"That jade box... wasn't that jade box in the hands of that old woman, how did it end up in your cousin's cabinet?"
Gu Shi Yi also remembered this and frowned deeply,
"That's something only those from the Great Cultivation use, how could she have it? Could it be that the old woman sold the jade box, or was it given by someone with the last name Shang?"
However... It's useless for a mere mortal to hold onto such a thing. Besides, there's a Seal on the jade box. If someone who doesn't know better carelessly opens it, the Yin Energy inside could instantly kill a mortal!
The two of them could only speculate that Gu Shi Yi's cheap cousin was not as simple as she appeared!
This woman is no good!
The two discussed until late into the night and still felt the truth was shrouded in mist, but one thing was clear,
"If the Youngest Miss Sun is to be sent away, then your mother, who has been taking care of her every day, will have nowhere to go!"
Li Yaner said, and after a moment of thought, Gu Shi Yi shrugged and replied,
"I really can't do anything about this matter, I can only take it one step at a time!"
If it really comes down to it, just leave the Sun Family and think of another plan!
Though that's what was said, in the following days, every time Gu Shi Yi held the light little body of the Youngest Miss Sun, she felt a bitterness in her heart,
"No matter what, the child is innocent. Just sending her away like this, who knows what her fate will be?
Sent to her maternal grandfather's, even if she doesn't lose her life, she certainly won't live as luxuriously and be looked after as she is now!"
Seeing that she was heartbroken, Li Yaner consoled her,
"Don't they say that those with a half-demon body don't live long? Maybe... this is her destiny!"
Indeed, those with a half-demon body don't usually survive easily unless a member of the Demon Clan with Great Power decides to infuse her body with Demon Qi and completely transform her into a demon. Otherwise, she's not likely to live many years!
Gu Shi Yi sighed deeply, becoming even more attentive to the child, thinking that even if her life was to be short, at least she should experience the warmth of the world during her time here.
Half-demon children are precocious and could sense Gu Shi Yi's sincerity, becoming even more attached to her, and since they bore a resemblance to each other, strangers who did not know any better would think they were mother and daughter!
Another half month passed and finally, one afternoon, while Gu Shi Yi was holding the Youngest Miss and looking at the flowers in the courtyard, someone came to instruct her,
"The Eldest Young Madam said to bring the Youngest Miss to the front hall, there are visitors!"
"Yes!"
Gu Shi Yi, holding the child, went to the front hall and saw her cheap cousin speaking with a gaunt old man with a somber expression. The old man was taken aback when he saw Gu Shi Yi,
"This is..."
The Eldest Young Madam smiled and said,
"Not but a servant, who just happens to resemble me a bit!"
The old man nodded, and the Eldest Young Madam instructed,
"Bring the Youngest Miss over to greet Old Mr. Wei..."
Gu Shi Yi brought the Youngest Miss forward to greet him, and the Elder with the surname Wei scrutinized the little girl in Gu Shi Yi's arms and nodded,
"Very good!"
After speaking, he patted the child on the head,
"Go on!"
The Eldest Young Madam turned to look at Gu Shi Yi,
"Everyone else may leave, but you stay."
Everyone responded and exited, leaving Gu Shi Yi holding the Youngest Miss to one side, head lowered, listening to the Eldest Young Madam say,
"Elder Wei is a capable person at my father's side. I didn't expect someone so dependable to personally take on this matter. It must have been hard on you!"
Wei Chuan, the one called Elder Wei, was the head of the Qian family's highly capable steward. When Gu Shi Yi had visited the Qian family in the past, he was out on business and therefore, she had never met the man and did not recognize him now.
She heard Wei Chuan reply,
"The task didn't originally fall upon me, but I received a pigeon-transmitted message from the Miss stating that she had obtained an item of great importance and needed a trustworthy person sent here. I'm nothing special, just took the initiative this time!"
The Eldest Young Madam smiled slightly and said,
"You did indeed come at the right time, as the item indeed requires your personal escort!"
With that, she turned her head to look at Gu Shi Yi and instructed,
"Go to the inner chamber, and bring the jade box from the third drawer under my wardrobe..."
Upon hearing this, Gu Shi Yi was shocked,
"The jade box, she intends... to send it back to the Qian family!"
She hesitated, glancing at the Youngest Miss in her arms. The Eldest Young Madam was growing impatient and said,
"Place her here, I'm her birth mother, am I going to eat her?"