FID – Chapter 919

Chapter 919: He Poked a Hornet’s Nest—He Can’t Handle This!

She slowly lifted her eyes and met the man’s ink-dark gaze. For the first time, Liu Muqiu saw in those eyes a tenderness so deep, it couldn’t be dissolved.

At that moment, she could almost hear flowers blooming in her heart.

Before the tears could spill from her eyes again, she threw herself onto the man lying on the bed.

“Hiss! Little White Lotus, are you trying to kill your own husband?” the man groaned, his voice filled with helplessness, though not a trace of anger.

Hearing his cry of pain, Liu Muqiu quickly pushed herself up. “Where does it hurt? Did I hit you somewhere? Let me see!”

Her tearful voice made Liu Zhiqiu sigh helplessly once more. Instead, he reached out, pulled her down, and firmly sealed her lips with his.

Her body went from stiff to soft, melting into his scorching breath. She lost herself in it, completely consumed.

A while later, breathless and dazed, she opened her eyes. She was still lying against him, unwilling to part even slightly. “Brother Zhiqiu…”

That sweet, soft tone made Liu Zhiqiu narrow his eyes in satisfaction.

“…Why did you do it?” she finally bit her lip and asked the question she had been holding in.

Liu Zhiqiu paused and looked at her—she knew. She knew he had gotten himself injured on purpose.

“Why?” she asked again. Under his focused gaze, her eyelashes began to tremble once more.

The man curled his lips into a smile. “Because I’m the one you lean on. Because I’m your man.”

That one sentence made her eyes curve into a smile. “…Then what if one day I poke a hole right through the sky? Will you still be my support?”

Tsk. Getting bolder now, aren’t you?

The man didn’t answer.

“Brother Zhiqiu—” she drew out the name, her tone even sweeter and softer, enough to melt anyone’s heart.

“…Even if you really tear a hole in the sky, I’ll hold it up for you.” He sighed, his voice full of helpless indulgence.

No sooner had he spoken than the woman dove into his arms again. Throwing herself at him, kissing him passionately.

An overwhelming, irresistible passion.

Liu Zhiqiu: “…” Damn! If he could hold back at this point, was he even still a man?

A while later, soft gasps tangled with heavier, ragged breathing.

“Brother Zhiqiu, you’re pushing me!”

“……”

“Wait—you’re not—you’re not a eunuch?!”

“I’m just like a eunuch in the sense that I can’t pass on my lineage—not like a eunuch who can’t even function in bed!” the man growled through gritted teeth, pressing down the woman who somehow still had energy to think about other things.

“But you’re still injured—!”

“I’ve got more than enough in me to handle you! Let this be a lesson. Don’t go thinking an injured eunuch isn’t still a man!”

“……”

That afternoon, Liu Muqiu was thoroughly devoured by the so-called ‘injured eunuch’ and couldn’t get out of bed. It wasn’t until evening that she barely managed to stagger out of the room.

She had to go ask Nannan something—Was being unable to bear children really different from being unable to have sex?

The atmosphere in the front courtyard, however, was very different from the one inside the side room. Several of the Liu family elders were still immersed in a heavy, oppressive mood.

Their Zhiqiu, that poor boy—rode a horse once and ended up a eunuch.

How was he supposed to live the rest of his life? He had suffered, and now Muqiu had to suffer too.

Sigh…

As the elders sighed one after another, Liu Yusheng, who knew the truth, was so wracked with guilt she couldn’t even lift her eyes to meet theirs.

Conning outsiders? That she could do with ease. But deceiving her own elders? Hiding the truth from them? That felt like being an unfilial child.

Truly unfilial.

She couldn’t bring herself to act unaffected like Feng Qingbai and Xue Qinglian, nor could she play indifferent like General Qin Xiao.

“Nannan, why are you spacing out again? Badou’s been fussing for a while now. Go and check if he peed,” said the Empress Dowager as she walked over. She reached out to feel Badou’s diaper. “It’s soaked. Give him to me, I’ll change him.”

Without giving her a chance to object, she scooped up Xiao Badou. Liu Yusheng felt a wave of guilt and didn’t dare say a word.

“Nannan, are you still thinking about your Second Brother?”Grandma Liu sighed. “Ah, he brought this whole thing on himself. What’s done is done; there’s no point in dwelling on it. You may be a doctor, but doctors aren’t immortals. There are illnesses even you can’t cure. Don’t take it too hard.”

“Exactly. That brat—ugh, and now look at the state he’s in, dragging Muqiu down with him. Just thinking about it makes me feel suffocated.” Du Juan dabbed at her eyes. “I know that Muqiu likes that rascal, but she’s still so young. Does she really have to spend her whole life like a widow for Zhiqiu?”

Liu Yusheng lowered her head even further, face scrunched up in a miserable expression, secretly glancing at Feng Qingbai for help.

“Everyone—whatever happens between Zhiqiu and Muqiu, I think it’s best to ask them directly,” Feng Qingbai said calmly. “We’re here worrying for them, but what we want for them may not be what they want for themselves. Everyone thinks Muqiu is pitiful, but how do we know she isn’t happy to go through this for him?”

He didn’t particularly care to get involved in Zhiqiu’s situation. At worst, it would just earn him a few lashes if the truth got out.

But he couldn’t stand seeing his little girl so downcast. She hadn’t smiled all day.

The room fell into sighs again as the Liu elders wore gloomy expressions.

Of course, they understood Axiu made a fair point. But if they truly let the young couple decide for themselves, Muqiu would definitely stick with Zhiqiu. Could they really just sit back and watch Muqiu throw her life away like that?

Liu Muqiu stood at the entrance of the main hall, hearing every word of the conversation inside and seeing the expressions on the elders’ faces. The sweetness that had filled her heart just moments before felt as if it had been doused with ice water, vanishing without a trace.

Her eyes instantly turned red.

No matter how sweet things were between her and Zhiqiu, how could they live with peace of mind if the elders were secretly heartbroken because of them?

She couldn’t do it, and she believed Zhiqiu couldn’t either. He must have been shouldering the guilt of deceiving the elders alone, just for her.

Clenching her teeth and hardening her resolve, she stepped into the hall and knelt down in front of the elders under their stunned gazes.

Half an hour later, the oppressive silence in the hall had vanished—replaced with surging fury, cold sneers, and the very audible sound of teeth grinding.

Having blurted it all out in one breath, Liu Muqiu was now completely cowed. She shrank her shoulders and quietly hid behind Grandma Liu, not daring to lift her head.

She had betrayed Brother Zhiqiu. He had just confessed to her… and she had immediately sold him out.

…But he had said it himself: he didn’t need her to be kind. He loved her just as she was. He even said that even if she poked a hole in the sky, he would be the one to cover it for her.

Well… she really had poked a massive hole this time. Brother Zhiqiu would be able to handle it… right?

The next morning, after a long, restful sleep, Liu Zhiqiu woke up feeling refreshed. With his little sister’s medicine, the injuries from yesterday’s fall had mostly healed overnight. However, he couldn’t get out of bed.

He had to keep up the act. When you fake something, you have to go all the way.

Sitting cross-legged and leisurely waiting for someone to attend to him, Liu Zhiqiu heard a flurry of footsteps at the door. He glanced over, puzzled, and saw the elders of the family filing in one by one.

Everyone’s expressions were fiercer and more menacing than he had ever seen before.

As for his Little White Lotus, who had disappeared upon his waking, she was now hiding behind the old madam of the house, timidly poking half her head out. After locking eyes with him, she quickly shrank back inside.

She looked like she had made a huge, unforgivable mistake.

Liu Zhiqiu: “…” This is bad.

Did Little White Lotus take his words from yesterday to the extreme, even to the point of selling out her own husband now? Yesterday he forgot to mention one thing: if she poked a hole in the sky, he could handle it.

But now that she’d stirred up a hornet’s nest in the family, he just couldn’t take it — ahhh!