Shi Qingxue was left alone in the back room and wanted to chase Wenren Chi, but as she moved, she felt severe pain on her waist and numb all over the body.
She had to admit her destiny and applied some medicine in the room.
In the outer room, Shi Junhe and Wenren Chi looked at each other and didn’t say anything until Shi Qingxue came out.
She broke the ice. “Don’t be so silent. Chi, what are you planning to do?”
Wenren Chi glanced at Shi Junhe and said coldly, “I want to take He Jun’s life.”
Shi Junhe tacitly approved Wenren Chi’s plan.
Wenren Chi continued after a while, “I won’t forgive Mo Shujun. She is the one behind the scene!”
Shi Junhe looked cold and reproached in a low voice, “How dare you! That’s your grandma.”
“She is not!” Wenren Chi answered without thinking.
He didn’t hate Shi Junhe and was still willing to take the man who had raised him for more than ten years as his father and respect him, but Mo Shujun was different. When he got that letter, his little affection for the grandmother had been buried.
For fear that Shi Junhe didn’t understand his determination, he added firmly, “She doesn’t deserve.”
Shi Qingxue heard that and showed a mysterious expression on her face, responding softly, “Right.”
Her voice was very low, as if she was talking to herself, but the two men had sharp ears and heard it clearly. Then they looked at her in surprise.
Shi Junhe’s face was ghastly pale, and he rebuked with displeasure, “Qingxue, what nonsense are you talking about?”
It was logical that Wenren Chi hated Mo Shujun. After all, she was not his biological grandmother and had done something evil like that. Shi Junhe didn’t blame Wenren Chi’s principle.
But Shi Qingxue had been raised by Mo Shujun since childhood and was favored. She was ungrateful to say that.
If outsiders knew that, everyone would criticize her.
Shi Qingxue was just murmuring, but Shi Junhe glared at her, so she was unwilling to admit defeat. She didn’t think she was wrong and retorted, “I told the truth!”
She even explained with an example, “She did something too evil. If Grandpa knew that, he wouldn’t allow her to.”
Shi Lei was aboveboard all his life and loved the soldiers like his children, so he had won everyone’s respect in the Shi Army. If he knew his wife played dirty tricks to kill somebody and seize power, he wouldn’t stand by and do nothing.
Shi Junhe could say nothing about Shi Qingxue’s example. He didn’t look well and said coldly after quite a while, “The elder should be respected. Even if your grandma did something wrong, you can’t judge.”
Wenren Chi sneered. “Then did my father die for nothing?”
Shi Junhe fell into silence. He couldn’t turn a blind eye to Wenren Chi’s revenge on Mo Shujun, but Wenren Chi was not wrong to take revenge.
“If you insist on taking revenge…” Shi Junhe pondered and raised his head to look at Wenren Chi, saying sadly, “In the final analysis, your father died because of me. My mother did everything for me, so if you want to take revenge, just come to me. I am willing to pay Bo with my life.”
“Father!” Shi Qingxue shouted in astonishment. It was beyond her expectation that she finally transferred Wenren Chi’s hatred toward her father, but the older man foolishly put all the blame on himself.
She couldn’t understand her father. “It was Grandma’s fault. Why do you need to take the responsibility?”
Shi Junhe looked at his daughter in pain. “The son should pay his parents’ debts. Qingxue, I ask you. If something like this happens to you, can you bear to see others hurt me?”
Shi Qingxue was unable to reply.
But Wenren Chi said, “You are my father, and it was not your fault. Even if I take revenge, I won’t come to you. I can’t transfer the hatred.”
Then, without looking at Shi Junhe’s pleading eyes, he turned around and left.
Shi Qingxue wanted to follow Wenren Chi and then turned to Shi Junhe who was dispirited, saying all of a sudden, “Father, I won’t stand by when watching others hurt you.”
Shi Junhe’s eyes lit up.
Then Shi Qingxue added, “That is because I believe that you would never hurt anybody, and if others hurt you, it must be their fault, but Grandma is different.”
Shi Junhe was petrified and went silent.
Qingxue didn’t want his answer but just glanced at him deeply before running out of the study.
Wenren Chi was walking on the cobbled path in the East House slowly, as if he was lost in thought or waiting for somebody.
Shi Qingxue hurriedly walked forward and grasped his arm, asking, “Chi, what are you going to do?”
She thought Wenren Chi was going to take revenge now and advised him softly, “This is our mansion. You can’t make He Jun die here for no reason. Even if Grandma and Father would let it pass, it would affect your reputation after the news spreads. We have to consider carefully before making a decision.”
Wenren Chi didn’t say anything and looked at Shi Qingxue with a weird expression.
“What’s wrong?” Qingxue lowered her head to look at herself, but she didn’t find anything wrong with her.
“Do you allow me to take revenge? And you will help me?” Wenren Chi couldn’t imagine Shi Qingxue’s plan, nor did he want to get her involved in this matter.
But Shi Qingxue took it for granted and nodded. “He Jun did something like that. Even if you don’t kill him, Grandpa would have his head cut off in public if he were still alive. He wouldn’t let that kind of person ruin the fame of the Shi Army. We have to figure out a way to make him show his evil nature and then find a chance to kill him!”
She gritted her teeth, as if it was her hatred.
But on second thoughts, it was true. He Jun cast a bone between Shi Junhe and Wenren Chi, which made the two die on the Qingluo Mountain and greatly weakened the Shi Army in the previous life. Although it was different in this life, she didn’t want to let this future trouble get away with it.
However…
Thinking of Mo Shujun, Shi Qingxue felt it was difficult. She leered at Wenren Chi cautiously and found that he didn’t look terrible, so she said gently, “Grandma was wrong as she intended to kill somebody else, but under the situation, she couldn’t control He Jun, so if we think about it carefully, we can’t take her as Uncle Bo’s murderer, and we have to consider her status. What’s more, you and Baoning…”
Wenren Chi raised his head to interrupt Shi Qingxue and said in a tone not as tough as he had been when he faced Shi Junhe, “I know. Don’t worry. I won’t be impulsive or take her life. I have to consider for others.”
Even though it appeared that Shi Qingxue didn’t prevent him from taking revenge, he didn’t dare to bet in this matter. Not to mention whether he was able to kill Mo Shujun. Once he tried to kill her, his relationship with the Shi Family would be completely ruined.
“Heehee!” Shi Qingxue didn’t know Wenren Chi’s feelings, but she heaved a sigh of relief after hearing his words. She showed a big smile. “I know you love my sister most and won’t make her sad.”
Wenren Chi couldn’t deny it, so he changed the subject. “Qingxue, I wanted to ask you a question from the beginning.”
Shi Qingxue’s big eyes were shining. “What?”
“You knew that I felt hatred toward Father in the first place and I even tried to harm him, even though I didn’t make it successfully. Why didn’t you have any grudge but help us find the murderer behind the scene?”
Wenren Chi was clear that if Shi Qingxue didn’t get involved, he might bother about Shi Junhe and ignore the truth behind it.
Shi Qingxue thought, “How can I have no grudge? In the previous life, both Father and you died.”
She pouted and didn’t answer but asked, “If Father died on the Qingluo Mountain, would you come back alive?”
Wenren Chi stayed silent, but his expression told Shi Qingxue his response.
So Shi Qingxue stretched out her hands and pretended to be helpless. “See, you can’t feel at ease to harm Father. Of course I won’t hate you!”
The kinship was magical sometimes. There was no reason, and it didn’t need to explain.
Wenren Chi rarely showed a relaxed smile. “Thanks.”
As he promised to Shi Qingxue, Wenren Chi didn’t get back at He Jun and Mo Shujun on impulse, and he could even prepare for the wedding with Baoning, as if nothing had happened.
During the period, the Zhao Family which had cut off the relationship with the Shi Family suddenly sent someone to Duke Shi’s mansion and reset the wedding date, ten days later.
It was like a pie falling from the sky. Everyone in the Shi Family was happy, but there was one problem. Shi Baojin’s pregnancy was obvious now. If she attended the wedding, the guests would find it. While the Zhao Family required that no matter what Shi Baojin would do, they couldn’t let outsiders know that she got pregnant before marriage.
The Shi Family pondered for a long time and found a way at last. They would let another girl perform in the formal wedding ceremony. Anyway the bride’s head would be covered with a bridal veil. Nobody would know if it was Shi Baojin.
Shi Baojin was always arrogant and would finally have a wedding. She didn’t agree and cried that she would perform in the wedding.
Zhou Ruyu gave her a cold glance and said crossly, “If you didn’t do something shamelessly, how would it be like this? The Zhao Family has said that there are grandsons in their family. They would rather make you lose your baby than let you humiliate them. Just think it over!”
“Mother!” Shi Baojin was stiffened and still wanted to say something, but Zhou Ruyu left after warning her.
Xiao Tao next to her had to advise, “My Lady, cheer up. You just can’t perform formal bows. You will still enter the bridal chamber. But a baby is a woman’s main backup. If you want to steady your status in the Zhao Family in the future, you have to keep this baby.”
Shi Baojin wiped her tears and said gloomily, “I know. I just can’t bear it. Why would Shi Baoning get married with glory? But I have to beg the man from the Zhao Family to marry me.”
Xiao Tao could say nothing and thought, “You deserve it. If you didn’t give your virginity to Zhao Liang, that playboy anxiously, with the fame of Duke Shi’s mansion, you wouldn’t marry a worse man.”
But as a maid, she couldn’t say that, so she had to suggest, “You haven’t been out for a few days. How about having a walk in the courtyard? It’s helpful to the baby.”
“You are right!” Shi Baojin showed a weird and cold smile on her face. “Let’s go to the Luotong Boudoir to pay a visit.”