Dad, open the door. I'll bring your mistress back for you.

"Let them in." A gentle and pleasant female voice came from the house.

The woman in the room was wearing a white gauze skirt with a soft water blue gauze tied around her waist, outlining her slender waist.

Her silky black hair falls to her waist like a waterfall, and her slender figure makes her look even more charming.

A white scarf covered her mouth and nose, revealing a pair of bright eyes, clear and bright as stars, sparkling with gentle light.

Shen Chuning looked at the woman in front of her and couldn't help but stare at her in amazement. She secretly admired in her heart: "Sister is so beautiful."

These words came out of her mouth involuntarily.

She came back to her senses and asked softly, "My name is Yunjiu, may I know your name, sister?"

The woman chuckled softly, her voice clear and melodious, like the sound of a flowing spring. "Ms. Yun, please sit down quickly. Just call me Sisi."

Sisi's eyes fell on Shen Chuning, noticing the stains and bloodstains on her skirt.

She frowned slightly, a hint of concern and worry in her eyes, "Xiao Tao, go get the medicine box."

When Shen Chuning saw her frowning, her heart couldn't help but tremble, as if an invisible force was tugging at her heartstrings.

She couldn't help but want to reach out and smooth out the wrinkles between her eyebrows, but she hesitated, fearing that she would offend the other person.

The maid Xiaotao quickly brought the medicine box and handed it to Birui, "This contains the best medicine for wounds."

Xiaotao opened the medicine box, revealing neatly arranged porcelain bottles and jade boxes, each of which looked exceptionally exquisite.

Shen Chuning narrowed her eyes and looked at the bottles and jars in front of her, feeling that they looked familiar.

After looking at it carefully, she found that it was exactly the same medicine Zhou Lin sent him when he was injured that year.

She secretly guessed that this might be an item from the palace, and it seemed that she had found the right person.

Birui picked up a box of ointment and looked up at Shen Chuning, who nodded at her.

However, when Birui was about to scoop out the ointment with her hands and apply it to Shen Chuning, Sisi suddenly stopped her.

She brought a box filled with bamboo strips and handed it to Birui, saying, "Use this. It's all clean and unused."

Shen Chuning noticed that there were rose-colored spots on the back of Sisi's hand holding the box, and couldn't help but take a second look.

When Sisi noticed it, she quickly put the box on the table and covered her hands with her sleeves.

Sisi turned her back and said in a cold tone, "Miss, please leave as soon as possible after applying the medicine."

When Shen Chuning heard this, she felt a surge of guilt.

She asked Sisi carefully: "Sister Sisi, does the wound on your hand hurt?"

Sisi turned around and saw that there was no contempt in Shen Chuning's eyes, but full of concern.

This made Sisi's eyes suddenly red.

"Why is Sister Sisi crying? Is it in pain?"

Shen Chuning asked with a distressed look on her face, and at the same time stretched out her little hand to wipe the tears from the corners of Sisi's eyes.

However, Sisi took a step back gently, avoiding her hand.

Sisi silently picked up her handkerchief and gently wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, but the sadness and pain in her eyes did not diminish.

Her heart seemed to be hit hard by something, and an indescribable sadness surged in her heart.

It had been a long time since anyone cared whether she was in pain, except that person.

The concern of the little girl in front of her was like warm sunshine, illuminating the softest corner of her heart.

Sisi's eyes became moist again, and tears couldn't stop flowing.

"Sister, don't cry. Mother said that if you feel pain from being injured, it will stop if you blow on it. Can I blow on you?" Shen Chuning opened her big eyes and looked at Sisi innocently, her voice full of concern for her.

However, after hearing this, Sisi did not stop crying, but cried even harder.

She seemed to have found an outlet for her emotions, and the emotions that had been suppressed for a long time burst out at this moment, and she sobbed softly.

Seeing Sisi so sad, Shen Chuning suddenly became quiet and didn't dare to speak anymore.

She sat quietly by the side, looking at Sisi at a loss.

At this time, Xiaotao came over with a cup of tea and placed it in front of Sisi.

Sisi raised her head slightly, lifted a corner of her veil, took a sip of tea, and finally stopped sobbing.

Shen Chuning looked through the corner of Sisi's lifted veil and was surprised to find that Sisi's face also had a few rose-colored red spots, exactly the same as the scars on her hands.

Sisi's mood gradually calmed down. She looked at the wound on Shen Chuning's leg with a particularly gentle look in her eyes. "Sister, I'm okay. Does it hurt?" she asked softly, her tone full of concern.

Shen Chuning shook her head, her eyes firm and bright. She said softly, "It doesn't hurt. I'm very brave. It's just that my sister's crying just now reminded me of mother. Mother was the same. She wanted to cry but was afraid of being seen, so she could only cry quietly and suppress her emotions. That's why I feel so sorry for my sister."

Sisi did not respond to Shen Chuning's words. She walked aside silently, leaving the space to Shen Chuning and her servant.

Shen Chuning seemed unaware of Sisi's indifference towards her. She continued to speak to herself, "My mother always told me that if I have something unpleasant, I can feel better if I speak it out."

"But my mother only advised me this way, and she herself refused to say anything. She just secretly shed tears every day."

"Actually, I know why Mom is crying. My brother is addicted to gambling and is almost ruining the entire family."

As Shen Chuning spoke, she silently apologized to her eight brothers in her heart.

"It's nothing. If the whole family pools their money, we can barely pay off my brother's gambling debts." Shen Chuning's tone was calm, as if she was telling a story that had nothing to do with her, but her eyes revealed a hint of sadness.

"I even gave the dowry my elders prepared for me to my brother to pay back the debt, just to get my original brother back." Shen Chuning said with a sad smile, tears welling up in her eyes, as if they would fall at any time.

She continued, "But the person who was instructed to lure my brother to the gambling house not only owed a huge gambling debt himself, but also had the people from the gambling house come to my brother to collect the money."

She took a deep breath, trying to control her emotions, and said in a trembling voice, "My brother couldn't pay, so they beat him up and even chopped off two of his fingers."

"Even so, my brother is unwilling to tell us the whereabouts of that person. Sister Sisi, do you think my brother is stupid?" Shen Chuning asked softly, her eyes full of pain and helplessness.

Sisi, who was lost in thought, suddenly came back to her senses when she heard Shen Chuning calling her name.

"Maybe your brother doesn't know the whereabouts of that person either." She tried to comfort him, but her tone sounded a little weak.

Shen Chuning sneered, a trace of anger and disdain flashing in her eyes, "How could I not know? My brother is clearly in dire straits, but he's still worried that the man doesn't have money to spend, so he secretly gave him some money."

Her voice was filled with deep disappointment and sadness. "He's just afraid that the person will be angered by the people behind the scenes."

"In fact, our family doesn't hate the person who lured my brother to gamble. We just want the person behind the scenes to pay the price. But we have no evidence and can't do anything to him." After she finished speaking, her eyes dimmed, as if she had lost all hope.

"Sister Sisi, if you were the one in the middle, would you choose to protect the person behind the scenes, or help my brother take revenge?" Shen Chuning suddenly asked.