The beloved baby has a space

Chapter 668 The So-Called Mother

"You mean Madam Qin? Is she not good to you?" Ayu asked casually.

She didn't know much about Madam Qin, only that Madam Qin had met her and told her some things about her brother, Ayou.

What impressed me most was that she taught me how to write secret letters.

Even now, Ayu is used to writing letters in secret.

She had a special code with the Wang family, but it was a different code with Qin Huai.

Besides that, during the time Qin Huai was infected with the Fate-Sharing Gu, Ayu kept wondering what kind of person Ayou's mother would be.

They even suspected that she was the one who put Ayou under a spell. Later, the matter was resolved, and not wanting to hurt Ayou, she didn't ask any more questions.

"Brother Ayou, I'm a little sleepy and want to go to sleep." Ayu thought that perhaps she shouldn't have asked about Ayou's past just because they were so close.

That would be terrible if it reminded him of something painful.

Qin Huai smiled and said, "Then you go to sleep, and I'll tell you the story. You'll fall asleep while listening."

“If you don’t want to talk about it, you don’t have to force yourself. I’m not particularly curious either.” As she spoke, Ayu held up two fingers and gestured, “Just a little bit curious.”

Qin Huai readily agreed: "Yes, that's what I wanted to say."

"Then I'll listen." Ayu sat up straight, looking like an obedient child listening to her teacher.

Qin Huai took a cushion from under the chair and let Ayu lean against it before slowly saying, "If we're talking about the search for her mother, she certainly wasn't a good mother, even now that I understand some of her hardships, I still think so..."

Although most children in Wanning City begin their formal education at the age of two, they usually don't start to remember things until they are four years old.

Qin Huai became aware of things before he was two years old. Perhaps the memories from that time were too strong, or perhaps it was Madam Qin's requirement for him to achieve that, so even now, he still remembers those past events.

Before the age of two, Madam Qin often appeared by Qin Huai's side, but she never showed the slightest bit of maternal affection.

At that time, he was extremely weak, and even eating a few extra bites of food would make him turn pale, but Madam Qin still required him to get up at dawn every day.

Initially, he was made to practice martial arts and horse stance, but he fainted after only half an hour.

Madam Qin then required him to study.

When other children are just starting their education, if they can memorize the Three Character Classic and recognize a dozen or so characters in a year, they can be called geniuses.

He was less than two years old, and Madam Qin made him memorize it all in a month, and he had to be able to recite it backwards fluently.

Initially, if he couldn't carry it, he would be punished by standing. There were many cousins ​​in the Duke's mansion, and when they were young and ignorant, they would deliberately make fun of him.

When Madam Qin found out, she simply said, "The incompetent will surely be humiliated."

So he stopped complaining to his elders, and whenever he was ridiculed, he would order Chijia to throw the group's clothes and shoes into the pond.

It was simple, but effective, until the brothers and sisters had no clothes to wear every day, at which point they gradually stopped.

He wasn't afraid of minor attacks, but later he began to be targeted for assassination. At first, his food was poisoned, and he vomited blood profusely until he was dizzy and unconscious.

Lady Qin said to him, "He was careless in his eating and will suffer this calamity."

Hearing this, Ayu said indignantly, "Madam is too much. You are not her subordinate or her maid, but her child! You were so young then, you must have needed your mother's care, but she said such things. You must have been very sad, right? Don't be sad, my mother is a good person, she is very good to you."

"Yes, I thought so too back then. I even thought he wasn't her biological child, maybe she stole him from her enemies." Qin Huai said, laughing as he spoke. "When you're little, it's inevitable to have these strange thoughts."

“You’re still quite young, but your mother seems to have changed a bit.”

Everyone changes.

"Hmm, and then what happened?"

"Later, my relationship with my mother became increasingly distant, so my grandfather took me away to relax. It was two years before we returned to Wanning City." Qin Huai didn't want Ayu to worry too much, so he described the two years at the border as a relaxation trip. "Those two years must have been unhappy. When you talked about it, your eyebrows were all furrowed!" Ayu tried to smooth out Qin Huai's furrowed brows.

"Yes, we encountered a lot of troublemakers." Some scattered and disorganized individuals, when gathered together, should not be underestimated.

Moreover, Qin Huai was still too young at that time, but he was taken care of by the burly soldiers, who sometimes forgot to take care of him.

He had seen battlefields littered with corpses several times, not to mention those inexplicable assassinations.

At that time, someone on the border spread the rumor that he was the prince of Dachang and would likely inherit the throne in the future. They said that if he were killed, Dachang would be finished.

When the Duke of Yong learned of this, he dealt with all those who spread the rumors with swift and decisive action, and also executed all the intruders.

Having seen so much, he unconsciously developed a ruthless and decisive nature.

Actually, he doesn't care about these things as much as before, and he even starts to be more cautious in his actions, no longer acting recklessly.

In the past, he didn't have a good reputation in Wanning City. Everyone called him a little devil behind his back because he was an oddball in the Duke of Yong's mansion. At a young age, he did things without any mercy.

During the two years that he went to the border with the Duke of Yongguo, the Duke of Yongguo's original intention was to let him see the cruelty of war, but the soldiers were all seeking survival and stability, intending to let him not think too much at such a young age.

But he thought, since he didn't have much time left, why not indulge himself?
People you can't stand, don't tolerate them, just kill them.

If you don't want to hear it, you don't have to endure it; just ignore it.

Two years passed in a daze, and he celebrated his fourth birthday on the border with the blood of the enemy.

After returning to Wanning City, the Duke of Yong's merits grew daily, and he voluntarily resigned from military affairs to live a carefree life as a duke.

It was during that time that he gained more attention because he was ruthless and merciless in his actions, and he was also frail and sickly. People dared not offend him easily, and he became someone that everyone avoided.

The more Madam Qin rebuked him for his youthful cruelty, the more eccentric he became, leading to a growing rift between mother and son and a more strained relationship.

At that time, people began to frequently appear around Qin Huai, attempting to get close to him in various ways.

Some of these attempts were tests arranged by Madam Qin, while others were spies sent by unknown individuals. Qin Huai fell for these traps several times, earning him ridicule from Madam Qin in return.

When he finally saw Ayu, he mistakenly thought she was sent by Madam Qin to test him, since she was so special that he couldn't ignore her or even refuse her.

But Qin Huai didn't intend to tell Ayu the details, lest she be unhappy.

"You know what happened next. I thought I didn't have much time left, so I went to Wangbei County. I saw you in Yongding County and wanted to find you," Qin Huai said. "You said I was unfriendly to you, but that's only because it was the first time I had ever really spoken to such a small girl. You are also the prettiest, most beautiful, and most cheerful girl I have ever met."

Ayu grinned and chuckled twice: "Of course! I, Ayu, am a well-known little fairy in the surrounding villages. A fairy must be good-looking!"

Seeing her like this, Qin Huai also relaxed his brows, as if a weight had been lifted from his heart.

Those past experiences that used to annoy him no longer seemed so annoying.

The two chatted and joked for a few more minutes before Ayu covered her mouth and yawned, "I'm really sleepy, Brother Ayou. I'll take a nap first and we can chat again later."

"You go to sleep, I'll go to the carriage in front." No matter how spacious the carriage was, it couldn't compare to the bed at home. He gave up his place, and Ayu slept more comfortably.

"Mmm." Ayu rubbed her eyes and drifted off to sleep.

After seeing Qin Huai leave, Tuanzi summoned Ayu's consciousness into the space, laid out a soft plush mat for her to sleep on.

Go to sleep, I'll wake you up when it's time.

After Ayu fell asleep, Qin Huai went to the carriage where Wang Wulang was.

When Wang Wulang saw him, he handed him a small box.

He said, "Qin Huai, after much thought, I think it's the best thing to do to ask you for help with this matter."

(End of this chapter)