At that moment, Jiang Wanrong was handing out medicine.
She had changed into a simple outfit and stood in front of the Medicine Hall, a gentle radiance surrounding her.
Beside her stood someone helping pass her bowls.
[Sob, sob... after crying for so long, the very first thing I see when I find my sister is them shoving their lovey-dovey nonsense down my throat.]
[When did that bastard Xie Ciyan sneak out of the capital? Taking advantage of my brother and me being away to secretly court my sister-you really know how to seize your chance, huh?]
[I can't, I can't, these tears just won't stop. Maybe I should find somewhere to rest first?]
Jiang Wanrong, who was ladling out medicine, unexpectedly heard her younger sister's thoughts. When she looked up, she spotted her at a street corner not far away.
Although Chu Youning wore a bamboo hat, Jiang Wanrong could recognize her figure at a glance.
Hearing that her sister was crying, her heart tightened.
She thrust the bowl in her hand at Xie Ciyan and said, "Sorry for the trouble, Young Master Xie."
Then she hurried toward Chu Youning and pulled her into a corner of an alley.
"Why are you wearing a bamboo hat? When did you come to Jiangnan? Why didn't you send someone to let us know so we could come pick you up?"
As she spoke, Jiang Wanrong lifted the bamboo hat off Chu Youning's head.
The next instant, a little crybaby whose eyes were swollen like peaches and still streaming tears appeared before Jiang Wanrong.
Jiang Wanrong was instantly dumbfounded.
She lowered the bamboo hat and spoke, at a loss for what to do.
"N-Ningning, what's wrong? Did someone bully you? Why are you crying like this?"
"Tell your sister what happened. I'll