This morning, Jinxia suddenly remembered that tomorrow she has to escort the white deer back to the Capital, but since her Master is here, can they delay the trip?
Thinking of this, she hurriedly went to look for Lu Yi. After knocking on the door all day, there was no movement in the room. She took a peek inside, only to find out that Lu Yi is not there. Blankets and pillows are neatly folded, she walked over and placed her hand on the bed, it felt cold, which means either Lu Yi woke up very early in the morning, or he did not come home at all.
Where did he go?
While she was thinking, a footstep was heard from behind. Jinxia slowly turned around and saw Lu Yi standing at the door, it seems like he’s trying to hide his tiredness.
“Lu Daren, you…” Jinxia stepped forward to take a closer look, “Where did you go? Where did you go last night?”
Lu Yi thought they’d already told her everything, but judging from her reaction, it seems like she still cares about him like usual, so it doesn’t seem like she knows about it yet. Lu Yi stared at her for a while, because at this point, he didn’t know what to say.
“What’s wrong?” Seeing that he didn’t speak, Jinxia felt a little tense in her heart,”Are you going back to not ignoring me?”
Lu Yi shook his head, and asked: “Last night, what did you and Mrs. Shen talk about?”
Remembering this, Jinxia immediately jumped with joy, she quickly pulled him to sit down and said: “I have a very big secret, do you want to hear it?”
Knowing what the secret was, Lu Yi suddenly let out a bitter smile, unable to look at her.
“You know, I’ve always wanted to find my biological parents. I’ve finally found them!” Jinxia looked at him, “I know I’ve found my family…But, almost all of them have died, so I can’t see them anymore.”
Speaking to this point, her eyes were becoming a little red, but she quickly regained her spirit, laughingly said: “You wouldn’t believe it. I’ve been calling Mrs. Shen ‘aunt’ but it turned out, she really is my aunt! She’s my biological mother’s sister.”
Turns out she knew everything. Lu Yi tried his hardest to remain calm and forced himself to laugh: “What a coincidence.”
“There’s more and you definitely would never think of it, my father is Xia Zhangqing, and my grandfather is Xia Yan. Then there’s my maternal grandfather, who is known to be the best physician in Quanzhou and he treats people for free! No wonder Mrs. Shen’s medical skill is so good.”
“Mhm.”
“Another thing, Yan Song is my family’s enemy. At that time, Mrs. Shen tried to kill Yan Shifan, but unfortunately she failed and almost got herself killed. Thankfully uncle came at the right time to save her.”
Lu Yi suddenly held Jinxia’s hand: “Promise me, no matter how big your grudge is, and no matter who is your enemy, don’t act rashly. Whatever it is, I will do it for you!”
“What?” Jinxia can feel his hands shaking, she was surprised, “What do you want to help me with?”
“It doesn’t matter, just don’t follow Mrs. Shen’s past!” Lu Yi took a deep breath, “Did she tell you to take revenge?”
“No.”
“That’s good, the Yan family is very powerful, therefore you must keep your identity a secret, and do not tell anyone else.”
“You’re not someone else.” Jinxia looked at him.
Lu Yi was stunned for a moment, then said: “That’s right, but don’t tell anyone else, even your parents, do you understand?”
Father and mother are just ordinary people, if she tells about her identity, afraid it would only add to their burdens. Jinxia nodded his head.
Lu Yi increased his force, tightly held Jinxia’s hands and reminded her again: “Remember, no matter what happens, leave it all to me. I will bring justice for you.”
Jinxia started to feel weird about his words, but she just thought that he was afraid she would carelessly hurt herself. She nodded again: “Don’t worry, Yan Song’s status is very high, even if I hate him to the gut, I still can’t touch him.”
It was only then that Lu Yi slowly let her hands go. He gazed in the far distance, as if he could see the brutal future in front of him. A worrisome feeling gushed over him,
***
In addition to sliced and fried dried radish with minced meat, a little vinegar is poured on top of the shrimp, thick porridge that is cooked hot, and small fish that are fried until fragrant and browned. These are things that Yang ChengWan eats often when he’s home. Whenever everything was fully prepared, YangYue went to invite his father to dinner.
***
When Mrs. Shen told Jinxia everything and finally openly took her in as her niece, Mrs. Shen couldn’t wait to bring her back to Quanzhou. Although the beggar uncle didn’t mind, but he felt the need to inform Yang ChengWan.
Yang Chengwan said: “I just need to ask permission for her to be absent from Liu Shanmen.”
“That’s right,” Mrs. Shen said, “Xia’er is a girl after all, although she is quite smart but spending all her time in a place where she only knows how to fight and chase, that’s not ideal. Jinxia is not young anymore, I think we should consider marriage for her.”
Yang ChengWan nodded his head: “I’ve thought about it. She and Yue’er grew up together, and both families are very familiar with each other, plus his personality isn’t bad. If you don’t mind, how about we find a good day to hold a ceremony for them.”
As soon as he finished, YangYue was shocked. Chun Yumin, who was standing by the door, also froze.
“Father, father…How can you think like that? You didn’t ask me at all.” YangYue hurriedly said.
Yang ChengWan’s face was very calm: “Marriages are big matter, you just have to listen to me.”
“Father! You know Jinxia and Lu Daren—”
“She and Lu Daren can’t be together!” Yang ChengWan cut off his words harshly.
“As long as Lu Daren wants to marry her, why not?” YangYue actually didn’t understand why his father desperately disapproved of this.
Mrs. Shen also opened her mouth: “Brother Yang, regarding Xia’er and Lu Daren, I’ve known for a while. After all, Lu Daren is Lu Bing’s eldest son, if he want to marry Xia’er, with his status—”
“No!”
Yang ChengWan remained firm with his decision.
At this time, Jinxia and Lu Yi walked in the room, holding hands. Upon hearing Yang ChengWan’s words, Jinxia couldn’t help but became furious: “Why not?!”
Hearing her voice, Yang ChengWan turned to look at Jinxia, then look down at her hands, his expression turned dark: “Xia’er, come here.”
Jinxia shook her head, remaining next to Lu Yi: “Why not? You have to tell me the reason.”
Seeing that he couldn’t talk to Jinxia, Yang ChengWan turned to Lu Yi and asked: “Lu Daren, has Xia’er told you her status?”
Lu Yi nodded his head.
“Then you should know why you and Jinxia shouldn’t be together!”
Not waiting for Lu Yi to answer, Jinxia hurriedly answered for him: “Master, he doesn’t mind my status at all. In fact, he even wants me to rest and not think about taking revenge. I want to be with him, Master, please approve of us. I haven’t told him this yet but I really want to marry him!”
Jinxia’s hands trembled. The eyes of Lu Yi were fixed on her, as he carefully listened to her. He feels every word like a needle stabbing into his heart.
“Master.” Jinxia desperately looks at Yang ChengWan.
“Brother Yang,” Mrs. Shen helped Jinxia, “These two children are in love, why don’t you just agree for them to be together. At that time, you and my sister were also separated by your parents, think about how you felt and let them be together.”
Yang ChengWan took a deep breath, stood up and said to Jinxia: “You follow me, I’ll tell you the reason. Mrs. Shen, you also come with me.”
Mrs. Shen did not understand, but rose to her feet and followed him.
Jinxia tightly gripped Lu Yi’s hand and said to him: “Don’t worry, no matter what my Master says, I definitely won’t change my mind. Wait for me!”
Lu Yi understands, the moment he lets go of her hands, it’s when the barrier wall starts to build up, although he’s unwilling, he still tightly held her hands and said: “Remember my words.”
Jinxia nodded her head, let go of his hand and ran after Yang Chengwan.
Lu Yi stood still, his hands still hanging, the warmth in his hand gradually changed to cold air.
***
Yang ChengWan walked into the room, then followed by Mrs. Shen and Jinxia, and then he signaled Jinxia to close the door.
“Master, just say it, what’s the reason?” Jinxia asked.
Mrs. Shen also looked at Yang Chengwan, waiting for him to talk.
“The main reason why Xia Yan got executed was because of Qiu Luan’s report.” Yang ChengWan looked at Jinxia, “Have you ever thought about who gave him the report?”
Jinxia without much thought said: “Of course it’s Yan Song.”
Yang ChengWan nodded saying: “Yang Song is one of them, but at that time he didn’t show his face; The one who personally went to prison pointed at Qiu Luan and personally told him to write this report was Lu Bing!”
“……..”
Jinxia’s entire body instantly froze.
Mrs. Shen was also taken aback: “Although Lu Bing and Xia Yan are not very close, but he also respects Xia Yan, why would he want to harm him?”
“Because Xia Yan had previously received an accusation against Lu Bing, evidence was all there, and he was ready to report it to the Emperor so that Lu Bing would be severely punished, but Lu Bing begged Xia Yan, and with a soft heart, he let him go.”
Mrs. Shen became more confused: “If Xia Yan finally let him go, shouldn’t he be grateful? So why would he harm Xia Yan?”
“What kind of person is Lu Bing? He has his own ambitions, and someone who values pride over honesty, how can he accept this kind of humiliation? Since then, he has hated Xia Yan. I was Lu Bing’s subordinate, how could I not know?” Yang ChengWan slowly explained.
“Because of that, because of that…. Lu Bing is also my family’s enemy?!”
Jinxia’s mind went blank, unable to think of anything at all.
Yang ChengWan saw it, his heart ached: “That’s right! Since Lu Yi is Lu Bing’s son, that’s why I keep forbidding you two from being together. First, with such deep hatred for Xia Yan, once Lu Bing finds out that you are Xia Yan’s granddaughter, even if he doesn’t kill you, he will definitely disapprove of your relationship; Second, Lu Yi is your enemy’s son. Hundreds of lives within the Xia family have been lost, as well as the lives in the Lin family, how can you love him?”
Previously, Jinxia was standing leaning against a dresser, but as soon as she heard his words, chills started to spread across her body, her heart went cold, it was difficult for her to stand. Jinxia collapsed down on the floor.
Mrs. Shen remained quiet, then suddenly glared at Yang ChengWan: “This matter, why didn’t you say anything yesterday?”
Yang ChengWan said nothing.
“Is it because Lu bing took care of you so much that you want to hide this matter? If Jinxia wasn’t so determined to stay with Lu Yi, then would you have hid it forever?” Mrs. Shen pointed at Yang ChengWan while shaking, “You’ve taken care of Jinxia for many years, I’m very grateful for that. Even though you didn’t take revenge for my sister, I don’t blame you at all, but how could you hide this from me?”
Yang ChengWan remained quiet.
Remembering that she had helped Lu Yi, Mrs. Shen became very resentful: “To think that I saved Lu Bing’s son, this must be a joke! Lu Bing helped kill my family, but then I saved his son’s life?”
Jinxia raised her head to look at Mrs. Shen, right now it was very difficult for her to breathe, her eyes were in disbelief.
After a while, Mrs. Shen suddenly stood up, her mouth mumbled: “It’s good that he’s still here, I can go make some poison to kill him.” After saying that, Mrs. Shen stomps out.
Hearing this, Jinxia was shocked, not having enough time to stand up, Jinxia crawled over to Mrs. Shen and held her leg tightly.
“Let me go!” Mrs. Shen slapped her hands.
Jinxia desperately hugged her legs.
Mrs. Shen angrily said: “Let me go! Don’t you understand how it feels to have your family destroyed and being left alone? They were your parents, all of them were your family, and they’re all dead! The son of your enemy is right there, yet you don’t even know how to take this opportunity to take revenge? You’re useless!”
Each one of her words pierced Jinxia’s heart. How could she not know? How could she not understand? Tears starts to flow down her face but her hands still tightly gripped Mrs. Shen’s legs. Yang ChengWan witnessed the scene, he didn’t know what to do, he can’t help Jinxia but also can’t stop Mrs. Shen, he could only look down to avoid showing his tears.
“Yesterday, I told you so many things for nothing. In your heart, your parents, your grandfather, and all of Xia and Lin family means nothing to you! If you can’t take revenge for them, then you shouldn’t stop me. You may not be the daughter of the Lin family, but I am!”
As soon as Mrs. Shen finished her last word, she pushed Jinxia down.
Jinxia couldn’t say anything, because she doesn’t know how to beg Mrs. Shen. Jinxia couldn’t stop sobbing. Suddenly, she backs up a little, kneels down and starts bowing, hitting her head on the floor and loudly begging Mrs. Shen.
Every bow is a head bang, the sound was loud and clear.
“You….”
Mrs. Shen angrily looked at her, but she was also hurt seeing her like this.
The beggar uncle was standing outside, upon hearing the commotion, he knew right away something wasn’t right. When he opened the door, to his surprise: “What happened? Why is the kid’s forehead so red?”
Mrs. Shen looked down at Jinxia, her eyes were also full of tears.
Jinxia knows that she can only tried to stop Mrs. Shen, and she has no right to forbid her from taking revenge. Jinxia embarrassedly started begging to not hurt Lu Yi while bowing and hitting her head on the floor.
“What exactly happened?” Seeing that all of them were crying, the beggar uncle started to panic.
“At that time it was Lu Bing who urged Qiu Luan to write an allegation report, harming the Xia and Lin family, which killed thousands of lives, and all of the lives lost aren’t as important as her lover.” Mrs. Shen said, “At that time I shouldn’t have helped him, at least then I can feel better.”
“Lu Bing is also your family’s enemy?!”
The beggar uncle finally understands. He looked at the desperate Jinxia and didn’t know how to help her.
“Starting today, don’t call me your aunt anymore! My sister doesn’t have a child like you.” Mrs. Shen said to Jinxia, “Stand up, I don’t dare to accept your bows.”
As Jinxia listened to her words, tears can’t help but flow out even more, and the head banging still didn’t know. On the floor, a reddish mark was seen, it was blood coming from her forehead.
“Don’t be like that, how can you say that to her? Are you forcing her to die?” The beggar uncle couldn’t bear to watch Jinxia like that, so he quickly tried to persuade Mrs. Shen.
Lu Yi, who was standing in the other room, also heard the loud noises. He slowly walked closer to see, as soon as he saw Jinxia kneeling on the door, his heart ache even more, he took big steps into the room and pulled Jinxia up: “Jinxia, get up quickly!”
Seeing him, Jinxia frantically pushed him away: “Go! Go quickly!”
Mrs. Shen saw Lu Yi, the anger in her eyes grew: “Lu Yi, even if we don’t need to talk about old grudges, but didn’t I save your life?”
Lu Yi hugged Jinxia, his finger rubbed her forehead, he nodded and said: “Yes! My life was saved by Senior. If you want to take it back, I will not say anything.”
“No! You can’t!” Jinxia panicked, she cried harder than before, then turned to beg Mrs. Shen, “Please don’t!”
Lu Yi gently reassured Jinxia: “Remember what I said earlier, no matter how big your grudge is, no matter who your family’s enemy is, I can help you take care of it. What my father did, let me repay it on his behalf. Father’s mistake, the child’s responsibility, it’s the law of heaven and earth. I will definitely pay for his mistakes.”
“Take responsibility? What can you do to exchange the hundreds of lives of the Xia and Lin family?” Mrs. Shen asked him.
Lu Yi took a deep breath: “I will try my best to do what I can, even if my life is at stake.”
Mrs. Shen glared at Jinxia, her gaze was fierce, but after a while she said: “Today, I won’t take your life and it’s not because I believe you but it’s because of this child. Since she begged on your behalf, she’s considered as an unfilial and unfaithful child to the Lin and Xia family. At first, I wanted to take you back to Quanzhou, but now, it’s not needed anymore.”
Knowing that she had disrespected her family, Jinxia’s head remained low while tears continued to flow.
Mrs. Shen turned and walked away, and the beggar uncle followed her.
Lu Yi pulled Jinxia up. Jinxia carefully looked at him, then slowly let go of his hands and walked out.
Outside the sun was very bright.
Jinxia looked up at the sun, her mind was empty.
A moment later, her movements seemed unstable as she walked down the stairs, she immediately fell down and fell unconscious.
This morning, Jinxia suddenly remembered that tomorrow she has to escort the white deer back to the Capital, but since her Master is here, can they delay the trip?
Thinking of this, she hurriedly went to look for Lu Yi. After knocking on the door all day, there was no movement in the room. She took a peek inside, only to find out that Lu Yi is not there. Blankets and pillows are neatly folded, she walked over and placed her hand on the bed, it felt cold, which means either Lu Yi woke up very early in the morning, or he did not come home at all.
Where did he go?
While she was thinking, a footstep was heard from behind. Jinxia slowly turned around and saw Lu Yi standing at the door, it seems like he’s trying to hide his tiredness.
“Lu Daren, you…” Jinxia stepped forward to take a closer look, “Where did you go? Where did you go last night?”
Lu Yi thought they’d already told her everything, but judging from her reaction, it seems like she still cares about him like usual, so it doesn’t seem like she knows about it yet. Lu Yi stared at her for a while, because at this point, he didn’t know what to say.
“What’s wrong?” Seeing that he didn’t speak, Jinxia felt a little tense in her heart,”Are you going back to not ignoring me?”
Lu Yi shook his head, and asked: “Last night, what did you and Mrs. Shen talk about?”
Remembering this, Jinxia immediately jumped with joy, she quickly pulled him to sit down and said: “I have a very big secret, do you want to hear it?”
Knowing what the secret was, Lu Yi suddenly let out a bitter smile, unable to look at her.
“You know, I’ve always wanted to find my biological parents. I’ve finally found them!” Jinxia looked at him, “I know I’ve found my family…But, almost all of them have died, so I can’t see them anymore.”
Speaking to this point, her eyes were becoming a little red, but she quickly regained her spirit, laughingly said: “You wouldn’t believe it. I’ve been calling Mrs. Shen ‘aunt’ but it turned out, she really is my aunt! She’s my biological mother’s sister.”
Turns out she knew everything. Lu Yi tried his hardest to remain calm and forced himself to laugh: “What a coincidence.”
“There’s more and you definitely would never think of it, my father is Xia Zhangqing, and my grandfather is Xia Yan. Then there’s my maternal grandfather, who is known to be the best physician in Quanzhou and he treats people for free! No wonder Mrs. Shen’s medical skill is so good.”
“Mhm.”
“Another thing, Yan Song is my family’s enemy. At that time, Mrs. Shen tried to kill Yan Shifan, but unfortunately she failed and almost got herself killed. Thankfully uncle came at the right time to save her.”
Lu Yi suddenly held Jinxia’s hand: “Promise me, no matter how big your grudge is, and no matter who is your enemy, don’t act rashly. Whatever it is, I will do it for you!”
“What?” Jinxia can feel his hands shaking, she was surprised, “What do you want to help me with?”
“It doesn’t matter, just don’t follow Mrs. Shen’s past!” Lu Yi took a deep breath, “Did she tell you to take revenge?”
“No.”
“That’s good, the Yan family is very powerful, therefore you must keep your identity a secret, and do not tell anyone else.”
“You’re not someone else.” Jinxia looked at him.
Lu Yi was stunned for a moment, then said: “That’s right, but don’t tell anyone else, even your parents, do you understand?”
Father and mother are just ordinary people, if she tells about her identity, afraid it would only add to their burdens. Jinxia nodded his head.
Lu Yi increased his force, tightly held Jinxia’s hands and reminded her again: “Remember, no matter what happens, leave it all to me. I will bring justice for you.”
Jinxia started to feel weird about his words, but she just thought that he was afraid she would carelessly hurt herself. She nodded again: “Don’t worry, Yan Song’s status is very high, even if I hate him to the gut, I still can’t touch him.”
It was only then that Lu Yi slowly let her hands go. He gazed in the far distance, as if he could see the brutal future in front of him. A worrisome feeling gushed over him,
***
In addition to sliced and fried dried radish with minced meat, a little vinegar is poured on top of the shrimp, thick porridge that is cooked hot, and small fish that are fried until fragrant and browned. These are things that Yang ChengWan eats often when he’s home. Whenever everything was fully prepared, YangYue went to invite his father to dinner.
***
When Mrs. Shen told Jinxia everything and finally openly took her in as her niece, Mrs. Shen couldn’t wait to bring her back to Quanzhou. Although the beggar uncle didn’t mind, but he felt the need to inform Yang ChengWan.
Yang Chengwan said: “I just need to ask permission for her to be absent from Liu Shanmen.”
“That’s right,” Mrs. Shen said, “Xia’er is a girl after all, although she is quite smart but spending all her time in a place where she only knows how to fight and chase, that’s not ideal. Jinxia is not young anymore, I think we should consider marriage for her.”
Yang ChengWan nodded his head: “I’ve thought about it. She and Yue’er grew up together, and both families are very familiar with each other, plus his personality isn’t bad. If you don’t mind, how about we find a good day to hold a ceremony for them.”
As soon as he finished, YangYue was shocked. Chun Yumin, who was standing by the door, also froze.
“Father, father…How can you think like that? You didn’t ask me at all.” YangYue hurriedly said.
Yang ChengWan’s face was very calm: “Marriages are big matter, you just have to listen to me.”
“Father! You know Jinxia and Lu Daren—”
“She and Lu Daren can’t be together!” Yang ChengWan cut off his words harshly.
“As long as Lu Daren wants to marry her, why not?” YangYue actually didn’t understand why his father desperately disapproved of this.
Mrs. Shen also opened her mouth: “Brother Yang, regarding Xia’er and Lu Daren, I’ve known for a while. After all, Lu Daren is Lu Bing’s eldest son, if he want to marry Xia’er, with his status—”
“No!”
Yang ChengWan remained firm with his decision.
At this time, Jinxia and Lu Yi walked in the room, holding hands. Upon hearing Yang ChengWan’s words, Jinxia couldn’t help but became furious: “Why not?!”
Hearing her voice, Yang ChengWan turned to look at Jinxia, then look down at her hands, his expression turned dark: “Xia’er, come here.”
Jinxia shook her head, remaining next to Lu Yi: “Why not? You have to tell me the reason.”
Seeing that he couldn’t talk to Jinxia, Yang ChengWan turned to Lu Yi and asked: “Lu Daren, has Xia’er told you her status?”
Lu Yi nodded his head.
“Then you should know why you and Jinxia shouldn’t be together!”
Not waiting for Lu Yi to answer, Jinxia hurriedly answered for him: “Master, he doesn’t mind my status at all. In fact, he even wants me to rest and not think about taking revenge. I want to be with him, Master, please approve of us. I haven’t told him this yet but I really want to marry him!”
Jinxia’s hands trembled. The eyes of Lu Yi were fixed on her, as he carefully listened to her. He feels every word like a needle stabbing into his heart.
“Master.” Jinxia desperately looks at Yang ChengWan.
“Brother Yang,” Mrs. Shen helped Jinxia, “These two children are in love, why don’t you just agree for them to be together. At that time, you and my sister were also separated by your parents, think about how you felt and let them be together.”
Yang ChengWan took a deep breath, stood up and said to Jinxia: “You follow me, I’ll tell you the reason. Mrs. Shen, you also come with me.”
Mrs. Shen did not understand, but rose to her feet and followed him.
Jinxia tightly gripped Lu Yi’s hand and said to him: “Don’t worry, no matter what my Master says, I definitely won’t change my mind. Wait for me!”
Lu Yi understands, the moment he lets go of her hands, it’s when the barrier wall starts to build up, although he’s unwilling, he still tightly held her hands and said: “Remember my words.”
Jinxia nodded her head, let go of his hand and ran after Yang Chengwan.
Lu Yi stood still, his hands still hanging, the warmth in his hand gradually changed to cold air.
***
Yang ChengWan walked into the room, then followed by Mrs. Shen and Jinxia, and then he signaled Jinxia to close the door.
“Master, just say it, what’s the reason?” Jinxia asked.
Mrs. Shen also looked at Yang Chengwan, waiting for him to talk.
“The main reason why Xia Yan got executed was because of Qiu Luan’s report.” Yang ChengWan looked at Jinxia, “Have you ever thought about who gave him the report?”
Jinxia without much thought said: “Of course it’s Yan Song.”
Yang ChengWan nodded saying: “Yang Song is one of them, but at that time he didn’t show his face; The one who personally went to prison pointed at Qiu Luan and personally told him to write this report was Lu Bing!”
“……..”
Jinxia’s entire body instantly froze.
Mrs. Shen was also taken aback: “Although Lu Bing and Xia Yan are not very close, but he also respects Xia Yan, why would he want to harm him?”
“Because Xia Yan had previously received an accusation against Lu Bing, evidence was all there, and he was ready to report it to the Emperor so that Lu Bing would be severely punished, but Lu Bing begged Xia Yan, and with a soft heart, he let him go.”
Mrs. Shen became more confused: “If Xia Yan finally let him go, shouldn’t he be grateful? So why would he harm Xia Yan?”
“What kind of person is Lu Bing? He has his own ambitions, and someone who values pride over honesty, how can he accept this kind of humiliation? Since then, he has hated Xia Yan. I was Lu Bing’s subordinate, how could I not know?” Yang ChengWan slowly explained.
“Because of that, because of that…. Lu Bing is also my family’s enemy?!”
Jinxia’s mind went blank, unable to think of anything at all.
Yang ChengWan saw it, his heart ached: “That’s right! Since Lu Yi is Lu Bing’s son, that’s why I keep forbidding you two from being together. First, with such deep hatred for Xia Yan, once Lu Bing finds out that you are Xia Yan’s granddaughter, even if he doesn’t kill you, he will definitely disapprove of your relationship; Second, Lu Yi is your enemy’s son. Hundreds of lives within the Xia family have been lost, as well as the lives in the Lin family, how can you love him?”
Previously, Jinxia was standing leaning against a dresser, but as soon as she heard his words, chills started to spread across her body, her heart went cold, it was difficult for her to stand. Jinxia collapsed down on the floor.
Mrs. Shen remained quiet, then suddenly glared at Yang ChengWan: “This matter, why didn’t you say anything yesterday?”
Yang ChengWan said nothing.
“Is it because Lu bing took care of you so much that you want to hide this matter? If Jinxia wasn’t so determined to stay with Lu Yi, then would you have hid it forever?” Mrs. Shen pointed at Yang ChengWan while shaking, “You’ve taken care of Jinxia for many years, I’m very grateful for that. Even though you didn’t take revenge for my sister, I don’t blame you at all, but how could you hide this from me?”
Yang ChengWan remained quiet.
Remembering that she had helped Lu Yi, Mrs. Shen became very resentful: “To think that I saved Lu Bing’s son, this must be a joke! Lu Bing helped kill my family, but then I saved his son’s life?”
Jinxia raised her head to look at Mrs. Shen, right now it was very difficult for her to breathe, her eyes were in disbelief.
After a while, Mrs. Shen suddenly stood up, her mouth mumbled: “It’s good that he’s still here, I can go make some poison to kill him.” After saying that, Mrs. Shen stomps out.
Hearing this, Jinxia was shocked, not having enough time to stand up, Jinxia crawled over to Mrs. Shen and held her leg tightly.
“Let me go!” Mrs. Shen slapped her hands.
Jinxia desperately hugged her legs.
Mrs. Shen angrily said: “Let me go! Don’t you understand how it feels to have your family destroyed and being left alone? They were your parents, all of them were your family, and they’re all dead! The son of your enemy is right there, yet you don’t even know how to take this opportunity to take revenge? You’re useless!”
Each one of her words pierced Jinxia’s heart. How could she not know? How could she not understand? Tears starts to flow down her face but her hands still tightly gripped Mrs. Shen’s legs. Yang ChengWan witnessed the scene, he didn’t know what to do, he can’t help Jinxia but also can’t stop Mrs. Shen, he could only look down to avoid showing his tears.
“Yesterday, I told you so many things for nothing. In your heart, your parents, your grandfather, and all of Xia and Lin family means nothing to you! If you can’t take revenge for them, then you shouldn’t stop me. You may not be the daughter of the Lin family, but I am!”
As soon as Mrs. Shen finished her last word, she pushed Jinxia down.
Jinxia couldn’t say anything, because she doesn’t know how to beg Mrs. Shen. Jinxia couldn’t stop sobbing. Suddenly, she backs up a little, kneels down and starts bowing, hitting her head on the floor and loudly begging Mrs. Shen.
Every bow is a head bang, the sound was loud and clear.
“You….”
Mrs. Shen angrily looked at her, but she was also hurt seeing her like this.
The beggar uncle was standing outside, upon hearing the commotion, he knew right away something wasn’t right. When he opened the door, to his surprise: “What happened? Why is the kid’s forehead so red?”
Mrs. Shen looked down at Jinxia, her eyes were also full of tears.
Jinxia knows that she can only tried to stop Mrs. Shen, and she has no right to forbid her from taking revenge. Jinxia embarrassedly started begging to not hurt Lu Yi while bowing and hitting her head on the floor.
“What exactly happened?” Seeing that all of them were crying, the beggar uncle started to panic.
“At that time it was Lu Bing who urged Qiu Luan to write an allegation report, harming the Xia and Lin family, which killed thousands of lives, and all of the lives lost aren’t as important as her lover.” Mrs. Shen said, “At that time I shouldn’t have helped him, at least then I can feel better.”
“Lu Bing is also your family’s enemy?!”
The beggar uncle finally understands. He looked at the desperate Jinxia and didn’t know how to help her.
“Starting today, don’t call me your aunt anymore! My sister doesn’t have a child like you.” Mrs. Shen said to Jinxia, “Stand up, I don’t dare to accept your bows.”
As Jinxia listened to her words, tears can’t help but flow out even more, and the head banging still didn’t know. On the floor, a reddish mark was seen, it was blood coming from her forehead.
“Don’t be like that, how can you say that to her? Are you forcing her to die?” The beggar uncle couldn’t bear to watch Jinxia like that, so he quickly tried to persuade Mrs. Shen.
Lu Yi, who was standing in the other room, also heard the loud noises. He slowly walked closer to see, as soon as he saw Jinxia kneeling on the door, his heart ache even more, he took big steps into the room and pulled Jinxia up: “Jinxia, get up quickly!”
Seeing him, Jinxia frantically pushed him away: “Go! Go quickly!”
Mrs. Shen saw Lu Yi, the anger in her eyes grew: “Lu Yi, even if we don’t need to talk about old grudges, but didn’t I save your life?”
Lu Yi hugged Jinxia, his finger rubbed her forehead, he nodded and said: “Yes! My life was saved by Senior. If you want to take it back, I will not say anything.”
“No! You can’t!” Jinxia panicked, she cried harder than before, then turned to beg Mrs. Shen, “Please don’t!”
Lu Yi gently reassured Jinxia: “Remember what I said earlier, no matter how big your grudge is, no matter who your family’s enemy is, I can help you take care of it. What my father did, let me repay it on his behalf. Father’s mistake, the child’s responsibility, it’s the law of heaven and earth. I will definitely pay for his mistakes.”
“Take responsibility? What can you do to exchange the hundreds of lives of the Xia and Lin family?” Mrs. Shen asked him.
Lu Yi took a deep breath: “I will try my best to do what I can, even if my life is at stake.”
Mrs. Shen glared at Jinxia, her gaze was fierce, but after a while she said: “Today, I won’t take your life and it’s not because I believe you but it’s because of this child. Since she begged on your behalf, she’s considered as an unfilial and unfaithful child to the Lin and Xia family. At first, I wanted to take you back to Quanzhou, but now, it’s not needed anymore.”
Knowing that she had disrespected her family, Jinxia’s head remained low while tears continued to flow.
Mrs. Shen turned and walked away, and the beggar uncle followed her.
Lu Yi pulled Jinxia up. Jinxia carefully looked at him, then slowly let go of his hands and walked out.
Outside the sun was very bright.
Jinxia looked up at the sun, her mind was empty.
A moment later, her movements seemed unstable as she walked down the stairs, she immediately fell down and fell unconscious.
