Chapter 260: Too Frightened
Yin Li narrowed his eyes and said, "Hu Xin'er, watch carefully. This time, it was this ugly bastard who was rude to me first!"
He scolded Mu Qing, "Don't you even look at how you're being a husband? The poison in Feng Ge's body will find its own host. If I weren't here, Hu Xin'er would have been infected with it. The poison is extremely toxic. Not to mention getting it inside someone's body, even just touching it would be life-threatening for an ordinary person!"
Mu Qing was terrified when he heard this and couldn't help but hug Hu Xiner tightly. He wanted to say something, but when he saw his wife's tears, he sighed.
Hu Xiner was also very scared after hearing this.
If she knew how terrible the poisonous insect was, she would not have walked past it so rashly.
Yin Li snorted coldly: "You are afraid now, what were you doing before?"
Mother Lu stepped forward and said, "Thanks to Master Yin for saving my daughter-in-law's life. I would like to thank you!"
Yin Li quickly dodged: "I can't accept your courtesy! Otherwise, Hu Xin'er will scold me again when she wakes up."
Mother Lu laughed: "Xin'er is very gentle and naive, but sometimes she gets anxious and has a little temper. As friends, you guys should be more tolerant of her."
These words were so well thought out that even the bad-tempered Yin Li couldn't find any fault with them: "I never thought your Lu family would have such a sensible mistress like you. No wonder nothing has happened in all these years."
In fact, Mother Lu didn't like this young man at first, but after knowing how critical the situation was, she liked Yin Li more and more.
After all, not everyone can risk their life to save others in such a situation!
So she thought that Yin Li was probably just annoying on the surface, but was actually very kind in her heart.
At this time, she saw that Hu Xin'er looked unhappy, so she said, "Mu'er, Xin'er was frightened today. Please help her to rest. I will take care of the benefactor."
Although Mu Qing disliked Yin Li, considering that Yin Li saved Hu Xiner's life, he did not ask Yin Li to leave. He just silently took Hu Xiner's hand and walked towards the room.
Hu Xin'er turned to thank Yin Li: "Thank you so much today, Yin Li!"
Yin Li snorted proudly: "Wipe your tears first, you squeamish one."
Hu Xiner opened her mouth but didn't say anything. How was she being spoiled?
After seeing Feng Ge's miserable state, many servants vomited on the ground, but she did not. She only shed tears for Feng Ge's death...
However, considering that Yin Li was her savior today, she decided to endure the arguments.
Yin Li found that she didn't fight back, and instead felt a little uncomfortable.
He stared at the tears on Hu Xin'er's cheek for a moment, then reminded Mu Qing in a harsh tone: "Hu Xin'er was frightened today. If she has a nightmare at night, just wipe her hands and feet with hot wine."
Then he turned and left without even saying goodbye.
Jiang Yao said quietly, "This guy only looks to be in his teens or twenties, but he really doesn't know how to behave!"
Mother Lu smiled at Jiang Yao and said, "Young people are always ignorant. It's all thanks to him that he saved Xin'er today."
Jiang Yao was furious with Yin Li. "So what if I was bitten by a poisonous insect? I'll naturally go find medicine for Xin'er. Why would I need an outsider like him to be so mean and put things in my way?"
"This..." Mother Lu looked embarrassed.
Jiang Yao said angrily, "He's even mocking me openly and indirectly. Who does he think he is?"
Mother Lu was helpless: "Let's not say a word about their young people's affairs."
Jiang Yao shut her mouth, but she was thinking in her heart, the way that boy looked at Hu Xiner just now was obviously wrong, and he actually pointed fingers at Hu Xiner's husband and complained that Mu Qing didn't care enough about Hu Xiner.
This kind of behavior of meddling in other people's affairs may very likely contain more sinister intentions.
She looked at Lu's mother helplessly. This silly sister seemed to feel nothing.
Mother Lu didn't notice Jiang Yao's chaotic thoughts. Suddenly, something occurred to her, and she asked Mu Qing, "Mu'er, you've returned from the Imperial Academy. Have you asked for leave?"
Mu Qing nodded.
Mother Lu felt relieved: "Although the emperor favors us, we still have to follow the rules, otherwise it will be easy for others to catch us."
Mu Qing nodded again: "Mother, I know."
Mother Lu touched Hu Xin'er's face with some distress and said, "Mu'er, since you've asked for leave, your task today is to take good care of Xin'er. I'll ask the kitchen to make some lily and lotus root soup. This soup is great for calming the nerves!"
Mu Qing thanked him and said, "Thank you for your hard work."
"We're a family, so why bother talking about whether it's hard or not?" Mother Lu smiled and went to pull Jiang Yao, and they left together.
After everyone left, Hu Xiner looked at the empty surroundings and grabbed Mu Qing's sleeves again, finally feeling a little bit of reality.
She forced a smile at Mu Qing: "Let's go."
As soon as I opened my mouth, I realized my voice was extremely hoarse, probably because I had just cried.
Mu Qing asked worriedly, "What happened?"
Hu Xin'er remained silent. She didn't know how to describe what had just happened.
And whenever she thought of the scene before Feng Ge's death, she couldn't stop crying. Her mind went blank and she couldn't speak at all.
For the first time, she ignored Mu Qing and just walked towards the room silently.
But as soon as she took a step, her legs became so weak that she almost fell.
Mu Qing was startled: "Xin'er, what's wrong with you? Have you been poisoned?"
He was very worried that Hu Xin'er might get into an accident, so he simply picked her up by the waist.
Before Hu Xin'er could react, she was already lying in Mu Qing's arms.
In the bedroom, incense burns slowly.
The carved wooden door was suddenly kicked open. Mu Qing carefully placed the person in his arms on the bed and took off her shoes for her.
After wrapping Hu Xin'er like a silkworm and covering him with a blanket, he asked anxiously and distressedly, "Xin'er, how are you now? Are you feeling unwell?"
Seeing that Hu Xin'er didn't say anything and just stared at him blankly, he said to the servants, "Quickly ask Doctor Yu to come over and tell him that the young lady has suddenly fallen ill!"
At this moment, a hand silently tugged at his sleeve.
Mu Qing was stunned.
"No need to call a doctor." Hu Xiner said softly.
Mu Qing rubbed her head and wanted to ask what had happened, but was afraid of bringing up Hu Xiner's shadow, so he didn't ask in detail.
He could only comfort Hu Xiner and ask her indirectly about what happened.
He wanted to know what had happened to scare the usually optimistic and strong Hu Xin'er to such an extent.
Yes, looking at Hu Xiner's expression, he felt that Hu Xiner must be scared.
She was pale and curled up in the quilt, looking particularly pitiful and cute, which made people feel distressed.
Hu Xiner was indeed too frightened, so she didn't say anything and just looked at Mu Qing with tears in her eyes.
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