Chapter 97: Hiding Her Light
Steward Yun couldn’t afford to keep watching. He hurriedly left, taking the carriage back.
Rushing back to the City Lord’s Manor in Yunxiao City, Steward Yun went straight to see the Head of the Cloud family, City Lord CloudâGrandpa Yun.
Grandpa Yun was in the middle of cultivation. Seeing Steward Yun return, he asked, “Why the rush? Did you deliver the items?”
Steward Yun bowed his head. “Reporting to the City Lord, Miss Su did not look at the items I sent, nor did she accept them.”
Hearing this, Grandpa Yun pondered for a moment and said, “What is your take on it?”
Steward Yun chose his words carefully. “This subordinate feels that Miss Su is nothing like the rumors in Beast City.”
Grandpa Yun wasn’t surprised. He said, ” elaborate.”
Steward Yun began, “Miss Su is very beautiful and has a unique temperament. I don’t know how to describe it, but I feel that none of the noble females I’ve seen can compare to Miss Su.”
“Also, her eyes are clean and resilient. When I mentioned sending gifts, her expression was extremely calm, completely unmoved.”
“However, when I mentioned rooting out the people involved, her expression changed. She likely wants to find out who tried to kill her.”
“Most importantly, when I arrived, a female neighbor of Miss Su had gone into early labor due to shock. The neighbor’s beast husband was kneeling and crying, and the situation looked very dangerous. It was said the female had already fainted…”
“Afterward, Miss Su saved them. Both mother and son are safe.”
Speaking of this, Steward Yun still felt a bit shaken.
“Moreover, Miss Su is quite patient with children, which is very inconsistent with the rumors.”
“This subordinate suspects that someone in Beast City deliberately ruined Miss Su’s reputation to harm her!”
The City Lord interrogated and rooted out the people involved; only after strict interrogation did they understand what happened. Someone wanted Miss Su dead that badly.
Miss Su had already been exiled here, yet they still wouldn’t let her go. They stopped at nothing, even using a noble merchant caravan within Yunxiao City to smuggle assassins in quietly. No wonder the gate guards and patrolling sentries hadn’t noticed.
Yunxiao City’s defenses were supposed to be the strictest, and the city the safest. Yet, such a thing had happened!
Listening to the steward recount these events, Grandpa Yun was shocked, but after thinking carefully, he sighed. “Thinking about it, itâs not strange.”
“Su Zhihong is a man whose wisdom, ability, and character are beyond ordinary people. His daughter naturally wouldn’t be bad.”
“Years ago, when the Su girl was still small, Su Zhihong passed through here and brought her to Yunxiao City. I saw her then. That girl was intelligent and spirited, but she knew how to hide her clumsinessâshe hid her light under a bushel.”
Grandpa Yun had a deep impression of that time; that girl was definitely extremely intelligent. Given her looks back then, she should have grown up to be very beautiful, certainly not ugly as the rumors claimed.
At that time, Su Zhihong took his daughter everywhere, always looking incredibly proud when speaking of her. As for who Su Zhihongâs wife was, nobody really knew.
So later, when those rumors came out of Beast City, he was skeptical. But since almost everyone said so, he had felt pity for Su Zhihong. Now it seemed there was definitely something fishy going on.
Steward Yun agreed wholeheartedly. “Yes, this subordinate also feels someone definitely framed Miss Su.”
“This subordinate thinks Miss Su is truly excellent.”
“When I went, their door was closed. I asked around the tribe and learned that someone saw them go into the forest to hunt.”
“From this, it is clear that Miss Su is not lazy and gluttonous as the rumors say. Furthermore, Miss Su sets up a stall to sell things, something many females couldn’t do.”
Steward Yun felt that someone like Miss Su was too rare. In the Beast World, females with husbands usually waited to be fed; they wouldn’t go out to work and make money themselves.
Hearing this, Grandpa Yun said, “Since she knows medicine, even if there is only a sliver of a possibility, I want to ask her to examine Qinglan’s body.”
“But Qinglan he… sigh!”
Speaking of his grandson, Yun Qinglan, Grandpa Yun couldn’t help but sigh in worry.
It was just that this grandson treated everything with extreme indifference. He seemed not to care even about his own life. It was as if he had no desires or emotions.
It was Grandpa Yun who had ordered people to invite her to the manor in his grandson’s name.
“Go and tell Qinglan about the situation.”
“They met when they were children. He has a photographic memory; he should have an impression.”
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Beiluo Tribe.
Su Muyao went home and used spiritual spring water to make some rice soup to take to Lin Qin.
“Give him some rice soup, it will help.”
Lin Qin looked at Su Muyao gratefully. “Sister Su, we really don’t know how to thank you.”
Holding her son, Lin Qin decided in her heart that their whole family must repay Su Muyaoâs kindness properly.
Su Muyao smiled. “Sister Lin, no need to be polite. You helped me before too.”
“What I did can’t compare to you saving our lives.”
“Sister Su, I don’t know how to say fancy words, but I want to say, if you have any trouble in the future, just call us. I, Lin Qin, will never refuse.”
When saying this, Lin Qin was very firm. Since being sentenced to exile, she had seen the fickle nature of human relationships clearly. However, she didn’t want to dwell on it and become bitter; she just wanted to live a broad-minded and happy life.
She never expected that in her despair, she would be saved by Su Muyao, feeling a long-lost warmth. The more she interacted with Sister Su, the more she couldn’t help but be subdued by her charm.
“Let’s not talk about this for now. Feed him something.”
Lin Qin used a spoon to feed her son.
Seeing the little kitten cub looking so cute, Su Muyaoâs eyes revealed a gentle, water-like expression.
Too cute, too soft and adorable.
Seeing Su Muyaoâs look, Lin Qin paused. “Sister, do you want to hold him?”
“Can I?”
“Of course you can. You saved him. Never mind holding him, whatever you want is fine. Itâs his honor.”
Only then did Su Muyao shyly pick him up.
The tiny kitten cub was truly adorable. It reminded her of her pet cat from the apocalypse in her past life, making her expression even softer.
Hua Linye felt the Wife had been gone too long just delivering rice soup and couldn’t resist going over to find her personally. He hadn’t expected to see this scene.
Seeing Hua Linye arrive, Su Muyao reluctantly let go of the kitten cub and went home with him.
After walking out the door, Hua Linye suddenly grabbed Su Muyaoâs hand, gently rubbing her palm. He lowered his head and said seriously, “If the Wife likes children, we can also… do that… and then have cubs.”
“We can have as many as the Wife wants.”
Thinking of children that belonged to them, Hua Linyeâs eyes filled with anticipation. He actually didn’t know how to take care of cubs, but he would definitely learn properly and be a good father.
As he said this, before Su Muyao could react, he blushed first.
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