Abandoned Woman Busy Farming

Chapter 2382: Chapter 2381: They All Want to Marry You

”Saintess?” Duannian showed a look of astonishment, and the way he looked at Jiang Yichun also softened, ”So you’re her son.”

Jiang Yichun was a bit excited when he heard this, ”You’ve met her?”

Duannian nodded, ”She is a good person. I was hidden by my parents for five years, but was discovered in the end. At that time, the chieftain wanted to expel me, and the Saintess tried to stop them. Unfortunately, she was outnumbered and ended up being locked up by the chieftain’s people.”

As Duannian spoke, two streams of clear tears fell, ”At that time, my parents didn’t dare say anything for me. But the Saintess risked everything to protect me, saying I was just a child, and that the merfolk’s ancestors also had fish tails, that they shouldn’t treat me this way.”

”There are people in my life I’m grateful to, and she’s one of them.”

Bai Ruozhu hadn’t expected this connection between the Saintess and Duannian. Seeing Jiang Yichun was so excited, she confirmed once again, ”Is the Saintess called Chushuang?”

”Yes, they called her Saintess Chushuang. There was another, Saintess Banruo, who was her successor and younger than me back then,” Duannian replied.

”Is she... is she doing well?” Jiang Yichun hesitated and asked, ”What does she look like? I’ve never seen her.”

Listening to this, Bai Ruozhu felt a pang of heartache, tears welling up in her eyes, but she held them back desperately, fearing that Yichun would be even more upset if he saw them.

Duannian paused, seemingly surprised, though tumultuous in his heart.

He always felt his own situation was miserable, being expelled by his tribe and abandoned by his parents. But looking at Jiang Yichun, he felt less pitiful, at least he got to spend some years with his parents.

”She was taken away by the merfolk shortly after I was born. My father didn’t know they were merfolk at the time and searched for many years without clues. Later, when my merfolk bloodline awakened, I understood my mother’s identity,” Jiang Yichun added.

”She was a very beautiful woman, looking especially gentle, but she was strong too. I think she risked her life to protect me because she was a mother too, and at that time, she must have thought of you.”

Bai Ruozhu looked at Jiang Yichun, seeing he was already in tears, she felt the tang of heartache as well. As a mother herself, she could understand Chushuang’s actions then, and she couldn’t help but think of her three sons, feeling a bit sour.

”Wait a minute!” Fang Luo suddenly spoke, ”How many years ago were you five?”

Duannian calculated, saying, ”Eleven years ago, I’m sixteen now.”

”How much older is Jiang Yichun than Duannian?” Fang Luo asked.

Jiang Yichun and Bai Ruozhu immediately understood that Fang Luo was referring to the age of Saintess Chushuang when Duannian was expelled.

Jiang Yichun thought for a moment and said, ”I’m nine years older than him.”

Bai Ruozhu calculated quickly in her mind, this meant that when Duannian was five, Jiang Yichun would have been fourteen, and if Chushuang had Yichun at eighteen and was then taken away, fourteen years would have passed by now, putting her at thirty-two then.

Jiang Yichun, being smart, quickly did the math and leapt up, saying, ”I’m going to ask my father.”

He then left in a bit of a panic, bumping his right shoulder against the doorframe on his way out. Bai Ruozhu watched and felt the pain, but he seemed oblivious and continued to leave in a hurry.

”Do you all think the Saintess was over thirty back then?” Duannian frowned, ”She looked very young, but I don’t know her age.”

Bai Ruozhu nodded slightly, but that didn’t really prove anything. In ancient times, people married and had children early, so if Chushuang had Yichun at sixteen, she would have been exactly thirty then.

The hope she felt in her heart was extinguished again. Didn’t they already have a successor in the young Saintess Banruo? Could it be she had passed away back then?

The three of them waited for a while, but Jiang Yichun didn’t return. Suddenly, Teng Ya came to report that Wa Wei had awakened.

Duannian was so anxious he nearly jumped out of the wooden tub, while Bai Ruozhu stood up helplessly, saying, ”Stay put, I’ll bring Wa Wei to accompany you.”

These two young people were worried about each other all the time, it was better to let them spend time together.

As soon as Bai Ruozhu entered Wa Wei’s room, Wa Wei struggled to get up. Bai Ruozhu hurriedly went forward to press her down, saying, ”You still need to rest well, don’t move around.”

Wa Wei held onto her hand, asking, ”Teng Ya said Duannian is still alive? You weren’t lying, were you?”

”You silly girl, I’ll take you to see him, won’t you believe it when you see him with your own eyes?” Bai Ruozhu said, then simply picked Wa Wei up sideways. Teng Ya, standing nearby, couldn’t help but exclaim, ”Madam, you have such strength!”

Bai Ruozhu chuckled twice, ”A martial artist can’t even lift a little girl like you? Don’t worry.”

Wa Wei blushed a little with embarrassment and said quietly, ”Sister Ruozhu, you’re amazing, with great medical skills, culinary skills, and martial arts, and you’re really good at making money. If you were a man, I think I’d want to marry you.”

Teng Ya also chimed in, ”Yeah, if Madam were a man, I’d surely cry and chase after her.”

Bai Ruozhu laughed heartily, ”So I have such strong boyfriend energy, do I? But you two might as well give up, even if I were a man, you couldn’t compete with Achun.”

Teng Ya giggled, ”In Madam’s eyes, Lord Jiang is always the best.”

Bai Ruozhu raised an eyebrow, ”That’s true, you don’t know how many women tried to win him over in the past.”

”Did you chase them all away?” Wa Wei asked with a smile.

”Yes, so marrying a handsome man means having to practice your martial arts well, otherwise it’s not safe,” Bai Ruozhu joked.

Unexpectedly, Wa Wei nodded seriously, ”I should learn martial arts well.”

Bai Ruozhu then remembered, Duannian was also a handsome youth.

The three of them joked and laughed as they reached the door of Duannian’s room. Once inside, Bai Ruozhu placed Wa Wei on the side of the bed, sternly saying, ”You have some internal injuries; try not to move around, so you can recover quickly.”

”Okay, okay, I got it.” Despite being anxious earlier, Wa Wei now seemed a bit shy.

Duannian looked at her and asked, ”Does it still hurt?”

Wa Wei’s face turned even redder, and she gave him a glare, saying, ”Not as much as the fright you gave me.”

Bai Ruozhu gave a wink to Fang Luo and Teng Ya, and the two of them quietly left the room with her.

Inside the room, Duannian snorted angrily, ”Look at you, being all impulsive and crying all the time, who allowed you to jump into the sea?”

Wa Wei got angry too, ”Who told you to get eaten by a sea monster?”

”Who am I? You think I would die so easily?” Duannian retorted boastfully, ”You, on the other hand, nearly died.”

”You...” Wa Wei glared at him, but in her anger, she started coughing. Duannian said anxiously, ”Don’t get mad, don’t get mad, I won’t say anything more.”

Bai Ruozhu, who hadn’t walked far, chuckled secretly. Despite Duannian’s arrogance, he wouldn’t escape the fate of being henpecked in the future.

Fang Luo saw the smile on her lips, and couldn’t help but glance back at the closed door, his expression unreadable.