Clouds and Moon Shadow

Chapter 272 A Fated Mother-Daughter Bond

"Are you going or not?" Cui Jiaojiao asked.

"Where to?" Gu Qingyue asked.

Cui Jiaojiao's face puffed up with anger. "I just asked you if you wanted to come with me to change clothes?"

"Oh, okay, I want to go too," Gu Qingyue stood up and greeted Gu Yuanen and Mu Jinyan. The two girls then went downstairs to the changing room, which was actually the toilet behind the courtyard.

After finishing their business, the two walked upstairs in high spirits, chatting and laughing as they went, clearly already best friends.

"Oh, whose young lady is this? She's so beautiful!" The man's teasing voice came from behind them as soon as they reached the top of the stairs. He had obviously followed them upstairs.

Gu Qingyue and Cui Jiaojiao tacitly ignored it.

They didn't call out my name, so how am I supposed to know who they're talking about? Wouldn't it be stupid to chime in?

"Hey, girl!" the man continued to call out.

Gu Qingyue's face had darkened.

But at that moment, another gentle and refined male voice was heard, "Young Master Liu, you must not be so rude."

After saying that, the man behind him immediately quieted down and didn't say another word.

Gu Qingyue and her companion returned to the private room without incident.

She didn't see the imposing aura emanating from the man's clear, handsome eyes behind her.

After finishing their meal, the group went downstairs and parted ways with Cui Jiaojiao and Mu Jinyan.

Gu Qingyue said something to Gu Yuanen with a playful smile, then took Jiang Wan's hand and got into the carriage. Gu Yuanen rode his horse beside her to protect her, and they returned to the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion together.

What they didn't see was that in a private room on the third floor, by the open window, two men were looking out at the street, taking in Gu Qingyue and her group.

In particular, the eyes of the two men had already been firmly drawn to Gu Qingyue's every smile and frown. One of the men was carefree and unconventional, while the other was handsome and refined; both were exceptional individuals.

Especially the handsome man, whose gaze towards Gu Qingyue contained not only amazement but also a restless desire and a determined scheme.

Upon returning to the Duke's mansion, the two went together to the main courtyard to see Madam Qin.

Unexpectedly, Qin was awake and sitting on the bed talking to Cui Shuming.

His energy level has improved significantly.

As soon as the two entered, Madam Qin's gaze immediately fell upon them, "Yue'er!"

Her voice was gentle as water, her eyes were full of affection, and there was a hint of barely perceptible timidity.

Gu Qingyue walked over lightly, and just as she was about to raise her hand to take his pulse, Qin Shi grabbed her hand tightly.

"Moon, Mother's Moon?!"

A confident tone.

"Mother------", Gu Qingyue said affectionately, without any sense of unfamiliarity or distance despite the more than ten years that had passed.

"Oh, Yue'er," Qin called out her name excitedly, her lips trembling slightly, barely able to utter any other words.

With each cry of "Moon," large tears rolled down their thin cheeks and landed on their clasped hands.

A piping hot slice.

Gu Qingyue felt heartbroken watching this.

He was briefly lucid before but didn't say much. Now he seems to have recovered a lot.

Looking into her eyes, Gu Qingyue had to admit that Qin Shi had a pair of very beautiful eyes, large, moist, bright, and very gentle.

"Mother-----look at your son! I came back from Lizhou with great difficulty, and I even brought back Yue'er. Shouldn't you praise me?"

Seeing Qin Shi crying so miserably, Gu Yuanen, who was standing nearby, tried his best to dispel her sorrow and quickly stepped forward to change the subject.

Distracted by Gu Yuanen, Qin Shi trembled with embarrassment as she raised her hand to wipe away her tears.

She forced out a smile that made people feel even more heartbroken.

"I know, you're the most considerate one," he said, and then held Gu Qingyue's hand even tighter.

He simply gazed at Gu Qingyue's face silently, without blinking.

Gu Qingyue felt as if it were all preordained.

Just like her mother-daughter relationship with Qin.

Despite not having seen each other for many years, there was not a trace of awkwardness.

From the very first time Qin Shi met her, she called her Yue'er with certainty, which shows that she remembered her daughter very clearly and that her longing for her must have been extremely deep and unforgettable.

This caused Gu Qingyue to feel a deep pang of sorrow, a feeling she was certain was the original owner of the body's emotions.

Gu Qingyue looked up and saw that Qin Shi's eyes seemed like two beams of sunlight, fixed tightly on her face and body.

There was no doubt, only deep guilt and unease.

Gu Qingyue sighed, reached out and put her arm around Qin Shi's shoulder, giving her a hug.

"Mom, I'm fine, I'm back."

She could feel Qin tremble slightly, then hug her tightly back.

Tears streamed down her face again, wetting Gu Qingyue's shoulder.

"Yes, I know, my Yue'er will definitely come back."

Gu Qingyue felt this warmth, but also felt even more heartbroken.

I feel for the deep bond between Qin and her daughter, and also for the regrets of the original owner's life!

Gu Yuanen and Cui Shuming both left the room.

The dim light from the window illuminated two figures sitting knee to knee, having a long conversation.

Sometimes sobbing could be heard, sometimes laughter.

The news reached Gu Yuanen's ears as he stood in the outer corridor.

He smiled through his tears.

A bittersweet sense of satisfaction filled my chest.

Gu Qingyue and Qin Shi talked for a very long time.

Gu Qingyue recounted everything she could remember about the original owner of the body and her own experiences in Lizhou.

The mother and daughter grew closer and closer, with no barriers or complaints between them.

The interior is warm and cozy.

Over the next few days, Gu Qingyue worked diligently to prepare pills to expel the Gu worms from Qin Shi.

The pharmacy in the mansion became the place Gu Qingyue frequented most.

The physician also became Gu Qingyue's little follower.

After Gu Qingyue's guidance, the physician of the prefecture suddenly understood, and some symptoms and medications that he was previously unclear about were resolved. He was hailed as a divine physician and highly praised by the physician.

Therefore, everyone in the Duke's mansion knew that Gu Qingyue actually had excellent medical skills!

She wasn't just a female doctor who assisted the itinerant doctor, as they had previously assumed.

Therefore, from time to time, some servants from the mansion who considered themselves to have some status and influence would try to seek medical help at the entrance of Feiyuexuan.

They hadn't held out much hope, after all, Gu Qingyue was the master and they were the servants.

To their surprise, Gu Qingyue actually cured their ailments.

Even some people's chronic illnesses have been improved.

In no time, the name of the divine doctor became even more renowned, and naturally, it began to spread outside the mansion.

Gu Qingyue ignored all of that. In her spare time, she took Jiang Wan to a three-courtyard house three streets away from the Duke's Mansion.

Those were bought by Yue Ran and the others at Gu Qingyue's behest.

She didn't have time to come over last time, but now that she sees it, the decorations are simple and elegant, with a covered walkway and arched bridge in the courtyard, artificial hills and lotus ponds, and upturned eaves, all in the style of Jiangnan, which is exactly what she likes.

These guys seem to be quite shrewd; they know what they like, and they're teachable.

According to Yu Mo and Jiang Luo's reports, all sorts of rumors have been flying around the city lately.

A large portion of it is about Gu Qingyue.

Furthermore, several groups of people are now watching the Duke's Mansion and Gu Qingyue's every move.