Chapter 282 Fire! Grandmother is in the fire!
Li Mu's eyes reddened, and his gaze held an undisguised anger.
The fist on the table was clenched tightly, and the veins on the back of the hand looked like they were about to burst through the skin.
Song Yi held his fist tenderly and gently comforted him.
"We knew he was this kind of person all along, didn't we?"
Tears welled up in Li Mu's eyes and slowly slid down his cheeks, a mocking smile playing on his lips.
"Yes, I knew he was this kind of person a long time ago, so why should I still have any hope for his humanity?"
A person like him doesn't deserve to be called a human being; how could he possibly possess any humanity?
Li Nanke grasped Li Mu's other hand and gently stroked the back of his hand with her chubby palm.
She whispered, "He doesn't deserve to be Father's father, nor does he deserve to be my grandfather. Father, let's not have him anymore, okay?"
Li Mu blinked blankly.
"Don't want him?"
Li Nanke nodded seriously.
"Yes, we shouldn't accept him. He did something so outrageous, how can we accept him? Should we kowtow to him in the future?"
Ke'er doesn't want to call him grandfather anymore, and she never wants to kowtow to him again!
These words struck Li Mu like a thunderbolt from the blue.
Yes, things have already come to this point, why bother with the traditional father-son relationship?
Li Mu made up his mind.
“When I get home tonight, I will write a letter severing ties with him. Starting tomorrow, I will cut off all father-son relations with him.”
Even if we are expelled from the Li clan and establish our own separate lineage, we will never live under the same roof as him.
Li Nanke secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
She was genuinely afraid that her father wouldn't understand and wouldn't sever his father-son relationship with Marquis Anping.
"Father, don't worry. He arranged for people to set off fireworks to bomb us. Those people have been arrested by the Imperial Guards. Now we have both witnesses and physical evidence."
He can't escape the charge of killing his son. Even if we sever ties with him, others will only think it's his fault.
Li Mu sighed deeply.
"So you sent someone to report the case to the Imperial Guards?"
Li Nanke hesitated for a moment, then nodded.
In fact, the Imperial Guards were arranged by Shen Cong.
But her father had always disliked her having too much contact with Shen Cong, so it was best not to mention it.
She omitted Shen Cong's arrangements and explained, "Master Nangong arrested the people who were secretly preparing to set off fireworks and handed them over to the Imperial Guards."
As for those fireworks, I had Master Nangong and his men place them in Bai San Niang's house. The Imperial Guards will definitely find them when they chase the thieves into the house.
Bai San Niang wanted to blow us up, so if I put the fireworks she made back and the Imperial Guards caught me red-handed, it wouldn't be considered framing me, would it?
Li Mu nodded immediately.
"Of course not! This is what we call giving them a taste of their own medicine."
"If it weren't for you, my daughter, tonight the three of us would be dead by now."
Li Mu looked dejected.
"It's all my fault for being useless. I've made you, a child, worry so much about our family, and live in fear."
"It's all because your father is useless!"
Li Nanke shook her head and said crisply, "No, that's not it. Father and Mother love Ke'er so much, of course Ke'er wants to protect Father and Mother!"
Li Mu was so moved that he almost shed tears.
"Yiyi, we must have accumulated a lot of good karma in our past lives to have such a lovely, well-behaved, and wonderful daughter like Ke'er in this life!"
Song Yi was amused by him, and then couldn't help but agree.
I think so too.
Li Nanke met her parents' loving and touched eyes and smiled sweetly.
At that moment, a huge firework burst open in the sky, exceptionally beautiful, illuminating the entire sky as if it were daytime.
The entire Rainbow Bridge was filled with excited shouts.
"Happy New Year!"
Wishing you all the best next year!
The shouts were deafening, and the entire Rainbow Bridge was filled with the joy of the New Year.
Li Nanke then realized that it was past midnight.
The new year is here!
She successfully saved her father's, mother's, and grandmother's lives, and the whole family is doing better and better.
She smiled and sat down between Li Mu and Song Yi, holding Li Mu in one arm and Song Yi in the other.
"Daddy, Mommy, Happy New Year!"
"In the new year, our family will get better and better!"
Li Mu and Song Yi exchanged a glance and nodded emphatically at the same time.
The gentle light in her eyes was almost overflowing!
Yes, they will get better and better!
After watching the fireworks, the people on the Rainbow Bridge began to disperse.
Nangong Qiang came over and nodded to Li Nanke.
"The carriage has been repaired."
"Father, Mother, let's go home. I wonder if Grandmother is already resting? Let's go back and check on her."
Li Nanke said.
Song Yi quickly paid for the wontons.
The family of three boarded the carriage and headed towards the Marquis of Anping's residence.
They hadn't gone far when the carriage suddenly stopped.
Due to inertia, Li Nanke almost crashed into the carriage wall.
Li Mu frowned, opened the car door, and asked the driver.
"What happened?"
The driver pointed ahead with both hands and shouted in a panic.
"Fire! A huge fire! Young Master, look over there, isn't that the direction of the Marquis's residence?"
Li Mu suddenly looked up and followed the direction of his finger.
Thick smoke rose in the distance, and flames shot into the sky.
That direction is precisely where the Marquis of Anping's residence is located.
Li Mu's expression changed drastically, and he sternly ordered the coachman.
"Quickly, return to the manor immediately! Hurry!"
The coachman pulled hard on the reins, and the whip lashed the horse's rump.
"drive!"
The carriage sped away.
Li Nanke lifted the carriage curtain, looked at the place where thick smoke was rising, and shouted, "Master Nangong, you should go back quickly."
"good!"
As soon as she finished speaking, Nangong Qiang leaped onto the roof of the building next to her, and after a few jumps, she disappeared from sight.
Although Li Mu knew that Li Nanke had been learning martial arts from Nangong Qiang, this was the first time he had witnessed Nangong Qiang's skills.
"Your Master Nangong is truly skilled!" said the dumbfounded man.
He sighed, then couldn't help but pray.
"I hope the fire doesn't start at our house."
Song Yi clasped her hands together and prayed silently and devoutly.
Li Nanke stared at the direction from which the firelight was rising, biting her lip tightly.
She felt inexplicably panicked!
Their prayers were ultimately in vain.
The coachman's urgent voice rang out from outside, "The Marquis's residence is on fire!"
Before the carriage could even be heard, Li Mu jumped down.
Li Nanke and Song Yi followed closely behind.
As soon as they entered, the housekeeper rushed over, crying and shouting.
"Your Highness, you're finally back! The Madam's main courtyard is on fire, and the fire is huge..."
Li Mu grabbed his collar, abruptly interrupting him.
Where is my mother?
The butler hung his head, avoiding his gaze.
"Madam...Madam is still in her bedroom. The fire is too big, and the servants have tried to rush in several times but they can't get in...Alas, Your Highness!"
Li Mu abandoned him and rushed frantically to the backyard.
Li Nanke hurriedly followed behind, but after running a few steps, he suddenly realized something.
She turned around and grabbed Song Yi, who was chasing after her and was panting heavily.
"Mother, immediately instruct Mama Tao to take people to seal all the doors in the house and gather all the servants together."
Such a huge fire must have been set on purpose, Mother! Have Mama Tao investigate!
Song Yi looked up at the towering flames in the main courtyard, fighting back tears, and nodded quickly.
"Okay, I'll make the arrangements."
Li Nanke then quickly ran to the backyard.
From afar, the flames engulfed the entire courtyard like a giant beast, thick smoke billowed, and tongues of fire spewed out from the windows, doorways, and every crack.
Li Mu tried to rush inside like a madman, but was held back by the servants.
Li Nanke's legs suddenly went weak.
grandmother!
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