PFC Chapter 123 Rong's Death
Chapter 123 Rong's Death
Xu Mingxi's current actions made Qin Yuechuan feel sad again. The kind-hearted "little fur ball" in his childhood was no longer there...
The person you once obsessed with all your life in your previous life, has actually long since disappeared from your life as you first met him.
He thought that now that he had decided to spend the rest of his life with Yueyue, it would be unfair to Yueyue to cling to the past.
The warmth and hope given to me in my childhood eventually turned into ashes with the passing of my previous life...
I suddenly remembered what a slovenly wandering Taoist said in my previous life:
"The attachment to the past and the illusion of the present are like a dream bubble. If we get lost in the present and lose our true fruit, it will be difficult to realize the ultimate Nirvana."
I didn't take it to heart at first, but now it seems to be true. Every word is a prophecy and makes me cry.
Coming back to this life can be considered nirvana, right?
The night is dark, the moon is bright and the stars are sparse.
Kanseiin
Xu Baiyu hasn't had a good night's sleep for two days in a row.
It's the same tonight.
It was not convenient to move around during the day, for fear of alerting the eldest wife, so she could only let Qiu Lian search various places in the Xu Mansion under the cover of night.
The night was quiet and there was no light in the house. Xu Baiyu just sat on the bed under the dim moonlight, waiting for news from Xiaochan.
"Miss……"
It’s Qiu Lian’s voice!
Xu Baiyu got off the bed without thinking, without even bothering to put on his shoes, and welcomed Qiu Lian in barefoot. Before closing the door, he looked around vigilantly to make sure no one was following him.
"How is it? Any news?" Xu Baiyu pinched Qiu Lian's shoulders and asked anxiously.
"I spent some money and found out that someone had recently sent food and medicine to the deserted courtyard in the northwest corner of the Xu Mansion. No one knows what is inside."
"Food and medicine?"
“That’s right, but everyone who went there was warned not to step into the house and only to place the food boxes in the broken courtyard.
Therefore, it is unknown who lives in the deserted courtyard. I heard that someone tried to go and take a look at it secretly in the middle of the night, but heard shrill wailing and screaming, like a ghost. It was really scary! "
"Screaming, ghosts..." Xu Baiyu frowned as she pondered. A very bad premonition came to her mind. She had a guess in her mind, hoping it was true, but also hoping it was false...
"Qiu Lian, at midnight tonight, we will go to the deserted courtyard..."
"Ah, young lady? Tonight at midnight? Going to the deserted courtyard?"
Qiu Lian shrank back a little, shrinking her neck, and timidly begged Xu Baiyu: "Miss, they said there are ghosts...I, your servant, I am really scared...How about we go again when it's light?"
Xu Baiyu glared at her angrily: "Am I the master or are you the master? When I say midnight, it is midnight. They will not come near only if they are afraid. Only then will we have a chance to find out what is going on!"
"Yes...Miss..." Qiu Lian was still afraid, but she had to obey Xu Baiyu's words. Since the last "Ninglu" incident, when Xu Baiyu was disfigured, her temper became more and more irritable.
Although my face is almost healed now, the scabs from the recovery period are still extremely itchy.
As the "culprit", Qiu Lian was either beaten or scolded every day, but she dared not complain at all.
At midnight, Xu Baiyu and Qiu Lian each put on a black cloak, sneaked quietly in the night, and headed for the deserted courtyard in the northwest corner.
The closer you get to the northwest corner, the more desolate and dilapidated scenes you can see with your naked eye.
There are rubble, broken walls and overgrown weeds.
The moonlight in the sky occasionally appeared and disappeared, and the cold wind blew through the cracks of the dilapidated door, making a "woooo" sound, and occasionally a night owl would echo it...
Xu Baiyu was also extremely panicked, his scalp was numb, his whole body was tense, and he and Qiu Lian cuddled together, "Beware..." Xu Baiyu asked tremblingly. He looked around unconsciously...
Xu Baiyu asked in a trembling voice: "Qiu Lian, are you sure... it's here?"
"Miss... it's here... yes... it's exactly the same as during the day, no... it's even scarier than during the day..."
"Where is the entrance to the deserted courtyard?"
This place is sparsely populated, without a single light or trace of life... Xu Baiyu couldn't help but doubt her own guess, perhaps her mother was not here...
Just as she was hesitating whether to go deeper, a shrill wail pierced the sky above the deserted courtyard.
It was like the cry of a night owl, sharp and piercing, penetrating into the heart.
The voice was vaguely discernible as that of a woman.
Xu Baiyu's heart skipped a beat, and he bravely asked, "Mom... is it... is it you? I, I am Xing'er..."
Qiu Lian also shouted a few words: "Second Madam, if it were you, just answer us..."
No one responded from the empty yard, but there was a faint sound of sobbing coming from behind a door.
Following the sound, I found a broken "door panel" opening without wind, and occasional mournful calls could be heard from inside: "...Xing'er...Xing'er..."
Xu Baiyu was not sure whether what he heard was what he thought, so he stepped forward and looked inside tentatively.
With the help of moonlight, she walked into the inner room. It was a bedroom, but it was obvious that no one had cleaned it for a long time. The desks, tables and chairs were scattered all over the floor, and the sobbing sounds were getting closer and closer.
Until she came to the window, with the faint moonlight, Xu Baiyu finally saw the figure that she had been thinking about day and night: "...Mother?"
Unable to hold back tears, Xu Baiyu ran over and knelt in front of the bed: "Mother! Why are you here! How did you... become like this..."
Rong's cheekbones were prominent, her eye sockets were sunken, and she half-opened her eyes weakly, tears flashing in the corners of her eyes: "...Xing'er...Mother...has been waiting for you...They want to kill me...I am holding on just to see you..."
"Mother... don't talk yet, I'll take you away... I'll take you away from this damn place..." Xu Baiyu stood up and was about to help Rong up, but Rong's dry and thin hands weakly grasped Xu Baiyu's wrist and stopped him, saying, "Xing'er, don't waste your time... I can't do it anymore, be quiet, I have something to tell you... I'm holding on to my last breath just to tell you some... secrets, if you have the chance in the future, you can use this to bring down Yang... and others."
"Well... mother, you say..." Xu Baiyu wiped away his tears and listened attentively.
Yang murmured for a while, and Xu Baiyu's eyes suddenly widened. He said in disbelief: "Mother, what you said is true..."
Rong nodded with difficulty: "That's true... If it really happens in the future... you can use this as a threat..."
Having said this, Rong Shi seemed to have let go of something on her mind. The light of life in her eyes gradually dimmed, and she spoke the last words with a weak breath: "Mother... I can't accompany you... You have to..."
Before she could utter a few words, Rong died, but her eyes were still half open, looking at Xu Baiyu, with a lingering light of kindness in her eyes that had not yet dissipated.