Chapter 877: Chapter 877: Midnight Fire Chapter 877: Chapter 877: Midnight Fire Cao Shiyu was never one to accept loss willingly. Struck by a sudden palm from Zhou Luhe, her retaliation was the natural response of any normal person. If Cao Shiyu were really insane, her reaction couldn’t have been so swift.
“If she’s feigning madness, she’s like a mute who eats bitter herbs today. She knows you are the instigator, but she can’t tell Guan Ya, she must be holding back a fire in her heart,” Ye Qilan said with a chuckle, pinching Su Hongxing’s nose, “How come you’re so smart?”
Su Hongxing swatted his hand away and yawned, “I’m really tired, I want to sleep.”
Ye Qilan kissed her belly twice, “Go to sleep early, I won’t bother you anymore.”
He wasn’t very comfortable with letting Su Hongxing stay on Cao Family grounds.
Currently, it seemed very likely that Cao Shiyu was pretending to be insane. In that case, staying here was even less safe.
“You don’t need to keep watch, go to sleep. Even if Cao Shiyu is pretending, she wouldn’t dare to strike at us on Cao Family grounds. Sleep in peace,” Su Hongxing said, making room for him.
Ye Qilan lay beside her, watching Su Hongxing with gentle eyes.
Su Hongxing quickly felt drowsy and soon entered a deep sleep.
Ye Qilan couldn’t fall asleep. The thought of Cao Shiyu living nearby stripped him of all desire to sleep.
In the dead of night, Ye Qilan smelled something burning.
His heart skipped a beat. Upon opening the door, he saw a fire not far off and heard cries for help. The voice seemed to belong to Cao Shiyu.
Guan Ya woke up to the noise and, seeing the fire, turned pale with shock, “Shiyu…”
She turned to find Ye Qilan standing in the doorway and hastily called out, “Ye Qilan, help me save Shiyu!”
But Ye Qilan, as if hearing nothing, turned back to the bedroom and carried Su Hongxing out.
Su Hongxing, who was in a deep sleep, opened her eyes in response to the turmoil, and the first thing she saw was Ye Qilan’s tender gaze, “What’s happening?”
Ye Qilan kissed her forehead, “Nothing, keep sleeping!”
Guan Ya, witnessing this scene, burst out angrily, “Ye Qilan, didn’t you hear Shiyu scream for help? How can you be so indifferent?”
“What does she have to do with me? You’re her mother, she’s screaming for help, why don’t you save her?!” Ye Qilan retorted with icy sarcasm.
Guan Ya closed her eyes; it wasn’t that she didn’t want to save her but that she was afraid. She feared fire, having experienced a fire disaster before, and was terrified at the sight of flames.
Just then, Cao Zhen, alerted by the noise, rushed into Cao Shiyu’s bedroom.
Su Hongxing, seeing all this, lost any trace of sleepiness. She struggled to get down, her voice laced with nervousness, “Dad won’t be in danger, will he?”
“Don’t worry, he won’t be in any danger. This fire won’t take lives,” Ye Qilan mused thoughtfully.
He had known right away the fire wasn’t serious. The fire was likely started by Cao Shiyu herself. Was she trying to attract everyone’s attention? Or was it a ploy to get him to come to her rescue?
As Ye Qilan had anticipated, Cao Zhen quickly carried Cao Shiyu out of the bedroom.
“It was Shiyu’s recklessness playing with fire, it’s nothing serious,” Cao Zhen said, setting down Cao Shiyu with a grave expression.
In the next moment, Cao Shiyu dashed towards Su Hongxing, “Sis…”
Ye Qilan pulled Su Hongxing behind him and looked coldly at Cao Shiyu, “Stay away from Amou from now on!”
“Shiyu, are you okay? Weren’t you scared?” Guan Ya, with a mother’s concern, grasped Cao Shiyu, inspecting her carefully.
Cao Shiyu’s gaze was locked on Su Hongxing, “Sis, danger…”
Su Hongxing met her gaze calmly, smiling faintly, “Am I in danger?”