After a long time, Jiang Yinbai moved. He turned around and walked out. After opening the door, he paused and said hesitantly: "Maybe you should go to the third door in the side room and take a look."
"What."
Ignoring Wei Jingwei's question, he kept walking outside this time. The ink boots made a "rustling" sound as they rubbed against the snow.
In the blink of an eye, the person was gone.
Wei Jingwei looked along the corridor toward the side room. It was very quiet and it seemed like no one was there.
Besides, it was snowing heavily today and the road was slippery. There should be no one else in Baohe Temple except her to offer incense to her mother.
So what exactly did Jiang Yinbai want her to see?
With curiosity and doubts in her heart, Wei Jingwei walked along the corridor and soon arrived at the third room on the side.
The style of the door was the same as before. She stretched out her hand in confusion, and her palm touched the cold door. Then with a little force, the door opened a small hole.
Following this gap, Wei Jingwei's eyes narrowed.
In front of a solitary monument inside the door, an unexpected person appeared.
The man was dressed in black robes and stood silently in front of the monument. The table was filled with scented oil lamps, scented wax and other things, and there were so many candles that the entire side room was illuminated.
How come, why is he here?
That monument is...
Deceased wife, Liu Miaoyi.
She looked at the bleak figure not far away with a complicated expression, unable to express her feelings.
Looking from behind, in the memory, he always had black hair that was distant and meticulous, but his hair has already grown.
After not seeing each other for a long time, Wei Jingwei felt like there was a thousand pounds of weight under her feet, and she couldn't move forward.
Suddenly there was a sigh in the room, "Since you are here, come in."
She pushed the door open hard and walked in.
The two stood side by side in front of the desk, and she couldn't help but say, "I didn't expect that my father still remembered that today is the anniversary of my mother's death."
"Unknowingly, your mother has been gone for so many years."
"Does father still remember mother's face? Or is he only thinking about the new couple?"
Even though she knew she shouldn't say these words, she still couldn't help but say them, just to ask her father whether he had a mother in his heart, whether he had a mother, and whether he had forgotten her mother all these years.
Father Wei turned around and looked into her eyes, as if he could see the anger in her heart, and said quietly: "We haven't seen each other for so long, are these what you said to your father?"
"Then the father thinks there is nothing more to say between you and my daughter." She smiled sarcastically, "Since the stepmother came into the house, how often has the father chatted with his daughter again? I'm afraid he has long forgotten his daughter and mother. It’s aside.”
Father Wei just listened quietly, with no emotion in his eyes. After a while, he sighed softly.
"Jing Wei, everyone living in this world has their own choices and their own path to take."
Wei Jingwei didn't understand. She didn't understand what this had to do with the fact that after her mother died, her father quickly married her stepmother and completely forgot about her mother. Or was it all just an excuse on his part?
"Father, is this to cover up his ruthlessness? Unfortunately, I am no longer young and I no longer believe these words."
She said with red eyes, turned around and walked towards the door.
When he was about to go out, he heard Father Wei say: "You will understand later."
She paused, then suddenly quickened her pace and walked towards the distance.
She doesn't understand, and she doesn't want to understand.
She only knew that as soon as her mother left and her stepmother came in, all traces of her mother disappeared. Her stepmother dismantled the swing where she used to play with her mother, and moved the rose stand away. All the good memories of her childhood were gone.
If the father cares about the mother and him, why doesn't he listen to her cry?
She went to complain to her father late at night, but he didn't see him. He just let her kneel and cry at the door. In the end, the nanny took her away.
From then on, she knew that her father would never be the same father again.
She lost her mother and now only herself is left.
No one in this world loves her and protects her like a mother.
Su'er and Lian'er, who were standing at the end of the corridor, saw Wei Jingwei approaching with a bad look on their faces, and greeted her with worried expressions. Lian'er wanted to ask, but Su'er pulled her sleeve and stopped her quickly.
She saw that the circles around the young lady's eyes were red, and she had obviously cried. Although she didn’t know what happened, the lady wouldn’t tell. They had better not ask, otherwise it would only make them more sad.
The three of them left Baohe Temple without stopping. The host and the monks even chanted sutras together and left without listening.
She felt a little more at ease when she returned to the warm carriage.
Seeing Wei Jingwei's lips turn white, Lian'er Su'er quickly took out a teacup, teapot and the hot water prepared from the beginning to make tea.
After receiving the hot tea from Lian'er, she took a sip and swallowed it in her mouth. The warm and sweet tea flowed down her throat, and she felt a little more relaxed all over.
She suddenly became curious and asked: "Su'er Lian'er, you were waiting outside the door just now, have you seen anyone else?"
Su'er and Lian'er looked at each other, a little confused, "Today in Baohe Temple, except for the young lady, the slaves have not seen anyone else."
Jinyiwei is indeed very powerful. Not to mention cleaning up the place, Jiang Yinbai must be good at martial arts, otherwise Su'er and Lian'er would stay outside the second gate, but he was able to sneak in without being noticed at all.
But to be able to learn such a skill, he must have suffered a lot over the years.
Thinking about this, her thoughts became a little complicated. Today, someone specially came to offer incense to her mother, and she even made sarcastic remarks to that person, not looking good...
Thinking about it this way, it seems that she has been misunderstanding the other party.
Whether it was helping me at the beginning or now...
As soon as they returned to Mei Mansion, a woman hurriedly came to stop Wei Jingwei from returning to Hongxia Pavilion. She stepped forward nervously and saluted, and said: "Mrs. Qi, that... the jade from Zhuxi Courtyard." I almost jumped into a well today, and now I am locked in a house by my slaves, and they are still shouting that I want to die and live."
Wei Jingwei frowned, "You should tell the lady about this, but she is in charge now."
The mother-in-law said quickly: "I was originally the one to report to the young lady, but the young lady is not in the house at the moment..."
She didn't finish her sentence. The young lady was always arrogant in dealing with matters. If this matter was reported to her, she might just ignore it and have the jade sold.
She thought for a while and said, "You lead the way and I'll go see what's going on. It's hard for a good person to think about it."
"Hey, madam, please come this way." The mother-in-law was overjoyed and quickly led the way.
The two walked through the garden and came to a room where servants rested. As they approached, they heard a suppressed cry coming from inside.
Wei Jingwei frowned and ordered: "Open the door."
