166 Have a Little Daughter
“Wang! Chuan! Man! Get lost if you don’t want to sleep. Why are you shouting so late at night?!” Old Madam Wang was furious. She stood at the door of Wang Chuanman’s room, her voice gloomy and filled with obvious anger.
Fortunately, Old Madam Wang had some rationality and did not shout directly. Otherwise, everyone in the courtyard would have been woken up.
Wang Chuanfu and his wife, who were staying in the guest room for the time being, had actually heard the sound too. Madam Feng wanted to get up and take a look, but Wang Chuanfu stretched out his arm and pressed her back down.
“Mother will call us if anything happens. Go to sleep first. We still have to return to the village at dawn.”
The Flower Festival was an extremely busy period. He still had to take a look at the seedlings when he returned. In another ten days or so, he would have to plant more seedlings.
There was a lot to do.
Madam Feng felt uneasy. She lay back down, but her ears were pricked up as she paid attention to the commotion outside.
Wang Chuanman hurriedly opened the door. With the only light in the courtyard, Old Madam Wang could barely see his expression.
“Mother! Ah Yu met a beggar during the day!”
“What?!” The impatience on Old Madam Wang’s face turned to anger. “Where?!”
This time, she was fully awake.
Old Madam Wang entered the house and hurriedly asked Little Ah Yu what was going on.
At this moment, Little Ah Yu was already extremely sleepy. As she yawned, she rubbed her eyes and fell asleep after saying a few words.
“Let the child sleep. We’ll ask her tomorrow morning.” Seeing that Ah Yu was so sleepy, Old Madam Wang could not bear to ask her again. Perhaps the child was also frightened.
Old Madam Wang frowned tightly. She probably won’t be able to sleep tonight.
Old Madam Wang gritted her teeth in hatred at the mention of the beggar.
Liu Shi took out the handkerchief. “Mother, Ah Yu said something about an Auntie giving this handkerchief to her. Look, it looks a little special.”
Old Madam Wang originally did not care much about the handkerchief. When she saw Liu Shi hand it over, she took it and looked at it.
With the faint light of the lantern, Old Madam Wang saw the pattern on the handkerchief. It was a flower with seven petals. The branches were slender and winding.
It was not ordinary flat embroidery. The petals, branches, and leaves were all popping out.
After seeing the pattern on the handkerchief, Old Madam Wang’s expression changed drastically.
She grabbed the handkerchief tightly. “Where did this come from?! Who gave it to her?!”
Little Ah Yu only said that she met a beggar earlier and saved a little brother. His family came and gave her a handkerchief.
She was still young and her ability to express herself was limited. She could not explain everything clearly.
Afraid that Little Ah Yu would have trauma from what happened during the day, she was called into the spatial pocket by Meatball after she fell asleep.
With it accompanying her, the kid would not have any psychological trauma.
Now that Old Madam Wang had such a huge reaction, Meatball asked Little Ah Yu to wake up first.
[Go out and take a look. Something seems to be wrong.]
In order to prevent the kid from feeling even more sleepy, Meatball directly took out the Myriad Spirit Sacred Fruit and let Little Ah Yu take a few bites before letting her go.
After her consciousness returned, Little Ah Yu opened her eyes and saw Old Madam Wang’s complicated gaze.
“Grandma, what’s wrong?” Little Ah Yu was still a little sleepy. When she saw Old Madam Wang, she could not help but gently cover a yawn.
“Ah Yu, tell Grandma, how did you get this handkerchief?”
“It was given to me by an Auntie.” Little Ah Yu thought for a moment and added, “It was a pitiful Auntie!”
Old Madam Wang felt her throat tighten, and her voice trembled. “What Auntie? How old is she?”
This question stumped Little Ah Yu.
She didn’t know how old she should be.
[Just tell your Grandma that she’s about the same as your Second Aunt.]
“About the same as Second Aunt,” Little Ah Yu said.
Second Aunt, Madam Ma, was 31 years old this year. As the Wang Family had a large population, Madam Ma was relatively young.
She was a woman in her thirties.
Old Madam Wang thought of her second daughter-in-law’s appearance and the doubts in her heart lessened.
In the end, she still had a trace of hope. “You said that the Auntie is very pitiful. Why do you say that?”
Little Ah Yu opened her small hands and pretended to be about to hit someone. Then, she gently touched her face.
“Auntie was beaten up. She looks so pitiful.” Little Ah Yu imitated the young woman from before.
Old Madam Wang asked about the handkerchief again. When she learned that the young woman had embroidered this handkerchief herself, and there was more than one, her doubts deepened.
Seeing that Grandma was interested, Little Ah Yu tried her best to recall what happened during the day.
She told her everything in her own language.
If she remembered wrongly and could not express it clearly, Meatball would help.
After saying this, Liu Shi felt a lingering fear.
His hands were trembling as she hugged Little Ah Yu.
“Ah Yu, you can’t go out on your own in the future!” Liu Shi wanted to be strict with her and make Little Ah Yu feel afraid, but when the words reached her mouth, she changed them to a soft reminder. “Don’t let Mother worry.”
Little Ah Yu hugged Liu Shi back and patted her hand comfortingly. “Ah Yu knows. I won’t do this again.”
Meatball had also told Little Ah Yu that it was it’s fault for not judging that this mission was dangerous.
However, Little Ah Yu felt that she was the one who wanted to go over. It had nothing to do with her family or the elf.
In the future, she would make herself even more powerful and try her best not to worry her family.
The commotion here woke the others up in the end. Everyone put on their clothes and came to Wang Chuanman’s door.
Old Madam Wang chased these people to the main hall and let Liu Shi coax Little Ah Yu to sleep.
Little Ah Yu knew that the adults should be discussing something, so she obediently lay back down in bed.
The children were asleep, and the adults were all gathered in the main hall.
Wang Chuanman told everyone about the matter again. After Wang Chuanfu heard this, he thought for a moment and said, “Mother, do you suspect that this matter is related to Younger Sister?”
At the mention of their younger sister, the expressions of everyone in the Wang Family stiffened.
Their little sister was a taboo existence at home.
Old Wang gave Wang Chuanfu a warning look.
Wang Chuanfu was not afraid. Instead, he said, “It’s not that this matter doesn’t exist if we don’t mention it. Mother, do you suspect that the person Ah Yu met today is Younger Sister?”
“That’s right, I have this suspicion.” Old Madam Wang’s voice suddenly sounded much older. She placed the handkerchief on the table and pointed at the flowers on it. “This embroidery method is not the most unique, but this flower is different. This flower doesn’t exist in the world. Aibao casually drew it back then…”
Old Madam Wang fell into her memories.
When the Wang family’s sons heard Old Madam Wang’s words, they did not have much of a reaction. Instead, their daughters-in-law were all shocked when they found out about this.
Didn’t Old Wang only have four sons?! When did he have a younger daughter?
Why had he never seen that younger sister before?
Not only had they never seen her before, but the family had never mentioned her.
Madam Feng hurriedly asked Wang Chuanfu, “What younger sister is this? What’s going on?”
Madam Ma was also asking Wang Chuangui.
Madam Zhang looked at Wang Chuanyuan.
Wang Chuanman looked in the direction of the door. After Liu Shi coaxed Little Ah Yu, she would probably come to ask him.
“There’s nothing to hide.” Seeing her sons look at her, a bitter smile appeared on Old Madam Wang’s lips. “You don’t have to worry about me. Just say what needs to be said.”
No one saw that Old Madam Wang’s hands, which were hanging in her sleeves, had already clenched into fists. She had to use almost all her restraint to not lose her composure on the spot.
She was almost certain that the young woman Ah Yu had met during the day was her youngest daughter, Wang Aibao, who she had lost for 17 years.
When Ah Yu woke up, they would ask her again. If Wang Aibao was still in town, they could always find her.
That would be best.
If not… well, she had long been used to disappointment.