Chapter 99 Entrustment
An hour later, the boiling kettle had cooled down.
Shao Leyan lifted the quilt and heard a "click" sound, as if something fell to the ground.
She turned her head and saw Le An's superpower device lying alone on the ground.
She instantly understood Le An's meaning, put away her special device, ate the self-heating rice that Wen Youheng brought back last night, and heated up the porridge for her grandmother.
After taking her blood, my grandmother looked much better, coughed less, and her legs and feet became more flexible.
After finishing the porridge, Shao Leyan took the plastic bowl and gave some instructions with some concern.
"Grandma, I'm going out for a while. I don't know how long it will take me to come back. I'll boil some water for you. Drink it when you're thirsty."
Grandma held Shao Leyan's hand, her brows full of sadness.
"Are you going alone?"
"Well, don't worry, I won't be in danger."
Central City.
Mu Jiaojiao was concentrating on trimming the extra branches of the rose. Suddenly, a familiar voice behind her startled her whole body, and the scissors in her hand hit the cobblestone road, making a crisp sound.
"Jiaojiao."
Mu Jiaojiao turned around when she heard the voice. Shao Leyan, whom she hadn't seen for a long time, was standing among her rose bushes, raising the corners of his lips at her.
The beauty and brightness of that smile were in no way inferior to the red roses blooming around it.
Tears welled up in her eyes, and Mu Jiaojiao ran into Shao Leyan's arms, rubbing her eyes back and forth on her shoulders, wiping all the sour tears on her clothes.
She patted Shao Leyan's back gently, like a kitten kneading milk.
"Le Yan, you are such a bad woman!"
Shao Leyan hugged Mu Jiaojiao back and gently stroked her back to comfort her.
"I'm so sad to hear you say that. I have my own reasons."
"What hardship could have caused you to abandon your husband and children?"
Mu Jiaojiao pushed Shao Leyan away angrily, straightened her back, and her face was full of anger.
"You don't know, everyone in the underground city is in danger right now, and even our central city is having a hard time. This war is endless, and I haven't seen my brother have a good rest in a long time."
Shao Leyan reached out and held Mu Jiaojiao's arm. "I came to you for this matter. If we continue fighting like this, there will be no winner. Both sides will suffer. The war should end."
"After you disappeared, Fu Xingchen went even crazier, completely convinced that Shi Huai had kidnapped you and started beating you up. My brother also followed his lead, but now that you're back, doesn't that mean your disappearance had nothing to do with Shi Huai? Then the war will naturally end!"
"No, Jiaojiao, I still have things to do. I can't come back for the time being."
Mu Jiaojiao looked at her in shock. "Why? If you want to do something, just tell Fu Xingchen directly. Even if it means asking him to go through fire and water, he will do it for you."
Shao Leyan felt a sharp pain in his nose and a bitter taste.
Of course she knew that as long as she asked, Fu Xingchen and Fu Xingyan would help her without reservation.
However, the mission requires her to become the leader of the Red Flame District on her own. Having the help of Le An, a stranger, is enough. If the male protagonists of the world are involved, her mission is likely to fail.
To end the end of the world, a short separation seems insignificant.
As long as the result is good, Shao Leyan feels it is worth it even if he is misunderstood, disliked, or hated.
Shao Leyan sniffed and put on a smile that was sadder than crying.
"This can only be done by me, so I want you to help me pass a message to Fu Xingyan."
"Fu Xingyan?"
Jiaojiao asked back, "Isn't it Fu Xingchen?"
"If Xingchen knew that I came to see you, do you think you would still have a peaceful life?"
Mu Jiaojiao imagined the scene of Fu Xingchen monitoring her every move every day. She shuddered all over and shook her head violently to get rid of those terrible fantasies and emotions.
"Okay, I promise."
Two days later, Central City.
Fu Xingyan stood up suddenly, and with such force that he overturned the chair.
His eyes were about to burst, and he questioned Mu Jiaojiao, who was sitting opposite him, in disbelief, "You said Le Yan came to see you?"
"Yes, Le Yan asked me to convey something to you."
Fu Xingyan's eyes instantly turned red, his hands on the table clenched into fists, and veins on his arms bulged.
"Then why didn't she come to me in person and tell me to my face?"
Mu Jiaojiao was startled by Fu Xingyan's emotional state. She swallowed and replied calmly, "She can't appear in front of you because you won't let her leave."
"Oh!" Fu Xingyan laughed bitterly, "She does understand."
Mu Jiaojiao carefully observed Fu Xingyan, who was both angry and heartbroken, and suddenly thought of an absurd possibility.
She spoke cautiously: "Why are you so excited? Are you speaking up for Brother Xingchen?"
Fu Xingyan reacted and glanced at Mu Jiaojiao coldly, scaring her so much that she lowered her head and dared not speak.
Mu Jiaojiao never imagined that the man who had been so kind to her and always responded to her requests would now look at her with such indifference that was almost disgust.
Although the room was warm as spring, she felt cold all over and could only hug her arms to keep herself warm.
Fu Xingyan was indifferent to her fear and turned the topic back to Shao Leyan.
"What message did she want you to give me?"
Mu Jiaojiao breathed a sigh of relief, recalling Shao Leyan's instructions and conveying them truthfully: "She said she had something to do and asked you to give her time, but to keep it a secret from Fu Xingchen because he would never understand her."
"Yeah," Fu Xingyan picked up the overturned chair and sat back down, "My brother absolutely can't accept that Le Yan is hiding something from him. After all, they are husband and wife. They have no secrets from each other, and mutual trust is the foundation."
Mu Jiaojiao nodded. Although she didn't understand and knew very little about what Shao Leyan was going to do, she believed in Shao Leyan.
"So Fu Xingchen doesn't need to know why Le Yan suddenly disappeared, but you have to understand her difficulties. When the underground city sends people to look for Sister Le Yan, you have to intervene."
"Then after she finishes what she needs to do, will she come back on her own initiative?"
Mu Jiaojiao answered firmly: "Yes, her home is here, she will come back."
Red Flame District.
"Brother Li," Wen Youheng gently pushed Shao Leyan's waist so that Brother Li could see her more clearly, "She is the Shao Leyan I mentioned to you."
Brother Li, who was sitting in the booth, lit a cigarette, looked up lazily, and glanced at Shao Leyan casually.
Shao Leyan responded to his gaze calmly. When she saw the unconcealable amazement and obsession in the other's eyes, her rosy and plump lips curled up slightly, revealing a kind and faint smile.
"Hello, Brother Li, I'm Shao Leyan, a friend of Brother Wen."
Brother Li chuckled, his tone full of tentativeness.
"Beauty, you are not from the Red Flame District, right?"
Shao Leyan nodded and said, "I just moved here not long ago."
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