Chapter 285: 283: Discussing the Initial Situation

At the foot of the mountain at night, the heavy snow continued to fall.

The blanket of snow enveloped the earth in a thick layer of silver.

Di Family had lit fire stoves in every corner, warming up the entire room.

However, Liu Sisi felt a chilling cold in her heart.

At the moment, she was sitting by the bed, carefully holding the hand of the person who was still unconscious in bed. Seeing the body wrapped almost entirely in gauze, even the exposed fingers were bruised and bloody, a wave of bitterness spread in her eyes.

The woman in bed did not wake up, but even in her unconscious state, her body occasionally convulsed and shivered as if a rag doll was dangling at the head of the bed.

Di Yelei silently entered the room and gently placed the soup medicine on the bedside table. Only then did he approach Liu Sisi.

“How is she? Did she wake up?”

Liu Sisi looked up at him and shook her head in silence.

“Don’t be sad. You haven’t eaten yet. Let’s eat something first to fill our stomachs, then we can talk about other things. Your body can’t take this,” Ye Lei said and gently patted her shoulder.

Liu Sisi felt a wave of heat rising, the corners of her eyes suddenly reddening. Turning around, she buried her head in Di Yelei’s arms and quietly cried.

“Ye Lei! She’s my Second Sister. Although I don’t remember her, I knew she was my Second Sister the moment I saw her…”

Her sobbing was low, trying to suppress the crying sound as much as possible so as not to disturb the motionless woman lying in bed.

Di Yelei silently held her petite body, gently patting her back and stroking her head.

“Sisi, don’t cry! It’s normal that you recognize her as your own sister, as you share the same blood.”

“No! No, that’s not it!”

Liu Sisi suddenly became agitated: “It’s my fault! I went to Li Family that day, but… but I didn’t notice her there. Wuuu…”

Liu Sisi couldn’t hold back any longer and burst into tears.

The figure on the bed seemed to stir, showing signs of waking up.

“Don’t cry! This wasn’t what you wanted. It is Old Man Li with his malicious heart who tried to harm her. Stop crying, Sisi…”

He whispered to comfort her, then glanced at the bedside: “It seems that she won’t wake up so soon. Let’s go eat.”

After a lot of persuasion, Liu Sisi finally left the room, still sobbing.

Tonight’s dinner was cooked by Di Yelei. Elderly Mr. Di saw Liu Sisi coming out and hurriedly pointed to the cooked dishes, “Eat while it’s hot… You won’t be cold if you eat.”

“Dad, have you eaten? Maybe you should eat more?”

Liu Sisi’s eyes were red and swollen as she forced a smile.

“I’ve eaten. You can… eat slowly.”

Elderly Mr. Di pushed the vegetable bowl towards Liu Sisi.

Although she had no appetite at all, Liu Sisi forced herself to eat half a bowl of rice and could eat no more. She put down her chopsticks and sat there in a daze.

Di Yelei frowned, disapprovingly cleaning up the bowls and chopsticks.

When everyone was sitting quietly, Di Yelei asked, “Sisi, how did you discover her?”

Liu Sisi’s tears fell even before she spoke: “I found her in the stable when I was picking baby bok choy…”

She recounted the situation when she found Liu Zhi’er: “When I found her, she seemed to be out of her mind, not responding to me no matter how I called her. Later, I thought about what Guihua told me about Old Man Li having a surrogate child, so I followed the clues to Li’s place and then what happened afterwards.”

Liu Sisi suddenly looked up, her eyes shining brightly at Di Yelei: “Ye Lei, do you know about my mother’s family?”n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

“How would I know about your mother’s family?” Di Yelei avoided Liu Sisi’s gaze.

“You really don’t know?”

Liu Sisi squinted her eyes slightly and sighed, “Ye Lei, if you know, just tell me directly! That will save me from asking others.”

Di Yelei was silent for a long time before he let out a sigh, wiping his face: “I heard about your family’s situation from Zhang Peng. There are many people in your family. Your father has five brothers, and they haven’t split the family. With two younger sisters who are not yet married, it really is a large family. Your father, Liu Quansheng, has one son and three daughters. The eldest sister is Liu Xuer, the second sister is Liu Zhi’er, and the eldest brother, Liu Bai, is already married to a mean and unfeeling woman, Ms. Jia. The reason you got married to the Di Family is that someone was bought off with 50 taels of silver to have you sold to that kind of place. Your mother, Ms. Jia, couldn’t bear to ruin your whole life, so she found the matchmaker who had arranged her own marriage. I also happened to be looking for a match through the matchmaker, so it was a perfect match…”

After a long silence, Liu Sisi asked in a low voice.

“You mean, my parents really love me so much?”

Di Yelei hesitated for a moment, “I really don’t know how your parents feel about you, but I have heard that you had excellent embroidery skills before you got married. At the age of fifteen, you achieved incredible skill, which made the neighboring villagers praise you. It’s said that even Businessman Zhang took notice of you because you went to the embroidery house affiliated with the Zhang Family to deliver goods and caught their eye, leading to what happened afterward.”

This left Liu Sisi speechless!

The original owner’s embroidery skills were so good? But she couldn’t even sew well, this was…

“Also, none of you three sisters know how to read or write. Or rather, not a single person in your large Liu Family knows how to read or write.”

After Di Yelei finished speaking, he looked deeply at Liu Sisi.

Liu Sisi raised an eyebrow, “Is that right? Like you said, I don’t remember anything about my past at all. What I can remember is that I am literate, and also, my embroidery skills are terrible. This is not something I could imitate.”

Di Yelei nodded, not dwelling too much on this issue.

“You just now mentioned that Liu Bai and Ms. Jia sold me to you?”

“…It might not be appropriate to call it selling! Well… At that time, my family really didn’t have any extra silver. When the matchmaker informed me to pick you up, you were in a coma at the matchmaker’s house. I took you home, and it was Sister Guihua who helped you through the wedding ceremony. You know what happened afterward.”

As Di Yelei spoke, he glanced at Elderly Mr. Di next to them. He originally wanted to say something, but after all, he didn’t.

Elderly Mr. Di listened silently, not saying anything.

“I don’t want to dwell on the past.”

Liu Sisi closed her eyes and took a deep breath, “I would like to know about my Second Sister Liu Zhi’er’s situation. I heard she married a man with a severed hand and had three children within four years. Is that true?”