The Prime Minister’s Darling-Chapter 1655: Past Life Finale_3

Gu Jiao asked earnestly, "Is this enough? If not, I can ask someone to fetch more."

Before she left this morning, An Guogong had Steward Zheng give this to her. She hadn’t used it and didn’t know exactly how much silver she could withdraw.

Zhao Dengfeng choked, asking incredulously, "The master token of Minghe Bank... you... what is your relationship with Minghe Bank?"

Gu Jiao thought for a moment and said, "Uh, young master?"

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Gu Jiao said to Hu Yang, "Master Hu, you stay here to handle the paperwork, I’ll go find Li Shen."

Master Hu was still in shock from this turn of events. Is this what people mean by absurdly wealthy?

He: "Ah, this..."

Zhao Dengfeng said coldly, "I won’t sell it!"

Gu Jiao replied, "You personally told me I could be the boss, you can’t go back on your word."

Zhao Dengfeng clenched his fist and sneered, "What if I do?"

Gu Jiao said very seriously, "I’ll beat you up."

Zhao Dengfeng: "..."

-

Li Shen was not at the pier today.

Gu Jiao asked a nearby foreman and found out he probably went to buy medicine for his mother.

"Where does he live?" Gu Jiao asked.

"He lives over there. Officer, just keep walking straight, turn east at the fork, and you’ll see his house. Everyone in that alley has moved out except for him and his mother, it’s easy to find."

"Thank you."

Following the directions given by the foreman, Gu Jiao smoothly found a dilapidated little courtyard.

The courtyard door was ajar, and Gu Jiao raised her hand and knocked: "Hello, anyone home?"

There was no response.

Gu Jiao thought for a moment, then pushed the door open and walked in.

The items in the courtyard were very old, but they were neatly arranged—water tanks, hoes, chicken cages... The clothes hanging on the line were also neatly dried, although they had been washed so many times they had turned yellow and were patched all over, they were very clean.

"Niuwazi, you’re back?"

An old voice came from inside the house.

Niuwazi?

Li Shen’s childhood nickname?

Gu Jiao walked into the main room and headed towards the room on the right.

"Niuwazi."

An old blind woman was sitting on the ground, apparently having fallen down and unable to get up.

She was trying hard to grasp the chair, but it was futile.

Gu Jiao quickly walked over and helped her up to sit on the chair.

"You’re not Niuwazi," the old woman said.

Though she couldn’t see, she could still recognize the scent of her son.

"I’m here to find Li Shen." Seeing the old woman’s vigilance, Gu Jiao added, "I’m his friend."

The old woman touched the armor on Gu Jiao’s body, and the wariness in her cloudy eyes dissipated. She smiled and said, "So you’re Niuwazi’s friend. He went out to get medicine for me, he’ll be back soon. Have a seat, I’ll make you some tea."

Niuwazi really was Li Shen’s childhood nickname.

Gu Jiao said to Li’s mother, "You sit down, I’ll do it myself."

Li’s mother smiled kindly, "Alright, don’t be polite. The tea is on the table in the main room."

Gu Jiao went to pour tea. Even their tea cups were cracked, and there were only two benches. Besides this, there was no other furniture in the main room.

It’s no exaggeration to say that this house was bare of any belongings.

Gu Jiao also went to the kitchen. The cupboard was empty, with no leftover food. There were a few dried corn cobs on the ground and half a pumpkin that had started rotting.

The rice jar had only half a peck of stale rice, which had been infested with worms.

Gu Jiao brought the water to Li’s mother’s room, "Please, have some tea."

"Oh dear, you come to my house and even pour me tea. It’s all because of this useless blind old woman..."

"It’s no trouble at all."

-

"Just this bit of money, it’s only enough for three doses of medicine."

At the pharmacy, the clerk impatiently told Li Shen.

"Three doses, then three doses," Li Shen emptied his pocket and took the three doses of medicine home.

As he entered, he clearly sensed someone had been in the courtyard.

A flash of vigilance appeared in his hawk-like eyes, and he ran into the house like the wind: "Mother!"

His mother was lying safely on the bed sleeping, but his shout startled her.

"Niuwazi, what’s wrong?" Li’s mother turned her head towards the sound.

Seeing that his mother was alright, Li Shen’s expression relaxed. He carried the medicine bundle to the bed, "Mother, did someone come to our home?"

His mother smiled, "Yes, a friend from your military camp came by. At first, I thought it was those debt collectors again..."

To treat his mother’s eyes, Li Shen had taken out high-interest loans, and debt collectors often came by.

"He left you something." Li’s mother fished out a bundle from under the bedside quilt and handed it to Li Shen.

"Is it silver?" she asked quietly.

Li Shen felt it was silver as soon as he took it. When he opened the bundle, inside was a pile of shiny silver ingots and a letter from the Black Wind Camp.

The letter explained the origin of the silver. It was his severance pay. During the Han Family’s rule, some people had embezzled and swallowed up ninety percent of his severance pay.

This was his deserved severance pay and the interest he should have received over the years.

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