175 Chapter 175
◎ "Daddy, you are a safe daddy..."◎
Ping'an was awakened by an extremely stimulating smell.
She opened her eyes and saw shabby and cramped houses all around her.
His hands and feet were tied to the chair and he couldn't move at all.
Ping'an only remembered that he was waiting for his father to come back with his wet nurse on the street. Then everything went black before his eyes and he knew nothing.
She was scared, her throat was dry and tight, and she just hoped that her father or mother would open the door and save her as soon as possible.
However, the wooden door finally creaked open.
Ping An looked over in surprise.
But the person who came in was just a strange man.
The light in her eyes suddenly disappeared, replaced by undisguised fear.
Her appearance obviously pleased the visitor, who limped in, pulled out the cloth stuffed in her mouth, and said proudly, "Look, isn't this our little lady? Why are you in such a mess today?"
Ping An sniffed and asked with forced composure, "Who are you? What do you want to do? Since you know I'm the young lady of the Xu family, you should know that my mother is not someone to be trifled with! If you...if you dare to hurt me, my mother will not let you go!"
The visitor suddenly burst into laughter. "Of course I know that bitch is not to be trifled with! Including you, you little bitch. You and your daughter are both bitches! My son just said that day that you were a bastard with no father, and you hit him. Who could have predicted that you would fall out of the window during the argument?"
"Besides, you were fine in the end! But your mother, that bitch, had her people intercept all of our Wang family's assets midway. Even this restaurant ended up being owned by the Xu family. The Wang family's business plummeted, our family had no income, and I had no money to pay off my gambling debts. This is all your fault!"
"Later, I brought my son to your house to apologize. I gave you enough face, but what about that bitch? She refused to even see us!"
“…”
Ping An looked at the person in front of him several times.
"You...you are Wang Xiaopang's father?"
She remembered that although Wang Xiaopang's father was also fat, he was a healthy man. The man in front of her was not only dirty and messy, but also had a limp...
Wang Peng suddenly sneered, pointing at his broken leg and saying, "See? This leg of mine was all caused by that bitch of your mother! If she hadn't been so determined not to let us go, how could I have been broken by the debt collectors? And how could I have ended up...how could I have ended up selling my wife and children?!"
"You little bitch, let me tell you, my wife and children are gone, my family is broken, I'm not doing well, and you shouldn't expect to do well either!"
He piled several bundles of firewood from the corner next to Ping'an, then brought in a bucket of tung oil and poured it all on the firewood. Later, he brought in a pot and poured it on Ping'an.
Although Ping An didn't know what he was doing, he was instinctively afraid.
She didn't cry, but said in a trembling voice: "If you...if you think my mother did something wrong, you can go to my mother to argue. My mother is not unreasonable. She will help you. But if you...if you hurt me today, even a little bit, my mother will not help you anymore!"
"Help me? Who needs that bitch's help?"
After Wang Peng poured the tung oil, he smiled sinisterly and said, "Today, I have noble people to help me. When Nanyi invades Daying, I will be the king of Lanzhou. By then, let alone that bitch, I want everyone to crawl at my feet!"
Ping An didn't understand what he was saying, so he just kept the words in his heart.
Before leaving, Wang Peng stuffed another piece of cloth into her mouth and said with a wicked grin, "But don't be afraid, little bitch. Every wrong has its perpetrator. When your bitch mother and cheap father come, I will send you three on your way!"
After he left, there was no candlelight in the room, only a little bit of moonlight leaking in from the narrow window.
Ping An finally burst into tears, but he suppressed his voice and only sobbed softly.
Now she wanted her parents to come and rescue her quickly, but she was also afraid that they would come and rescue her.
She hasn't painted a decent portrait of her mother yet, and she hasn't even met her father yet...
**
A full moon hung high in the dark dome, casting its clear light down, bringing light to the pedestrians on the quiet street.
There was no curfew in Lanzhou City. Xie Qi ordered his men to act separately, and he took a few people with him, following the puppy he had bought from Caoqu Township, to the place where he had first seen Ping An.
——The restaurant with low windows.
Since then, the restaurant has obviously been renovated. The windows are no longer low, guardrails have been added, and even the tiles have been replaced.
Since the original owner of the restaurant had a grudge against the girl because of this incident, if he wanted to take revenge, he would most likely choose the place where the incident happened.
Ever since he brought the puppy back, the little girl often played with it. Xie Qi gave the handkerchief used by the little girl today to the puppy to sniff, and the puppy then ran to bring him here.
But as soon as the puppy stepped into the restaurant, it could no longer tell the direction and started barking around in panic.
Like smelling something dirty.
Xie Qi frowned, kicked open the main door of the restaurant, went in and carefully searched every corner upstairs and downstairs, but to no avail.
Since it is a restaurant, in addition to the three-story building in the front for banquets, there will also be a place for everyone to rest in the back.
The further we walked, the more panicked the puppy became, and he even didn't want to move forward.
A breeze blew by, and Xie Qi smelled a familiar scent of tung oil.
The so-called tung oil is extracted from the tung tree. During war, it is often used to apply on arrows to make flaming arrows to defend against the enemy.
However, this thing is definitely not used in a restaurant.
He followed the direction of the tung oil and finally came to the small courtyard where the people in the restaurant rested.
This place was obviously no longer inhabited. In the yard, sat a drunk, lame man holding a jar of wine.
Seeing him coming, the man twitched his lips and smiled: "Oh, isn't this the new lover that bitch Xu Qinghe found? I didn't expect you to actually find your way here."
Xie Qi's eyes darkened, and he immediately kicked the man to the ground, with his sword against his neck.
He winked at the people behind him and ordered them to go into the house to look for the young lady.
The man on the ground grinned: "Yes, that bitch Xu Qinghe is pretty, anyone would want her...Ah!!"
Xie Qi turned his hand and cut off one of his ears.
“You…Ah!!!”
The cold light flashed again, and this time what fell off was a whole arm.
"If you dare to say another word of nonsense, it will be your head that will fall off next time."
Wang Peng was in so much pain that he rolled on the ground, covering his wound.
However, the person who went in to search came out and reported: "General, the young lady is not in there."
Just at this moment, dozens of men in black appeared on the surrounding walls, each holding a bow and arrow. After lighting the fire, they drew their bows and came forward.
Dozens of flaming arrows flew down from all directions, leaving almost no space.
Xie Qi immediately led his men to resist with swords.
The yard had been poured with tung oil and a lot of dry firewood was piled up. The rocket sank into it and immediately ignited a fire.
The yard was immediately set on fire, and half of the men in black came down from the wall. They were all well-trained martial artists, and they came to fight with long swords in their hands.
Xie Qi was unwilling to continue the fight and was about to charge out with the other three.
"Help... cough cough... help..."
At this moment, a familiar voice suddenly came from the woodshed connected to the yard, which had already been surrounded by flames.
It is peace.
Xie Qi was distracted and was stabbed on the waist.
He stabbed the man through with his sword, quickly slashed the necks of several men in black around him, and immediately flew to the woodshed.
More tung oil had obviously been poured into the woodshed, and now the beams had been burned.
"Don't be afraid, Uncle Xie is here!"
Looking around, Xie Qi did not find any water source.
A raging flame was burning before his eyes, like a ferocious beast, dragging him into the memories of those years when he almost lost his life.
However, the cries for help inside became weaker and weaker.
"Thank you, Uncle... ahem, Daddy... Daddy..."
Xie Qi made up his mind, tore off his shirt and tied his mouth and nose, then rushed into the room without caring about anything.
"General!"
The confidants of the Southern Border Army all knew that their general had died in fire twice and was most afraid of fire in his life.
"Brothers, kill these people as soon as possible and go to help the general!"
The woodshed was already engulfed in scorching flames.
The smoke and dust were so thick that Xie Qi almost cried. He could only squint his eyes to see the road ahead.
"Safe? Where are you? Answer me, Uncle Xie is here to save you!"
A faint cough was heard in the corner.
When the fire appeared outside, Ping An guessed that what Wang Peng poured on him was probably something flammable.
She used all her strength to flip the chair over to the ground and struggled to move it to the corner with the least flammable materials.
During this process, the cloth blocking her mouth was finally spit out, and she began to call for help.
I seemed to hear my father's voice vaguely.
She opened her eyes and finally saw a tall figure walking towards her in the dazzling firelight.
“Daddy…Daddy…”
However, there seemed to be a sound coming from above my head.
Ping'an looked up and saw the beams of the house, which had been burned by the raging fire, crumbling.
"Daddy, don't come over here. Daddy, don't come over here. Wuuwuwu..."
Seeing that the roof beam was about to fall, Ping'an was extremely scared and closed his eyes tightly.
But the tip of my nose soon smelled a familiar scent.
There was a muffled groaning sound above his head. Ping An opened his eyes and could only see a black robe.
“Daddy…”
Xie Qi broke free from the scorching beam behind him, picked up his sword and quickly cut the rope on the little girl.
"Don't be afraid, Uncle Xie will take you out."
Ping An clutched his already scalding collar and shook his head, "Something's been splashed on Ping An."
It's tung oil.
Xie Qi endured the pain in his back, tore off his outer robe, and wrapped the little girl tightly, leaving even her head uncovered.
He held the child in his arms and rushed out through the narrow window at the last moment before the main beam collapsed.
The next moment, the already dilapidated woodshed completely collapsed, leaving only the unextinguished flames still burning.
"General!"
The three men over there had just killed the last man in black, and rushed over when they saw this.
Xie Qi endured the pain and stood up, peeling the little girl in his arms out from under several layers of clothes.
"How is it? Is Ping An hurt?"
Ping'an shook his head and looked at his father whose face, body and hands were burned, and burst into tears.
"Daddy, Daddy, Daddy, does it hurt... Daddy, wuwuwu..."
Xie Qi smiled weakly and gently stroked the back of the little girl's head.
"It's okay, I'm not afraid, Daddy doesn't feel any pain, Daddy——"
But I realized belatedly that there was a change in the way the little girl addressed me.
"You... are safe. What did you call me?"
Ping An wiped away his tears, and his face turned into a little cat.
"Daddy...you are safe and sound...Daddy, wuwuwu..."
Even though his back hurt so much that it hurt every time he breathed, Xie Qi still laughed foolishly.
"Little girl, now that you've called me that, you can't go back on your word. Go back and tell your mother that you've agreed to let me be your stepfather."
Ping An just curled up in his arms and cried.
That's what she said, but after what happened today, her precious daughter was frightened and the girl didn't know how to blame him.
**
The fire in the restaurant was so huge that it alarmed almost half the people on the street.
Lin Xiao, who was living on the street, was awakened by the sound of fire. When he looked at the situation, he found that it was the restaurant of the former Wang family.
Considering that the Marquis had come to ask her wife today whether she had any grudges with anyone, she guessed that this might be related to the Marquis.
She did not dare to delay and immediately went to Xu's house to ask to see the lady.
Xie Qi was not at home tonight, and Xu Qinghe was already unable to sleep well, so she did not let Lin Xiao, who came to visit, wait too long.
After listening to Lin Xiao's explanation of the whole process, Xu Qinghe pondered for a moment, then called the wet nurse and servants who had accompanied Ping An today to question them.
The wet nurse had no choice but to tell the truth.
"This... all of this was instructed by the Marquis. Please forgive me, Madam!"
Ping An is her first daughter and her only daughter.
My daughter is well-behaved and smart. I have brought her so much laughter and joy in the past five years.
If something happened to her...
If something happened to her, Xu Qinghe really couldn't guarantee what he would do.
She closed her eyes and tried her best to calm down, knowing that this was not the time to blame anyone.
When she finally recovered, she casually put on her coat and hurried out.
"Gather everyone in the mansion and follow me to find the young lady."
As soon as he walked out of the yard, he bumped into Xie Qi who was coming towards him.
Ping'an was frightened and cried loudly. Now he was extremely tired and was sleeping soundly in Xie Qi's arms.
The little girl's originally fair and clean face was now covered with dust, and two tear marks were clearly visible from her eyes.
Xu Qinghe's heart tightened, and he immediately strode forward, took the child from the man's hands, and hurried to the bedroom.
"Someone, please ask the court doctor to come and treat the young lady."
The door creaked shut, and Xie Qi was the only one left in the silent courtyard.
Xie Qi clenched his fists under his wide sleeves and said nothing.
The wound on his back caused by the burning beam was burning, but the girl never looked at him from beginning to end.
【Author’s words】
Fixed some small details
Actually, it is not a true recognition. I haven't written about the real recognition between father and daughter yet.
Looking back at yesterday's chapter, I wasn't very satisfied, so I revised it today. If you don't want to reread it, you can directly read the summary:
1. The perspective at the beginning has changed
2. Added a plot where the father and daughter ride horses to catch rabbits
3. At the end, it is mentioned that the person who went to Ting'an Town to inquire about the news has returned.
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This chapter shows the text before and after revision, so it shows more than 7,000 words. I just found out [lemon]
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