Evil Wife Young Master Lu

Chapter 22: Nightmares

It had been three days since Lu Qingfeng gave his orders to his personal assistant named Nine, he had been waiting for the man to appear to relay his report. Unaware of what had just happened in the Su Residence, Lu Qingfeng spent the entire day reading.

Right now, he was sitting on a chair on his balcony, his hair slightly disheveled by the gentle breeze while the sun above him hid behind the thick clouds that promised rain for another hour or two.

A knock distracted him from the book he was reading and was not surprised when Nine walked in without a sound. The man was wearing a butler suit, but clearly he was not used to wearing such clothes.

She looked like she was in her late twenties, and the only prominent feature that could be easily seen on her face, other than her long hair that was tied loosely at her nape, was her, it is a deep scar that extends from his right eyebrow to his eyes and upper cheekbones.

Nine stepped towards Lu Qingfeng, his steps too slow for anyone to hear. He stopped beside the young man and politely lowered his head.

"Young Master," called Nine, forcing Lu Qingfeng to turn his attention to her.

"Eh." Lu Qingfeng did not say a word, but received the Nine tablets given to him to see what happened in the pharmacy that caused Su Xiaofei's injuries.

First, he played the CCTV footage near the pharmacy, allowing him to see how Su Xiaofei and Xi Qian were about to reach the pharmacy when suddenly, it was not, Su Xiaofei removed Xi Qian's arm and gestured for his friend to rush over only to collide.with an old man and an unknown man who ended up stabbing Su Xiaofei by his side.

It should be noted that the man had put enough pressure on his grip, intending to stab Master Ouyang deeply, but failed due to Su Xiaofei's sudden appearance.

Lu Qingfeng watched the recording several times, his eyes never separated from Su Xiaofei while he saw three men fleeing the area as soon as Su Xiaofei fell to the ground, not the old man.

"Have you identified all three?" He finally asked Nine.

"En, Young Master. It seems that the merchant who was arrested by Mr. Ouyang many years ago for illegal activity can send his men to kill him even though he is still in custody."

While Guru Ouyang's family runs Top-tier Entertainment, he used to be a government official working under the Ministry of Justice. During his long service, he obviously made many enemies and offended so many people in the process. Even though Mr. Ouyang was retired now, he still received death threats on his doorstep.

'Feifei, what are you doing in a place like this?' Thought Lu Qingfeng, knowing that Su Xiaofei was not a person who went to a foreign place and crowded like a public market.

It's not that he hates hanging out with strangers, but he has a bit of claustrophobia that makes him uncomfortable when surrounded by people. For him to willingly go to a place like this, was there a reason?

"Send a copy of this tape to the Ouyang family secretly. You better make sure that they won't be able to escape unscathed after what they've done to Feifei."

"Yes, Young Master." Nine replied politely, with bowed eyes.

Lu Qingfeng was only fifteen now, and when this young man looked for him a few weeks ago, making a deal with him, Nine could not find any reason to reject this young man's offer. He had never seen a young man like Lu Qingfeng act and speak like this.

Lu Qingfeng learned of his deepest secrets and weaknesses, which shocked Nine during their first meeting. Only after Nine learned that he was the young master of the Lu family did he understand why Lu Qingfeng was this confident. With the strong support of his grandfather, many socialite families would humble themselves upon meeting Lu Qingfeng for the first time.

Every time he saw his young master, why did he feel like he was looking at someone who had gone through difficulties and gained knowledge? It was as if he had lived longer than his current age.

Nine pushed these thoughts away from his mind. It was not his place to question his young master like this, as long as Lu Qingfeng would fulfill his share of their deal.

Nine is a retired mercenary who is forced to abandon his previous career, in order to live as a commoner. He worked as a peddler, selling street food, when Lu Qingfeng found him and proposed a deal that Nine was hard to refuse.

Lu Qingfeng did not seem to mind watching the tape over and over again. However, watching one of the recordings, his finger suddenly pressed the pause button before rewinding it to five seconds ago. He then zoomed in to see better what caught his attention.

There, he saw a young lady who easily mingled with the crowd. He watched the commotion outside the apothecary with cold and unwavering eyes, as if he was annoyed by something.

Lu Qingfeng leaned back in his chair and stared at the somewhat hazy image on the tablet screen.

Nine caught what his young master was doing and looked over Lu Qingfeng's shoulder and saw that it was stopped on the figure of a young woman.

"Young Master, is there something wrong with this young lady?" He asked, wondering if Lu Qingfeng recognized this person.

"He was there before and after the stabbing incident. I find it strange she notices the pharmacy."

"In that case, should I investigate?"

"En .. Find out everything you can about this woman."

Su Xiaofei remembered falling asleep in his room once his mother calmed down after the incident with Ye Xing and Ye Mingyu. He planned to take a short nap, hoping that Aunt Liu would wake him up as soon as dinner was ready. However, the moment he opened his eyes, he found himself watching over forty-five-year-old Lu Qingfeng, who was now lying on his deathbed.

Wh why? Why did he become a ghost again? What does this mean?

"Feifei.." He heard Lu Qingfeng call his name and saw that he was feverish and in pain. "Wait for me, Feifei ..."

'Stupid.' Su Xiaofei said as he stood by the bed, his tears streaming down his face. "You're really stupid."

Why would he have to see this again? Is heaven trying to remind her of what could happen again if she fails in her attempt to change her fate?

Su Xiaofei knelt down and cried uncontrollably, covering his face with both hands as he begged someone to pull him out of this nightmare. He knew that he was dreaming and this was not the real world and time, but he could not force himself to wake up, no matter how hard he tried.

"Feifei.." He heard Lu Qingfeng's familiar voice again.

"Feifei, wake up." His mother's voice echoed in his mind and Su Xiaofei immediately released his hand from his face and looked around.

"Su Xiaofei! You better wake up or not!" This time, Lu Qingfeng's voice reached him once more. It was filled with worries and worries, which he had not heard from her for a long time.

Su Xiaofei's eyes opened, and he jolted from his bed. His eyes were round and wide as he looked at the faces of his mother and fifteen-year-old Lu Qingfeng, who were both looking at him with worried expressions on their faces.

"W-what...what happened?" He asked as Yun Qingrong pulled him into a tight embrace.

"Aunt Liu came here to check on you because you haven't come down for dinner yet. He called us and said that you had a nightmare, but he couldn't seem to wake you no matter how hard he tried."

"Ohh.." Su Xiaofei himself did not know how to explain it. She did not even realize that she was also crying in her sleep as she touched her face only to find it wet.

Yun Qingrong felt the pain of his heart seeing his daughter like this. It must have been their encounter with Ye Xing and his daughter earlier that caused Feifei a nightmare. His Feifei must have been so troubled that he would have been abandoned again, had he agreed to Ye Xing's outrageous request earlier.

He should have been the one to protect his daughter, but it was Feifei who mustered all his courage to face Ye Xing and Ye Mingyu. As a daughter of a military lineage, she must not allow anyone to bully her daughter!

After a long silence and reassuring her mother that she was fine, Su Xiaofei went downstairs and had dinner with her mother and Lu Qingfeng, even though she was not appetizing. As soon as he finished, he excused himself to seek fresh air outside to clear his mind.

"Xiaofei."

Su Xiaofei turned around and found Lu Qingfeng joining him in the garden. He gave her a feeble smile and turned his attention to the rose buds that had not yet bloomed. He wished they were blooming beautifully despite being surrounded by thorns.

"What's going on there?" He heard Lu Qingfeng ask, knowing that he should have heard about the commotion this afternoon.

"Madam Su Haoran came to trouble Mama by asking her to allow her daughter to stay with us. She said that she was diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer and is already facing a financial crisis and will not be able to take care of her daughter alone."

In front of Lu Qingfeng, Su Xiaofei did not need to pretend to like her foster father, nor did she need to hide anything from him. He could be himself with Lu Qingfeng.

"And you disagree on behalf of your mother?"

"of course! If I had a husband and a woman come in and claim that she has become the father of her child, I would kick her and her lover to the curb! I'm not that stupid to accept a man who can't keep his." zipper close." He laughed, but his smile never reached his eyes.

Perhaps because she had already experienced marriage, she knew the pain that came from being treated like a fool by her own husband. Mo Yuchen had done a great job undermining his beliefs when it came to marriage, and Su Xiaofei did not think he would ever get married and have his own family in this life.

As if Lu Qingfeng could hear his thoughts, he asked her.

"You don't want to get married?" His tone was gentle, as if he was afraid he would offend him by asking such a question.

"No." Su Xiaofei replied without batting an eye.

"Why?" Lu Qingfeng continued to investigate.

"Because I'm a very greedy person, Xiao Feng." He gave her another weak laugh. "If I get married, I want everything from him. I want to be a part of every aspect of his life. His heart, his mind, his body. I want everything."

However, in her previous life, her husband only looked at her with contempt and hatred.

"Then it must be yours .." Lu Qingfeng said after a long silence between them.

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