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Jian Xi pushed aside Chu Lu who was protecting her and said, "Let's go in and see mother first."

Jian Xi walked in first.

The servants in the room were in chaos.

Jian Xi looked at Madam Lu lying on the bed. There were only two slow maids serving her. The blood at the corner of her mouth had not been wiped clean yet. The two maids were crying in panic and did nothing else.

Jian Xi couldn't bear it any longer and shouted, "Are you all dead? The patient is lying in bed, and you don't know how to take good care of him. He's crying and shouting like this, and he's not dead yet!"

Tao Ran and his son are both men, and they usually don't pay too much attention to these little things.

Although the two maids did not know Jian Xi's identity, seeing that Tao Ran did not say anything to stop him, they hurriedly stood up. One of them walked forward to help Lu Feiman wipe it, while the other was busy decocting medicine.

Tao Ran's face was filled with anger. If Jian Xi hadn't reminded him, he would not have taken these little things to heart.

These two old women were brought by Lu Feiman from her mother's home. I never thought that after serving her for so many years, they would throw their master aside when something happened. Such servants are no longer acceptable.

Most of Lu Feiman's hair had turned gray. Although she looked sick, the elegance and composure on her face had not yet faded. Her thin body was wrapped in a dark gold nightgown.

It is obvious that this woman must have been a beauty when she was young.

Perhaps she noticed something, Lu Feiman opened her eyes and immediately looked into Jian Xi's eyes.

Time seemed to have stood still.

Jian Xi didn't know what to say. She just saw Lu Feiman reaching out his trembling hand and trying to touch her, then she took a step forward and held Lu Feiman's hand.

After struggling for a while, he finally called out that name, "Mother."

Lu Feiman's eyes were sore. She looked at everyone in the room and coughed a few times. The sound was like tearing rags, and she felt decadent and desperate.

"You all go out, I want to talk to Xier alone." Lu Feiman tried hard to suppress the fishy sweet taste in her throat.

She only felt that her vision suddenly became clear, and when she saw Jian Xi, even her breathing became much smoother.

Tao Ran responded and led everyone in the room out.

Lu Feiman saw a small black mole on Jian Xi's right eyelid near the eyelashes, and pointed to her own eyelid with a smile in her eyes, "Look, I have a mole here too, and your grandmother has one here too."

Jian Xi twitched the corner of her mouth, "Really? I didn't even notice it myself."

The conversation between the two was very natural, as if they had known each other for a long time.

"Xier, Xier, this name is very nice. Lexi, what do you think of this name?" Lu Feiman looked at Jian Xi eagerly.

"It sounds nice, but I am Jian Xi." She didn't want to give up the name Jian Xi.

"Jian Xi sounds nice too, you can call her whatever you like."

"......"

Lu Feiman seemed to be in much better spirits, and slowly told Jian Xi some things that she had never heard before.

Jian Xi felt uneasy after listening to this. She recalled how Lu Feiman looked lifeless when she first came in, but now she looked so radiant. Could it be what people often call a last gasp of youth?

She learned from Lu Feiman that Lu Feiman's half-sister Lu Feixuan was born to a singer and was of low status.

Lu Feiman's mother was not the kind of person who treated her daughter of a concubine harshly. She raised her well since she was young and hired a master to teach her embroidery. In the end, she found a good family for her who had passed the imperial examination and gave her a lot of dowry.

Lu Feixuan and Lu Feiman both look like their father, so they look similar.

Jian Xi thought of Caiyun's appearance. Caiyun looked somewhat like Jian Yu. There are so many coincidences in this world.

It is precisely because Lu Feixuan and Lu Feiman look similar that Jian Xi looks somewhat similar to Lu Feiman, so no one doubts the relationship between Jian Xi and the Jian Yu couple.

Jian Xi unbuttoned her clothes at the back as Lu Feiman instructed. Lu Feiman looked at the plum blossom birthmark on Jian Xi's back and tears finally fell from her eyes.

"It's you, it's really you, my Xier, cough cough cough..."

Seeing Lu Feiman getting emotional, Jian Xi quickly stepped forward to comfort her, patting her on the back, "Don't be excited, mother."

As she spoke, Lu Feiman noticed Jian Xi's bulging belly and asked excitedly, "Are you pregnant?"

Jian Xi nodded. She had a small frame, so even in the winter she wore clothes like cloaks and capes, her belly was not visible. It was only after she took off her coat and the close contact that Lu Feiman noticed it.

Lu Feiman reached out her hand and gently placed it on Jian Xi's belly, feeling it carefully.

After a while, he took out a golden lock wrapped in a handkerchief from under the pillow.

"This lock was originally prepared for you. You don't need it anymore, so give it to my grandson."

Seeing the expectant look on the face of the old lady in front of her, Jian Xi carefully put the gold lock away in her purse and said, "Thank you, mother."

"I am sorry for you." The voice was so soft that it was barely audible.

Although Jian Xi heard it, she didn't say anything else.

The one who was wrong was not Lu Feiman, but Li.

Li has received the retribution she deserved.

But that gentle and shy girl will never come back. She is not qualified to forgive anyone on behalf of the original owner. The only thing she can do is to make up for the regret.

Lu Feiman felt the strength in her body slowly draining away and wanted to sleep...

Jian Xi's shoulders were very thin. Lu Feiman leaned on them gently, closed her eyes, and felt very at ease.

Jian Xi's body stiffened, and after thinking for a while, she hugged Lu Feiman.

Lu Feiman's bones felt a little prickly, but at this moment Jian Xi felt as if she had found a place of belonging.

Is this what it feels like to be a mother?

Nose is sore.

Jian Xi reached out her other hand and touched her cheek.

turn out to be--

She was already in tears.

Tears flowed drop by drop into Lu Feiman's blue and white hair and disappeared.

Jian Xi's heart was panicked for a moment.

He stretched out his index finger and carefully put it to the tip of Lu Feiman's nose.

I can no longer feel any warmth.

Her mother died.

He gently positioned Lu Feiman so that she lay flat on the bed, with her hands folded in front of her abdomen.

Tuck her in, just like the dean's mother had done for her in her previous life.

Jian Xi turned around and knelt in front of the bed, called her mother for the last time, and kowtowed three times.

look up.

The woman on the bed had a slightly raised mouth and a serene expression, as if she had had a sweet dream.

Jian Xi left quietly and opened the door.

Outside the door were Tao Ran and his son, who looked expectant, as well as Mo Chuan and Chu Lu, who were concerned about her.

Jian Xi's eyes were red, "Mother passed away peacefully." After saying this, it was as if all the strength in her body was drained away. Her legs went limp and she collapsed to the ground.

It turns out that once a person dies, all the past grudges seem unimportant.

Although Tao Ran knew that this moment would come sooner or later, he still didn't want to believe it.