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Chapter 355 Escaping the Huang Mansion 21

Upon hearing Mu Wanqing's words, Mu Baiyuan became excited, but he still asked with unease, "Are you sure? Did the young lady herself tell you that she wants to run away with us?"

“Yes, I’m sure.” Lu Renkui nodded and said, “The young lady said that it was also her suggestion to run away at Master Huang’s funeral.”

"Is that so? Did Miss ask you to come and tell me this?" Mu Baiyuan confirmed again, and then saw the "Mu Wanqing" in front of him shake her head and say, "Miss is probably still thinking about how the three of us can escape smoothly, with you in tow?"

"Really?" Mu Baiyuan trusted his sister quite a bit, but he couldn't figure out why the young lady would run away with the two of them.

“Really.” Lu Renkui nodded. “Miss hasn’t thought of a solution yet. If she does, she will send me to find you.”

“I’ve been out for a long time,” Lu Renkui calculated the time and thought Huang Muyan should be waking up soon. He prepared to say goodbye to Mu Baiyuan. “I have to go back to serve the second young lady. Brother, remember, the day the master is buried is the best time to escape.”

Seeing Mu Baiyuan nod, Lu Renkui knew that the man had taken it to heart, so he bid farewell to Mu Baiyuan and left the mill to return to the courtyard where Huang Muyan lived.

As soon as Lu Renkui entered the courtyard, he saw Huang Muyan sitting at the stone table reading and writing. He glanced at the inkstone, where the ink was almost gone, so Lu Renkui poured some more water into the inkstone and picked up the stone mill next to it to help Huang Muyan grind ink.

A gentle breeze blew by, and the warm sunlight shone on him. Lu Renkui ground ink, listening to the sound of the inkstone grinding against the inkstone. Lu Renkui looked at Huang Muyan and noticed that her writing habits were different from before.

Lu Renkui guessed that Huang Muyan might want to say something to her, but was too embarrassed to say it.

"Xiao Wan," Huang Muyan finally couldn't hold back any longer while practicing calligraphy, "Do you think it's better for me to continue studying, or stay and keep Mother company?"

"Is Sister Huang going to give up her studies?" Lu Renkui knew that Huang Muyan was easily swayed by Wang Shi's genuine tears.

“It’s not that I’m giving up my studies,” Huang Muyan hurriedly explained. “It’s just that my mother doesn’t seem to be in good spirits. My brother has to take over the family business and also handle my father’s funeral,” so he’s naturally extremely busy.

“My mother said that my father had died, and my brother could not be by her side all the time. She was also getting old and could follow my father at any time, so she hoped that I could stay in the mansion and keep her company during the three years of mourning for my father.”

“But three years is a bit too long, isn’t it?” Lu Renkui asked.

“Yes, it is indeed a bit too long,” Huang Muyan sighed. “But I’m going back to school, so I definitely won’t be able to stay home with my mother as often as I used to.”

“My mother said she would feel lonely without her children by her side.”

“The First Madam is in good health; she is a blessed person.” Lu Renkui pondered in his mind—Huang Muyan might still want to leave, but Madam Wang is old, and there is the blood relationship between mother and daughter, so it is normal for Huang Muyan to be unable to sever ties.

In the original text, Huang Muyan did not encounter her thieving uncle and go to see Wang Shi, nor did they have that conversation. Huang Muyan firmly believed in her own ideas and secretly followed the protagonist's carriage away from the Huang residence.

I've accidentally made things a bit too difficult for myself. Lu Renkui sighed and continued, "Besides Miss and the young masters and ladies ranked before her, the other young masters and ladies in the manor are still young and can stay with the First Madam in the manor."

“The First Madam will not feel lonely. All the young masters and misses in the mansion are the First Madam’s children. Even if the young lady leaves, there are other young masters and misses to keep the First Madam company.”