Stay Home Daddy: I Was Reborn After My Daughter Passed Away
Chapter 175: One hundred seventy-five, she looks so much like the young lady!_1

Chapter 175: One hundred seventy-five, she looks so much like the young lady!_1

"Madam, the young master won’t eat, please try one yourself."

Wu Shuhui sighed, nodded, and said, "You’ve gone to trouble."

The husband was sick, the daughter had run away from home, and the son had just come of age, lacking in social graces—a lot.

She always thought she had seen through life, but at this moment, she realized that aside from reading, she really didn’t know anything.

Books are just too deceptive.

They always only tell you that if you work hard, you will definitely succeed.

But they never mention that there are many people who, till death, do not know what success is.

Just like herself, repeatedly deceived and hitting walls everywhere.

And if that weren’t enough, the second and third brothers always made life difficult for her on the pretext that she was an outsider to the family.

As for the second and third brothers, one was stubborn, thinking he did everything well, but in reality, everything was a mess; whenever problems arose, he always looked to blame others.

The other had no sense of responsibility, always only seeing the immediate gains, a typical profit-seeker.

This was also why Ji Guangsheng always treated them like immortals, venerating them without giving them real power.

Wu Shuhui naturally knew that the business must not be entrusted to these two and after much consideration, she gritted her teeth and allowed Ji Chu, who had been excellent in both character and learning since childhood, to enter society ahead of time.

Everyone envies those born with a silver spoon in their mouth, but the sweetness and bitterness, the heartaches and helplessness of their lives are no less than that of ordinary people, sometimes even more.

Ji Chu was young and knew nothing when he first entered society, more easily deceived than Wu Shuhui, thanks to Uncle Guang who tirelessly ran around and supported him all the way.

Many times, the mistakes Ji Chu nearly made were discovered in advance by Uncle Guang.

Otherwise, each would have been a considerable loss.

Recalling the heartache of these years, Wu Shuhui let out a sigh, truly the world is cold.

Her eyes listlessly fixed on the window, she spoke softly after a long while and then picked up a cherry, putting it in her mouth.

"Hmm?"

The moment the cherry touched her lips, Wu Shuhui’s dim eyes suddenly brightened.

The Ji Family’s home was never short of money, nor were they lacking fruits.

But cherries so large and so sweet, she had never seen in her life.

This new variety was indeed unlike any of the past, juicier and with a richer fruit flavor, truly delicious.

"The taste is very good, buy more next time, keep it at home, Pian Ran loves cherries the most..."

Wu Shuhui mumbled to herself.

Uncle Guang pursed his lips but did not speak for a while.

He knew the madam was thinking of the young miss again.

Ever since the young miss ran away three years ago, the Ji Family had been on the decline.

Not to mention business matters.

He had heard more than once the madam and the master arguing over the young miss, each time ending in the madam’s sobs and the master’s sighs.

If they hadn’t insisted on forcing the young miss to marry back then, these things wouldn’t have happened.

But what’s done is done, and what could anyone do about it?

"By the way, madam, the young man who delivered the cherries today is the same one who sold the matsutake to the young master last time, his name is Gu Chen."

Uncle Guang, careful not to disturb the master’s rest, spoke very softly.

Wu Shuhui nodded, "I think you mentioned that earlier."

He had already talked about it when he came back.

Hearing this, Uncle Guang couldn’t help but step closer, his tone slightly mysterious.

"Madam, listen to me, this young man came today with a child, a little girl, said to be not yet three years old, but she really looks too much like the young miss when she was little, especially those eyes, only the child’s frame is much thinner than the young miss..."

Uncle Guang swallowed after finishing his words.

He felt it was very necessary to tell the madam.

All these years she and the master had been searching everywhere for the young miss’s whereabouts.

But they had never found her, and what if this really was the young miss? If he didn’t speak up and they missed this chance,

his guilt would be immense.

Even if it wasn’t her, it could still give the madam one more hope in her life.

Sure enough, Wu Shuhui’s body trembled, and the hand holding the cherry shook slightly.

The faint sadness that had just been there vanished in an instant, replaced by a surge of excitement and tension.

"Is what you said true?"

Her voice quivered with nervousness.

She really feared that Uncle Guang had made a mistake, or perhaps he had created this kind lie just to make her happy.

Or maybe...

Could it really be that the heavens had opened their eyes and she was finally going to find her daughter?

All these years, her heart had been filled with worry about Ji Pianran being alone out there, whether she was faring well; every night she woke from her dreams to find her pillow soaked with tears.

A mother never stops thinking about her child.

As long as she was out there, her heart would be adrift.

Uncle Guang nodded earnestly, "Really, how would I dare deceive you? Why not find some time and go see that child?"

Wu Shuhui clenched the cherry in her hand, pursed her lips, and once again looked out the window.

After a long moment as if she had come to a decision, she turned to Uncle Guang.

"Try to find out where they live, but don’t alarm them. I’ll find time to go and have a look."

For now, there wasn’t any solid evidence, whether it was Ji Pianran’s child was really hard to say.

Besides, it wouldn’t be right to go up and ask to see someone’s wife and child straight away.

If it turned out not to be so, then it would just be another heartache for her.

If it really was her, and Pian Ran was still angry and found out she was looking for her, she might go into hiding, and she might never find her daughter again in her lifetime.

She knew her daughter all too well; her regret for leaving home was overwhelming.

If she made another mistake upon this one, her heart would truly be tortured.

It was Ji Guangsheng and she who had been wrong back then.

But, it was indeed a situation with no other choice.

She had hoped that over time, her daughter would come to accept it, but she had never imagined her daughter to be so headstrong as to run away.

Now that they had a lead, sneaking a peek would be the wisest choice.

If it wasn’t her, then she could silently return; this way, there would be no harm done to anyone.

Ji Guangsheng was still recuperating, and just now, the second son had caused a big fuss, he really couldn’t take any more distress.

If it turned out to be true, then it really would be a matter of thanking the Heavens.

Whatever her daughter had encountered, whoever she had met, she could accept it, as long as Ji Pianran would still recognize her as her mother.

"Madam, rest assured, leave this matter to me. Within three days, I’ll make sure you see that child!"

Tomorrow morning, he would make a phone call to inquire about the caterpillar fungus situation, and while on the phone, subtly find out Gu Chen’s address. In doing so, Gu Chen would have no reason to suspect him.

Even if he couldn’t find out, when Gu Chen came to deliver the goods, having someone follow him would reveal where he lived.

Uncle Guang, being an old servant of the Ji Family, always thought everything through.