Dark Night

"Second Master, what's wrong with you?"

Overhead, fireworks exploded, making the night sky as bright as day, but making the back garden covered with rockery even darker, which was just the right time to live in mediocrity.

Ah Zhu originally thought that in such an ambiguous atmosphere, she would have a passionate lovemaking with Tan Mozhu, and then take advantage of his good mood to let him take her into his room. Even if she had no official status, as long as she entered the South Courtyard and became the only woman by his side, she would be the mistress of the South Courtyard, and no longer just a second-class maid in front of Fan Wenlan.

But who would have thought that no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't get Tan Mozhu to react.

Could it be that...his infertility problem is so serious that he can't have sex?

Ah Zhu frowned slightly. She couldn't see Tan Mozhu's face clearly. She only felt that he was breathing heavily and there was clearly something in his body that he couldn't release.

"Second Master?"

She tried to call out softly, but Tan Mozhu remained motionless, staring into space without blinking.

Tan Mozhu has fallen into a trance.

At this moment, a scene emerged in his mind, a scene from his childhood.

He couldn't remember how many years ago it was, he only remembered that Tan Moxiang was not yet born and was still in her mother's womb.

It's probably around July or August, and the belly is big.

Her mother, with her big belly, was enjoying herself under their father, sobbing like a kitten, with an expression of pain and joy on her face, which made her already delicate appearance even more pitiful.

At first, he felt sorry for her, the vixen his mother called her, whose belly was so big that she couldn't walk, and was still being bullied by his father while being pressed on the bed.

But as the number of times of peeping increased, pity slowly twisted into a desire.

He asked the mother of the brothel, and was told that this desire of his was called gestophilia, which was common to both men and women. It could not be cured, so he could only suppress it in his heart.

However, rich people can come to their brothel to find pregnant prostitutes to vent their desires, and of course he can do so too, but he doesn't want to because he thinks it's dirty.

Deep down, he felt that having a woman in his arms was a sacred thing, and selling her pregnant body was no different from committing adultery.

Therefore, he only wanted the cleanest pregnant women, who were forced to have sex with him.

For example... Zhao Mingyan after she revealed her pregnancy...

"I'm tired."

His focus gradually returned, and when he met Ah Zhu's worried eyes, he patted her butt, asked her to stand up, straightened his clothes, and turned to leave.

"Second Master..."

Ah Zhu slumped on the ground, watching his back disappear into the darkness, her heart sinking to the bottom.

"It's been three years... You took my virginity away from me before I even reached adulthood. You dragged me in for sex every now and then, but in the end, I got nothing!"

The more she thought about it, the angrier she became, and the more unwilling she became.

"I'm no longer a virgin. Even if the old lady finds a good marriage for me in the future, I wouldn't dare get married... wuwuwu..."

In the end, she could only cover her face and cry helplessly.

"Second Master, why are you here?"

Hearing the noise outside the house, Xu Qiaolian, who was holding her son and trying to coax him to sleep, was startled. She hurriedly handed the child to the maid beside her, and rushed out of the door with her pregnant belly that had just become apparent.

"Alian, the Second Master is here."

However, she had only taken a few steps out of the door when she saw her husband coming with a gloomy-looking Tan Mozhu, blocking her way.

Looking at her panicked expression and her growing belly, Tan Mozhu's expression instantly turned from gloomy to bright and he smiled at her, his smile extremely gentle.

"Qiao'er, today is Lantern Festival, I came to see you and the child."

Xu Qiaolian shuddered, and a chill immediately spread throughout her body. She looked at her husband angrily, but the latter just lowered his head and dared not say a word, like a turtle hiding in his shell.

She smiled.

Snap——

The next moment, she slapped him and turned and went into the house.

Her husband covered his left cheek, smiled awkwardly and raised his hand to signal Tan Mozhu.

Tan Mozhu smiled slightly, and waited until the maid came out carrying the child before walking in slowly.

Xu Qiaolian's husband hurried forward and closed the door.

The maid looked at him with a look that was both mocking and sad.

"Qiao'er."

As soon as the door was closed, Tan Mozhu couldn't wait to hug Xu Qiaolian, caress her pregnant belly, and kiss her lips.

Xu Qiaolian subconsciously dodged, leaving him with a kiss in vain.

Tan Mozhu smiled, asked her to turn around so that her back was facing him, then he undressed her and reached in.

Xu Qiaolian bit her lower lip hard, but she couldn't stop trembling all over.

She was like a shivering rabbit, which made Tan Mozhu think of his third aunt who was crying and begging for mercy under his father.

His eyes turned red and he pushed Xu Qiaolian to the bed, asking her to support herself with her hands and arch her body.

Xu Qiaolian widened her eyes, feeling even more terrified and ashamed.

"don't want!"

When Tan Mozhu lifted her skirt, she suddenly turned around, pushed Tan Mozhu away, and said in a resounding voice: "I don't want it!"

Tan Mozhu still had a smile in his eyes, but the determination in his eyes became stronger.

"Be good, come here."

He held out his hand to her.

Xu Qiaolian kept backing away until she sat down on the bed, and Tan Mozhu approached her.

“Don’t… uh…”

Her resistance was quickly swallowed up by Tan Mozhu, and then the sound of clothes being pulled and various noises caused by struggles were heard, which made the two people outside the door look gloomy.

The child in the maid's arms was less than one year old and had no idea what was happening at the moment. She just noticed that the maid was sobbing softly, so she also pursed her lips and was about to cry.

Seeing this, the maid hurriedly carried him to the yard and coaxed him softly, "It's okay...it's okay..."

"ah!"

Suddenly, Xu Qiaolian's painful cries were heard from the room, scaring the child into crying loudly. The maid rushed to the door in a hurry, but was grabbed by her master.

"Don't ruin the Second Master's good deeds!"

The maid gritted her teeth and tears welled up in her eyes.

Just when she finally mustered up the courage to kick the door open, it opened and the two adults and one child outside were all stunned.

The child stopped crying, but the anxiety on his face was even more intense than before.

The maid looked at Tan Mozhu who walked out with a dark face, opened her mouth, and suddenly smelled a bloody smell.

She was stunned and rushed in with the child in her arms.

"Call a doctor!"

The next moment, her shrill scream was heard...

As the night deepened, fewer fireworks appeared in the sky, and many lanterns were extinguished. The excitement of the Lantern Festival gradually faded, and the streets of Zhaohua Town were no longer bustling.

At this time, a carriage was passing by Huadengfang, its destination being Luolai Town. Because they were in a hurry, they did not slow down even when passing through a busy city. Instead, the lanterns outside the window looked like a revolving lantern, which dazzled the two people inside the carriage window.

"Look, look...it's the official light."

"Huh... How weird! It looks like an official was hanged."

"Look, that's a rolling lantern. It's even bigger than the one Mingyue Zhai sent."

"But it's not as exquisite as the ones made by Mingyue Zhai. I don't know how they manage to keep the fire from going out and not burn the lanterns."

Nanny Qiu and Nanny Yin were so engrossed in the lively conversation that they completely forgot there was another person in the carriage.

Tan Moxiang was sitting next to another window, also looking out the window, but she was not admiring the lanterns. Instead, she was staring at the dark areas that the lanterns could not illuminate.

"No matter how beautiful the lanterns are, they are not moonlight or starlight. They cannot illuminate every corner or corner, nor can they illuminate the dark hearts of people." She murmured sarcastically.

"Um?"

Suddenly, she seemed to hear the sound of fighting and faint screams coming from a corner.

She immediately sat up straight and pricked up her ears.

“Help…Help…”

She was not mistaken; someone was calling for help.

“Stop!”

She immediately leaned out and shouted to the driver.

“Oh…”

The driver's hands moved faster than his brain, and he did as he was told without thinking, pulling the carriage to the side of the road.

"Ouch!"

The carriage shook, catching both Nanny Qiu and Nanny Yin off guard and causing them to kowtow.

"Huh?"

Nanny Yin reacted faster. She turned her head and saw that Tan Moxiang actually opened the door and jumped out of the car. Her first thought was that she was trying to escape, and then she shouted to catch her.

After landing on the ground, Tan Moxiang was not panicked at all. She turned around and waved to the two guards who were about to catch her, "Follow me!"

The two looked at each other and quickly followed her.

Following the sounds of fighting and shouting, Tan Moxiang entered a narrow and dark alley and soon discovered three tall men beating a thin scholar.

They had beaten the man to the ground, and while beating him, they were still asking him, "Where did you hide the man?"

The man didn't answer. He protected his head and face with his hands and tried to shrink into the corner.

"stop!"

Tan Moxiang shouted loudly, and the three people stopped and turned around in confusion.

Just when Tan Moxiang was about to ask his guards to subdue the three gangsters and hand them over to the authorities, one of them suddenly retracted his fist and rushed into the depths of the alley.

The other two looked at Tan Moxiang and the security guard behind her in confusion, and then fled the scene.

Tan Moxiang narrowed his eyes slightly, feeling that the first person who escaped looked familiar.

But she didn't have time to think about it at the moment, and hurried to check on the condition of the fallen man.

"Are you okay?"

"It shouldn't be serious, just minor injuries."

A security guard squatted down and after just one glance he realized that the man's injuries were not too serious, so he carefully helped him up.

"Sanniang!"

Nanny Qiu and Nanny Yin chased after them. When they saw the injured man, they roughly understood what had happened. So they held Tan Moxiang on both sides and walked back.

The guard who supported the man helped him stand against the wall, bowed, and left.

"My name is Meilin, and I'm a teacher at Huadengfang Private School. Thank you all for helping me. May I ask..."

Before the man finished speaking, the group had disappeared at the alley entrance. He was Mr. Mei, Merlin.

"hiss……"

He rubbed the corners of his mouth that were sore from talking, and thought to himself: Traveling in the middle of the night?

"drive!"

A Ri was also traveling at night. Taking advantage of the fact that there were many people around during the Lantern Festival, he could ride his horse at night without attracting other people's attention. So he rushed to a small village next to Luyang Town and went straight to the Zhang family who lived at the end of the village.

"Excuse me, is Master Zhang here?"

He led the horse and knocked on the gate.

“Here I come!”

There was a quick response from inside, and a middle-aged man came to open the door.

"Who are you?"

After he saw A Ri's face clearly, he showed hesitation.

"My name is Tan Ri."

Ah Ri bowed politely, then with a swish, he drew the sword from his waist and pressed it against his neck. "If you want to live, do as I say!"