In the early morning, Shuntianfu is shrouded in the faint morning light. With the crowing of roosters coming from nowhere, a busy day is about to begin.

Madam Xiu is suffering from insomnia again.

Every time night fell, she couldn't fall asleep, as she always felt that there would be footsteps outside the door at any time, and her Niuniu would come back.

How could she sleep? What if she fell asleep and missed Niu Niu?

Lady Xiu lay there with her eyes wide open, and only fell into a drowsy sleep when daybreak was about to break.

The crowing of a rooster woke up Miss Xiu, who had just fallen asleep.

She got up, put on her clothes and walked out with a numb look on her face.

After losing her daughter, what difference does every day make to her? It's just another day of suffering.

She was waiting, waiting until the beast who had been chopped into pieces was pushed to the vegetable market and beheaded. When she saw his filthy blood spurting out, she could go look for Niu Niu with peace of mind.

Her daughter Niuniu is only fourteen years old. How can she survive without her mother?

Lady Xiu opened the door slowly.

The pain of losing her daughter and days of insomnia almost drained the woman's energy and spirit, making her move as slowly as an old woman.

A shabby little bamboo basket was lying quietly on the ground outside the door.

Miss Xiu suddenly shuddered and stared at the bamboo basket.

She had such a bamboo basket at home. That day, Niuniu went to the street to buy her some sweet-scented osmanthus cake and brought a bamboo basket like this.

Suddenly, Miss Xiu thought of something, snatched up the bamboo basket, and pulled open the lid covering it.

Eight pieces of osmanthus cake cut into diamond shapes are put together on a plate, which is mouth-watering.

Lady Xiu's hand loosened, the bamboo basket fell to the ground, and the osmanthus cake on the plate rolled out.

She stared at the osmanthus cake on the ground for a moment, and suddenly she knelt on the ground as if she had gone crazy, grabbed the osmanthus cake on the ground and stuffed it into her mouth in big mouthfuls.

The maid who heard the noise came over and hurriedly pulled her back: "Hey, Madam Xiu, how can you eat something that has fallen on the ground?"

Lady Xiu was shocked, and suddenly grabbed the old woman's wrist, and asked in a hoarse voice: "Where did this come from?"

The old woman had never seen Miss Xiu act so crazy and was frightened for a moment.

"Tell me, where did this come from?"

The old woman looked down and said, "Are you asking about these sweet-scented osmanthus cakes?"

Lady Xiu nodded vigorously.

"I don't know. There are only some bigwigs in the government office. Who would eat sweet-scented osmanthus cake? It's strange. I just passed by here and didn't see any. How come a basket of sweet-scented osmanthus cake suddenly appeared?"

Lady Xiu held the bamboo basket, tears falling like rain: "It's Niuniu, it must be Niuniu who brought me the sweet-scented osmanthus cake!"

The old woman asked cautiously, "Madam Xiu, what do you mean?"

The appearance of this plate of sweet-scented osmanthus cake seemed to have restored Lady Xiu's ability to speak. She pulled the old woman and kept muttering, "Niuniu was going to buy me some sweet-scented osmanthus cake on the street that day..."

At the end of the speech, Madam Xiu burst into tears, and the old woman also wiped her tears.

"Tell me, were these osmanthus cakes sent by Niu Niu?" asked Lady Xiu with anticipation in her eyes.

The old woman slapped her thigh and said, "Of course it is! I was wondering why it was so strange. This basket of sweet-scented osmanthus cake appeared out of nowhere. It must be that Niuniu was worried about you and brought your favorite sweet-scented osmanthus cake to see you."

"Niuniu, are you worried about me?"

"Of course I'm worried. Tsk tsk, Miss Xiu, look at yourself now. You're so skinny, how can Niuniu be worried?"

Lady Xiu laughed: "I knew Niuniu would come to see me again. Niuniu, you must wait for me. It won't be long before I come to see you——"

The old woman was startled and squeezed Lady Xiu's hand hard: "Lady Xiu, you can't let this go."

Lady Xiu just smiled and said, "I'm not upset. I just want to go find my girl."

"Madam Xiu, you are so confused!"

Madam Xiu was stunned.

The old woman was so angry that she said, "Why did Niuniu come back to see you? It's because she was afraid that you would miss her and she would not be doing well! If you really wanted to commit suicide, Niuniu might not be able to reincarnate!"

"What do you mean?" Madam Xiu suddenly became nervous.

The old woman sighed and said, "It is extremely unfilial for the young to be sent off by the old. Madam Xiu, you must have heard of this before, right?"

Madam Xiu couldn't help but nodded.

It's an old saying, of course she knows it.

"Madam Xiu, Niuniu passed away before you. No matter what the reason was, she already owes her mother. If you commit suicide because of her, she will be guilty of a great sin. When Prince Yan looks at the book of merits, Niuniu was supposed to be reborn into a wealthy family to enjoy happiness in her next life, but now she might be reborn as an animal—"

"Nonsense!" Lady Xiu was so frightened that her face turned pale.

It doesn’t matter what happens to her, but Niuniu can’t suffer anymore!

The old woman patted Lady Xiu on the back and said, "So, Lady Xiu, you have to live well. If you live well, Niu Niu will have less debt, and she will be blessed in her next life. Hey, Niu Niu is such a good child, she always remembers to send sweet-scented osmanthus cake to her mother..."

Lady Xiu's eyes moved and she murmured, "My Niuniu will also become a lady from a rich family. She won't be bullied by me, and she won't be killed by others, right?"

"Yes, it must be." Secretly observing Xiu Niang's gradually radiant eyes, the old woman sighed quietly.

It seems that she believes it. Regardless of whether she can get a reward from the boss, she has done a good deed by saving a life.

Madam Xiu is truly a pitiful person.

Zhen Shicheng soon got the news from the old woman that not only did Lady Xiu eat an extra bowl of rice today, she also took the initiative to sweep the floor.

Zhen Shicheng felt relieved.

Now that she can eat and work, it seems that Lady Xiu has given up the idea of ​​committing suicide.

That little girl really has a way.

Thinking of Jiang Si, Zhen Shicheng couldn't help but smile.

Jiang Si told Zhen Shicheng about arranging for Xiu Niangzi to work, and then ordered A Fei to find a suitable shop as soon as possible.

The shop doesn't need to be big. It's best if it has a street front and a yard at the back for people to stay.

Jiang Si didn't expect to make money from this small shop, she just wanted to keep it running. The key was that with such a cosmetics shop she could appear there openly, which would make it convenient for her to do many things in the future.

For Jiang Si, ruining the reputation of the Prince of Changxing was just solving one problem. There were more problems to be solved later.

For this purpose, all precautions are necessary.

The end of May passed amid the uproar over the murder of ten women by the son of Marquis Changxing.

During this period, except for one victim whose family could not be found, the families of the remaining victims came one after another to deal with the funeral, and Zhen Shicheng obtained considerable compensation for them from the Changxing Marquis' Mansion.

People always forget things, and soon people's attention was attracted to the sudden death of "Uncle Yang". Because there was little progress in this case, the capital seemed calm for a while.

But Yu Jin has been feeling rather restless lately.

It was his eighteenth birthday.