A female coroner arrived at the Jingzhao Prefecture.

Chapter 432 Finale (4)

Mu Qingcheng had a dream.

In her dream, she returned to her childhood.

The mother, Bai Li, secretly took her to the mountains to play, without telling the father and getting rid of the servants.

They were very lucky and caught a litter of baby hamsters. The mother used the hamsters for experiments, and the dead hamsters were dissected and used for autopsies.

When her father found out, he was so angry that he scolded the mother and daughter, worried that she would not learn music, chess, calligraphy and painting, but only focus on coroner's skills, and that she would not be able to find a good husband in the future and would be ridiculed by others.

However, the mother said nonchalantly, "It doesn't matter. At worst, we'll raise Qing'er for the rest of our lives and she won't get married."

The father said helplessly, "Getting married and having children is also a kind of joy in life. If we meet someone we truly love, and their family background is not good, we can add more dowry so that Qing'er will suffer less."

"Father, Mother, you don't need to worry about me." Mu Qingcheng calmly fiddled with the scalpel in her hand, a confident smile on her face. "I will not only get married in the future, but I will also marry a handsome man! If he is willing to marry me, then I will marry him; if he is not willing... well, even a forced marriage is still a marriage."

The parents burst into laughter.

Suddenly, the scene shifts, and the mother is lying in bed, on the verge of death.

She gently stroked Mu Qingcheng's little head and tenderly bid her farewell: "Qing'er, if you meet a good man in the future, you must bring him to your mother's attention. Your mother wants to know just how handsome a man must be to win my daughter's heart..."

"Mother, you can't die. You have to protect your daughter and make sure she's safe, Mother..."

Mu Qingcheng cried so hard she could barely breathe, clutching her heart tightly as if letting go would cause her mother's life to slip away...

"Sister Mu!"

"Sister Mu!"

Bai Zhizhi's anxious voice rang in her ears, and Mu Qingcheng suddenly opened her eyes.

The moonlight outside the window was hazy, while the lights inside the room were bright.

Tears soaked into her hair and dampened her pillow.

Mu Qingcheng's thoughts were still lingering in the dream, her expression dazed and overwhelmed with sorrow.

"Sister Mu, you were crying so hard just now, and you kept calling for your mother. Did you have a dream?" Bai Zhizhi gently wiped Mu Qingcheng's face with a handkerchief, her voice full of worry and heartache.

In a way, she, Mu Qingcheng, and Song Shuyu were all motherless, and deep in their hearts, they all had the softest, most easily hurt places.

Mu Qingcheng slowly came back to her senses and said sadly, "I dreamed of my mother. It's been more than three years since I returned to the capital, and I haven't paid my respects to my mother. I'm such an unfilial daughter."

"Sister Mu, don't blame yourself. You were hiding your identity to do something important, not because you were intentionally unfilial. I believe your aunt won't blame you." Bai Zhizhi's words of comfort had barely finished when Liu Mama lifted the curtain and came in carrying a food basket.

"Miss Mu is awake. The kitchen has stewed bird's nest, made fresh meat wontons, and also prepared some new-flavored desserts. You two ladies can have a taste."

"Thank you so much, Aunt Liu, for taking such good care of me."

The smile on Liu's mother's face infected Mu Qingcheng. She composed herself, got out of bed, put on her shoes, washed her hands, and dined with Bai Zhizhi.

“Miss Mu.” Mama Liu did not rush to leave. She observed Mu Qingcheng’s expression and carefully chose her words, “The Second Young Master has returned to the Duke’s Mansion. He sent someone to tell you that he will come to see you later to discuss the matter of the Mu family’s old residence. If you wish to go to the Marquis of Huai’an’s Mansion, he will not stop you, but please agree to allow him to pick you up from the Marquis’s Mansion early tomorrow morning.”

Mu Qingcheng ate a wonton and glanced at Liu Mama, "Why do I want to go to the Marquis of Huai'an's residence?"

Madam Liu was both surprised and delighted. "Miss doesn't want to go? That's wonderful! I'll send someone to tell the Second Young Master right away!"

"No rush." ​​Mu Qingcheng smiled, her tone light. "Zhizhi, what happened while I was sleeping? Where is my father?"

Bai Zhizhi disregarded Liu Mama's feelings and truthfully said, "Sister Mu, Lord Lu invited Uncle to the Marquis's residence as a guest. The Marquis's wife came to invite you personally, but upon hearing that you were resting, she did not disturb you. However, the Marquis's wife is determined and is still waiting to see you in the reception hall."

Mu Qingcheng was somewhat surprised, "Madam Hou has been waiting for me? Why didn't you wake me up? It is truly impolite to neglect an elder."

"It was Lady Hou who refused. She said you had been working hard for many days and deserved to rest."

"Okay, I'll be right there."

"Sister Mu, wait a moment, I also have something I want to tell you."

Bai Zhizhi presented a wooden box and said, "Uncle has returned to the capital, and you and your father are finally reunited. This is a joyous occasion. However, the Mu residence is uninhabitable, and Uncle cannot stay with you in the Jingzhao Prefecture for long. Therefore, my scumbag father bought a house on Guangyang Street and asked me to deliver it to you. These are the land deed and house deed. Take them to Registrar Zhang tomorrow for registration, and you can move in."

Hearing this, Mu Qingcheng was not surprised, but she pushed the wooden box back. "Zhizhi, I appreciate Master Bai's kindness, but the house is too valuable. I cannot accept it, and my father will not agree to accept something for nothing."

Bai Zhizhi pouted, and tears of grievance welled up in her eyes. "Sister Mu, if it weren't for meeting you, my mother would still be dying with regrets. To me, you are both a benefactor and family. You can't betray my sincerity! Besides, there's an old saying that one shouldn't refuse a gift from an elder. Although my father is a scoundrel, he's still an elder, so you can't be rude to him!"

Mu Qingcheng was both amused and exasperated. Even with her eloquence, she couldn't withstand the girl's combination of persuasion and coercion.

Seeing this, Liu's mother was secretly anxious. With the daughter of the richest man in Jiangnan and the young master of the Marquis's mansion, who was her childhood sweetheart, surrounding Mu Qingcheng, her second young master really had to scheme and plot to get her to be attentive!
"Sister Mu, you wouldn't want to make me sad, right? Waaah..."

Bai Zhizhi was good at acting cute, and Mu Qingcheng could never resist her. After thinking for a moment, she came up with a compromise: "Zhizhi, I can take the house, but I'll consider it as a purchase. I'll return it to Master Bai when I have the money."

"Sister Mu..."

"Alright, that's settled then. I need to go see Lady Hou now."

To avoid Bai Zhizhi bothering her again, Mu Qingcheng quickly left the house and headed to the reception hall of the front office.