Chapter 137.1 - Meeting again
“If there’s anything you need help with, tell your uncle as soon as you can. Uncle Ruan will definitely try his hardest to help you.”
“Qingwu thanks Ruan family head for his care.” She was only scared she wouldn’t be able to live it up. “I don’t know what type of help that the Ruan family head was looking for?”
“Qingwu thanks Ruan family head for his care.” She was only scared she wouldn’t be able to live it up. “I don’t know what type of help that the Ruan family head was looking for?”
“That …”
Ruan Xiuren didn’t think that Lou Qingwu would be the first to bring it up.
Originally, he wanted to continue to mention her mother, leading to her reminiscing about her mother before mentioning the ninth madam.
The way that Lou Qingwu spoke instead, messed up his original plan.
He suddenly furrowed his brows before smoothly continuing, “Qingwu, do you have anything else organised for today?”
“Nothing right now.” Lou Qingwu calmly looked down, still and quiet, especially obedient.
“That’s good, that’s good. Then, what if Uncle Ruan brings you to meet a person?” Ruan Xiuren finally let his guard down.
Recently, he’d heard rumours about her but this was just a girl that hadn’t grown up yet.
As long as Ning’er used her emotions to play with her a bit, using her affection and familial love to move her, it wouldn’t be hard for this little girl to loosen up.
As long as Ning’er’s ‘Thousand Days Intoxicated’ was cured, then he wouldn’t suffer Ruan Zhen’s threats any more.
After half a beat, his cold eyes brightened before looking up, regaining his previous gentle composure as he quietly waited for Lou Qingwu’s response.
Lou Qingwu’s pretty eyes were lowered, cold, as she slowly nodded her head, “Okay.”
A while later, Lou Qingwu followed Ruan Xiuren into the biggest restaurant in the capital.
Ruan Xiuren led her onto the second floor and stopped at a private room.
Ruan Xiuren didn’t go inside, he stood at the entrance as his cold and stiff face forced out a gentle smile, “Qingwu, you can go in by yourself. The person that wants to see you is inside.”
Lou Qingwu obediently nodded her head, her eyes rolling around as her pale wrist raised up and lightly pushed open the door.
Ruan Xiuren turned around and entered the neighbouring room.
His eagle eyes were deep, unreadable.
When Lou Qingwu stepped into the room, she closed the door on her way.
She took a few steps forward before raising the pearl curtain.
There, she saw a woman with her back facing her.
Her waist was slender, a single jade hairpin held her hair up.
When she heard a sound, she turned around with her graceful eyes and beautiful face.
Her watery eyes fell on Lou Qingwu and without saying a word, a single tear first fell on her jade-like hands, “Qingwu ….”
She mumbled a sound as Lou Qingwu froze stiff.
She looked dazedly at the beautiful older woman in front of her.
It was like there was a small drum was beating hard on her heart.
But when it had beaten it and broken it, she could only force herself to put away the darkness in her heart and pull on a normal expression, she could only ask blankly, “Mother?”
The ninth madam’s tears fell even harder as she twisted a handkerchief in her hands.
She stood up, about to reach forward to embrace Lou Qingwu but scared that she’d frightened her, could only stand uneasily.
She occasionally looked down to sob, using her handkerchief to hide her tears, “Qingwu, I don’t deserve that term any more. In these years, it was mother who didn’t deserve you. I’ve already changed identities, I’m now the Ruan family head’s ninth madam.”
Lou Qingwu’s lowered hands clenched into fists.
After a long time did they slowly release.
When she walked to in front of the ninth madam, she lightly pat her shoulder and pulled her down towards her seat, “Have you been well, these few years at the Ruan residence?”
“En, very good. The family head treats me very well. Back then, the way that your father treated me, he forced me to do this, I was forced.”
“I know.” Her pain had come after all.
Even though she’d already planned on saving her, her arrival still sliced another wound in her already bloodied and beaten up heart.
Did it hurt? It was already numb.
“Qingwu, mother came this time, to ask something of you.”
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TL note:
Bittersweet.
Leave a comment and follow because I’m homesick and I also want my mother xx
Pretty evil to try and make use of a little girl. (... Technically she's evil-ish too, but shh.)
ReplyDeleteHmm... her mother... ... Sigh. Too many different things I could say but I'll just wait. There's about a 60/40 split of negative to positive though, specially since if she knows what her symptoms are and what's likely to cure her... Don't think I need to say more.
I will say this though Ruan Xiuren's a real piece of ****, trying to make use of familial ties when at the end of the day, he just wants to be free from being blackmailed. I highly doubt he'll let LQW anywhere near her mother after this if he gets his way. Hmph.
It is a bit early to judge her mother, this is the first time that we've properly met her.
DeleteRuan Xiuren is selfish but who isn't? 😔😔
Oh yeah, I'm not judging as of yet (at least not concrete judgments), just saying based on the information so far, there's definitely a bias towards the negative end of the spectrum @_@
DeleteOof, I didn't even look at the chapter before replying. The second half of the chapter makes her look a lot nicer (but Ruan Xiuren is still awful) 💕💕
DeleteWow...what a bunch of lowlifes. Can they be anymore despicable using a young girl's need for a mother love (well, sort of) against her? And her mother didn't even bother trying to find her at all? Okay... it's official. I hate those people around her (except those that truly cared for her). I hope Qingwu destroys them thoroughly.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the chapter!
Her mother might have her own difficulties. Ruan Xiuren's ridiculously overprotective, no one even knows what the ninth madam looks like and LQW only recently found out that she was her long-dead mother 😩😩
Deletesooo. lou-something forced qingwu mother to fake death. but then QW mother moved ruan head family heart
ReplyDeleteNah, Lou Qufeng (her father) thinks that LQW's mother is dead.
DeleteIt's hinted that Ruan Zhen is the one who helped smuggle the ninth madam to Ruan Xiuren, and on the way to smuggling her out, put the voodoo worm inside her, leaving an option for her in case he ever decides to kill her to keep her silent 😷😷
LQF (lou senior) was nasty to QW's mother before, didn't protect her well, basically what happened with QW-LX mirrored, her mother was even more vurnerable, so she 'had' to leave Lou house
Deleteso that's why QW was pretty pissed at her father at the beginning
Pretty much. But I think the ninth madam leaving the Lou residence was probably against her wishes. I don't see her being that gutsy 🤔🤔
DeleteHow is it bittersweet? There is only bitterness. And maybe some sourness.
ReplyDeleteShe finally gets to meet her mother and they're able to connect as a mother-daughter pair. LQW didn't know in her past lifetime that her mother was still alive ðŸ˜ðŸ˜
Deletemother ;;;
ReplyDeleteregardless of the situation, I'm glad QW gets to see and talk to her again
family is so complicated here...
Family is complicated everywhere 😔😔
DeleteSelfish people!!! Don't mother usually love their children and save them from any danger? 😤
ReplyDeleteAll different types of mothers out there 😒
DeleteYes, I want to know the back story of her mom. Sure that evil step mom had something to do with it.
ReplyDeleteYup, we'll see more about her afterwards 😤
DeleteOh please..
ReplyDeleteLet me be wrong and have her mother ask her to not comply to Ruan Xiuren requests.
Please let her ask about her daughter's safety and not her own D:
We'll see in a bit over two hours 😗😗
DeleteWhats this, even her mother is a b***??
ReplyDeleteAnd i was hoping she got amnesia or was forced. what mother could bear to hurt her daugter? Now shes planning to use MC. Its not good to judge but for now, i dont like the mother. Hate
She does seem like a nasty character 🤔🤔
Deletei really thought her 'mothr' had amnesia
ReplyDeletei cant believe the combinations of two bastards would be her
well, negative times negative is a positive