After breakfast, Madam Wei came over. Seeing that Ji Yinshu’s complexion had improved considerably, she felt relieved.

After exchanging pleasantries for quite a while.

Madam Wei said, “Yinshu, your Uncle Wei and I need to go out later. We might not return for several days. During these days, you should settle down here comfortably. Wait until your injuries have healed before we discuss anything else. And you must wait for your Uncle Wei and me to return, alright?”

“Yes, Yinshu will listen to Aunt Wei.”

“From now on, don’t be so polite. After all, sooner or later you’ll be my daughter-in-law. Although…” She glanced at Wei Yi and sighed slightly. “Although our Yi’er isn’t an ordinary person, he has a kind heart and will certainly treat you well.”

On this point, there was no doubt.

Ji Yinshu smiled without speaking.

“Yinshu, can you promise me something?” Madam Wei continued.

“Please speak, Aunt Wei. As long as Yinshu can do it, I will do my utmost.”

After a pause, she said, “In this life, the one I’m most worried about is Yi’er. I hope you can help us take care of Yi’er. If in the future, when we’ve passed on, I also hope there will be someone to accompany him and care for him.”

Tears welled in her eyes!

Hearing this, Wei Yi tugged at his mother’s clothing. “Mother, you won’t leave Yi’er. Yi’er doesn’t want Mother to leave either.”

“Silly child, everyone experiences birth, aging, sickness, and death. The one who can walk through life with you isn’t Father or Mother, but your wife. However, you must also remember—you’re a man, and you must take good care of Yinshu, understand?”

“Mother, rest assured. Yi’er will definitely take good care of Shu’er and won’t let anyone bully her.” His tone was resolute.

Ji Yinshu’s eyes reddened slightly!

She reached out and grasped Madam Wei’s hands, saying, “Aunt Wei, I promise you. I will take good care of Wei Yi. No matter what happens in the future, I will take good care of him. Even if…” I don’t become your daughter-in-law.

The last few words, Ji Yinshu didn’t say aloud!

She only said, “In any case, I promise you.”

“With these words from you, my heart is at ease.”

Madam Wei smiled through her tears. Looking at Ji Yinshu, the more she looked, the more she liked her.

Because she needed to go out on business, Madam Wei didn’t stay long. After giving some instructions, she left.

Wei Yi also left with them, saying he would see his parents off before coming back to check on Ji Yinshu.

This was good—with Master Wei and Madam Wei away, if there were developments in the yin-yang corpse case, she could also slip out quietly.

Before long, Luan’er came from the yamen and told her everything she knew.

“Miss, Magistrate Liu said Madam Jiang did indeed go to the yamen yesterday and made quite a scene, demanding that Magistrate Liu release the prisoner, but he blocked her.”

Oh my, not bad—holding firm!

“And then?”

“Magistrate Liu also said Master Jiang and Madam Jiang have no children at all. However, there once was a child in the household—a daughter born to a woman called Sister Yu. The little girl is only six years old. After Madam Jiang moved to the capital, Sister Yu and her daughter didn’t go with them. They now live in Zhao Family Village.” Luan’er spoke articulately and clearly.

“What else did Magistrate Liu say?”

“That’s all. This servant hasn’t missed a single word in telling you.”

Ji Yinshu thought carefully but felt increasingly that something was wrong. Why would Master Jiang have a belly band on him?

Could that belly band belong to Sister Yu’s daughter?

Her heart suddenly skipped a beat. She had an ominous premonition!

She seemed to have formed a small hypothesis, but didn’t dare draw conclusions.

Instead, Ji Yinshu called a maid from the Wei residence over and instructed, “Miss, could you fetch me a set of clean men’s clothing? Something on the smaller side.”

The maid blinked in confusion but still obediently found her a clean set.

After changing clothes, Ji Yinshu coiled up her long hair and pinned it in a high topknot.

Luan’er pulled at her. “Miss, are you going to the yamen now?”

“No, I’m going to Zhao Family Village.”

“Miss, it’s pouring rain outside! If you want to investigate something, why not have Magistrate Liu and his people do it? Your health isn’t good right now. I’m worried…”

“This matter is of great importance. If those people from the yamen investigate, they’ll certainly cause a disturbance. Then what I want to find out might be very difficult to discover. So I must go personally to resolve… a doubt in my heart.”

What Ji Yinshu said was too profound for Luan’er to understand, no matter how hard she racked her brains.

While speaking, Ji Yinshu had already dressed herself completely.

“Luan’er, Master Wei and Madam Wei have already left the residence. Later, when Young Master Wei comes, tell him I went out to handle some business and that he shouldn’t look for me. You stay here and wait for me, understand?”

“Miss, let me go with you.”

“No. I don’t know when I’ll be able to return. This is the Wei residence, after all. Perhaps Father will send someone to fetch me soon. If anything happens, you can help block things here.”

Such thorough consideration!

Though worried, Luan’er could only agree.

Avoiding the Wei household’s servants, Ji Yinshu secretly left the Wei residence and headed toward Zhao Family Village.

But the route to Zhao Family Village wasn’t by mountain road—it was by waterway.

The rain fell harder and harder, and Ji Yinshu walked slower and slower.

Arriving at the dock, a boat happened to be pulling in.

The boatman, wearing a straw raincoat and bamboo hat, struggled in the storm to tie the rope to a stone bollard.

Ji Yinshu walked over with her umbrella and asked, “Boatman, will you go to Zhao Family Village?”

The boatman raised his head. Probably because the rain was too loud, he cupped his ear. “What did you say?”

“Will you go to Zhao Family Village?”

This time the boatman heard clearly. He waved his hands. “It’s pouring rain—I’m not going.”

“Please help, boatman. I’m rushing back to attend my father’s funeral!”

What an excuse!

The boatman finished tying the rope and thought for a moment, then looked at the river surface. Heavy rain poured down, pounding densely on the water.

“Young master, don’t put me in a difficult position. With such heavy rain, the river is already rough with waves. If the boat capsizes, lives will be lost.”

“But…”

Before Ji Yinshu could finish, suddenly a hand holding an ingot of silver extended toward the boatman.

“Is this enough?” The voice was deep and resonant, carrying a certain commanding force.

Ji Yinshu glanced sideways. She didn’t know when Jingrong had appeared here.

Truly appearing and disappearing like a ghost!

“You?” Ji Yinshu was surprised.

Jingrong ignored her, looking at the boatman. “If this silver isn’t enough, once you deliver us to Zhao Family Village, I’ll give you another ingot.”

Us?

So you’re planning to come along!

You’re everywhere!

When the boatman saw that ingot of silver, his eyes lit up. His hands trembled as he cradled it, grinning widely and nodding frantically. “Yes, yes, yes! I’ll go, I’ll go right now.”

A typical case of valuing money over life!

Pocketing the silver, the boatman untied the rope from the stone bollard again.

Before Ji Yinshu could react, Jingrong had already pulled her by the hand onto the rocking boat.

She furled her umbrella and sat down!

“Are you surprised?” Jingrong’s lips curved.

“How did you…”

“Are you wondering how this prince knew you were here? And how I knew you were going to Zhao Family Village?”

Yes, you’re truly the tapeworm in my stomach!