Dressed as a middle-aged mistress, I want to lie down every day

Nie Chengping returned to Wang's house in a state of frustration and had no intention of teaching He Shanluo, so he asked him to go back and read by himself.

Is his mother from Beijing?

Was that his uncle just now?

So what does that family do?

Where did your mother meet your father?

Nie Chengping is already married and has children, so he knows that his mother's background is questionable. Otherwise, which woman doesn't have a mother's family?

In his memory, his mother was not only literate but also more educated than his father. He had studied with his mother since childhood, and even now, he felt that the teachers he followed were not as knowledgeable as his mother.

Could it be that my mother’s family is a family of scholars in the capital?

Then why did he end up in Guanzhong?

Could it be that my mother was abducted to a brothel and bought back by my father?

Otherwise, I wouldn't have stopped contacting my parents.

He doesn't look like his father. His mother says he looks like his uncle, and his father also says he looks like his uncle. But when he asked where his uncle was, his mother said he was no longer there. His father told him not to ask anymore because it would make his mother sad.

So he never asked about his mother's family again.

And now, should he tell his sister and brother-in-law?

Before he could think it through, he received an invitation to meet at Cha Ming Teahouse, signed by Li Zheyan.

He didn't know who Li Zheyan was, so he went out to find an idle man to ask, especially asking if there was anything strange about the daughter of the Li family.

Li Zheyan was the eldest son of Li Daxueshi. The Li family and Zhong Hanlin were in-laws. Li Daxueshi's eldest daughter died of illness three years after marrying Zhong Hanlin.

He asked about the time of death of Zhong Hanlin's first wife, Li. The idler said he would go and inquire about it, and came back a short while later to tell the year and month.

One year after Mrs. Zhong passed away, my mother followed my father back to Guanzhong.

Nie Chengping's heart was pounding.

He went to the teahouse as agreed, entered the private room, and saw the man who had stared at him on the street yesterday.

The man was a little excited and stood up and said, "Please sit down. It's very presumptuous of me to ask you to come here."

He introduced himself and said that he had a younger sister who died of illness three years after marrying Zhong Hanlin. It was his mother who told him before her death that his sister was not dead, but left alone because Zhong Hanlin was in love with his cousin, whom he later married as a concubine.

After listening to him, Nie Chengping asked expressionlessly, "Excuse me, what does this have to do with me? What do you want to talk to me about?"

Li Zheyan said: "My sister's birthday is the second day of the fourth lunar month. My mother's surname is Hu, my grandmother's surname is Zhang, and my maternal grandmother's surname is Ma. My maternal grandmother loves my sister the most."

Nie Chengping's heart almost stopped beating. His mother was known as Ma in Guanzhong.

"I happened to see you a while ago. You look a lot like Zhong Hanlin. If we send someone to Guanzhong to investigate, we can still find out. But I can't wait. I just want to know if my sister is still alive."

Nie Chengping said, "I am the eldest son of the Nie family. My parents died unexpectedly when I was twelve. If anyone fabricates something to disturb my mother, no matter who they are, I will not let them go!"

Li Zheyan moved his lower lip but didn't say anything.

Nie Chengping stood up and left.

Instead of going home, he hired a carriage and went to Shuangfeng Temple.

On the way, he was thinking about how his mother would prepare a table full of delicious food every year on the second day of the fourth lunar month. He had first asked what day it was. Later, when his younger brother was older, he also asked, but his mother just said that it was not a special day and that she would make it when she had free time.

But my mother said her birthday is New Year's Eve.

When he was twelve years old, his parents took him to a temple to have his marriage fortune told. After drawing a hexagram, the temple teller said that he and people with the surname Zhong were incompatible, and that he must not marry someone with the surname Zhong in the future.

Now I know that it was my mother who bribed the temple servants in advance because they were afraid that he would secretly fall in love with a woman named Zhong because people with the same surname were not allowed to marry.

It turned out that the mother was not abducted, but left on her own.

It turns out that he is not a member of the Nie family, and it turns out that the Zhong family has let his mother down.

Nie Chengping went up the mountain and arrived at the temple. As soon as he entered, he saw an old lady about to come out.

He moved aside and saw the old lady was stunned. He thought, could it be someone who knows Zhong Hanlin?

Didn’t Lord Li say that he looks a lot like Zhong Hanlin?

Nie Chengping walked over, his body tense as he recalled the times when he went out and people looked at him with surprise.

When Li Zheyan heard Nie Chengping say that his parents died in an accident, tears welled up in his eyes.

Before his death, his mother held his hand and called him by his sister's maiden name.

I didn't expect that my sister passed away earlier than my mother.

He watched Nie Chengping walk out, and his back looked like Zhong Hanlin.

He and Zhong Hanlin have known each other since childhood because their mothers are close friends and they are about the same age.

When his sister got married, he carried her into the bridal sedan on his back.

He thought his sister had married a good man.

Li Zheyan sat there for a long time and then left.

After walking for a while, someone called me.

"Big brother."

Li Zheyan stopped and knew it was Zhong Hanlin from the voice. Without turning around, he said coldly, "Who is your eldest brother? Our two families have had no relationship since my sister died."

Zhong Hanlin took a few quick steps and asked, "Brother, who did you just see?"

Li Zheyan turned around abruptly. "You're following me? What does it have to do with you who I meet?"

Zhong Hanlin's lips trembled, "Is it Aning's son? It's me..."

Li Zheyan interrupted him, "Are you dreaming? My sister passed away and it was your Zhong family who announced the death. If my sister had a son, shouldn't he be with the Zhong family?"

He threw his sleeves and left angrily.

Zhong Hanlin stood there for a long time before slowly walking away.

Got home and sat in the study.

No wonder some people saw him with a strange expression these two days. After court today, his wife asked him to accompany her to Cha Ming to buy some scented tea.

In the teahouse, I saw a man in his thirties coming downstairs, paying the bill and leaving.

He froze.

My wife said that the man looked really like my cousin when he was young. She didn’t expect that there would be such a similar person in the world.

After a long while, he saw Li Zheyan coming downstairs.

He hesitated whether to go up and say hello, and smiled bitterly.

Ever since Mrs. Li "passed away due to illness," anyone in the Li family ignored him.

But then he thought it was not right. The man who looked like him also came down from the second floor. Could it be that he was going to meet Li Zheyan?

He heard Li Zheyan go to the counter to pay the bill, and the shopkeeper said that the bill had already been paid.

Just now, that man was the only one who paid the bill, so why did he want to see my uncle?

He made an excuse to let his wife go back first and hurried to chase Li Zheyan.

He saw that Li Zheyan seemed to be unsteady on his feet, and he had to hold on to the wall to steady himself before walking slowly.

Why did my uncle, who had always been strong, become like this after seeing that young man?

Did Li give birth to his son outside?

Zhong Hanlin chased after him, he wanted to get to the bottom of it.

His uncle's words further confirmed his guess.

Zhong Hanlin didn't know who the young man was or what he was doing in Beijing. Was he going to the Li family to recognize his relatives?

If it was his own flesh and blood, he couldn't let the Zhong family's bloodline be lost among the people.

If the mother knew that Li gave birth to a son, she would be ecstatic.

Mrs. Zhong heard from her confidant that the master went into the study after returning and never came out.

She smiles.

Mrs. Zhong kept an eye on the Wang family, and then tried to find a way to let Li Zheyan meet Nie Chengping. Li Zheyan sent someone to give Nie Chengping an invitation, and went to the tea house the next day. She immediately asked her husband to accompany her to buy tea.

After her husband meets people, he should let people in Beijing know that Li gave birth to a son for the Zhong family, and then she should be virtuous and recognize the son.

My mother-in-law will be happy, and my husband will be even happier.

She was also happy because she was the stepmother of Li's son. A stepmother is also a mother and should be filial to her.