Peach Blossom at the Bottom of the Fan

Chapter 171
"You, who are you saying is dead?!" Xue Wanhua frowned and asked again.

Everyone in the room was staring at her, but no one dared to speak out.

Gu Sixiao covered her mouth, suppressing the urge to cry.Xue Wen stood up and wanted to hold Xue Wanhua, but was held back by the old lady Xue.

Looking at Xue Wanhua, the old lady Xue pursed her lips, her expression was serious but her eyes were full of pity.

Xue Wanying, who was sitting by the side, was a little dazed and surprised.Gently touching Li Chongyang who was sitting numbly, she whispered: "You said, how did you die so well?"

Turning his head and glanced at her, Li Chongyang had a strange expression on his face, "How do I know if you ask me?"

"Isn't this a random question?" Xue Wanying frowned, "It's really weird, can't you even speak?"

After staring at Li Chongyang, she went to look at Xue Wanhua again, "Sister, he said that brother-in-law is dead!"

There was no response, Xue Wanhua just stared blankly at the boy kneeling on the ground.

"Brother-in-law is dead! His servant said he was burned to death..."

"Shut up—" suddenly shouted, Xue Wanhua suddenly turned her head, glared at Xue Wanying, and shouted: "Shut up! I don't want to hear another word from you..."

With a twist of her mouth, Xue Wanying wanted to speak again, but Xue Wen on the side had already shouted in a low voice: "Say less, no one will think you are dumb!"

"Grandma..." Xue Wanying stomped her feet, seeing that the old lady didn't pay any attention to her, so she had to hold back and sat down.

Without going to see her again, Xue Wanhua caressed her stomach, turned her head and greeted, "Bring a chair."

Before the girl could do anything, Gu Sixiao had already moved a chair and put it behind her.

Xue Wanhua sat down, looked at the boy, and said in a deep voice: "You made it clear—Second Young Master is really dead?!"

The boy knelt on the ground, trembling all the time.

Ever since he was stopped by Gu Sixiao on the street, he hasn't stopped crying.

"Second lady, the younger one is useless! The second son-in-law was not rescued..."

"Don't cry!" Xue Wanhua snorted, "Let's make it clear, what exactly happened."

"Small, little..." Wiping away his tears, the boy barely stopped crying, "Younger went to Mingchang County with the second son-in-law. That night, my son-in-law checked the account late, so he lived in the tent above the shop. The little one fell into a drowsy sleep, and somehow woke up from choking in the middle of the night. When I opened my eyes, I realized that the tent was on fire at some point."

He seemed to have lingering fears, bit his lips, and said again: "The little one struggled to get up, and vaguely saw that the bookshelf fell down, and the second uncle was pressed under the bookshelf. I don't know if those books fell on the candlelight, and then caught fire." Big fire. At that time, the little one wanted to save the second uncle, but he didn't expect a big beam to fall down and stop him and the second uncle. Later, someone rushed in and rescued the little one, and the little one wanted to rush again Go in, but the fire is already big, and when those who went in to save people came out, no one rescued the second uncle..."

Speaking of this, the boy started crying again, "It's all my fault, I should have died in the fire with Second Young Master..."

"Have you lived enough?" Suddenly, Xue Wanhua's voice was extremely sharp.

The boy choked up and raised his head with a timid expression on his face.

Xue Wanhua had already stared at him, and said bitterly: "Since you are still alive, don't say anything about wanting to die! Do you think it's easy to live?! Some people can't even live if they want to..."

Standing up slowly, Xue Wanhua clutched her stomach, put her hand on Gu Sixiao's hand, "Take me back to rest..."

Seeing her face without a drop of tears, Gu Sixiao only felt more worried.

Supporting Xue Wanhua, she didn't make any detours, "Sister, let's see the doctor first!"

"No, I'm fine, and the child is fine." With her back straightened, Xue Wanhua turned her face to look at her, and even hooked the corners of her mouth, "Just sleep and you'll be fine..."

She said so, but everyone dared not believe it.

Gu Sixiao sent Xue Wanhua back all the way, helped Xue Wanhua change her clothes with the girl, lay on the bed, but refused to leave, just stood aside.

In less than two quarters of an hour, the doctor also rushed over.

Xue Wanhua's face was cold, but she didn't refuse, let the doctor check her pulse, obediently drank the anti-fetal medicine, and fell into a deep sleep.

Not daring to leave, Gu Sixiao asked someone to move the couch and slept in front of the bed.

In the middle of the night, in a daze, she heard crying.

When she got up, she realized that Xue Wanhua was crying in her dream.

Even in a dream, she didn't cry loudly, but sobbed suppressedly.

Pulling the corner of the quilt, Xue Wanhua covered her mouth, sobbing, her brows were furrowed all the time.

At first Gu Sixiao thought she was awake, but after watching for a while, she realized that she was covering her mouth and crying softly in a dream.

Even though she was crying so hard that she had to hold back her breath, she still just cried in a low voice.

Feeling sad, Gu Sixiao sat on the edge of the bed, gently stroking Xue Wanhua's back, listening to her breath gradually coming down.

Only then said in a low voice: "Sister, my brother-in-law's spirit in heaven doesn't want you to be like this, even for the sake of the child, you have to mourn."

She thought that Xue Wanhua couldn't hear it, but she didn't want to. After a while, Xue Wanhua suddenly said in a low voice: "I only regret that I haven't told Mu Feng that it is my honor to be his wife in this life—I am very happy to marry you." gave him..."

When it came to the end, there was almost no sound, that kind of sadness made Gu Sixiao cry too.

"Hua'er, that boy said just now, you were the one who stopped him on the street before, right?"

Unexpectedly, Xue Wanhua asked this suddenly, and Gu Sixiao answered "yes" subconsciously.

"Why did you call him? Why did you ask how your brother-in-law is doing?" Turning around, Xue Wanhua's eyes, even in the dim light, were so sharp that it made people panic.

"Hua'er, what do you know? What are you and your brother-in-law hiding from me?!"

"I," Gu Sixiao opened his mouth, but hesitated, "Brother-in-law is also afraid of you..."

"Sure enough, something is being kept from me!" Xue Wanhua stared at Gu Sixiao, her lips trembling slightly.

"Before, your brother-in-law once asked me about your account audit, and then suddenly said that he wanted to go to the shop below to inspect it - after going there, he couldn't come back..."

"Hua'er, you know my sister is not a fool. If I still can't figure out what happened, then I am not Xue Wanhua."

At this point, Gu Sixiao didn't dare to hide it any more, and told the story in a low voice: "Brother-in-law and I shouldn't have kept it from you. Originally, brother-in-law wanted to find evidence before telling me about it." Daddy, who knew that such a thing would happen..."

Although sad, Xue Wanhua's mind is unusually clear at the moment.

"Li Chongyang!? You mean that the fire that burned Mu Feng to death was set by Li Chongyang!"

Gu Sixiao hesitated, not knowing how to answer.

Hearing the news of Mu Feng's death, she was stunned and shocked, and immediately thought that it might be Li Chongyang who killed him.

However, she didn't have any evidence to prove her guess, these were just her bold guesses.It can't be true at all.

Gritting her teeth, she met Xue Wanhua's gaze, and said in a deep voice, "Yes! It was Li Chongyang who did it—although I don't have any evidence, but I'm pretty sure it must be Li Chongyang who did it."

"Really?" Xue Wanhua nodded, no more questions, just whispered: "It's late at night, you should sleep too!"

After saying this, he turned around.

Gu Sixiao couldn't see her expression clearly, wanted to say something, but looked at her back, but swallowed it back.

Sitting on the edge of the bed, she just kept watching, thinking that Xue Wanhua would be like her, unable to fall asleep at all, but after less than two quarters of an hour, she heard Xue Wanhua's slight snoring.

He just fell asleep like this, and after hearing those things, he was still able to fall asleep?

Gu Sixiao didn't know whether to be thankful or emotional.

Not daring to wake Xue Wanhua again, Gu Sixiao lay down on the couch with his clothes on, and fell asleep in a daze.

That night, she didn't sleep well and kept waking up.

It wasn't until it was almost dawn that I slept soundly.When she really woke up, Xue Wanhua had already got up.

Changing into plain white clothes, Xue Wanhua turned her head, looked at her and smiled slightly, "Get up, let's go pick up your brother-in-law together later!"

With a clever play, Gu Sixiao immediately woke up.

Looking at Xue Wanhua, it took her half a beat to realize that Xue Wanhua said pick up, not to pick up people, but to pick up coffins.

The boy was in a hurry to report back before, so he rushed back to Jinan City one step faster.

And in the back, there was a convoy escorting Mu Feng's coffin.

Gu Sixiao couldn't help but said in a low voice, "Sister, it's better not to go, let my father and I go to pick up brother-in-law back!"

"No, I didn't see him off when he left, and now I have to pick him up when he comes back."

Not listening to persuasion, Xue Wanhua insisted on going to the gate of the city to welcome the coffin.

Can't persuade, Gu Sixiao can only follow.

Before going out, everyone in the Xue family had changed into plain clothes.In the front yard, the butler is watching the artisans pull the coffin shed.

The eyes are full of white, which makes Gu Sixiao feel sore nose.

Besides Xue Wen, Li Chongyang was also going to pick up the coffin.

Xue Wanying was still a few days away from the full moon, so this kind of thing naturally couldn't follow.

"I have a good relationship with my second brother-in-law, but it's a pity that I can't do anything for him when I was alive. After his death, I have to do my best for him."

Hearing this, Gu Sixiao wished to tear Li Chongyang's mouth, but Xue Wanhua still smiled calmly and thanked her.

"Brother-in-law is interested. I am heavy and it is inconvenient to do things. I also want to ask brother-in-law to help me choose a good place for Mufeng. Also, I will pray for a ritual at Kaiyuan Temple outside the city to save the soul of the Dharma. I just want to I hope Mufeng will have a good life in his next life..."

While talking, she raised her hand and wiped the corners of her eyes, "I didn't dare to tell my mother-in-law about this. If someone comes to inquire, please be considerate. The old man can't stand such a stimulus..."

"Wanhua, don't worry," Xue Wen who was in front turned his head, "Although the son-in-law is dead, our Xue family still recognizes this relative. Daddy will never treat your mother-in-law badly. We must be filial to the old man and take care of her until the end of her life."

"Yes, Daddy..." Xue Wanhua smiled slightly, gave a salute, and walked forward with her head raised.

(End of this chapter)