Chapter 95

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Then, Luo Rongrong stayed by Su Qing’s side all day, and she refused to leave when the time came to go to bed at night, arguing that she wanted to sleep with Su Qing.

Luo Wentai thought that Luo Rongrong was too sad and needed someone to comfort her, so he didn’t care. Or, perhaps, he was very sure that Su Qing would not say anything to her daughter in order to protect her. He didn’t stop it, but asked Su Qing to persuade his daughter.

Su Qing was a little embarrassed. These days, in order to protect Huairou, she’d been sleeping with Huairou at night.

Li Huairou took the initiative to propose that she should go sleep on the couch in the outer room.

Su Qing thought that was fine too.

In the evening, Luo Rongrong cuddled in Su Qing’s arms. Su Qing gently caressed her back. Luo Rongrong thought that she hadn’t been so close to her mother for a long time.

“Mother!” Luo Rongrong called softly.

Su Qing shook her head and pointed to the outside.

Luo Rongrong’s expression was a little sad. Could it be that, at night, those people who were watching would not leave?

Su Qing wrote a few words on Luo Rongrong’s palm: “What’s wrong?”

Luo Rongrong’s eyes were reddened, but she didn’t speak. She just took out the letter that Lin Anzhi had hidden in the cover.

Su Qing took the letter and read it ten lines at a glance. She had already guessed it, so her reaction was much calmer than Luo Rongrong’s. Besides, she also knew that Luo Wentai’s child was probably not Lin Anzhi but the third disciple, Luo Zhengjie. Lin Anzhi was probably just Luo Wentai’s shield to protect Luo Zhengjie.

[一目十行 (yi mu shi hang) means to read very rapidly]

As for why Luo Wentai had changed his mind and killed Lin Anzhi, Su Qing couldn’t guess his intentions, but it must have something to do with Rongrong.

It seemed that Luo Wentai already knew that he was infertile. Su Qing’s heart was half-relieved; Rongrong would be safe.

“Don’t be sad, mother is here,” Su Qing wrote in Luo Rongrong’s palm.

Luo Rongrong saw that Su Qing was already very sad but was trying to comfort her by pretending that nothing had happened. She was so sad that she started crying again while holding Su Qing.

Su Qing continued to write in her palm, “Don’t ask, don’t say anything. It is the safest if you don’t know anything.”

Luo Rongrong nodded silently. She didn’t understand why it had become like this! What she’d thought was a happy family was actually an illusion! The father she’d always thought of as gentle and loving was also fake. The one who she’d thought of as her lover was actually her brother, who’d approached her just for revenge!

What was true about her life?

Luo Rongrong was very sad.

Immediately, Luo Rongrong recalled something—was the matter of Da Shixiong also fake? Was Da Shixiong really innocent? Luo Rongrong probably understood her mother’s protection of Li Huairou when she came back. It turned out that, in this world, the person who believed in Da Shixiong the most was her mother.

Luo Rongrong was a little ashamed, but she was even more sad.

Su Qing hugged her daughter in her arms and patted her lightly as she had when she was a child, until Luo Rongrong slowly fell asleep.

The next morning, Luo Wentai came early in the morning, accompanied Su Qing and Luo Rongrong for breakfast, and fed Su Qing the medicine himself.

When Luo Wentai was feeding the medicine, he kept staring at Luo Rongrong from the corner of his eyes. But Luo Rongrong’s expression was the same as usual, and Luo Wentai was a little relieved.

It was just that Luo Wentai didn’t realize that Luo Rongrong was clenching her hand tightly in her sleeve, and she didn’t even notice that her nails had pierced her palm.

“Rongrong, you’ve been in a bad mood these few days, and the food hasn’t been delicious. Why don’t you let Dad take you out to relax? Haven’t you always wanted to go to Hangzhou?” Luo Wentai said with a smile.

Luo Rongrong shook her head. “I don’t want to go anywhere. I just want to stay by my mother’s side.”

“Aren’t you the most lively? Dad thought about it; always staying here, it’s inevitable to be emotional, always indulging in sadness. It’s not a good thing either. Dad will take you and your shixiong to walk around, relax, see the great rivers and mountains, and get to know more people. Isn’t that not bad?” Luo Wentai continued to persuade.

But no matter what Luo Wentai said, Luo Rongrong just wouldn’t want to go.

Luo Wentai still had to maintain the image of a loving father.

Seeing this, Su Qing said, “Wait for a few days, and I will persuade her.”

Luo Wentai nodded. “Tell her well. I am also doing this for her own good!”

After Luo Wentai left, Su Qing winked at Li Huairou, who’d come in later. Li Huairou immediately understood and walked over to block the view outside the door.

Su Qing grabbed Luo Rongrong’s hand and saw the blood on her palm. Her face was full of distress.

Luo Rongrong didn’t care, and she took a handkerchief and casually wiped her hand. “Mother, I don’t want to go anywhere. I just want to stay by your side.” If her dad was really such a cruel person, her mother must be in danger now. She had to accompany her mother, protect her mother.

Su Qing nodded. She was worried that Rongrong would go out with Luo Wentai; who knew what Luo Wentai would do when he was mad!

Luo Wentai waited for a few days, but Luo Rongrong still didn’t want to go, so he was a little angry. He’d originally planned to take advantage of this trip to match his daughter and six apprentices to have them marry as soon as possible and give birth to a grandson as soon as possible. Unexpectedly, this child, Rongrong, was as ignorant as her mother.

That being the case, they shouldn’t blame him for using extraordinary means.

All he wanted was a grandson. If he had a grandson, he wouldn’t need a daughter!

But Luo Rongrong stayed by Su Qing’s side and refused to leave. He couldn’t do anything in front of Su Qing. After all, he still had to maintain the surface peace with Su Qing, and he also needed Su Qing to cooperate with him.

“Sixth Shixiong, why are you here right now?” Li Huairou asked in surprise. They had all washed up and were going to sleep. Why was he here at this time?

Sixth Shixiong, Situ Lei, was a little embarrassed. “I accidentally found a piece of clothes and a jade pendant. It seems that it belonged to Lin-shidi. I wasn’t sure, so I wanted to find Shijie to have a look.”

Luo Rongrong heard this was something of Lin Anzhi’s, and she immediately dressed and walked out. “I’ll go take a look.”

However, Li Huairou had some doubts. If it were clothes and a jade pendant, Sixth Shixiong could have brought them to Luo Rongrong. So why did Luo Rongrong have to go there?

“Shijie, wait a moment.” Li Huairou wanted to hold Luo Rongrong, but Luo Rongrong had already followed Situ Lei out.

Li Huairou wanted to catch up, but she was stopped.

“Shijie!” Li Huairou shouted.

Luo Rongrong looked back, but she was stunned by Situ Lei’s using his palm as a knife, who then half-hugged her and carried her away.

Li Huairou was a little anxious, but Su Qing also heard the movement and called her from inside. “Huairou, what’s the matter?”

Li Huairou hurriedly turned around and told Su Qing. Su Qing’s face was ashen, but she tried her best to keep calm. “Huairou, come here.”

Li Huairou leaned over, and Su Qing whispered in her ear. “There is a secret passage under the bed. You can go out. The switch is on the bed.”

Li Huairou nodded her head. She immediately squatted in front of the bed, groping with her hands under the bed board.

“Be careful!” Su Qing whispered.

Li Huairou nodded, and she got under the bed and went out along the secret passage.

Li Huairou went directly to the place where Situ Lei lived, but she found it empty. No one was there.

As she was in a hurry, Su Muhe suddenly appeared behind her. His black-clothed subordinate was still holding someone in his arms.

Li Huairou immediately greeted them, and they turned out to have Luo Rongrong with them. “What’s going on?”

“What else can happen? Someone’s jumping off the wall. Take her back and wait for the good show tomorrow morning!” Su Muhe motioned to his subordinate to hand Luo Rongrong to Li Huairou. Li Huairou took Luo Rongrong. “How is my brother lately?”

“He’s alright. I’m not as anxious as the first time. Recently, he’s been teaching the children nearby to read and write. Those villagers were very grateful to him and often gave him food. And there was a little girl who rushed to clean the house and make clothes for him. It’s very good!” Speaking of which, Su Muhe also admired Li Huaishan. Most people who fell into Li Huaishan’s situation would be stunned and lost. He’d done the same at the beginning, but he quickly walked out and successfully integrated into a new environment and new life.

With such an open-minded temperament, it was a pity that he had not met a good master.

Li Huairou was quite relieved. She was struggling to hold Luo Rongrong, and it might be difficult if she went back the same way.

“No one dares to stop you when you walk through the door. Luo Wentai probably doesn’t care about you now.” Su Muhe wanted to laugh, thinking of what might happen tomorrow morning.

“What did you do?” Li Huairou asked curiously.

“You’ll know in the morning.” Su Muhe thought for a while and was worried. He had to stand by and not let them wake up too early; otherwise, there would be no good show in the morning. It was better to add something to make the battle a little more intense—well, it was such a happy decision.

Su Muhe turned around and left.

Li Huairou sighed. Since there’s nothing to fear, why don’t you help send people back! She couldn’t do it alone!

Li Huairou took a lot of energy to carry Luo Rongrong to the door, and the disciples who guarded the door were full of disbelief when they saw them.

“What are you doing, not hurrying up and helping!” Li Huairou was sweating profusely.

The two little disciples looked at her, and she looked at them. One stepped forward to help, and the other turned around and ran away.

Li Huairou didn’t care. Together with the younger disciple, they took Luo Rongrong inside and placed her beside Su Qing.

“Alright, let’s go out!” Li Huairou waved. The little disciple looked left and right, then closed the door and went out.

Su Qing checked Luo Rongrong nervously and found that her clothes were intact and there were no traces on her body. She was finally relieved.

“Shiniang, take the medicine!” Li Huairou said while sitting there and panting.

Su Qing nodded. “Huairou, what’s going on?”

Li Huairou knew that she couldn’t hide it, so she told Su Qing everything, one by one, including her yellow millet dream, Su Muhe, and Lin Anzhi. She only concealed Su Muhe’s plan.

After Su Qing heard this, her face was pale. She leaned on the bed, unable to say a word for a long time. Tears rolled down her cheeks, and, soon, the front of her clothes was wet.

“Shiniang!” Li Huairou was a little worried.

Su Qing slowly came back to her senses. She looked at Li Huairou and held her hand. “Good child, you must have suffered! You must be terrified!”

She had long known that her husband was not what he seemed on the surface, righteous and awe-inspiring, gentle and harmless. Unexpectedly, he was such a person! The person by her pillow was no better than a beast!

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