Chapter 104 The Little Beggar Wakes Up
"what do you want to do."
Wei Ji lowered his eyes, frowning, and clenched and unclenched his hands at his sides. After a long pause, he said in a deep voice, "I'll do as you say."
Zhou Beibei looked at him with misty eyes and bit her lip gently. "I know you will imitate Pang Shan's handwriting and write a letter to the palace in his name to cover up his death."
Wei Ji said nothing, took off his coat and handed it to the woman on the bed.
Zhou Beibei covered herself up, holding onto her cloak tightly with both hands. Her eyes were filled with helplessness. "Wei Ji, take me away, to a safe place."
"You help me get revenge, and then we can hide in a small village and live our own lives, okay?"
"……good."
Wei Ji didn't understand when he developed strange feelings for the person in front of him. She was obviously no different from other women, and he had always followed the rules. When she couldn't bear the torture of her master and passed out, he threw her out of the main house.
But that spring rain, he was punished by his master and returned to the ear room with whip wounds all over his body. Only Zhou Beibei handed him a handkerchief.
"Wipe your face, the towel is soaked."
Just based on this sentence, I began to approach her intentionally or unintentionally. After more than ten years of separation, she was the only one who recognized my eyes and knew my name.
Hearing his response, Zhou Beibei breathed a sigh of relief, lowered her head obediently, and the corners of her mouth rose slightly.
Half an hour later, the news of Pang Shan's stroke spread throughout the house, and anyone who wanted to see him was blocked outside by Wei Ji.
"Wei Ji, what do you mean?"
Two people stood on the left and right of the door, with black scarves covering their faces, leaving only a pair of eyes exposed, staring at the man blocking the door.
Wei Ji embraced his long sword, his tall figure blocking the doorway. He lowered his head slightly, and spoke sparingly, "My lord, you are not feeling well. Please go back."
"Your Excellency has been staying in the main house the entire time and has never left the house. How could you possibly have had a stroke?" The masked man's eyes were filled with anger as he rebuked him in a deep voice, "Get out of the way! If anything were to happen to Your Excellency, could you bear the consequences?"
"The doctor is embroidering inside. The master has ordered that no one should disturb him." Wei Ji lowered his eyes, showing no intention of retreating. "If you barge in and offend the master, how many lives do you have to pay for it?"
Hearing this, the two people outside the door were suddenly at a loss. They looked at each other and retreated tactfully.
"Wait." Wei Ji stopped them and said coldly, "Call everyone and prepare to attack Xinghua Village on the edge of Pingchuan Town at night. The master has ordered that no one be spared."
"This...is this also an order from the Lord?"
Wei Ji moved aside to allow the wooden door behind him to pass through. "If you don't believe me, go in and ask the master yourself. If you are punished, it has nothing to do with me."
"...I understand. I'll go inform them right away."
Watching the two go away, Wei Ji sighed softly, his heart finally at ease. He called out to the people in the room, "Beibei, pack up and pretend to be a doctor from outside. I'll escort you out."
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Xinghua Village
Su Cheng's body was wrapped in gauze, but he couldn't sit still. He walked in the yard and threw some vegetable leaves into the chicken coop from time to time.
"Ancestor, can't you just lie down in the house?" Du Heng came out of the main room holding a bunch of herbs. Seeing her, his heart almost jumped out of his throat. "You have seven or eight knife wounds all over your body. Why are you still here? Don't you want to live anymore?"
"It's really stuffy in the room. I can't stay here." Su Cheng curled his lips, feeling unreasonable but also confident.
The system blocked her sense of pain. If she hadn't been afraid of scaring everyone, she would have run to the kitchen to cook a few dishes.
"Hurry up and sit down and rest." Du Heng helped her to sit down at the stone table and picked up a washed wild fruit for her. "Just sit here quietly and don't go anywhere. If you get tired, call Zhijun and ask her to help you back to the house."
Su Cheng is now a key protected person in Xinghua Village. No one can suffer the same as her.
"Grandpa, Mom!" Su Zhijun ran over from the next yard with his short legs, his face flushed with anxiety, "The little beggar is awake!"
"Awake?" Su Cheng looked surprised and made a move to get up. "I'll go check it out."
"I don't need you, just sit still!" Du Heng grabbed a handful of herbs and rolled his eyes at her. "Girl, come here and look after your mother. Don't let her leave."
"Okay!" Su Zhijun agreed immediately and sat obediently beside his mother, staring at her with his big eyes, motionless.
In the side room of the Yan family, the little beggar was still wearing his tattered clothes. He curled up in the corner of the bed, hugging the quilt tightly, his heart filled with fear.
There was no one in the room he knew.
"Could this child be...mute?" Yan Ci frowned, looking at the small figure on the bed inquiringly, his tone calm, "Ever since he woke up, he's been like this. He won't look at anyone, talk, or drink water."
Xie Jinyu frowned, intending to check his pulse again, "I'll go take a closer look."
After all, he is Ah Cheng's benefactor, he can't just sit back and watch.
Unfortunately, just as Xie Jinyu approached the bed, the little person on the bed started to tremble with fear and cried out, "Fairy sister... help me, wuwuwu..."
Xie Jinyu's body froze for a moment, and she turned back in disbelief, muttering, "I don't seem to have done anything..."
Yan Ci pursed his lips, trying his best to suppress a smile. Seeing Xie Jinyu's gloomy expression, he kindly advised, "Look at the bright side. At least we know this child is not mute anymore."
Xie Jinyu felt depressed and angry, so she simply ignored the little brat.
When Du Heng arrived, the little beggar was crying his heart out, but the two adults were standing there with cold eyes, unmoved. "What are you two doing standing there? Can't you see this child is almost dying of tears?"
Xie Jinyu sneered and turned away, no longer looking at him.
Yan Ci smiled helplessly and spread his hands, indicating that he was powerless to help. "He was extremely defensive and didn't want us to get close. He just kept muttering about the Fairy Sister. We really didn't have the strength to help."
Du Heng was stunned for a moment and murmured, "Sister Fairy... Could it be that you are talking about Ah Cheng?"
"Who else could it be?" Xie Jinyu glanced at the group on the bed, her eyes sharp and cold. "He won't let anyone get close to him and is only looking for Ah Cheng. I don't have any way to deal with him."
Du Heng was also in trouble. When the little beggar was about to faint from crying, he had to ask Su Cheng to save the situation.
"These are my son's old clothes. You're shorter than him, so they should be able to fit you." Su Cheng handed him two pieces of clothing, looked at him with a smile, and asked softly, "Do you know how to dress yourself?"
The little beggar shook his head weakly.
Xie Jinyu laughed in anger, her eyes filled with impatience, "Why, do you still want her to dress you?"
The little beggar shrank his neck and moved towards Su Cheng, obviously afraid of the man in front of him.
"Xie Jinyu, why are you trying to scare him? He's just a child." Su Cheng glared at him secretly and took the clothes beside him. "It's just two pieces of clothes. I'll put them on him."
The little beggar hid behind Su Cheng, his long hair covering his eyes but not his mouth.
Xie Jinyu clearly saw the little brat sticking out his tongue at her, full of provocation.
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