Chapter 567 Improvement of Illness (1)_1
The three of them racked their brains for a long time but couldn’t find any leads. Seeing that the business upstairs was about to conclude, Panpan resignedly stamped her foot, "I’ll go up and watch over things. Otherwise, Lin Siyu will get suspicious. Sister Yingtao, after you go back, discuss this with Mrs. Liu, and remember to keep it a secret at all costs. If the word gets out prematurely, I’m afraid all of our lives will be at stake."
Ying Tao understood the gravity of the situation very well, "Don’t worry, we won’t let anything slip. Go ahead and get upstairs."
Panpan nodded, hurried off, and on her way in, she didn’t forget to buy a handful of fried peanuts at the doorway stall as a cover.
Shen Dajun, like Mrs. Liu, was an honest person, completely unaccustomed to think intricately. Seeing Panpan leave, he quietly asked Ying Tao, "Ying Tao, can we trust this young girl?"
Ying Tao nodded, "I believe her. It was her who sent me the message last time when Mrs. Liu had a miscarriage, leading me to seek out Lady Jin. Without her, Mrs. Liu would have been gone that day."
Shen Dajun’s heart ached at the thought of Mrs. Liu’s past sufferings, and he, a grown man, suddenly burst into tears, squatting on the ground with his head in his hands, violently banging his head, "I blame myself, it’s all my fault! If I had been more competent, and provided Mrs. Liu’s brother-in-law with five taels of silver, she wouldn’t have been sold to Chunfeng Building or redeemed into the Li Mansion by that dog official Li Chang, and she wouldn’t have suffered so much. It’s all because of my incompetence!"
Seeing Shen Dajun like this, Ying Tao shook her head. Shen Dajun was indeed a man of deep affection, who had grown up with Mrs. Liu with profound feelings for her. Even after Mrs. Liu entered the brothel and became pregnant, he never despised her; he faithfully kept vigil outside, waiting for the day he could save enough money to redeem her.