Chapter 27: Really Hard Life

"Uncle Xing!" Chu Ran ran over quickly.

Xing Ji turned around, looked at Chu Ran, and nodded. Before he could say anything, Chu Ran asked him a barrage of questions: "I heard that Li Fu was punished by the emperor. How is he? Is he injured? Is he feeling better now? And where is he being held?"

Xing Ji waited until Chu Ran finished asking questions before he slowly started to gesture to Chu Ran. However, Chu Ran could not understand what Xing Ji meant by the gestures. Chu Ran was anxious and said, "Forget it, don't gesture. Here is this for you. Write it on the ground."

Chu Ran took a wooden stick and gave it to Xing Ji. Xing Ji took the stick, squatted on the ground, and slowly drew out four words.

"It's okay, don't worry."

Chu Ran breathed a sigh of relief, but soon, he asked worriedly, "Are you really okay?"

Xing Ji nodded and wrote: "Being beaten with a stick and locked up for half a month will be fine."

Beat with a stick.

How can you say this is okay?

Chu Ran felt very depressed.

"Where is he being held?" Chu Ran thought for a moment and asked Xing Ji, "Can I go see him?"

Xing Ji said: "Your Majesty, you are not allowed."

Chu Ran let out a few snorts.

Calling the dog emperor a turtle bastard is not unfair to him. He is just a dog emperor.

However, Xing Ji also said that the emperor only imprisoned Li Fu for half a month. Seven days have passed now. In a few days, Li Fu will be released.

"What's wrong with your hand?" Xing Ji looked at Chu Ran's wrapped hand and asked curiously.

Chu Ran smiled and said, "It was an accidental burn, it's okay."

Xing Ji nodded and didn't ask any more questions.

A few days later, the old eunuch who had not been seen for several days finally reappeared in Chu Ran's yard.

Chu Ran asked the old lady supervisor about Li Fu's recent situation.

The old eunuch's words were similar to Xing Ji's, and Li Fu was indeed currently in confinement.

Chu Ran asked: "Do you know what happened that night?"

The old lady sipped tea and said slowly, "The third prince's hand was injured, and he said that it was the fourth prince who did it. The fourth prince did not explain and readily admitted his guilt. The emperor was furious, so he beat the fourth prince with 20 sticks in public and sentenced him to confinement for half a month."

Chu Ran squatted on the ground, looking down at his toes.

The actual situation was basically consistent with his guess; it was indeed Li Fu who took the blame for him.

The old lady turned her head and glanced at Chu Ran. Seeing that he was looking downcast, she comforted him and said, "Although he was seriously injured at the time, I heard that he has recovered well and can walk now, so you don't have to worry about him."

Chu Ran: ...

It feels worse than no comfort.

Chu Ran thought about it carefully. If these twenty boards fell on him, he would definitely die on the spot.

I have to say that Li Fu is really lucky.

But even if he had a tough life, he shouldn't have suffered like this.

After a long time, Chu Ran raised his head and asked in confusion: "We are both sons, why does he dislike Li Fu so much?"

After a long while, without waiting for the old lady to speak, Chu Ran looked at him and asked repeatedly, "Why?"

The old lady looked away silently, "How would we know?"

Half a month later, Li Fu's confinement was over, and Chu Ran was waiting at the door early in the morning.

He went from standing and waiting, to squatting and waiting, then standing and waiting again, and then squatting and waiting again. When he stood up for who knows how many times, Chu Ran finally saw Li Fu's figure from a distance.

Chu Ran immediately walked over quickly.

He looked tense, and first looked Li Fu up and down. Seeing that Li Fu looked normal and his body had almost recovered, Chu Ran's tense face slowly relaxed. He grabbed Li Fu's arm with his right hand and smiled, "You're back just in time. Go into the house and clean up. I've prepared something delicious for you."

Li Fu was dragged into the yard by Chu Ran.

When they reached the door of the house, Chu Ran stopped and said to Li Fu, "Go in and change your clothes first. Go quickly."

Chu Ran pushed Li Fu gently, but failed to move him. Li Fu turned around, frowning hard. He looked at Chu Ran's left hand hanging on the other side and asked, "What's wrong with your hand?"

Chu Ran immediately put his hands behind his back and said with a smile: "It's okay, it's okay, I was just too careless and accidentally spilled hot water on my hands. It will be fine in a few days, hahaha."

After laughing, Chu Ran pushed Li Fu again and urged him, "Go in quickly."

Li Fu was pushed in, and Chu Ran closed the door.

Li Fu looked around. After more than half a month, the room was still the same as before. Even his bedding was still neatly placed against the wall. Chu Ran did not put it away.

Li Fu walked to the closet, opened it, and took out a clean piece of clothing. While standing by the bed to change his clothes, Li Fu inadvertently saw that the drawer of the cabinet next to him was open. Li Fu walked over and was about to close the drawer when he saw something wrapped in oil paper in the drawer.

Without having to guess, Li Fu knew that there must be food in it. Maybe because Chu Ran had been hungry too many times before, his favorite thing to do was to hide all kinds of food in the room.

Li Fu is not a curious person, but he is a different person towards Chu Ran. He wants to know what Chu Ran is hiding.