Several people lay fallen outside the low walls of the villa; only one dark figure remained standing.
Mu He heard the footsteps behind him and deliberately stayed put.
"Who... who are you?" Xiaoi asked, her voice trembling as she warily held the mop in front of her.
Mu He turned and made a shushing gesture towards Xiaoi.
"Your sister is still resting."
Xiaoi imdiately lowered her voice. "Who are you?"
"Soone protecting your sister."
"Did Wu Shi send you?"
Mu He didn’t deny it.
Xiaoi assud his silence ant yes and relaxed slightly, though she didn’t lower the mop in her hands.
She scurried over. "Whose people are they? Why do they want to attack my sister?"
"Miss Fu has too many enemies; we’ll need to investigate to find out."
"They’re just jealous of my sister. I bet they work for either Li Qing or Su Kexin."
Xiaoi had her own sources of information. Her sister disliked telling her things, afraid she’d worry, but Xiaoi worried about her sister all the sa. So, she tried her best to learn about the matters her sister kept from her, hoping to share her burdens.
Xiaoi squatted beside the fallen n, carefully examining them. "Your thods are quite good," she remarked, looking up at Mu He.
Mu He smiled. "You know quite a lot."
"I have to grow stronger, or my sister will have a very hard ti. She’s in the public eye, so it’s easy for those who want to harm her to make a move. I need to make my own preparations in secret."
Xiaoi’s naive and innocent nature didn’t an she was stupid.
"Can you teach in the future?"
This man worked for Wu Shi, which made him one of them. She could learn from him. She had wanted to learn from Wu Shi before, but he wasn’t good at speaking, which made teaching her inconvenient.
Mu He gave her a deep look, then slowly nodded.
Xiaoi’s heart, which had been in her throat, finally settled, and she broke into a wide smile.
Mu He had observed Fu Bing for a long ti and, by extension, Xiaoi as well. He held a natural fondness for her. Who wouldn’t like such a sincere, bright, simple, yet ambitious girl?
"The people who ca today were scattered individuals, bought off with money."
"How can you tell?"
"A few days ago, Lu Ji’s corpse was found with signs of the Wrongfully Dead near it. Many people have connected the Wrongfully Dead with Miss Fu."
"What are the Wrongfully Dead?"
"They’re a ghost army composed of people who have already died. They infiltrate everywhere."
Xiaoi stared blankly for a few seconds. "Are you also one of the Wrongfully Dead?"
Mu He’s lips curved slightly. "You’ll find out later."
Li Qing received news of the failed operation and, in a fit of anger, slamd Li Hua’s dicine to the floor.
"Are you all useless? You couldn’t even catch Fu Xiaoi?"
Li Hua looked at the scattered dicine on the ground. "Do you really think Fu Xiaoi is a fool? Anyone Fu Bing holds in high regard is far from stupid."
"She’s just an orphan. What’s so special about her?"
"She stuck by Fu Bing during Fu Bing’s most difficult tis. Do you call soone like that stupid?"
"If we can’t touch Fu Bing, and we can’t touch Fu Xiaoi either, what else can we do?"
After a mont of contemplation, Li Hua said, "Help get a new SIM card. I need to call your brother-in-law."
"Why call him? He just hit you."
"No matter how much he doted on Han Hu, Han Hu is dead. I am his son’s biological mother. That identity alone ans Su He has to treat with so respect. He was angry before, and I insulted Han Hu, so it was understandable that he hit . As long as I refuse a divorce, I am still Mrs. Su."
Having endured the physical pain and humiliation, Li Hua had an epiphany. She couldn’t rely on her maiden family, and her only sister was foolish. Her son was the only one she could depend on. She owed her standing to her son. As long as she held onto her son, she wouldn’t fear Su He casting her aside. Even if he tried, as long as she was shaless enough, it wasn’t certain Su He could actually get rid of her.
Li Qing noticed an odd look in Li Hua’s eyes and had a bad feeling.
She went out, supposedly for a walk, and didn’t get the SIM card at all.
She returned and said apologetically to Li Hua, "Sister, they said it’ll take a month before it can be processed."
Anyway, her sister couldn’t get out of bed and had no way to verify it.
Li Hua sneered inwardly; she had seen right through Li Qing.
"I understand. Go and rest."
Li Qing went to the adjacent room to sleep.
When the nurse ca in to change her dressing, Li Hua slipped her so money and asked the nurse to buy her a mobile phone and a SIM card.
She imdiately called the nanny looking after Su Xiaobao.
"Is the baby all right?"
"Madam?" the nanny said, her voice laced with desperation. "The Young Master cries constantly! We’ve tried everything to soothe him these past few days, but he won’t stop, and his little face has gotten so thin."
Su He had already lost his temper multiple tis and had dismissed two nannies who were looking after Su Xiaobao. She herself was on the verge of being fired.
Li Hua quickly said, "Give the phone to the baby. I’ll soothe him."
The nanny imdiately complied.
Upon hearing Li Hua’s voice, Su Xiaobao’s crying gradually subsided.
The nanny was overjoyed, tears welling up. "Madam, the Young Master stopped crying as soon as he heard your voice!"
Li Hua asked, "Has the Master been ho these past few days?"
"Not during the day. He only cos back very late at night."
"Tell when he returns. I can save your job."
"Thank you, Madam," the nanny said, imnsely grateful.
Su He had a terrible temper, but he paid well. The nanny’s wages were essentially paynt for enduring verbal abuse; as long as the pay was sufficient, she could bear it. If she worked for another family, she’d likely endure just as many scoldings as at the Su residence, but for lower pay. The nanny was well aware of her options.
Just as the nanny hung up, Su He’s car pulled up to the house.
The nanny hurried out to greet him. "Master, Madam just called to check on the Young Master. He stopped crying the mont he heard her voice."
"She’s not dead?"
"Madam’s voice sounded very weak."
"She certainly knows how to put on an act." Su He was very familiar with Li Hua’s manipulative nature. In the past, he hadn’t thought it a bad thing for a woman to be scheming. Li Hua’s cunning had solved many of his problems. But after Han Hu’s death, he no longer condoned Li Hua’s scheming. This woman’s jealousy had cost the life of the woman he loved most. He would never forgive her!
"Master, Madam is also just concerned about the Young Master," the nanny ventured.
Su He shot the nanny a look. "Are you trying to earn her money, or mine?"
The nanny trembled and hurriedly knelt. "I will listen to you, Master."
"You’d best rember that. My Su family doesn’t harbor fence-sitters. If there’s a next ti, pack your bags and get out!"
"I’ll never dare again!"
After hanging up, Li Hua sent a generous red envelope to the nanny. As she hit send, an exclamation mark appeared in the chatbox—the nanny had blocked her!
A chill crept into Li Hua’s heart; she had a terrible premonition.
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