When Gu Yi returned to the house, Xiao Si followed him in and respectfully handed him a piece of paper on which he wrote down everything Gu Wen had eaten since she set foot in the house.
Gu Yi read it over carefully, his eyes fell on the bird’s nest congee and stared at it for a while.
“Send someone to keep an eye on Eldest Sister’s movements these few days.”
Xiao Si answered and retreated.
Gu Yi put the paper on the table, leaned his head against the back of the chair, looked out the window, his mind flashed back to Gu Hui’s every word and action when she was at the Song family today …… then, raised his hand to bring the paper on the table over and tear it up bit by bit.
At the same moment, Gu Hui also returned to her house, and Bao’er immediately pounced over with her short legs wobbling, “Mother.”
Gu Hui bent down and hugged him tightly in her arms, giving him a kiss on the cheek, “Did Bao’er miss his mother?”
“Yes. ”
“Do you miss your uncle?”
“Yes.”
“Let’s go and find uncle, shall we?”
“Good.”
Gu Hui carried Bao’er outside, instructing her personal maid as she walked, “Pack up, we’ll go back first thing in the morning.”
……
There had never been anyone else serving in Gu Yi’s courtyard except for Xiao Si. When Gu Hui carried Bao’er to the courtyard entrance, she deliberately hid behind the door with Bao’er in her arms and poked her head in to look.
Bao’er was so amused that she giggled.
The maids following behind her also covered their mouths and laughed. Missy used to play with young master like this, and every time, Xiao Si would find out and tell young master, who would then rush out of the house.
This time, however, Xiao Si was not there, and Bao Er’s laughter was so loud that Gu Yi would have been able to hear it if he was inside the house.
Gu Hui also stared at the door, and when she saw no movement, the laughter in her eyes dissipated, but she still covered Bao’er’s mouth with one hand, while tiptoeing inside, “whispering” and urging Bao’er, “Don’t make a sound, let’s scare uncle, okay?”
Bao’er laughed excitedly again.
Inside the house, Gu Yi looked at the scraps of paper on the table, the corners of his mouth slightly hooked up, but quickly fell down again, got up, walked to the back of the door, and waited for Gu Hui holding Bao’er outside to “quietly” walk to the door, he pulled the door open violently, “Got you!”
Bao’er laughed even louder and flung her arms around for Gu Yi to hug, “Uncle, uncle.”
“I knew you were in the house.”
Gu Hui smiled and stood up straight.
Gu Yi carried Bao’er over and turned towards the house, asking casually, “How did Big Sister know when Little Four wasn’t there?”
“We’re blood siblings, when we were kids playing hide-and-seek, there was never a time when big sister didn’t find you first, no matter how far away you were, big sister could always feel your scent.”
Gu Hui entered the house and saw the scraps of paper on the table, her eyes flashed, “After I went back, Bao’er insisted on looking for uncle, so I carried him over. Where is Little Four, why isn’t he waiting at the door?”
“I was hungry and asked him to go and bring me some pastries.”
Gu Hui was about to sit down when she heard her words and stopped, “Big sister is just free, what do you want to eat, big sister will go and make it for you.”
“Sure, I love Big Sister’s lotus seed soup the most, it defeats fire, please bother Big Sister.”
“You’re still polite to big sister, just as well I’ll make another bowl of bird’s nest for your second sister, so she can nourish her body.”
……
Yuan family
When Madam Yuan wakes up, she learns that Song Wan Yue saved her life and that one life is worth one life, Master Yuan no longer pursues Yuan Min’s death.
She was about to run headlong into death!
“I won’t let her save! No need for one life for one life!”
Fortunately, Master Yuan was quick to catch her and prevented her from crashing into the ground. But he also tore her wound and sent for the doctor from De Ren Tang to come and re-bandage her.
She wanted to get rid of the culprit, but she had not expected to hurt herself and lose the chance to avenge her daughter’s death.
“Madam ……”
Master Yuan that had the cushion against Lady Yuan’s head and between the head of the bed, lest she do something suicidal again.
“We’ve been set up, and Min’er didn’t die of her injuries.”
Lady Yuan opened her eyes abruptly, the anger in her voice unmistakable, “What does your lordship mean? At first you were afraid of the Gu family and watched as Min’er was beaten half to death, and now you are saying such things, or are you afraid of the Gu family, are you?”
Master Yuan knew that she was angry now and her words were a bit radical, he didn’t blame her, he leaned down slightly and pressed his voice, “Min’er died from poisoning.”
“I don’t believe it!”
Mrs. Yuan’s voice snapped up, and if it wasn’t for Yuan Cheng’s hand holding her down, she would have sat up without regard for anything.
How could Min’er have been poisoned? That doctor from the Gu family must be talking nonsense!
“After that girl from the Song family saved your life, I said that I would not pursue Miner’s death, but they were unwilling to do so and insisted on an autopsy. If they really had a ghost in their hearts, why didn’t they stop after I said that and insist on an autopsy instead?”
“What do you mean, you let that old man touch Min’er’s body?”
Mrs. Yuan didn’t listen to anything else but that Dr. Yao had re-examined the corpse, her Min’er was still a daughter, how could she let an old man look at her casually.
“Madam ……”
Yuan Cheng had no choice but to lie, “He didn’t touch it, it was the Song family maid who examined it.”
“That’s even less credible.”
“Madam, you ……”
Master Yuan simply didn’t know what to say.
Mrs. Yuan’s voice was dark and cold, “You’re just afraid of the Gu family, I’m not! When I get better, I’m not finished with the Gu family. I’ll risk my life to make that old thing Gu Qian pay for my daughter’s life.”
“How can you be so obsessed!”
Master Yuan was a bit anxious, if he wanted to investigate the cause of Min’er’s death, he still had to ask Madam Yuan to assist, now she couldn’t hear what she said, so how could she help with the investigation.
“It was our fault for swapping the jade bracelets in the first place, that’s why I took a step back and let Min’er take the blame, but after Min’er died, all I could think about was avenging his death, I went to confront Gu Qian in the public court, I even offered to let his son wear mourning for Min’er, if I was afraid of him, how could I have done such a thing?”
“The reason I’m giving you the real cause of Min’er’s death now is that I don’t want our daughter to die in vain and not be able to rest in peace under the nine springs.”
“What Father said is true.”
Yuan Tong pushed the door in, he had been standing at the door for a while listening, hearing his mother being so paranoid, before he pushed the door in, “Mother think carefully, although little sister has been unconscious, did the doctor say that she was not in danger of dying, and that as long as she recuperated well, she would be fine after a period of time? If someone hadn’t poisoned her, how could she have suddenly gone?”
Seeing her son, thinking about her dead daughter, Madam Yuan’s eyes fell in big tears, “Since both you father and son said that Min’er was poisoned to death, then tell me, who did the poisoning?”
