When Aunt Zhu saw that Li Hua had woken up, she didn't want to say anything more. The main reason was that she had really considered marrying him before, but who knew he would turn out to be such a vicious snake.
"Banxia, look, shouldn't she go back to the cowshed?"
Li Hua looked up and glared at her.
"Hey, you dare to glare at me? If it weren't for the kind hearts of everyone in our village, who would care about a bad element like you? You should just work hard from now on to atone for your sins."
Li Hua didn't want to talk to a village woman like Aunt Zhu, so she glanced at Shen Banxia.
Shen Banxia didn't care about any of that. What, did she really think that just because she showed a photo, she was her cousin?
Even if that's the case, so what? We haven't had any dealings for eight hundred years. I suppose the help they gave back then was a carefully calculated scheme.
Just then, Mrs. Zhou and her older sister came running over, panting. They were about to speak when they looked at the people in the room and said, "Dr. Chen is busy. We'll come back later."
Aunt Zhu was a perceptive woman; she knew that these two people in front of her were no ordinary individuals.
Back then, the things that were delivered made the villagers quite envious.
Even the Zhou family, if it weren't for Captain Zhou stopping them, probably would have come over and snatched it.
"Banxia, you go ahead and do your work, go see the doctor first. We'll take this person back to the cowshed." Anyway, it's just a minor injury, and now we've applied medicine.
If it were in the past, they would have just smeared some wood ash on it, why would they use such precious medicine?
Completely unaware, Li Hua stared wide-eyed at Madam Zhou.
After Aunt Zhu and the other woman left, Madam Zhou asked Shen Banxia, "Dr. Shen, are there any other injured people in the cowshed?"
Shen Banxia could tell that the old lady next to her looked nervous.
Thinking about some things from that era, Shen Banxia shook her head. "No, it was just Li Hua; no one else was injured."
The old lady visibly breathed a sigh of relief.
Madam Zhou glanced at Shen Banxia, seemingly wanting to say something but ultimately refraining from saying anything more.
It's best not to involve unrelated people in some things.
Shen Banxia didn't ask any more questions, after all, their relationship hadn't reached that point yet.
Moreover, Shen Banxia felt her body getting heavier day by day, and there were some things she was powerless to do even if she wanted to.
Back in the cowshed, Li Hua finally remembered where that familiar feeling came from.
But didn't Mother say before that besides her younger sister, she had no other relatives? Is it really true that people can look alike?
No, Li Hua didn't believe there could be such a coincidence.
Seeing Aunt Zhu preparing to leave, Li Hua grabbed her arm. "Auntie, could you please pass on a message to Shen Banxia for me? I have news about her mother. It's just a matter of whether she wants to know."
Aunt Zhu looked around, thankfully no one was paying attention, "You, what do you mean by that?"
Li Hua remained silent.
Aunt Zhu felt that Li Hua was not a good person, even though Shen Banxia was her savior.
When she rushed to the clinic, she saw Mrs. Zhou and the old lady leaving.
Thinking of what Li Hua had said, Aunt Zhu didn't dare to speak loudly, "Banxia, Li Hua said he knows about your mother, will this... will this cause any trouble?"
To be honest, all they knew was that Shen Banxia was an educated youth from Kyoto who was quite wealthy. Judging from her clothes, her food, and her daily necessities, she was not one of those poor country folk.
Now, out of the blue, they're talking about Shen Banxia's mother, all in such a mysterious way, and the person they're talking about is a bad element. This just doesn't sound right at all.
Shen Banxia hadn't expected Li Hua to be so reckless.
However, Shen Banxia looked at Aunt Zhu and said, "My mother has passed away."
"Huh?" Aunt Zhu was really hearing this for the first time, and her anger flared up instantly. "This Li Hua is really no good person. He's a bad element himself, and he wants to drag you down with him. He has such a bad conscience."
Shen Banxia didn't want to explain further.
However, it seems that Li Hua is also unaware of her mother's whereabouts. But why would her mother have a photo with her mother?
When Shen Banxia was three years old, her mother passed away. Because of the damage caused by giving birth to her prematurely, she had been bedridden for a long time and passed away at the age of three.
As for her stepmother and her younger brother, who was only two and a half years younger than her, Shen Banxia didn't want to mention them at all.
However, I still need to make a trip to Li Hua's place.
In the evening, when Zhou Mingqian returned, Shen Banxia told him everything.
In the middle of the night, Shen Banxia wrapped herself up like a ball and quietly went to the cowshed. Fortunately, Li Hua was not with those people.
Li Hua seemed to know that Shen Banxia would come looking for her, and hadn't slept at all.
Looking at Shen Banxia and her husband, she didn't beat around the bush and asked directly, "What is your relationship with that Mrs. Zhou?"
As she was leaving, she overheard Aunt Zhu talking about Madam Zhou, something she had heard quite a bit about recently.
I never expected that Madam Zhou would look like that.
"What does this have to do with you? And what does it have to do with my mother?" Shen Banxia wondered. Since Li Hua didn't know that his mother had already passed away, why was he asking these questions?
Is it simply because she can't handle heavy lifting? Shen Banxia didn't believe that explanation.
How could someone like Madam Zhou possibly be involved with Li Hua's family?
"If I told you that my mother and that Mrs. Zhou look nine-tenths alike, what would you do?" Li Hua asked rhetorically.
Shen Banxia hadn't expected such an answer. Thinking back to what she'd read in the script—that Old Zhou, the leader, had ultimately adopted Zhou Mingjiao as his goddaughter—could it be…?
"What does this have to do with me?" No, Shen Banxia quickly realized.
According to the photo that Li Hua showed her, she said that her mother and her own mother were sisters, while Mrs. Zhou only had one daughter.
So the question is, what exactly is the entanglement in all of this?
Li Hua quickly spoke up, "My mother and your mother are sisters, and my mother looks nine-tenths like Madam Zhou. It would be hard to believe there's no connection between them, would it? I have no other intentions, but could you arrange for Madam Zhou to meet with me? There are some things I want to clarify."
“I can’t agree to that,” Shen Banxia disagreed.
"Why?" Li Hua asked anxiously, as she had finally gotten a chance to get out.
"Have you forgotten what you've done? You're a bad element now. If she contacts you, what do you think will happen if someone reports her?"
“I didn’t mean to do anything bad. I just wanted to verify something. After I’ve verified it, I’ll tell you a secret about your mother.”
Shen Banxia hadn't realized that Li Hua knew so much. "I'll ask her about it later and see what she says."
She suddenly realized that Madam Zhou had always been concerned about her daughter.
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