There were various snacks in the exquisite wooden box. Yu Jiao picked up a piece of date paste cake and put it in her mouth.
The corners of Liu Ziqi's lips curled up slightly, and he looked at Yu Jiao tenderly. Although he had lost his memory, he still loved sweets like he did when he was a child.
When eating, it always takes small bites, with its cheeks slightly puffed up, like a little squirrel. Its quiet and cute appearance makes people want to feed it non-stop.
After finishing the last bite, Yu Jiao took out a handkerchief and wiped her fingers. The doting look on Liu Ziqi's face when he looked at her made her think of her senior brother Fu Chuan uncontrollably.
Perhaps Liu Ziqi really loved his sister who was living away from home, and some of the coldness on Yu Jiao's face faded.
Liu Ziqi poured her a cup of tea, worried that her throat would be greasy after eating sweets, so he said carefully, "The tea is a little cold, eat less to moisten your throat."
Yu Jiao picked up the teacup and said thank you.
She sipped her tea carelessly, her mind a little dazed, with many doubts in her head. Liu Sanniang had always been extremely wary of the capital, and her life experience. If she was really the daughter of Liu Ci Fu and adopted by Meng Qingyun and Liu Sanniang, why was Liu Sanniang so afraid of her life experience and even hated her?
The carriage drove into Huaihua Lane. In early winter, the flowers and trees planted by the people in the alley were gradually withering. The bluestone alley gave people an illusion of desolation.
Liu Ziqi got off the carriage first, turned around and handed his hand to Yu Jiao. His palm was broad, his knuckles were clean, but there was a thin layer of inconspicuous calluses on the palm, as if it was caused by martial arts training.
Yu Jiao had seen Gu Yun use violence, but Liu Ziqi had always been a handsome and elegant man, untainted by worldly desires.
"You don't have to be like this. I'm not that delicate." Yu Jiao lifted her skirt and got off the carriage, saying awkwardly.
Liu Ziqi's eyes dimmed because of her words. He smiled slowly, with a hint of bitterness hidden in his smile, "I really don't know how to get close to you. I can only do what a brother should do."
Yu Jiao didn't know what to say and sighed softly.
The guard went forward and knocked on the door. Yu Jiao thought that Liu Sanniang should have gone to the dyeing workshop to work at this time, but she didn't expect the door to open so quickly.
When Liu Sanniang saw her and Liu Ziqi standing outside the door, she didn't seem surprised at all. She just stepped back and let them enter the yard.
Fei Ge'er went to the academy. The house was very quiet. Several guards were standing outside the door. Yu Jiao and the other two sat down in the main hall. Liu Sanniang hesitated and said, "Since Master Liu has come to you, I think he should have told you about your life experience."
Yu Jiao hesitated for a moment, but before she could say anything, Liu Ziqi said, "Please tell her about Yu Jiao's life story in detail."
Liu Sanniang raised her head and glanced at Liu Ziqi, then quickly retracted her gaze. She lowered her eyes, pondered for a while, and said, "Your biological mother's name is Runiang. Qingyun and I stayed in Huairou for a few years. Runiang and I were both cooks in a restaurant. We had a very good relationship. Once, a distinguished guest came to the restaurant. The distinguished guest was full of praise for a dish in the restaurant. That dish was cooked by Runiang."
"The restaurant owner called Runiang to meet the nobleman. When Runiang came back, she told me that the nobleman treated her very kindly. Although he was a high-ranking official from the capital, he did not look down on people like them like other high-ranking officials did."
Liu Sanniang narrated slowly, and Yu Jiao listened quietly, already guessing what would happen next.
"During that period, the noble often came to the restaurant to eat, and Runiang often met with the noble. I could see that she was attracted to him, and I tried to persuade her indirectly. Later... the noble finished his work in Huairou and left Huairou." Liu Sanniang sighed, "Runiang told me that before leaving, the noble said he would come back to take her to the capital. I thought Runiang was stupid at that time. If the noble really loved her, why didn't he just take her away?"
The noble person Liu Sanniang mentioned was Liu Ci Fu. After Liu Ci Fu left, Runiang's belly grew bigger and bigger. She always believed that Liu Ci Fu would come back to take her to the capital, until her belly became too big to be hidden and the fetus was already six or seven months old, but she still didn't receive a letter from the capital, let alone a person.
Runiang couldn't wait any longer, so she made a bold decision and went to the capital alone to look for the noble man.
About three or four months later, Runiang returned to Huairou. She was so emaciated that a gust of wind could blow her away. She was holding a baby in her arms. She found Liu Sanniang and begged her to adopt her child, saying that she also had tuberculosis and would not live long.
Liu Sanniang felt sorry for her as she had become so thin that only a bag of bones was left. She didn't know what kind of suffering she had endured in the capital. She took care of her and the child for a while. By then, Runiang was suffering from tuberculosis and there was no cure. She coughed up blood all day long and passed away not long after.
"Before she left, Runiang asked me to keep your background a secret from her. No one in the capital would know about it, or else you would be killed." Liu Sanniang looked at Yu Jiao and said exactly what she had prepared in her mind. "Although I didn't know the identity of your biological father at that time, Qingyun and I guessed that he must be in a high position and had a wife and concubines. Runiang had only been in the capital for a few months and lost her life. We were scared, so we took you back to Changkui and told the villagers that you were the daughter of Qingyun and me."
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