Chapter 62 We are all family, no matter how we call each other, it doesn’t matter
Chuchun walked to the door with a basin of hot water in her hand.
"Is the young lady awake?" Chuchun's voice was low and soft. She stood at the door, looking at the closed door from time to time.
"I just heard some movement in the house. The young lady should be awake."
After saying that, Chu Xia knocked on the door, "Miss, are you awake?"
A lazy voice came from the room: "Come in."
Upon hearing this, Chu Xia pushed open the door and walked into the room.
Chuchun put the hot water on the shelf. Chuxia looked at Lan Xiyue and said with a smile, "Miss, it's already noon, you can sleep well. You've never gotten up so late before."
Lan Xiyue glanced at Chu Xia after hearing this, and a faint smile appeared on the corner of her mouth. "You are so bold that you are teasing me?"
Chuxia stuck out her tongue. Now that the young lady was more tolerant of them, she had the courage to joke like that.
Lan Xiyue walked to the shelf and washed up. Chuchun took out an elegant dress and helped her put it on.
Lan Xiyue slowly walked to the bronze mirror and sat down, while Chuchun picked up the comb and began to comb her long hair.
"Miss, the two people from Furongyuan and Lingbaoyuan have invited many doctors back and forth early in the morning." Chuchun said curiously while combing her long hair.
Chu Xia, who was making the bed, stopped what she was doing and turned to look at Lan Xiyue when she heard this.
"Yes, Miss, I went to ask around. It seems that the Madam and the Second Miss woke up this morning wet all over and had a fever. I don't know what happened at Furongyuan and Lingbaoyuan last night."
Lan Xiyue raised her eyebrows slightly when she heard this, and said nonchalantly, "I did too many bad things, so I got picked up by the ghost."
Chuchun's hand holding the comb trembled slightly, "Miss...you...you don't have any taboos at all?" Chuchun's voice was as thin as a mosquito.
There was a flicker of anxiety in her eyes, and it was obvious that the word "ghost" had deeply touched the fear in her heart.
Lan Xiyue rolled her eyes and smiled faintly, "It's broad daylight, what are you afraid of? If you don't do anything wrong during the day, you don't have to worry about ghosts knocking on your door in the middle of the night."
Upon hearing this, Chuchun let out a long breath, her expression slightly relaxed. "Miss, that's what you said, but I'm still scared just by hearing it."
Chu Xia laughed, "Miss, don't scare Chu Chun, she is just timid."
Chuchun turned around and glared at Chuxia unhappily, then continued to take care of Lan Xiyue's long hair.
Lan Xiyue's lips curled up, "The human heart is scarier than ghosts. Ghosts don't harm people. Those who do harm are usually those with evil intentions."
Chu Xia came over, holding the changed sheets and quilts. "Ah? Miss, are you saying that Madam and the Second Miss were harmed by someone, and that's why they are like this?"
Lan Xiyue just smiled and didn't give a direct answer.
At this moment, a little maid hurried into the room and bowed, "Your servant greets the young lady. Sister Lu'er from the Madam's courtyard just now said that the old lady of the Protectorate Mansion has arrived and asked the young lady to go to the Hibiscus Courtyard."
Lan Xiyue waved her hand gently, "Got it, leave now!"
Chuxia handed the sheets and quilts to the little girl, and the little girl retreated with the sheets and quilts.
Chuchun immediately quickened her movements and carefully combed Lan Xiyue's long hair.
After everything was packed up, Lan Xiyue stood up and said, "Let's go and take a look at Furong Courtyard." She had never seen her grandparents in the original owner's memories since she came to this world.
After leaving the yard, Lan Xiyue walked slowly all the way, through the winding corridor, through the garden, and came to the Hibiscus Courtyard.
As soon as she entered the room, several pairs of eyes looked at her.
Lan Xiyue looked at the people in the room and bowed slightly, "Grandma, Grandma-in-law, Aunt-in-law, and Aunt-in-law."
The old lady of the Protectorate's eyes lit up, "Yueyue?"
Qin Lan smiled and said, "Yueyue is dressed like this, and my aunt almost didn't recognize her."
Liu Fangmin snorted, "My little sister really raised you for nothing. You didn't even come to see me when you were sick, and you had to ask someone to invite you to come."
The old lady of the Protectorate glanced at Liu Fangmin and said, "Liu, please be quiet. Yueyue, come here."
When she saw Lan Xiyue, a hint of surprise flashed in the old lady's eyes, followed by full of kindness. This was different from the past. In the past, when the old lady saw Lan Xiyue, she would shake her head and sigh, full of disappointment.
"Yueyue, you look so beautiful dressed like this. You seem to have been reborn and become much more beautiful. This is what a girl should look like."
Lan Xiyue felt the old lady's deep and sincere emotion, and a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth. "Grandma, it was Yueyue who was ignorant in the past and made you worry so much. I won't do that again in the future."
Upon hearing this, the old lady gently patted the back of Lan Xiyue's hand and said repeatedly, "Good, good, good. Seeing you like this, grandma is relieved."
“Cough cough cough…”
Just as the grandfather and grandson were having a heartwarming conversation, a cough broke the silence.
Yun Qing, lying on the bed, had a flushed face and beads of sweat on her forehead, clearly very ill. Her eyes were blurry, and even opening them seemed like an effort.
Seeing this, the old lady glanced at the person on the bed and sighed, "Yueyue, what happened last night? Why are your mother and your sister both sick? I heard that when the maid came in this morning, they were soaked."
Lan Xiyue shook her head, a hint of confusion etched across her brows. "Grandma, I don't know either. I just heard from the maid that something happened to my aunt and second sister." Her tone was full of sincerity and innocence, as if she really knew nothing about what happened last night.
The old lady was stunned when she heard this, her gaze lingering on Lan Xiyue's face for a moment, "Yueyue, didn't I always call you mother before? Why did you change to calling me aunt?"
Lan Xiyue's eyes became firm and serious. "Grandma, I was ignorant before. Although my aunt married my father, she is not my biological mother after all. She is just my aunt. I don't want to forget my biological mother who worked so hard to give birth to me."
Liu Fangmin snorted coldly, "It's not that you were ignorant before. In my opinion, you are even more ignorant now. I have really raised you for so many years in vain. Even if it was an ordinary family, when a stepmother married into the family, they would have to call her mother. But you, on the other hand, have become an ungrateful person the longer I raise you."
There was a hint of sarcasm and harshness in Liu Fangmin's words, and she was obviously extremely dissatisfied with Lan Xiyue's change of words.
Lan Xiyue narrowed her eyes slightly. The original owner's second aunt was really annoying and she couldn't like her.
Seeing this, Qin Lan tried to smooth things over by saying, "Second brother and sister-in-law, we are all family. It's just a name. Yueyue was raised by my younger sister since she was a child. They won't become strangers just because of the name, right, Yueyue?"
The old lady nodded secretly in her heart. Although she loved her youngest daughter Yunqing, she also felt sad that her eldest daughter passed away early, leaving her with no one to take care of her and a pair of young children.
When her youngest daughter insisted on marrying in as a second wife, she had opposed it, but when she thought of the two children left behind by her eldest daughter, she finally compromised.
Lan Xiyue's previous behavior did make her extremely disappointed, but seeing Yueyue's refreshed look today, which was very different from the past, made her feel pity for her.
"The eldest daughter-in-law is right. We are all family, so it doesn't matter how we address each other."
Liu Fangmin curled her lips. Since the old lady had said so, she didn't say anything else.
At this time, Yun Qing's cough sounded again. The old lady hurriedly got up and slowly walked to the bedside. She stretched out her thin but warm hand, gently stroked the man's frown, and slowly moved it to his forehead, feeling the still scorching temperature.
"Didn't you give him medicine? Why hasn't the fever gone down yet? When will he wake up?" The old lady murmured in a low voice, her words full of heartache and worry.
Lu Er bowed and said, "The doctor said that Madam has caught a cold and will need three doses of medicine before she wakes up."
The old lady nodded and said, "You take good care of it."
"yes."
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