Weiwei in her in-laws' family.
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