Later, even his trusted confidants Xu Chang and Yue Ping always spoke up for Shu Yao. Including everyone in the mansion now, anyone who could help her in any way was happy to do so. For example, tonight's gatekeeper, why would he need to specifically report to the head of the household when he was guarding the Huo mansion's gate? There are plenty of homeless people who borrow shelter from the wind under the eaves every day, would they all come to tell him in the middle of the night? They were simply pleading for Yao'er.
On the contrary, he is the real despicable and treacherous person. He deliberately did not give Xiaobao to her. As long as Xiaobao is still by his side, she can never really leave him!
Although this would immerse her in the pain of missing her son every day and cause her endless torment, which was extremely cruel for a mother, he had no other choice. He was also very afraid that once his son was given to her, she would disappear from his world with the child, so that he would never see them again for the rest of his life. Wouldn't that be tantamount to sentencing him to death? Not being able to have Yao'er had already taken away most of his life. If he lost both of them at the same time, he would truly have no motivation to continue living.
Yes, he was despicable, selfish, and despicable. Even knowing that this was the cruelest ordeal for both of them, he was still unwilling to let go, because he feared that the day he truly let go would be the day of his death, Huo Jingsha!
Why suffer so much in this world? If death were truly an option, wouldn't it be another form of liberation?
Huo Jingsha pounded the table violently in a fit of rage. His anger made him lose control. Even though his hands were swollen and red from pounding, with bruises all over them, he still wouldn't stop. This pain was nothing compared to the pain in his heart!
Not satisfied with that, he swept everything off the table with a loud bang, smashing the priceless inkstone and the invaluable calligraphy brush to pieces without any mercy.
Just as he raised his sword to strike a genuine work by Qiu Shizhou on the wall, Chunlu's panicked shouts came from outside...
"My lord... something terrible has happened! Young master... Madam Shu Yao has fainted! She has fainted!"
The sound grew louder and louder as it approached, each word clearer than the last. Just as Chunlu was about to rush into the study in a panic, a figure had already passed by her in the blink of an eye and dashed towards the door.
"Where is she? Where did she faint?" Huo Jingsha searched around outside the mansion gate with a pale face, but there was no one in sight except for the despairing darkness. He turned around anxiously and asked the gatekeeper who was following behind him.
"Reporting to Your Excellency, Madam Shuyao... was carried away by a tall man," the gatekeeper said hesitantly.
His expression hardened, and the coldness in his eyes could freeze a person to death. "Tell me, what does that man look like?"
The gatekeeper spoke with trepidation, "This servant remembers that this person came to our mansion a few days ago. He was about your height, but a bit thinner. He carried a sword at his waist and... he even knew the lady's name."
Because it happened to be his shift that day, and the man was personally escorted into the mansion by Deputy Commander Xu, he had a deep impression of him. Actually, he had originally wanted to stop the man from taking Madam away, but from the day Madam stepped out of the Huo mansion, he had received instructions that she would no longer be the young mistress of the Huo mansion, and that he should simply ignore her.
On the other hand, he also had his own selfish reasons for letting that person easily take the young mistress away. It would be better for the young mistress to be taken away by an acquaintance than to lie on the muddy ground and freeze to death. Judging from how thinly she was dressed, she had reached her limit after enduring these few hours.
"It's him!" Huo Jingsha immediately recognized who it was. She clenched her fists, which made a terrifying squeaking sound, as if she were snapping someone's neck.
The gatekeeper was startled, fearing his master would take his anger out on him. But he couldn't help but wonder, hadn't the young mistress already been divorced? And now there was another young mistress, Yuefang, in the manor. Judging from the master's furious expression, it didn't seem like he didn't care about the original young mistress anymore. Of course! No matter what, she was once his wife, and now, in the middle of the night, she was taken away by another man. No wonder he was angry. Oh no! He had watched that man take the young mistress away right before his eyes, and now he couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.
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"Shu Yao, wake up, Shu Yao...!" Qi carried Shu Yao back to the branch's courtyard. He had known about her since the first day she moved in, but since the old Taoist had brought her back to life, he didn't want to suddenly appear and disrupt Huo Jingsha's plans. Therefore, he had been hiding and hadn't shown himself, so that she could face the truth and also save his own life.
While I'd love to see them get married, life is more precious than love.
First, I placed the prepared medicine on the table, then carefully called her, but I couldn't wake her up even after calling her several times.
Shu Yao felt her frozen body warm up a little. She had been exposed to the cold wind for several hours in the cold night, and she didn't know how she had survived. Now, she was suddenly wrapped in a warm quilt, and she felt so warm and comfortable that she didn't want to wake up. She just wanted to stay asleep and not have to face the endless troubles.
"You Shuyao, Shuyao... get up, drink your medicine, and then go back to sleep!"
You Shuyao? Not the young mistress, not Madam Shuyao? These three words jolted her awake. Opening her eyes, she saw... it was Qi. She asked in astonishment, "How did you get here?"
Looking around, she realized she had returned to her temporary "refuge," but she had clearly gone to the Huo residence to guard people. How did she end up here, and with a contract member by her side?
No, she suddenly remembered her purpose in staying at the Huo residence, and screamed in alarm, "No, I can't come back, I have to go back. Chunlu said Xiaobao is sick, I have to go see my son, what if he is very sick?" She was practically in a panic.
"Don't worry, I secretly sneaked in and checked on him. Xiao Bao is fine. He's mostly recovered after drinking the doctor's medicine. Chunlu and the other three are all staying there."
Hearing this, Shu Yao finally calmed down. In the past two years, she had been living a life of luxury in the Huo family, and her martial arts skills had deteriorated considerably. She could actually sneak in using her lightness skill, but she was afraid that her martial arts skills were not good enough. Once she was discovered by the guards, she would be captured alive without any chance to fight back.
"Thank you, Qi, thank you for helping me. I'm so glad Xiao Bao is alright..."
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