Shen Changyun came in from the door behind her and placed the dishes in the food box on the table one by one.

The Bailian Restaurant was not like the Wanhe Tower and Changming Tower in the capital, where there were no special servants to deliver meals to the guests' rooms, so even if they spent a lot of money ordering dishes, they still had to get them themselves.

"Qianqian, what are you looking at?"

He walked gently to Li Qingqian and sat down next to her. He followed her gaze to look out the window and stroked her hair with his hands.

Li Qingqian turned around and smiled at him, "Nothing, let's eat first."

Shen Changyun shook his head gently with tenderness in his eyes, "Don't worry, the food is fresh out of the pot and is still a little hot. Let's eat it after it warms up."

"Have Yunwu and Cangshu eaten?"

"Well, they ate first," Shen Changyun said with a smile, "You haven't answered me yet, what are you looking at?"

Li Qingqian stretched out her hand and pointed downwards, where a female doctor was setting up a stall to treat patients.

"I saw her sitting here when we first arrived in the daytime, and now she has not closed her stall at night. I have also heard that this healer can revive the dead and turn their bones into flesh, and her medical skills are very exquisite."

Shen Changyun nodded as if he suddenly understood: "Then Qianqian is sighing that she is very kind-hearted and helps people with their medical treatment?"

"Of course," Li Qingqian could not deny it, and then sighed inaudibly, "But ever since I learned that my mother's death was not as simple as a difficult childbirth, I have been angry about it. When I see people with good medical skills, I can't help but think that if my mother had been luckier, she would have met these doctors."

"When I was in the capital, An Ning was younger than me, so even though she was a great doctor, I didn't dare to expect anything from her. Now I see that this doctor seems to be about the same age as my mother. If my mother had survived, she would have been about the same age as now. I can't help but imagine that if my mother had better luck, and could have met such a kind-hearted person, she might have survived."

Shen Changyun was stunned when he heard this, and hugged Li Qingqian into his arms.

Before Qianqian was sent away from the capital, people often secretly laughed at her for being the unlucky star that would kill her biological mother, and because of this, she never looked forward to her birthday.

After blaming herself for so many years, she accidentally learned that her biological mother was murdered, and the person who murdered her biological mother later plotted against her! How could she not be angry?

But besides being angry, Li Qingqian felt more distressed for her mother.

Her family background was considered extremely noble in the capital. When she married Li Zhengkang, she thought she had found a good man, so she did her best to help her husband.

But who knew that Li Zhengkang's love was just something ethereal and superficial, and he eventually lost his life because of the other party's indifference and negligence.

It seems that Qianqian had achieved half of her future in her previous life.

At this point, all Li Qingqian could do was wish her more luck.

Apart from that, there was nothing that could be done for her.

It's inevitable to feel sad.

"Well, I'm hungry too, let's have dinner first."

Li Qingqian was about to get up to have dinner with Shen Changyun, but after getting up, she saw a familiar yet unfamiliar figure.

The woman had a well-proportioned figure and a beautiful face, as if she was a fairy who had fallen into the mortal world.

She held a basket in her hand and walked over to the female doctor who was about to close the stall with a smile, "Yun Gui, we should go back."

Shen Changyun followed her gaze and frowned, "Qianqian, that girl looks a bit like you..."

No, the only portrait of a woman with this appearance she had seen was in the dowry that Li Zhengkang returned to her.

It should be... that I was born to look like her!

Li Qingqian didn't even bother to eat. She lifted her skirt and ran out, quickly arriving outside the restaurant.

But after looking around, I saw nothing. I thought they had left.

Li Qingqian felt a little melancholy.

Shen Changyun followed closely behind her and put the cloak in his hand on her. "Qianqian, Yunzhou is much cooler than the capital, and now is the coldest time of the year. Don't catch a cold."

Li Qingqian lowered his head and remained silent.

Shen Changyun looked around and sighed helplessly, "The person has left."

Li Qingqian forced a smile, nodded and said calmly: "Yes, he has been gone for a long time."

Then he raised his head, smiled and took Shen Changyun's arm, "It seems a bit cold, let's go back quickly."

*

After the two men left, a woman suddenly walked out slowly from the entrance of the alley.

She stood there, her eyebrows and eyes were cold, her oval face was smooth and beautiful, her face was as cold as ice, and her eyes were like stars. Her hair was tied up high, black and shiny, and the broken hair stuck to her cheeks, making her skin look even smoother and whiter.

Looking at the backs of Li Qingqian and Shen Changyun as they turned around and went back into the restaurant, the woman sighed softly.

The doctor she called "Yun Gui" stood beside her and said in a calm tone, "You are still worried about that little girl, aren't you?"

The woman smiled bitterly and said, "After all, she is the child I carried for ten months and gave birth to. She looks so much like me, so I always prefer her more in my heart."

Even though she was his and that man's child, he still couldn't let her go.

"By the way, why did Qianqian come to Yunzhou?"

Yun Gui thought for a moment and said, "I noticed before that they seem to be here to investigate Jiang Chan's murder. The one next to her should be her husband."

The woman nodded and said with some satisfaction: "My Qianqian has grown up. Not only has she gotten married, but she has also become like a little adult and is able to take on responsibilities."

She turned and walked towards their residence in Bailian Town, with some indescribable complicated emotions in her heart.

"Yun Gui, let's go back later. Wait... wait until the two of them have finished what they are supposed to do."

Yun Gui walked side by side with her, "A Ling, you should understand that our current life is not easy to come by. I understand that you feel sorry for your daughter, but it was not easy for me to rescue you from that tiger's den. Remember, don't look back."

The woman paused, and recalled some past events that seemed like a lifetime ago.

That year, as the daughter of the general who protected the country, she was over 15 years old and married Li Zhengkang, who was only a fourth-rank civil servant at the time. She thought he was a good man, so she did her best to help him step by step to the position of left prime minister of the dynasty.

But she didn't know that the love that Li Zhengkang talked about was real, and the kindness he showed to her was real, but all these kindnesses required her to empty herself to give to him, and he just promised her that he "would not take a concubine" as if it was alms, and nothing else.

She believes that she was not a person who liked to quibble in the past, and she also thinks that if she loves someone, she should give more.

But all these thoughts came to an abrupt end the moment he brought his childhood sweetheart home.

A trace of loss that had not been seen for a long time flashed in the woman's eyes.

She was so naive at that time, and she really thought that Li Zhengkang had received favors from the Liu family, and that was why he took the Liu family's daughter to the Li Mansion to take care of her in order to repay the favor.

Who knew that they had planned to take the person into their house from the very beginning.

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