Chapter 258 - Chapter 258: Guilty Conscience
Chapter 258: Guilty Conscience
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Li Yu smiled and said, “We do look alike. I was shocked too. I thought she was my mother’s sister!”
Madam Lin asked in a panic, “Where does Madam’s mother live now?
“My mother!” Li Yu looked at the way Madam Lin was looking at her and said,
“My mother is now in Green Mountain County’s Clearwater Town’s West
Mountain Village.”
Li Yu saw that Madam Lin immediately lowered her head when she heard this. No one knew what she was thinking.
Seeing Madam Lin lower her head in silence, Wang Qinghai bowed and said, “Madam, my two cousins have offended you at Zhou Ji’s bag shop today. Second Aunt and I have prepared a small gift to apologize to you. Please forgive us.”
Li Yu smiled and said, “So those two girls are Lord Wang’s sisters! They were disrespectful to me, and I’ve already taught them a lesson. However, Lord Wang, it’s time for you to teach them the rules. If they offend someone they shouldn’t in the future, I’m afraid they will cause trouble.”
Wang Qinghai didn’t expect Li Yu to let Ah Yue and Ah Ruo off so easily. He bowed respectfully and said, “Thank you for your magnanimity, Madam. Aunt has already punished them severely.”
Li Yu nodded and picked up her teacup. Wang Qinghai stood up and bowed. “Thank you, Madam! We’ll take our leave. ”
Li Yu said politely, “Lord Wang, take care.” Madam Lin stood up and stole a glance at Li Yu before following Wang Qinghai without a word.
Li Yu sat there and thought for a while. She went back and wrote a letter before handing it to Ruyi. “Ruyi, go to the Four Seas Bank and look for Manager Chu. Ask him to help investigate the second wife of the Wang family, Madam Lin.”
Ruyi took the letter and said strangely, “Madam, when Ji Xiang came back, he said that the woman at the shop looked like you. Just now, Madam Lin looked so similar to you, and Old Madam’s surname was also Lin. Could there be something fishy?”
Li Yu nodded. “So please help me investigate Madam Lin.”
“I’ll go now.” Ruyi left to deliver the letter.
After Madam Lin and Wang Qinghai left the residence, they looked at the gloomy sky and felt cold all over. Madam Lin got into the cart and leaned on the maidservant, Ying Ge, in a daze. The maidservant felt that she was trembling and asked worriedly, “Madam, are you feeling unwell?”
Madam Lin calmed herself down and nodded. “I probably caught a cold and feel a little cold.”
Wang Qinghai leaned against the small table in the carriage and thought to himself, “Why is this Lady Li so similar to Second Aunt? Why did Second Aunt lose her composure after seeing Lady Li? Could Lady Li be the child of Second Aunt’s old friend?”
When they returned to Wang’s residence, the servant girl reported to Old Madam Wang that Madam Lin had caught a cold and went back to rest for fear of infecting Old Madam Wang. Wang Qinghai told her about how he had seen Li Yu and apologized. After pondering for a moment, Old Madam Wang said, “Madam Li is a magnanimous person. Ah Yue is a little spoiled. Your second aunt and I can’t bear to punish her. Looks like we have to hire a cultured granny to teach her the rules.”
Wang Qinghai thought for a moment and smiled. “Aunt, Second Aunt and Madam Li really look alike. If someone who doesn’t know them saw them, they might think that they’re blood relatives!”
Old Madam Wang seemed to have thought of something. Her eyes lit up and she asked, “Are they are really that similar?”
“It’s 70 to 80% similar,” Wang Qinghai confirmed.
Old Madam Wang opened her mouth and shook her head. She swallowed the words that were about to come out of her mouth and said tiredly, “Qinghai, you can go back first! ”
Wang Qinghai bowed and said, “Alright, send someone to call me if there’s anything.” Old Madam Wang nodded and got someone to send him out.
Madam Lin returned to her courtyard and said to Ying Ge, “Go and call Granny
Han over. I have something to tell her.”
“Yes, Madam.” Ying Ge retreated and called for Granny Han. Madam Lin rubbed her temples and leaned against the big pillow. After a while, an old granny with a shrewd face walked in. When Madam Lin saw Granny Han, her eyes turned red. Granny Han held her hand and asked, “Madam, what’s wrong? Is Master fooling around again?”
Madam Lin pulled Granny Han back in horror and said with a trembling voice, “Nanny, Jinniang is still here. I saw the girl she gave birth to. She looks exactly like her.”
Granny Han helped Madam Lin sit on the couch and comforted her gently. “What happened? Tell me!”
Madam Lin told Granny Han about seeing Li Yu. When Granny Han heard this, she was shocked. Thinking about the situation at that time, she shook her head calmly. “Impossible. I personally pushed her down the mountain stream. She was a pampered young lady who couldn’t swim. She definitely won’t survive.
Besides, that place is in the wilderness. It’s half a month away from Clearwater
Town. ”
Madam Lin leaned on Granny Han’s shoulder uneasily. “I know, but I keep feeling that something will happen. My retribution is coming.”
Granny Han hugged Madam Lin and comforted her gently. “Miss, don’t be afraid. Even if there’s retribution, it’s my sin. Maybe that madam just looks like Miss Jin.”
Under Granny Han’s consolation, Madam Lin slowly calmed down. She looked up and said, “You’re right. She knows that we went to Yunzhou. If she’s still around, why didn’t she come to Yunzhou to look for us?
Granny Han nodded and covered Madam Lin with a thin blanket. She looked at her lovingly and said, “That’s right. Sometimes, you scare yourself. Take a rest. I’ll bring you a cup of bird’s nest.” Madam Lin nodded and lay down.
Zhou Jia went home from the office. After dinner, Li Yu told Zhou Jia about Wang Qinghai bringing Madam Lin to apologize after the conflict in the afternoon. She also told him about her suspicions about Madam Lin.
When Zhou Jia heard this, he also felt that there was something wrong with Madam Lin’s behavior. He said to Li Yu, “Yu’er, it’s right for you to ask
Shopkeeper Chu to help investigate. There are too many secrets in a big family. When some people become vicious, you won’t even dream of what they will do.”
Li Yu thought about it and agreed. “Yes! Let’s not talk about this anymore. Xiao Xi, I want to go to Great Maple Mountain in Xingfu Town to take a look. Gu Yu is from there. I heard from her that the villagers can’t even eat their fill. I want to see if I can help them.”
Zhou Jia knew that Li Yu couldn’t stay at home and thought that it was good to let her take a walk. He smiled and said, “I’m going to clear the warehouse in two days. It’s fine if you want to go to Great Maple Mountain, but don’t go deep into the mountains. Yang’er will stay at home. I’ll go home as soon as possible to take care of him.”
Yangyang and Seven Pounds followed Ji Xiang and Zhao Cai back from the backyard. When they saw Zhou Jia, Yangyang shook off Ji Xiang’s hand before opening his arms, and running to Zhou Jia to hug his legs. “Daddy, is Grandmaster back yet?”
Zhou Jia picked up Yangyang and smiled warmly. “Does our Yangyang miss Grandmaster? Grandmaster will be back in two days.”
“Yes! Yangyang misses Grandmaster.”
Zhou Jia said to Ji Xiang and Zhao Cai, “The two of you don’t have to be so busy with business. Take a good rest for a while. Look, Seven Pounds is already so big. It’s time for the two of you to get married. Let Madam choose a wife for you. Or, like Ruyi, tell me if you like someone. I’ll make the decision for you..”