~~~
Minglan never imagined that she would see her mother again in this life.
If she had already left, why would she come back?
Shen Jiayou noticed that Minglan's expression was not right, and that expression was clearly not one of joy at seeing each other again after a long separation.
"Why are you here?" Minglan tried her best to sound calm, but the displeasure in her tone could still be heard.
"Lan'er, I thought about it and decided to stay and take care of you."
Liu Yuniang knew that her daughter didn't want to see her, so she didn't, but in order to leave a good impression in front of Shen Jiayou, she had to be as tolerant as possible.
"Oh? Really?" Minglan sneered.
How could Minglan not know what she was thinking.
Shen Jiayou sensed that something was wrong in the atmosphere. He wanted to ease Minglan's mood, so he took Minglan out of the room on the grounds that Liu Yuniang needed to rest.
"How did you meet my mother?"
Shen Jiayou told what happened.
It seems that some people can't escape no matter how hard they try.
"Since Auntie wants to reconcile with you, then give her a chance and give yourself a chance, okay?"
"Does she want to reconcile with me?" Minglan had a sarcastic smile on her face, "Croyoo, you are so gullible."
"Why don't you believe it?" Shen Jiayou asked.
Minglan didn't want to continue arguing, "Just listen to me this time. She must be trying to get some benefit from you to say these things. She really can't stay in the West. You should find an opportunity to send her away."
Minglan had another concern in her mind.
She knows Ran You, what should they do if they meet?
"I promise you will think about it carefully, but I can't just drive her away right away when my aunt comes home. Besides, her legs and feet are inconvenient now. We can discuss these things after she fully recovers, okay?"
It seemed that this was the only way to go, and Minglan had to agree.
Hope nothing goes wrong again.
~~~
Shen Jiayou is gentle to everyone, but there is one person who is very special to him.
He knew that the number of times he could see Ran You was pitiful. Because of this, Shen Jiayou would cherish it even more whenever he could see him once.
The reason why Ran You asked Shen Jiayou to meet was firstly because she wanted to find out what Minglan was doing recently, and secondly she and her master were very concerned about Che'er's health.
"How is Che'er?"
"It's good." Shen Jiayou added, "Minglan is very good to Che'er, you can rest assured."
"Is it?"
"Yes, how could I lie to you."
Ran You thought about it and said, "I'm still worried about Minglan. I hope you can help me keep an eye on her."
"Are you afraid that Minglan will harm Che'er?"
"I'm not sure what she will do. You don't know many things, and Che'er is not in good health. I... in short, I don't want anything to happen to Che'er."
Shen Jiayou nodded, and his expression became serious.
Although he didn't know why Ran You was always wary of Minglan, Shen Jiayou didn't want her to be like this.
Originally, Minglan was just an insignificant stranger to him, but they decided to get in touch in this way. Now that Minglan is living in his own home, Shen Jiayou can no longer ignore her.
He hoped that Ran You would be well, but he also hoped that Minglan would be well.
"Nothing will happen to Che'er with me." Shen Jiayou promised, "But Aran, I also hope you can let go of your grudge against Minglan. In fact, she is not that bad."
"I don't know if she is bad or not. I just know that I can't trust her."
"What about me? Do you believe me?" Shen Jiayou asked immediately.
"I believe you, but it has nothing to do with whether I trust Minglan or not. Cockroach, you just need to tell me if she has done anything special recently?"
"No," Shen Jiayu replied.
He didn't want to hide Ran You, so he told her about meeting Liu Yuniang today.
"Their relationship is not good. Miss Zheng told me that Minglan has never been loved by her mother since she was a child. Her mother only brought her pain, so Minglan is really not a bad person, it is just the past. Her experiences have made her what she is now.”
"After talking for a long time, you still come back to this matter. It seems that you care about Minglan very much." Ran You said lightly.
"Now that I have redeemed her and we are living together again, I can no longer treat her as a stranger and turn a deaf ear to her affairs. Moreover, I feel that although she has serious thoughts, she is not bad in nature, so I don't want her to Hurt." Shen Jiayou said frankly.
Ran You smiled, "If one day, she and I become enemies, who will you support?"
"Of course I support you, and I will stand by your side no matter what. Aran, the reason why I say this today is because I don't want to see the situation you said happen."
"I don't want this to happen, but it all depends on her choice." Ran You looked at Cockroach deeply and said, "There are some things, so don't have too much hope."
"I don't think so. Just like when I was in the Rong Kingdom, even though I encountered such great dangers, I still didn't give up the hope of returning to the West safely. You see, there is nothing wrong with this, so there is still hope."
Ran You was a little helpless, Chou was always so optimistic, that's all, she didn't need to say anything more.
"When will you return to Rongguo?" Shen Jiayou suddenly asked.
He kept wanting to ask, but was afraid of hearing the answer.
"Soon."
Shen Jiayou felt empty. If she left, would they meet again?
"We will meet again if we are destined." Ran You said suddenly.
Shen Jiayou nodded.
Every time he meets A Ran, he longs for time to stop, because Shen Jiayou is afraid that it will be the last time they meet.
On the way back to the inn, Ran You kept thinking about Minglan's mother.
It happened that the Lord also came back from Lichun Court, so she told He Lianxuan about it.
"There can't be any mistakes at the critical moment. Keep an eye on Minglan."
"Okay." Ran You responded.
~~~
Minglan's worries are not unreasonable.
Liu Yuniang couldn't stay any longer the next day. She wanted to go out for a walk. It happened that Shen Jiayu gave her some money yesterday. After experiencing the ups and downs, Liu Yuniang didn't want to save money at all to make more plans for the future. She just wanted to take advantage of the opportunity. Buy more things you want to buy when you can still enjoy it, so that your life will not be in vain.
Fortunately, her injury was not serious, and the doctor's ointment was very effective.
Shen Jiayou originally didn't suggest that she go out at this time, but he couldn't bear to disappoint Liu Yuniang, and she looked really much better, so he agreed.
He glanced at Minglan again and suggested, "Would you like to go for a walk with my mother?"
"I'm not feeling well." Minglan refused directly.
The scene suddenly became a little embarrassing. Shen Jiayou advised Liu Yuniang: "Don't worry, she is a little uncomfortable, that's why she is like this."
"I know, I won't take it to heart." Liu Yuniang said with a sneer.
She didn't want to stay with Minglan anyway.
In fact, there was another reason why Minglan was so decisive. She didn't want to appear on the street with Liu Yuniang, so as not to be seen by Mr. Jin and Ran You.
She hoped that they would never meet, but things were not as simple as Minglan thought.
Liu Yuniang happened to see Ran You on the road. She still remembered the last time she met her in Lichun Courtyard. It seemed that she was right that time.
How did Miss Ran come to the Western Region? With this doubt, Liu Yuniang kept following Ran You.
As sharp as Ran You was, he naturally noticed that someone was following him.
But she wasn't nervous and returned to the inn as usual as if nothing had happened.
Liu Yuniang followed, but Ran You did not go back to the room directly. She had used her peripheral vision to see the person following her clearly. This woman was not sneaky, but why was she following her? Who was she?
Soon, she grabbed herself and said, "Miss Ran, it is indeed you. I thought I was wrong last time at Minglan's place."
Naturally, Liu Yuniang didn't know what consequences the words she just said would bring to her.
"Do you know who I am?" Ran You took her upstairs and asked calmly after seeing no one around.
"Of course, I once lived in the Rong Kingdom. The town I was in was where you stayed. You often went back there to visit your old friends. It was then that I got to know you. By the way, why did you come to the Western Region? , is the Ninth Prince here too?" Liu Yuniang didn't know how to restrain herself and continued to ask.
Ran You knew that this person couldn't stay, so she pretended to be cordial and said, "I'm here to visit my old friend. You mentioned Minglan just now. Do you know her?"
"Of course I do, she is my daughter." Liu Yuniang replied, she had already completely forgotten Minglan's instructions.
"So that's it. Does she know about me?"
Liu Yuniang nodded, "I mentioned it before."
Only then did Ran You know why Minglan knew their identities.
In order not to make Liu Yuniang suspicious, Ran You stopped talking about this. She just asked: "I see you are walking with a limp, are you okay?"
"No big deal."
"Where do you live? I'll take you back soon!"
Liu Yuniang happily agreed.
"Auntie, please go to my room and take a rest first. I'll ask the store owner to help bring some things to others. I'll be right back after the instructions are given."
"good."
Ran You didn't go downstairs. She went to He Lianxuan's room and whispered the matter to the Lord.
He didn't say anything, just made a simple gesture.
Ran You naturally understood what this meant.
~~~
When Minglan saw that it was Ran You who was sending her mother back, she immediately panicked.
She had specifically asked her before, but I don’t know if she remembered what she said.
It was the first time that Shen Jiayou saw Minglan in a panic, and he still didn't understand the reason.
"Why are you here?" Minglan asked warily.
"I'm here to take aunt home. By the way, aunt said she had seen me before."
Minglan almost stopped, but luckily Shen Jiayu held her up.
"Where does my aunt live? I'll send her back to her room first. You can take me there."
"Okay." Shen Jiayou replied.
While supporting Minglan, he showed Aran the way. When he got to the room, Ranyou asked him to close the door.
But Shen Jiayou never expected that in just a short moment, Liu Yuniang fell to the ground.
Blood flowed from her body. Ran You stabbed her fatally, and Liu Yuniang was no longer breathing.
Her eyes were still open, and until she died, Liu Yuniang didn't know what happened.
Minglan's eyes widened, and she covered her mouth with her hands to prevent herself from screaming.
Shen Jiayu quickly hugged Minglan, her shoulders were shaking so badly.
"What are you doing?" Shen Jiayou asked sharply.
"You've seen everything I do." Ran You said calmly.
"Why are you doing this?"
"She knows who I and the Lord are, and we can't take any chances."
Minglan's eyes suddenly opened wide, and she stared at Ran You closely, "Did Young Master Jin ask you to do this?"
Although Ran You didn't answer, Minglan understood everything.
"I want to see Mr. Jin."
"The Lord cannot see you now."
"Isn't he afraid that I will tell all this?"
"You won't." Ran You glanced at the person on the ground and said expressionlessly: "You take care of her, I'll go back first."
But Shen Jiayou stopped her, "This is a human life, how can you act like nothing happened?"
"This is not the only life I carry with me, Shen Jiayu, I am already prepared to go to hell."
Shen Jia's hands hung down feebly. Aran had already left. Minglan squatted on the ground at some point. She buried her face in her knees. Shen Jia couldn't bear it and squatted down too. His hand was gently put down. On Minglan's shoulders.
At this time, Minglan couldn't hold back her tears anymore.
I thought that no matter what happened to this person, I would not be affected in any way, but why am I so sad now?
No matter how bad she is, she is still her mother.
From then on, she was really a motherless child.
Why, why did he refuse to let go of his mother even though she was working loyally for Mr. Jin?
Mr. Jin was right, she would never betray.
However, she is no longer the same person as before.
Everything has changed.
