By mid-May, the weather had become even hotter, and the cicadas in the trees began their incessant chirping, especially in the afternoon, when one might crave to hug a basin of ice and go nowhere.
But some people just couldn't stay idle.
These days, Zou Qiuyue felt particularly agitated. Why? Because Aunt Shui had fallen ill.
Although Aunt Shui wasn't a legitimate mother-in-law, merely a concubine of her father-in-law, she was still Gu Kun's favored concubine and now the matriarch of the family.
As Gu Kun's daughter-in-law, Zou Qiuyue naturally had to attend to her illness.
Previously, the household affairs were mostly managed by Aunt Shui, but now Zou Qiuyue had to take over, and she was busy beyond measure every day.
However, her inner longing, surprisingly, seemed to grow stronger and did not lessen in the slightest due to the busyness, especially intensifying at night.
