Chu Weiyue was so angry that her face turned ugly. She kicked his leg hard. Ouyang Ting felt the pain and immediately glared at her angrily.

"Chu Weiyue, why are you going crazy here again? Am I your punching bag?"

"You know you are not someone's punching bag, you have dignity, right? But look at yourself, you don't give yourself any dignity at all, you might as well end your life yourself, I'll give you a rope or poison."

She took out a packet of white powder from her bosom and threw it into his arms.

"You can't stand up, but you should be able to carry a packet of medicine. Take this medicine now, and then you will be completely free."

Ouyang Ting was stunned for a moment, then threw the medicine on the ground in anger.

"Go away. I don't want to see any of you. All of you, go away."

He turned his face away in grief, his eyes burning with pain inch by inch.

Chu Weiyue could see clearly that he didn't want to die at all, otherwise he would have had the opportunity to die during those years of imprisonment in the secret room.

Once you die, you don’t have to care about anything, which shows that there are still people or things in this world that you are attached to.

He let out a long sigh and patted his head helplessly.

"We are friends in need after all. Although we have known each other for a short time, I can see that you don't want to die at all. If a person is truly desperate, he or she will not be like you...

With a cold sneer, Ouyang Ting looked at Chu Weiyue with a special look.

"Then tell me, what is true despair like? What if I die? What if I live? For a useless person like me, it doesn't matter whether I live or die."

"But since you subconsciously choose to live, it means that you still feel that you have hope. Your Ouyang family has such a huge industry and such a big family, you simply can't let go of it, right?"

These words hit the nail on the head. Ouyang Ting lowered his head, and although he didn't say a word, it was obvious that he really couldn't let go of his entire family.

"You know very well what crime your father and your brother committed. Sooner or later, their family will be confiscated and exterminated. You may not care if they die, as they deserve it, but how can you bear to bury those innocent people with them?"

"Even if it's for the Ouyang family and those innocent people, you have to cheer up. Only in this way can you help those who really need your help. Seeing the people here suffering, I don't believe you are really indifferent. I have read the poems and paintings you wrote. If a person does not care about the safety of the country and the people, it is impossible to create such things."

This time, Chu Weiyue completely exposed him.

In front of her, Ouyang Ting had no room to hide and simply sneered coldly.

"I was like that in the past, but now I have nothing. I can't even save myself, so how can I save others?"

"Don't think I don't know. You're telling me all this just for the account book. Wen Jingchi is just an accomplice to the evildoer like everyone else. We are friends in need. I may trust you, but I will never trust him. You will never understand how hypocritical some people can be."

His eyes were burning with anger and hatred.

Chu Weiyue snorted without hesitation: "I don't allow you to say that about my future husband. If you dare to say that again, I won't forgive you."

She knew that Ouyang Ting was most afraid of being tickled, so she poked him immediately.

Ouyang Ting shrank back reflexively, but he still chuckled: "I'm not wrong, he definitely can't be a good official who pleads for the people."

"Tsk! Then what is your basis for saying that he won't speak up for the people? Show me the evidence, show it now. Who wouldn't say it without any evidence?"

Chu Weiyue was very eloquent and stretched out her hand to ask for it.

It is obvious that what Ouyang Ting said was just speculation and had no credibility at all.

When Chu Weiyue thought of Wen Jingchi, she could no longer suppress the smile on her lips.

"You don't know Wen Jingchi. If he didn't really serve the people, why would he come all the way here? Why don't you ask the servants how much we have done for the people recently? He has been working in the hot sun and rain every day, and he has become tanned. How can you still doubt such a person? Do you have a clear conscience?"

"Even if all of you slander Wen Jingchi and think he is ambitious, I believe he really wants to help the people. If he is like some princes who are accomplices to the evil, he is not worthy of my love at all..."

After praising Wen Jingchi, Chu Weiyue sighed somewhat mesmerizedly.

"If you have to doubt someone even when you love him, then how can you be worthy of talking about love? So I trust him unconditionally, and I hope you can trust Wen Jingchi as much as you trust me."

She held Ouyang Ting's shoulders, with a determined light in her eyes.

During this period of time, Ouyang Ting actually asked others about what happened after Wen Jingchi and others came here.

But some people are so good at hiding things that he couldn't be sure whether he was as sinister and foolish as the others.

Hearing Chu Weiyue say this, he began to waver in his heart. He frowned and didn't know what to say for a moment.

At the same time, Wen Jingchi happened to walk to the gate of the yard and heard everything Chu Weiyue said just now without reservation.

A hint of excited smile appeared at the corner of his lips, but it quickly disappeared.

It turns out that in Chu Weiyue's heart, he actually has such a lofty status...

Seeing Wen Jingchi coming over, Chu Weiyue ran to him happily and hooked her arms around his neck.

After taking a look at Ouyang Ting, Wen Jingchi subconsciously pulled her hand away.

Then he came to Ouyang Ting and looked at him carefully. He found that this man was just as Shen Mubai said, handsome with a righteous look between his brows.

You can tell at first glance that such a person cannot be a bad person.

He looked at his hands and feet, with an expression that was somewhat unfathomable.

Without saying anything, he turned around and left with Chu Weiyue, without even mentioning the account book.

Watching their leaving backs, Ouyang Ting became even more puzzled.

Wen Jingchi obviously wanted the account book, so why didn't he take the initiative to ask for it from me?

Chu Weiyue must have told him that the account book was with him, and if he really wanted it, he would be able to get it by any means, but he said nothing!

Is it true, as Chu Weiyue said, that he has always been worried about the people?

Back in the room, Wen Jingchi took out the blueprints and continued to study groundwater with Chu Weiyue.

After looking at the drawings for a while, Chu Weiyue suggested going to the site to take a look.

The two men did not take a carriage, but walked instead. Along the way, they saw many people who were starving.

Such a tragic scene made Chu Weiyue feel inexplicably sad.

Living in a peaceful and prosperous era, I have never seen such a scene. It was the first time I felt that life is so fragile.