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Song Jiyun returned home, where Madam Qian had been waiting in the hall.

Upon seeing her and Yuan Yunzhong enter the hall, she hurried forward, grasped Song Jiyun's hand, but asked Yuan Yunzhong, "How was the journey? Was everything smooth on the road?"

"Smooth!" Yuan Yunzhong saluted Madam Qian, letting Shao Qing come in to greet Madam Qian, and introduced him, saying, "Shao Qing is a former servant of our family. Hearing he was here, he specifically came to visit."

Madam Qian had no suspicions.

The appearance and character of Yuan Yunzhong were not those that an ordinary family could raise.

She had always suspected that Yuan Yunzhong was a young master from a noble family who had fallen on hard times and thus ended up in the Pear Garden.

She did not look down on Shao Qing; instead, she instructed Song Jiyun, "It is commendable that Young Master Shao remembers and has come to visit Young Master Yuan. Do not neglect him!"