Chapter 610 Following
I thought Erwa would take the hundred taels of silver, choose an honest girl in the town, and live a peaceful life thereafter.
Little did anyone know that Erwa was so stubborn. After reading the letter left by Niaocui, he actually started packing his bags too.
Twenty miles outside the town, on a hilltop, Niao Cui sat resting and drinking water. Suddenly, a rabbit darted across her face. Overjoyed, Niao Cui immediately ran towards it.
She had been walking for a whole day, and seeing that there was no village or shop in sight, and having been hungry all day, how could she not be tempted by a rabbit?
However, her movements were swift, but the rabbit's were even faster, darting back and forth through the forest several times. Just as the rabbit was about to fly away from her mouth, Niao Cui panicked and pounced forward, pinning the rabbit to the ground.
To be honest, Niao Cui used to be a maid. Since she was the only maid in the family, she had to do everything herself, from killing fish and chickens to cleaning the house.
Now it's just a wild rabbit, which is really not a difficult thing for Niao Cui.
However, just as Niao Cui had finished dealing with the rabbit, a fruit from the tree happened to fall and landed right on her head.
A sharp pain shot through her, and Niao Cui immediately collapsed to the ground in agony.
After packing his luggage, Erwa hurriedly chased after her all day. He finally caught a glimpse of someone whose figure resembled Niaocui in the distance, but she disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Just as he was wondering where Niao Cui might have gone, he saw her lying motionless on the ground.
"Xiao Cui, what's wrong with you?"
Erwa ran forward a few steps, only to see bloodstains all over the ground.
This sight terrified Erwa. Looking at Niaocui lying motionless on the ground, a wave of heartache washed over him.
"Xiao Cui, how could you be so foolish? Why did you have to do something so reckless?"
Erwa hugged Niaocui while crying, looking extremely sad.
You're hurting me.
Suddenly a woman's voice came over, but Erwa did not react at all.
His hand was still tightly gripping Niao Cui's, and his desperate cries made it seem as if his mother had died.
"I said you're hurting me." This time, Niao Cui not only spoke, but also moved her hands, trying to break free from his grasp.
Erwa then realized what was happening and quickly looked at Niaocui, who was staring at him with her eyes open.
"You're not dead!"
Looking at Erwa, who spoke without thinking, Niaocui was both amused and exasperated. "Didn't I leave you some money? Why are you still following me?"
Niao Cui's tone carried a hint of something unfathomable, and Erwa took out all the silver coins he had in his pocket.
“Look, I haven’t touched a single one of these hundred taels of silver.”
“What’s given to you is yours, why are you giving it back to me?” Niao Cui was not a kind-hearted person. The reason she left her shadow to him was because he helped her get revenge.
Niao Cui firmly denied that she had given him more money because she saw that his house was bare and dilapidated.
"Didn't you say you were saving this money for my wedding?"
Erwa, looking like an honest man, obediently handed the silver to Niaocui. Niaocui was about to object when she realized she had been tricked by this seemingly honest Erwa.
"You don't mind me?" Niao Cui asked.
"I don't mind!" Erwa replied.
“Aren’t you afraid I’m a murderer?” Niao Cui asked again.
"I'm not afraid!" Erwa replied again.
Looking at the honest and simple Erwa, Niaocui felt a soft spot in her heart being touched.
Niao Cui had already planned to return to her rural hometown alone after taking revenge. But now, looking at the somewhat dim-witted Erwa, she had another idea.
"Would you like to come with me?" Niao Cui asked.
"Wherever Xiao Cui goes, I'll go!" He answered in the same blank tone, yet it contained all his thoughts.
And so, on Niao Cui's journey home, there was one more clueless young man.
As Niao Cui had said, Aunt Qiao died of the poison on the second day.
She died in such agony that she tore the blankets covering her.
When she was found dead, it was already evening of August 16th.
When the servants who brought her dinner that evening saw her with her eyes open and motionless, they assumed she was just spacing out as usual. After calling her a few times and receiving no response, they tried to check her breathing.
It was only when they investigated that they discovered Aunt Qiao had already died in her bed.
The people at the manor immediately relayed the news to the Marquis's residence. Since only a few people knew that Aunt Qiao had been sent to the manor, Gu Shuyan only found out the next morning.
"I didn't expect Niao Cui to be so quick to act; she actually managed to get it done."
Gu Shuyan's voice was neither too loud nor too soft, just loud enough for the three maids to hear.
"Does Miss mean that Aunt Qiao died at the hands of Aunt Cui?" Pearl couldn't help but ask.
She said, "Why is Miss going to such lengths to help a concubine from a marquis's household? It turns out I knew Niao Cui would make a move against Concubine Qiao."
"Who but the Marquis's family would know that Aunt Qiao was sent to the estate in such a secret way?" Yu Fei couldn't help but interject.
In fact, Yu Fei had already begun to have a vague suspicion when Gu Shuyan was about to let Niao Cui go. Later, seeing how much Gu Shuyan cared about Niao Cui, she became even more certain of her thoughts.
It should be noted that Aunt Qiao not only wanted to kill Gu Shuyan, but she also wanted to kill her two daughters. Although the eldest and second young ladies were eventually saved, the third young lady still died due to Aunt Qiao's scheme.
Regardless of whether Aunt Qiao is the biological mother of the Second and Third Misses, the fact that she dared to scheme against her own young lady and cause the death of the Third Miss means that the young lady will not let her off so easily.
The second young lady spared her life out of consideration for their blood ties. The young lady did not want to create a rift between herself and the second young lady because of this, nor did she want the third young lady to die so unjustly. So she thought of Niao Cui, who shared the same deep hatred as Aunt Qiao.
At first, the young lady simply ignored Niao Cui and let her suffer at the hands of He Yin in the second room, and then secretly had someone reveal to her that Aunt Qiao was alive.
Based on Miss's understanding of Niao Cui, one day Niao Cui will come to her for help, and at that time she will reluctantly agree and secretly help her.
Later, Niao Cui accidentally saved the young master and took the opportunity to ask to leave the Marquis's mansion. With the opportunity presented to her, Gu Shuyan readily agreed to her request.
Anticipating that Niao Cui would try to go to the estate after leaving the Marquis's mansion, Gu Shuyan even gave Niao Cui silver notes, with the aim of helping her to bribe people.
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