After the system ran, I took off with my family

That day, Li Yuan looked at Qinghe beside Lin Shuyue in disbelief. He couldn't believe that the young lady that the master had always said had passed away was actually standing in front of him alive.

Only when he heard the familiar voice did he dare to believe that the young lady was not dead, and his eyes immediately became red.

Qing He had never expected to meet an old friend in the city. For a moment, the former master and servant looked at each other with red eyes in silence.

Zhou Yaqi was a very perceptive person. Seeing that his master Lin Shuyue had tacitly agreed for the two to recognize each other, he took the initiative to find an excuse to leave the hall, leaving them room to talk.

After knowing what happened to the young lady, Li Yuan was so distressed that he kept wiping away tears. It can be said that he had watched the young lady grow up, but now that something happened to her, she dared not go home.

He felt secretly resentful when he thought that the master and that man had announced to the public that the young lady had died without even searching for her.

After a while, the two gradually calmed down. Li Yuan looked at Lin Shuyue, who was sitting at the top and drinking tea silently. He knelt on the ground and kowtowed to her three times, thanking her for saving the young lady's life.

Although the young lady has now sold herself into slavery, it is better than losing her life. Besides, the young lady seems to be living a better life now than before.

Since the death of the young lady and aunt, the young lady often frowned, and there was always melancholy in her eyes. Now the young lady's eyes are bright when she smiles.

Finally, with Qinghe's guarantee, and because Li Yuan had clear eyes and did not look like a treacherous person, Lin Shuyue bought him back.

"Ayue, it's getting late, let's go back."

Lin An's words interrupted Lin Shuyue's memories.

The next day was still a sunny day.

The usually low-key Tang Mansion opened its doors wide today, and guests came in an endless stream.

At this time, Mother Yang was standing at the gate of the Tang Mansion, looking around. Many guests were curious about this scene.

I don’t know which distinguished guest came, but he asked Mama Yang, who was by the magistrate’s wife’s side, to come and wait at the gate in person.

Just when I was wondering, I saw Mother Yang walking quickly towards a carriage.

"Mr. Lin, Mrs. Lin, Miss A Yue, you are finally here. Madam has been looking forward to seeing you!"

Mother Yang greeted the three people warmly and kindly, and then led them to the main gate of the Tang Mansion.

The guests who were watching the fun were extremely puzzled. These three people looked very unfamiliar, and only a few who had heard the news had some vague guesses about the identities of the Lin family.

There were many guests today, and as usual, men and women were entertained separately. Lin An was picked up by Tang Yunci himself, while Mother Yang led Li and Lin Shuyue to the garden where the female guests were entertained.

This courtyard was originally the guest house of the Tang Mansion. At this moment, many girls who came to attend the banquet with their elders were chatting in the pavilion in the courtyard in groups of three or four.

Lin Shuyue also saw He Wentong, whom she had met at Jiang's house last time, sitting in the corner of the pavilion with a lonely look on her face, watching the bustling crowd.

Mother Yang led the Li mother and daughter through the garden and went straight to the flower hall.

"Runiang, Ayue, come, sit over here."

Liu Yufu was talking to other ladies. When she saw the three people coming in, she immediately stood up happily and asked them to sit next to her.

The other ladies were secretly surprised when they saw this, and then they looked at Li and Lin Shuyue quietly.

Sitting in the first seat below Liu Yufu's right, a beautiful woman with lingering charm glanced at Li's mother and daughter and picked up her teacup. No one noticed the dark color that flashed in her eyes.

"Madam, where are these two sisters from? They are so outstanding."

The lady who was more familiar with Liu Yufu asked curiously.

When Liu Yufu heard the question, she couldn't help but burst out laughing, and Li also felt a little uncomfortable.

"Runiang, look at me. I told you that you look like a girl and you don't believe me."

Liu Yufu pinched Li's smooth face with amusement, looked at the confused women, and then explained: "This is my sister Runiang, and this is Runiang's daughter, Ayue."

Liu Yufu's words surprised the ladies present.

Although Li had her hair combed like a woman, looking at her fair, delicate and rosy face, her well-proportioned figure and her gentle temperament, she did not look like a woman who was as old as a child. They thought she was a bride who had just got married not long ago.

"Sister Runiang, how do you maintain your looks? How come you look so young?"

"Yeah, she doesn't look like she's had a baby at all. She has a girl's hairstyle, and people would think she's still a girl..."

There is no woman who doesn't like to be young and beautiful. The ladies present surrounded Li and asked her for the secret of beauty maintenance.

Lin Shuyue silently stood up and walked behind Liu Yufu. Together with Liu Yufu, they watched Li, with a blushing face, communicating with those ladies with ease.

but…

Lin Shuyue looked at Madam Jiang, who was sitting on her right and staring at Li, and frowned slightly.

Perhaps noticing her gaze, Mrs. Jiang turned around and met her gaze. Her expressionless face immediately turned into a smile and she nodded at her.

"Okay, stop scaring Ru Niang!"

When Liu Yufu's cheerful voice sounded, the ladies surrounding Li returned to their seats in disappointment.

"Sister Fu, today is Yunci's sixteenth birthday. I heard that Yunci likes to play chess. It just so happens that I have a white jade chessboard in my dowry. I will give it to Yunci as a birthday gift today. I hope Yunci will like it."

Mrs. Jiang's words suddenly rang out in the flower hall. The ladies who were originally talking and laughing immediately stopped talking and looked curiously at the gift box held in the hands of Mrs. Jiang's mother.

The mother went forward and opened the gift box, only to see a flawless white jade chessboard inside.

"You are too polite, sister. I thank you on behalf of Yun Ci, but this is your dowry, it is a little too expensive."

Liu Yufu thanked Madam Jiang politely, but there was a hint of refusal in her words.

"Hey, Sister Fu, don't be so polite. This is a token of my love for Yun Ci. It doesn't matter whether it's expensive or not."

Gao Yuting glanced at the ladies present, and paused for a moment when her eyes passed by Li. Then she pursed her lips and smiled, "My gift is just a drop in the ocean. It's time for you sisters to show us the gifts you have prepared."

As soon as he finished speaking, the ladies present presented the gifts they had prepared.

"Madam, this is Hui ink that my sister asked someone to bring back from Huizhou..."

"Ma'am, this is..."

After the last person presented the gift, Madam Jiang, who was drinking tea leisurely, put down her teacup. She looked at Li across from her and asked curiously, "Sister Ru Niang, what birthday gift did you prepare for Master Yun Ci? Can you let me see it?"

Mrs. Li raised her eyes to look at her, and without changing her expression, she gestured to Mother Luo behind her to come forward.

"Sister Fu, this is a set of plum blossom sleeve arrows we prepared for Yun Ci. It's for self-defense."

Li opened the gift box in Luo's mother's hand, and a set of exquisite yet cold sleeve arrows lay quietly in the box.