âOfficial, I didnât ⌠itâs just that today is laoyeâs banquet and that girl Qingwu wasnât at the banquet, so I was just worried. Thatâs why I lost my composure. Look at this, this is a piece of paper that was pa.s.sed to a.s.sistant general Li, but Lianâer was by my side the whole time, so how could she have time to write that?â
âThis is clearly someoneâs scheme for Lianâer to lose her reputation and the only person who has any grudges against her is Qingwu. Sheâs definitely still holding a grudge from that yearâs affairs so ⌠otherwise, where did she go just then? Everyone was at the banquet except for her, so if it wasnât her, who else was it?
Her cold voice spoke out and everyoneâs faces grew strange.
Lou Qufeng was the first to coldly sweep his eyes over everyone and explode angrily, âQingwu! Speak! Where were you just then?! Were you really just jealous and angry at your little sister, so much that youâd ruin her reputation?!â
Qingwuâs body swayed, she lifted up her head in disbelief as a single tear clung to the corner of her eyes, glistening and clear.
Sadness, grief and disappointment intertwined in her eyes, becoming even more beautiful and pitiful, âFather, even you donât believe your daughter?â
âWhat do you have for me to believe in you? It was only you who wasnât there, so how could you explain yourself?â
Lou Qufengâs clear bias made everyone angry.
But this was the Lou familyâs family affair so they really couldnât speak out at all.
The only thing that made them curious was that this Lou familyâs eldest miss really wasnât at the banquet at that time.
So this couldnât not make people suspicious.
But the girl in front of them was so delicate and weak like the most pure snow lotus, not tainted by any of the dirt from the mortal realm.
They truly were unable to believe that sheâd be able to do something like that, but why didnât she explain herself?
Everyoneâs eyes turned to Lou Qingwu but she held her head down the whole time.
Her soft and gentle long strands of hair hid her face and only her shoulders were visibly shaking.
The tips of their hearts seemed to have been gripped by something.
Someone couldnât hold it in anymore and was just about to speak before Ruan Zhen first spoke, forcefully, âLou Qingwu, are you feeling guilty?â
Lou Qufeng, âYes, what are you hiding? What did you just go to do?!â
Ruan Zhen was vicious, âYou didnât even partic.i.p.ate in your fatherâs birthday banquet so how can you say that you didnât scheme to harm your little sister? This kind of poisonous schemes. Everyone, donât look at how pitiful sheâs acting right now. Her heartâs so poisonous, and sheâs so young too. Once she gets older, watch how sheâll bully her mother and kill her own father!â
This was clearly Ruan Zhen going overboard but everyone looked at each other, no one dared to speak for Lou Qingwu.
Lou Qufeng believed in Lou Qingwuâs guilt more, so angry that his whole body was shaking, âEvil seed!â
After he spoke, he lifted his hand and was about to slap down âŚ
Lou Qingwu finally lifted up her head, her face washed in tears entered everyoneâs eyes.
Her grieving eyes filled with tears made everyoneâs hearts soften into mush, as if they could see the grief and disappointment in her eyes.
âFather âŚâ
Lou Qufeng couldnât make that slap fall on her face.
âCould it be, that you really donât remember what day it is?â
âWhat?â Lou Qufeng finally reacted.
His brows furrowed deeply before embarra.s.sed, putting his hand back down.
âWhat else do you want to say? Today is your fatherâs birthday banquet, what else day is it?â
The bitter grief in Lou Qingwuâs mouth corner grew increasingly bitter as she lowered her eyes, another sparkling teardrop fell down from her eye.
âFather, did you forget? Apart from today being your birthday, itâs also ⌠motherâs death day.â
Her words fell down and everyone went silent.
In a single moment, the whole courtyard fell into absolute silence.
âWha, what?!â
Lou Qufeng couldnât react in half a moment, and when he finally did, his face changed.
The expressions pa.s.sed by his face quickly.
His original facade was someone who loved deeply.
Once the eldest madam died, he even put up her painting in his study to give everyone the impression that he was the type who remembered old loves and was still crazily in love.
But in all of those years after the eldest madamâs death, apart from her face, he couldnât remember anything else.
So how could he remember what day was her death day?
But now that Lou Qingwuâs spoken about what happened that year, he immediately looked at his other fellow colleagues.
They all looked at him with complicated expressions.
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TL note:
Lou Qingwu: sob sob sob, Lou Lianxin isn't the only one who can act pitiful, sob sob sob
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