She wiped away the tears from the corner of her eyes. "Most importantly, given the circumstances, I wanted to save my son and also wanted you two to be together in the end. I thought that even if Yue'er didn't wake up, it would at least fulfill his lifelong regret and be the last thing I, as his mother, would do for him."
Yun Yue held Su's hand tightly, deeply shocked.
It turns out that all these years, I've been keeping Su Shi in my heart, and I couldn't hide it from Zhou Shi or my mother either.
Su was already in tears, choking back sobs, "Mother..."
"Ya Rong, don't blame your adoptive parents for being heartless. They haven't been able to find your biological parents all these years. You think it's because they haven't tried their best, but the truth is they dared not look for them, much less speak of it!" After calming down, Madam Yun continued, "However, since so many years have passed and no one has mentioned your background anymore, I suppose no one will know anymore. I'm telling you this today, but keep it to yourselves and don't tell anyone else."
The two readily agreed.
After talking for a while longer, Yun Yue and his wife bid farewell with great emotion.
After the couple returned to their room, Su asked nervously, "Cousin, do you think the Jiang family treated me like that because they found out about my background?"
Otherwise, it's incomprehensible why the Jiang family would suddenly want to exterminate him and his two children.
Yun Yue calmly took Su Shi's small hand and pulled her into his arms. "Don't worry, I will investigate this matter and ensure the safety of you and your children. They couldn't kill you before, and they certainly can't after they die."
Su understood the meaning behind his words, and several images flashed through her mind. She lifted her small face from his arms and asked, "Hmm? A gray-clad man saved us several times before. Was that man sent by you, cousin?"
Yun Yue pecked her upturned lips and chuckled, "You finally figured it out?"
"Huh?" Madam Su was completely bewildered. She had always thought that the man in gray was sent by Wen Yuanbai to protect Xiao Youran, but she never expected that he was actually a secret guard planted by Yun Yue by her side. "When did this start?"
Yun Yue sighed, "A long, long time ago... He wrote to me a few days ago complaining that if he kept doing this, he would die of old age in the dark..."
Su: ...
She was shocked. For many years, her cousin had been secretly protecting her.
...
In the neighboring courtyard, Xiao Youran was watching with great interest as the little notebook in her mind flashed rapidly with colorful lights.
She knew from the ding sound she heard when Yuan Hao thanked her that the little notebook must have received its luck points again.
When she returned to her room, she opened her long-unused notebook and discovered that her luck value had reached over 1500.
It's likely that Wen Yuanbai earned so many gratitude points because he previously claimed in Liaozhou and Taizhou that she was the one who provided the relief grain.
Just by relying on this vague promotion, she was able to get several hundred gratitude points even though she wasn't present, which was already quite impressive.
This little one jumped up and down excitedly, "I already have 8 gratitude points, you can give me another 920!"
Xiao You Ran: ……
So you only collected a fraction of it after half a year?
And you can only exchange 10 of your own points for one of my baby's points...
However, she was also very curious about what functions this baby would have after upgrading, so she generously clicked "yes".
This is exactly the scenario where I'm currently leveling up.
After a burst of colorful light stopped, a dark shadow gradually appeared in the middle.
Xiao Youran's eyes widened. Could it be that she was about to see her true form?
A moment later, the light faded, and lying in the middle was...
A...egg?
Xiao Youran had a complicated expression.
She asked, quite conflicted, "Actually, I should have called you... Egg Baby?"
"I am who I am, not an egg!" came a very frustrated voice from inside the eggshell.
"Alright! I'll be your baby then. So, what can you do with such a tiny egg?" Xiao Youran asked curiously.
Seeing the egg, it wiggled a bit before awkwardly saying, "I...I can hear sounds within a hundred meters!"
"Hearers that can hear everything?" Xiao Youran's eyes lit up. "Do you have eyes that can see a thousand miles?"
"No...no," Egg said weakly, "I don't have eyes yet..."
Xiao You Ran: ……
...
Yun Tianbai ultimately failed to find any witnesses or physical evidence to corroborate his suspicions. With the encouragement of Madam Yun and his elder sister, he gradually calmed down.
The next day, he brought someone to his door.
Even with all his resentment, he could only settle the affairs of his beloved from his previous life first.
Xiao Youran smiled when she saw this.
As expected of a reborn male protagonist, he actually found the person he loves so early on.
That person was Shi Wenxia, who was about ten years old.
Shi Wenxia was dressed simply. Although she did not wear white flowers in her hair, she only wore two plain silver hairpins, making her look like she was observing mourning for her elders.
Yun Tianbai led her to meet Madam Su, the current mistress of the Duke's mansion.
When Madam Su saw the young girl, she smiled and said, "So you are Miss Shi."
Shi Wenxia concealed her amazement and stepped forward to greet her, "Greetings, Duchess."
She had already heard Yun Tianbai tell her that Su had become the Duchess of the State, but she never expected that Su, whom she had met twice in Wufeng County, would have such a graceful demeanor.
After all, the Duke's mansion had just held a grand funeral, and the Duchess was not dressed in any bright or flamboyant attire. However, she wore a dark blue Shu-embroidered peony-patterned jacket, paired with a white and lustrous jade hairpin and earrings arranged in her hair. Although she did not show any glittering jewelry, she exuded an air of nobility.
Shi Wenxia felt a deep sense of jealousy.
In her previous life, she had experienced the Su family's extravagance of treating money like dirt. Now, it was Jiang Youran's mother, still a member of the Su family!
The Su family, the richest family in Dingzhou!
Xiao Youran chuckled to herself, emphasizing a certain word, "So it's Sister Shi!"
After saying that, she covered her nose.
Shi Wenxia immediately recalled the time last year when he left Sanyang Village and inexplicably fell into a cesspool, and he was furious.
Yun Tianbai was astonished, "You recognize them?"
Xiao Youran nodded, "Yes, I've seen it twice in Sanyang Village."
Shi Wenxia also said, "When Grandmother Yun returned to Sanyang Village the year before last, I received a letter from my father and learned about this matter. So, I took some grain to visit Grandmother Yun during the New Year. Unfortunately, my mother was already seriously ill at that time... I still don't know anything about my mother..."
Xiao Youran smiled and said, "Oh dear, Sister Shi hasn't been in Taizhou all this time? Taizhou has been plagued by natural disasters and war these past few months. It's good that Sister Shi escaped."
Shi Wenxia choked for a moment, then her eyes reddened as she said, "I didn't escape, I was... I was sold to Liaozhou by a kidnapper... I met my cousin Tianbai and that's how I was rescued."
Fortunately, she was only ten years old. If she were older, such an ordeal would have destroyed her innocence.
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