Reborn as Tycoon's Wife in the Countryside
Chapter 358 - 341 Mend the pen after a sheep is lost (first update)

Chapter 358: 341 Mend the pen after a sheep is lost (first update)

Regarding the death of their eldest daughter, both Chu Qing and Quan Sifang felt self-blame and guilt. However, so much time had passed that the past could not be erased, nor could time be restarted.

Dean Niu came out of the hospital, having aged considerably compared to his appearance back in the day, but Chu Qing recognized him immediately.

"Doctor Niu, Doctor Niu," Chu Qing called out, waving at Dean Niu.

Indeed, the person who had been just a doctor at the hospital years ago was now the dean.

Hearing his name called, Dean Niu looked over. It was a family of four; the middle-aged couple looked somewhat familiar.

"Chu Qing, Sifang," Dean Niu was quite surprised, "Why, it’s you! Haven’t you gone back to the Imperial Capital?"

"We’re revisiting old places. We wanted to see our old friend here. It’s quite the coincidence to run into you just as we arrived," Chu Qing said with a smile.

"Come on, let’s go to my office. It’s really not easy to see you. And who are these two?"

"This is Dabao, and this is Erbao," Chu Qing looked at the two children, "Say hello to Uncle Niu."

"Hello, Uncle Niu."

"Are these boy and girl twins?"

"Yes."

"When did you come?" Dean Niu poured a cup of tea for each of the couple and asked.

"We’ve been here for a few days. The other day we came to the hospital too; my nephew’s wife gave birth here, also to boy and girl twins."

"These past few days, our hospital has delivered only one pair of boy and girl twins. Could it be Su Xiaofeng you’re talking about?" Over the past couple of weeks, the hospital had only delivered Su Xiaofeng’s twins.

Su Xiaofeng’s case had made a particularly deep impression on Chu Qing.

"Yes, that’s her," Chu Qing joked, "Can this dean still remember the records of all the patients in the hospital?"

Dean Niu wasn’t originally from obstetrics.

"Of course not," Dean Niu then remembered something, "You said Su Xiaofeng is your nephew’s wife, is your nephew Ye Cheng by any chance?"

"Right," Quan Sifang nodded, "That’s him. Do you know them, Dean Niu?"

"Ye Cheng is quite skilled in medicine; I have always wanted to recruit him. But from what you say, I guess I know why he has been hesitant to accept my offer." Dean Niu knew Ye Cheng wasn’t local.

If he wasn’t mistaken, Ye Cheng must have come from the Imperial Capital, and he probably had reasons for concealing where he was from.

"Haha, making that kid practice medicine would indeed be underselling him," Quan Sifang obviously could not disclose Yecheng’s true identity.

"Haha, it seems my eye for talent isn’t bad; I spotted a good prospect right away," Dean Niu was very satisfied with his own judgment, "This time you came to visit the child from back then, didn’t you? So many years have passed, but you still can’t let go."

Chu Qing’s voice trembled, "She was the baby I carried for ten months; how could I just let go? After all, we feel guilty about her; if I hadn’t suddenly fallen ill back then, and Sifang hadn’t been so rushed as to neglect the child, she might have..."

"Having you two as parents is a fortune for this child. The past is the past; you also need to try to let go," Dean Niu hadn’t expected that after so many years, Chu Qing and Sifang were still haunted by that infant’s death.

"It’s not that we can’t let go. We just brought her brother and sister to see her," Quan Sifang held Chu Qing’s hand, "Xiaonian and Xiaoyan have always been nagging to visit their sister."

"Back then, you handed the baby to me to deal with; you asked me to find a nice place to bury her." At that time, Chu Qing’s life had been in danger, and they had had to return to the Imperial Capital overnight; Sifang couldn’t take the baby along and had left her with him, instructing him to find a good place to bury her well.

Chu Qing looked nervously at Dean Niu, waiting for what he would say next.

"How about this, tomorrow morning, I’ll take you there," Dean Niu had buried that baby girl under a pear tree on a small hill in his hometown. He had not returned for many years and didn’t know whether that small hill had been developed.

"Yes, thank you so much," Chu Qing had always worried that her eldest daughter had been disposed of carelessly. Hearing that she had been well buried, she finally felt somewhat comforted.

...

"Look at these two little ones, how lively they are," He Ximei held Dabao, and Guaizi held Erbao, finding them cuter and more irresistible the more they looked.

"Exactly," Guaizi looked at his two little nieces and nephews, overjoyed, "Have they been named yet? I think the twenty-sixth of this month is a good date."

As Guaizi spoke, he raised his voice and called out to Xiaofeng in the room, "Xiaofeng, ask Ye Cheng if the twenty-sixth is okay for the full month celebration?"

"Dad, whatever you decide is fine," Xiaofeng wasn’t concerned about the celebration for the full month.

"Then let’s settle on the twenty-sixth; if not, next month is fine too." After next month, it would be December, and after December, the New Year would arrive.

"I just don’t know if Ye Cheng will come back to his hometown." Guaizi was a bit troubled, as he was unclear about the current situation between Ye Cheng and Xiaofeng.

He wanted to hold the full-moon celebration earlier for personal reasons, for if Ye Cheng appeared at the celebration, others wouldn’t have the chance to gossip.

If Ye Cheng didn’t come for the full-moon celebration, who knows how awful the village folks would speak.

"When Ye Cheng comes back, discuss it with him. This is a big deal, so it’s best everyone decides together."

Guaizi thought so too.

When Ye Cheng heard that Guaizi planned to hold the full-moon celebration on the twenty-sixth, he naturally had no objections, "Dad, I have no objections; it’s just that I should be the one organizing this, but since my parents are far from here, I can only trouble you all."

"These are just trifles," Guaizi didn’t mind the details.

"Once Xiaofeng’s confinement is over, I want to take her to my home," Ye Cheng thought it over and decided to speak up.

This was something Xiaofeng had agreed to herself.

Guaizi opened his mouth, but eventually nodded, "A homely bride always has to meet her in-laws."

After all, she was married; how could she always live in her parents’ home.

Someone knocked at the courtyard door, and Great Aunt Mei went to open it, frowning slightly when she saw who it was, "What are you here for?"

Great Aunt Mei remembered these two; their last visit had brought no good.

The people outside the yard were none other than Luo Yuzhu and Lin Yue.

With a forced smile, Luo Yuzhu said, "Big sister, I heard Xiaofeng had a baby, and I came to see her."

Luo Yuzhu only knew after visiting Xiaofeng’s home that the original house had caught fire, and upon not finding anyone there, she learned at Xiaofeng’s factory that Xiaofeng was living here.

He Ximei was in the courtyard holding the baby and getting some fresh air when she saw Luo Yuzhu and her daughter. Her tone was not pleasant, "I wondered who it could be. It’s you guys, what’s the matter?"

Luo Yuzhu immediately noticed the chubby baby in the arms of the plump woman, looking extremely adorable.

"Plump lady, Lin Yue and I are planning to leave here. We specifically came to say goodbye to Xiaofeng. Is Xiaofeng here?" Luo Yuzhu’s attitude was not as arrogant as before, much gentler.

"You’re leaving here?" He Ximei responded with a frown.

"Mom, let them come in," Xiaofeng called out from inside the house.

Smiling at He Ximei, Luo Yuzhu walked into Xiaofeng’s room with Lin Yue.

Xiaofeng was sitting by the bed, already dressed and planning to enjoy some sunlight in the courtyard. She looked at Luo Yuzhu and her daughter and pointed to two chairs nearby, "Have a seat."

Luo Yuzhu placed some baby items aside, "These are for the twins. After all, we’re mother and daughter; consider it a little something from me to the children."

"Sister Xiaofeng," Lin Yue sounded much more composed than before, "My mother and I are planning to leave here and live somewhere else. Sister Xiaofeng, thank you for helping me the last time. Without you, I don’t know what would have happened to me." She was naive, not incapable of distinguishing right from wrong.

Sister Xiaofeng had saved her; it was a favor she would of course remember.

"After everything I’ve been through, I just want to live a good life with Lin Yue. The way I am now, I definitely can’t stay in the county any longer, so I want to move somewhere else," with the Lin family gone, her dream of being Mrs. Lin had also ended.

She and Lin Yue’s better days ahead would have to depend on themselves, relying on others was not feasible.

"Where do you plan to go?"

"We might go to Dongcheng; I heard it’s easy to find work there." Luo Yuzhu had some money left, and if they could settle down quickly in Dongcheng, they wouldn’t have to worry about the future.

"Isn’t she going to school anymore?" Xiaofeng looked at Lin Yue.

"With my current grades, hoping to get into a good university is out of the question. I’ve thought it over, instead of wasting time in school, I’d rather start working early." During this time, her classmates had learned about the troubles at home and pointed fingers at her, and she was almost at her breaking point.

"As long as you both have thought it through yourselves." She wasn’t Lin Yue’s mother and couldn’t plan everything for Lin Yue. If Lin Yue didn’t want to study anymore, and even Luo Yuzhu didn’t object, it wasn’t her place to say anything.

"Xiaofeng, about helping Yueyue, I heard it from Yueyue," Luo Yuzhu picked up a piece of luggage nearby, "Xiaofeng, you didn’t hold a grudge against me, and even helped Lin Yue. I am very grateful for that."

Xiaofeng stared at the bag in her hand, not understanding what she intended to give her.

"Over the years, I kept asking myself whether stealing you back then was right or wrong, but some mistakes have already been made, and talking more about it doesn’t help. This bag contains the clothes you were wearing when I took you home. I brought them here today in the hope that one day, you can find your birth parents."

Some mistakes have already been made; is it too late to mend now?