Jiang Si sat down by the couch, absently hugging a pillow as she pondered.
Many things were far more complex than she had imagined, and these were things she couldn’t access in her previous life.
There was a rustling sound by the window.
Jiang Si looked up and saw a fuzzy head poking through the open window.
Er Niu had his two front paws on the windowsill. Seeing Jiang Si look over, he raised one paw and waved.
Jiang Si immediately smiled, and walked out of the room and around to the outside of the window, beckoning to Er Niu.
Er Niu quickly ran over and obediently sat in front of Jiang Si.
“Why did you come over during mealtime?”
Er Niu wagged his tail and made a whining sound in his throat, sounding somewhat distressed.
“Could it be that there weren’t enough meat bones?”
“Woof—” Er Niu barked once, tapping the ground with his tail.
Jiang Si understood then, it wasn’t that there weren’t enough meat bones.
Since getting a mistress, Er Niu had been living a happy life where he could eat bowls and bowls of meat bones.
“Then is today’s meat bone not to your taste?” Jiang Si guessed.
Er Niu tapped the ground with his tail again.
Jiang Si blinked, unable to guess anymore.
A clear voice came: “This fellow wants to eat braised pork hock.”
Er Niu quickly nodded, unusually barking twice at Yu Jin in a fawning manner.
Yu Jin felt irritated just looking at him.
In the past, this dog was somewhat useful, able to help him send messages to A Si, but now he only knew how to compete for attention.
Er Niu keenly sensed the change in his male owner’s mood. His doggy face immediately turned serious, and he suddenly ran towards his dog’s house.
Jiang Si and Yu Jin looked at each other in bewilderment.
Soon, Er Niu ran back out, carrying a chrysanthemum in his mouth which he placed in Jiang Si’s hand.
Yu Jin’s face immediately darkened.
This fellow even knew to bring flowers to A Si!
Jiang Si held the purple chrysanthemum Er Niu had brought, and couldn’t help but smile. “A Man, go to the kitchen and ask if there’s any braised pork hock. If there is, bring some for Er Niu.”
A Man cheerfully agreed and walked out, with Er Niu hurriedly following, wagging his tail.
Yu Jin stared fiercely at Er Niu’s back, stroking his chin thoughtfully.
“What are you thinking about?”
“I’m wondering if we should find a wife for Er Niu.”
After the joke, the two entered the room.
Yu Jin looked steadily at Jiang Si and said, “A Si, you seem unhappy today…”
He knew visiting the Yining Marquis’s mansion was no good; every time she went, A Si came back unhappy.
Hearing Yu Jin’s words, Jiang Si’s eyes reddened, and she nearly burst into tears.
The pain and grievances suppressed in her heart came crashing down like a tidal wave.
People always easily show their vulnerable side in front of those they care about most.
“What’s wrong?” Yu Jin pulled Jiang Si into his arms. “Surely the people at the Yining Marquis’s mansion don’t dare to mistreat you now?”
Jiang Si buried her face in Yu Jin’s chest, wiping her tears on his clothes. She bit her lip and said, “A Jin, my mother was killed by Madam Yu.”
The man’s solid chest tensed for a moment, and he raised his hand to her hair. “What exactly happened?”
Jiang Si pulled Yu Jin to sit down and told him the whole story.
“So, your mother was killed by Princess Rongyang?”
Jiang Si nodded.
“What do you plan to do? Shall we send her to meet her daughter?” Yu Jin suggested in a consultative tone.
Jiang Si smiled. “I was thinking the same thing.”
Within a few days, the Yining Marquis’s mansion sent someone to report a death: the First Madam, Madam Yu, had passed away from illness.
Yu Jin picked up the funeral notice and looked at it, smiling. “The Yining Marquis’s mansion sure moved quickly.”