Fall in love with your enemy

The next time, in order to force me to admit defeat, the third grandma even used the despicable method of sticking thumbtacks on the French baguette at her age.

She really thinks highly of me, even without that thumbtack, I still can't hold on, ah, that's not right, this nail is still useful, you can tell by the expressions of Lao Fu and Second Uncle.

They breathed a sigh of relief, because in their eyes, Sheng Xiaofei didn't dare to hit me hard. I wouldn't be hurt, and my wound was in a private part like my lower back. As long as I didn't tell them, they would never hurt me. You know, this is what Third Grandma calculated accurately. She is so smart! She is really smart!

"Little...Miss..."

Sheng Xiaofei stopped after a few blows with the stick. He was afraid because I was wearing a black dress and it was difficult for my blood to show. Only Sheng Xiaofei who was closest could see my blood. He was the only one who bore the final responsibility. Of course he Fear.

"Just fight. If anything happens, I'll take the responsibility myself. I won't make things difficult for you." I said in a low voice.

"But you..." Sheng Xiaofei spoke with a cry.

"Shut up, if you stay a little longer, the third wife can prevent you from getting out of the Fu family without me having to deal with you!" I growled.

I think a person with a sound mind can tell the difference between early death and late death. The same goes for Sheng Xiaofei. He didn’t need to think about it for long. The next blow came quickly. I stumbled forward, but for the sake of that little thing in my heart. Greedy, I forced myself to stand up straight.

I can feel that although my wounds are small, they are accumulated one by one. In addition, the old wounds from the domestic violence of the Empress Dowager Cixi have not fully healed. The blood is still slowly sliding down my spine, soaking my clothes and sticking to my back. .

Sheng Xiaofei's blows were not very hard every time, but each time it was as difficult for me as going up a mountain of swords and going down a sea of ​​fire. I gradually became a little confused, and only the voice of the female steward reporting the numbers in my ears was very clear.

"Seventeen..."

"twenty one……"

"Twenty-nine……"

"thirty-one……"

By the time I was halfway through the stick count, I was covered in blood and sweat. The sweat flowing through the wound was like spreading salt on the wound. However, I no longer had the strength to cry out the pain. I held on to the stone bricks with one thought: quickly make the truth known to the public, and then immediately Go to hell.

My breathing gradually became weak, and in the end I was thinking: Could it be that I was so unlucky and died earlier than in my previous life? In my previous life, I could at least show off my power in the Gao family for a while. What does it matter if I die now?

Alas, I don’t know what will happen to Gao Xinci if I die. I haven’t reconciled with him yet. It’s a pity. It’s a pity. If I had known I should have admitted my mistake to him earlier. It’s better than getting angry once and saying goodbye forever. Good.

And Lu Chengcheng, if I die, then he will really be alone in the Fu family. In fact, that kid is also quite miserable. We finally became friends, but the friendship ended just after it started. I don’t know if he will cry. , I drew blood and he cried.

Well, there are also the old man, the second uncle, the brother-in-law, the cousin, and relatives who didn’t care much in the previous life. Suddenly, in this life, I feel a little reluctant to let go. Is my conscience aware of it? I actually started to appreciate how good my family was to me! Especially my cousin. Although I don’t like him teaching me my homework and pulling my ears when I’m angry, his cooking is delicious! I even specifically begged him to cook my favorite squirrel mandarin fish for me when he came home, but I hadn’t had a chance to eat it yet.

I won't really give up like this, right? Can Liang Sen hurry up? Come back and save my sister! Would you like to put some oil on the soles of your feet? I really rely on him!

I fantasized about it for a long time. Later, my mind stopped listening to me and started to live my life scene by scene, revolving around and reminiscing about the past. The scene was very grand. I felt like I was sitting in a wrap-around movie theater. Everything passed before my eyes, happy or sad, and I seemed to be relieved. I knew that I might really die if I continued like this, but I don't know why, at that time, I was not afraid at all, but felt unprecedented peace and happiness. , like a sleeping baby returning to its mother's arms.

but! The mother I am talking about is the adoptive mother Aunt Lin, not the Empress Dowager Cixi! Damn it, if it hadn’t been for Empress Dowager Cixi, I might not have died so miserably...

Well it seems I couldn’t have been born without her.

Forget it, forget it, it’s time now, I’ll forgive her generously!

I even started to laugh vaguely, probably because I was stupid.

After a while, I couldn't hear the female steward's voice anymore. I don't know if they stopped or if I was deaf. They must have stopped, because I couldn't even feel the pain. I only knew that I was still there. I knelt stiffly, and after a while, it seemed like the commotion started again. I seemed to hear Liang Sen's voice, not because his voice was so special, but... no, I'm not dead yet! What is this guy yelling in my ear? My eardrums are about to burst!

"Keep your voice down!" I yelled out. Although my voice was extremely weak, it was full of momentum! He almost stood up and performed a medical miracle. When Liang Sen saw it, he immediately stopped calling me and put on a confused expression.

Hey, don't act like you've seen a fake corpse, okay?

"Miss, are you...are you okay?" Liang Sen said with an "囧" expression.

My cousin was impatient and ran out of Hongtang to check on me. He looked left and right. He really didn’t understand why I was in a coma. He quickly touched my forehead to see if I had a fever again. But I knew that the reason for my coma was not illness, but blood loss.

When Sheng Xiaofei and the two female stewards saw their cousin coming, they quickly pulled the thumbtacks off the family baguette and put them in their palms while he was not paying attention. The female stewards evaded responsibility, took away the thumbtacks and immediately returned to the third grandma.

"Shuchen, are you okay in Shishi?"

The second uncle poked his head out. He was far away. He didn't know my situation, but he couldn't go beyond what he saw at Hongtangmen. My cousin was young and willful and could always convey it to him.

The old man was also full of doubts. Although he knew that my illness was not completely cured and I could not bear the anger, Sheng Xiaofei did not dare to hit me harshly. Those few blows were no different from a slap on my back. Logically speaking, I should not faint. .

They have all forgotten that I am still covered in old wounds.

My cousin saw that it was really difficult for me to reply to him, so he had to think about it by himself. After looking for a long time, he couldn't see anything. Although I don't like to be treated differently, even if it's good, I don't like it, but I understand my own body. I can't hold on any longer. I'm not afraid of death, but I don't want to die either. I still want to tell the truth, and I want my old man to confess to me. In fact, he also cares about me as his daughter.

I deliberately turned my shoulder, and a stream of blood quickly slipped from the cuffs, dripping on the ground and splashing dust.

Both my cousin and Liang Sen were stunned, but my cousin reacted faster. He quickly raised his hand and tremblingly explored my back.

First the fingertips, then the palms. The moment the hot temperature fell on the clothes, the dazzling scarlet color suddenly stained the white skin.

"Dad...uncle, Shishi she..." My cousin was stunned, squatting on the ground for a long time and unable to get up, looking at the blood still flowing in his palms as if he was being restrained.

"What's wrong?" The second uncle stood up and wanted to see clearly.

The cousin had the courage to stand up, but before he could take a step, he tripped again. Fortunately, this trip made him wake up completely. In just those few steps, he ran like a sprinter of 100 meters.

"Shishi, why is there so much blood on Shishi's body...hurry...call a doctor quickly!"

My cousin rushed into the Hong Hall with bloody palms and waited until the headmaster was seated. As soon as he finished speaking, the whole Hong Hall became lively and erupted with an unprecedented intensity. My commotion filled the room with deathly anger. Dispersed.

Most of them were huddled in the corner and dared not speak. At this moment, they finally spoke. If they hadn't spoken, I would have thought there was a room full of corpses sitting here.

"Miss, why are you bothering me? You can't find any excuses. It's not worth it if you have to hurt yourself..." Liang Sen whispered. Looking at his expression, I hated myself for not coming back faster. Regret.

I smiled bitterly. I had no energy anymore and didn't have time to care whether Liang Sen would dislike me for making him covered in blood. I leaned directly against him and said softly: "If not, I won't let me finish my sentence." , he just wanted me to retreat in spite of the difficulties. Fortunately, you came back before I died..."

"Miss, you are right. There is indeed something wrong with that horse. A psychostimulant drug was detected in his stomach. The amount of the drug is not large. It is probably the leftover drug used by the murderer." Liang Sen couldn't resist me, so he had to return to the topic. .

I breathed a sigh of relief, the beating I received today was finally not in vain.

"Pick me up, find a place where you can support me, and then put me down. When they look for a doctor, you can follow them in the confusion and stay away from me. You can do it when I ask you to speak." I calmed down and hurriedly After explaining, I looked around the courtyard and found the most realistic stone lion in front of the hall. I pointed and said, "That's it."

"Shouldn't I be with you? How can you stand alone?"

"Don't worry about it. I can do it. Just remember to stay far away and be careful not to splatter you with blood."

I gritted my teeth and smiled. Liang Sen didn't have much time to think about it, so he could only choose to finish early. He dragged me up from the ground, half-hugged me and put me next to the stone lion. run.

The old man was in a hurry, and he didn't care about the broken rules in the old house at this time. He stepped on the faucet under his feet and rushed over, as if he would tear up the family tree and start writing from my page if I was happy.

"Don't move! Dad is here!" The old man pushed one by one, wanting to scratch to death everyone who blocked him from running towards me. After him, his second uncle, his younger uncle, and his cousin also hurriedly followed.

But just as they were at the door, before I could cross the threshold, I yelled with all my strength: "Don't move!"

The old man was frightened and froze on the spot, but he quickly realized what he was doing. His hair was so anxious that his white hair almost appeared: "Girl, let's stop making trouble, okay? What on earth do you want to do? I'll wait until you get better." Dad said, if you don’t feel relieved, Dad will personally smash the door of the ancestral hall and tear up the family law for you, okay? Be obedient!"

Seeing that the old man was about to come out again, I quickly took out a small knife from my sleeve, and immediately put it on my neck. Someone screamed in fear, and the second uncle raised his head to look at me, and quickly stopped and tried his best to kill me. The busy old man and his uncle.

"Shishi! If you have anything to say, please speak up and put down the knife!"

"Knife? What knife?"

My second uncle has a broken heart. I usually see him with a blank expression or a sneer. After two lifetimes, this is the first time I have seen him with red eyes, as if he is about to cry. When he calls me, I His voice was about to break. After he reminded me, the old man quickly looked up and almost carried it away when he saw the sharp knife and the clear blood marks on my neck.

"Shishi, you... stop making trouble, if you have anything to say, please..."

"Have you ever heard me talk properly?"

My uncle just wanted to express his opinion again, but I interrupted him directly. Although it was indeed the first time that my uncle said such perfunctory words to me, so he was indeed a bit unjust, but I really couldn't help it. .

How many years have passed, more than twenty years, and you still want to fool me with the sentence "it's for my own good"? After I cure the disease first, what happens after that? It was the same attitude again. He told me sternly that I was just too sensitive. The adults were already very tired, so I should be a puppet on strings and stop causing trouble to them. Then I would live in a daze. Go down and numb myself? Waiting for the next danger to come before spending it opportunistically?

Is this good for me? If I didn't even know how I died, I might actually believe it!

My throat was blocked for a long time, but I had to hold back the tears. I couldn't cry because the tears were salty and would only hurt more if they dripped onto the wound.

"Okay, okay, then you tell me now, get the matter settled and go home, okay?!" The younger uncle quickly changed his mind. After all, he lives a more transparent life than Lao Fu and the second uncle, and he understands that I won't do anything until I finish talking. Go.

I stopped wasting time, holding the stone lion in one hand and the knife in the other, looking directly at the second grandma and the third grandma: "I have been punished. According to the rules, can I speak now?"

The two grandmothers looked bitter, but if they said another word to stop them, I was afraid that my old man would just kill them with a knife. His own son couldn't protect them here, so he had no choice but to nod.

I signaled Liang Sen to hurry up, and Liang Sen squeezed out of the crowd with some complaints. He finally understood what I meant by asking him to leave, but it was already too late. The most he could do was grit his teeth to show "ferocity," and then follow the original plan. Tell the truth.

"Master, two ladies, this afternoon the young lady and I went to the stable to investigate the case of the young master falling from his horse. The young lady said that the evidence would not disappear out of thin air, and it would be difficult to get out of the Fu family. The best way is to hide and destroy it. The way is to let another horse eat it and digest it until tomorrow, and naturally nothing will be found."

"Tell me the important point!" My cousin stamped his feet anxiously, as if he wished he could read the data from Liang Sen's head.

"The point is that the young master was indeed harmed by someone. Someone added psychotropic drugs to the fodder fed to the young master's horse to stimulate it to lose control. We dug out the remaining fodder from the belly of another horse. , it is the horse in the second wife’s yard, and there is also a problem with the accidental death of the young master’s horse after falling. I went to the factory that regularly supplies fodder to the old house. They don’t have yew trees at all, let alone yew leaves. It was accidentally mixed into the fodder. It was most likely that the 'accident' was created to destroy the evidence of psychotropic drugs in the horse's stomach. The corpse was burned to make the drug residue disappear. In this case, the most suspicious person should be the second wife. The second wife My wife is taking care of my yard, and outsiders are never allowed in, so I would like to ask my wife to explain to everyone why the grass mixed with medicine appears in the second wife’s yard!”

After finishing speaking, all the eyes in the hall suddenly fell on the second grandma. She was frightened and panicked, and she could not speak clearly.

"I...how did I know that there are so many people coming in and out of the old house every day? No matter how strict I am, not everyone can control it. Chengcheng is the son of the old man's family, so there aren't many precautions around him. ? No, you are still being plotted against me!" Second Mistress argued.

This seemed to be my best chance to bring her down, but it only "seemed".

Consider two aspects: First, I can only explain that the fodder came from her yard, but I cannot prove that she put it there. If I am impulsive, it may be counterproductive.

2. No matter how much my second uncle loves me, I am just a niece after all, and my second grandma is his biological mother. As long as my second uncle goes out to protect her, there is nothing I can do to her. Even if I expose her, what can I do? She is still the same old man. Everyone respects the second wife, if I do this, I will only break up the eldest wife and the second wife. This will not bring any benefit to me, and may even cause a mess. The second wife has always been shrewd, and this time she is just impulsive. Only then will she panic and choose a way out. When she reacts, I have nothing to gain. I don’t have much influence in the old house, but she has stayed there for decades, and I don’t have my own grandma here to watch over me.

No matter how angry I am, I can only suppress it at this moment.

I smiled slightly and said, "Liang Sen, don't say that. What if there is a traitor around Second Grandma? She betrayed Second Grandma for money or power, and framed her. My granddaughter just wants to remind Second Grandma that she must Be careful, I will not let the murderer go, and I will definitely and persistently investigate him." I emphasized the last sentence and put down the knife on my neck.

My cousin was a little embarrassed because of the murder of close relatives, but he still ran to support me at the moment I was about to fall. I felt that I was ashamed of him, but I had no other choice.

"You..." When the second grandma saw this, she almost wanted to tear my mouth apart, but before she could stand up, she was pinned down again.

As expected, it was the third grandma.

"Girl, you are very good." The third grandma said flatly, her smile becoming more and more weird and scary in the cold night.

"Thank you, Third Grandma, for the compliment." I used my last strength to spit out these words. My legs went weak and I couldn't stand at all. I leaned on my cousin's arms and almost couldn't breathe.

I admire myself for being able to survive this long.

Sure enough, once a person has greed, he can go through mountains of swords and seas of fire for the sake of profit.

It's just that I got out of my anger this time, but the old man has been sad for a long time. I looked at him, I thought he would be angry with me, but I saw him with tears in his eyes, full of self-blame. As a father, he only complained that he failed to protect his daughter.

Suddenly I didn’t hate him anymore. I even hated myself. Why did I think of him like that before? I was obviously stupid. I couldn’t see that the old man had planned so many things. He actually loved me. That’s why I should tell him. I'm sorry...

I sighed deeply, and the old man took the blood pressure-lowering medicine from his pocket and took it. He looked at me from afar for a long time, a long time, really a long time, and he made up his mind.

"after."

Old Fu spoke slowly, his voice not too high but deafening, attracting all the eyes of Hong Tang to focus on him for an instant.

"If anyone dares to touch my daughter again, no matter what the rules or regulations are, I will definitely cramp his tendons, peel off his skin, chop him into pieces and feed them to the dogs. I, Fu Mingying, will do what I say."

If others say this, people in the old house may think it is an exaggeration, but this is Lao Fu, and I have always known how ruthless he is.

"Shao Qin, we will continue to investigate Chengcheng's matter. I must get a result. I hope Er Niang will not disappoint me." The old man turned around and sneered at his second mistress. Shao Qin, who had been with him for most of his life, could only dare to quietly He stood behind him and nodded silently.

"Shishi, go back, be good and be obedient." My cousin whispered in my ear. He looked back at Hong Tang, filled with helplessness and despair.

I really don't have any need to stay any longer, and I don't want my cousin to be stuck here anymore. If it wasn't for me, he should have left long ago. It would be okay if I could force him to go.

"I want to go home..." I said softly.

The second uncle and the younger uncle waved their hands to us, and then my cousin half hugged me and left. After us, Liang Sen hurried over to help me.

Everything seemed to have come to an end, and I was so happy that I couldn't help but smile for a moment. Finally, when I reached the threshold of the courtyard, I laughed out loud.

One cry, two cries, and in the end I couldn't stop, but I didn't know why I was crying at the same time, and the tears couldn't stop falling. I didn't understand, but I just couldn't stop.

"Shishi, it's okay, don't be like this..." My cousin couldn't help it anymore. He choked and put his hand in front of me at a loss. He looked all over the house and didn't know who could help us.

The old man and his uncles cannot step out of the Hongtang gate until they have dealt with all the matters, but besides them, who else can help us? It’s just us...

I didn’t want to be so willful, but I just couldn’t help it. I sank into madness, and my laughter became louder and louder, laughing at myself and the world. I smiled and turned into crying again, feeling sad for myself and for this. All the souls of the great house are sad.

My cousin and Liang Sen were both scared. Maybe I was too crazy and weird. Gradually, even the noisy Hongtang behind me fell silent. They all looked at my back and admired me playing the sad music in the dark night.

I was gradually out of breath and bent over little by little. My cousin couldn't stop me.

The movement finally came to an end. I no longer had the ability to bring light to anyone, and I no longer had the ability to take away sadness for anyone. I fell forward.

After all, I couldn't cross that threshold on my own...