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"I am no longer your wet nurse!" I tried to break free, but he tightened his grip.
"I know," he chuckled, the blood at the corner of his mouth deepening. "You are my woman now, aren't you?"
A jolt of disbelief shot through me as I stared at him.
"You would do anything for Xiao Yan," he suddenly leaned in, whispering in my ear, "That bowl of medicine from years ago, Xiao Yan drank it too, didn't he? The Liu Family's illegitimate son being frail and sickly is no coincidence."
My mind buzzed; years ago, Xiao Yan had also suffered from an inexplicable high fever and weakness. I thought it was just his poor health.
"You!" I glared at him in anger, finally understanding the malice behind his pathological obsession.
He had used me and also manipulated Xiao Yan.
Just as I was about to confront him, the carriage suddenly stopped, and the curtain was lifted once more.
A figure stood there, regal yet exuding a chilling aura.
Madam Liu.
She still wore her luxurious attire, adorned with a jade headpiece, the beads on her wrist swaying slightly with her movements.
Her gaze was like poisoned icicles, piercing through me and Xiao Yan.
"Chuer, you really are sick in the head," Madam Liu spoke slowly, her voice flat and devoid of emotion.
"What are you doing entangling with a lowly woman?" She cast a disdainful glance at me, her contempt cutting like a knife against my skin.
"You are right; Su Youwei would do anything for Xiao Yan." She turned her gaze towards me, a malicious smile curling at her lips.
"After all, he is her own son."
My mind went blank as her words detonated like thunder in my ears.
"Su Youwei, you still don't know, do you?" Madam Liu stepped forward, looking down at me from her elevated position.
"Do you think you know who that wild child in your arms belongs to?" She sneered, each word laced with icy shards.
"Xiao Yan is Chuer's brother, the bloodline of the Liu Family!"
I felt as if I had been struck by a thunderbolt, dazedly holding onto Xiao Yan, with a buzzing sound ringing in my ears.
This is impossible! Xiao Yan is my child, the one I endured countless hardships to bring into this world!
A strange light flickered across Liu Chu's pale face.
Madam Liu looked at my shocked expression with a glint of satisfaction in her eyes.
She stepped forward, as if to take my child away from me.
"Leave the Liu family's bloodline behind, you worthless wretch; you can go," she extended her hand, trying to snatch Xiao Yan away.
"No!" I clutched the child tightly, desperately retreating.
"Do you dare defy me?" Madam Liu's expression changed abruptly as she gestured to the maids behind her.
They lunged at me fiercely, attempting to pull me away from Xiao Yan.
Despair washed over me like a tidal wave; Liu Chu's sickly smile and Madam Liu's venomous face loomed like two monstrous beasts ready to tear me apart.
Just when I thought all was lost, a violent aura suddenly burst through the carriage door.
Boom—
The door was smashed open with tremendous force, splintering wood flying everywhere.
A figure, reeking of blood and fury, appeared at the entrance like a demon breaking through from hell.
Xiao Yuan.
The scar on his left cheek appeared even more terrifying in the shadows, and his dark eyes burned with a chilling flame.
He gripped a plaque tightly in his hand, its cold gleam ominous.
It was the Xiao Wei Plaque from the military.
He stepped inside, each stride feeling like it was crushing my heart, bringing a moment of respite.
"Madam Liu," he said, his voice hoarse, carrying the frost and blood of the borderlands.
"I have long heard that the Liu Family is wealthy beyond compare, but I wonder if that wealth weighs heavier than the military situation at the frontier?" He raised the Xiao Wei Plaque in his hand.
"I have a border report here, urgent and pressing, meant for the capital. If Madam Liu wishes to keep my wife and children safe, perhaps she should first listen to the contents of this report."
He stood there like a moving snow mountain, exuding an aura of danger that warned others to stay away.
Madam Liu and Liu Chu's faces instantly turned ashen.
A confidential report from the border? The Liu Family was deeply entangled with the salt administration; if any sensitive information were to leak...
After escaping from the hell of the Liu Family, we returned to this simple yet genuine home.
Xiao Yuan said little, silently kindling a fire. The flames in the stove dispelled the chill from our bodies and the gloom from our hearts.
Xiao Yan sat obediently on a small stool by the stove, diligently drawing something on the mottled earthen wall with a charred piece of wood.
He drew three figures, crooked and uneven. The tall one in the middle had two small figures closely beside it.
He said that was a "family portrait."
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