Zheng Lingbo pulled a corner of his mouth, not knowing how to get rid of this person, as he had no intention of focusing on it at the moment.
Because Rong Yi mentioned the General's Mansion, at this very moment, her mind alternated between the smiling faces of her father and brothers, and then the flames engulfing the lintel of the General's Mansion, leaving only dancing ashes behind.
In short, she had no real interest in dealing with a strange person she didn't know, although this person wasn't exactly annoying.
She had already decided not to tolerate herself after reborn, and had already fought against Liu Linli just now, let alone a stranger. So she lifted her eyelid and told Rong Yi bluntly and coldly: "I have something else to do. I don't want to exchange pleasantries with you. I'm leaving first. Goodbye."
She said this and turned to leave.
Rong Yi was surprised and widened his eyes. The slightly raised outer corners of his eyes suddenly drooped, making him look particularly pitiful.
However, this pity didn't make the person who wanted to see it feel sad, so Rong Yi had to say goodbye in a pouty and sad tone. Then he watched as the little girl and her daughter disappeared quickly at the corner of the street.
It was said she was hurrying along, but Zheng Lingbo was sick and it was the longing to return like an arrow that allowed her to stand and walk.
It just wasn't convenient, so she took a carriage, which brought her directly to the intersection near the General's Mansion. At this point, Zheng Lingbo was covering her heart with one hand and tears in her eyes. Jin Er saw her but didn't dare to say anything.
The girl's expression now looked a bit strange, as if she was sad or nostalgic, desperate or hopeful, or even more profound emotions. Jin Er couldn't understand it, but subconsciously, she took a deep breath and didn't want to disturb the girl's thoughts.
Zheng Lingbo's body was in pain, but at this moment, she couldn't think about the pain. All she had in her heart was a sense of anxiety about returning home.
No matter how anxious she felt, she still had to go home.
She got off the carriage and before she even approached, the guards with sharp eyes caught sight of her. They exclaimed in surprise: "The young lady has returned!"
The calls gradually faded into the distance, and not long after, a young man with an ape-like arm, slender waist, sword eyebrows, and tiger-like eyes walked out. Beside him was an elegant woman holding her skirt hem.
The young man stopped and looked at Zheng Lingbo with a stern face, saying, "How dare you come back?"
The beautiful woman pushed the youth in front of her aside and rolled her eyes: "The hats on the heads of people running around in the courtyard will be blown off. What are you doing now? Get out of the way!"
She rushed up to Zheng Lingbo and grabbed the little girl into her arms, scolding: "You little rascal! As soon as I got back, I heard that you ran off to someone else's house. You really hurt my heart."
This was Zheng Lingbo's elder sister, Shiyueren, and the young man at the door was Zheng Lingbo's elder brother, Zheng J tong.
Her father spent most of his time defending the frontier since her mother's death, and rarely returned. Zheng Lingbo could be considered raised by her sister-in-law, so saying "Long sister is like a mother" is not an overstatement.
Zheng Lingbo's eyes were watery, and she nestled against Shiyueren, pouting: "Yueren sister, I miss you so much."
Shiyueren heard the hint of a sob in her voice and involuntarily raised her eyebrows, examining her carefully. Suddenly, her expression changed.
There were no obvious injuries on her body, but Zheng Lingbo's fever had not gone down. She had something on her mind, Liujia was not concerned, only ate a little soup medicine, and cried again in the carriage. Now her cheeks were still flushed with redness and there were blood vessels faintly visible in her eyes.
Now, Shiyueren held Zheng Lingbo's red face in her hands and couldn't help but want to cry. After barely containing herself, she coldly glanced at Jin'er beside her: "What happened? Did the boy from the Liu family bully the girl?"
Jin'er was startled and didn't know how to respond.
At first, she was indeed bullied by the Liu family, but before she left, the girl slapped the face of the Liu family's daughter (physically) and that of the head of the Liu family (mentally). If forced to say anything, she didn't really lose.
As for the matter of the fever, it was all Zheng Lingbo herself who blew wind and bothered herself about it, and Jin'er really hadn't thought of that in a while.
At this time, Zheng J tong also walked over and asked in a low voice: "Was it really that boy who bullied you?"
Zheng Lingbo sobbed uncontrollably and couldn't speak for a moment. She choked out, "No, it's just that, I miss you!"
She looked rather pitiful, yet incredibly cute.
Shiyueren couldn't help but hold her again and again in her arms, while Zheng J tong quickly gestured for a doctor to be called over to the mansion.
Zheng Lingbo was carefully brought into the room by the two and sat down. Shiyueren told a servant to pour hot tea, seeing Zheng Lingbo's eyes with blood vessels, she felt heartache and wanted to feed Zheng Lingbo.
Zheng Lingbo felt soft inside, but she shook her head and said, "Sister, you're overreacting. I can still drink a cup of water myself."
But her expression looked quite off, and Zheng J tong and Shiyueren, watching her, naturally suspected something. They exchanged a glance and decided to go to the Liu family to question them.
Although Zheng Lingbo was dazed in her heart, she didn't miss the eye contact between her brother-in-law and sister-in-law because she had been paying attention to them. She took a sip of hot tea, calmed down, blushed and wiped her tears. She pouted at Shiyueren again and made a half complaint-like shift in topic: "I slapped my cousin's face when I left. Aunt told me to take my cousin to the banquet of the Duchess too."
Shiyueren and her husband listened in disbelief.
The two pairs of eyes met, and Shiyueren acted as if worried and opened her mouth: "Your behavior like this, Chen Li San may not be happy. He might……"
Zheng Lingbo's eyelashes fluttered down, pausing for a few seconds. She felt a bit of suffocation creeping up her chest, but she held it in and said, "I already don't like him. He can be happy or unhappy, but it's none of my business."
Zheng J tong stared blankly, letting go of the tea cup in his hand, and hot water spilled over his leg. He didn't react for a moment, his expression numb as he looked at his wife and slowly said, "I think I haven't woken up properly today."
The tea water was just poured and was still very hot. Zheng Lingbo and Shiyueren were busy helping him clean up, while calling for a doctor in a hurry. Upon hearing this, they couldn't help but laugh in anger.
Shiyueren twisted his arm hard and asked, "Wake up?"
——Although she was also quite startled by what Zheng Lingbo had said, that didn't stop her from teasing Zheng J tong.
Zheng J tong revealed a face that was hard to explain: "I didn't even dream, how could I hear you say that in your sleep?"
Shiyueren was so angry that she slapped his arm, which was red from the hot water.
Zheng Lingbo watched her brother and sister-in-law squabble, feeling both sour and soft in her heart. For a moment, she couldn't bear to break the harmony of the present environment, but she knew that if she didn't speak up now, her brother would definitely still want to investigate.
Just this time, the investigation turned out to be okay. There was nothing much to it. It was just that she had a dream for years and had decided to wake up and not want to contact Liu Chengwang anymore. If her brother-in-law investigated the incidents where Liu Chengwang had bullied and manipulated her in front of everyone else, he might get even more angry.
