PDLP Chapter 178 I figured it out, but it was too late
Chapter 178 I figured it out, but it was too late
When Xiao Mo followed Ling Su to a deserted villa outside the city, her face showed more worry than confusion.
Ling Su saw the confusion in her eyes and explained, "This is Aunt Feng's former home."
Xiao Mo raised her head in shock and glanced at the dilapidated yard: "Is Aunt Feng here?"
She asked carefully, her tone full of disbelief.
Ling Su was about to answer her when Qi Minxiu slowly walked out from the gate.
Xiao Mo saw him and ran towards him quickly: "Where's Aunt Feng? Where is she?"
Qi Minxiu looked at her silently, then pulled her into his arms and held her tightly: "Aunt Feng... don't be sad."
Xiao Mo heard this and a tear fell from her eyes. After a long while, she raised the corner of her mouth and smiled: "I'm going to see her."
She broke free from Qi Minxiu's arms and ran into the abandoned courtyard, searching like a headless fly.
Shen Yun followed her and wanted to hold her back, but she didn't have the courage.
Ling Su stepped forward and looked at Qi Minxiu: "Your Highness."
Qi Minxiu sighed calmly, "Go in. You can't hide this kind of thing even if you want to."
They walked into the yard, Qi Minxiu found Xiao Mo, pulled her over and walked quickly in another direction.
Xiao Mo let him take her to a collapsed room.
Crossing a pile of rubble, she saw Feng Zhiqiu lying on a white cloth.
"Aunt Feng!"
Xiao Mo excitedly let go of Qi Minxiu's hand, ran forward and lay on the ground to check on her condition.
Qi Minxiu stood behind her and said softly, "She was already dead when I arrived."
"How did she die?" Xiao Mo was silent for a moment, then stopped moving stiffly.
"Hanged himself."
Qi Minxiu looked at her with eyes full of heartache, and his deep eyes contained an emotion that was difficult to understand.
As soon as he finished speaking, Xiao Mo saw a deep mark of strangulation at the junction of Feng Zhiqiu's jaw and neck.
She reached out her hand, and with trembling fingertips she touched the red marks, her eyes instantly moistened.
Touching Feng Zhiqiu's already stiff body, she finally couldn't help crying.
Qi Minxiu knelt down on one knee and held her in his arms. Words of comfort came out of his throat several times but were swallowed back.
He thought it would be better to let her vent her sadness first.
Seeing Xiao Mo crying like that, Shen Yun felt bad too, after all, she had been with Feng Zhiqiu for so long.
For her who had no mother, Feng Zhiqiu played the role of her mother during this period.
People are all made of flesh and blood. Qi Minxiu and Ling Su were also affected by Xiao Mo's emotions, and they felt like a huge stone was blocking their hearts.
Xiao Mo snuggled in Qi Minxiu's arms and cried until she lost her voice.
Qi Minxiu frowned, feeling distressed: "Don't cry, everyone has their own destiny. Maybe this is her fate."
Xiao Mo seemed to be irritated by his words. She sat up suddenly and pounded his chest hard.
"Since you found this place first, why didn't you save her? Why didn't you come to me earlier? Why!"
"Aunt Feng had already passed away when I arrived. I asked Ling Su to go to the Prime Minister's Mansion to look for you, but the people there said you were out.
I guessed you might have gone to Taoyuan, but when Ling Su went there, you left again
Ah Mo, she committed suicide. It was her choice. You couldn't prevent it, and you couldn't stop it."
Qi Minxiu knew that she was taking her anger out on him, so he didn't restrain her. Instead, he let her use her fists and feet freely.
Xiao Mo grabbed his collar, stopped crying, rubbed her body upwards, and came in front of him to stare at him.
"How did you know Aunt Feng would commit suicide here, and how did you calculate the time to come, Qi Minxiu, do you know something?"
Qi Minxiu was frightened by her question and couldn't think of an explanation for a moment.
This moment of daze became an irrefutable fact in Xiao Mo's eyes.
She wiped away her tears and stood up from his arms: "You investigated Aunt Feng a long time ago, right?"
Qi Minxiu looked up at her, then slowly stood up and looked her in the eye: "Yes, that's because I noticed something was wrong with her a long time ago."
Xiao Mo laughed at herself and said, "So you also know about what happened between her and my mother?
Since you knew, why didn’t you tell me? What were you thinking the night you and I brought her back to the Prime Minister’s Mansion?
Seeing me treat her like that, what was your mentality? Did you just watch the show or did you think it was fun?
Qi Minxiu's brows knitted together, and he shook his head helplessly: "That's not the case. Can you listen to my explanation?"
Seeing that Xiao Mo had no intention of interrupting him, he quickly continued.
"I only found out about her and the lady yesterday. Because on the night I came back, I felt that their reaction when they met was a little abnormal, so I sent Ling Su to observe them secretly.
Also, when we first brought her back from Quancheng, she was staying at my house.
Didn't she disappear for a night? You know what happened that time.
At that time, I was more careful and sent someone to investigate. It turned out that she was originally from the Imperial City.
This is not a big deal, I thought you knew, so I didn't tell you
The people below didn't find anything else except this, and since she was a loyal person, I ended the investigation on her.
I just didn't expect her identity to be like this, Amo, I'm sorry."
Xiao Mo held onto the rotten table beside her, tears streaming down her face as she listened.
"I didn't want her to die. She chose this path for me."
She looked at Feng Zhiqiu, who was lying on the ground with an ugly dead look, and unconsciously reached out and pounded her chest.
Qi Minxiu stepped forward again and held her in his arms, comforting her softly: "Aunt Feng doesn't want you to be in a difficult position between her and the Prime Minister's wife.
She also knew that what she did back then could never be forgiven, so she chose to give up her life and let your life return to nature.
Don't be sad, even if it's not for me, then do it for her, okay?"
Xiao Mo was crying out of breath, shaking her head and nodding.
She had lived for more than twelve years and had never cried as bitterly as she did now.
Because she had never encountered this kind of problem in Qinshan. Her master protected her very well. In her mind, all the memories of Qinshan were beautiful.
"Master, Master..."
After crying for a while, Xiao Mo murmured "Master" twice.
Qi Minxiu paused as he patted her shoulder, lowered his head, and asked softly, "Who are you calling?"
"Ah Xiu, I miss my master." She wiped away her tears, stopped crying, looked up and looked into his eyes.
Qi Minxiu reached out and wiped the tears from her face: "Okay, I'll go to Qinshan with you."
Shen Yun had been standing quietly not far away. Seeing that her emotions had stabilized a little, she felt much more relieved.
On that day, Xiao Mo and Shen Yun wore mourning clothes and buried Feng Zhiqiu with Qi Minxiu in the deep forest behind Taoyuan.
She liked a quiet environment when she was alive, and she probably didn't want to be placed in a noisy place after her death.
They searched for a long time before they finally found a good place for her.