A life of ups and downs is pure joy

Ning Sijue looked at Lin Qinghuan, who had been silent, for a long time.

"Huan'er, you look like you're worried about something?" Ning Sijue asked.

"It's okay, where are we going?"

Lin Qinghuan looked at Ning Sijue and smiled. She didn't know when it started, but she felt much calmer when she was with him. Perhaps it was because he was the one who saved her every time she was dying.

"I'll take you to see someone you really want to meet, and maybe you'll be happy."

Ning Sijue reached out to touch her head, but finally stopped because of his status.

"The person I want to see?" Lin Qinghuan looked up at him with some uneasiness in his eyes. Could it be that he had come?

"I'll know when I see you."

Ning Sijue lifted the curtain of the carriage and took a look at where they were going.

"Ajue, can I meet this person?" Lin Qinghuan asked tentatively.

"Fool, I don't have the ability to bring the King of Yan here."

Ning Sijue realized that he had been acting mysterious and had caused Lin Qinghuan to misunderstand him. Looking at the uneasiness on the woman's face, he couldn't help but explain with a smile.

"I...I didn't say it was him."

Lin Qinghuan's face flushed instantly, and she lowered her head in embarrassment and spoke in a low voice.

"Do you remember this?"

Ning Sijue didn't keep the secret and handed Lin Qinghuan a velvet flower hairpin.

"This was the gift the Imperial Concubine gave to us sisters when we first met. The purple one is mine, but I gave it to Sister Jingshu. How did it end up in your hands?"

Lin Qinghuan took the hairpin and looked at it carefully, then looked at Ning Sijue in surprise and asked.

"Brother Yi asked me to look for her, saying she was your friend, and I found her." Ning Sijue said.

"Have you found Sister Jingshu? Oh my God, is she okay?"

Lin Qinghuan covered her mouth in disbelief and looked at Ning Sijue.

"I've suffered a lot, but luckily I'm still alive. We'll be there soon, and you'll be able to see me."

Ning Sijue saw Lin Qinghuan crying with joy, and took out his handkerchief and handed it to her.

"Ajue, I really don't know how to thank you. For so many years, my elder sister and I have been looking for ways to find her. Jingshu's elder sister, Chen Nanqiao, also died of depression due to family changes. My elder sister was very sad when she learned about this. They were best friends during those years in Luofeng, so no matter what, I must find Sister Jingshu."

Lin Qinghuan took Ning Sijue's handkerchief, held it tightly in her hand, and said excitedly.

"It's okay. Everything will be fine."

Ning Sijue couldn't help but reached out to wipe the tears from Lin Qinghuan's face.

"Ajue, regarding Sister Jingshu's identity..."

Lin Qinghuan suddenly remembered that Chen Jingshu was now the daughter of a criminal, and Dasheng was too harsh on this identity.

"It's okay. Chen Jingshu is already dead. Now she is my maid, Chen Lu."

Ning Sijue had already arranged everything before thinking of giving Lin Qinghuan a big surprise. Ever since he first saw Lin Qinghuan, he could not take his eyes off her. There was another important reason because she was the person his best friend Gong Heyu cared about the most, and he had to protect her for him no matter what.

"Ajue, I'm so happy to have a good friend like you."

Lin Qinghuan happily patted Ning Sijue's shoulder and smiled sweetly at him.

The carriage drove south after leaving the city, and after passing a section of bumpy dirt road, it finally arrived at the gate of Ning Sijue's manor.

"Slow down, no rush."

Ning Sijue helped Lin Qinghuan get off the carriage and gave her some instructions.

"Um, Jingshu..where is Chenlu?"

Lin Qinghuan kept looking towards the village and asked.

"I'll take you to see her now."

After Ning Sijue finished speaking, he called the two maids standing at the door of the manor to come forward and support Lin Qinghuan, and the two of them walked in.

Since that day Chen Jingshu was abducted, she has suffered humiliation and torture. She tried to end her life many times, but was watched closely. She lived in darkness for more than a year, and her heart gradually became calm. She no longer cared about life and death. Later, she was tortured to the point of contracting a woman's illness. When she was dying, a man named Aping found her and rescued her from that den of lewd people. He then took her to seek medical treatment, and she was raised on this farm for a full six months before she became what she is now.

Lin Qinghuan entered the quiet courtyard and couldn't help but shed tears when she saw the familiar figure sitting in the pavilion.

"Sister Jingshu."

Lin Qinghuan called out to the figure from behind. The woman was slightly startled, then turned around in surprise and stood up stiffly as if she was stunned.

"Qing...Qing Huan."

Chen Jingshu looked at the woman walking towards her and could no longer hold back her tears of grievance. The two girls hugged each other and cried in joy and surprise.

"Sister Jingshu, you made it so hard for me to find you."

Lin Qinghuan held Chen Jingshu's hand, wiped her tears and cried.

"Qinghuan, I'm sorry. Daddy was so confused back then. I was really scared of you..."

Chen Jingshu saw that Lin Qinghuan was also feeling unhappy and kept apologizing to her.

"My dear sister, it's all over. It's just that I'm incompetent and I still made you suffer."

Lin Qinghuan shook his head and said.

"My father did something so outrageous, how could I stand aside from it? This is the punishment for our Chen family."

Chen Jingshu's experience had long since destroyed the meaning of life for her, but when Aping rescued her from that hellish place and took good care of her until she recovered, he not only cured her illness but also her withered and broken heart.

"The fault of the parents is not the fault of the child. Lord Chen has already paid for his mistakes. He also regrets that you are missing. So before he died, he asked me to find you."

Lin Qinghuan knew that the look in Lord Chen's eyes before his death showed his reluctance and concern for Chen Jingshu, so he held her hand and comforted her.

"Brother Aping told my elder sister that she was tragically abandoned by her husband's family and died of depression. If it weren't for Sister Qingyao, my elder sister probably wouldn't even have anyone to collect her body. Qinghuan, my heart aches."

Chen Jingshu thought of her own sister and felt so heartbroken that she hugged Lin Qinghuan and started crying.

Ning Sijue, who was outside the yard, heard the woman crying, so he asked A Ping to go to the main hall with him first.

"They definitely have a lot to say."

After Chen Jingshu's mood calmed down a little, Lin Qinghuan accompanied her to sit by the lotus pond.

"Sister Jingshu, I will call you Chenlu from now on. Your name and identity must be changed to ensure your safety and survival."

Lin Qinghuan warned.

"Well, Brother Ping has already explained it to me."

Chen Jingshu's eyes were still a little red and swollen.

"Then pack up and come with me to the Lin Residence today. I'll feel more at ease living in the same courtyard where you used to live."

Lin Qinghuan said.

"Qing Huan, I think it's nice here now, very quiet. Jinhan City is too busy and it's not suitable for me. I'm scared."

Chen Jingshu glanced at the gate of the courtyard and then said with gloomy eyes.

"With me here, no one will bully you anymore, and big brother is also in Jinhan."

Lin Qinghuan said.

"I'm very happy that Brother Lin Yuzhi is doing well now. I don't have the face to see him again in this life. Qinghuan, please let me stay here. Brother Aping has already told me that the people in the village treat me very well."

Chen Jingshu looked at Lin Qinghuan gratefully, then gently shook her hand and said.

"If you don't want to go, I won't force you. I will come to see you often."

Seeing that Chen Jingshu's personality had changed, Lin Qinghuan stopped forcing her. It would be safer for her to live here for the time being, and he would think of ways to make her life better later.

When the sky was filled with rosy clouds, Lin Qinghuan and Ning Sijue had already boarded the carriage for the return journey. She lifted the curtain and looked at Chen Jingshu who was seeing her off at the entrance of the manor, and did not let go for a long time.

"Don't worry, the people in the manor are all my elderly, and A Ping is taking care of them. She won't suffer any injustice here."

Ning Sijue lowered the curtain for Lin Qinghuan and said.

"Ajue, thank you."

Lin Qinghuan nodded, then looked at him gratefully.

"You don't have to be so formal with me anymore."

When they returned to the Xiao Mansion, it was already dark. The housekeeper told them that the eldest son was still busy with official business in the East Palace. When Lin Qinghuan returned to Qingbo Courtyard, the wet nurse was holding Xiao Xingjian, who had just finished breastfeeding, in the yard looking at the lanterns. Yun Xiang went forward to greet Lin Qinghuan.

"Young Madam, you must be hungry. The meal is ready."

Chuxia took off Lin Qinghuan's thin coat and hung it aside to dry. Yunxiang also brought a wash basin and helped Lin Qinghuan wash up.

"The eldest master asked Brother Da Yuan to bring the young lady's favorite dishes. If we don't eat them now, they will get cold."

Yun Xiang picked up the chopsticks and handed them to Lin Qinghuan, then went around to the other side of the table to serve her some soup.

Lin Qinghuan looked at the table full of her favorite dishes, and her heart ached. She suddenly remembered what she had said to Empress Xiao: if Tao Baiwan had married into the mansion, would she still be as happy as she is now? As she thought about it, her brows began to furrow.

"Young Madam, is the food not to your liking?"

Yun Xiang asked from the side.

"fine..."