Chapter 204: The Stone Statue's Warning
Midnight.
It was snowing heavily, and Rong Che was patrolling the streets with his head full of snow.
Suddenly...
A strong fear surged in his chest and his heart suddenly contracted, as if a thousand needles were stabbing at him, making him double over in pain.
The small stone statue in his arms fell to the ground with a thud.
"Ah!" In an instant, Rong Che broke out in a sweat.
Thin layers of cold sweat broke out on my body.
He held the small stone statue in his hand, but it was extremely hot. Panic spread in his heart, making him feel uneasy for no reason.
"Strange, why hasn't he shown up today?" The deputy general followed behind Rong Che with a suspicious tone.
Rong Che held his chest with difficulty and hid the stone statue in his arms: "I want to go back."
The deputy general was stunned: "Hey, General, your home is over here!"
The deputy general shouted loudly, but Rong Che ran away without looking back.
"Strange, why would General Rong abandon his post without permission?" He has followed Rong Che for more than ten years, but this is the first time he has seen Rong Che so panicked.
Rong Che rode his horse at full speed, the sound of horse hooves splashing snow all over the ground.
He left enough guards for the Lu family, but he would not feel at ease unless he saw it with his own eyes.
He couldn't bear any unexpected events regarding Yunniang.
"Yunniang!" Rong Che crossed half of the capital city and dismounted from his horse before it even stopped.
Before he even entered the door, he felt an unprecedented panic.
The general who remained calm despite the collapse of Mount Tai seemed to have his blood frozen and a chill ran up from the soles of his feet to the top of his head.
He banged on the door like crazy.
Unexpectedly, with just a slight effort, the door opened.
The concierge fell limply to the ground.
Rong Che's breathing was heavy, and he could clearly hear his heartbeat quickening. At this moment he ran towards the backyard like crazy.
At this moment, he remembered everything in his dream.
In the dream, Xu died on a snowy day.
There was not even anyone to collect the bodies.
His eyes were red and he was trying hard to hold back his tears. He no longer looked like the great general he once was.
He was so stupid that he couldn't even tell the difference between a dream and reality.
He walked through the courtyard and saw the maid collapsed in the corridor and the guard who was killed by a sword. He felt extremely heavy in his heart.
He staggered and stood outside the yard.
Fear, anxiety and despair almost overwhelmed him.
His face was as pale as paper.
He stepped into the yard, his eyes fixed in shock.
In the middle of the courtyard, a thinly clad woman sat in the snow as if frozen in place.
She held a child tightly in her arms, completely enveloping the child in her arms.
She was shivering, with a thick layer of snow covering her body, head, and eyelashes.
Rong Che's heart almost stopped.
He approached quietly, afraid to disturb the two people.
Yunniang sang a lullaby intermittently, her lips were white and purple, and she had long been numb and unconscious due to the cold.
Rong Che's eyes were hot, and no one understood the fear in his heart.
No one understood his surprise at getting what he had lost back.
He stepped forward and gently brushed off the snow on Yunniang's shoulders. Yunniang seemed to be frozen, her teeth chattering, and she turned her head stiffly to look at him.
The moment I saw him.
Tears fell in big drops.
The hot tears brought a bit of heat to the cold skin.
Rong Che was heartbroken and gently picked her up: "I'm sorry, I'm late."
"I'm sorry, I didn't protect you well."
He picked up Xu and Lu Chaochao easily and walked towards the next room step by step.
"Don't be afraid, I'm here. Leave everything to me."
Seeing how frightened she was, Rong Che, a burly man, began to speak softly and gently, as if he was talking to a child.
It even has a bit of a clip-like sound, like coaxing a child.
Rong Che did not alarm anyone.
He carried Xu back to his bedroom, but Yunniang refused to let Chaochao go.
Rong Che fetched some hot water himself and went to get some clean clothes.
"Don't be afraid. If you and Chao Chao sit in the snow for a long time, your bodies will easily become ill. I won't go out. I won't leave. I'll just sit outside the screen."
"You and Chao Chao should take a hot bath to avoid catching a cold."
Rong Che had already prepared clothes for the Xu family at his own house.
Even the chefs are good at cooking their favorite dishes.
He never fights a battle unprepared.
Xu just needs to turn back, and leave the rest to him.
Xu's whole body was numb from the cold and she could no longer feel the cold. But when she left the warm embrace, she felt the biting cold.
Rong Che is a gentleman.
He covered his ears, squinted his eyes, and stood behind the screen with his back to her.
The tense Xu calmed down a little. She sang a lullaby to Chao Chao and gently gave him a bath to wash away the blood.
Lu Chaochao never opened his eyes from beginning to end, seeming to be extremely tired.
Xu put on the clothes and they fit her perfectly.
She walked out of the bathtub with her hair loose and placed Chaochao at the innermost edge of the bed.
Chao Chao murmured and reached out to the air with his little hands.
Xu hurriedly held her hand and said, "Mother is here. Mother will stay with Chaochao." Only then did Lu Chaochao fall asleep peacefully.
Rong Che brought a towel at some point.
Without saying a word, he just wiped her hair silently.
The candle flame was crackling, the heavy snow had stopped at some point, and a faint paleness appeared in the sky.
Xu's brows were still furrowed, and after her hair was dried, Rong Che spoke.
"Go to sleep. I won't leave. I'll keep watch for you."
Xu glanced at him, then sat at the head of the bed without saying anything.
He lowered his brows and bowed his head slightly.
Rong Che clenched his fists. He was a gentleman and disdainful of those mean-spirited people who took advantage of others’ misfortunes.
But he saw Xu's tears falling.
How could he bear to see his beloved in this state? He immediately hugged her shoulders gently, and that was all.
His love for Xu was mixed with the heaviness in his dreams.
Cherish too much, love too much.
"Why did you come back just now? Why did you come back just now?!" Xu suppressed her tears and tightly grasped the corner of his clothes.
As proud as she was, in order to protect Chao Chao at that moment, she almost fell to her knees and lost her dignity.
She had never been so panicked.
She was afraid of losing Chao Chao.
I’m afraid that the happiness I’ve finally gained will be so short-lived.
"I'm sorry, it's me, it's my fault. I frightened you and scared you. I won't do it again!" Rong Che's lips trembled slightly. How could he bear the pain of losing Yunniang again?
His admission of mistake made Xu cry without restraint.
Rong Che was relieved when he saw her crying.
If you keep worrying about it, it will harm your body.
Xu didn't know how long she had been crying. Her tense emotions relaxed and she felt at ease everywhere.
Leaning in Rong Che's arms, she cried herself to sleep before she knew it.
Rong Che placed her next to Chao Chao, tucked in the quilt, and politely stood outside the door.
At the same time, he ordered people to deal with the affairs of the Lu family next door, and then ordered people to return to the palace to report.
More than half of the secret guards were killed.
The guard in the palace killed him with one sword.
This person is definitely not from Beizhao. Only the South, a country that serves the gods, has this ability.
Perhaps he did not take the little maid seriously and just knocked her out and left her there. According to statistics, three people froze to death.
Rong Che was scared again, just a little bit short of...
We were almost going to repeat the same mistake.
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