Lu Liangwei noticed Ling Lihua's sudden change in mood. She paused and held Ling Lihua's hands. "What's wrong, Mother?"
Ling Lihua forcefully suppressed her sadness and was smiling again when she lifted her head. "Nothing."
Lu Liangwei looked into her eyes and said seriously, "Mother, if there's something bothering you, you can always tell me. Even though I might not be able to give you a solution, we can still try to figure it out together."
Ling Lihua looked at her understanding daughter and felt very comforted by her. "It's not anything that I can't say to you. It's just that before your father left for battle, he came looking for me at the medicinal shop. He was drunk that night and stayed overnight at the shop…"
Lu Liangwei looked with astonishment at Ling Lihua. "Father went looking for you and stayed the night at the medicinal shop?"
