flstandardbreds Chapter 150 Self-blame
Chapter 150 Self-blame
What? How is this possible?
There was only one pattern embroidered on all of Shen's handkerchiefs. On the lower left corner of the handkerchief was the small gold locket she gave to her daughter. This was also a way for her to miss her daughter. If she had not felt an inexplicable sense of closeness to Madam Ye today, she would never have taken out this handkerchief to give her as a gift.
The pattern of the golden lock was designed by her personally. It is absolutely impossible to find two identical golden locks in the world, so where did Zhao Guoer see it?
Could it be... Countless thoughts flashed through Shen's mind in an instant.
"Miss Zhao, where have you seen this pattern?" Shen asked hurriedly.
Before Zhao Guoer could reply, Zhao Li had already taken out the gold locket from her neck and compared it with the pattern on the embroidered handkerchief. The result was naturally exactly the same, even the patterns were exactly the same.
Shen looked at the golden locket in Zhao Li's hand, and tears instantly filled her eyes.
"You...how...how do you have this..." she asked intermittently.
"Mrs. Mu, what happened to you?" Zhao Li hurriedly supported Shen.
Zhao Guoer shrank back behind Zhao Li in fear, looking at Shen with an innocent face. She didn't understand why Madam Mu suddenly started crying when she was fine just now?
Zhao Li helped Shen into the inner room and asked her to sit on the bed and rest. "Mrs. Mu, how are you? Are you feeling unwell? Do you want to ask a doctor to come and see you?"
Shen shook her head and asked cautiously, "Mrs. Ye, can you show me your gold lock?"
She was so scared, afraid that the scene before her was just another dream, and when she woke up she would be filled with endless longing and self-blame.
If her daughter had died young due to illness and they had tried their best to save her but were unable to do so, Shen might not have felt so guilty.
But her daughter was healthy and yet she was to be executed, and she could only watch those people take her child away, and she was powerless to do anything. Shen had spent these years blaming herself for her daughter.
She hated herself, hated her own incompetence, and hated the murderer who killed her daughter even more. If he had the ability, he should come after her. Why did he bring up a newborn baby to make trouble? What kind of ability is that!
Zhao Li took the gold lock off her neck and handed it to Shen, "Look."
Shen took it with both hands, and stroked the patterns on it with trembling fingers, tears silently falling. She had embroidered the pattern of this gold lock no less than twenty times, and she remembered every pattern on it clearly.
She was sure that this was the gold locket she had given to her daughter, but how did it end up in Mrs. Ye's hands?
"Where did this come from?"
Seeing Madam Shen so sad, Zhao Li felt sad too. She replied truthfully, "This is a relic my mother left me."
Confusion flashed across Shen's face, "Relics? Isn't your mother Madam Zhao?" Madam Zhao is obviously still alive and well!
Zhao Li shook her head, looking somewhat sad: "No, she is actually my adoptive mother. I only found out some time ago that I was a child picked up by my father."
"You are not their daughter?" Shen was shocked and asked hurriedly, "Then do you know who your mother is?"
Zhao Li: "She...she died when I was very young, I never met her..."
After listening to Zhao Li's explanation, Shen suddenly thought of someone, but she was not sure whether it was what she thought.
Then he asked, "Can I meet your parents?"
Madam Mu knows this golden lock. Could it be that Madam Mu knows my biological mother? Zhao Li thought subconsciously and nodded quickly, "My mother is in the garden, Guo'er, go and call her over!"
"Yeah!" Zhao Guoer agreed and ran out quickly.
Zhao Li stayed behind to take care of Madam Mu. She asked tentatively, "Madam Mu, have you seen this golden lock?"
"Please sit down," Shen said, patting the seat beside her. The more she looked at Zhao Li, the more familiar she felt, as if they had known each other for a long time.
Zhao Li sat down as she was told, and Shen continued, "It happened about sixteen years ago. That year..."
the other side,
Zhao Guoer hurried back to Zhou, grabbed her sleeve and pulled her to the inner courtyard, "Mother, Madam Mu wants to see you, please come with me."
Zhou was confused. "Guo'er, please explain clearly first. How did you see Madam Mu? Why did Madam Mu want to see me? Aren't you with your sister?"
"Yes, Guo'er, where is your sister?" Old Mrs. Ye stood up and asked hurriedly.
"Mom, please come with me. You will know when you get there..." Zhao Guoer pulled Zhou's sleeve and refused to let go. She didn't know why Madam Mu suddenly cried, nor why she wanted to see her parents! So how could she answer her mother's question?
Hearing them mention their mother-in-law, Chu also walked towards them and said in a gentle tone: "Miss Zhao, don't be anxious. If you have something to say, take your time."
How could Zhao Guoer not be anxious? "It's Madam Mu who wants to see my parents. My sister is still in Madam Mu's room taking care of her! Mom, let's go quickly. You'll know when you get there."
"Is Madam Mu sick?" Upon hearing that Zhao Li was going to take care of Madam Mu, Chen reminded her worriedly.
Chu didn't care about anything else. After telling Mu Qianning to greet the guests, she hurried towards her mother-in-law's room.
Old Lady Ye, Mrs. Chen, Mrs. Zhou and Zhao Guoer followed closely behind.
"Oh, Madam Mu is not in good health to begin with. Are you tired? How about we just go home today?"
"That's fine, since we've moved here, let's get together some other day..."
Seeing this, the guests who were chatting animatedly stood up and called their younger generations to say goodbye to Mu Qianning.
Mu Qianning was worried about Shen, so she didn't keep them any longer. After seeing off the guests with Mu Xingchen and his two brothers, she hurried to the inner courtyard. As a result, as soon as she turned around the moon gate, she saw Chu walking towards them in a hurry.
"Sister-in-law, is my aunt okay?" Mu Qianning asked hurriedly.
The three Mu Xingchen brothers also looked at Chu with worry on their faces.
"Mother is fine," Chu frowned and looked at them and asked, "Why are you all here?"
"When the guests learned that my aunt was ill, they said goodbye and left." Mu Qianning explained, and then asked, "Sister-in-law, where are you going?"
"Oh," Chu nodded and said to Mu Xingchen, "Xingchen, go to the military camp and ask Deputy Zhao to come home. Mother has something to ask him."
Mu Xingchen was puzzled, "Mom wants to see Deputy General Zhao?" Didn't she say that she was sick? Why did she want to see Deputy General Zhao again? Shouldn't she ask for a doctor?
"Go quickly, why are you standing there?" Chu was anxious and raised her voice a few notches to urge him.
"Okay, I'll go right away." Mu Xingchen turned around and left. Ha! He's really brave. He actually dared to order me to do things so loudly!
Realizing that Mu Xingchen seemed angry, Chu regretted her attitude towards him just now. Ever since their family moved to the border town, Mu Xingchen seldom came home. Every time he came back, Chu treated him with great care, hoping to restore her relationship with him. This time she was really anxious... Alas!
"Sister-in-law, don't bother with him, he just has a bad temper. Let's go see my aunt." Mu Qianning stepped forward and took Chu's arm, and the two walked back.
Behind them, the brothers Mu Jinyang and Mu Yunche looked at each other with complicated eyes and hurried to catch up.
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