Chapter 991 - 991 991 A Mothers Worry for Her Childs
Chapter 991: Chapter 991: A Mother’s Worry for Her Child’s Thousand-Mile Journey! Chapter 991: Chapter 991: A Mother’s Worry for Her Child’s Thousand-Mile Journey! Liu Sisi took a deep breath and glared up at Young Master Wuxin.
“Young Master Wuxin, even if I, Princess Ruyu, am utterly incompetent, even if it costs my life, I will never resort to selling my children. If you think the medical bills are too high, we two, as husband and wife, would pour all our lifelong efforts into it but would never default on our debt!”
“Mom, Ye Feng didn’t mean it like that. Mom, please don’t take it to heart.”
Niuniu hurried to explain, then turned back and tugged at Young Master Wuxin’s sleeve, “Ye Feng, say something! Your words just now weren’t meant that way, were they?”
Young Master Wuxin looked up at Liu Sisi, a different kind of thought flashed through his eyes, and he casually hooked up the corners of his mouth.
“Niuniu, your mother wouldn’t want to hear my explanation. If you don’t believe it, ask her yourself!”
He threw the problem back to them again.
Such an action, however, caused Liu Sisi’s face to turn pale with hints of blue.
Seeing the earnest hope in her daughter’s eyes, and looking at Young Master Wuxin’s frivolous demeanor, Liu Sisi took a deep breath and comforted herself: Don’t rush, Niuniu is only seven years old, I don’t believe it! Such a long time can change everything.
With her mind made up, she also calmed down, her mouth edges gradually lifting, “Niuniu, are you sure you want to learn medicine from him?”
Niuniu looked up at Young Master Wuxin, nodded seriously and said, “Yes! Niuniu is sure.”
“Well then! Your mother can be reasonable too.”
Liu Sisi nodded vigorously, “Since you are sincerely wanting to learn medical skills and become a disciple, if you two kneel down right now and give your master three sincere kowtows, I will agree to let you go with your master. How about it?”
The words instantly caused the smile on Young Master Wuxin’s face to stiffen.
On the contrary, Niuniu jumped up with joy, clapping her hands: “Yes, yes! Niuniu will kowtow to the master right now, so Niuniu can learn medical skills from the master! Master above, please accept your disciple’s three kowtows.”
Niuniu was a girl of action, and while speaking, she knelt down immediately and efficiently kowtowed three times.
Young Master Wuxin changed his previously frivolous demeanor, his face turned iron blue, and he stared at Liu Sisi fiercely several times. Suddenly, he too smiled, thinking that if he wanted to do something, there had been nobody who could refuse him, right?
Then he graciously accepted Niuniu’s respects and reached out to pull her up.
“All right, the rites are done, and it’s getting late, we should leave. The people on the ship over there are getting impatient.”
Liu Sisi looked and indeed saw a ship docked at the wharf on the other side of the bridge, apparently waiting for Young Master Wuxin to board.
Niuniu got up from the ground, looking somewhat reluctant to say goodbye to Liu Sisi, her mouth pursed, and her eyes suddenly reddened, almost bursting into tears.
“Mom, Niuniu is leaving, take care of yourself!”
“Niuniu, don’t go…”
Liu Sisi, unable to let go, rushed forward and hugged her tightly.
Beside them, Young Master Wuxin was quite impatient, “When are you going to dawdle until? A whole ship’s horsemen are waiting just for you. Are you leaving or not?”
The situation at present left no room for delay; Niuniu then left with Young Master Wuxin, turning back three steps at a time to wave at Liu Sisi.
Little by little, she left; at least initially when he left, I had not seen it with my own eyes. Now, Niuniu also left me, and it was I who sent her away with my own hands!
The ship had long sailed away, and no longer could a trace be seen in the distance, Liu Sisi finally crouched down, covered her head, and wept bitterly, the misery in her heart indescribable.
Xue Yi and Ms. Gao stood behind her, also with red-rimmed eyes, continuously wiping away tears.
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A child came walking from the other side of the wharf and headed straight towards Liu Sisi, “Are you Princess Ruyu? Someone entrusted me to deliver this letter to you.”
“Who are you?”
Liu Sisi stopped crying and looked up at the child before her.
The child was of an average height with skin tanned by the sun and reeked of a strong fishy smell, clearly a locally grown young farmer.
“You don’t have to worry, a tall man gave me this. He said that you would give me a copper coin once you saw the letter.” The farmer boy, with hope in his face, handed over the envelope.
Lius Sisi naturally would not begrudge that copper coin, and signaled to Xue Yi to present the money.
“Now that you’ve been given the copper coin, it’s time you told me who sent you with this letter.”
“I don’t know either; it was a tall man who asked me to give you the letter.”
The boy was very pleased to receive a copper coin. Having answered Liu Sisi’s question, he skipped away happily.
Liu Sisi looked around, then at the envelope in her hand: “We haven’t been out for long, and already someone’s sent a letter. Quickly open it and see what it says.”
Xue Yi hurriedly tore open the envelope and handed the letter inside to Liu Sisi.
Liu Sisi casually took it, glanced at it briefly, and then her eyes widened as she searched around but could not find anyone matching the description.
She was frantic, running back and forth on the wharf, seemingly looking for something.
Xue Yi and Ms. Gao hurried to follow.
“Princess, what are you looking for? The two of us can help as well.”
Liu Sisi collapsed back onto the nearby chair, her complexion very poor: “No need, he must have already left.”
If he were still here, it made no sense that she couldn’t find him.
She tucked the letter into her arms and wandered the streets, despondently looking for any possible clue. After a great deal of effort, she finally found the way home.
The author of the letter was none other than her own son Xiao Xiao!
The letter clearly stated that the ship he was on was set to make an unscheduled stop at the wharf today at noontime, staying for merely two hours before departing again. And she had dallied, reluctant to send Niuniu away. But by now it was well past noon, and she had not found the freighter flying the “Mu” flag at the wharf, leaving her no choice but to leave, downcast.
Never before had Liu Sisi so deeply grasped the true meaning of “gain and loss” as she did at that moment.
Gain and loss, to gain is to lose. What you receive and what you lose are immutable; you can only have so much, no matter how hard you try, in the end, you can only possess that much.
By forcing herself to keep Niuniu for an extra two hours, she had also missed the chance to be with Xiao Xiao for two hours.
“Xiao Xiao, Xiao Xiao, where are you? Are you okay now?”
Thinking of Niuniu and Xiao Xiao, Liu Sisi couldn’t hold back her tears and burst into loud sobs, drawing the attention of those nearby.
“Alright, let’s go back. If we delay any further, the Old Master Marquis will start to worry again.”
Liu Sisi walked back, her spirit broken, when suddenly from behind came a call.
“Mom! ——”
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