Dressed as the villain's stepmother

Can't sleep.

Jiang Lianzhu opened her eyes and stared at the bed curtain in a daze. When she closed her eyes, all she could see was Liao Yunchuan's face.

In order not to worry Liu Qingqing, who was sleeping next to her, she could only close her eyes in a daze.

In a daze, she saw Liao Yunchuan again.

This time, Liao Yunchuan was not covered in blood, but looked the same as when he left Kyoto.

He held the wooden box on the bedside with both hands, and stood quietly with affectionate eyebrows. When he saw her coming, he looked bright and cheerful, and handed the wooden box to her with a smile.

"Jiang Lianzhu, when I come back and we celebrate the New Year together, will you marry me and be my wife?"

This scene in the dream was so real that Jiang Lianzhu couldn't help but reach out and touch Liao Yunchuan's skin. She seemed to be able to feel the warmth brought by Liao Yunchuan's skin.

Liao Yunchuan did not say these words clearly before.

However, Liao Yunchuan's eyes revealed the secret in his heart, so Jiang Lianzhu couldn't help but speak.

"willing……"

She would.

As soon as he murmured these two words, tears burst into his eyes, and he looked at the pillow.

Liu Qingqing, who was resting with Jiang Lianzhu, noticed something strange. She fumbled with a fire stick to light the bedside lamp, and what she saw were the little tears in Jiang Lianzhu's eyes.

Falling into the eyes is unbearable.

The bright light from the bedside lamp made Jiang Lian, who had not fallen into a deep sleep, drowsily open her eyes.

"Liu Qingqing?"

Jiang Lianzhu was very puzzled when she saw that the person staying next to her was not asleep, but half sitting on the bed.

"I'm thinking of you at night. I'm not familiar with your bedroom. It seems that there was too much movement and it disturbed you."

Liu Qingqing randomly found an excuse and excused herself.

In order to convince Jiang Lianzhu, she even put on her clothes and got up from the bed.

"Liu Qingqing, do you know where the night is? Do you need me to point you in the direction?"

"No, you can sleep, I know where it is."

Liu Qingqing was prevaricating vaguely, grabbing the cold tea on the table and taking a random sip.

When Liu Qingqing came back from walking around, she found that Jiang Lianzhu was not only awake, but also started to sit in front of the dressing table and tidy up.

"Why don't you sleep for a while?"

Jiang Lianzhu tossed and turned all night and never really fell asleep. Liu Qingqing was worried about her health.

"It's already dawn outside, it's time to get up. I just suffered some superficial injuries, it doesn't matter."

"..."

Liu Qingqing couldn't bear to agree with these words.

Although yesterday's explosion did not kill Jiang Lianzhu, Jiang Lianzhu suffered numerous burns on her body after being exposed to the fire for so long, and her voice was also destroyed, making it no longer as pleasant as it used to be.

"Sir, you are the patient and I am the doctor. Do you think I can't tell you are lying in front of me alone?"

He exposed it mercilessly, but Liu Qingqing didn't want Jiang Lianzhu to just support it.

There are many people around her who are willing to share the burden for her.

"Although I am a patient, I am also a doctor, Liu Qingqing, you have forgotten that I am the manager of the medical clinic."

Jiang Lianzhu put on her clothes, found a pure white cloak and put it on her shoulders. She bent down and put on her shoes and socks. After this, all the injuries on her body were covered by the clothes.

"Today is the first day of the new year. It's a new year and a new atmosphere. It's good to get up early."

Liu Qingqing looked at the plain white cloak on Jiang Lianzhu's body. When the words came to her lips, she finally swallowed them.

There is no new atmosphere in this Lihua Garden.

Jiang Lianzhu dressed up this way not because of the Chinese New Year, but because she was ready to go to the six gates to identify the body.

There is no New Year in Lihuayuan.

After staying up all night, Jiang Lianzhu and Liu Qingqing were not the only ones to get up early. Liao Xiaoping, Liao Xiaoan, and Liao Xiaole also got up together.

Liao Xiaoping was very obedient. After cleaning himself up, he brought his younger brothers and sisters to the door of Jiang Lianzhu's room.

"Mom, today is the first day of the Lunar New Year. Breakfast is prepared in the kitchen. If Mom wants to go out, you should have breakfast before leaving."

Liao Xiaoping stood in front of Jiang Lianzhu and spoke obediently.

Xiao An even stepped forward and took Jiang Lianzhu's hand, leading her towards the dining room.

"Mom hasn't eaten much since yesterday. You taught me that if you don't eat, your stomach will be hurt. Mom, please accompany us and have a meal with our brothers."

Jiang Lianzhu has barely had enough food from New Year’s Eve to now.

Jiang Lianzhu only scooped a few symbolic portions of the meat porridge that Liu Qingqing brought last night, and not much of it actually went into his mouth.

Liao Xiaoan, who had a burning buttock and couldn't sit still, was surprisingly quiet today. He stood silently next to Jiang Lianzhu, helping his mother to walk.

The children were too well-behaved and fell into Jiang Lianzhu's eyes, which only made her more heartbroken.

She steeled herself, took a deep breath, forced out a smile, and stretched out her hand to take Sambo in hand.

"Okay, mother, I'll have breakfast with you!"

"What happened yesterday was because of my mother's fault, which made you worried. However, today my mother is fine."

Today is New Year's Day.

Yesterday, the children at home were happily waiting for the New Year, but a sudden explosion ruined their expectations. Jiang Lianzhu did not want to continue to make Sanbao live in fear.

She rolled up her sleeves and led the children into the warm dining room.

Yesterday, snow fell all over the capital, silently. Early this morning, there was already a thick layer on the ground.

She only cared about her own pain, but didn't care about her child.

"Xiaoquan, I remember that among the new clothes I ordered at Cloth Village, I ordered three small cloaks and a hand heater. It's cold today, so you can bring them all."

"Yes."

"Xiaoyuan, go to the dressing box in my house and get the New Year's money I prepared earlier."

"Yes."

Koizumi and Madoka responded quickly.

Sanbao looked at Jiang Lianzhu, who was thinking about them, with tears in his eyes, and felt extremely uncomfortable.

Jiang Lianzhu sat down to eat with them, put on her cloaks and hand coverings for them, and finally handed out the New Year's money she prepared one by one.

"In the new year, mother only hopes that you will be safe and healthy."

Sanbao could no longer bear it and stepped forward to hug Jiang Lianzhu.

Jiang Lianzhu was also made red-eyed again.

After breakfast, Jiang Lianzhu stopped all the children who wanted to go with her to identify the corpse at the six gates. There were some scenes that were too tragic and the children did not need to witness them. They were still too young and should not bear these.

"I'll go with you, shopkeeper!"

Liu Qingqing saw Jiang Lianzhu's eyes on her and responded quickly.

The next moment he got directly into the carriage.

Because of yesterday's explosion, Six Gates and the entire West City seemed to be shocked by the fire last night. There was a dead silence, and even if there were pedestrians on the road, they were in a hurry.

Dongcheng is different.

"Did you guys hear the noise last night?"

"heard!"

After dinner, the explosion became a topic of conversation.