Xiao Yunyu's heart was beating like a drum in his chest, and he stared at the curtain of the carriage with anticipation and excitement.
His Adam's apple rolled slightly: "Get out of the car and re-investigate."
"Excuse me, sir, is there anything wrong with us?" Shen Qianye's puzzled voice was interrupted by the cold shouts of a group of officials.
"How dare you! Since General Xiao wants to re-examine you, just cooperate!"
"Everyone in the carriage, get out!" the officer shouted.
Li Nian knew that he couldn't avoid this disaster, so he could only take it one step at a time and get through the current hurdle first.
She reached out, opened the carriage curtain, and walked out slowly.
Xiao Yunyu's eyes were fixed on the face he had been thinking about day and night. His breathing became rapid with excitement. He clenched his fists tightly but did not dare to get close to it easily, for fear that it was a dream he had imagined and would be shattered if touched.
Li Nian's mind was in a mess and she hadn't figured out how to deal with the current situation.
He didn't dare look towards Xiao Yunyu at all. In panic, he saw Shen Qianye's outstretched hand and instinctively shook it.
Xiao Yunyu stared at the two people's clasped hands, frowned, and narrowed his deep peach blossom eyes slightly.
"Yun Qiuwu!" A low and light voice sounded, with a kind of suppressed, cold violence.
Li Nian suddenly tightened his grip on Shen Qianye's hand, pretending to be calm and composed, and looked at him doubtfully: "Sir, are you calling me? Did you recognize the wrong person?"
Shen Qianye gently helped Li Nian out of the carriage, and then said: "My lord, I'm afraid you have recognized the wrong person."
At this time, the wet nurse got off the carriage holding the child.
Xiao Yunyu's eyes fell on the child in the nurse's arms. A strong jealousy suddenly surged in his heart. Like a trapped animal that had been betrayed, he asked word by word, "Whose child is it?"
Li Nian frowned, her voice as cold as winter plum blossoms, clear yet firm: "This official's question is really strange. This child is naturally ours."
Xiao Yunyu looked at the identical face in front of him, but instead of the sweet and gentle smile he gave him as before, he only had the aloof indifference of a stranger.
My heart suddenly felt a dull pain as if it was cut by a sharp knife, and the corners of my eyes turned red. Really... is it just a look-alike?
"My husband is the only man I love in this world."
"My husband is very good and I love him very much."
The lady's words kept echoing in his mind. He looked at the cold and indifferent face in front of him, and when he looked closely, he saw that the eyes were filled with unconcealed vigilance and disgust.
How could the person in front of him be his wife? His wife would never treat him like this!
But, they look so similar. Are there really people in this world who look almost exactly the same?
Xiao Yunyu's aura turned sinister and vicious: "Give me your identity documents."
Shen Qianye generously took out his identity documents, followed by the wet nurse, who also took out her own identity documents.
Li Nian felt that he might be finished.
She shouldn't have called Sisi by her real name when she was at the Xiao family, and even called it a nickname!
Xiao Yunyu casually glanced at the identity documents of the two people and saw that Li Nian was moving slowly, with his long legs slowly approaching and finally stopping in front of her.
A low, magnetic voice came out from his throat, with a barely perceptible tremor: "Yours?"
Li Nian gritted his teeth and handed over his identity documents.
Xiao Yunyu carefully looked at the date and name above. Could it be such a coincidence? It couldn't be such a coincidence!
His red eyes fixed on her lowered head, and he asked in a low voice, "Who is the father of the child?"
Li Nian clenched his fingers so nervously that his knuckles turned white, and took a deep breath.
When she looked up again, her expression was calm and composed. She met his gaze fearlessly and sneered, "Sir, don't you think you're meddling too much? There are so many people returning to the city, why are you blocking our door and asking who the father of our child is? Could it be that our child is yours?"
Li Nian felt nervous, but when he thought about the fact that the imperial physician came to check his pulse almost every day before he left, he knew that Xiao Yunyu could not possibly doubt that the child was his.
Thinking of this, she became a little bolder.
"Or is it that the official, relying on his noble status, intends to forcibly seize a common woman in the street?"
When Shen Qianye heard her words, he immediately protected Li Nian behind him and stared at Xiao Yunyu vigilantly: "We are all native Dong'an City citizens. You said you wanted to re-examine us, and we have cooperated. You have also seen our identity documents. We are in a hurry to go home. Can you let us go?"
Xiao Yunyu watched the two of them interacting, one naturally protecting the other, the other naturally relying on each other. The scene was like a thorn, making his eyes sore and bitter.
His throat rolled, and with a tentative and suppressed feeling of longing, he called out the name that had echoed in his heart thousands of times: "My wife..."
Li Nian grabbed Shen Qianye's arms with both hands, poked his head out from behind him, and reminded him in a low voice: "Master, you have found the wrong person. I am not your wife. Please let us go home quickly. Our family is still waiting for us!"
Shen Qianye echoed, “Master, you really have the wrong person. Nian Nian’s husband was born with poor health and was short-lived. He died a long time ago.”
Li Nian:!!
Stop talking, brother. If you say too much you'll be exposed!
"Short-lived? Died early?"
Xiao Yunyu narrowed his eyes, his dangerous gaze flickering back and forth between Shen Qianye and Li Nian. The cold words seemed to be forced out from his throat: "What a coincidence, my wife is the same."
Li Nian: ... "That's quite a coincidence. Your condolences, sir."
After a long time, Xiao Yunyu suddenly chuckled with an ambiguous meaning and suddenly took two steps back.
"Let him go."
Shen Qianye breathed a sigh of relief and helped Li Nian and the wet nurse into the carriage.
Xiao Yunyu looked at the carriage going further and further away, his expression dark and unclear as he murmured, "Xiaobai, are you saying she is Yun Qiuwu?"
Xiaobai answered truthfully, "They do look alike, but didn't you bury the lady yourself? You even went to her grave to burn paper money before you left, and there wasn't a single sign of it having been dug up."
Xiao Yunyu's dark eyes grew dimmer by the minute.
Yes, he buried his wife with his own hands, he closed the coffin with his own hands, and he watched with his own eyes as the sand buried his wife's coffin bit by bit.
Besides, my wife said that she loves him very much, and she only loves him.
How could she give birth to children for someone else, and how could she hide from him and not acknowledge him?
But how could he be willing to accept this!
"Xiaobai, tell Qi Heng not to look for me unless it's important. I won't be back soon."
Xiaobai was stunned. Before he could respond, he saw Xiao Yunyu using his lightness skills to carefully follow the carriage.
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