“My son, stop kowtowing. Did you hear what your mother said? Jiaojiao is not dead. Go find her quickly.”
She's not dead!
Lu Ziqian still didn't react, as if he had automatically blocked out the outside world.
Lu Jingming stepped forward and kicked her, cursing, "Stop pretending to be crazy! Jiaojiao isn't dead, this corpse is fake."
"She has arrived home safely."
"How much longer are you going to hold onto that fake corpse?"
Lu Ziqian suddenly looked up, his eyes gradually focusing as he stared at his father in shock, his voice trembling and hoarse: "She's not dead?"
Lu Jingming nodded, and the next second a dark shadow flashed by, and Lu Ziqian was nowhere to be seen.
"That kid runs faster than a rabbit."
Mrs. Zhou smiled with heartache: "You're finally back to normal. You scared me to death just now."
"Master, please send more people to protect Jiaojiao in the future. Even if it's just for our son's sake, we must protect Jiaojiao well."
“He goes crazy as soon as Jiaojiao gets into trouble. If this happens a few more times, no one can take it.”
"Do I need you to explain!"
Lu Ziqian stumbled to the Su family home, only to find Su Yujiao was not there. He then turned and went to the courtyard in the east of the city.
When Lu Ziqian arrived, Su Yujiao was in the 'hospital room' with Jin Mudan. Fortunately, Mo Lingchen was watching closely and prevented her leg from being injured a second time.
Bang!
The door was violently flung open, startling the two women who screamed.
Immediately afterwards, a figure rushed over and hugged Su Yujiao tightly in his arms, so tightly that he could hardly breathe.
Su Yujiao smelled the unpleasant odor on him and slapped him a few times, but it was all in vain.
Jin Mudan couldn't bear to watch any longer and spoke up, "Lu Ziqian, let go of Jiaojiao quickly, she can't breathe."
Su Yujiao took the opportunity to push him away, angrily wanting to curse, but the moment she saw him, she swallowed all her curses.
She had never seen him in such a disheveled state, his feet bare, his hair disheveled, and his forehead stained with blood; he looked horrifying.
Just as Su Yujiao was about to tell him to treat his wounds and wash off the stench of the corpse, the man suddenly knelt down, startling Su Yujiao into quickly dodging away.
"Jiaojiao, I remember everything now."
"You are my savior."
"You saved me time and time again..."
"All these years, I've wronged you. I'm a bastard, I deserve to die. Not only have I failed to treat you well, but I've also made you suffer time and time again..."
Snap!
He slapped himself hard across the face, feeling remorseful and guilty.
"sorry!"
"Jiaojiao, I don't expect you to forgive me. I just want to tell you that what I did to you before was not my intention."
“I’ve forgotten everything from my childhood. When I saw Chen Yunniang wearing that jade, I thought she was my savior…”
"I treated her like you, which is why I indulged her time and time again, and protected her time and time again..."
"Jiaojiao, I'm sorry!"
Su Yujiao watched him kneel down to apologize and repent. She had told herself countless times that she didn't care, but at this moment she still cried uncontrollably.
After years of grievances and suffering, she finally found someone who understood and sympathized with her, so she found it hard to control her emotions and burst into tears.
Jin Mudan silently turned her face away and quietly wiped away her tears.
Jiaojiao has finally seen the light at the end of the tunnel; she has had such a tough time all these years.
Seeing Su Yujiao crying, Lu Ziqian felt even more guilty and heartbroken.
He's damn it, he always makes her cry.
He reached out to grab her hand, but Su Yujiao instinctively dodged it.
Looking at his empty hand, Lu Ziqian finally tasted the bitterness of defeat.
"Jiaojiao, don't cry, it breaks my heart to see you cry."
After Su Yujiao calmed down, she awkwardly asked him to leave first.
Although Jin Mudan was her best friend, she still didn't want her to see her most helpless and vulnerable side.
"Peony, you get some rest. I'll come see you later."
"Okay, you go ahead. I'll take good care of myself." Jin Mudan pretended to be casual, not wanting to embarrass her.
Lu Ziqian was standing at the door. When he saw her come out, he subconsciously straightened up.
"Everything has been explained clearly. Regardless of who was right or wrong before, let's put it at that."
"Go back and treat your wound; it will get infected if left untreated."
Lu Ziqian felt bitter inside, but he didn't say anything. He just stood there quietly watching her.
Those eyes, just like when I was a child, were pitiful, helpless, and full of longing.
Su Yujiao couldn't stand the way she was being stared at, so she turned around and left, wanting to avoid the pain.
Lu Ziqian remained standing in the same spot, like a wooden stake.
The children in the yard were all secretly observing him, but Lu Ziqian remained unresponsive.
Xiao Tao walked to the door and whispered, "Miss, the general hasn't left."
"Never mind him."
When it was time for dinner, he was still standing there. Xiao Tao asked again, "Miss, would you like to invite the General to dine with us?"
"Never mind him."
After dinner, Zhou came in person. After trying to persuade him to no avail, she simply had a cartload of food rations and a change of clothes delivered.
"..."
Xiao Tao asked, "Miss, is the General planning to stay here permanently?"
"Never mind him."
That night, Xiao Tao knocked on the door again, her voice anxious: "Miss, the General has fainted."
"Never mind him."
"We can't ignore this! The general has a high fever; could he die from it?"
With a creak, the door opened from the inside, and Su Yujiao, wearing a coat, walked into the courtyard. She reached out and touched Lu Ziqian's forehead; it was alarmingly hot.
"Carry it to...the woodshed."
"Huh? The woodshed."
"Or what, carry your room?"
Xiao Tao looked disgusted and shook her head like a rattle drum.
"Tiger Stone, come and help!"
"They're here, they're here."
"Sister Tao, is he really a great general? He doesn't look like one."
"Is he highly skilled in martial arts?"
Xiao Tao sternly said, "Enough with the talk, get to work."
"oh."
Su Yujiao had Lu Ziqian carried to the woodshed, laid a straw mat on the ground, and then threw him directly onto the straw mat.
"Go and fetch a glass of water."
"oh."
Su Yujiao fed him a fever reducer.
"Go and fetch another basin of hot water, I'll treat his wound."
This wound is very easy to get infected if it is not treated properly, and taking antipyretics is not helpful.
After treating his wound, Su Yujiao tossed him a blanket and left.
Su Yujiao finally woke up at noon the next day. She hadn't had a good night's sleep in the past few days, and she made up for it all at once today.
"Miss, you're finally awake! If you hadn't woken up, I would have gone to fetch a doctor."
Su Yujiao yawned: "He slept very soundly. I didn't hear Hu Zi and the others practicing martial arts today."
"The general took them out to train, so of course you couldn't hear him."
Su Yujiao frowned: "He's teaching the children martial arts?"
"Um."
"The general got up before dawn, boiled a big pot of water by himself, and cleaned himself up by himself since no one was there to serve him."
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