Hearing the heart-wrenching cries, Shopkeeper Cui's heart softened. He hadn't encountered the scene, but now that he had, he couldn't ignore it and stepped into the neighboring courtyard.
Since Middleman Wong had no choice but to follow suit, he tried to calm the man in the yard who was hopping mad and cursing, "Brother Li, we can talk this out gently. No need to be like this."
As they entered, Qian Yixiu also dragged her brother into the courtyard.
What Qian Yixiu didn't realize was that the courtyard they entered was the very place where Lady Wu had bought their mother years ago. Because their mother had been taken out of this courtyard by Lady Wu, her fate had been altered, enabling her to escape the abyss of certain doom.
