Chapter 467: Good People Didn’t Live Long
Previously, she had resisted the urge to say anything not because she was afraid of Mdm Peng, but because she was too lazy to.
Now that she had returned to this place, no one could control her freedom.
It had been eight years. No one knew how much she wanted to return here and see the person she had always liked since she was young.
All these years, many people had proposed marriage to the Hua family. Mdm Peng had also tried her best to marry her off. For this reason, she kept whispering into her father’s ears.
Thankfully, her brother relied on her. Every time he did not see her, he would cry his heart out.
Her brother was only six years old. He was also her father’s only lifeline.
Hence, her father naturally could not stand seeing him cry. Naturally, she delayed her marriage as well.
She just did not know if there was anyone else in that person’s heart.
“Miss, don’t worry. Xiaofen will listen to you in the future!”
Leya’s initially absent-minded thoughts were pulled back by Xiaofen.
She scoffed and smiled faintly. “A wise man submits to the circumstances. It’s great that you can change your ways in time. Get up.”
“Yes!”
Xiaofen’s legs were trembling slightly.
It was not because of the kneeling, but because she was shocked by Leya’s boldness.
She was new and Mdm Peng bought her from the market a few days before the Hua family decided to move back to Huang Yang Town from Yu Xi Town.
The reason why she kept listening to Mdm Peng was that her deed was still in her hands.
In other words, as long as Mdm Peng was willing, she could be executed anytime.
Leya seemed to have seen through her worries and said lightly, “Don’t worry. As long as you’re obedient in the future, I’ll take your deed from Mdm Peng.”
“Thank you, Miss!”
Xiaofen knelt down gratefully again.
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After Lu Sheng served the dishes, it was already afternoon.
“It’s time to eat!”
She shouted and everyone stopped what they were doing and returned to their rooms to get their bowls.
Lu Sheng’s culinary skills were good. Everyone worked hard every day to wait for food.
Thankfully, it was easy to sweat when doing farm work. Otherwise, they would probably gain weight from eating such good food.
Lan Yi was a loner. Everyone was holding bowls and eating together, but he was eating alone at the side.
However, he would usually reply when everyone spoke to him. However, he did not look that happy.
After Lu Sheng finished serving Lu Jiang and Lu Xin, she also carried a bowl for herself and wandered around the vegetable field to eat.
After lunch, Lu Sheng gathered everyone together to discuss planting watermelons.
Lu Sheng took out the remaining watermelon seeds. After everyone saw them, they said that they had never seen such seeds before.
“That’s right. This is a new type of fruit.”
Lu Sheng received the seeds from the sack and said to everyone, “Leave the germination to me. When the time comes, everyone can just plant it.”
Previously, she had planted it after soaking it in warm water. She did not expect it to be so successful.
However, to be safe, Lu Sheng decided to follow the prescribed order.
After germination, it usually took about two days to sprout. Hence, Lu Sheng immediately germinated it that day.
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After dinner, the sky darkened.
The lights in the field were still on, but the lights in the room had long been extinguished.
After persuading the two children to sleep, Lu Sheng went out to find Lan Yi next door.
However, when she stepped out, she saw Lan Yi already standing outside.
Lu Sheng raised an eyebrow. “I was about to find you.”
“Are we leaving now?” Lan Yi asked faintly.
Lu Sheng nodded. “Yes, we’ll leave now.”
Lan Yi used his divine sense to observe his surroundings. After seeing that no one was spying, he reached out and grabbed at the void.
Soon, a black hole with a vortex appeared in front of them.
The two of them walked in side by side. The black hole disappeared instantly and the surroundings returned to normal.
When Lu Sheng opened her eyes again, she was already on the streets of Lin Jiang Mansion.
In front of this street was the magistrate court.
Lu Sheng hurried forward and stopped outside the magistrate court.
The guards knew her, so when she appeared at the door, everyone greeted her and went in to report.
“Miss Lu, why are you here?”
After Constable Ji and Chu Yun received the news, they rushed out to welcome them.
Lu Sheng smiled and said, “I came to see the Lord.”
Chu Yun was surprised. “The Lord is not in the magistrate court. After he returned half a month ago, he said that he had something to attend to and went on a long trip. Didn’t he tell Miss?”
Lu Sheng was stunned. Then, she shook her head. “No.”
She frowned slightly. “Didn’t the Lord say where he was going before he left?”
The duo shook their heads slightly. “No, he only said that he had to travel afar.”
As Chu Sihan’s subordinates, they naturally did not dare to inquire too much about what he did not want to say.
Chu Yun thought that his Lord had used the excuse of returning to Huang Yang Town to see Lu Sheng. He did not expect Lu Sheng to find him here.
It seemed like the Lord did not return to Huang Yang Town. Where did he go?
Seeing their reaction, Lu Sheng’s heart jumped. “I understand.”
“Miss Lu, do you know where the Lord went?” Constable Ji asked.
Lu Sheng nodded. “Yes.”
Chu Sihan was not in Lin Jiang Mansion or Huang Yang Town. If he went to the capital, he would definitely not hide it from Chu Yun and the rest.
Hence, the only possibility was that he had returned to the Netherworld.
Constable Ji smiled. “That’s good!”
“Miss, why don’t you stay in the magistrate court first and leave tomorrow morning?” Chu Yun suggested.
Lu Sheng shook her head. “No need. I came here because I had something on. I’ll be setting off for Huang Yang Town soon.”
Chu Yun glanced at Lan Yi, who was standing silently behind her, and frowned slightly.
“Miss, this is…?”
Without the Lord, another man appeared beside Miss Lu. If the Lord knew, he would be jealous again.
“Oh, he’s my master’s subordinate, Lan Yi. Master had something to do and went back to the capital, so he stayed behind.”
So he was one of the Third Prince’s men!
Chu Yun heaved a sigh of relief and hurriedly bowed to Lan Yi.
Lan Yi returned his greeting politely.
Of course, the two of them did not speak a word from the start.
“Go back. We have to go.”
After Lu Sheng bade farewell to Chu Yun and Constable Ji, she left with Lan Yi.
“Lan Yi, can you go to the Netherworld?”
After walking far away, Lu Sheng asked Lan Yi in a low voice.
Lan Yi shook his head slightly. “Without an entry token, we can’t go there casually.”
Those who were not dead could not enter the Netherworld unless they had an entry token.
“Alright.”
Lu Sheng was a bit disappointed. “Then let’s go back to Liu Yue Village.”
It seemed like she could only visit the Netherworld after her master returned.
Chu Sihan did not have a Communications Talisman. If she had known, she would have given him one.
Lan Yi opened the void for Liu Yue Village again. When the two of them returned to the vegetable field, there were only the sounds of insects around them.
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The next morning.
After Lu Sheng made breakfast for everyone, she sat alone on the riverbank and stared blankly.
Her master had not yet returned. Chu Sihan, who had returned to the Netherworld, seemed to have lost contact with her. There was no news at all.
“Lu Sheng! Lu Sheng!”
Suddenly, a call pulled Lu Sheng’s wandering thoughts back.
She turned her head suspiciously and saw Leya walking towards her alone.
Lu Sheng stood up and hurried over with a smile.
“Sister Leya, why are you here?”
Leya wiped the sweat off her forehead. “I went to your house just now and realized that it was under construction. I only found out after asking that you guys have temporarily moved here.”
“The house is too dilapidated, so we rebuilt it. Sister Leya, come in and take a seat.”
As Lu Sheng spoke, she hurriedly pulled her back to the bamboo house.
There was hot water in the kitchen. Lu Sheng made tea and brought some pastries over.
Looking at the tea leaves and pastries on the table, Leya could not help but be surprised.
The pastries were nothing much. As long as one had money, they could be bought from the market.
It was just that the tea leaves… ordinary people probably could not drink them.
One could say that it was priceless because it was a tribute tea.
When the Hua family was doing business in Yu Xi Town, her father knew the county magistrate there.
There was once when her father returned from a visit to the government office with such tea leaves.
Seeing how he hid his treasures and refused to let anyone see them, she felt puzzled.
After asking her father, she found out that it was the famous tea the Emperor gave him after the county magistrate performed meritorious service a few years ago.
She had asked her father to let her take a look back then. She had also smelled the tea leaves. They indeed had the same smell as the one Lu Sheng had opened earlier.
What had happened to the Lu family all these years?
Why would a tea that even the Hua family could not buy be casually placed on the table?
“Sister Leya, have some tea.”
Lu Sheng poured her a cup and placed it in front of her.
Leya regained her senses and thanked her with a smile.
She had just taken a sip when the fragrance of the tea leaves filled her mouth.
“This tea is really good. Where did you buy it from?”
Leya probed.
Lu Sheng smiled and explained, “This tea was given by someone else. I don’t know where it was bought from. If Sister Leya likes it, I’ll pack some for you to bring back later.”
“I see.”
Leya smiled and said, “Then I won’t stand on ceremony.”
“Why are you being so polite? I received a lot of care from you back then.”
Leya shook her head and smiled. “I just got you some food. How can that be considered as taking care of you?”
Lu Sheng pursed her lips and smiled.
Those food were just ordinary to Leya.
But to the owner, it was a luxury.
As the Lu family was very poor and Mdm He was in poor health, she needed to take medicine. Hence, even during the festive season, the family did not dare to buy random things.
Hence, the pastries and fruits that Leya gave her were considered delicacies to the original owner.
“Second Sister, look. Frogs!”
Lu Jiang caught two frogs from nowhere and ran in excitedly.
“Didn’t Second Sister tell you that these are beneficial insects? With them around, we can catch pests in the fields.”
“Oh!”
Lu Jiang pinched his face and said, “Sorry, Little Frogs. I forgot what Second Sister said. I’ll let you go home now.”
As he spoke, he wanted to run out.
“Wait.”
Lu Sheng pulled him back. “Can’t you see that there’s a sister here? Quick, greet her.”
Only then did Lu Jiang realize that there was someone else in the room. Blushing, he greeted Leya shyly. “Hello, Sister!”
Le Ya smiled and nodded. “Hello!”
Lu Sheng smiled and patted his shoulder. “Go ahead and release them.”
“Yes!”
Lu Jiang nodded heavily and ran out with the frogs.
Leya stared at Lu Jiang’s back and looked at Lu Sheng suspiciously. “Lu Sheng, didn’t you say that Auntie died from an illness eight years ago? Why do you have a younger brother?”
Lu Sheng sighed faintly and explained the situation to Le Ya after a while.
Le Ya sighed.
“This Mdm Liu is too inhumane. Not only is she cruel to you, but also to her children.”
Lu Sheng smiled bitterly. “They can only blame themselves for having a tough life and meeting such a mother.”
When Lu Jiang was born, the owner had just turned ten.
When Lu Jiang was five months old, the owner witnessed with her own eyes that Mdm Liu could not sleep because of her child’s crying. Then, she threw Lu Jiang, who was five months old, into the backyard and left him crying alone.
At that time, Lu Ning had clearly seen it too, but she turned a blind eye and did not intend to bring him back.
In the end, the owner could not stand it anymore and secretly went to the backyard to carry him back.
When Lu Jiang was three and a half years old, he was forced into a basin by Mdm Liu because he had stolen Lu Ning’s food. He almost died.
Thankfully, Lu Dahua returned then. Mdm Liu was so scared that she pretended to wash Lu Jiang’s face.
There was also Lu Xin. Half a month after she was born, Mdm Liu covered her mouth and nose with a blanket.
Thankfully, the little girl was lucky and was saved by the villagers who came to find Lu Dahua to make a bamboo basket.
The owner had witnessed this scene with her own eyes. At that time, she was hiding outside the window and was so scared that she did not dare to speak.
The reason why these two children could grow up was definitely because of luck.
Lu Sheng recalled the owner’s memory and suddenly felt that Mdm Liu did not like Lu Dahua.
As to why she killed Mdm He in order to marry Lu Dahua, it was probably to find someone to rely on.
She did not like Lu Dahua, so she disliked Lu Jiang and Lu Xin as well.
It was because of the owner’s memory that Lu Sheng doted on the two children.
The reason why Mdm Zhao doted on the two children was probably because the owner had once told her about their experiences.
“Thankfully, Mdm Liu has already received her retribution. Otherwise, if she were to continue staying in the Lu family, you would probably suffer.”
“Yes.”
Lu Sheng smiled coldly. “Thankfully, the heavens have eyes and let her receive her retribution.”
“I didn’t expect such a big thing to happen to your family in the past eight years.”
Leya did not expect the honest-looking Lu Dahua to do such a thing.
Indeed, one could never judge a book by its cover.
“But it’s alright now.”
Lu Sheng smiled faintly. “Brother has returned to the right track. We’re doing well now.”
Leya sighed faintly. “I didn’t expect us to share the same fate.”
Lu Sheng was stunned. “Sister Leya, what do you mean?”
Le Ya smiled bitterly. “My mother died from an illness six years ago, leaving me and my brother behind.”
“What? Aunt Hua left too?”
In her impression, Mdm Hua was a very kind person.
Every time Leya brought her to the Hua family to play, Mdm Hua would get the kitchen to prepare delicious food for her. Moreover, she would occasionally send her mother some herbal soups to nourish her body.
Good people did not live long after all!
Lu Sheng, who had always wanted to be a good person, suddenly lost interest in being a good person.
However, she was never a good person. She just believed that she was a good person.