C5 Worry

She had not recovered from her illness yet. Other than the tearing pain in her throat, the plate on her feet was unstable, and she swayed whenever she walked. Even after using straw to stabilize the pot full of oil, she still came out unsteadily.

Old Madam Mu held her horizontally, as if she was looking at her father's murderer. She slapped her with her hand. "You despicable son of a bitch, you're playing tricks again. Splash some oil out and I'll show you."

Mu Yunsheng glared fiercely at the girl in the darkness, wishing that she could drag her wife to her death with her. But in the end, she still walked back with one foot in the end.

In the past few days, it wasn't as if she hadn't thought of just killing these two old bastards, but when she lit a fire piston and prepared to burn her Mu Family to the ground, Aunt Lin cried from the side, "Sheng'er, don't do anything stupid. Sheng'er, it's good that you've burned them, but you have to pay with your life for them at all. Sheng'er, if you die, what should mother do …"

Mu Yunsheng looked at Aunt Lin. After staring at her for a long time, she still didn't burn.

That's right, how could she pay with her life for such a thing? She wanted to live, and work hard to live.

Live...

Mu Yunsheng looked at the night sky with a dark expression. Now that she saw Old Madam Mu fawning on Miss Zhao, she finally realized that she had taken the wrong path. Previously, she just wanted to get rid of them before thinking about matters of wealth.

She wanted to be rich, to stand at a place where they couldn't even look up to, so that she could truly be rid of them.

When they returned to the village, Old Madam Mu separated from her. Mu Yunsheng looked in the direction she went and saw that it was the village's only butcher's house. She only glanced at it once before continuing her journey.

Along the way, they met a few village ladies. They looked at Mu Yunsheng and huddled together as they whispered to each other. From time to time, they could hear a few words that seemed to be 'pitiful' and 'beaten up again' … And so on.

After a few regretful sounds, they dispersed. Mu Yunsheng had already gotten used to it and was no longer in the mood to talk about it.

After putting down the burden, Mu Na went to the main hall. Old Master Mu was not around today, so the atmosphere was quite cheerful. Mu Yunsheng didn't know what to say, so she gave a low and deep laugh, saving Mu Yunsheng the trouble of greeting them.

Lady Zhou, who was cooking, said to Mu Yunsheng with concern, "My niece hasn't been able to eat much in the past few days. Aunt heard someone say that it would be spicy and appetizing, so I decided to make you feel sorry for me. You should eat more."

Mu Yunsheng tried her best to smile, then picked up some food and a bowl of water before returning to her room. Behind her, Mrs. Zhou proudly laughed at her, but sometimes Mu Yunsheng would also be curious why she and Mrs. Zhou had such a huge grudge.

Forget it, this house is just like this, it's only fun to bite each other.

Mu Yunsheng went back to her room and washed all the dishes with cold water a few times before daring to eat them.

Now that the blisters on her throat had not disappeared, swallowing was like swallowing was painful like needles. Aunt Lin started to cry again, but she didn't have the strength to comfort her.

After swallowing two leaves with much difficulty, a little girl walked into the room.

The one who was a little younger than Mu Yunsheng was her Third Aunt's daughter, Mu Ruolan.

She looked at Mu Yunsheng as she placed a bowl of green dregs on the ground beside her. "Eat this. I only sliced it into pieces and boiled it with water. I didn't put anything in it."

Mu Yunsheng wanted to thank her, but her mouth didn't even open to utter a hoarse word.

She watched, also tearful, and left.

After a while, Madame Zhou's voice came from the outside, "You slut, you do know how to show your filial piety to her. You also didn't see her secretly buy anything for you when she had the money. You're really a slut."

Mu Ruolan's muffled cries lingered in the lonely night.

She was not the only child whose Mu Family was not good. The two siblings were first, and Mu Ruolan was second. Perhaps she was kind, or perhaps they shared a similar situation.

Even if it was just for this, she would still try her best to live on and shake off this rotten and stinking elder.

Mu Yunsheng lowered her head and drank the vegetable soup that Mu Ruolan had prepared for her. As she said, it was boiled in white water and had no taste. However, it was cut thin, and was much easier to swallow than the others.

The smell of meat soup drifted in the yard at night. Mu Yunsheng went out to pour some water and saw Old Madam Mu and Old Master Mu drinking in the lobby. The smell of meat soup drifted in the yard at night, Mu Yunsheng went out to pour water and saw Old Madam Mu and Old Master Mu eating in the lobby.

Third Aunt Zhou was swallowing a mouthful of saliva with a twinkling expression on her face. She thought about how Mrs. Zhou would scold Mu Ruolanfei as soon as she was angered. It was not hard to imagine that she would be Old Madam Mu in the future.

"..."

"Miss, what's wrong?"

Hearing the servant girl's question, Miss Zhao came back to her senses. She looked at her servant girl and asked hesitantly, "Do you feel that something is amiss with Miss Mu today?"

"Didn't her grandmother say she was sick with a sore throat? Perhaps it's because I can't hear her and Miss isn't used to it? "

"That's not right." Miss Zhao shook her head and thought for a moment, "Even if I've only known her for a short period of time, I can tell that with her personality, even if she's dumb, those who should be laughing at me will have to laugh at me. Furthermore, we used to sell them all by ourselves. Why would we end up with a granny now? "

"I don't see the old woman as her grandmother." One of the green-clad maidservants pouted, "I was standing a little further away from Miss Li today. I saw that old woman staring at Miss Mu as if she was going to eat someone."

"You can see it clearly?"

"Of course. Later on, she said she was a relative of Miss Mu's. I was stunned for a long time. How could Miss Mu have such vicious eyes?"

Miss Zhao thought for a moment. The maidservant who had always been in charge of her money also slowly spoke up after a moment of silence, "Don't all of you feel that the things that Miss Mu has made today are not as good as they were in the past?"

"I also think so. It doesn't seem sweet enough, as if other people's sales aren't any different. If it wasn't for the fragrance of the flowers, I would have thought it was Miss Mu again."

Miss Zhao became even more suspicious after these few people said those words one after another. She didn't even manage to come back to her senses when she returned to her Zhao Mansion.

Miss Zhao had an older brother named Zhao Jin, who was three years older than Miss Zhao. He had just reached seventeen and had grown up with his younger sister. They had even studied together for a few years.

When he saw that Miss Zhao had returned, he was distracted. He tapped her hand with the fan and asked, "What are you thinking, little sister? Why are you so engrossed?"

Miss Zhao came back to her senses and looked at her brother. "I wasn't talking to you. Have I met a girl who sells candy? I like her straightforward personality, but I don't know why …"

Miss Zhao told them what she had seen today as well as what the maidservants had said.

"These small matters are not worth your time of thought. Find someone to follow her to the village and ask around."

"Big brother is right, I still need to ask big brother to lend me two errand runners."

Zhao Jin, of course, agreed. On the second day, he sent his two most trusted men to inquire about Miss Mu.

"..."