"Whoâs calling mom?" Lele asked when he heard someone shouting his motherâs name.
"Itâs that bad auntie who wants to marry Uncle," Yangyang replied before Yang Chuxia could speak. "But itâs weird, why is she in the Capital City, and why does she look like that? So messy, sheâs almost turned from an aunt to a grandma."
"..." Yang Chuxia couldnât help but twitch her mouth; her son was starting to develop a sharp tongue.
"Yang Chuxia, stop, stop for me!"
The person behind kept shouting, making many people stop and watch.
Yang Chuxia initially intended to have the carriage keep going but thought about it. She was curious about how Qian Xiaoqing got to the Capital City, so she had the carriage stop to the side.
"Yang Chuxia!" Finally, panting heavily, Qian Xiaoqing caught up to the carriage.
"Qian Xiaoqing, long time no see. Do you need something?"
Looking at the person in the carriage, calm as a breeze, dressed in splendid clothing and adorned with expensive accessories, Qian Xiaoqingâs eyes darkened, her underlying hatred churning like clouds and moon.
She caused her such suffering, yet she can face her so calmly.
"I finally found you!" Qian Xiaoqing smiled.
"Looking for me?" Eyebrows raised, "What for?"
"Yang Chuxia, can you take me in? I just arrived in the Capital City, have no money, and no place to stay. Iâm about to starve." Qian Xiaoqingâs eyes carried a glimmer of hope, "For my auntâs sake, can you take me in?"
Take her in? For Ms. Qian of Wang Familyâs sake? Yang Chuxia found it amusing. Where does this person get her nerve? Besides, what face does Ms. Qian have in front of her?
Seeing Yang Chuxia not speaking, Qian Xiaoqing secretly cursed in her heart. She had already shamelessly begged her, yet she still didnât offer to take her in. Truly as heartless as a viper.
"Xiaxia, please be kind." Qian Xiaoqing cried, "Look, you have a carriage, dressed in gold and silver, your family surely lacks nothing. Just take me in. I have nowhere to stay at night; itâs so dangerous to sleep in a rundown temple, Iâm scared. Donât worry, I eat very little, one steamed bun a day is enough. Please, for my auntâs sake, take me in. I can do a lot of chores, laundry and cooking are fine."
"Whereâs your husband?" Ignoring her nonsense, Yang Chuxia bluntly asked, "Why are you alone?"
Hearing Yang Chuxia mention that old beggar, Qian Xiaoqing felt a wave of nausea, but her face showed a layer of sorrow.
"He, he passed away." Qian Xiaoqing wiped her tears and said, "With no child, itâs just me left. In the town, everyone bullied me, I couldnât survive, so I ran away. When I arrived at Wangquan Town, I heard my aunt and them were coming to the Capital City for a wedding, so I secretly followed along. But when I reached the Capital City, they disappeared."
Yang Chuxia listened with a frown, unexpectedly, that old man really died, and she followed them secretly to the Capital City.
Humph, it sounds pitiful, but she would never take in someone like that.
"My uncle has been in the Capital City for quite some time now. Since you came with them, you must have been staying in the Capital City for about a month. In all this time, you havenât starved to death. Even if I donât take you in, you can manage just fine. Since thatâs the case, I wonât bother, and our residence is small, canât accommodate so many people."
Saying this, Yang Chuxia lowered the carriage curtain. Just as she instructed the coachman to move on, Qian Xiaoqing immediately stopped them with her hands.
"Yang Chuxia, how can you be so heartless?"