"You told me how nice it would be to be together forever, and how nice it would be if time stood still at this moment, but I know you were just kidding me. This is just what I hope for."
——Yu Qinglan
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After Fu Wan regained his freedom, he knelt on the ground and kowtowed three times to Helan Ruizhe devoutly.
"Thank you, Your Highness, for not killing me!"
Helan Ruizhe had an expression that said, "You better leave now." After Fu Wan left, he instructed Yuan Jing, "Send someone to follow him and see who he comes into contact with after he leaves."
Yuan Jing: "Yes!"
After coming out of the study, Helan Ruizhe went to the old general.
The old general had not eaten for several days and had lost a lot of weight. He was lying on the bed at this moment, like a dying old man.
"Your Highness the Crown Prince," the old general noticed Helan Ruizhe entering the room and stood up to salute, but Helan Ruizhe stopped him.
"Father-in-law, there's no need to be so polite," Helan Ruizhe said. "After Susu and I get married, we'll be a real family. You don't need to be so polite to me."
The old general sighed deeply and said, "It's my fault. I've caused you trouble."
After he sent Jin Suting out of the city, Helan Yinsheng came to see him once and showed him Jin Suting's jade pendant.
He thought Jin Suting had fallen into the hands of Helan Yinsheng, but Helan Ruizhe came to him at night and said that Jin Suting was safe.
He felt really guilty towards Helan Ruizhe. He had originally thought that Helan Yinsheng would not find out that he sent Jin Suting out of the city, but who knew that he was so well-informed.
Not long after, he was kidnapped again and the man hid him in a closet, unable to speak or move, and he had not eaten for three days.
"How can this be a problem?" Helan Ruizhe spoke to him gently, as if to a father. "I thank you for raising Susu and teaching her so well. You are Susu's father, and you are my father. If you have any problems in the future, just tell me."
The old general was moved by the sincere words. Perhaps he had misunderstood Helan Ruizhe. He was not as selfish and greedy as Helan Yinsheng.
"Oh, right," Helan Ruizhe remembered something, "the person who pretended to be you has been caught. It's the thief Fu Wan. Mu Han Ge gave him 10,000 taels. His purpose was to kidnap Susu."
"Muhan Pavilion?" The old general remembered that he had an enemy in Muhan Pavilion when he was young. So many years have passed, but the enemy still came to his door.
"Yes." Helan Ruizhe said, "I have sent people to follow Fu Wan. If he lies..."
"Your Highness!" Yuan Jing suddenly rushed in and interrupted Helan Ruizhe.
"What is it?"
"Fu Wan was killed." Yuan Jing was panting, obviously he had just heard the news and rushed over.
As soon as Fu Wanyi left the general's mansion, he was killed at the entrance of a deserted alley on West Street.
"I understand. Go ahead." Helan Ruizhe was surprisingly calm. This was the result he expected.
If it were Mu Han Pavilion, they would never leave anyone alive when hiring someone to do a job.
"Where is Su'er?" The old general recovered and asked about his daughter.
"I drank the soup containing the aphrodisiac and have fallen asleep now." Helan Ruizhe said truthfully.
"Dad!" Just when we started talking about Jin Suting, she came over.
Jin Suting's clothes were wrinkled and she looked very anxious. It was obvious that she ran here as soon as she woke up.
"Su'er," the old general shed tears when he saw his daughter after more than half a month.
Jin Suting jumped over Helan Ruizhe and threw herself into the old general's arms. Feeling her father's emaciated and aged body, she loosened her arms and looked at the old general carefully. "Why have you lost so much weight?"
"Did that person abuse you?"
"He didn't give you any food, did he?"
"Where are the others?"
"Su'er, calm down," the old general supported her arm, "everything is fine now. The fake person is dead."
"Dead?" Jin Suting looked back at Helan Ruizhe, who gave her an affirmative look.
There was no way to take revenge now, and Jin Suting felt depressed.
The old general smiled and said, "Well, you can go for a walk with His Highness. I'm fine now."
Jin Suting raised her head and said, "You're trying to drive me away just after seeing you. I'm still your biological daughter!"
The old general smiled, looked at Jin Suting with doting eyes, pointed at her and said, "You little girl!"
With such a big commotion, Lu Xiaoxiao, Jin Xiyan and Jin Wade woke up even though they were asleep.
At this moment, everyone rushed into the old general's room. Lu Xiaoxiao was still crying while holding her handkerchief: "Master~Master~"
Suddenly, there were more and more people in the room. Jin Suting didn't want to see Lu Xiaoxiao at all. She had come to beg her just two days ago.
When Jin Xiyan saw Helan Ruizhe, the tall and handsome prince, as soon as she entered the room, she pretentiously combed her hair. As usual, she spoke in a delicate voice, rushed to the old general, and squeezed Jin Suting aside: "Dad, what happened? Your daughter is very worried~"
Jin Suting rolled her eyes to the sky. There was such a big commotion just now but they didn't even fart, but now everyone came over to show their courtesy.
She stepped back and leaned towards Helan Ruizhe, and the person behind her held her hand.
Jin Suting looked back, smiled and shook hands back.
"I'm fine, I'm fine." The old general looked at the people in the room, feeling a little emotional and happy. He said, "Since everyone is here today, let's have a meal together."
It has been a long time since their family had a meal together. Jin Xiwen didn't go home, Jin Wade stayed in seclusion and didn't see anyone, Jin Suting disappeared for more than half a month, and Wang Shi also died.
Now that everyone is finally together, the old general is very happy.
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