Wu Qing was an orphan with no father or mother. He was abandoned in a dilapidated temple right after his birth, with bloodstains still on his tiny infant body.
In the year he was born, the local area, which had originally enjoyed favorable weather, suddenly suffered a drought that lasted for half a year. Many people died during this great drought. The local county magistrate invited a Taoist priest to hold a religious ceremony, praying for rain from the heavens.
However, after half a month of busy work, it still didn't rain. The county magistrate flew into a rage, scolding the Taoist priest for his uselessness and threatening to behead him to sacrifice to the heavens. To save his own life, the Taoist priest noticed the infant Wu Qing, who had been picked up by a vagrant. He slandered to the county magistrate that Wu Qing was a disaster star sent to the world, and all the disasters were brought by him. Only by roasting Wu Qing on the fire and sacrificing him to the Dragon King would the Dragon King show mercy and send rain.
The infant Wu Qing was placed on a blazing pyre. His little face was blackened by the thick smoke and was slowly being devoured by the flames. But just when he was about to be burned to death, a thunderclap roared in the sky, and a downpour quenched the raging fire. It was the heavens that saved his life.
Later, the Taoist priest, with evil intentions, insisted that Wu Qing was a disaster star and that keeping him alive would only bring disasters. He was determined to kill him. Just as the Taoist priest was about to strike him down, an elder in white robes stepped in just in time to rescue him and took him away.
The elder in white robes was Qi Yaofeng, a well - known and highly skilled martial artist in the jianghu. There was no one in the world who could be his match. He took pity on Wu Qing and took him as his disciple. However, Qi Yaofeng was a strict and cruel man, especially harsh on his disciples. He often beat and scolded them. When Wu Qing was a child, even the slightest mistake would result in him being beaten until his skin was broken and bleeding. It was commonplace for him to be punished by being denied food and water. He had never experienced tenderness and love in his life. His fellow female disciples also looked down on him and always sneered at him.
He didn't understand emotions, let alone how to love someone. No one had ever made him feel an in - separable attachment from the bottom of his heart.
Until he met Liu Yushu. He grabbed her all of a sudden, and she trembled with fear in his hands. Later, she saved his life.
Her face, the tenderness in her eyes, her fair and soft hands... She was like a pool of water, into which Wu Qing fell all at once and sank deeper and deeper. He greedily enjoyed it and was willing to drown in this warm pool of water.
For the first time in nineteen years, he felt tenderness, and for the first time, someone was kind to him and cared about him on their own initiative. He was smitten with her and wanted to have her.
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Liu Yushu was seriously ill. She was lying pale on the couch, her whole body burning hot. Sweat kept streaming down her pale and haggard little face.
Zuitao stayed by her side, constantly wiping the sweat off her face with a handkerchief. She choked with sobs in a low voice, "Miss, you must be safe. If anything happens to you, this servant doesn't want to live either."
"I believe elder sister will be fine," Liu Yanyi said with a complex expression. Whether Liu Yushu could recover or not depended on whether the trap he had set tonight would catch the wild cat hiding in the house.
At night, Liu Yushu's room was brightly lit. In the bathroom in the inner hall, the shadow of a person was reflected on the paper - pasted window. The shadow's arm gently lifted, which was quite alluring.
Wu Qing, hiding in the dark, was deeply touched. He flashed into the room and when he reached the bathroom, his pupils instantly shrank, and his face couldn't hide his panic and guilt.
Liu Yanyi was sitting on a chair. He put the book in his hand on his lap and softly ordered the maid soaking in the bathtub behind the screen, "You may leave."
The maid scurried away like a drowned rat.
Wu Qing suddenly realized that this was a trap set to lure him.
How could this happen? Where was Liu Yushu?