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Seeing the frail body walk further and further, Wei Tengfei's heart felt like it was being stabbed with a knife. He rushed forward and grabbed Xiaowan's arm.

"I know that I shouldn't have said those words to you at this time, but I mean it sincerely. Xiaowan, the first time I saw you, I …"

Xiaowan turned and stared at him, her eyes filled with tears.

"I will wait for you for a year, two years, ten years, or even a lifetime," he firmly said. "Unless there comes a day when there is someone better who can take care of you in Ling Chaofeng's place."

"In his stead?" Xiaowan cried as she vigorously shook her head.

"No, Xiaowan, that's not what I meant."

"General, can't I live my life by myself?"

"If you are alone, I will guard you for the rest of my life."

"General, my life is too tough. Do you know, ever since I was born, my life has been too hard?" The Xiaowan gently struggled for a bit, before breaking free from Wei Tengfei's grasp and retreating a few steps, "I cannot harm anyone anymore, General, thank you."

She turned and ran, running very quickly. Although Wei Tengfei could catch up to her, he could not.

However, he had not given up. If he could open Xiaowan's heart and let her regain her composure, even if he had to wait a long time, he would still be willing.

The Xiaowan left and it wasn't until there was no one left that Wei Tengfei finally turned back home.

As they entered, the servants at the door looked at each other. One of them said boldly, "General, there is something I thought I should tell you."

"Speak." Wei Tengfei said coldly.

The servant then told Wei Tengfei about how Xiaowan looked like when she was outside the door, and how the demonic wind was raging in the clouds.

"Really?" Wei Tengfei was also surprised when he heard it. What happened to the Xiaowan?

"Everyone in front of the door has seen it. Everyone is really looking at it." They all answered, "General, this woman seems to be possessed."

"Shut up, don't speak nonsense. She's just feeling too much heartache over losing her husband." Wei Tengfei warned the servants, "If you see her at home again, all of you need to be well-received, do you hear me?"

Everyone kept saying yes, but Wei Tengfei was not at ease. He told the Emperor that Xiaowan had endured very hard, and that it was from the bottom of her heart. He felt that the Xiaowan was doing it for the people around him, and not because she was truly spirited.

Perhaps he had thought too much, but if he couldn't see her smiling face, he would never be at ease.

However, who would be able to make her reveal his true feelings toward Ling Chaofeng, unless he revives.

Wei Tengfei sighed softly. He couldn't scare the Xiaowan anymore, and couldn't force her again. From today onwards, all he needed to do was to protect her and prevent anyone from harming her.

"Someone, come." He waved his hand, wanting to arrange a group of people to protect Ling Xiao Inn s inseparably.

On the other side, Xiaowan was already sweating profusely as she ran back to the inn.

She got water and washed her face in the room. Looking at her reflection in the washbasin, she looked so haggard, her eyes were empty, and her face was so thin that it was concave. Even Xiaowan wouldn't be able to recognize her.

She remembered that on the first day they arrived at the tavern, Aunt Zhang said to her happily, "My master is really smart."

Now, when she saw her, she would only sigh.

Xiaowan touched his face and ran in front of the makeup table to sit down. She brought along some makeup and smeared it over his face, layer after layer.

Tears fell down, washing away the makeup, forming distorted tears on his face, one after another …

"Mother." It was unknown when Little Pei had moved to stand at the side.

Xiaowan turned around in panic, afraid that she would scare her son if she did this, and said while choking: "Good girl Little Pei, go play with Uncle Biao, and accompany your Second Uncle. Mother, Mother needs to rest for a while."

Little Pei did not force her, and quietly went out the door, but he did not look for anyone else, rather he turned into a ray of golden light and flew towards the palace.

Under the escort of his son, Ling Chaofeng once again came to Xiaowan's side. She had just washed her face in a basin of water, and raised her clear face.

His heart ached as he hugged his wife in his embrace, and kissed her forehead and cheeks. Xiaowan was startled for a moment as she felt that strange sensation once again.

"Hubby …" Xiaowan reached out her hand, and even though her hand was right on Ling Chaofeng's face, she couldn't touch anything.

"Late at night, don't cry. Forget about me and start living well again." Ling Chaofeng should not have any emotions or desires, but his eyes were moist, "Late at night, this life of his is very long. We haven't even met for three years, but you still have thirty years and fifty years of life to meet a better man.

Ling Chaofeng had not even finished speaking when Xiaowan suddenly stood up, rushed out of her room and called for Little Pei, he went to rooms after rooms and shocked everyone in the inn.

However, at this moment, Ling Bai's body was no longer visible. He had no choice but to send his father back first, before landing on the street and running in from the outside.

Facing Uncle Biao, Uncle Biao chided him: "Little brat, why did you run out by yourself?" As he faced the building, he shouted, "Evening, the child is back!"

Xiaowan rushed down the stairs and squatted down to grab her son's arm. Little Pei's whole body was covered in sweat, it was indeed as if she had just played outside. However, Xiaowan remembered that in the sky outside the General's Estate, she saw her son.

"Back to my room." Xiaowan's face was solemn as he carried his son and walked back.

Uncle Biao was worried that she would beat Little Pei up if she got anxious, so he said with a pained heart, "Just teach him a few words, Xiaowan, don't scare the child."

The door closed as Little Pei stood upright, trembling as he looked at his mother, "I'm right outside the door, I haven't run far. Mother, I-I'll be fine, don't worry about me."

"Did you go to the General's Estate?" The Xiaowan squatted down and looked straight at his son, "What are you doing on top of the General's Estate?!?

"Mom, I told you not to be afraid." Little Pei said, "I'm going to protect Mother. There are a few demons wandering around, I'll eat them all."

"The Xiaowan shook her head:" This is not what I wanted to ask you, nor is it the answer I wanted to hear. Little Pei, you know mother's heart, I don't ask, but you also know right?

Little Pei pursed his lips, he could not say anything, if he said it, he would immediately fly back to his Heaven Realm and would not be able to stay by his mother's side anymore.

The Xiaowan gasped for breath as she picked up his son and placed him on the table. She held his son's face and said, "Little Pei, mother is a mortal, it is impossible for mother to give birth to you. But, you are indeed father's and mother's child. Little Pei... I ask you, is your father the same as you? "

Xiaowan felt a chill down her spine and all the hair on her body was standing on end. Actually, she had been curious about Ling Chaofeng when he was still alive.

Although their master had initially thought that their son was acting like this because of her, Xiaowan only had one Jade Ring. At that time, their hearts were in a mess, and even if Xiaowan wanted to, she did not say it out loud.

Why did it have to be her, why couldn't it be Ling Chaofeng's? Maybe the reason why Little Pei was a dragon was because of his husband?

"Little Pei, you know, right? Xiaowan's tears fell. She could not control her emotions and asked, choked with sobs, "Little Pei, where is father? Is he right here?

Little Pei's voice was speaking to his father from afar, "Father, Mother is too smart."

Ling Chaofeng's voice transmitted over: "Little Pei, you can't say."

"I don't know anything." Little Pei could only cry and refuse to reply to his mother's words.

As soon as he cried, Xiaowan's heart softened. She hugged her son tightly and blamed herself: "Mother scared you. Little Pei, it's Mother's fault."

At this moment, Lian Yi returned to Ershan's room. Bi Zhenye and Bi Hanxi had not left yet, so Bi Zhenye asked in concern, "Have you found the child yet?"

Lian Yi replied: "It's fine, thank you Young Noble for your concern."

She sat beside Ershan, looked at the two of them, and then looked at Ershan. It looked like she had some imagination, but she wasn't the same mother after all.

"Brother Xingye, we will be leaving first. If we're late, Father and Mother should start reciting." Hanxi said, "I will come to see you again in a few days, Grandma misses you very much."

Ershan nodded and did not say a word.

Bi Zhenye said: "Take care of your health and come back to school. You have earned first place in the exam before you left, all the gentlemen are very worried about you."

Ershan shook his head: "I want to return to the Baisha Town. My family cannot be left unattended."

Lian Yi wanted to say something, but stopped himself.

However, Bi Zhenye said: "I think they would rather have you obtain a rank. Naturally, I do not have the qualifications to say such words. Furthermore, if you go back to school, I don't know if our news will spread. In the capital, it's very difficult to keep it a secret, and if your classmates were to talk about these things, I don't care, and I hope you don't care either. "

Ershan smiled faintly: "I might not be able to go back. Even if I don't go back, I can still participate in the examination."

Bi Zhenye said: "You are right, if you do not go back, the three ranks are still in your pockets."

Hanxi bid farewell to Lian Yi and was about to leave with her brother. Bi Zhenye walked up to the door, turned around and said: "Industry, you're still alive, and you're still able to return.

Ershan didn't say anything. He just sent them out of the tavern and watched the two siblings ride their horses and leave before returning back up the stairs.

"They don't look like bad people." Lian Yi spoke the truth, "That old lady felt even more sorry for you, they all seemed to be hoping for you to return home. Ershan, you hate them, don't you? "

"Their mother, she poisoned my mother." Ershan said.

Lian Yi looked at him in shock, and asked while trembling: "Really?"

Ershan nodded his head, "To use poison, every day, little by little, to slowly poison her to death, in the eyes of others, would seem like a serious illness that cannot be cured."

Lian Yi's heart nearly jumped out of her chest as she sat beside Ershan, "How did you know that you were only six at the time?"

Ershan said: "Before my mother died, she told me with her own mouth that she spat out large mouthfuls of blood. Not long after my mother died, I woke up one morning in a sack. His body kept shaking as if he were in a carriage, and when the carriage stopped, I heard someone say that it would be better to kill me and sell it away and earn another silver. "I was the one who was saved for being greedy. If it weren't for that, I would have followed my mother a long time ago."

"How can the Mrs. Bi be so malicious?" Lian Yi felt chills down her spine.

In her family, the concubines would fight with her mother and also against each other. What they fought over was her father's love and money, who would joke about their lives?

Her heart tightened again. "Then, your father, do you know?"

Ershan looked at her: "Perhaps he didn't know beforehand, but there is no way he wouldn't know afterwards. But in order to protect his position, as well as protect the reputation of his Bi Family, like this time, he can pretend like nothing happened. He only wishes to settle this matter peacefully. Without me, everything would be peaceful. Now that I have returned, things will no longer be peaceful for him. "

Lian Yi hugged Ershan, her heart was in pain, and she asked: "Then, what do you want to do next?"

Ershan gently stroked her back: "Originally, I wanted to drive out this entire family and make them pay the price. But now, I want to protect the inn and take care of Xiaowan on behalf of my brother. I am not sure if I should let go of the hatred, but compared to the hatred, the family that has raised me for more than ten years is more important. "

"He should be the top scholar, Ershan." Lian Yi advised him gently, "When you become a senior official, you will be able to protect the inn. The villagers, the county magistrate, all of them will behave themselves and no one will ever dare to bully Xiaowan again."

In the guest room next door, Little Pei and Xiaowan did not cry anymore. Xiaowan had coaxed her son to drink a few mouthfuls of milk.

It was soon the Dragon Boat Festival, and after the mother and son had agreed on the Dragon Boat Festival, they would not feed it anymore, but Xiaowan was becoming more and more reluctant to part with it.

"Little Pei, is it okay if mother feeds you for another month?" Xiaowan coaxed his sleepy son, "In another month, mother will feed you until you become fat."

Little Pei shook his head. "Mother, I'm going to grow up."

Xiaowan's heart skipped a beat as she held back her tears and asked, "Little Pei, you've grown up.

Little Pei shook his head and snuggled into his mother's embrace, "I want to always be with Mother."

Xiaowan held her son and looked around the house. She was sure that her husband was not by her side right now. However, she did not know when he would return, nor did she know where he would be when he did not come.

Xiaowan remembered that after his son left the General's Estate, he was flying in the direction of the imperial palace.

"Little Pei..." When his son fell asleep, she asked softly, "Is Daddy like you, a dragon, not a human?"