But in my heart, I wanted to know more about Ximen Longting.
I want to know everything about him, good and bad.
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The carriage was rolling on the ground, and the houses on both sides were getting simpler and simpler.
Jing Jiaren found that the houses closer to the center were more luxurious, and the servants were also more expensively dressed.
I think this house is also divided according to the rank of servants.
The carriage stopped at an ordinary two-story building with a French country style. The courtyard was filled with flowers, fenced paths, and an ancient well beside the courtyard.
Jing Jiaren saw the ancient well at a glance because there was a strange monument standing in front of it.
Ximen Longting stood under the carriage to pick her up.
Jing Jiaren asked strangely: "Bring me here? Do you have a trustworthy servant living here?"
Ximen Longting's face paused slightly and led her towards the ancient well.
"Is it possible that you lived here before?"
Jing Jiaren frowned and asked in disbelief.
"My mother."
"...Where does Miss Fanny live?"
"Um."
This is where the lowest-ranking servants live. Doesn't Fanny living here mean that her status is lower than that of the servants?
After she married Mr. Ximen, even if she gave birth to Ximen Longting, she still lived the life of the lowest class!
"This well," Ximen Longting said with a faint smile, "she often draws water here and washes clothes."
"..."
"Use the water here to cook, water the flowers, and clean the floors."
Ximen Longting's hand was caressing the wooden frame above the ancient well. The wooden frame was stained with mottled traces of time.
The well has been sealed.
Jing Jiaren's eyes fell on the tablet... She didn't recognize the French characters, but the Arabic numerals were used all over the world.
She saw numbers that looked like years—XXXX.XX.XX
It should be Miss Fanny's birthday and death day.
Jing Jiaren grabbed his arm: "Ximen Longting, could it be that... this is your mother's cemetery?"
"What do you think?" Ximen Longting raised his eyebrows, and the smile on his lips became weird.
Jing Jiaren's back felt hairy: "Didn't you say she was poisoned to death? How could she be thrown into the well?!"
"After she died, if it weren't for the secret in her will, her whole body would probably no longer exist!" A vein appeared on the back of Ximen Longting's hand, "I should be grateful that she can be placed in this well!?"
In other words, after Miss Fanny was poisoned, there wasn't even a cemetery, and she was directly thrown into a well for disposal?
No wonder this small house seems to be abandoned, with flowers and plants growing wildly, branches and leaves luxuriantly growing, and it is so messy that it loses its shape.
There should be no servants living here anymore...
Jing Jiaren looked at the two-story wooden house. Why would a woman persist in not letting go when she loves her so sadly?
I have been enduring hardships, and in the end I even risked my life.
Jing Jiaren picked a bunch of wild flowers nearby, took off her hairband and tied the flower branches into a bunch: "Ximen Longting, since you are here to see your mother, you should tell me earlier."
"Tell you what?"
"I'll at least be somewhat prepared."
"What are you going to prepare?"
"I wouldn't come here empty-handed... without even the most basic courtesy. This is my first time meeting my mother-in-law."
"She won't like you! You don't need to do all these tricks to please her, no need to!"