Madam Yu blinked in disbelief, almost wondering if she had misheard. "What did you say?"
Wang lowered her head slightly, her mind racing. After a while, she finally came up with an excuse that could both resolve her awkwardness and make sense: "There's something I haven't told you. When I woke up last night, I realized I'd forgotten a lot of things. I don't like that Jiang guy. Please send someone to help me cancel the engagement."
Yu's fingers trembled as she reached out to Wang, gently stroking the stray hairs on her forehead, and whispered, "You really... forgot everything?"
Wang lowered her head slightly and nodded gently.
Even though she was mentally prepared, Madam Yu still harbored some hope: "Have you forgotten even your parents?"
Wang hesitated for a moment. Last night, she had called Yu "Mother" as soon as she saw her. It would be inappropriate to say that she had forgotten everything now.
"I still have some memory of my father and mother, but everything else is very vague."
Yu felt somewhat relieved and hugged Wang tightly, tears instantly streaming down her face. "My poor child, what should we do?"
Yu wept bitterly, while Wang leaned against Yu's chest, silently staring at the screen beside them.
After a while, Madam Yu stopped crying, wiped the tears from her face, and her face was full of determination.
"My child, don't be afraid, your mother will find a way to cure you," Madam Yu assured Madam Wang. Seeing that Madam Wang's eyelids were half-closed, she knew that the medicine was working, so she ordered someone to help her to bed and returned to the main courtyard.
The medicine took effect quickly, and Wang fell into a deep sleep, while Shi Lan woke up after a short while.
The room was quiet. The maids were waiting outside. Shi Lan got up and went to the study in the west wing. She laid out paper, ground ink, and wrote: "Now that the engagement is broken off, we are strangers. If we meet again, we will be strangers. I hope he finds a virtuous wife soon, and I will also find another good man. The officialdom is unpredictable. Perhaps the person she seeks is his enemy, so he should not feel any more pity for her." She signed it with the nickname Jiang Yunhuai had given her when she met him on the ship years ago, because of her round and bright eyes: Cloud Cat.
After carefully folding the letter, Shi Lan pondered for a while and decided to place it in the incense sachet hanging above her bed. (To be continued.)
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