413 Searching For Someone (2)
Nanny Lan probably returned to the house and came out with a cloak soon after.
Dean Lu took it and personally draped it over Madam Qiu. After Nanny Lan left, he sat down in the chair beside her. “Have you seen Miss Ji?”
“Yes, I did,” Madam Qiu replied indifferently.
Madam Qiu’s poor health was actually the root cause of her illness since she was young. However, it was not so serious when she was young, so not many people knew about it.
As she grew older, her condition became more and more serious. Until one time, she fainted and almost couldn’t wake up. Dean Lu was afraid that she would really leave one day, so he resigned from his position because he wanted to accompany her more.
This was similar to what the rumors said.
With such a body, they naturally could not have children. Dean Lu was unwilling to add anyone to the room, so the two of them had no children.
This had always been Madam Qiu’s regret. Dean Lu had once suggested choosing one from the clan to raise. She only said that this kind of thing depended on fate, but in the end, it was left unsettled.
Unexpectedly, after lunch today, when the couple was chatting, she suddenly said that she wanted to acknowledge an adopted daughter. Dean Lu guessed who she was referring to. He never had any objections to Madam Qiu’s decision, so he naturally agreed.
“Then Miss Ji doesn’t suit you?” Dean Lu asked.
The two of them had been husband and wife for decades. How could they not understand each other?
Her attitude was obviously off.
Madam Qiu frowned. “I just feel that something is wrong.”
She paused, joking. “You know I’m the best judge of character.”
Back then, she was the one who had taken a fancy to Dean Lu, who was more than ten years older than her.
Her life was coming to an end, which also proved that she had not misjudged him.
Dean Lu shook her head with a bitter smile. She had said this countless times, but he felt that he had not done enough.
“Then tell me, what’s wrong? I’ll analyze it for you.” He still hoped that she could fulfill this wish before she left.
“I keep feeling that she wasn’t the one who saved me.” Madam Qiu rubbed her forehead. “Back then, I seemed to have seen a back view in a daze. She didn’t look like a female student.”
After a long time, she pointed in a direction. “I watched her walk out of there.”
Dean Lu looked in the direction she was pointing. It was clearly a wall. “Could it be that you saw wrongly?”
“I was wondering the same thing.” Madam Qiu’s voice became softer and softer.
Dean Lu looked over. She was already asleep in the rattan chair.
Dean Lu’s eyes instantly turned red. He closed his eyes in pain, his heart aching. He had never dared to show this in front of Madam Qiu.
A long sigh sounded in the courtyard. He stood up and carried her back to her room, carefully tucking Madam Qiu in.
Madam Qiu usually did not like to be served by too many people. She only had a nanny and a female servant by her side.
Thinking of her dilemma, Dean Lu summoned the two of them and asked, “Did anyone else come yesterday when Madam fainted?”
Nanny Lan happened to go out to pick up Ji Yunxi. When she returned, she saw that Madam Qiu had already fainted. Everyone she saw along the way could testify.
At that time, he had left the female attendant here to guard it.
Dean Lu looked at the female attendant. The female attendant’s heart tightened and she stammered, “I’ve been standing guard here and didn’t see anyone come by.”
Dean Lu narrowed his eyes and said sternly, “Tell me the truth.”
The female servant was so frightened that she knelt down. “I had a stomach ache and left for a while. When I returned, Madam had already fainted. I really didn’t see anyone come in.”
“I’ve told you a few times that Madam has to be guarded by someone. How can you leave Madam alone?” Nanny Lan lectured.
Fortunately, nothing happened to Madam. Otherwise, she would have been implicated.
Ignoring the maidservant’s cries and excuses, Dean Lu got someone to bring the maidservant away.
After some thought, he instructed Nanny Lan, “Go and ask Supervisor Xu if anyone came to the women’s school yesterday.”
Nanny Lan left and returned about 15 minutes later. Behind her was not only Supervisor Xu, but also a female servant.
“Director.”
Supervisor Xu bowed.
Dean Lu nodded.
Without waiting for him to ask, Supervisor Xu said, “Other than the female students, only Mrs. Song brought the two girls here yesterday. At that time, I saw that she was bored in the etiquette hall, so I asked Bi Tao to bring her out for a walk.”
She looked at the waitress. “You tell me.”
Shen Yijia sneezed. She rubbed her nose and planted the last grape seedling.
As for the vegetable seeds, Bruiser and Lin Shao had finished planting them before she returned.
