In the darkness, Gu Yingxue looked at Cheng Huaiyu's face, unable to see her expression, and she was almost frantic with worry.
Cheng Huaiyu said in a low voice, "Xue'er, we can't contact Xie Nanfeng right now, so we can only wait for him to come to us. If, I mean if something happens to them, don't be afraid, I will hide you safely. Don't say anything."
Seeing that Gu Yingxue was about to speak again, Cheng Huaiyu stopped her and continued, "Xue'er, judging from the current situation, King Langge and Peng Mu and his son will definitely flee to the west. When the Peng family army enters the royal city, you will be safe."
Gu Yingxue's nose stung again, and tears streamed down her face uncontrollably: "What about you? Sister, will you come back with me?"
Cheng Huaiyu nodded: "Okay, I'll go back with you. Be a good girl and don't cry. After that, no matter how Peng Mu treats me, don't make a sound, okay? Back in Fuzhou, I killed Yun Ge'er's father, and Peng Mu knows that. So, when he's with me, he's always on guard against me killing him, and he's always alert. Also, there are no sharp weapons in my room; that's all part of his precautions against me. You saw it just now; when I took off my earring to try and assassinate him, he reacted instantly. So, if you had really come out just now, you wouldn't have been able to do anything to him."
Gu Yingxue was already sobbing uncontrollably: "So...so sister...sister you...hiccup, you did this...because you reminded me?"
Cheng Huaiyu took a freshly embroidered, unused handkerchief from the bedside table and used it to wipe Gu Yingxue's tears: "I just want to tell you that even if you have some skills, it's useless to kill him. Besides, he is immune to all poisons, so poisoning him won't work. Sleeping pills might work, but he won't eat anything from here, and he's still wary of me."
For the first time, Gu Yingxue felt so powerless, even more so than when Lin Gui kidnapped her from Kuncheng, or when she was in the palace.
Cheng Huaiyu sighed, "I don't know what happened to Xie Nanfeng and the others. Maybe I was just stupid and didn't make any proper preparations before trapping you here. Xue'er, I'm sorry."
Gu Yingxue grabbed Cheng Huaiyu's hand and shook her head: "Sister, don't say anymore. You haven't wronged me. You haven't wronged me."
Cheng Huaiyu patted her head: "Alright, go to sleep. We need to be energetic so we can escape smoothly when the time is right. Be a good girl and hide in that closet, okay?"
Gu Yingxue hugged Cheng Huaiyu: "Sister, can I sleep with you?"
Cheng Huaiyu stiffened for a moment, then smiled wryly, “No, this bed is dirty. You’re a clean young lady, don’t get yourself dirty. Also, the maids will come in the morning. Only one of the four maids is loyal to me, so I can’t guarantee they won’t find anything. Be good, you’ll have to suffer these next few days, it’ll be fine in a couple of days.”
In the end, Gu Yingxue was pushed into the closet to sleep by Cheng Huaiyu.
Gu Yingxue huddled in the closet, letting the scraps of cloth and clumps of thread cover her. Her mind was filled with the scenes of Cheng Huaiyu being abused that she had just witnessed, and her heart ached terribly.
This was the first time she had felt heartache for Cheng Huaiyu since she met him after transmigrating.
She hadn't felt much when she knew that Cheng Huaiyu was mute as a child, and that she and her brother were separated when they went on the run. But now that she had witnessed it with her own eyes, she felt so sorry for her.
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