The Rebirth of an Orphan

Zhao Xihua looked at Uncle Lin in surprise, and Uncle Lin said quickly, "Miss, she is really crazy, not pretending to be crazy. I took her all the way back to Kyoto, and she ran away again halfway. When I went to find her, I saw her picking up garbage on the road and stuffing it into her mouth. She is really crazy."

Zhao Xihua nodded and said, "Then when you brought her to Kyoto, did you encounter any problems on the way?"

Uncle Lin said, "The journey was smooth, but when we found the old woman, she was covered in wounds, as if she had been chased by someone. I don't know how she got away with such serious injuries."

"Someone wants to kill her?" Zhao Xihua's eyes lit up. If she guessed correctly, this old woman might have seen the murderer of the fire, or she might be an accomplice.

Otherwise, how could it bring about fatal disaster?

Zhao Xihua calmed down and said to Uncle Lin: "Prepare the car, I want to go meet that person."

It was afternoon and everyone in the Gu family was taking a lunch break. It was quiet everywhere. Zhao Xihua did not bring Pingshui and the others this time and let Uncle Lin go out from the west door alone.

Uncle Lin didn't drive on the busy streets, but instead drove through some alleys. Suddenly, Uncle Lin stopped the car.

"What's wrong?" Zhao Xihua asked. Would she meet some weird people again?

Uncle Lin lowered his voice and said, "Miss, someone is following us."

Zhao Xihua opened the car window and looked outside. Besides the hurried pedestrians on both sides, there was a teenager on a motorcycle not far away who stopped his car, took off his helmet and looked in their direction. There was another car parked not far behind. She could see the license plate number clearly.

Zhao Xihua knew the boy on the motorcycle. He was the bodyguard that Gu Lun had arranged for her to protect her. However, these bodyguards usually hid in the dark and were not discovered.

She relaxed immediately. Gu Lun had said that since these people were given to her, they were her trusted ones, so she could rest assured.

The young man didn't expect that he would be discovered by his master even though he was protecting him secretly. He could only nod to Zhao Xihua from a distance. Zhao Xihua also nodded and smiled at the young man: "It's okay, keep going. That's the bodyguard Gu Lun gave me."

Uncle Lin was relieved immediately. When he met Gu Lun in Yuncheng before, he thought he was just a mysterious young man who had been secretly encouraged by Gu Lun for so long. His kung fu had also improved under Gu Lun's training. He never thought that he was actually the heir to the Gu family compound in Kyoto.

Now he has even given the lady so many bodyguards. The lady is really lucky. With his care, is there anything she can't do?

He didn't ask any more questions. Soon Uncle Lin parked the car in a very ordinary alley. The alley was very narrow and the car couldn't get in, so it had to be parked at the entrance. Zhao Xihua had to get out of the car and walk deep into the alley.

There is a bungalow at the end of the alley. The outside of the house is no different from that of an ordinary house, and it is not that eye-catching at first glance. Uncle Lin arranged the old woman here, which is quite good.

"Miss, come this way." Uncle Lin took out the key and opened the iron lock on the wooden door.

Zhao Xihua followed Uncle Lin into the room and saw an empty yard. The door to the main house was locked from the outside and it was very quiet all around, as if no one lived there.

Uncle Lin led Zhao Xihua towards the main house and said as they walked, "Miss, I already made inquiries when I bought this house. The tenants on both sides have moved out. Now there are no people living in the houses. I haven't hired anyone to take care of it. If there is anything, I will do it by myself."

"Very good." Zhao Xihua nodded with satisfaction. She really admired Uncle Lin's meticulousness and carefulness in doing things.

Uncle Lin opened the door of the main house, and a smell that had not seen sunlight for a long time mixed with the smell of medicine immediately hit him in the face.

Zhao Xihua just felt nauseous. She held back her breath and looked into the room. She saw a person curled up on the bed at the side. The quilt was kicked to the foot of the bed, and his hair was disheveled. He was lying there motionless.

She didn't even look up when she heard the voice, but just shrank a little more, looking a little pitiful. But Zhao Xihua still remembered that figure. Every time she went to Ning'an Courtyard, she had to pay some money before the door was opened for her to see the master.

But her current appearance still frightened Zhao Xihua. Is this still the arrogant and calculating Master Jingning?

She walked up to Master Jingning, the person in charge of Ning'an Hospital, and said, "Master Jingning, are you okay? Do you remember who I am?"

But the man started to tremble all over, shook his head continuously, and didn't say a word.

Uncle Lin said, "Miss, she was like this when I found her. She kept shaking her head and didn't say anything. When we were in Yuncheng, Miss Tang Xin tried many methods, but she just wouldn't say anything no matter what I asked."

Zhao Xihua raised her hand and lifted up Master Jingning's chin, but the moment she saw her face, Zhao Xihua almost ran away.

Master Jingning's face was still the round and slightly plump face that I remembered, but now it was covered with knife wounds, almost cutting it into pieces, and there was no trace of his original appearance at all.

But those eyes were dull and lifeless.

What happened that night that turned a living person into this? However, everyone in Ning'an Hospital died tragically that night.

So many people died, but Jingning was the only one alive. Shouldn't she be unable to speak? I, Zhao Xihua, was determined to make her speak.

"Uncle Lin, did you bring the things my master left behind?"

Uncle Lin took out a box and handed it to Zhao Xihua. Zhao Xihua opened the box and took out some jewelry that women liked to wear. The jewelry had traces of being burned by fire. "Uncle Lin, please step aside and wait outside."

Uncle Lin thought it would be nothing, so he answered and walked out, closing the door tightly from the outside. Zhao Xihua took out the clothes that his master had worn before from the box.

There is a hole in this dress, probably caused by sparks, but it was placed in a corner and not burned, so it was preserved. Although it has a hole, it can still be worn.

Zhao Xihua changed her master's clothes and combed her hair, then put on her master's favorite jewelry and walked towards Master Jingning who was lying on the ground.

"Jingning, do you still recognize me?"

At this time, the windows in the room were all covered tightly and the light was a little dim, but it made Zhao Xihua's voice sound a little solemn.

As expected, Jingning, who had been silent all the time, looked up at Zhao Xihua, who had been dressed up again. Her expression suddenly changed, and she stepped back repeatedly as if she had seen a ghost, waving her hands wildly.

"Don't come over here, don't come over here, I didn't kill you, it wasn't me, it wasn't me! It was the nobleman from Kyoto who set the fire, it was her who did it, she grabbed you and dug out your eyes, stabbed your throat, it was her who did it! She burned you to death, burned everyone to death, it was that nobleman who did it, don't look for me, don't look for me!"