"Let’s head back to the room first. Let Chenfeng interrogate this woman slowly," Jiang Yichun said.
Bai Ruozhu nodded, supported him, and headed upstairs.
Back in the room, Jiang Yichun placed Dengdeng on the bed and said to Bai Ruozhu, "It’s okay, I’ll just ditate for a bit."
"Achun..." Bai Ruozhu started to speak, but he interrupted her, "Silly, isn’t it a man’s duty to protect his wife and children?"
Seeing him close his eyes to ditate, Bai Ruozhu’s heart was full, and a gentle smile graced her face.
Soon, Little Dengdeng twisted his little body on the bed and awoke with open eyes.
"Mom, why did I fall asleep? I still want to set off firecrackers," Little Dengdeng said, a bit disappointed. He rembered his dad telling him to set off lots of firecrackers at midnight, and every household would do the sa; it would surely be lively.
Bai Ruozhu couldn’t help but hug her son and said, "It’s not midnight yet, but your dad is injured, so let’s listen to them from inside, okay?"
"What? What happened to my dad?" Little Dengdeng sat up quickly, his little face scrunched up with worry.
Bai Ruozhu thought of Fen Jiu, gritted her teeth, and said, "He was attacked by bad people. Your dad is ditating now; let’s not disturb him."
Little Dengdeng glanced at Jiang Yichun who was ditating with his eyes closed beside them and nodded obediently.
"By the way, Mom, I rember the shopkeeper uncle taking into the main hall, then I don’t rember anything, how did I fall asleep?" Little Dengdeng tilted his head, puzzled.
Bai Ruozhu hesitated, fearing to frighten her son, but she also thought her son was precocious; perhaps it wasn’t wise to hide it from him, maybe he should be more alert.
"The bad guy disguised himself as the shopkeeper uncle and tricked you, even knocked you out. Mom and Dad were really scared," Bai Ruozhu said, shivering with fear as she recalled, and couldn’t help but hug her son tightly.
Little Dengdeng was moved by his mom’s eyes; he was a considerate and filial child. He sensed his mom’s worry and fear due to him, making him feel sowhat guilty.
It was all his fault for being too easy to deceive; otherwise, his parents wouldn’t have been so worried. And his dad got injured saving him, right?
At this mont, Little Dengdeng felt no fear; instead, he was filled with determination. He resolved to train in martial arts earnestly so his parents wouldn’t have to worry about him!
...
In the Inn’s cellar, Chenfeng waved a red-hot iron in front of Nianrong’s face, sneering, "Still don’t want to confess? Seems you don’t mind becoming a monster."
"Do as you wish. I’m here to avenge my father, unrelated to anyone else." Nianrong, nearly out of breath from torture, said weakly.
At this mont, her heart was filled with hatred. Her father had given her all his life’s powers, saving only her life, and leaving most that she couldn’t fully utilize. She even had to use part of her inner strength to suppress the powers she couldn’t absorb. Just now, she planned to unleash those powers, even at the cost of burning out her life, as long as she could kill that woman, she wouldn’t regret dying.
Unfortunately, she was bitten by Furball, got poisoned and lost strength, ruining all her plans.
She gritted her teeth, refusing to say more, continuously enduring torture. Yet, secretly, she mobilized her inner strength to fight Furball’s poisonous insect poison, unexpectedly, while resisting the severe poison in her body, she could actually utilize those inner strengths!
She didn’t dare reveal any clue, but hatred intensified in her eyes. Just let her survive, and she would definitely kill that pair of vile people!
Originally, she only wanted to kill Bai Ruozhu, but Jiang Yichun cut her flesh, acted so heartlessly to her, she wouldn’t spare him either.
"Not talking, huh?" Chenfeng’s smile was extrely cold, the red-hot iron pressing towards Nianrong’s face.
Nianrong was anxious; she didn’t want to be disfigured, her face already had knife scars, couldn’t have burn scars! In monts of danger, human potential easily erupts; instantly, those inner strengths within Nianrong were all under her command. She suddenly broke through the acupoints and shot a palm at Chenfeng.
Off guard, Chenfeng was struck, flew, crashing his back against the cellar wall, spitting a mouthful of blood.
"Quick, soone co, the female thief ran!" Chenfeng cried, clutching his chest.
Nianrong intended to kill him, but seeing the situation turning bad, she imdiately rushed out of the cellar. Turning back, she sneered coldly at Chenfeng, "You guys won’t have good days ahead either, I’m sparing your pathetic life for now." After saying, she dashed away swiftly.
They chased, but couldn’t catch Nianrong, returning empty-handed.
Chenfeng, pale-faced, knelt outside Bai Ruozhu and Jiang Yichun’s room door, apologetic, "Master, Madam, I’m incompetent, letting Nianrong escape."
Jiang Yichun had just finished ditating. He jumped up instantly, opened the door, and asked, "How did she escape?"
Chenfeng explained the events in detail. Bai Ruozhu listened, frowning; logically, given Nianrong was poisoned by Furball, she shouldn’t be able to escape, nor suddenly beco powerful, right? It couldn’t have been a decoy strategy, else Nianrong had many opportunities to ambush her earlier.
"Maybe she encountered so opportunity and erupted at this ti, it’s not your fault. Go down and rest well," Jiang Yichun said to Chenfeng.
"Yes, Master." Chenfeng hung his head down and walked away, looking markedly discouraged.
Due to Little Dengdeng’s presence, Jiang Yichun and Bai Ruozhu didn’t discuss Nianrong further. Soon, at midnight, the sound of firecrackers popped outside; Little Dengdeng got excited again, happily bouncing on the bed, seemingly unfazed by the previous events. Bai Ruozhu and Jiang Yichun exchanged a look, both laughing involuntarily; the world of children is truly simple and joyful.
Once Little Dengdeng fell asleep, the two talked about Nianrong again.
"I wonder who the expert in disguise around her is, but they don’t seem to be ruthless," Jiang Yichun said.
Bai Ruozhu nodded, "Perhaps Nianrong’s original plan was for him to kill , then use Little Dengdeng to force you to stay with her, so she wouldn’t harm Dengdeng at that ti."
Jiang Yichun looked sowhat embarrassed, "Don’t overthink. I barely rember that person; she was just wishful thinking back then."
Bai Ruozhu gave him a glare, "That’s not your fault for being too enchanting!"
"Ahem, this isn’t sothing I can control," Jiang Yichun said, scratching his nose awkwardly.
Bai Ruozhu glared at him again, suddenly recalling Chenfeng’s account, she mumbled, "Why did she say we won’t have good days ahead? Maybe she brought experts to deal with us?"
Jiang Yichun wrapped his arm around her waist, gently saying, "No matter what, we’ll deal with whatever cos our way. My dear, don’t fret over such things. Be careful not to worry our precious daughter into a little old lady."
Bai Ruozhu laughed after hearing this, "She’s not even the size of a grape yet, impossible for her to wrinkle into an old lady."
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