Chapter 167

"I dreamed of Nuo Nuo again. She was there, all alone, living in misery. I dreamed that she was sick, dreamed of her crying helplessly for her mother alone at night."

Speaking of this, Lady Qian choked up, her heart aching uncontrollably.

"What should I do, what should I do..."

Over the years, she had dreamed of similar scenes countless times. She longed to comfort Nuo Nuo when she cried, to tell her that mother was there.

But she couldn't do it, she simply couldn't do it. She could only watch helplessly.

Waking up from these nightmares time and time again.

Upon hearing Lady Qian's words, Luo Juan felt a dull ache in his heart.

Others might not understand Lady Qian's situation, but as her closest companion, he knew.

He was well aware of Lady Qian's circumstances and naturally knew that what she had been thinking about might be true.

That was their daughter. Hearing this, how could he not feel heartbroken? Seeing Lady Qian in such a state made him even more distressed.

He reached out and pulled Lady Qian into his embrace, gently comforting her again and again.

"Don't cry. We will find her, we will."

The Great Master had said, "When the time comes, she will return to them."

Over the years, they had traveled far and wide, moving residences multiple times in order to find her trail.

They had established branches of the Luo Family Medical Clinic across the land in search of information.

Now, he had learned that at a city not far from here, two restaurants had suddenly introduced hot pot cuisine the year before.

This dish was something Lady Qian had once made, but she had not touched it again after that incident.

Lady Qian had said that this dish was a specialty of that place, and now only people from there would know how to make it.

He had a feeling that it might be her.

But as Lady Qian's condition had been unstable lately, he dared not mention this to her until he had confirmed it.

He was afraid that if it turned out to be a false lead, it would only worsen her condition.

So he planned to seize an opportunity to investigate personally first. Once confirmed, he would share this surprise with her.

Under his comforting voice, Lady Qian gradually calmed down and fell asleep with tear stains on her face.

.....................

At the Gu Residence.

It was evident that The Prince of Nanyang was truly fond of hunting in the mountains.

After his morning exercises, he immediately took Gu Jinchen and their hunting gear to the mountains.

Only Luo Ge and the others remained at home.

"He knows nothing but wandering around. Doesn't he consider whether Luo Ge can be left alone or not?"

Upon hearing Auntie Shuang mention this, Princess Consort couldn't help but comment.

When she was carrying her young son during the later stages of pregnancy, she became extremely clingy. Not to mention that Luo Ge's condition was even more delicate, making it impossible for her to be left alone.

"That would be good."

It's better to have contingencies in place.

"Alright."

Although one wet nurse had been arranged, they still needed to find more.

After all, triplets required extra preparation.

....... When Gu Jinchen and the others returned in the evening, the Prince unsurprisingly received a scolding from Princess Consort that night.

As for Gu Jinchen, he returned to their chambers with a guilty expression.

Recalling Doctor Ming and Princess Consort's words, he felt that he had been negligent.

"Wife..."

Before he could apologize, Luo Ge told him about their discussion with Princess Consort regarding finding wet nurses.

Gu Jinchen's words caught in his throat as he looked at Luo Ge in bewilderment.

"What's wrong?"

Looking at his expression, Luo Ge also had a bewildered look on her face.

"Ahem, it's nothing, I'll have them look for it tomorrow."

Gu Jinchen said with a cough, silently cursing himself as a beast.

Although his wife had grown up a lot, with three children, she naturally couldn't take care of everything, what was he thinking?

Even so, his gaze somehow kept drifting towards her.

Then he hurriedly averted his gaze, rubbed his nose, his long fingers unconsciously caressing.

That... looking at his wife... should not be inappropriate, right?

Seeing his strange behavior, Luo Ge's face was filled with confusion, feeling that he was acting odd.

Following his strange gaze, she looked down, suddenly realizing something and her face turned red as she reached out and slapped him.

"Gu Jinchen!"

Seeing his wife's reaction, Gu Jinchen immediately straightened himself and admitted his mistake.

"Ahem, wife, I know I was wrong."

Seeing how self-aware he was, Luo Ge didn't really know what to say, and then she thought that he actually seemed quite pitiful.

He had abstained for twenty-five years, and finally married his wife, but the babies came so early, turning vegetarian right after starting to eat meat...

Ahem.

"It's getting late, let's sleep."

Unfortunately, Gu Jinchen didn't know her thoughts, or else he would have surely responded to her with a pitiful "Yeah, that's right."

"Alright."

Seeing his wife move on so easily, Gu Jinchen quickly agreed, willingly acting as her pillow to help her sleep.