Seeing Aunt Su's appearance, the woman was somewhat helpless: "The Su family was almost burned to the ground by a big fire. The noise outside was so loud, couldn't you hear anything at all?"
Aunt Su's eyes rolled back, and she almost fainted. Lu Qingyan and the woman quickly caught her to prevent her from actually falling.
After pinching her philtrum and pressing her chest, Aunt Su slowly woke up and her first reaction was to run towards the door.
Lu Qingyan and the woman were worried and followed closely behind her, watching her run frantically to the gate of the Su family mansion.
The fire had been extinguished, leaving only ruins. Madam Su stared blankly at the scene before her, then burst into tears, crying out, "Madam, why didn't you wait for me! I've followed you my whole life, and I promised to help you take care of the young master after you gave birth. The young lady was only born a short time ago, why did you leave so soon!"
As Aunt Su spoke, she cried, and many people around her joined in her grief.
Looking at her, Lu Qingyan didn't think she was faking it; she believed that she genuinely didn't know who had harmed the Su family.
Aunt Su cried for a long time, and in the end, it was the woman who had been with Lu Qingyan who took her back.
After returning home, Aunt Su drank some water and gradually calmed down. She looked up at Lu Qingyan and asked, "Did you come to see me because of something?"
The woman who came before was surnamed Bai. Aunt Su had seen her several times on the street and had even interacted with her a few times. But the person who came with Lady Bai was someone Aunt Su had never seen before.
“It wasn’t me who came to see you, it was her,” Bai Zhuang said. “I heard she’s a relative of your wife, and it’s not easy for her to raise a child alone, so I brought her here.”
Aunt Su scrutinized Lu Qingyan: "How come I don't remember our mistress having a relative like you?"
There will be plenty of people trying to curry favor with the Su family in the future. Aunt Su just thought that Lu Qingyan wanted to take advantage of the Su family's current state of decline.
“We’ve lived far apart for many years, so it’s understandable that Aunt Su doesn’t recognize me. If I hadn’t run into some trouble this time, I wouldn’t have wanted to come looking for my aunt.” Lu Qingyan smiled slightly, her expression neither distant nor obsequious: “However, I have a token as proof.”
As Lu Qingyan spoke, she took out a jade pendant, which she had taken from Madam Su.
Lu Qingyan started to make up a story: "This jade pendant originally belonged to our family. One is with my aunt, and the other is with me. Aunt Su has been serving my aunt all these years, so she should recognize this thing."
Aunt Su took the jade pendant, fighting back tears, and said, "Yes, yes, this is exactly the same as Madam's. At first glance, I thought it was Madam's. But—" Aunt Su changed the subject, "These jade pendants aren't a pair. How can I be sure you're not a fake?"
Lu Qingyan thought to herself, "I didn't expect this person to be so vigilant."
However, Lu Qingyan also had a solution.
“Our ancestors originally intended to make a pair, but due to some discrepancies in the materials, they ended up being two identical pieces, though there are still slight differences. Look, there’s a blue thread running through mine.” Lu Qingyan pointed to the jade pendant and said, “The one in Madam’s pendant doesn’t have that.”
Aunt Su remained indifferent: "You came here because you want the Madam's family's property?"
Lu Qingyan: ...
Bah! I just came here to find out the truth. I also have property, much more valuable than what the Su family owns.
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