Chapter 648: Life and Death in Two Days and Two Nights (Part 5)
Before Elderly Mr. Di could finish, Guihua interrupted him.
“Elder Di, there’s no need for you to say anymore, I understand. Given our current predicament, we should keep as much as we can secret so as not to influence Brother Ye Lei’s official career.”
But she never mentioned anything about YingEr.
A momentary shadow had passed through Liu Sisi’s eyes, her tone grave, “Since they’ve all gone to South City, all we have to do now is to wait! If anyone in the manor carelessly lets slip a word about what’s happening: kill!”
The word ‘kill’ seemed to have drifted out from hell itself, exuding a chilling murderous atmosphere.
Everyone in the side hall was affected by this deadly aura, causing them all to subconsciously shrink their necks in surprise.
This side of Liu Sisi was simply too brutal!
By noon, everyone had eaten some food in their rooms.
Guihua slowly approached Liu Sisi, who was tidying up YingEr’s room. Guihua gently swayed the small floral hairpin that belonged to YingEr, her expression full of melancholy.
“So it was Xuan’er who led YingEr out, which led to a dispute, which resulted in YingEr getting lost, right?”
Guihua quietly approached and asked in a low voice.
Liu Sisi turned her head immediately, her eyes widened with surprise as she looked at Guihua. She moved her lips to speak but eventually words failed her, so she sat down on YingEr’s small bed.
“People always say stepmothers are cruel, I don’t care how the world views me, I genuinely treated the two children as my own. My conscience is clear!”
“I know, you genuinely like YingEr.”
Guihua sat down on YingEr’s small bed next to Liu Sisi. She randomly picked up some small floral ornaments that Liu Sisi made personally for YingEr in her spare time. The cloth dolls at the head of YingEr’s bed were also sewn by Sisi stitch by stitch.
“Others might only see the surface, but I can see your true intentions. However, some people don’t.”
Liu Sisi merely pulled up a weak smile. She did not ask who those people were.
Guihua hesitated for a moment, then sighed softly, “There is one thing, I have not told you. I used to think he was too young, but as he aged, he would naturally understand and correct his mistakes. But I did not expect…”
Liu Sisi looked up at her, “What?”
“Do…do you still remember, back in the village on the grain-drying field, how you were pregnant and almost tripped because someone hooked you? That person… was Xuan’er…”
“What did you say?”
Liu Sisi couldn’t believe her ears! She couldn’t resist asking again.
How could she forget that incident on the grain-drying field?
She always believed that Ms. Xin was responsible for this. Even though Ms. Xin had saved her several times afterward, this incident had always remained as a thorn in her heart.
Guihua lifted her head, her face grave, “That wasn’t the only time. I also know about that incident during the New Year, where you were pushed from behind as you stood on the stone steps. It was when your big brother Liu Baihan had ****. I wanted to help you, but I was too far away. Eventually, your second sister managed to grab you. If you had really tumbled down those stone steps, you might have met the same fate as Ms. Qiao. The person who pushed you then… it was also Xuan’er…”
Two lives, one death! This thought flashed across Liu Sisi’s mind.
No, not two lives! It should be four lives in return for one death!
Liu Sisi couldn’t help but shiver, collapsing onto the floor.
Having experienced so many ups and downs, she had always considered herself strong. n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
But at this moment, she had the urge to cry. Her nose was sore, but she couldn’t bring herself to shed any tears.
Guihua, who was next to her, didn’t notice Liu Sisi’s unusual state. She continued to say, “….I wanted to warn you about it at that time, but I also felt that this was a family affair. As an outsider standing in the middle, it could be seen as starting quarrels. Plus, I’ve seen Xuan’er grow up. Although he has some flaws, he always knows the bigger picture…”
“Enough, Sister Guihua.” Liu Sisi’s voice was very soft.
But Guihua went on, “Xuan’er is still young, now that you’re his mother, you must be more careful in the future and educate him properly, surely…”
“Enough, Sister Guihua! I want to be alone, could you please step out for a while!”
Liu Sisi raised her voice.
Only then did Guihua notice something was wrong with Liu Sisi, her eyes staring straight ahead, red and dazed.
“Sisi, you…”
Seeing the seriousness in Liu Sisi’s eyes, she stood up from the side of the bed, “I’ll go out first, you…”
“Don’t overthink… sigh!”
She wanted to say more, but didn’t know what else to add. She silently left the room.
Liu Sisi spent the whole afternoon locked in YingEr’s room. What exactly happened inside, no one knew.
Guihua was feeling torn. She had so many thoughts, and yet she worried that Liu Sisi might choose to end her life – despite the fact that Sisi didn’t look like the type to do so. Preoccupied with her concerns, she couldn’t help but pace nervously outside YingEr’s room.
Everyone else simply thought that Guihua was worried about YingEr and didn’t notice her unusual behaviour.
It wasn’t until the afternoon, when Liu Zhi’er received news and rushed over, that he finally entered YingEr’s room.
Through the half-open door, Guihua saw Liu Sisi, who was still sitting by the bed. She breathed a sigh of relief, finally putting down the worries in her heart. But then she started blaming herself, she shouldn’t have mentioned it in the first place. But when she saw YingEr suffering, she couldn’t help but speak out. It was so…
Guihua’s struggles were the same as Liu Sisi’s at this moment.
She informed Liu Zhi’er of what happened, and then sighed, “If only I could turn back time, I wish I’d never heard any of this. Although Xuan’er isn’t very nice to me, compared to how other children treat their stepmoms, he’s already much better…”
Liu Zhi’er, on the other hand, was calm. His face showed no signs of fluctuation.
“I knew about Xuan’er’s matter a long time ago. But you only knew because someone told you. Should I say that you are too careless or that you are intentionally dismissing it? Are you really oblivious to Xuan’er’s little movements? I don’t think so.”
This was a wake-up call for Liu Sisi.
Indeed! Was she really completely clueless? Of course not. She knew that Xuan’er had problems with her, but she always had a passive attitude about it. She always thought that goodness will reveal itself in time, and her indifference toward Xuan’er’s hostility continued.
She never thought about actively changing any of this.