Chapter 120
"this……"
"I really don't know."
Shen Jiao tugged at the white cloth that bound the wound on his hand, hunched his shoulders, shook his head uneasily, tears welling in his eyes.
He still seems to be afraid.
It's no wonder. A little girl has definitely never encountered anything like this before. How could she not be afraid?
The second young master felt that even if he suffered such a great hardship at his age, he would definitely be afraid.
But with so many lives at stake, we cannot be careless.
His tone became gentler as he said, "Don't be afraid. Think about it carefully and see if you can remember anything."
Shen Jiao glanced downward, as if trying hard to recall something.
He stammered, "What about stones?"
"Stone?" The second young master looked at her in confusion.
Shen Jiao explained, "Before I lost consciousness, I saw two people carrying a large stone. They were mumbling something... I couldn't tell what they were talking about, but they seemed very happy. When I regained consciousness, the stone was not far away, and it had been burned... At first, I felt it was strange... Now I think, maybe... they mistook the stone for some kind of prey. At that time... we all thought we had been trapped for a long time and were very hungry... Maybe hunger caused some kind of hallucination..."
Shen Jiao was a drug addict, so naturally he fell into hallucinations later.
After hearing her say this, the second young master had some guesses, but these guesses were hard for him to accept.
I feel indescribable regret in my heart.
To verify, he called Wei Qian over to ask.
From him I learned that everyone had eaten all the fasting pills and could only drink water to fill their stomachs.
So it was confirmed.
Presumably, Lingnu killed the guards for food, and Deacon Feng fought with her to stop her, but he unexpectedly used too much force and instead intensified the conflict.
These two people were fine, perhaps because they were Seventeen's people, and Ling Nu and the others found it difficult to attack them, so they were able to survive.
Otherwise, with the strength of these two people, there would probably be two more corpses.
"Alas," the Second Young Master sighed and said to Xue Shun, "I've asked everything I need to ask. Seventeen, you two should have a good rest. I'll have someone send over some medicine later."
"I have it here, don't worry about it, second brother." Xue Shun liked him very much and didn't want to take advantage of him.
But that's not the case.
"What's yours is yours, and what my second brother gave me is what my second brother gave me. There's no need to refuse. I'm leaving now. If you have any problems, please send someone to find me. As long as my second brother can take care of it, I will do my best."
"Okay," Xue Shun said with a pale smile, "Thank you, second brother."
"Rest well, there's no need to see me off. I'll report to my parents on your behalf, so you don't have to go." The second young master held down Xue Shun, who was about to get up, and patted him on the shoulder, saying worriedly, "Take care of yourself. You're the youngest in the family, and at this age, you can't collapse just like that."
As he said he was leaving and had already stood up, he couldn't help but give a few more reminders, such as taking medicine well, eating well, and not thinking too much.
Xue Shun agreed one by one, looked at the sky, and wanted to invite him to have dinner.
He didn't respond. "Forget it today. I'll come back another day. I still have to answer my parents."
He looked at Qiongzhi, Liangua and Yuge'er again and instructed them, "Take good care of your young master."
"Yes." Qiongzhi and the others knelt down and responded.
He finished speaking and felt relieved. This was when he truly left.
Xue Shun rarely felt the care of his family, and his heart was warm. But as soon as he left, he felt the wind blowing, and the warmth in his chest disappeared in an instant. So he couldn't lie down anymore, and couldn't wait to see another person who could make him feel warm.
Qiongzhi and the others naturally couldn't persuade him, so they could only watch Xue Shun enter Shen Jiao's room.
A sick person visits another injured person.
It's miserable no matter how you look at it.
I went out to play happily, but ended up coming back so miserable.
Liangua and Yuge'er also have some minor flaws, but they are not bad people. They value friendship and sympathy. Seeing this situation, they naturally serve more attentively and also take care of Shen Jiao at the same time.
Give Wei Qian, the loud-mouthed doctor who seems to be fine but keeps sighing and complaining about the great suffering he has suffered and always wants to cry for the dead Master Feng, some delicious food should be prepared and sent to the deaf and dumb doctor.
The entire Liao'e Courtyard was filled with the aroma of medicine. It didn't look like a young man's residence, but more like a medical clinic for recuperation.
But it wasn’t much better in the past.
Most people are used to it, but Qiongzhi finds it scary.
She now suspected that all the tragedy was related to Shen Jiao.
And he is always on guard, wanting to expose the true face of this evildoer.
Of course, she was not exposing Xue Shun. She sadly discovered that Xue Shun, her target, was just a foolish love-brained person.
There is no such thing as a powerful young man taking a fancy to a humble maid and disregarding human rights to rob her.
Some only have maids training dogs, and that's not the kind that makes people like them, but the kind that makes people grit their teeth and want one of them to go to the south and die, and the other to go to the north to dig wild vegetables to wake up.
Even if she could catch Shen Jiao's pigtail, it would probably be useless.
Xue Shun would never ignore Shen Jiao even though he was suffering. He values her more than himself. Who knows if he would silence her for Shen Jiao.
According to Qiongzhi, it would be better to tell the lady about it.
In this kind of world, human life is worthless.
If the lady knew she was in such danger, she would definitely not spare her life.
But this would mean that she wouldn't be able to complete her own strategy mission.
Qiongzhi wants to live.
I still want to live a good life, let go of all the bad things and the sad past, and live this life again.
So she couldn't take the risk.
How about... making an anonymous report?
Just say that she killed all those people, and then expose Mr. Li's affairs.
But is this useful? Even if I write it, how can I get it into the main courtyard?
Qiongzhi thought absentmindedly.
It was not until Yuge'er saw that the medicine in the medicine jar was boiling and about to push the lid off and rushed out, and pushed her, that she came to her senses, stood up hurriedly, and reached out to lift the lid.
"Ah!" Yuge'er cried, but it was too late.
Qiongzhi's outstretched hand had already landed on the jar, and with a crackling sound, it burned a piece of skin.
Fisherman's song: "Be careful."
Qiongzhi: "It's too late."
"I see. Go ahead and apply the medicine. I'll take it over when I'm done."
Yuge'er is not a talkative person, but she has a good heart. However, she is a little difficult to get along with.
Qiongzhi tried to be friends with her, but she only liked to play with Liangua.
Liangua was actually happy to talk to her, but that was more because they worked together and had to maintain a good relationship in order to get along harmoniously.
Not much was said, but I could feel it was perfunctory.
Not at all, that feeling of being friends.
In the past, Qiongzhi would pour out all her thoughts to Shen Jiao.
But who can I tell now?
She felt lonely again.
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