Chapter 19 Leaving Forever
There were sixteen people from the Yu family around. Yun Chen was prepared to kill ten of them with five moves, then take a few blows on himself and kill three more.
Even so, she still felt unsatisfied and it was not enough to avenge the humiliation suffered by Huo Luyu.
Just in a split second, when Yun Chen was about to jump up on the spot, he was abruptly pulled back by Huo Gan's voice.
"Yun Chen, don't be rude."
Huo Gannian's voice seemed to have magic. All the guards of the Yu family subconsciously stepped back far away, and Huo Gannian's gloomy face appeared in Yun Chen's sight.
Behind Huo Gannian, a large group of Huo Gang guards were on high alert, which made Yun Chen stunned by the scene.
Ye Yan and Hua Jue saw bloodstains on Yun Chen's cheeks that had been wiped hard but could not be wiped clean.
Her guard uniform was quite messy, her belt was missing, and there was a dark stain on her pants that looked like blood.
The whole person looks like he has been bullied.
What the two of them saw, Huo Gannian naturally saw as well.
In an instant, Ye Yan and Hua Jue felt the terrifying anger emanating from their master.
Huo Gannian's face turned frosty, and he shouted at Yun Chen in a cold voice:
"The ancestral hall is a sacred place. How can we allow you scoundrels to run wild?"
Yun Chen was about to confess his guilt, but Yu Yangji chuckled unconsciously, knowing that Huo Gannian was making a veiled accusation, and continued:
"That's fine. This little brother just wants to have a few exchanges with the servants beside me."
Yun Chen cursed angrily: "What an understatement! You know very well what evil you have done! I am not doing anything stupid. I want Zhou's life!"
Before Yu Yangji could speak, Huo Gannian slammed the armrest of the wheelchair and shouted:
"Yun Chen! Don't be rude!"
After a pause, Huo Gannian continued:
"The ancestral hall is a sacred place and blood must not be seen. If you want to kill, take him outside and do it!"
After receiving Huo Gannian's order, Yun Chen smiled and immediately rushed forward. He first pierced Zhou Li's arm with a sword, then grabbed Zhou Li's collar like a chicken and jumped out of the backyard in two steps.
Yun Chen moved as fast as lightning, and in the blink of an eye he had dragged Zhou Li away from everyone's sight.
Zhou Li's blood didn't even have time to drip onto the ground.
Everyone only heard the clanging sound of weapons clashing and gradually fading away, followed by Zhou Li's scream, and then no more sound.
Knowing that Zhou Li was doomed, and that it was impossible for him to gain the upper hand in the Huo family's territory, Yu Yangji laughed strangely and said to Huo Gan:
"When beating a dog, you have to consider the owner. Young Master Huo is too arrogant, and his dog servant is also so arrogant."
Huo Gannian sneered, "The Yu family has people who are unethical, so they are all pigs and dogs. My family's guards are strong men with excellent martial arts skills. I will let them run wild."
"Very good, Zhou Li is incompetent and deserves to die. Young Master Huo, we have a long way to go." Yu Yangji sneered and then left with a flick of his sleeves.
At that time, Yun Chen had just swung his sword, splashing blood, and jumped back into the yard, passing by Yu Yangji and the Yu family guards.
Yun Chen didn’t know if it was an illusion, but he felt that Yu Yangji seemed to tilt his head slightly, take a deep breath, and smell her.
Seeing Yun Chen frowning deeply and looking a little confused, Ye Yan approached her and explained in a low voice:
"This old man is very masculine and likes young and handsome men the most. Remember to stay away from him. Listen to his name, 'Yuyangji', which sounds both masculine and gay. He is not a good person. Also stay away from all members of the Yu family. They were the ones who attacked in the bamboo forest courtyard that day. They are very sinister!"
Three days later.
When Huo Luyu woke up, the ancestor worship ceremony had already ended.
Whether it was the Yu family, Zhou Li, or Yu Yangji, they had all left her.
But those nightmarish memories began to come back.
She stared blankly at the familiar gauze curtain of her boudoir for a long time.
She was unconscious most of the time, but there was still much she remembered clearly.
The most filthy scenes appeared in her mind one by one.
Huo Gannian was sitting a few feet away from the bed. He could clearly see that Huo Luyu's face was as pale as paper. He bit his trembling lips tightly and didn't say a word. Tears kept flowing from the corners of his eyes like a small river.
"Yu'er, cry, the servants have all been sent away." Huo Gannian said softly.
Apart from the more strict guards, there was no one else in the entire yard.
But what difference does this make to Huo Luyu?
Her brows were red and furrowed, and her body began to tremble from crying, but she didn't make a sound.
Huo Gannian could hardly bear to see her like this.
"From the ancestral hall to the mansion, Yun Chen and Xiao Yue'er escorted you back in a carriage. They only told everyone that you had a sudden cold. No one knew what had happened.
Yun Chen means that he won't say a word about you. It's up to you to wake up and decide whether to tell me. Yu'er, I respect your decision."
Yun Chen.
These two words seemed to have touched Huo Luyu's most painful wound. She could no longer bear it and finally curled up, buried her head in the quilt, and sobbed softly.
That was the handsome young man who jumped onto the willow tree to hold the cat for her and teased her with a smile that she would be her lover.
When he heard a potentially dangerous knock on the door, he immediately protected her behind him and surrounded her with an unprecedented sense of security.
He was also the first person she fell in love with in her life.
An ordinary woman would get angry if she said something wrong in front of the person she admired.
But she exposed her most shameful side to Yun Chen.
Huo Luyu thought that Yun Chen would probably never forget that disgusting sight...
After crying for a long time, until his tears were almost dry, Huo Luyu spoke with a heavy nasal voice:
"Brother, I don't want to say... As a child of the Huo family, I have enjoyed the blessings I deserve, and I have to endure the suffering I deserve..."
She had no complaints at all as to why Huo Yu's fight would bring harm to an innocent girl. She only said that honor and disgrace are one.
Huo Gannian was stunned for a moment, and his heart suddenly ached.
He felt that Huo Luyu seemed to have grown up overnight.
I'm afraid that domineering yet innocent little girl will no longer exist from now on.
Huo Gannian didn't know exactly what had happened to his sister, but based on Yun Chen's serious reaction and his refusal to reveal a word, combined with her unusual look of being eager to go to the stage at the time, he could probably guess a lot.
After a long silence, he said in a low voice:
"Yu'er, don't cry. One day, your brother will avenge you."
Huo Luyu nodded numbly.
She didn't know whether Huo Gannian saw it or not, she didn't even know when Huo Gannian left.
Fatigue, shame and fear made her fall back and forth between nightmares and reality. She vaguely heard Xiaoyue crying... but was unable to tell whether it was true or not.
Until night fell, a light footstep landed beside the window.
Watching the candlelight casting the familiar figure on the window frame, Huo Luyu felt his soul falling back into his body.
But just looking at the silhouette of the "young boy", Huo Luyu burst into tears and could only bite the quilt hard to suppress her crying.
Yun Chen didn't try to persuade her to cry.
She just stood quietly outside the window for a long, long time.
"Second Miss, from beginning to end, I was the only one who saw you and touched you. Even Xiaoyueer didn't see anything and doesn't know what happened. So, if those memories are hard to forget, then I can--"
Could he, in order to protect a woman's innocence and reputation and uphold the virtues of a gentleman, keep this embarrassing secret for the rest of his life? Huo Luyu wondered.
Unexpectedly, Yun Chen said something that made her completely break down and cry:
"Then I can leave here forever. Disappear completely. If I leave, then just treat me as if I'm dead, taking this matter with me. You can just think of it as a nightmare, and when you wake up, everything will be over, okay?"
Every word he spoke was so clear and firm, it stirred Huo Luyu's heart like a knife, making her unable to hold back any longer and burst into tears.
Yun Chen had no other comfort, so he just spread out the sequel to Huo Luyu's favorite storybook in the moonlight:
"The magnolias in front of the courtyard, bright and beautiful in the spring sun... I once painted her eyebrows in my dreams..."
Yun Chen recited softly, his voice as gentle and firm as the sound of a lake, tightly enveloping Huo Yu's heartbreaking cries.
After crying for a long time, until his eyes were red and swollen and his throat was hoarse, Huo Luyu said sadly:
"I'm too dirty... I don't deserve you to be so nice to me..."
Yun Chen shook his head. "You are not dirty. It is the beast who drugged you that is dirty. They are dirty as they please. Don't blame yourself."
Huo Luyu closed his eyes and no more tears fell.
She leaned on the pillow, thinking about Yun Chen's words in her heart, and slowly fell asleep peacefully.
"Yun Chen, don't leave, and don't die."
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