While Lin Yan was chasing after her, Yang Ting had already taken her maid to the jewelry shop next door.
The shopkeeper was delighted to receive business on a snowy day and warmly welcomed the customer.
"Young lady, please come in!"
Yang Ting casually picked out a hairpin, paid for it, and then started chatting with the shopkeeper as if by accident.
"Shopkeeper, this place is quite interesting. I just went to the hot pot restaurant next door and found that it was staffed entirely by women. I've never heard of anything like that before. It's really strange!"
Speaking of this...
The shopkeeper was furious!
His shop used to be located next to Baihualou, and courtesans and brothel owners would often come to buy jewelry.
Business is booming!
However, ever since the flower shop was turned into a hot pot restaurant.
The girls now wear simple clothes and plain hairpins all day long, no longer adorned with gold and silver, and no longer come to his jewelry store to buy jewelry.
His shop's business also plummeted!
However, the hot pot restaurant was always packed with customers, which made him envious and jealous.
Therefore, the shopkeeper had his younger brother open a hot pot restaurant on Lingtiao Street as well.
Unfortunately, we lacked the base recipe and fresh mushrooms.
That hot pot restaurant closed down in less than a month.
"Young lady, you may not know this, but that restaurant used to be a brothel. Apart from the owner, all the women there were former prostitutes from that brothel! You should try to avoid eating hot pot there in the future, lest you catch a sexually transmitted disease from them!"
The shopkeeper couldn't hide the disdain in his tone.
Upon hearing this, Yang Ting's beautiful eyes widened in surprise. She gently touched her chest, relieved that she hadn't stayed at the restaurant for a meal.
"Thank you for the reminder, shopkeeper."
"You're welcome, miss, take care!"
Watching her hurried departure, the shopkeeper's face revealed a calculating smile.
When Yang Ting entered the hot pot restaurant again, her mindset had undergone a huge change.
Those beautiful eyes were full of disdain.
At this point, after the initial family reunion, Madam He had reverted to her former demeanor as a noblewoman.
Yang Ting smiled slightly.
Avoiding everyone's gaze, he pulled Madam He aside and whispered the news he had just heard in her ear.
After hearing this, Ms. He...
He staggered a few steps, staring at the pear blossoms in disbelief.
Lihua knew it well.
She must know about her past...
She had seen that look countless times, but none of them had ever caused her such heartache as this time!
"mother……"
Suddenly, Madam He grabbed Pear Blossom's hand and questioned her sharply:
"Ping'er, have you ever entertained guests?"
Pear Blossom lowered her head, and a barely audible sound escaped from her throat:
"Take it..."
He seemed to still harbor a glimmer of hope and relentlessly pressed for answers:
"How many did you receive?"
"No, I don't remember."
Pear Blossom bit her lower lip tightly.
I wish I could bury myself in a crack in the ground.
Thinking of the past, she closed her eyes tightly in anguish, and crystal tears slid down her beautiful face, silently dripping onto the ground.
The girls in brothels generally start serving customers from the age of fourteen or fifteen.
If you encounter a psychopath, you might suffer from it as a child...
And she was already seventeen years old...
Mrs. He's eyes nearly rolled back, and she almost fainted, muttering incessantly:
"It's over! It's all over..."
At the very beginning.
He was still trying to comfort himself.
If her daughter has only been married a few times, then she can still assume that her daughter has been married several times.
But now it's like this...
Can she still take her daughter back?
How will the neighbors, her in-laws, and others view her then?
After all, the Yang family is no ordinary family...
Seeing He's reaction, Yang Ting's lips curled into a barely perceptible smile, and her eyes gleamed with a determined light!
The gazes directed at Pear Blossom grew increasingly contemptuous.
Mrs. He really wanted to leave and end it all!
But looking at the face in front of her that was so similar to her own, she ultimately couldn't bear it.
She closed her eyes, let out a heavy breath, then stepped forward and hugged Lihua, gently patting her back to comfort her.
“Ping’er, it’s my fault for not protecting you and causing you so much suffering. Don’t worry, I will take you home. Don’t worry, no one in Jiangnan knows you. As long as we don’t tell anyone, no one will know about your past here.”
After the truth was told.
Pear Blossom had already resigned herself to being abandoned.
But when she was embraced in a warm hug again, she was stunned.
Pear Blossom suddenly lifted her head from Madam He's arms, her eyes filled with disbelief!
"Mother? You...you still recognize me?!"
There were still tear stains on her face, and when Madam He saw them, a pang of pain shot through her heart.
“Silly child, you were born after I carried you for ten months with high hopes. How could I not love you? Even if I had other children, my love for you would never have diminished in the slightest.”
The scene before them moved everyone in the lobby.
Of course, Yang Ting is not included here.
She never expected this.
After learning about Pear Blossom's sordid past, Madam He not only didn't despise her, but also wanted to take her home!
What should she do then?
Is there any place left for a fake young lady like her in such a large Yang mansion?!
Yang Ting's eyes suddenly revealed a fierce malice, and her long nails dug tightly into the flesh of her palms.
“Ping’er, come back with me now. I’m staying at the Red Moon Mansion for now and I’ll be there before dark.”
Pear Blossom wiped away her tears, and when she met Mrs. He's concerned gaze, she replied with a hint of apology:
“Mother, the mistress hasn’t returned yet. I want to wait until she comes back to say goodbye properly before going back with you. If it weren’t for her, I would still be living a life worse than death in the brothel.”
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