Rebirth of the Firstborn Daughter: Life is like a Dream

Wei Bingyan stood upright near Xiao, her brows calm and her face smiling as she watched Wei Bingru being led in by Xia Yuezhu.

It's been just over a month since they last met, but Wei Bingru, who was driven to the villa by the Xiao family, seems to have changed a lot. Not only has she lost weight, but her original momentum has also been restrained a lot, and she looks like a stagnant pool of water.

"The daughter greets the mother." When Wei Bingru was three steps away from Xiao, she had already knelt down and bowed politely, her eyes fixed as if she only saw Xiao.

Xiao looked at her and smiled warmly, then said softly, "Get up. I'm sorry that you've been living in the villa for so many days."

Wei Bingru was kneeling and unable to get up, with her forehead touching the ground. She said sincerely, "My daughter is not aggrieved or in pain at all. She made a mistake because she didn't understand the situation. Your mother is guiding her with all her heart, for her own good."

"It is best to reform oneself. Now that you are back, don't make any more mistakes." Xiao lowered her eyes to look into Wei Bingru's eyes. She couldn't help but think that the second young lady had gone to the villa and asked someone to teach her the rules, and she had become much more obedient.

"Yes, mother." Wei Bingru answered obediently.

"Get up!" Xiao said, "Your aunt made a mistake in the past, and your father punished her to reflect on her mistakes in the dining hall. She hasn't been in good health recently, so we asked you to come back. You and Jing'er should go to see her later."

Wei Bingru kept clenching her hands in her sleeves. Her mother-in-law had probably mentioned to her on the way back home that Jing'er had violently collided with Xiao and was punished by Wei Zhong to go to the dining hall. It was Xiao's kind-heartedness that allowed her to come back to see Aunt Lian.

Meet up...

Both Mrs. Xiao and the mother-in-law spoke very vaguely, but she could understand that Mrs. Xiao was happy to let her come back. It must be because Aunt Lian was dying, otherwise why would she be so anxious to come back to see her?

Thinking of this possibility, Wei Bingru felt a sharp pain deep in her heart.

Yan'er took Jing'er in. Ever since Aunt Lian was released from house arrest, Xiao replaced all the maids around Wei Fengjing and chose those she had disciplined to serve him.

Wei Fengjing was unhappy for the first forty-eight hours and kept making noises. Xiao told people to ignore him and let him cry and make noises in the room for two days. He was hungry for two days before he didn't dare to act rashly again.

As soon as Wei Fengjing entered the door, he saw Wei Bingru, and immediately rushed over to hug Wei Bingru, crying, "Sister, you're back."

"Jing'er!" Wei Bingru's eyes were red. She wanted to hug Wei Fengjing, but Xiao was still here. She endured her emotions and touched Wei Fengjing's head. She said softly, "You haven't greeted your mother yet."

Wei Fengjing glanced at Xiao weakly. Ever since his aunt Lian was released from house arrest, he began to understand that all the matters in such a family were not decided by his aunt. The woman around him was more powerful than his aunt. If he didn't obey her, he would definitely be locked up.

He knelt down and bowed respectfully.

Xiao didn't want to have a serious fight with the two siblings at this time, so she nodded and said, "Get up. I have nothing to do here. You two should go and see Aunt Lian." After she finished speaking, she exchanged glances with Xiao He and Yan'er.

Wei Bingru took Wei Fengjing and answered humbly and obediently, then followed Xiaohe and the others to the dining hall.

Wei Bingyan, who had never opened her mouth, looked at Wei Bingru's smaller and smaller figure, her beautiful eyebrows slightly wrinkled. She was not relieved because Wei Bingru had become well-behaved and sensible. On the contrary, she felt that Wei Bingru was becoming more wary.

What worried her the most was that Wei Bingru never glanced at her from the time she entered the door to the time she left. This was very different from Wei Bingru's usual self.

"Xiao Ru has changed!" Xiao sighed, "As expected, he still needs to be tempered."

Wei Bingyan shook her head. "It's hard to change one's nature. I'm afraid he may not have really figured it out."

Xiao took the exquisite teacup, blew away the tea, and said with a gloomy face: "It doesn't matter if she understands it or not, how can she jump around in such a family? People should know their own positions. If she stays in her place, I will not neglect her even if she marries in a grand manner in the future."

From what she knew about Wei Bingru, it was impossible for her to be honest and dutiful. Wei Bingyan thought to herself in her heart, but it was hard for her to say anything now, and it all depended on what Wei Bingru would do next.

"Mom, the Qingxiu incident... is it just over like that?" She felt from the beginning to the end that Qingxiu had a miscarriage. Even if Yuzhu used medicine, there must be someone behind the scenes.

Xiao said, "Yuzhu is making up stories to claim that she was wronged, but she can't explain why the food she took away was problematic. How can we trust her?"

Wei Bingyan remained silent. Now that the jade bead had been knocked out, all clues were gone. It would probably take a lot of effort to find the person who actually used the medicine.

She looked at Xiao and finally decided not to tell her mother about this matter for the time being. The most important thing now was to let her mother continue to maintain a positive and optimistic attitude, so that acupuncture would be effective.

"Mother, during this period of time, you should let father spend more nights in the main room." Wei Bingyan whispered softly in Xiao's ear. Even if she treated Wei Zhong carefully, it would be in vain if he didn't spend the night here.

Xiao looked at Wei Bingyan in surprise, "How can a girl like you say such things!"

"What's wrong with a girl? It's not like she really doesn't understand anything." Wei Bingyan said.

"You...don't say things like that again!" Being reminded by her daughter like that, Xiao felt embarrassed even though she was already a mother.

Wei Bingyan pursed her lips and smiled, "Yes, mother."

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Wei Bingru followed Xiaohe out of the main room and walked towards the dining hall.

She knew that her every word and action was being watched, and she knew even more clearly that the situation was different now. Her aunt had lost her father's favor without knowing it, and even her father's most cared-for eldest son was also controlled by the Xiao family. Although she was called the legitimate daughter, she was still a concubine's daughter, so she couldn't do anything under the Xiao family's nose.

On the way back, she told herself again and again that she must remain calm and be careful not to let Xiao notice any problems.

Since she has returned, she will not be sent to the villa.

Sooner or later, she would repay Wei Bingyan for all the suffering she had suffered, but not now.

"Sister, are you still being sent away?" Wei Fengjing was different from Wei Bingru. After all, he was still young. There were some things he knew he shouldn't say around certain people, but he still couldn't help himself.

Wei Bingru glanced at the two maids in front of her, and said to Wei Fengjing with a smile: "As long as I listen to my mother and don't make any mistakes, I will stay at home forever."

"Then can we bring our aunt back?" Wei Fengjing asked again.

"Aunt has made a mistake and will be severely punished." Wei Bingru said softly.

Wei Fengjing was still thinking about opening his mouth, but Wei Bingru squeezed his hand heavily and looked at the person in front.

Finally it quieted down.

Aunt Lian was too ill to get out of bed, so she was recuperating in the back room behind the dining hall. Xiao He led Wei Bingru and her brother outside, opened the door to let them in, and she and Yan'er waited quietly outside.

There was a disgusting sour and foul smell in the room. Since Wei Zhong did not allow anyone to serve Aunt Lian or visit her, Aunt Lian had not been able to fetch water for bathing for fifteen days. Even if she wanted to go to the toilet, she could only go to the room... She did not even have the energy to clean the room.

Seeing her aunt, who was once so powerful, fall into such a situation, Wei Bingru felt sad. Sometimes she blamed her aunt for not being restrained, but after all, she was her biological mother. Even if she did something wrong, her father should forgive her for the fact that her aunt gave birth to Jing'er.

Aunt Lian, who was lying on her back on the soft big bed, didn't know someone had entered the room. She struggled to get up and stretched out her trembling bony hands to take the snacks on the stool beside the bed.

"Cough, cough... cough, cough..." She started coughing violently, and her heart, which was injured by Wei Zhong's kick, felt a pain.

Layers of red silk seeped out from the lips, and Aunt Lian unconsciously took out the silk handkerchief that emitted a foul odor from under the soft pillow and wiped it off with force.

Wei Bingru burst into tears as she watched this. Is this still her aunt?

When she left, Aunt Lian still had fair and smooth skin. Even if she was not young, she was still middle-aged. How could she be like this now? She was not even 30 years old, but she looked like a 60-year-old old woman...

"Wow, aunt." Wei Fengjing couldn't help crying. Looking at the person on the soft big bed, he didn't dare to approach, for fear that he might have recognized the wrong person with his sincere attitude.

Aunt Lian, who had gotten the cup with so much difficulty, trembled when she heard the sound, and the cup in her hand rolled to the ground. She looked up in disbelief and saw the two descendants she had been thinking about day and night. Her whole body trembled and tears kept flowing out of her eyes uncontrollably.

Wei Bingru could no longer hold back, and strode to the edge of the bed, "Aunt, what's going on? How could it be like that? Your maidservant actually took a break from her busy schedule..."

Even the aunt cried, "My son, my son..."

Wei Fengjing also started crying.

The mother and her son cried a lot. Wei Bingru stopped crying first and said, "I'll ask the maid to go in and clean it up for you."

Aunt Lian quickly curled her lips and pulled Wei Bingru, saying weakly: "It's useless. This woman did it on purpose. I used to think that she wouldn't live beyond these two years, so I looked down on her. Who could have known that after a trip to Jinyun City, she would be free of all her illnesses. These servants at home changed their minds... cough, cough... Who dares to go against her wishes and come to please me?"

"What about father?" Wei Bingru asked in a quick voice with a slight breath. Aunt has been serving father since she was young, so father must be somewhat nostalgic.

"Grandpa...it must be that woman who didn't let Grandpa come to see me. Xiaoru, Auntie is going to fail. Jing'er will be handed over to you in the future. You must find a way to make him the head of the Wei family. Your father has no legitimate children. Jing'er is the eldest son. No one can surpass him."

"Aunt, don't think about those things. It's important to heal your body immediately." Wei Bingru said. It was not up to them to decide who would be the head of the Wei family in the future.

Aunt Lian panted heavily, "I won't accept this! That lowly bastard Xiao made me look like a human being three parts and a ghost seven parts. If my son becomes the head of the Wei family in the future, he will definitely make her faint from anger. Xiaoru, you are the future wife of the prince, you must help your brother."

Wei Bingru originally wanted to question her, thinking of Jing'er but not a daughter like her. However, seeing Aunt Lian on the verge of death, she couldn't bear to say anything. "I know, Aunt."

"We can't let that lowly creature Xiao off completely. I want her to have a miserable end. Jing'er, you are not allowed to show filial respect to her in the future!" Aunt Lian spoke as if she was giving her last words.

Wei Fengjing nodded vigorously, "When I become an adult, I will kick her out!"

Aunt Lian nodded in satisfaction, and finally said weakly: "I want to see the old man. Xiaoru, go, take Jing'er with you, and invite your father here, no matter what means are used."

"Very good, very good, I'll go now!" said Wei Bingru.

Aunt Lian struggled hard to get up, asked Wei Bingru to comb her hair, changed into a set of clothes that were barely fresh and clean, and then eagerly urged the siblings to go find Wei Zhong.

However, before the siblings could find Wei Zhong, their aunt had already passed away.