Because the coachman Luo Xu had protected her with his life, Li Sinian had escaped without a scratch.
After returning home, Li Sinian acted as though nothing had happened so that her mother, Luo Qi, would not worry. When Luo Qi asked why she had come back so late, she merely said that she had chatted with her classmates for a while and gone to Confucian Temple for a stroll, which was why she had returned later than usual.
The girl had quite a talent for acting. Even someone as clever as Luo Qi could not detect anything amiss.
Luo Qi brought out the dishes and told Li Sinian to wash her face and eat. After arriving in the capital, this family had still maintained Jiangnan City's frugal habits. The hostess handled the whole family's clothing and meals. Gongsun Yu had sent maids and older attendants over to serve them, but Luo Qi had refused them all on the grounds that she was not used to it.
She did not want her daughter, Li Sinian, to pick up the bad habits of noble young ladies, because after all, she was not truly a young lady of the Lu family.
If one day their identities were exposed and they were restored to their original status—or if Li Mu Yang's affairs caused some conflict with the Lu family—
In Luo Qi's heart, Li Mu Yang was a live volcano that could erupt at any moment.
If he learned of his identity, and learned everything that had happened to him back then—
What choice would he make?
If he chose never to forgive the Lu family and to sever ties with them for the rest of his life, Luo Qi would willingly pack her belongings, shoulder her baggage, and resolutely leave with him.