In the long years that followed, Bai Nuo often thought of this day, recalling his handsome face in his youth and his deep, cold voice; his voice, deep and resonant, emanated from his throat and spread throughout this small, square space, like a cold, biting wind sweeping across a snow-covered plain in winter, piercing and enough to make one's flesh ache.
Yet, their unwavering resolve was enough to put one's mind at ease.
As soon as Hu Mingmei finished speaking, Xia Donglai silently floated down into the courtyard, stood beside Hu Mingmei, lowered his head slightly, and respectfully greeted, "Second Master."
"Send everyone here, especially these few who did the beating, to the authorities!" Hu Mingmei, holding Bai Nuo, coldly surveyed the people present and said in a chilling voice, "Make them give a proper explanation!"
"Yes!" Xia Donglai didn't say much. Compared to Lu Ying, he was a man of few words. However, no matter what Hu Mingmei said, Xia Donglai would carry it out. Hu Mingmei said to take these people to see the officials, so Xia Donglai went to drag Old Lady Yu away.
Although he had never met Bai Nuo and didn't know if Bai Nuo and Hu Mingmei were really friends, the fact that Hu Mingmei was holding a girl in his arms, and that girl had been seriously injured, led Xia Donglai to immediately regard this girl as someone the Second Master valued.
"What do you want? Who are you? Don't touch me!" Xia Donglai was full of murderous intent. As soon as he touched Old Lady Yu, she got goosebumps all over her body and screamed loudly.
Zhang Jiyue shrank to one side in fear, looking at Hu Mingmei with a pitiful expression, "Young Master, you must have misunderstood, we're not..."
Who is this young master? For a moment, Zhang Jiyue was captivated by Hu Mingmei.
"What? You didn't hit him?" Hu Mingmei said coldly, with disgust. "If you look at me like that again, I'll gouge your eyes out!"
The woman's infatuated gaze upon him made Hu Mingmei feel utterly disgusted.
Zhang Jiyue was frightened by Hu Mingmei's cold-bloodedness and quickly turned her head away, not daring to look at him anymore.
"Shut up!" Xia Donglai coldly rebuked, striking Yu Laopo's pressure points, and Yu Laopo's voice stopped abruptly—Old woman, do you think I want to run into you? I'd rather run into Lu Ying than run into an old woman like you, okay?
"Who are you?" Yu Ziqing shouted loudly when he saw that his mother could not speak and only her eyes were rolling around. "How dare you enter someone else's house like that? I'm telling you, if you know what's good for you, release my mother right now!"
"Shut up!" Lu Ying sneered. "You can't even protect yourself now, yet you're worried about others."
Xia Donglai looked coldly at Lu Ying, who quickly smiled and said, "Brother, don't look at me like that!"
Xia Donglai said coldly, "If you can't even handle a scholar, you've lived in vain!"
Lu Ying watched as Hu Mingmei led Bai Yu and carried Bai Nuo outside, scratched her head and chuckled dryly, "I just wanted to watch the show, didn't I? Let's hurry up and go!"
"Can you please not take him away?" Jiang San Niang's tears immediately fell as she pleaded with Lu Ying.
“You should tell our Second Master that,” Lu Ying said, pulling Yu Ziqing away.
Jiang San Niang was about to say something when Jiang Qiao'er grabbed her arm. "Are you stupid? Bai Nuo has been beaten to this state and you still expect him to get away unscathed? Why didn't you think about how serious it would be when you beat Bai Nuo?"
"But...."
Jiang Qiao'er said unhappily, "Stop with the 'buts'. Look at Bai Nuo's appearance. How can you bear to plead for her?" If they hadn't arrived in time, Bai Nuo would have been beaten to death, wouldn't she?
"Do you know how to get to the doctor here? Go and fetch one!" As they reached the Yu family's door, Hu Mingmei turned to look at Bai Yu and said softly, "I'm taking your sister back."
Bai Nuo quickly said, "No need, I can manage on my own. I can go back to Duobao Pavilion." When Yu Ziqing dragged her away, Bai Nuo only wanted to find someone to rescue her and didn't think much about it. Now that she was safe and being held by Hu Mingmei, she felt... extremely awkward.
Hu Mingmei gave her a cold glance.
Bai Yu quickly said, "I know, I can do it!" and then took off running.
Hu Mingmei smirked, "Weren't you pretty tough when you were bullying me? You just went with him when someone tried to pull you away?"
Bai Nuo stared at Hu Mingmei in shock, "When have I ever bullied you?"
Hu Mingmei snorted, "If you don't want people to see your face, then hide it!" With that, she turned and walked away.
Bai Nuo was terrified by Hu Mingmei's actions. How could this person be like this? But seeing that Hu Mingmei actually walked out, with people coming and going and watching them, Bai Nuo quickly buried her face in Hu Mingmei's arms.
A cool fragrance wafted into Bai Nuo's nose.
Hu Mingmei carried Bai Nuo all the way back to the Fulai Inn. "We're here!"
However, Bai Nuo ignored him and looked down to find that Bai Nuo had fallen asleep.
With a soft laugh, he carried Bai Nuo upstairs.
Hu Mingmei settled Bai Nuo in the room next to his. When he put Bai Nuo on the bed, Hu Mingmei did not leave. Instead, he sat by the bed and looked Bai Nuo up and down.
"Really..." Looking at Bai Nuo's sleeping face, and seeing the bright red bloodstains on her fair face, Hu Mingmei felt colder and colder. Her slender fingers paused on Bai Nuo's cheek for a moment, and finally landed on the bloodstains. "Where did that fierce and aggressive spirit you had when you bullied me go? Now that you've been hit, you don't even know how to fight back?"
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