Although Liu Erlong was Yu Luo Mian's daughter, her mother's origins were not good—one could even say they were lowly.
In order to give Liu Erlong a better chance to grow up, Liu Erlong's mother, Liu Mei'er, had traveled thousands of miles alone with her to settle in Heaven Dou City. She had spent a lifetime of savings before finally buying a place to live in the relatively poor West City.
They had a little home of their own in Heaven Dou City.
But precisely because of that, when Liu Mei'er learned she was suffering from a terminal illness, she no longer had enough gold and silver left to seek treatment.
She hid it from Liu Erlong and delayed it again and again, until the illness had reached its final stage. By the time Liu Erlong discovered it, Liu Mei'er was already beyond medicine, with no way to turn back the tide.
Liu Erlong had once told Ye Qiu about some of the things that had happened during this period.
Since Liu Mei'er could be sealed in ice in the basement, that meant that at this point in time, Liu Mei'er was still being tormented by illness.
Ye Qiu did not know whether going straight to her door like this would seem a little too abrupt. But he could not just wait for a chance encounter with Liu Erlong, could he? That would take too much time, and depend far too much on luck.
Since, back when they first acknowledged each other, Erlong had been able to use Grandpa Dugu's fierce medicine to take the initiative, then he could naturally take the initiative and go to her door now as well. Even if it was in the name of becoming a live-in son-in-law, it was no big deal. It could