Exile with Storage Space: Family Fortunes in the Barren Lands-Chapter 700 - 653: The Unaware Second Madam Baili (1)
Baili Rui followed Old Madam Baili to the main room of his mother, Second Madam Baili.
The maid at the door had already notified Second Madam in the bedroom.
However, Second Madam Baili was seriously ill and unable to get out of bed.
"Second Madam, the young master will come to see you, don’t worry." The maid comforted her.
"Cough cough, Xiao Rui... Xiao Rui..." Second Madam gazed excitedly towards the bedroom door.
Hearing his mother’s voice, Baili Rui let go of Old Madam Baili’s hand and rushed into the bedroom.
He skillfully bypassed the screen and ran to the bedside.
"Mother!" Baili Rui threw himself into Second Madam Baili’s arms, "Xiao Rui is back."
Second Madam Baili held his head, looking him over with trembling words from excitement, "Really... is it really you? Xiao Rui?"
After half a year of absence, her son had grown quite a bit taller.
Not only was he not thin, but his cheeks had become round.
Her son wore a bear fur coat, deer skin boots, and a bear fur hat on his head, his round cheeks made him look like a little bear.
"Yes, it’s me, it’s Xiao Rui, Mother." Baili Rui hugged Second Madam Baili, acting spoiled.
"You’re finally back. They all said you..." Second Madam Baili held back her tears, "I never believed anything would happen to you; my Ruirui is clever, how could anything happen?"
Baili Rui nodded, "Yes, Xiao Rui is clever, Xiao Rui protected himself. When bad people tried to catch Xiao Rui, he secretly ran away."
Second Madam Baili became worried, "Xiao Rui, after you got separated from Mother, where did you go?"
Although Baili Rui was smart, he was still a child and his speech logic was a bit disordered.
Second Madam Baili listened, confused.
Old Madam Baili, who came along, helped Baili Rui organize his words, "A Li Family member rescued him and even sent him back."
Old Madam Baili recounted Mu Yuanxiu and Li Yuzhu’s words to Second Madam Baili.
"The child was naughty and made his mother worry." Second Madam Baili leaned against the pillow, apologizing to Old Madam Baili.
"How could I blame him at such a young age? Besides, the situation was chaotic; even older children might get separated," Old Madam Baili said kindly, waving her hand.
With her mother-in-law not blaming her, Second Madam Baili felt relieved.
"Enough, don’t think too much. Now that Xiao Rui is safely back, take care of your health." Old Madam Baili took Xiao Rui’s hand, "I’ll take Xiao Rui down to rest, and we’ll visit you again tomorrow morning."
Second Madam Baili couldn’t bear to let her son go, but knowing it had been another half a year since her mother-in-law saw her little grandson, and being ill herself, she didn’t object.
She said, "Xiao Rui’s father must be worried too, Mother, let Xiao Rui see his father."
Mentioning her younger son Baili Huang, Old Madam Baili sighed slightly in her heart, but maintained a joyful facade, "Of course."
At this moment, Baili Rui said, "Mother, but Father has been..."
Old Madam Baili’s expression changed and interrupted him, "Your father is busy with military affairs outside; when he returns home, we’ll visit him, it won’t be too late."
Baili Rui blinked, not understanding why Old Madam Baili lied.
Old Madam Baili looked at him seriously.
Baili Rui had no choice but to remain silent.
He hugged Second Madam Baili, waved his hand, and left with Old Madam Baili.
Second Madam Baili kept looking towards the door, her eyes filled with joy yet tears involuntarily rolled down.
The maid standing beside her said, "Second Madam, the young master is back, you should be happy."
Another maid also smiled, "Second Madam, get better soon to build snowmen with the young master."
Second Madam Baili smiled slightly, "Yes, I need to recover quickly."
Illness comes like a mountain, leaves like thread.
She had been ill for half a year, how could she recover in one day?
Some said she fell ill from worry about her missing son; she knew her sickness was not just that.
Her husband was continuously busy, not having visited her for a month; she wondered if he still cared for her.
If he truly cared for her, why not find a good distant doctor for her?
The maid carried a bowl of medicine and approached the bed to feed her.
She drank a mouthful and spat it into the handkerchief.
With the quilt covering, after months of spitting medicine into the handkerchief, no one noticed.
The maid saw the bowl was emptied, took a cloth to wipe her mouth corner, "Second Madam, rest well; I’ll take my leave."
"Wait!" Second Madam Baili suddenly called the maid.
The maid turned, "Second Madam, do you have any other instructions?"
Second Madam Baili pressed her lips, "Forget it, go ahead, I’ll sleep for a while."
She closed her eyes and turned her head.
What good would speaking do?
Her husband’s eyes only saw family affairs and national matters, no her.
Her parents were gone, leaving only a sister, whose marriage was worse and lived far away.
No one helped her; she was left to await death.
Fortunately, her son was found.
She must hold on until the day her son grows up.
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Old Madam Baili took Baili Rui without visiting Baili Rui’s father, Baili Huang, as she had already visited earlier; he was unconscious and wouldn’t know anything if they saw him. 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝕨𝕖𝗯𝚗𝚘𝕧𝕖𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝕞
"Grandmother, why didn’t you let me tell Mother that Father is also sick?" Baili Rui looked up, confused, and asked.
Old Madam Baili turned back, realizing they were quite a distance from the second daughter-in-law’s bedroom.
She shook her head and sighed, saying, "That’s because..."
"Grandmother, I heard Xiao Rui is back, where is he?" A chubby youth of fourteen or fifteen strode toward the grandmother and grandson.
