At this moment, the dishes they had ordered were served. Jiang Mian stopped talking to the couple and started enjoying the meal with Mo Zhizhang.
Before long, the couple took their leave first. Jiang Mian and Mo Zhizhang also put down their chopsticks, called the waiter to settle the bill, wrapped up the untouched food, and then left the Baihui Building.
On their way back, recalling what the couple had said, Jiang Mian looked at Mo Zhizhang beside her and asked, "Second brother, was it you who left the poison for Master Huaihai when he poisoned himself?"
Mo Zhizhang smiled and said, "Oh? Why does little sister think it was me?"
Jiang Mian said, "Second brother was a bit late that time and had a few words with Master Huaihai. I guess you left the poison at that moment."
Mo Zhizhang deliberately asked, "Does little sister think my method is too cruel?"
Jiang Mian was a bit surprised. "Why would second brother think so? You just left the poison and didn't force Master Huaihai to take it. It was all his own decision. What does it have to do with you?"
"On the contrary, I think he died too easily," Jiang Mian snorted softly. "He separated me from my mother for eighteen years and almost made me lose my destiny. It's really too good for him to die so easily."
Mo Zhizhang clenched his fingers tightly, and the emotions surging in his heart became more intense.
He had never thought that there would be a woman in this world who could be so to his liking.
Jiang Mian then said, "But forget it. Before he died, he exposed the true face of the Ye family in front of so many people. It can be regarded as compensating for his past mistakes. Since the person is already dead, let's not pursue the past."
"Now, we should find a way to spread this matter more widely. Only in this way can we stir up the water more thoroughly."
"If little sister needs second brother's help, just ask," Mo Zhizhang said.
Jiang Mian said, "Actually, I've always had an idea in my heart and never mentioned it to anyone."
Xiao Jingcheng and Mo Zhizhang both turned to look at her.
"Back then when my parents separated, they hadn't gotten married yet. Now, luckily, they've reunited, but there's still a wedding missing after all."
Whenever Jiang Mian thought of this, she always felt a bit regretful in her heart. Especially the strange dream she had before. In the dream, she knew that her father was Li Zhongshu, but what about her mother?
Was her mother still the concubine's maid Jiang Zhiqing?
In the dream, she also had a younger sister named "A Wu". Was she also Jiang Zhiqing's daughter?
"Second brother, you're living in the same house with my father now. Can you help me sound out his opinion?" Jiang Mian blinked her eyes and asked.
Prepare a wedding for Li Zhao and Jiang Zhiqing? And ask for Li Zhao's opinion?
Mo Zhizhang was obviously stunned for a moment, but then he thought that after all, Li Zhao was her father. She once said that a woman's marriage was decided by her parents' order and matchmaker's words. Maybe her marriage in the future would need Li Zhao's approval. Perhaps this was also his chance...
Mo Zhizhang stroked his sleeve and said, "Sure. I'll help little sister ask tonight when I'm free."
It was almost evening when the two of them returned to the inn.
Jiang Mian told Jiang Zhiqing and Li Zhao the news she had heard in the Baihui Building. Knowing the end of Master Huaihai, Jiang Zhiqing was also a bit surprised.
Li Zhao said meaningfully, "So, Mu Jin found Master Huaihai's trace in Ling'an Temple that night and learned everything from him?"
Unexpectedly, Li Zhao was so sharp. Jiang Mian admitted generously, "That's right. Ling'an Temple didn't allow us to get close to the back courtyard. I guessed that Master Huaihai never went on a pilgrimage at all. So, I and second brother investigated and really found his existence. We also learned the truth from him."
No wonder she was so sad after she came back and didn't want to stay in Ling'an Temple for a moment.
Li Zhao sighed deeply and lovingly stroked Jiang Mian's hair, saying, "Good is rewarded with good, and evil with evil. It was he who sowed the cause back then, and now his suicide is the result he deserves. Mu Jin doesn't need to have a burden in her heart."
Jiang Mian was touched. She rubbed her head against Li Zhao's palm and said, "I don't have a burden in my heart. I just regret that I didn't see through the mystery earlier, which made the Ye family live in peace for so many years."
Fortunately, it's not too late. Their family is reunited now and can accompany each other for many years in the future. Maybe her parents can really add a younger brother or sister for her just like in the dream.
Thinking of this, Jiang Mian blinked her eyes and said, "Father and mother, can we stay in Guangdu County for two more days?"
"Why?" Li Zhao asked. "Aren't you in a hurry to escort someone back to the capital now?"
Jiang Mian said seriously, "We came to Guangdu Town to 'seek medical treatment' for elder brother. We should do the whole thing well. We should at least visit all the doctors in the city before leaving."
She grabbed Li Zhao with one hand and Jiang Zhiqing with the other, and put their hands together.
"Father and mother have been separated for so many years. You've missed too much. Father, you should accompany mother more and take a good look around."
Jiang Zhiqing was stunned. She looked up at Li Zhao opposite her, and the tips of her ears turned a bit red. She subconsciously wanted to withdraw her hand, but Li Zhao held it tightly. He didn't know what he was thinking, but his expression also became gentle.
"Mu Jin is right. Yingniang, I should accompany you more."
He didn't have much time left. They had missed so many years. He should make up for all the things he owed her in these years.
Hearing him say this, Jiang Zhiqing didn't struggle anymore. Her eyes were moist, and she nodded vigorously. "I'll listen to you, my husband."
Seeing the two of them like this, Jiang Mian was even more determined to prepare a wedding for them.
Night fell. Jiang Mian carried the porridge she had cooked in the inn's kitchen and knocked on the door of Taoist Yuanzheng with Mo Zhizhang.
"Daozhang, second brother and I are here to feed elder brother and massage his limbs by the way," Jiang Mian greeted Taoist Yuanzheng with a smile.
"Feel free, both of you. Don't mind me," Taoist Yuanzheng moved aside and opened the door wide.
Jiang Mian and Mo Zhizhang walked into the room one after another. Just as they were about to close the door, the yellow dog slipped into the room like a slippery loach and lay down obediently at the end of the bed.
Everyone was used to the yellow dog's coming and going without a trace, but only Taoist Yuanzheng glanced at it and smiled meaningfully.
Jiang Mian put the food box on the table, opened the lid, took out the still-hot porridge, and turned to walk towards Xiao Jingcheng who was in a coma on the couch.
As usual, Mo Zhizhang propped up the man's upper body for her, and then she carefully fed the porridge to him.
She was fully concentrated, and her eyes were all on the man in front of her. Therefore, she didn't know that the yellow dog at the end of the bed lay down and curled up into a ball, as if it was asleep.
And the man who should have been sleeping soundly in front of her, his eyelashes trembled slightly, and actually slowly opened his eyes!