Song Chuyi returned to her room when the sun was already high in the sky, and Xu's nanny had been anxiously waiting at the door. When she saw Song Chuyi coming, she hurriedly welcomed her, her voice trembling uncontrollably: "It's her, it's Lianyi, it's Lianyi!"

  Xu Ayi grew up with Lian Wei since childhood, so she naturally wouldn't mistake anyone. With just one glance, she recognized the disheveled and dirty woman with her hair casually coiled at the back of her head as the former delicate and refined young mistress Lian Wei who used to be as pure as a lotus flower untouched by the sun.

  "I had someone take her down to clean up, afraid of scaring the young lady." Xu Ayi lowered her voice and wiped away tears from the corner of her eyes: "The Li family is ruthless, treating people like this. I heard that Lian Hui gave birth to three girls in a row, all of whom were drowned to death."

  Song Chuyi stopped in her tracks and looked at Xu Niang in surprise.

  She grew up in a wealthy family with abundant food and clothing, although she knew that most people in the world valued boys more than girls, but had never heard of girls being drowned or given away at birth.

  Mrs. Xu couldn't hold back her anger: "A good person, now the Li family's people are simply crazy, I heard that after drowning a girl, the next child won't be a girl again, they didn't care about Lian Hui's crying and begging, and killed three people! They also had the nerve to do it! Now Lian Hui is pregnant with another one, but she's already thirty-two!"

  Perhaps it was because she had seen the person again, or perhaps it was because the contrast was just too cruel, Xu's nanny was so excited that she became somewhat flustered and incoherent.

  Song Chuyi calmed down and grasped Xu's hand: "Nanny, calm down first. No matter what, I'll go see her first."

  Xu Ayi wiped away her tears and nodded: "Yes, I'll go arrange it now."

  Although she had mentally prepared herself, Song Chuyi still couldn't help but stand up with a look of shock on her face the moment she saw the ripples.

  Lian Wei was really too old, that one face which could still vaguely see the clear eyebrows and bright eyes of his youth was full of wrinkles, with spots all over his chin, and his eyes were filled with the vicissitudes of life.

  According to what Auntie Xu said, these big girls are several years younger than Auntie Xu. However, looking at them now, Lianyi seems to be more than ten years older than Auntie Xu.

  "Lianyi, this is our little miss." Xu Ayi cried and held Lianyi's hand, pointing at Song Chuyi for her to see: "Look, she's eight years old now, doesn't she look just like our miss?"

  Ripples quickly walked a few steps and arrived in front of Song Chuyi, stretched out her hand as if wanting to touch her, but stopped her hand just before touching her face.

  She couldn't speak, crying and constantly opening her mouth to make a dull and sharp "ah" sound, her hands kept rubbing on her clothes, but she didn't touch Song Chuyi's face after all. Her body slightly trembled and thudded as she knelt down on the ground.

  Song Chuyi was shocked by her actions and instinctively took a step back, but immediately reacted and squatted on the ground with a mixture of sadness and anger.

  This was her mother's greatest hope, to marry off with a dowry to an official in the government or to be a daughter-in-law of an ordinary family, but now everything has been ruined.

  She even felt she didn't have the qualifications to reach out and touch the mistress's orphan.

  But what did she do wrong? Song Chuyi sorrowfully helped her up, and tears fell on Lianyi's hand.

  "Sorry" Song Chuyi suddenly felt that language was pale and powerless, unable to describe her one-thousandth of heartache and unbearable pain: "Lianyi sorry"

  Lianyi ah cried out twice, busily wanting to hand her a handkerchief to wipe away tears, but halfway through, seeing his own hands full of speckled blue veins and old calluses, he couldn't bring himself to extend it.

  Xu Ayi's eyes were blurry with tears as she pulled the two of them up, her voice trembling as she asked Lianyi: "Your throat?"

  Lianyi wiped away a tear and stretched out her hand to ask for something.

  Still it was Qing Tao who reacted first, hastily saying: "Do you want paper and pen?"

  Ripples sounded, nodding continuously.

  Xu Ayi also smiled with surprise and looked at Song Chuyi: "Yes, yes, yes, Lianyi and the others can recognize characters"

  Qīng Táo and Hóng Yù have already found the paper and pen, handed them over to Liàn Wēi, who grasped them in her hand, trembling as she wrote a few crooked characters, then held them up for Sòng Chǔ Yí to see.

  The lady was killed by Li Jingyu.

  Song Chuyi clenched her fists and stared at those ten words, slowly nodding.

  Tears welled up in her eyes again, and after writing with her head down for a while, she held the paper up for Song Chuyi to see.

  The midwife has a problem, the midwife of Zheng's family in East City.

  "Wasn't Madame difficult to deliver back then?! Was someone involved in it?!"

  From the few words of Qingtao's parents and the news from Xu Ayi, they only knew that Cui Shi was likely to be lured by Li Shi to see something indecent at the Qingliang Temple, which led to her difficult labor.

  But was it originally just like this? Or should I say, is it limited to being like this?

  Choi's death was thoroughly planned and plotted, someone deliberately wanted her dead.

  Ripples stretched his mouth and let out a sharp cry, nodding continuously.

  Chengdong, Zhengjia.

  Song Chuyi curled up the corner of his mouth and smiled bitterly, really coincidental.

  The Li mother and daughter both liked to use the same family, now it seems they really cherish the old, constantly taking care of Zheng's business. In her previous life when she gave birth to a child with difficulty, it was also Zheng who received her.

  Then she was declared unable to have any more children afterwards.

  Is this just a coincidence or is it man-made? Now it seems quite obvious.

  Hating to the extreme, Song Chuyi suddenly couldn't produce any other superfluous emotions. She tightly clenched the paper handed to her by Lianying, as if she wanted to stare a hole through it.

  "Does Grandma and Father know about these things?" Song Chuyi's voice was hoarse as she looked at her, her eyes devoid of any emotion, like a clay Buddha in a temple.

  Lianyi thought carefully and continued writing a few words on the paper before handing it over to her.

  I don't know. It was arranged by Old Lady Li's family.

  Song Chuyi's lips curled up with a cold smile, and the hatred in her eyes became even more apparent.

  "Why did your grandmother want to sell you all?" Song Chuyi asked the question that had been stuck in her mind and couldn't be let go: "She attaches so much importance to rules, why did she suddenly not follow the rules? She even let Li enter the house and became my stepmother."

  Lianyi finally reached out and grasped Song Chuyi's hand, shaking it vigorously a few times to calm her down. Then she handed over another full sheet of paper.

  Mrs. Xū fiercely spat on the ground several times before stopping, and in her heart she had already scolded Li so many times. Qingtao watched with wide eyes, immediately turning her head to see Song Chuyi's reaction.

  I went for a gastroscopy today, which took up the whole day, so the additional update I promised might be delayed, but it will definitely happen, don't worry. I'll try my best to get it done today, if not, then tomorrow, hehe, love you guys.