At the same time, a faint blush crept onto her cheeks. She lowered her eyes, feeling a bit too shy to meet Feng Linyuan's gaze.
"I understand. Father always cares most about me..."
"So do I." Feng Linyuan pulled the woman in front of him into his arms and calmly interjected.
The moon was hazy, casting a silvery glow on the ground.
Bai Sheng staggered into the courtyard gate, propping up her broken body. Mrs. Zhao sobbed and wailed beside her non - stop, "Heaven! What on earth did I do to deserve this! My son doesn't want me anymore. Among my two daughters, one died young, and the other can no longer bear children!
Why am I so unlucky... Sheng'er, what face do we have to live? We might as well just die..."
The little maid supporting Mrs. Zhao stole a cautious glance at the silent Bai Sheng and tried to console her, "Madam, don't worry. Miss's body will surely recover."
"How can it be cured? It was the Frost Powder! And she just... " Realizing she had said too much, Mrs. Zhao sighed and continued, "I told you not to provoke that brute. I could handle Di'er's matter. Why did you have to go and provoke her yourself? Now look, what should we do! You haven't even gotten married or had children yet..."
Bai Sheng walked ahead. Her head was always lowered, and her long, inky hair hung on both sides of her cheeks, making it impossible to see her expression at all.
Her steps were unsteady, indicating that her body had been severely damaged by the Frost Powder. But she still managed to hold on without letting anyone support her and walked into the room.
Thick silk curtains were hanging around her room. Whenever someone walked by, their figures would appear indistinct.
Mrs. Zhao always thought that her daughter's room was a bit eerie. But unlike Bai Di, Bai Sheng always had her own ideas. After telling her several times to no avail, Mrs. Zhao had no choice but to let it be.
During the day, it wasn't too bad to enter Bai Sheng's room. The thick silk curtains blocked out the summer heat, making it quite cool.
But now it was night. Even in the middle of summer, one couldn't help but shiver when entering this room.
When Mrs. Zhao followed Bai Sheng into the room, her body trembled uncontrollably. Her sobs suddenly stopped. After regaining her senses, she opened her mouth again, intending to continue crying.
"Smash!"
The sound of porcelain shattering rang out.
Mrs. Zhao was so frightened that she immediately stopped making a sound. She stared at Bai Sheng with wide - open eyes.
Bai Sheng's hand was still on the shelf where a hexagonal vase with double - eared branch - fruit patterns, a dowry from the Grand Tutor's Mansion when Mrs. Zhao got married, used to be.
Now it was lying on the ground in a pile of fragments.
"Sheng'er?" Mrs. Zhao said in disbelief, "What's wrong with you?"
Bai Sheng finally slowly raised her head. Mrs. Zhao couldn't help but take a step back.
At this moment, Bai Sheng's face was more gloomy than ever before, and her eyes were filled with malevolence and ferocity.
"Have you said enough, Mother? If you have, then get out quickly."
Her voice was low and calm.
But under such an expression, that calm voice gave people an unprecedented sense of horror.
It was as if the next second, she would turn into a fierce ghost and suck you away.
No, at this moment, Bai Sheng was scarier than a fierce ghost.
A chill ran down Mrs. Zhao's back. She didn't understand at all what she had done to anger Bai Sheng: "That's not possible. Your body..."
"I told you to get out!" Bai Sheng suddenly raised her voice and shouted at Mrs. Zhao.
Mrs. Zhao was startled, but soon she nodded repeatedly: "Okay, okay. Don't be angry. Mother will leave now, right away!"
Saying that, she turned around and fled.
The few maids who had followed in were trembling nervously, not knowing whether they should stay or not.
Bai Sheng's cold eyes swept over them: "Get out!"
The maids were relieved and rushed out one after another.
The room suddenly fell into complete silence.
She suddenly seemed to be drained of all her strength. She collapsed and leaned against the shelf.
Bai Sheng, the eldest daughter of the Bai family, who always seemed so calm that no emotion would show on her face, shed a line of clear tears for the first time in her life.
She closed her eyes, and soft sobs echoed among the fluttering silk curtains.
Suddenly, a hand gently wrapped around her waist.
She didn't open her eyes and let the person pick her up and lay her on the bed.
The tears on her face were gently wiped away.
For some reason, even though someone was caring for her like this, the grievance in her heart became even stronger.
Her tears flowed more and more fiercely. She opened her eyes, and through her tear - blurred vision, she could vaguely see the pity on the person's face.
"I want to kill her." Because she was crying so hard, she choked a bit and couldn't finish the sentence smoothly. But she still tried to make her tone calm and clear, "I want to kill her, kill her!"
The person's hand paused. He wiped the tears from the corner of her eyes again before saying, "You should recover from your injury first."
"I want to kill her! I wanted to have a child with you..." She suddenly broke down, "But I can never have children again... It's all because of her!"
The person sighed softly, "I know. You should take good care of your body first, and then we'll seek revenge on her. I'll avenge our first child and the harm done to your body."
"I don't want to wait. I can't afford to wait! I want you to go now!" Bai Sheng shouted.
The person frowned, "She's not an ordinary woman. We can't just act against her casually..."
"I don't care!" Bai Sheng suddenly stood up and sneered at the person, "Right, why would you care? You don't care about the child or me at all, do you?
You already have a son, and your son can already take on important responsibilities. Whether there's one more or one less child, you won't care.
But I'm different! That was my only child, my first child. It didn't even take shape... and died at her hands!"
Bai Sheng seemed to see the scene that day when she fell to the ground, her lower body hurting terribly, and blood flowing continuously.
The painful and desperate feeling welled up in her heart again, making her heart feel as if it was being tightly grasped by something, hurting badly.
She slumped onto the bed, hysterical, "You don't understand. You'll never understand!"
Hearing this, the person suddenly let go of her, stood up with a cold look in his eyes, his hands behind his back. He looked down at her without a trace of emotion and said, "Really?"
The cold voice made Bai Sheng suddenly come to her senses.
She panicked. She quickly knelt down, hugged the person's leg, and pleaded, "My Lord... My Lord... Please, help me. Help our child! I'm useless. I'm good for nothing. But the child can't die in vain. Someone has to avenge him!"
"Then what do you want?" the person said coldly.
Bai Sheng paused. Then a strong hatred appeared on her face. She gritted her teeth and replied word by word, "I want her dead."