Chapter 1 She saw her father was shot by an arrow
In the cold winter, the north wind is howling and the air is freezing cold.
At the end of Baima Street in the imperial city, there is an inconspicuous family. Two children are playing in the yard.
The boy's name is Li Changan. He is three years old, short and fat, wearing thick new clothes and waving a wooden sword in his hand.
He was riding on the back of a girl who was much thinner than him.
"Hurry! Hurry!" Li Changan slapped the girl's head with his wooden sword, yelling in dissatisfaction, "Li Suining, climb faster, faster!"
Li Suining is Li Changan's sister. Her thin body is wrapped in a thin layer of clothes. At first glance, she is only half the size of her brother.
The cold wind whistled in her ears and her little face turned red from the cold.
Her thin body was shaking violently, and finally when Li Changan hit her head with the sword again, she could not hold on and fell to the ground.
Li Changan fell to the ground and immediately started howling. "Waaaaa, it hurts so much! Li Suining, you little bitch, you actually dared to throw me down! I'll let my mother beat you to death, waaaaa..."
Xiao Suining also fell to the ground. She quickly got up, her eyes full of anxiety, "Changan, I didn't mean to do that. I really don't have the strength to carry you."
Li Changan weighed much more than her. She was already very thin and had only drunk half a bowl of cold porridge in the morning. Now she was tired and cold, and had already exhausted her strength.
"You did it on purpose! You did!" Li Changan cried even louder, his face flushed red.
When Qian heard the crying in the room, she rushed out in a hurry. When she saw her baby son falling to the ground, she was immediately heartbroken.
She casually picked up the broom beside her and hit Li Suining mercilessly, "You little bitch, you're a money loser! How dare you throw my son? I'll beat you to death today!"
Qian's broom fell heavily on Xiao Suining again and again. The little girl trembled with pain, but she gritted her teeth and tried her best to explain, "I didn't do it, I didn't do it on purpose..."
"You still dare to be stubborn?" Qian hit him even harder, the anger on her face growing more intense.
Li Suining's thin clothes were soon stained red with blood. Tears welled up in her eyes, but she refused to admit that she had deliberately dropped her brother.
She didn't, really didn't.
"You unrepentant bastard!" Qian was finally tired of beating him. She threw the broom aside, picked up Li Changan, and coldly ordered Xiao Suining, "Kneel here. You are not allowed to eat or sleep until you admit your mistakes! Kneel until you die!"
Li Changan no longer felt any pain. Lying on Qian's shoulder, he made a smug face at Li Suining and stuck out his tongue in ridicule, "Serves you right! Little bitch!"
Li Suining didn't dare to resist. Her father was not at home. If she was kicked out by Qian, what would she do if her father couldn't find her when he came back?
She could only endure the pain, slowly get up, and kneel down obediently in the yard.
She was cold, in pain, and hungry.
Daddy, when will you come back?
He knelt for a whole day, and when night fell, the stars in the sky lit up.
Xiao Suining raised her head with difficulty. She loved looking at the stars the most because the stars could always tell her news about her father.
Suddenly, her expression changed.
Despite the pain all over her body, she tried desperately to stand up, but as soon as she supported herself, she fell heavily to the ground again.
She ignored it, got up again, and fell down again.
After falling countless times, she finally stood firm and ran out with all her might.
Qian Shi happened to be coming back with a bag of meat buns. Seeing this, she grabbed Li Suining's arm and cursed fiercely, "Where do you want to run to, little bitch?"
"Daddy! Daddy is in danger!" Li Suining cried with tears all over her face. She struggled desperately and begged, "Please, let me go. I want to save Daddy. Please!"
Qian frowned and impatiently dragged her towards the woodshed, "Nonsense! I think you just want to run away!"
She threw Li Suining into the woodshed and locked the door.
"Daddy! Daddy!" Li Suining desperately banged on the door of the woodshed, crying for help.
But no one answered.
Her voice gradually became hoarse until she could no longer utter a word.
Xiao Suining huddled against the door in despair, hugging herself tightly, her tears having already dried.
She saw her father being shot by an arrow, and her mind was filled with that horrible scene.
Her body was getting hotter and hotter, and her consciousness was gradually blurred. Before she fainted, she was still mumbling to herself, "Daddy, Daddy..."
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Early in the morning, just after dawn, there was a loud knock on the Li family's door.
"Who is it?" Qian opened the door with an unhappy look on her face. Several soldiers in armor stood in front of her, all covered in blood. Only the man in the lead was wearing plain clothes and looked clean.
"Is this Li Tianfu's home?" The man's voice was low and a bit majestic.
Qian was stunned for a moment, then nodded proudly, "Li Tianfu is my man, but he's not at home. He went to war with General Bai."
Everyone knows that General Bai is a favorite of the emperor and a well-known figure.
One of the soldiers whispered, "This is General Bai."
Qian's eyes widened in shock, and she immediately wanted to kneel down and salute, "I greet General Bai..."
"No need to be so polite." Bai Yunfeng reached out to support her and sighed, "Tianfu blocked an arrow for me last night and was seriously injured. Unfortunately, he passed away."
Qian's body went limp and she almost collapsed to the ground.
"Madam, this general will never forget Li Tianfu's kindness. If you have any difficulties, the general's mansion will do its best to help you." Bai Yunfeng comforted.
Qian was crying and wailing, but she felt a little relieved after hearing Bai Yunfeng's words.
"In addition, this general came here this time because Tianfu entrusted him..." Bai Yunfeng spoke again.
Hearing this, Qian couldn't help but feel her heart beating faster. Could it be that Li Tianfu had other plans for them and their son?
Bai Yunfeng continued, "Before he died, he entrusted his daughter, Li Suining, to me, hoping that I could bring her back to the General's Mansion and take good care of her. May I ask, Madam, where is Li Suining?"
Qian was instantly filled with hatred, she never expected that Li Tianfu was only thinking about that little bitch before he died.
In fact, she has always known that Li Tianfu married her just to find a mother for Li Suining, but how could a money-loser be qualified to be her child?
In the past few years, when Li Tianfu was at home, she treated Li Suining nicer, but when Li Tianfu was not at home, she would skin that little bitch.
If Li Tianfu were alive, she could still spare Li Suining's life, but now that he was dead, she could never let that little bitch live again. How could she possibly let her go to the general's mansion to enjoy herself?
Qian's eyes rolled around, and she burst into tears again. "To be honest, General, Suining has a miserable life. She fell seriously ill two months ago. I spent all my money, but I couldn't save her."
She cried even more sadly, "General, our Li family has suffered so much. Two people have passed away at once. How are Chang'an and I, mother and son, going to live in the future?"
Now that Li Suining is dead, will Bai Yunfeng take them mother and son back to the general's mansion?
"Dead?" Bai Yunfeng clenched his fists secretly. He remembered what Li Tianfu said to him before he died.
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