Chapter 1663: Chapter 1670: Madam Shen’s Decision, Second Watch (1)

Juhua was brought back, and as soon as Madam Shen and Lady Cui saw their daughter, she hugged her tightly, crying uncontrollably, lamenting the loss of her child. Juhua, affected by her mother’s emotions, recalled her near-death experience from the previous day and shed a few tears as well.

When Lord Shen saw his daughter return safely, he was naturally overjoyed. However, as a father, he could not express his emotions by embracing and sobbing over his daughter like his wife. He could only offer comfort from the side.

“It’s good that our daughter is back. Madam, please stop crying. Look, you’ve made our daughter cry too. Shouldn’t you quickly check if she’s injured or frightened in any way!”

Upon hearing this, Lady Cui hurriedly released Juhua, not even bothering to wipe her tears, and started looking her over, up and down.

“Good child, quickly tell mother, are you hurt anywhere? Have you suffered? How were you rescued…”

Juhua answered each question in turn, but when she got to the last one, she remembered the words Mo Zili had said to her. So, she deliberately left out the part about being saved by a man, saying, “After falling off the cliff, I fortunately didn’t hit the rocks. Later, I was carried by the water to the shore, where I found a broken temple and hid there for the night before being found by Housekeeper Liu…”

Her words were concise, but Lady Cui was shocked to the core!

Falling off a cliff, swept away by a torrent, hiding in a broken temple in a barren mountain—each sounds terrifying enough. Her daughter experienced so much in one day, it pained her deeply.

Juhua was mindful of the injury on her backside, but since it was in a private area, she didn’t mention it in front of everyone. It was only after returning to the carriage with her mother that she hesitantly told her about being bitten by a snake.

When Lady Cui heard that Juhua had been bitten by a snake, she was horrified and immediately asked her daughter to take off her trousers so she could see.

Juhua, being very close with her mother, naturally didn’t shy away. She pulled her trousers down to her knees and lay on the low couch to let her mother examine her wound.

Seeing the bruise, swollen and purple, Lady Cui’s heart ached and she kept chanting Buddha’s name, repeatedly insisting on calling a doctor, but Juhua covered her mouth.

“Mother, is this a place for others to see? It can’t even be talked about, let alone shown!”

Lady Cui knew her daughter was right, but seeing the bruise on her daughter’s backside, her heart ached so much that even her liver trembled. She murmured, “If we don’t call the doctor, I’ll find you a detoxification pill to take later. Also, you need to wash the wound with strong liquor to disinfect it.”

Juhua obediently agreed to her mother’s instructions. After her mother finished examining the wound, she got up and put her trousers back on.

As she was dressing, Lady Cui suddenly noticed something unusual about her underpants and was so shocked her eyeballs almost popped out of their sockets. She grabbed her daughter’s arm, which was pulling up her trousers, and asked in a trembling voice, “Your underpants… what’s wrong? Where’s the leg of your trousers?”

Juhua froze, the expression on her face halted.

Damn it, she had forgotten about cutting off the trouser leg. Now, she wouldn’t be able to keep Mo Zili’s secret from her mother.

She tugged at the corner of her mouth and said in a low voice, “Mother, don’t panic, let me explain…”

“…”

After Juhua was found and brought back, Lord Shen immediately ordered the journey to resume. Although Young Master Mo had fallen into the water while saving his daughter, he had an urgent appointment to keep. They had already delayed for half a day yesterday and couldn’t afford any more delays, so he left a few people to continue the search while he took his wife and daughter to continue on their way.

The carriage rumbled along, and about half an hour later, a protector rode a horse up to Lord Shen’s carriage and said, “My lord, madam requests your immediate presence. She says there are urgent matters to discuss with you!”