After years of silent suffering, the woman finally heard that Su Fengyue had been arrested. She burst into a fit of laughter she couldn't stop.
In that moment, she looked truly crazed.
Ji Qingwu pressed an object into the woman's hand. She was dazed for a moment before she recognized what it was.
The smile still lingered on her lips, but in an instant, it twisted into an expression more wretched than weeping.
Gasping for breath, she asked with difficulty, "Little Yue... Little Yue... She's... she's gone, isn't she..."
It seemed the hairpin was a secret code between mother and daughter, a signal of survival.
Ji Qingwu said, "This is a memento Madam Song asked me to bring to you before she passed. Please, accept my condolences."
The woman gripped the hairpin tightly, her entire body trembling. She had to lean on the doorframe just to stay upright.
