Chapter 3 Qingbao's mother is framed and loses her innocence
In her previous life, because her mother was framed, her father no longer investigated how Qingbao died.
They thought Qingbao was also an illegitimate child.
Qingbao's face fell as she glanced at the sky; the moon was high in the sky.
She had to find her mother before her people.
Otherwise, the consequences could be severe.
"Madam Su, please take a few people and stay here to watch over the children. I will go with the clansmen to the back mountain to find Sihe."
After the clan chief finished giving instructions to Madam Su, he called on the clansmen to light torches.
Led by Madam Su's old woman, a group of people headed towards the back mountain.
Before her eyes, the doctor was bandaging Su Mengmeng, whose head was bleeding profusely.
Su Mengmeng cried her heart out, and every cry struck a chord in the heart of the old lady Su.
While gently comforting Su Mengmeng, Grandma Su glared fiercely at Qingbao.
"You vicious wild girl, come over here and kowtow to Mengmeng to apologize... Hey! Why did you run inside!"
The old lady was almost driven to her death by anger.
Qingbao simply wouldn't listen to her.
Instead, he took the judge's pen and, with his short legs, huffed and puffed as he ran into the house.
There were several injured adults in the room. When they saw Qingbao come in with the pen, they were too scared to say a word.
"Uncles, how did you get yourself all hurt like this? Get up and go outside, the old lady is waiting for you outside!"
Qingbao poked their faces with the tip of her pen.
A tingling sensation traveled from my cheeks to my brain.
In the blink of an eye, the adults looked bewildered, seemingly unaware of what had just happened.
After everyone left.
Qingbao put down the judge's pen, letting it float horizontally in mid-air.
The three-year-old jumped up and sat on it, his little hands gripping the small string hanging from the end of the pen.
"Bibi, quickly take me to the back mountain to find my mother."
The judge's pen was very obedient; it shook twice and flew out of the window with the little baby in its grip.
Under the cover of night, without a close look at her proportions, one might mistake her for a boy riding a flying broom.
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Inside the cave on the back mountain.
Si He was untied from the sack.
She held the sugar cake tightly in her arms, and even in her violent struggle, she did not crush it.
Despite being dressed in coarse cloth, she had fair skin and striking features. She stared in horror at the man with ill intentions before her.
"Su Dazhuang, why did you kidnap me here! Don't you know that today is the day my husband returns in triumph and will surely bring his troops back? If you release me, I will pretend this never happened."
Si He tried to calm herself down and attempted to negotiate with Su Dazhuang.
Su Dazhuang was the only son of Aunt Ba in the village. A year ago, his wife was drowned in a pig cage and he was still thinking about money.
Si He felt that preserving her life and innocence was the most important thing at this moment, so she added, "I can give you as much silver as you want!"
Although she has little money, her husband's triumphant return will surely bring her a generous reward.
Since leaving the Su family and coming to the village, she no longer takes a single needle or thread from the Su or Si families, and supports her daughter by diligently digging for herbs and doing embroidery.
Today is my daughter's birthday, and I haven't brought back the new clothes and sweets she saved up to buy yet.
She can't die here.
But who knew?
Su Dazhuang completely disregarded her words, instead wearing a lewd grin.
"Of course I know today is the day General Su returns. I kidnapped you so that I could have a taste of his woman in front of the General."
After saying that, the man reached for her collar.
Si He yelled and, with a strength she didn't know she had, shook off the man's hand.
She stood up and tried to run, but the man grabbed her hair tightly and threw her back onto the boulder.
The man rubbed his hands together with a smug grin, "Is this what they call a general's wife? She's so weak, she's nowhere near as good as General Su's other wife."
“He knows martial arts and is generous. He and General Su returned from the battlefield together with meritorious service. As for you, you are a useless piece of trash. Even if you die here today, the Su family and the Si family will not give you a second glance.”
"Since you're going to die anyway, why not make it easier for me first!"
As Su Dazhuang spoke, he lunged at Si He.
Si He gritted her teeth, rolled away to avoid it, and secretly gritted her teeth as she reached for the stone beside her.
Yes, even if she was the true heiress of the Si family who had been separated from her family, in the eyes of the Si family, she was nothing more than a good-for-nothing who went back to take the affection of the fake heiress.
Her three older brothers and parents doted on their adopted daughter, spoiling her rotten.
Even when she married into the Su family, she had to marry at the same time as the fake heiress. She was the legal wife, but she could only wear a pink wedding dress.
The man's words undoubtedly stung her.
In order for her adoptive parents, who raised her from childhood, to survive, she had to endure grievances.
But now...
But they wanted their own lives.
Si He ran away, huddled in a corner of the cave, looking weak, helpless, and terrified as she stared at the man.
The man grabbed her again and reached out to tear off her clothes.
Si He tightened her grip on the stone, her gaze hardening as she raised it towards the back of the man's head.
With a loud bang.
The stone fell.
The man's eyes widened as he slowly fell to the ground.
She collapsed to the ground, trembling, and reached out to touch the man's nose. Thankfully, he wasn't dead.
A wisp of black mist drifted by from who knows where.
She turned and picked up her daughter's new clothes and candy, preparing to run away.
At this moment.
A red light appeared out of nowhere, and Si He was instantly drawn into it by a force.
At the same time, a group of people suddenly rushed into the cave, carrying torches and anxiously searching for someone.
"Sihe, are you here?"
"Old Wang, didn't you say you saw Su He go into the cave? Where is she?"
"I saw her go up the mountain behind the house with another man... Ah!!!"
Granny Wang stepped on something soft. She took a torch and looked at it, and was immediately terrified.
It was like this in their past life, but they arrived a step earlier and saw a man holding Si He and the other woman, both disheveled.
In this life, Qingbao beat up Su Mengmeng in the yard, which delayed things a little longer.
Therefore, when they arrived, they found that the man had already fallen.
Qingbao led her mother back to the room in the courtyard.
Si He opened her eyes and was stunned to see the familiar room.
"How did I get back? Qingbao, you..."
"Don't worry about how you got back," Qingbao said to her mother, lifting her little face.
“Your grandmother bribed a man to ruin your reputation. Mother can’t let them bully you anymore, or the consequences will be dire.”
These words were spoken.
Si He was stunned. Her eyes reddened slightly. She knelt down and hugged Qingbao, asking in a choked voice:
"Qingbao, you know."
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