Free Web NovelYears ago, in the Li residence.
Gu Xueqin carried breakfast and walked into the backyard, bathed in the sunlight. The only sound was her footsteps, as everything else was quiet.
She reached the guest room, but didn't enter immediately. She peered inside and saw the only surviving girl from the Ying Family Compound, curled up on the bed.
“Little Ying Bing isn’t awake yet?”
“Madam, this girl didn’t sleep all night. When I went in to persuade her to rest, she just stared at me without saying a word. It was quite frightening.” The maid said, still shaken.
“So she only fell asleep this morning...”
“Madam, so many people in the Ying Family Compound... only she survived, and she’s so cold. Do you think she was possessed by something inauspicious, that’s why...”
The maid lowered her head before finishing her sentence, realizing that her usually amiable mistress’s gaze was becoming stern.
“I don’t want to hear such talk in this house again.”
After dismissing the maid, Gu Xueqin went in and checked Little Ying Bing’s body. She sighed in relief when she found she was sick.
As she stood up to leave, a cold touch came from her hand.
She saw that the owner of the small hand had a pale Face, tightly pursed lips, and despite the chill emanating from her, sweat was trickling down her furrowed brow.
“Mom, don’t leave me...”
“I’m here, go to sleep.”
Later, Ying Bing often found a warm hand in her dreams.
Time flew by.
That pitiful little Face in her mind gradually matured. The fear and worry in her eyes were gone, replaced by a slightly bewildered gaze that, under the sunlight, was bright and captivating.
Gu Xueqin was momentarily lost in thought.
The little waif from back then had grown into a graceful young woman, and she was about to get married.
“Did you sleep well last night?”
“Yes, why are you here?”
“To bring some things and take you to the residence in Ziyang Prefecture.”
Gu Xueqin sat on the edge of the bed, gently tucked the loose strands of Ying Bing’s hair behind her ear, and then opened the various bags and parcels.
“To the residence in Ziyang Prefecture?”
Ying Bing tilted her head.
“Let that brat come to your maternal home to pick you up. How can he not come to our house for the engagement? There’s no way a girl should send herself off for marriage; people would laugh.” Madam Gu said with a serious expression.
Ying Bing lowered her eyes: “But I don’t have a maternal family...”
Gu Xueqin took her hand out while huffing, “Who dares say my Little Ying Bing is a girl without a mother? I’ll be the first to disagree. Old Li, isn’t that right?”
“Yes, yes, yes.” Old Li, who always cared about his Face, was now nodding like a chicken pecking rice, like his wife’s lackey.
Ying Bing was startled. The touch of Gu Xueqin’s hand felt incredibly familiar to her.
Before, she didn’t know where this familiar feeling came from, but after hearing that word just now, this familiarity suddenly became real.
“Mom...”
The soft, hazy voice fell, and the boudoir instantly became so quiet you could hear a pin drop.
Although there were four people in the room, not even a breath could be heard.
Gu Xueqin’s expression was somewhat incredulous. She opened her mouth: “Little Ying Bing, what did you call me just now?”
Ying Bing looked up this time, seriously gazed at Gu Xueqin for a long time, then softly repeated: “Mom.”
“Good, good, my dear daughter, Mom will comb your hair.”
Gu Xueqin was overjoyed, so excited that it took her several tries to steady the comb.
Old Li was flustered, standing up and sitting down, muttering about inviting all his colleagues over for a night of drinking until they were drunk. Although he knew it was just an engagement banquet, he simply couldn't hold back his excitement.
Previously, when attending wedding banquets or full-moon celebrations for his colleagues’ grandchildren, he was often asked:
“When will your family have another addition?”
“How are the two youngsters doing lately? I thought I’d be drinking your Li Family’s wedding wine first.”
Whenever he heard similar questions, what could Old Li do? Old Li could only take a sip of wine and smile without speaking.
Giving off the impression that everything was under control, but it wasn’t yet time to announce it to everyone.
“...”
Shang Qinqing’s expression was unexpectedly calm.
She walked out of the room without a word, as if nothing had happened.
“Huh? Qinqing, why did you come down?”
Qin Yuzhi was pulled to a corner of the Autumn Water Pavilion, looking bewildered.
“Ha...” Shang Qinqing clutched ❖ Nоvеl𝚒ght ❖ (Exclusive on Nоvеl𝚒ght) her heart and collapsed to the ground, then gasped violently, like she had asthma, taking deep breaths repeatedly.
“What’s wrong? Tell me quickly.”
“Hoo... hoo, wait for me.”
Shang Qinqing noticed no one was paying attention to them, so she rolled back and forth on the ground.
“Don’t scare me, what exactly happened?”
“Little Ying Bing called Madam Gu ‘Mom’.”
“Hiss...”
Qin Yuzhi leaned back slightly, as if struck by lightning.
And so... the figure rolling on the ground went from one to two.
“...What’s wrong with them?” Shang Li asked, looking up.
Shang Wu yawned: “They’re having an episode, what’s it called... oh, high blood sugar. Eat less sugar, or you’ll end up like this too.”
“Understood, Sister.” Shang Li nodded fearfully.
Li Mo had been looking for Shang Qinqing for a long time and finally saw her by the banyan tree. Before he even got close, he heard her whispering with Qin Yuzhi.
“Madam Gu was so touched when she heard Little Ying Bing call her ‘Mom’.”
“Darn it, why wasn’t I there then?”
Li Mo: “!”
The Ice Cube changed her address to ‘Mom’?
Xiao Li crossed his arms, his Face deep in thought. Since she had changed her address to his mom, she should change her address to him too. She couldn’t call him ‘immature ghost’ anymore, she should call him... “Madam Gu cried with emotion while combing Little Ying Bing’s hair.”
“Isn’t it a happy occasion?”
“She said that thinking about her daughter getting married made a mother’s heart feel very complicated...”
“???”
Question marks popped up one after another on Xiao Li’s forehead.
If he remembered correctly, the Li Family only had one son named Li.
Li Mo went upstairs, utterly confused, but was stopped by Old Li, who was standing at the door like a guard.
“If you have something to say, say it at the door.”
“...Dad, is there a possibility that you’re hiding something from me?”
“What thing?”
“When I was little, you swapped me and the Ying Family’s child. Actually, the Ice Cube is your biological child.”
“?”
Seeing his dad freeze for a moment, then his hand instinctively reached for his belt, Li Mo cleared his throat and got to the point.
Li Mo didn’t want to ruin the auspicious occasion in his heart, but this was destined not to be a peaceful engagement banquet.
Although the Qingyuan Sect had made detailed countermeasures, no one could guarantee that no accidents would occur at that time.
Li Mo said seriously:
“Dad, at that time, you and Mom had better not use the excuse of going to the outhouse to pass by the bridal chamber.”
“Which son of a bitch dares to ruin my Old Li Family’s good fortune?”
Li Dalong was furious upon hearing that someone was causing trouble.
Li Mo said helplessly: “The Demon Summoning Sect and the Lingxi Gate, I estimate at least two Seventh Realm, I haven’t counted the Sixth Realm, but it shouldn’t be less than ten.”
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Li Dalong, who had been furious, was silent for a moment, then said with a slightly milder fury: “Hmph, I understand. At that time, I will take your mother and them to a safe place. If one day those cunning villains fall into my hands...”
“Dad, let’s go inside and talk.” Li Mo gestured for him to lower his voice.
“No, didn’t you see I’m standing at the door? Your mother is trying on Ying Bing’s engagement clothes.”
“Hiss...”
Li Mo, who originally wanted to go in, now felt he had no choice but to enter.
