Did Qianxue and Huai'an have some kind of connection? Was it just her imagination?
Aunt Jie had told her that in one's life, the only person you can truly trust is yourself. Not even your husband or your best friend, because sometimes, the ones who hurt you the most are those who are closest and most trusted by you.
She always kept these words in heart. She had witnessed the marriage of her father and mother, where her father was a good father but not a good husband. Her father's neglect towards her mother made her mother even more indifferent to her children.
She, the Third Young Lady Leng, had never received a mother's love since birth. In her memory, her mother was just an elegant and noble stranger who stood silently by the window all day, staring motionlessly outside.
She remembered one time, when she was about five years old, she timidly pulled on her mother's skirt, trying to get closer, only to be pushed away by her mother.
