If the business woman does not help the poor, the villain's dream of prosperity will be shatter

Cold sweat broke out on Sheng Li's back.

His mind raced, and he forced a smile, "Yes, in the past, people in the Southern Court always said that I was your brother."

Someone has indeed said this.

But what those people meant was that Lu Fei and Sheng Li had a relationship as close as brothers.

Rather than looking alike.

Lu Fei stared at Sheng Li's heroic face, and after a while he sneered and said something ambiguous, "Really?"

Sheng Li quickly knelt on one knee, bowed his hands and said: "I have always been loyal to you, sir, and I have never forgotten your kindness. Please understand."

Lu Fei smiled slightly, but his eyes seemed to be frozen.

He reached out his hand, helped Sheng Li up, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Look at you, I just said a joke and scared you so much."

"Brother has never treated you as an outsider. My Lu Mansion is just like your own home. You can come and go freely without even notifying me. Isn't this enough to show that brother trusts you?"

Sheng Li nodded reluctantly.

Prince Yu was about to enter the palace and sent someone to call Lu Fei.

Lu Fei patted Sheng Li's shoulder vigorously and said, "In one month, Princess Yu will be entering the palace. After His Highness gets married, maybe the matter of going to the vassal state will be put on the agenda."

"The palace is busy. You and your brothers should be alert and don't make any mistakes at this critical moment."

Lu Fei gave an instruction and Sheng Li responded.

Lu Fei turned around and was about to leave, but he stopped and said to Sheng Li, "Your Majesty is not feeling well. After Your Highness Prince Yu pays respects to Concubine Cheng, he may have to go to His Majesty's palace to attend to his illness."

"The palace has many people and many things to do, and there are many spies from other families. You stay here and take the brothers to guard the palace."

Sheng Li quickly responded.

Watching Lu Fei riding a horse beside His Highness' carriage, and together with other guards, escorting His Highness out of the palace street.

Sheng Li stood there and thought for a while, then he bowed to his colleague next to him and said, "Brother, something happened at home, so I have to go back. You keep an eye on it first, I'll be back soon."

The colleague waved his hand casually, "Okay, no problem."

Sheng Li went to the stable to get the horse, climbed on it and left quickly.

*

Lu Mansion.

Ji was terrified last night and could not sleep all night. She was drowsy for a while at dawn. When Lu Fei got up, he was immediately awakened.

She sat in the room absent-mindedly, twisting her handkerchief into a knot with her fingers.

She still remembered the scene when Sheng Li first came to the Lu Mansion eight years ago.

That year, she was 25 years old and Sheng Li had just turned 20.

Young Sheng Li had just entered the Southern Court. Because his family was poor, most of the imperial guards looked down on him and excluded him everywhere.

Lu Fei seemed to see his own difficult times in Sheng Li, so he often helped him.

After a few interactions, Sheng Li began to regard Lu Fei as his own biological elder brother.

Lu Fei also often invited Sheng Li to visit his home.

Once, she went to discuss with her husband about visiting Zhang Cheng's house. Without being informed, she went to her husband's yard.

He happened to run into Sheng Li, shirtless and wearing only a pair of long pants, who was carrying a bucket of water and pouring it into the fish tank in the yard.

In the sunlight, the strong and powerful muscle lines glistened with sweat, expanding and disappearing with the man's movements;

The broad shoulders, narrow hips, monkey back and slim waist seemed to contain endless power.

There are also the distinct abdominal muscles between the waist and abdomen, as well as the deep and smooth spine groove hidden in the waist, all of which exude the charm of a young man...

That scene, in just a moment, was engraved firmly in Ji's mind, like a spell.

She knew that she should lower her head and quickly avoid it according to etiquette.

But she seemed to be possessed by a ghost and handed a handkerchief to the man with a bright smile and heroic spirit.

Sheng Li's eyes flashed, and the smile on his lips deepened. He took the handkerchief from Ji's hand and said in a low voice, "Thank you, sister-in-law."

The man's slightly rough fingers gently slid across his palm, and the warm, itchy touch remained in his palm, like dry autumn grass that was quickly ignited by a fire starter...

From then on, Ji began to avoid Sheng Li intentionally or unintentionally.

However, after Lu Fei took over the position of the leader of Prince Yu's Mansion, he returned to his old ways and became addicted to gambling again.

All the valuable things in the house were soon lost, and he began to pawn Ji's dowry.

If Ji resisted a little, Lu Fei would beat her up.

That day, Lu Fei came back from outside, grabbed Ji's wrist, and forcibly pulled off the jade bracelet, the only relic left to her by her mother.

Ji knelt in front of Lu Fei, hugged his legs and cried for him, but was kicked away by Lu Fei.

Ji fell to the ground and cried for an unknown amount of time until someone gently helped her up.

Sheng Li stroked her messy hair lovingly and called her gently, "Sister-in-law?"

Ji looked at the young Sheng Li with tears in her eyes, stretched out her arms and hugged him tightly.

After a brief moment of shock, Sheng Li quickly picked up Ji and carried her sideways.

That day, the two of them went from the couch in the inner room to the right side room, from the bench in the right side room to the bathtub...

Ji felt a feeling she had never experienced before, and all the pain that Lu Fei had inflicted on her was thrown away to the sky.

Once you have tasted it, you will never be satisfied...

They were both very careful.

Sheng Li taught Ji how to clean up the traces afterwards and how to leave the house to meet him secretly without anyone noticing...

Later, as Lu Fei did not come home all day, the two changed the meeting place to the right room of the main house.

In order to make it easier for Sheng Li to marry into the family, Ji dismissed and sold all the servants in the mansion, except for her two dowry maids and a deaf and blind doorman, on the grounds that she was short of money.

In order to make it easier for Sheng Li to escape, Ji always kept the window open when bathing, regardless of spring, summer, autumn or winter.

In order to prevent Sheng Li from leaving any traces when he escaped, Ji lied that there were too many flowers and plants behind the house, which were prone to mosquitoes. She cleaned up the flowers and plants behind the house and paved them all with stone slabs...

Moreover, except for her and Sheng Li, no one knew that the courtyard behind the Lu Mansion, separated by an alley, was the outer house that Sheng Li bought in the name of someone else.

It was also a secret place for the two of them to meet in private at the beginning.

Without telling Lu Fei, Ji gave Sheng Li the key to the back corner door.

Over the years, Lu Fei has never doubted the relationship between Sheng Li and Ji.

During this period, there were also situations like last night when the two were being intimate and Lu Fei suddenly returned home.

I was fooled by Ji every time.

More than seven years!

Both of their sons are six years old.

What went wrong?

Lu Fei had never even suspected Yi'er, so how could he suddenly suspect the two of them?

Also, Sheng Li had no idea how many times he had climbed over that window.

How could I be so careless as to leave footprints there?

Who was the person who warned them at the rear window last night?

Ji's body felt hot and cold, and her body and mind were trembling.

She wanted to discuss what to do with Sheng Li, but she didn't dare to go out.

Just when she was feeling uneasy, she suddenly heard a slight sound coming from the rear window of the taxi.

Ji was delighted and walked in quickly.