Chapter 60 - 30 A Matter of One Sentence_2
Sang Wan slowly opened her closed eyes and couldn’t help but smile slightly, "Yes, a little. It’s said..."
It’s said that the sons and daughters of wealthy families usually treat their wet nurses as confidantes, and value and take good care of them without question. But a respectful and cautious attitude like Shi Fengju’s, fearing to cause even the slightest displeasure to the elderly lady, is truly rare.
Shi Fengju sighed softly, revealing infinite sadness, gratitude, and pity as he quietly said, "My wet nurse is ten years older than my mother and was my mother’s servant. Her husband died trying to save my father, and she herself lost her only son forever in the process of saving me."
Sang Wan’s lips parted slightly, and she uttered a soft "Ah!"
Shi Fengju continued, "My milk brother was one year older than me. Since I could remember, my wet nurse taught him to protect and yield to me. Actually, we grew up together and played together, and we had a great relationship. Even if the wet nurse didn’t say it, my milk brother would have done it anyway. I remember when I was nine, my mother took us back to our natal family when we were unexpectedly mobbed by refugees halfway. I was extremely scared when I was separated by the crowd from my wet nurse and milk brother. Seeing people chaotically everywhere, my wet nurse grabbed me and my milk brother and ran desperately, but I never expected that we were still targeted. Two middle-aged men chased after us, and in her panic, my wet nurse told my milk brother to lead those two men away while she hid with me in the bushes."
Shi Fengju gave a bitter smile, "After we returned home, we sent people to look for my milk brother everywhere, but half a year later, what they found was his cold corpse. It turned out that those two men had caught him and sold him. He was discovered trying to escape and was beaten to death by people."
"So, without my wet nurse and milk brother, I, Shi Fengju, might not have survived! Our family owes two lives to my wet nurse’s family. In my heart, she is like a second mother to me."
Sang Wan felt a sudden emptiness in her heart, unsure of how to feel.