A life of two souls traveling through time

Chapter 472 Congratulations, you are Qingqing again

"The young lady has never come back?"

Early in the morning, in the Liu Mansion in Liangdu, Liu Jingxing came to the backyard again and saw that his daughter Liu Jiangxi's door was still closed. He was very anxious, so he asked the maid Shiwen who was following him.

Although his daughter left him a letter, saying that she had thought of a way to rescue Hong Qing and would stay in the outer city for a few days, asking him not to worry, she had never stayed overnight outside alone since she was a child, and she was still a girl. As a father, how could he not worry?

"No." Shiwen lowered her eyes and shook her head helplessly.

"This girl hasn't come back for so many days. It's all my fault that I spoil her too much!" Liu Jingxing sighed with a frown.

"Master, don't worry. Xiaodong goes to the outer city to inquire about news every day. If anything happens to the young lady, he will definitely come back to report." Shiwen had no choice but to persuade the master.

“Master…” At this time, the housekeeper of the Liu Mansion suddenly came quickly from the front yard. Seeing Liu Jingxing hesitating for a long time, he didn’t know how to start.

"If you have something to say, tell me quickly!" Liu Jingxing urged impatiently.

"Just now, I met Fang Ya Lao Jin outside and heard him say that the young lady sold the shop on Dongcheng Street a few days ago." The housekeeper hesitated for a moment before lowering his head and replying.

"What! She sold the shop!" Liu Jingxing was shocked and angry when he heard it. His face turned pale and he was about to jump up and down. That shop was the dowry he bought for his daughter many years ago, but she sold the shop for a prostitute before she even got married!

"Have you known about this a long time ago?" Liu Jingxing pointed at the maid Shiwen with trembling hands and asked angrily.

"Master, I don't know about this." Shiwen was also shocked that the young lady sold the shop privately. When she saw the master questioning her, she hurriedly shook her head and replied.

"master!"

"master!"

Liu Jingxing was so angry and anxious these days that he suddenly felt dizzy and staggered to the ground. Fortunately, the housekeeper and Shiwen supported him.

After Liu Jiangxi paid five thousand taels of silver to redeem Hong Qing, he took her out of Fengqifang and headed straight for the outskirts of the city.

"I never thought that even though I was in such a state, Madam Yun would ask for five thousand taels."

In the carriage, Hong Qing took her indenture contract from Liu Jiangxi and couldn't help but smile bitterly. She was glad that she had secretly saved up five thousand taels over the past twenty years, so she wouldn't have to trouble her good friend to pay her ransom.

After regaining her freedom, she was no longer Miss Hongqing of Fengqifang. She finally took off the red gauze and put on the light blue dress prepared for her by Liu Jiangxi. It was not as dazzling as before, but instead had a bit of freshness and softness. She still wore a veil on her face to cover the scar.

"The Liu family has always been supported by my father's salary, and I don't have much savings. The five thousand taels of ransom were of course paid with your money. The courtyard in the alley was left untouched and can be rented out in the future. You can live on it for the rest of your life." Liu Jiangxi took her hand and patted it, then whispered.

"I'm so sorry that you still worry about my future." Hong Qing took her hand gratefully, but after thinking for a moment, she frowned and said worriedly, "That's not right. The money I saved is only five thousand taels at most. Since the courtyard is not sold, where did the nearly one thousand taels I spent before come from?"

"To be honest, my father bought a shop on Dongcheng Street in his early years and left it for me as a dowry. Now I'm in urgent need of money, so I sold it." Liu Jiangxi smiled faintly and answered truthfully.

“Sister Jiang Xi…” Hong Qing had tears in her eyes when she heard this. She was so lucky to have such a close friend who tried her best to save her from the dire straits. However, this dowry was also the support of her second half of life!

"Don't worry, I am my father's only daughter. Even if the shop is gone, I still have the Liu family. All this is worth it as long as I can rescue you!" Seeing tears in Hong Qing's eyes again, Liu Jiangxi suddenly returned to his Zhang Shengshui appearance, stroking his beard and comforting her in a rough voice.

Hong Qing was worried, but when she heard her voice she couldn't help but laugh again.

Soon, the carriage stopped outside a simple courtyard on the outskirts of the city. Immediately, a woman who looked energetic came out to greet them. Liu Jiangxi helped Hong Qing get off the carriage and told the driver to leave before he took off his beard and introduced her:

"This is Master Qin's wife, Sister You. Please stay here for two days. I will come to pick you up after I have made all the arrangements." After Chong Hongqing finished speaking, she turned around and handed a bag of money to the woman, and continued to instruct: "Sister You, I ask you to take good care of my sister for two days. She has injuries and needs more attention."

"Miss Liu, you are too polite. We are just trying to find a way for you to get along with each other. How can we charge you for such a small favor?" The woman readily agreed and pushed the purse back into Liu Jiangxi's hand, saying with a smile.

"You have helped me a lot during this period of time. I have to take good care of my sister in the next two days, which will inevitably delay your work. At present, Mr. Qin has to support so many people in the troupe, which is also hard. Sister You, please don't shirk it. I can only feel at ease if you take this money."

Hearing Liu Jiangxi say this, the woman gladly took the money and led them into the courtyard.

Liu Jiangxi went back to the house and changed back into her old daughter's clothes. She saw Hong Qing sitting in the yard, squinting her eyes and opening her arms towards the sunlight above her head. She understood that she was feeling the freedom and the joy of being reborn.

"Thank you, Sister Jiang Xi."

"Congratulations, you're Qingqing again."

They smiled at each other in the sunlight, and even if they had thousands of words in their hearts, they could all be understood from each other's smiling eyes.

After Liu Jiangxi parted with Hong Qing, he returned to the Liu family on his own. Seeing that the young lady who had disappeared for a few days finally came back safely, the servants of the Liu family were all delighted. Only Liu Jingxing, who was sick in bed, was still too angry and didn't want to see his daughter.

Liu Jiangxi felt extremely guilty when she learned that her father fell ill because of her. Seeing that her father was still angry, she did not dare to rush into the room. She knelt outside the room despite the housekeeper's dissuasion. The father and daughter, one angry and the other stubborn, left the servants in the mansion helpless.

"Master, the young lady is still kneeling outside. She hasn't even had lunch yet." After noon, the butler couldn't help but sigh softly while serving Liu Jingxing medicine.

"Let her kneel if she wants to. Now that her wings are strong enough, she can fly. How can I, as a father, control her?" Hearing the housekeeper's words, Liu Jingxing felt distressed, but then he thought that it was really too much for his daughter to sell the shop without telling him. He couldn't spoil her like this anymore, so he raised his voice and snorted coldly outside.

Liu Jiangxi listened to his father's angry words and had no choice but to continue kneeling on the ground without saying a word.

"Miss, why don't you ask Shiwen to bring some food?" The housekeeper came out, bent down and coaxed the young lady softly.

"Fifth Uncle, please don't bother me. This time it's my unfilial behavior as a daughter that has made my father sick. Jiang Xi should be punished." Liu Jiangxi shook her head and said stubbornly towards the slightly open door.

The housekeeper had no choice but to sigh helplessly again and walk out of the yard with the empty medicine bowl.

It was not until dusk that Liu Jingxing could not help but get out of bed. He came to the door and saw his daughter's frail body, which had been kneeling for most of the day and was about to collapse. He was immediately distressed and hurriedly called the maid to help her up.

Half an hour later, Liu Jiangxi still sat in front of her father Liu Jingxing's bed with her eyes lowered, feeling guilty. After dinner, her complexion looked much better, and Shiwen had applied medicine on her knee.

"What's there for a girl to show off? How can you get married if you kneel down and get yourself into trouble?" Liu Jingxing leaned against the head of the bed and looked at his daughter in front of him, pretending to be angry.

"My daughter will not marry. She will stay at home to accompany her father. I am the only daughter by his side. Can you bear to send your daughter to another family?" Liu Jiangxi shook her head and then looked up at her father with grievance.

“Of course I don’t want to let you go, but daddy can’t be with you forever! I have to find someone who can take care of you…” When he thought about his daughter leaving him, Liu Jingxing couldn’t help but shed tears.

"I don't need anyone to take care of me. My daughter can take care of herself."

"Silly girl, you are talking nonsense again. How can you support yourself? Daddy has finally saved some money to leave you a shop so that you can have an income in the future, but you just take the initiative to sell it!" Liu Jingxing was angry again after he finished speaking, but what else could he do now? After all, she is his own daughter. He still loves her even if he beats or scolds her, right?

"I'm sorry, father." Hearing a hint of annoyance in his father's tone, Liu Jiangxi lowered his head again but did not give any explanation.

"Forget it, forget it. Now that the shop has been sold, what else can I say?" Liu Jingxing waved his hands and sighed.

"Father, I want to bring Qingqing home in two days." There was silence in the room for a moment, and Liu Jiangxi spoke again cautiously.

"Qingqing?" Liu Jingxing frowned in confusion.

"It's Hongqing, that's her original name. Now that she has left Fengqifang, there is no more Hongqing in this world, only Qingqing who has been reborn." Liu Jiangxi said with a smile. She was also happy for her friend from the bottom of her heart.

"She is in such a miserable state now. I'm afraid no one in Liangdu City will take care of her except you. She is really pitiful! But if you want to take her in, you must not let outsiders know." Seeing the smile on his daughter's face, Liu Jingxing did not object although he had some concerns.

"My daughter understands."

Seeing that her father agreed, Liu Jiangxi was overjoyed. For the first time, she smiled brightly and nodded in response.