Chapter 14: Confrontation between the Two
Luo Xifeng paused and was about to answer when Chu Yangyang immediately ran over, warmly hooked her arm around Luo Xifeng's, and rubbed her cheek against the edge of his brocade robe. "Of course my husband lives with me. He just helps me close the door, right, my husband?"
In front of Chu Shiyuan, they still have to maintain the illusion of love, otherwise she will not get her father's support and it will be difficult for her to investigate the case.
Moreover, Chu Yangyang could sense that Chu Shiyuan seemed to like Luo Xifeng very much and had been trying to bring the two of them together. Although she didn't know why her father would like a powerless junior, she vaguely remembered that there was a deeper meaning behind it.
Thinking of this, Chu Yangyang looked at Luo Xifeng with a smile as beautiful as a sunflower that had just been basking in the bright sunshine.
Luo Xifeng was stunned.
In order to gain Chu Shiyuan's trust, Luo Xifeng always behaves submissively.
He endured it again and again just to find more evidence about the Luo family's massacre.
Sighing secretly in his heart, Luo Xifeng lowered his head and brows, still obediently said, "I won't leave, father-in-law."
Chu Shiyuan patted Luo Xifeng's shoulder and said earnestly, "Xifeng, since you're already married, just live a good life. Don't think too much about other things."
Chu Shiyuan hopes that Luo Xifeng will stop thinking about the ridiculous things Chu Yangyang had done in the past.
Luo Xifeng nodded slightly and said politely, "I will follow the instructions of my father-in-law."
Chu Shiyuan was very pleased and turned to leave.
As soon as everyone left, Luo Xifeng immediately pulled his arm out of Chu Yangyang's arms.
Luo Xifeng stood by the door, deliberately trying to draw a clear line between himself and Chu Yangyang.
Chu Yangyang brushed the dust off her arms, not caring at all about Luo Xifeng's alienation.
After a long silence, Luo Xifeng asked, "Why did you ask me to lie? There is no love entangled in those ashes."
Chu Yangyang instantly understood what he meant. She raised her eyes and smiled, "This is called giving someone a taste of their own medicine. What's important isn't the evidence, but the heart. Then why are you willing to lie for me?"
She wanted to make sure he wasn't a little less wary of her.
Luo Xifeng's throat choked, and after a moment's thought, he said, "Chu Xinyao has repeatedly humiliated me, and I simply want to punish her. Green Axis..."
Chu Yangyang raised her eyebrows slightly, but said nothing. In her heart, no matter what you think, as long as you don't always think about killing me, it's fine.
The two fell into silence for a moment, only the candlelight on the bronze crane-beak lampstand jumped for a moment, emitting tiny sparks.
After a moment, Luo Xifeng's Adam's apple moved, and his fingertips unconsciously rubbed the silver needle bag on his waist, "Thank you for protecting me today."
Hearing this, Chu Yangyang's eyes lit up.
Could it be that today's favorability was successfully improved?
She raised her head and forced a bright smile, "Husband, what are you talking about? We should help each other and share the joys and sorrows."
When Luo Xifeng heard Chu Yangyang's words, his expression suddenly changed.
It was like a needle hitting a thorn in his heart.
"That's what you said when you tied me up in the medicine house three months ago."
Luo Xifeng suddenly spoke, the candlelight casting a shadow on his brow, and his tone was filled with a hint of murderous intent, "You said, 'Husband and wife should share joys and sorrows,' and then you turned around and gave me Broken Heart Powder."
The smile on Chu Yangyang's face froze.
Memories that did not belong to her suddenly came flooding back.
The wrists rubbed by the iron chains, the medicine mixed with blood foam, and Luo Xifeng's poisonous eyes at that time.
On the day of the Lantern Festival, the original owner wanted to make a move on Luo Xifeng again, but Luo Xifeng was a chaste and strong man and refused to comply.
The original owner then drugged his food, locked him in a medicine furnace, and fed him heart-breaking powder.
Seeing him enduring the pain and sweating profusely, the original owner felt extremely happy.
Chu Yangyang held her forehead with her hand.
How could she forget the sins committed by the original owner?
Chu Yangyang's throat trembled slightly. She remembered the oath Luo Xifeng had made at that time. He said that if she forced him, he would make her into a medicine mannequin and soak her in a wine jar to become a medicine guide.
"I specially asked the kitchen to prepare Codonopsis pilosula and black chicken soup for you..."
She tried to change the subject and turned to pick up the celadon cup on the table, even though it was the midnight snack that Miaoyun cooked for her.
Unexpectedly, she was suddenly startled by the silver needle that was nailed in front of her eyes and staggered.
Three inches of cold light penetrated her wide sleeves, nailing the moon-white cloud-patterned material to the carved column.
Luo Xifeng's voice came from behind, as cold as an icicle under the eaves, "Last month you said you wanted to nourish me, but you mixed muscle softening powder into the bird's nest."
He brushed his fingertips across her trembling shoulders, "Need I remind you what happened that night?"
Chu Yangyang bit her lower lip tightly.
This plot in the original book is extremely brutal.
The original owner took advantage of the drug's effects and dragged the powerless Luo Xifeng into the bathtub, locking his neck with a gold chain to force him to submit.
Luo Xifeng resisted to the death and threatened to bite his tongue to commit suicide, which temporarily aroused the original owner's remaining conscience.
Chu Yangyang asked the sky speechlessly, was she here to repay her blood debt?
The armor left a red mark on her palm. She suddenly turned around and raised the soup bowl. "How about I drink it first and show you?"
Luo Xifeng suddenly grabbed her wrist, and the soup bowl fell to the ground with a bang.
The boiling soup splashed onto her skirt. He stared at the back of her hand, which had instantly turned red, and sneered, "Last Double Ninth Festival, you fed me deer blood wine in front of all the servants in the mansion, using the same trick."
Is this ever going to end?
How many sins have you committed, original owner!
“This time there really isn’t…”
Before Chu Yangyang could finish her words, she suddenly felt a chill on her neck.
Luo Xifeng rushed forward, and the three-edged needle pierced into the back of her neck in the blink of an eye.
He just figured out why she wanted to protect him.
It's just for the sake of beauty and in order to really get him, so she pretends to be kind and acted pretentiously.
How could he be so foolish as to want to thank her, thinking that she really wanted to help him.
He should not forget the extreme insult she once inflicted on him.
A bad habit is hard to change.
You can't be soft-hearted towards her.
Chu Yangyang looked up in surprise.
He smiled as gentle as spring, "Didn't the princess say that she would help me find out the truth about the Luo family's extermination? If you can't do it, even if this three-edged needle hits your heart and lungs, even gods can't heal it."
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