Jiang Wanru saw Yu Xixi on this evening, and a torrential rain poured down until dawn. The next morning, the sky gradually cleared up in an unusual way. At that time, the Jiang family spread the news that Yu Xixi's condition had improved greatly, and she could sit up and talk for a while. Jiang Wanru followed her stepmother's people to hurry over, but she still refused to see them. On the third day, early in the morning, Yu Xixi passed away in her sleep. After the Yu family received the news, they rushed over to take her out of the Jiang family from the side door. When Jiang Wanru heard the news and rushed to Yu Xixi's courtyard, there was only an empty courtyard left.
Jiang Wan rushed into Yu Xi's room, the window was wide open, and the air still lingered with a strong medicinal smell. However, the room was clearly empty, the bed sheets were messy and piled up in a heap, proving that the person who left had done so hastily. She slowly walked out of the room door and stood frozen in the courtyard for a long time. It wasn't until Jiang Da's housekeeper, accompanied by a group of people carrying cleaning tools, prepared to enter the courtyard that she was startled awake, turning her head back in a daze to look at the people rushing into the courtyard. Her gaze wandered aimlessly as she watched them, causing them to stop in their tracks.
The housekeeper saw Jiang Wanru and hastily came forward to pay her respects, saying: "Third Miss, your aunt has left. Madam, please return to your own courtyard now." Behind her were two women who, after hearing this, smiled and stepped forward, gently pulling Jiang Wanru's hands as they walked out. Jiang Wanru broke free from their grasp, glanced at the housekeeper who had spoken, and woodenly walked past them towards the outside of the courtyard.
After Jiang Wanru left the courtyard, she saw Jiyuan outside. Her shoulders were being held by two women. Jiang Wanru walked directly to the three of them, her eyes scanning the two women lightly. After seeing that they had let go, she silently passed through them and continued walking forward. Jiyuan glanced at the two women and quickly followed behind Jiang Wanru's wooden figure. The two of them walked in silence, but couldn't block the gazes of the people who were rushing over from all directions, which occasionally swept towards Jiang Wanru's bewildered face.
Ji Yan lowered her head, holding back a breath, and closely followed Jiang Wanru. As they walked towards their own courtyard, the number of passersby decreased. Ji Yan stepped forward two steps, softly saying to Jiang Wanru: "Miss, Yu Niang has just left, you should take care of yourself. The madam had someone clean up Yu Niang's courtyard, my mother said that all the ladies of the house do things this way, so miss should be at ease." Jiang Wanru nodded and said: "The person is no longer here, what's there to fight about? Let her be. Auntie was able to return to the Yu family in the end, it seems she has achieved her heart's desire."
Ji Yan listened to Jiang Wan's words, following behind her, looking at her expression, desperately trying to find something to say to Jiang Wan. Jiang Wan remained calm and indifferent, letting Ji Yan speak without interrupting. It wasn't until Ji Yan asked, "Miss, have you seen Qiu Chun in the courtyard?" that Jiang Wan slightly shook her head. Qiu Chun was someone Yu Xi had brought from the Yu household, so she must have followed them back to the Yu household.
Yu's departure was quiet, without causing any waves in the Jiang family. The Jiang family had new good news, Second Miss's mother, after many years, was pregnant again. Jiang Wanxiang specially came to inform Jiang Wanyu of this good news, smiling as she said to Jiang Wanyu who opened the courtyard door: "Look at our home, one happy event after another, big brother is getting married this year, big sister has also settled on a satisfactory marriage, and my aunt is going to give us more siblings." Jiang Wanyu looked at her coldly, closing the courtyard door in front of her, saying: "Yu's mourning period just ended ten days ago."
Jiang Wanwan stood outside the closed courtyard gate, furious and scolding loudly at the people inside: "Fool! What's wrong with you? When Yu Niang was alive, she never even bothered to see you. She was taken in by the Yu family, but did they ever come to visit you or ask about your well-being? Hmph, you're just a fool, only knowing how to put on airs in front of me..." Jiang Wanru stood quietly inside the courtyard, listening to Jiang Wanwan's shouting outside. Ji Yan followed closely behind her, tears welling up in his eyes, clenching his fists tightly as he endured standing by her side.
After a month of careful departure, Qiu Chun came to the Jiang family in white clothes. She was carrying a small package in her hand, followed by two women and Xiao Jiang's housekeeper behind Mrs. Jiang. Jiang Wanru stood in the courtyard, Qiu Chun glanced at her plain dress, quietly handed the package in her hand to Jiang Wanru, saying: "Miss, this is something left by the master."
Qīng's eyes turned red as she stared at the bundle, her eyes filled with a clear reluctance. Jiāng Wǎn Mù calmly took the bundle from her hand and opened it in front of the Xiao Jiang family and the two women. Among the many old trinkets and clothes, she rummaged out a package, pinched it with her fingers, then pulled out the contents to take a look before refolding them neatly and casually stuffing them into her own sleeve pocket.
Jiang Wanmu re-tied the bundle and handed it back to Qiu Chun, saying: "I took what she wanted to give me. The other things are for you. She said that if you treat her well, those things will be sent to you, so you can have a foundation to live on. She hopes you'll be able to live a good life in the future." Qiu Chun listened to Jiang Wanmu's words and took the bundle, hugging it tightly as she squatted down and buried her head in the bundle, crying loudly. The people from Xiaojiang who had followed them tried to stop those who wanted to intervene, saying softly: "Let her cry, it will make her feel better."
Qīng Chūn wept bitterly, and the eyes of Xiǎo Jiāng jiā's two women were slightly red. Jí Yán had a tear in her eye. Only Jiāng Wǎn Mù's eyes were dry, quietly watching Qīng Chūn cry. After Qīng Chūn finished crying, she stood up and handed the bundle to Jiāng Wǎn Mù, saying: "The master has set me free. The master's things, leave them with you as a keepsake." Jiāng Wǎn Mù dodged and refused her, saying: "I have food and clothing in the Jiāng family, I don't need those, take them away." Xiǎo Jiāng jiā's two women stared foolishly at Jiāng Wǎn Mù, staring at her insistence on not accepting the bundle.
Spring asked to leave, and before she left, in front of the Xiaojiang family, she said to Jiang Wanyu: "The old master of the Yu family said that Miss is a member of the Jiang family. They only think of the Jiang family's people, harming their own daughter, and they feel uncomfortable in their hearts. But Miss also has the blood of the Yu family flowing through her body, which everyone in the Yu family knows." Jiang Wanyu had never held any hope for the Yu family from Yu Xi's words. The Yu family resented the Jiang family, thinking that it was Jiang An who wronged Yu Xi for life. And the Jiang family resented Yu Xi, thinking that she caused the two families to become enemies.
Yu Xi has already passed away, but she can't take the grudges and grievances of the two families with her. Because of her untimely death at a young age, it's likely that the Yu family will hold another grudge against the Jiang family. Jiang Wan is still alive, and she was born to be a person stuck in the cracks. Neither the Jiang nor the Yu family can wholeheartedly accept her, yet they won't allow her to suffer any losses either. She's like someone who was born with original sin; the two people responsible for her situation are gone - one is dead, and the other has lost their memory, forgetting their past mistakes.
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