and tree here belonged to the past Lin Mengya, the pitiful young girl.
On the other hand, only the things in the Liuxin Courtyard truly belonged to her.

“Yes, I know that.
You be careful while in the prince’s mansion.
While Prince Yu would not let you suffer in any way, you still need to be cautious in everything.”

Lin Nansheng instructed as he was not totally at ease with the situation.
Lin Mengya did not know whether to laugh or to cry at her brother’s words.
Ever since she came to this world, she finally had the opportunity to experience the tenderness coming from a man of iron.

If the enemies and comrades of her valiant father and brother turned into submissive little lambs when they were around her, their jaws would drop from shock and disbelief.

“Elder Miss Lin, Madam and Second Miss are here.”

When this endearing brother-sister pair heard these words, their attitude turned cold in a split second.

Lin Mengya pondered for a moment purposely exposed the corner of her coat and pretended to be unbothered.
The mother-daughter pair really did not know to behave tactfully to have appeared at this time.

Ms.
Tian brought the two people into Lin Mengya’s bedroom.
Shangguan Qing and Lin Mengwu appeared frustrated, perhaps because of their repeated failure.

At present when they came before Lin Mengya, it seemed that they could not even be bothered to put on a fake smile.

“Mother, Younger Sister.”

Lin Mengya greeted them, adhering to the etiquette.
She bowed slightly as paying her respect.

“Erm, I heard you are going back soon, so I’ve come to see if you still need anything.”

From the moment she entered the room, Shangguan Qing’s eyes were like X-ray, scanning the entire room and scrutinizing every item in it.

Lin Mengya raised her eyebrows a little as she felt perplexed.
Shangguan Qing had obviously come from a much more prestigious family.
Her courtyard and house would be much more splendid and luxurious than everything in this old room.

However, she was looking at Lin Mengya’s belongings in such a way, unless…

“Thank you for worrying about me.
I’m not wanting in anything here.”

Lin Mengya purposely took one step to her left thereby blocking Shangguan Qing’s vision of the pile of her mother’s old clothes.

It seemed that she was guilty and did not want people to see what was there in her room.

However, the more she tried to block their view, the more Shangguan Qing and Lin Mengwu desired to see what it was.

It was Lin Nansheng’s cold stare that deterred them from taking any action.

“Oh, these must be the items Elder Sister left behind.
Ya’er, only you would be so sweet to go through them, but they are now so old and torn, and it must be awkward for you to bring them back to the prince’s mansion.
Why don’t you leave them here? I will get someone to mend them before sending them over to you.
What do you think?”

Shangguan Qing always managed to find noble excuses for her actions.

In the past, she had remained in Prince Yu’s Mansion and refused to leave, citing the reason that she missed her daughter.

Now, she was trying to keep the belongings of Lin Mengya’s mother citing the reason that they needed mending.

Given how much she cared about her own interests, she was not going to let this go so easily.


“Don’t bother, Mother.
I’m bringing these along with me as a memento.
They may be torn and tattered, but that’s how it should be kept, in their original state.
Please allow me to bring them along with me, considering how much I miss my mother.”

Lin Mengya knew better than anyone else how much Shangguan Qing hated her mother.

By reasoning, Shangguan Qing, the Second Miss of Shangguan Family was indeed being short-changed when she married Lin Mengya’s father, a widower at that time.
It puzzled Lin Mengya that Shangguan Qing was willing to do this.

“Alright then, it must have been so much for you.
I had been personally handling all the matters in the mansion these years, I’ve neglected taking good care of all three of you, children.
Men, make a record of every item here so Master can have a look at the list when he returns.
Be careful lest you break any of Elder Sister’s old belongings.”

Even she had failed to block Lin Mengya from taking these things away, at least she had to see what they were.

Lin Mengya sneered, standing by the side.

Although she was not clear what Shangguan Qing’s intention was, using her father to stop her nonsense was the best way about it.

Lin Mengya could only nod in agreement as she let the mother-daughter pair look on while she packed.
They must be feeling anxious since they could not lay their hands on those items.

“Rest assured that they wouldn’t be able to take anything belonging to Mother.”

Lin Mengya was not aware when Lin Nansheng walked up behind her and spoke softly to her.

With Baizhi and Ms.
Tian looking on, they could only look on and not touch those items.

When the mother-daughter pair saw those delicately-made clothes, decorated with all kinds of precious stones and gems, Lin Mengwu was especially jealous.

If not for Ms.
Tian’s severe expression on her face, coupled with Baizhi’s stare, perhaps Lin Mengwu would have appropriated them to herself.

“There are altogether thirty-six items, Madam and Second Miss.
I’ve recorded them all down.
Also, Ms.
Tian and I had shown and explained every item to you.
Is there anything else I can help with you?”

There was a cold look of jealousy in Lin Mengwu’s eyes, as she thought, “That wretched Ruyue, who used to cry for mercy when I beat her, but now Lin Mengya has her back so she despised me.”

At that instant, Lin Mengwu almost could not suppress her anger.
Looking up suddenly, how she wished she could give Baizhi a tight slap.

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