FID – Chapter 592

Chapter 592: He is a bit desperate

She almost thought, thought that Grandpa and Grandma…

“Quick, hurry and bring them into the manor!” Liu Zhixia followed closely, immediately giving orders when she saw the situation.

Fu Yuzheng, walking a little slower, saw the elderly being helped by others. She covered her mouth, tears welling up, almost following them step by step, worried that the servants might accidentally bump them.

The two elders meant something different to her. Zhixia gave her love, but Grandpa, Grandma, and the parents gave her family.

They were the ones who allowed her to once again feel that warmth.

Her attachment and cherish for this family were beyond what others could imagine.

Qian Wanjin also relaxed, but when the woman beside him held his hand to comfort him, he realized his palms were sweating.

Though not a true member of the Liu family, his feelings for the two elders were no less than those of Liu Yusheng, Liu Zhixia, and the others.

They were the people he considered his own grandparents.

The Liu family, and the two elders, had almost occupied all of his happy moments in his youth, right up to this day.

The two elders were carried into the room and laid down. Liu Yusheng and Xue Qinglian immediately began checking their pulses and examining them. After confirming twice, they finally felt relieved.

“They fainted from exhaustion, but there are no major issues,” Xue Qinglian spoke to the others who were nearby.

Liu Yusheng didn’t say anything. After easing her mind, she finally took notice of the elders’ condition.

Both elders were only wearing inner garments, their outer robes missing. Their thin clothes were torn with holes, covered in dust and dirt, and there were even signs of falling scattered across them.

Their shoes were filthy, worn down in several places, and stained with greenish plant sap.

There were also numerous small bloodstains on their faces, some of which had scabbed over, their hair in disarray, making them look quite disheveled.

These signs indicated that the elders had traveled a long distance, and the terrain had been extremely difficult. They had escaped!

Everyone’s hearts were tightly knotted with concern.

Liu Yusheng took a deep breath, administered acupuncture to the two elders, and gave them some medicine. The group gathered around the bed, none of them moving, as they waited.

Soon, the elders slowly regained consciousness. The first to open his eyes was Grandpa Liu. Once his vision cleared and he recognized his familiar surroundings and the people beside him, he immediately propped himself up and said, “Quick, quick, go save them, Zhixia! Go save…”

“Go save Miss Li! Hurry!” Grandma Liu also opened her eyes, her expression anxious and urgent. Though still weak and unable to sit up, she could only cry out in distress, “To the east, east of the city outskirts, the Mao’er Mountain, there are bandits. Hurry and save her!”

“Grandpa, Grandma, don’t be agitated, speak slowly. Big Brother will send people right away!” Liu Yusheng hurried to grasp the old woman’s waving hand and held her tightly in his arms. “We need to make things clear so that my brother can save her faster. Grandma, take it easy.”

“It’s too late… it might be too late…” The old woman mumbled, tears falling from the corners of her eyes, a look of confusion and guilt on her face.

The others around the bed watched the old woman cry, their hearts twisting in pain.

“Let me speak. Your grandmother can’t calm down.” Grandpa Liu patted his guilty and pained wife, then quickly and succinctly recounted what had happened. “Our lives were saved by Miss Li. She led the pursuers in the opposite direction. From what I can tell, it’s been over an hour since that happened. We ran to seek help, but unfortunately, our bodies couldn’t keep up, and we fainted halfway! Zhixia, hurry, send people quickly! I… this is the one thing in my life I regret!”

Liu Zhixia nodded. “I will give the order immediately!”

With that, he rushed to the yamen to issue the orders.

No matter what, they had to reach there in the shortest time possible. Perhaps… perhaps there might still be a slim chance!

Listening to the old man finish recounting the events, Grandma Liu was already inconsolable, her cries uncontrollable. 

Liu Yusheng and the others were equally overwhelmed with mixed emotions, but they were also shocked.

Shocked by Li Junyue.

Between them and Li Junyue, there hadn’t really been much interaction. If there was any, it was just a few brief encounters.

The impression Li Junyue left on them was that of an ordinary woman from a wealthy household—someone with the scheming and calculating nature typical of women from aristocratic families, and someone who always liked to wear a mask.

None of them were blind to it; it was clear to see that Li Junyue lived her life behind a facade.

And yet, despite all this, it was this very woman who had saved the Liu family time and time again.

Liu Yusheng understood this best of all. 

Li Junyue had risked her life to save her second brother twice. At the time, she could have believed that Li Junyue had deep feelings for him. But this time, when her grandparents were in danger, Li Junyue still made a surprising and shocking choice.

She suddenly didn’t understand what kind of woman Li Junyue really was. 

What was the reason behind her making this choice? Was it out of love for the family?

Reaching out to embrace her still-crying grandmother, Liu Yusheng’s eyes slowly reddened.

She had almost lost the most important people in her life.

She truly, deeply, was grateful to Li Junyue.

On one side, Liu Zhixia had personally sent people to Mao’er Mountain, on the other Qian Wanjin and Shi Xianrou returned to the restaurant to spread the news of the elders’ return and sent people to search the mountain area. The more people there were, the better the chance Li Junyue had of surviving.

Liu Yusheng and Fu Yuzheng stayed in the room to accompany the elders.

Now that the elders were safely back, Xue Qinglian couldn’t bear to see the tears from everyone and, stretching lazily, returned to his room.

The door closed, and as he saw the person appear before her, his lazy expression didn’t change.

“Master, I found the two elders of the Liu family unconscious by the roadside halfway to Yunzhou. I immediately sent them to the corner of the yamen. At that time, there was no one around.”

“Where is Li Junyue?”

“At the treetops beneath the cliff at Mao’er Mountain, her life or death is unknown. Since you didn’t give orders, we didn’t intervene.”

“Go, and don’t come out again unless necessary. If the master’s carefree days are over, I’ll take your heads.”

“…Understood!”

“Wait, lead those fools from the yamen down to the cliff.”

“Master, are you planning to save Li Junyue?”

“Did I tell you to ask questions?”

“…I’ll go handle it right away!”

Once the others left, Xue Qinglian lay back on the bed, hands behind his head, and propped his legs up.

After a while, he flipped over in annoyance.

He sat up.

He was a little desperate.

This wasn’t going to work. He refused to be treated.

He was bound to turn into a saint, staying with the Liu family.

Everyone in the Liu family is poisonous!

Forget it, this is the last time.

If Li Junyue can’t be saved, old lady will probably go blind from crying, and those two old folks will never smile again in their lives.

The last time.

This really is the last time.

When Liu Zhixia and the others arrived at Mao’er Mountain, the village at the top of the mountain was eerily silent, with nothing but corpses and bloodstains everywhere, telling the story of a massacre that had taken place there.

They searched the area, and in the end, only found a trembling little maid hiding in the firewood stack at the back of the village.

“Master, everyone else is dead!”

Liu Zhixia looked deeply at the terrified little maid.