Lanting - Kapitel 187
The two burly men rushed over and grabbed Xiaoqian. The little crow turned pale with fright and trembled all over.
Kiyomi Tsuki panicked, "You promised me."
Lu Qingcheng frowned and said, "Even if I promised you, I can't joke about your life. Take her away."
"Wait a minute."
Kiyomi Tsuki suddenly picked up the bowl of porridge and took out the spoon.
Lu Qingcheng asked, her voice filled with shock and anger, "Jianyue, why are you so stubborn?"
"Xiaoqian wouldn't hurt me."
Kiyomizuki scooped up a spoonful of porridge, brought it to her lips, and gently blew on it.
"Fang Runmin?" Lu Qingcheng shouted angrily.
Fang Runmin stepped forward and said, "Young master, please calm down. I saw with my own eyes that Miss Xiaoqian put a packet of medicine into the porridge."
However, Qing Jianyue seemed determined, bringing the spoonful of porridge to her lips. Lu Qingcheng was stunned, as were Cai Bo'an, Cai Zhonghe, Lijiang, Fang Runmin, and Little Crow. They were horrified; they couldn't understand why Qing Jianyue was so stubborn. Why would she risk her life for a mere servant girl?
For a moment, everyone in the room stared at him, and not a single person spoke.
Kiyomi Tsuki frowned.
Everyone in the room felt their hearts were about to stop beating.
"It's so sweet."
Kiyomi Tsuki muttered.
The people in the room suddenly felt as if they had returned from hell to heaven.
One spoonful after another, Qing Jianyue finished the entire bowl of bird's nest porridge. Putting down the bowl and spoon, she wiped her mouth with a handkerchief. "I'm done."
Lu Qingcheng, Cai Bo'an, Cai Zhonghe, Lijiang, Fang Runmin, and Little Crow were speechless with surprise.
Qing Jianyue looked calmly at Lu Qingcheng, "If Xiaoqian wanted to harm me, I would be in trouble by now. But I'm fine, I'm sitting here perfectly well."
Lu Qingcheng said unhappily, "Release her, and you may all leave."
The two burly men released Xiaoqian and left.
"What's going on?" Lu Qingcheng stared at Fang Runmin.
Cai Bo'an, Cai Zhonghe, Lijiang, and Little Crow all looked at Fang Runmin.
"Am I seeing things? Did I misread it?" Fang Runmin stared at Xiaoqian in disbelief and shouted, "What exactly did you put in there?"
Everyone in the room looked at Xiaoqian.
Crystalline tears streamed down Xiaoqian's cheeks, like lotus flowers after the rain, shimmering brilliantly in the lamplight. She knelt gracefully on the cushion, took a small paper packet from her pocket, and placed it on the table. "In this world, only you, sir, believe in me, and only you are truly kind to me. How could I harm you? How could I?"
"I knew Xiaoqian wouldn't hurt me, I just knew it."
Unable to restrain himself, Kiyomi Tsuki reached out and grasped Xiaoqian's hand. His radiant smile was as beautiful as a peach blossom glistening with dew in the morning light.
Lijiang asked suspiciously, "Aren't you afraid they'll kill your parents, brother, and sister-in-law?"
"I'm scared," Xiaoqian said sadly.
Lijiang pressed further, "Aren't you afraid they'll kill you?"
"Afraid."
Xiaoqian's delicate body trembled.
"Aren't you afraid we'll kill you?" Lijiang threatened.
"I absolutely, I will not allow anyone to do anything to harm the young master, absolutely not. No matter who that person is, even if it's me, it's unacceptable."
Xiaoqian raised her head, her bright eyes radiating a resolute light. That light was so pure, so beautiful, so luminous. Yes, she was like a white lotus blooming under the summer sun, rising from the mud unsullied, forever unyielding.
Cai Zhonghe's heart suddenly pounded, and his whole body felt like it was on fire. He tried to speak, but no words came out. Ever since Xiaoqian's confession that afternoon, his heart had been heavy. He shouldn't have come, but he still did. From the moment he entered, he regretted it; he clearly couldn't bear to, so why did he come?
“Lying.” Lijiang’s face was as cold as ice. “Even if Jianyue protects you, even if Jianyue blames me, I will still kill you.”
Xiaoqian's terrified face was as pale as paper.
Qingjian Yue couldn't bear it and said, "Lijiang, don't scare her."
"Why won't you answer me?" Lijiang snapped.
"Even if Miss Lijiang wants to kill me," Xiaoqian said, trembling and tears streaming down her face, "I...I still say the same thing."
Looking at Xiaoqian, who was clearly terrified but still persisted, Cai Zhonghe suddenly had an epiphany.
Lu Qingcheng, Lijiang, and Cai Bo'an's gazes were also subtly changing.
I really underestimated her. No wonder Jian Yue treats her differently. Jian Yue probably already knew; how could someone as beautiful as her be an ordinary village girl?
Lu Qingcheng took a deep breath and ordered, "Enforcer, take her away."
Kiyomi Tsuki exclaimed in surprise, "Hasn't it already been proven? Why are you still making things difficult for her?"
Lu Qingcheng said somewhat impatiently, "How is this difficult? If it weren't for your feelings, I would have had her arrested and interrogated in the torture chamber long ago."
"You? You? Don't think I don't know. You threatened Xiaoqian, forbidding her from moving into the Ice Garden. I haven't even settled accounts with you yet." Qing Jianyue was so angry that she was incoherent.