"I still have children."
Liu Yushui was not surprised at all that Lin Caisang knew about her money. She simply glanced at her and stated.
She had extorted fifty taels from the Zhou family, but when she did all the math, what could fifty taels actually do? It wasn’t that she was cruel, but she had two children to feed and raise as a single mother. Wasn’t there a lot of expenses involved?
Additionally, she had once led a life of comfort without having to worry about clothing or food. She had never lived such a difficult life before, and now she had to learn everything from scratch.
Fifty taels, she really didn’t dare to spend any extra.
Hearing this, Lin Caisang glanced at her.
Rarely would one hear Liu Yushui exhibit more care for others than for herself. Indeed, becoming a mother really did change a person.
"You had Chushui call me here, do you have something you want to tell me?" She asked.
Hearing her question, Liu Yushui hesitated a bit, took a deep breath, and then looked at her seriously.
"I know, I’ve done many vile things to you before, and you probably don’t want to see me again. But there are some things that I must clarify with you." She said.
Lin Caisang raised her eyebrows, waiting for her to speak.
"The past hostility towards you, oftentimes, was not my decision." Liu Yushui said.
Lin Caisang was slightly surprised and asked.
If it wasn’t Liu Yushui’s idea, then it was Liu Rumei’s? Anyway, they could not escape the blame, neither she nor her mother.
"The previous plan to sell you to the Liu residence as a sickly bride to bring good luck wasn’t my mother’s or my idea. This was suggested to me by Zhou Liang. The Liu family, they had no connections with the Liu family before. It was through Madam Zhou that my mother got to know Madam Liu."
Liu Yushui explained.
Lin Caisang was stunned. No matter how she thought about it, she couldn’t imagine that being betrothed, and even being buried alive, were all orchestrated by Zhou Liang’s mother, Madam Zhou!
"What you said is true? Are you not just making this up to rid yourself of responsibility?" She asked suspiciously.
"Whether I lied to you or not, I won’t bother to explain. But you can go and inquire if you’d like. Madam Zhou and Madam Liu were acquainted way before. Also, on the day at the Liu residence, after Young Master Liu died, it was Madam Zhou who hinted my mother to suggest burying you with Young Master Liu."
"I didn’t see Madam Zhou at that time..." Lin Caisang wanted to rebut, but her words trailed off.
She had been bound at the time, and after Young Master Liu died from his illness, the scene was chaotic. How could she have noticed Madam Zhou? Moreover, in such a situation, it was certain that Madam Zhou would have tried to keep a low profile.
She might have been hiding somewhere.
She asked Liu Yushui.
"I heard about this later from my mother. Of course, she didn’t tell me directly. It was after she came home covered in bruises from being beaten by my grandmother. She was cursing Madam Zhou for her injuries, and that’s when I heard about it."
"I used to like Zhou Liang, but I now think back, it truly wasn’t me who pestered Zhou Liang from the start. He was the one who deliberately came before me, disguising himself as a cultured man, a gentleman, and fooled me."
Saying this, she looked at Lin Caisang.
"You also know that Zhou Liang gave me fifty taels of silver, right? Perhaps you think that I shouldn’t have asked him for money."