She cleared her throat, "Er, come in and have a seat?"
Dong Xinyuan quickly glanced at her elder sister, her expression one of surprise.
Blinking her eyes rapidly, it was only now that she finally believed it.
So, what Mother had said was true, the elder sister had indeed changed, really changed for the better?
But how could it be, when the elder sister was supposed to have black hair and eyes, and used to have a face full of dark moles, why had she become beautiful? Her eyes and hair now exuded a mysterious and enchanting purple color—it was really strange and curious!
When the elder sister had her marriage arranged, Dong Xinyuan had inquired about her brothers-in-law from the sidelines and knew that these people were trustworthy in character.
Therefore, even though the person in front of her was quite different from her memory, because the Fifth Brother-in-law called the other ’Baobao’, and because the elder sister’s husband was holding the other’s hand, even though she was very confused inside, she recognized the identity of the other person.
At this moment, Dong Xinyuan sat on a chair in the main hall, feeling as if she was sitting on pins and needles, as if there were a nail underneath her.
Yixuan, the Sixth Brother-in-law, poured her a cup of coarse tea which had been picked from the mountain; yet, it was unclear how it was processed—it was surprisingly sweet and even tastier than the tea brewed in the shops in town.
Dong Xinyuan, holding the teacup, took a small sip, and only then timidly handed over the basket.
"Mother is unwell, so she sent me. El, elder sister... that, your face?"
Dong Huiying looked at the small basket with a weird expression. It turned out that the one who had secretly sent chicken, duck, goose eggs, Silver Tael pork to the Liang family was her own maternal family?
"It’s a long story. Before... you could say I was afflicted by a strange poison, which also made my temper very bad, but now it’s all good, I have cured the poison."
Upon hearing this, Yixuan suddenly looked towards Dong Huiying.
There were many things about Baobao he had never asked, but he had his own speculations and doubts.
His brows slightly furrowed, he then looked at the eldest brother, only to see he was as calm as ever, and even the Fifth Brother seemed to have been in the know all along.
He then glanced at the Fourth Brother. The Fourth Brother had an expressionless face, cold, but his expression was very somber. Suddenly, the Fourth Brother clenched his fists, and his knuckles cracked with a crisp sound.
Yixuan felt a pang of bitterness in his heart. Could it be that he was the only one who didn’t know?
He turned back to look at the Second Brother leaning against the doorway. The Second Brother had a faint expression; he couldn’t discern the Second Brother’s thoughts, but he saw a trace of mocking smile on the Second Brother’s lips.
It seemed that even the Second Brother...
He bit his lip, then pretended to be composed, but his spine was already stiff.
No one knew of Yixuan’s sensitivity, while Dong Xinyuan stammered, "El, elder sister?"
She blinked her eyes, and then with a ’wa’ sound, cried like a two hundred pound Fatty.
"Really? It’s really all right? You’re really okay now?"
The more Dong Xinyuan cried, the more Dong Huiying’s heart ached.
"Mm, it’s all right, completely fine, it’s just that there are some things I might never remember again."
Dong Xinyuan cried even louder, her cries seemed to contain much grievance, much self-blame, and much... resentment towards herself.
"That’s great, that’s so great!"
She blew her nose and wiped her tears rudely with her arm, and then snorted with laughter, "If Mother knew, if Father knew, and also my little brother, they would be so happy!"
Afterward, she joyfully exclaimed, "It seems that the diviner was truly a remarkable person; she predicted everything right, absolutely everything!"