Xia Xiaofu still felt dizzy. She pressed her temple and shook her head. “I don’t want to eat… Where is your young master?”
“Oh, Young Master went out to settle some business.”
Settle business?
What was he busy with?
Xia Xiaofu was puzzled, but she was too dizzy, so she decided to go back to the tent to lie down for a while longer.
Suddenly, she stopped in her steps, and she quickly turned around to look at Ah Li. “Did Ou Luoxi really go out? Where did he go?”
Ah Li’s eyes flashed. He had a gentle smile as he said, “Miss Xia, I think Young Master is occupied with his business. I predict he will be back very soon… Hey, Miss Xia!”
Xia Xiaofu had turned and run.
Ah Li quickly caught up. “Miss Xia, where are you going?”
Xia Xiaofu ran to the door of a car. She reached out to open the driver’s door, glanced at Ah Li, and laughed bitterly. “In such a situation, Ou Luoxi would never leave here unless he went to Dun Qiao Village! You are all lying to me. Did you feed me medicine?”
Ah Li did not expect Xia Xiaofu to figure it out so quickly. In the moment of his stupor, Xia Xiaofu had already opened the door and sat herself in the driver’s seat.
“Miss Xia.” Ah Li quickly grabbed the steering wheel. “What are you trying to do? You must stay here and not go anywhere. This is an order by our young master.”
Xia Xiaofu glared at Ah Li fiercely. “The situation in Dun Qiao Village is very dangerous. Mr. Tao Ci is coming for Ou Luoxi. If he doesn’t die, Mr. Tao Ci won’t give up. He is there, and Little Xuyan is there. They need me. I’m going to rush over right now.”
“But it’s too dangerous there…”
“I have to go precisely because of the danger. If anything happens to him and Little Xuyan, I will not be the lone survivor!” Xia Xiaofu’s tears rolled down. She was gripping the steering wheel tightly in her hands and was on the verge of collapsing.
Bastard!
He must have drugged her while he kissed her. That’s why she fell into a deep sleep for such a long time.
He obviously knew that going to Dun Qiao Village was a dangerous mission. He had already planned for the worst, which explained his strange words.
He repeatedly said that if anything happened to him, she should find someone else to marry, and he said that he would not have sex with her, fearing that she would get pregnant again…
He had already made preparations to leave…
…
She could not forgive him.
She could never forgive him again!
“Miss Xia, get out. I’ll drive. Let’s go and find Young Master together.” Ah Li finally compromised.
The car stopped at Dun Qiao Village, and the two got out. Ah Li walked to Ling Fei and asked, “What’s the situation in the village? Has Young Master come out?”
Ling Fei shook her head. “We’ve been waiting here. Young master Gong Ming didn’t come out nor send out any signals.” Ling Fei glanced at her watch. “It’s been two hours. I’m afraid we’ll miss the best time for the encirclement and suppression if we continue waiting.”
“It’s impossible to encircle and suppress. The young lady is in there, and our young master will never take any risks.” Ah Li glanced at Xia Xiaofu uneasily. “Don’t worry too much, Miss Xia. Given Young Master’s skills, it shouldn’t be a problem to deal with those people…”
His voice had yet to settle when Bang! A loud noise was heard, and a huge fiery shockwave rushed out. Dun Qiao Village exploded.
They were a distance from the village, but the aftershock of the explosion could reach them. :Miss Xia, be careful!” Ah Li quickly pushed Xia Xiaofu down.
Xia Xiaofu fell to the ground but didn’t feel any pain. She sat up quickly and stared at the fire in front of her in daze. Tears in her eyes fell like beads on a broken thread, quickly and violently.
Luoxi…
Little Xuyan…
Ah Li and Ling Fei had already led their men to the village for an emergency search and rescue. Xia Xiaofu stood up, wiped her tears, and ran towards the village. No, no, no! Luoxi and Little Xuyan will be okay!
He promised to bring Little Xuyan back. Little Xuyan is not back yet, so he must still be alive.
The village had already been razed to the ground. The houses had collapsed, and the air was filled with the acrid smell of gunpowder. As they didn’t know where the specific location was, everyone was shifting bricks and tiles while shouting, “Young Master, Young Master, where are you?”
Xia Xiaofu stepped on something which made a glass breaking sound. She squatted down to pick it up. It was Ou Luoxi’s watch…
There was a huge blood stain on the watch.
Xia Xiaofu hastily wiped the blood stain with her hands as her tears splattered down. She lay beside the collapsed earth and rocks as if she’d gone crazy. “Luoxi… Ou Luoxi… Don’t die. I don’t want you to die…”
Xia Xiaofu couldn’t help it anymore. She knelt on the ground, holding the watch stained with his blood in her hands and sobbed, “Luoxi…Little Xuyan…where are you now? Don’t you want me anymore?”
She kissed the broken watch and sobbed, “Luo Xi, I didn’t tell you just now that…I did not agree to Chen Jingyu’s proposal. I…am still thinking about you… Ever since I met you at the age of 22, I thought of…marrying you, to be…your bride. It has never changed in all these years…”
“There will be no one else. You are the only one in my life. Even if…you are really dead, you will be the only one I love. Ouluo Xi, I love you… Boo hoo…”
Xia Xiaofu burst into tears loudly.
Then a soft laugh came from behind her. “Xia Xiaofu, are you confessing to me secretly? You are always like this, too much initiative. In the future, leave such confessions to me.”
Xia Xiaofu froze for a moment, stood up, and looked back slowly.
Ou Luoxi stood in front of her with Little Xuyan in his arms. They made it out of the fire. Their clothes and faces were all black and gray, but both still looked at her with shining eyes.
He smiled quietly and said nothing. Little Xuyan waved her chubby hands and cried out, “Mommy.”
Xia Xiaofu looked around. Ah Li and Ling Fei gathered around. The underlings were all there. She blinked hard. It’s not a dream!
It’s really not a dream!
She quickly ran forward. Ou Luoxi held Little Xuyan in one arm, opened the other arm, and held her tight in his embrace.
Smelling the familiar smell of his body, Xia Xiaofu’s tears overflowed. “You didn’t die?”
“No…” Ou Luoxi lowered his eyes and kissed her hair. “I knew you would cry, so I could not bear to die.”
Xia Xiaofu was both crying and laughing. She looked up at Little Xuyan and said, “Honey, were you afraid?”
Little Xuyan stretched out her chubby little hand to help her wipe the tears on her face. “Mommy, don’t cry. Even I didn’t cry. I listened to Mommy and wasn’t too afraid.”
Xia Xiaofu reached out to hug Little Xuyan. She kissed Little Xuyan’s face. “Honey, you’re the best. Come give Mommy a hug.”
At that moment, her outstretched right hand was wrapped in the palm of Ou Luoxi’s hand, and the man smiled tenderly. “Throw away the watch. How could you still hold the broken glass in your hand? Are you not afraid of injuring your hand? Next time, you don’t have to confess to my watch. I’m here now, and I’ll listen no matter how many times you say you love me.”