Chapter 58: Peculiar Interests
Chapter 58: Peculiar Interests
The Qingluan folded its wings, and the two women on its back descended gracefully.
“Senior Sister Zhang, let’s go see my mother first!” announced the Zhao family’s eldest daughter, dressed in striking red robes.
The “Senior Sister Zhang” she addressed remained silent, merely nodding with a cool demeanor as the pair headed toward the Madam’s two-story pavilion. As they neared, the eldest daughter’s pace quickened, her steps brimming with excitement.
Rarely seen outside her quarters, the Madam stood at the pavilion’s entrance, waiting.
The eldest daughter spotted her mother and, unable to contain her emotions, ran forward and threw herself into her arms.
“Mother!”
A decade of separation left her choking on words. Apart from the single heartfelt cry, she couldn’t manage anything else. Tears welled up and spilled over as she buried her face in her mother’s embrace.
The Madam gently stroked her daughter’s hair. In her memory, her little girl was small, her hair just long enough to tie into tiny braids. Now, the young woman in her arms was poised and graceful, taller than her, with a thick head of lustrous black hair.