The child’s future life is entirely up to the Madam to decide, she has no right to interfere.
However, the Master said... it’s their child, which suggests that she’ll be raising the child in the future.
Aunt Hua was calculating in her heart, just waiting for Madam to die soon, so she could become the legitimate wife.
In the County Magistrate Mansion at night, it was quiet everywhere.
In one spot, a small figure carried a lantern towards the courtyard of the County Magistrate’s Wife.
The main gate of the courtyard was closed, but the side gate was ajar.
He pushed open the side gate and skilfully arrived in front of a room.
He was too short, so he tiptoed to look inside the window.
But at that moment, someone grabbed him by the collar.
He was startled and quickly turned around.
The lantern light revealed the person’s face.
"You, you, you..." he glared, "Why are you grabbing me?"
Mu Yuanxiu held his collar, glanced at the window, and asked him softly, "What are you looking at?"
Nothing? This kid! Mu Yuanxiu sneered, "Do you want me to call the people inside?"
Li Lixing drew a cold breath, was this trying to get him killed?
Li Yuzhu would beat him to death!
"I, I... I’m sleepwalking..." Li Lixing half-closed his eyes, pushed away Mu Yuanxiu, and pretended to sleepwalk back.
Mu Yuanxiu smiled, curled his lips, shook his head, and followed him forward.
The two left the courtyard.
Li Lixing, feeling guilty, quickened his pace, and as soon as he stepped out of the courtyard, he stumbled on the steps. New ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ ᴄhapters are published on novel※fire.net
The lantern slipped from his hand and extinguished as it crashed to the ground.
"Unlucky!" He sighed in frustration.
Mu Yuanxiu walked over to help him up, "Shh, don’t talk, what’s that over there?" he pointed in a direction, "Left front."
"Where?" Li Lixing looked in the direction he indicated.
He saw a flickering light behind some flower bushes.
Someone seemed to be burning something.
"Do the people in your mansion all stay up this late?" Mu Yuanxiu glanced at the firelight and said.
"No, everyone sleeps quite early." Li Lixing said, patting the dust off his clothes and exclaimed, "That person looks like Xixi by Aunt Hua’s side, what’s she burning?"
"Do you want to go see?" Mu Yuanxiu asked him.
"Will you come with me if I go?" Li Lixing said.
He was both curious and scared about the things being burned at midnight.
"Sure, I’ll go with you." Mu Yuanxiu said.
The two of them supported each other and walked in the dark towards where the burning was happening.
They hid behind a tree, poking their heads out to look forward; only a dozen steps away, they clearly saw the girl burning a fabric doll.
The doll’s clothes still had some mottled bloodstains.
As she burned it, the girl poured some liquid like water over it.
When it was doused, the flames shot up instantly.
The girl used a branch to prod it, making sure the doll burned more completely.
Li Lixing took a deep breath, covering his mouth with both hands in fear.
Mu Yuanxiu squinted his eyes, picked up a clod of dirt, and threw it near the girl’s feet.
The girl was startled, "Ah—"
She exclaimed in a trembling voice.
She looked back, but it was pitch black around, and she couldn’t see anything clearly.
Trembling, she pushed the doll into the fire, and once she saw it was almost burnt, she kicked the loose soil beside her to cover the burning doll and ashes, then hurriedly left the scene.
Once her footsteps could no longer be heard, Li Lixing finally exhaled a sigh of relief and stepped out from behind the tree, "What’s with the bloody doll? Why did she burn it?"
Mu Yuanxiu said, "I’m not sure either. You should tell your mother. Your mother is the lady of the mansion, she should know the truth."
Li Lixing blinked, "Should I go now?"
"Go in the morning. She’s not well, disturbing her now might worsen her condition." Mu Yuanxiu said.
"Alright, I’ll go to sleep first, and talk to my mother early tomorrow." Li Lixing said.
After the shock, he was also exhausted and needed to rest early to gather his spirits.
The place he stayed was close to Mu Yuanxiu’s guest room. Mu Yuanxiu escorted him back to his room before turning to leave.
However, Mu Yuanxiu did not return to his own guest room; instead, he headed towards Li Yuzhu’s room.
There was no light in Li Yuzhu’s room, and the faint aroma of herbs wafted out through the window.
Mu Yuanxiu pushed open the window, and with a leap, he easily jumped into the room.
The room was even darker than outside.
He groped his way towards the bed.
The bed had a canopy hanging low.
He stood by the bed and gently called Li Yuzhu, "Li Yuzhu?"
Li Yuzhu was sleeping soundly and did not respond.
"Li Yuzhu? Wake up, I have something to tell you." Mu Yuanxiu lifted the canopy and leaned towards the bed. After touching Li Yuzhu, he whispered in her ear.