The Rebirth of an Orphan

Zhao Xihua felt a pain in her heart. This silly girl! She held Zhao Chishu's hand tightly and trembled a little. She was really scared. She was afraid that all the people she cared about would leave her one by one. She didn't want to see this kind and beautiful girl disappear from her sight.

"Third sister, I will never joke about your affairs. You must insist on eating those medicinal foods every day. I will definitely not harm you. You will understand in the future."

Zhao Xihua was still a little worried that Zhao Chishu would not take it seriously, so she said impatiently, "Third sister is also at the age of marriage, so she must take care of her health as soon as possible."

But Zhao Chishu showed a trace of panic on his face after hearing this: "Don't laugh at me, fourth sister. I would rather stay with my parents for a few more years."

Zhao Xihua looked at Zhao Chishu's expression with some confusion, and asked curiously, "Third sister, don't you have someone you like?"

"No," Zhao Chishu blurted out, "Fourth sister, don't ask."

Zhao Xihua's heart skipped a beat. The third sister was a straightforward person. If she really liked someone, she would definitely tell her. But looking at this, could it be that the person Zhao Chishu liked didn't want her to know? Could it be...

Zhao Xihua could only swallow back the words that were about to come out of her mouth.

Zhao Chishu also quickly changed the subject, took out a sandalwood jewelry box and a file bag and placed them in front of Zhao Xi's screen, and reached out to open the box first, which was filled with various gold and silver jewelry and gems. He then opened the file bag, which contained 2 checks and a house deed.

The amount on the check alone was probably close to one million, and such a huge sum of money made Zhao Xihua a little overwhelmed.

Zhao Chishu looked at Zhao Xihua and smiled, "Fourth sister's marriage to the eldest young master of the Sun family is now a successful one. Today, I can see that it is difficult for you to ask the eldest wife to prepare a dowry for you. But if you marry into the Sun family without a dowry, you will definitely be bullied.

"If you don't mind, Fourth Sister, these things were saved by my elder sisters, and my mother also added some. I will go shopping with you tomorrow, and once you decide on the wedding dress, it shouldn't be too bad."

Zhao Xihua felt a warmth rising in her heart. These things must be the dowry that Zhao Chishu had prepared for her that he gave to her for emergency use. She wanted to say something but felt that no matter what she said, it would be pale and powerless at this moment.

She held Zhao Chishu's hand tightly and choked up, "Thank you, Third Sister, but these things are too valuable, I can't accept them."

"Fourth sister," Zhao Chishu said anxiously, "Why?"

Zhao Xihua took over the conversation and said, "Third sister, I understand what you mean, but my dowry is not important when I marry into the Sun family."

She entered the Sun family to find the murderer who killed her master and never thought about living in the Sun family. When the truth came out, it was time for her to leave the Sun family.

Zhao Chishu was really worried about Zhao Xihua. She admired her fourth sister's courage to act. She also didn't like the hypocrisy of the Zhao family and wanted to leave the Zhao family, but she didn't have the courage of her fourth sister.

"Third sister, I know the dowry issue this time," Zhao Xihua said with a smile, "If I'm not mistaken, you're going to give me your dowry first, right?"

Zhao Chishu felt a little embarrassed: "Fourth sister, I know you have a clear mind and can see through everything. I also know that you are worried that my mother will blame me. In fact, part of this was given to you by my mother."

Zhao Xihua always thought that the third wife didn't want the third sister to have too much contact with her, but she didn't expect that she had wronged someone.

However, she still resolutely said to Zhao Chishu: "Third sister, you are the relative I care about most in the Zhao family. If I need you, I won't be polite to you. It's just that these things are too much. Since it is your and Third Aunt's intention, I will take this cash check of 38 yuan for emergency use, and you can take the rest back."

Zhao Chishu looked at Zhao Xihua's serious expression and knew that it was useless to persuade him. "In that case, then well, I'll keep all the rest for you. Come to me anytime you need them."

"Thank you, third sister." Zhao Xihua laughed out loud, and then asked Pingshui to pack some of the snacks she had made before and the medicinal recipe she had just written into a large box for Zhao Chishu.

The two sisters chatted for a while before saying goodbye. After seeing Zhao Chishu off, Zhao Xihua went to take a shower. While she was drying her hair, she suddenly heard hurried footsteps outside.

Zhao Xihua asked Pingshui to go out and see what was going on. After a while, Pingshui came into the bedroom and said, "Sister, someone from the first wife's side said they sent some things that you wanted."

It turned out that the eldest wife had done something wrong and had a guilty conscience. Compared with the jewels she swallowed, these books were of no use to her.

The eldest wife certainly doesn't dare to make her quarrel with Zhao Xihua known to everyone. Before she comes up with a solution, she still has to stabilize Zhao Xihua first. Otherwise, if Zhao Yan finds out, it will bring her even more trouble.

Zhao Xihua never thought that by using Zhao Yan's feelings for her own mother, she could actually force the first wife to submit. She also didn't know what her own mother had experienced in the Zhao family back then.

Zhao Xihua asked the maids to move the books left by her biological mother to her bedroom, and then asked Pingshui and them to leave. She felt a little confused and just wanted to read quietly for a while.

The bedroom was very quiet. Zhao Xihua turned on all the lights in the room. Suddenly the room became much brighter, and she began to flip through the books carefully.

She had sorted out all the books before. Those books included not only medical books but also many books of poetry and essays. She carefully flipped through the poetry books that her mother liked very much.

The books are very old and a little yellowed, but the sentences in each volume of poetry are very beautiful, and there are comments from my mother in the blank spaces of each page. Her delicate small handwriting is beautiful and elegant.

Zhao Xihua was reading very seriously, when suddenly water on the ends of her wet hair splashed onto the book, making a smudge. Zhao Xihua hurriedly tried to wipe the water stain off, but unexpectedly some crooked words appeared in the blank space, making it very messy.

Zhao Xihua was startled and clutched the book tightly. Could it be that there were many secrets hidden in it?

Zhao Xihua looked at the words blurred in the blank space again. What Kyoto? What Guanyutai? But he couldn't see clearly what was written.

This book is my mother's favorite. The notes next to it are also comments made by my mother with her own feelings. Then the handwriting in the blank space must have been written by the person closest to my mother.

It says "Rain Viewing Terrace" on it. Zhao Xihua had heard that this place was a very important place in the Presidential Palace and that ordinary people were not allowed to enter casually.

Zhao Xihua suddenly thought of something, and took some tea to smear on the blank space of the page of the book. Soon, the blurred handwriting was revealed bit by bit.