"This fool! She even abandoned her loved ones for a scumbag!" Ye Qingyu sorted out the situation in her mind and was so angry that her lungs almost exploded. "She really doesn't know how lucky she is!"
In her previous life, she was an orphan. What she envied and yearned for the most was the love and care of a family.
"Creak!"
At this moment, there was a soft sound from the dilapidated door. A middle-aged woman in blue rough clothes walked in with a bowl of medicine and a worried expression.
When Ye Qingyu heard this, she turned to look at her. From her memory, she knew that this was the original owner's mother, Madam Ye.
"Yu'er, you're awake?!" Madam Ye met her daughter's eyes and was stunned for a moment. Then, she smiled in surprise and quickly walked over. She put the medicine bowl aside and sat by the bed.
Ye Qingyu looked at her and saw that her eyes were filled with tears and her face was filled with love and joy. This was the first time she had truly felt the love and care of family. Her heart could not help but be touched. She opened her mouth slightly and called out hoarsely,
"Mother…"
"Yes, I'm right here! Boohoo… I'm here, I'm here…"
Hearing her daughter call her and looking at her weak and pitiful appearance, Madam Ye felt so much pain that her heart was about to break. Tears fell immediately.
She reached out with red eyes. She wanted to touch her daughter's disfigured cheek, but halfway through, she thought of her daughter's past resistance and quickly retracted her hand. She held Ye Qingyu's hand instead.
"Boohoo… Yu'er, you've been unconscious for almost a day. You're finally awake! You, you scared me to death! How can you take things too hard and jump into the river!
"If you die, How can me, your father and your grandparents live! Boohoo…"
"You silly child, that Liu Junsheng isn't a good man. Back then, the two of you had already set a wedding date. He insisted on breaking off the engagement because you were disfigured. He's simply treacherous!"
"He only became a High Scholar and came back to be the registrar. He only married the county deputy's daughter. Even if he marries a princess and becomes the prince consort, it has nothing to do with us!
Daughter, I'm begging you. Let's—let's forget about him and stop thinking about him. Let's not die for him, okay?"
"Okay." Ye Qingyu nodded heavily, making her feel dizzy. However, seeing that her mother was dumbfounded, she still smiled and nodded again. She said in a hoarse voice,
"Okay!"
"… Yu'er, you really agreed just now? You're really not stubborn anymore? You agreed?" Madam Ye was stunned for a moment. She held her hand tightly in surprise and asked for confirmation again and again with red eyes.
"Yes, mother. I've been to the gates of hell. I've figured it out," Ye Qingyu said weakly. "Liu Junsheng isn't worthy of my attention."
"Yes, yes, yes. He's not worth it! It's good that you figured it out. I'm so happy."
Madam Ye was once again so happy that she cried tears of joy. She was happy that her daughter finally stopped being stubborn. She was even happier that her daughter finally smiled again and spoke as gently and politely as before.
Ever since her daughter was disfigured, she had become gloomy. Not only did she stop smiling, she had also become especially irritable and angry. She often lost her temper and spoke harshly.
Her family knew that she had been doted on since she was young and had always had high self-esteem. She felt bitter that she had been disfigured and the engagement was annulled. Therefore, they did not blame her. They just felt sorry for her and did not know how to comfort her.
Madam Ye wiped her tears excitedly and leaned over to touch her daughter's forehead.
"It's still hot. Let's not talk about it first. Come, drink the medicine while it's hot. You'll only recover after the fever subsides."
As she spoke, Madam Ye helped her daughter up and let her sit.
"Mother, where did our family get the money to treat me and buy medicine? Don't tell me you sold the last two acres of land at home?!"