The Abandoned Wife’s Rebirth - Chap 100
Wu Qianqing was unaware of the matter of Wu Xuanran coming to look for him. However, that night, he received the news that Wu Qiantong had had his left leg accidentally chopped off by Wu Xuanran in the middle of a dispute.
In that moment, he was stunned for a long while before he digested this piece of information, and he had no idea how his father and younger brother could’ve quarreled to such a point. He thought of making a trip down to ask about the situation, but he also worried about sticking a hot face onto a cold backside. Later on, he only sent someone to bring over a few bottles of medicine and didn’t probe any further into the matter.
The situation between the Northern and Eastern main estates wasn’t looking very positive either. In the process of the two main estates fighting, they had each respectively lost one member of the junior generation. The fight between the two main estates finally reached a temporary standstill, however, the grudges between them had worsened even more.
Wu Bofang couldn’t be bothered with their matters. In order for things to be out of sight, out of mind, after he used several magical treasures and arrays to seal the Wu estate so that no one could enter, he brought along a few elders and their families and left Gaoling City for the imperial capital for a temporary stay.
When Wu Ruo received this news, Hei Xuanyi was in the midst of personally training him injianarts.
Hei Xin, who was watching them from where he was standing by the building entrance, said with gratification: “Madam and Master are truly a perfect match.”
If Master could remove the false skin on his face, then it would be even better. The scene before him would definitely be the most beautiful one he’d ever seen. The silhouette of the man teaching thejianarts was tall and broad, upright and firm, his demeanor was formidable. The youth tightly pressed in his embrace was shorter than him by more than half a head, their silhouette was also slimmer and weaker than his by a few degrees. Yet their appearance was exquisitely beautiful beyond comparison. When the two of them stood together, they were simply a match made in heaven.
“Xin-bo, who is the ‘beautiful woman’you’re referring to?” Recently, Wu Ruo had been diligently training and soaking in medicated baths. Adding on his previous lifetime’s experience, within a short period of time, his spiritual energy had increased by a lot. He could already hear what people from afar were saying from a distance.
Hei Xin beamed and replied: “This old servant has misspoken, it should be ‘a beautiful man’ instead.”
Wu Ruo’s lips quirked up and he pointed thejianat Hei Xin: “If you misspoke, you must be punished. Hei Xuanyi, stab him.”
Hei Xuanyi raised an eyebrow, with one hand wrapped around Wu Ruo’s waist and the other guiding Wu Ruo’s hand, they lifted off into the air in one leap. The two of them were like dragonflies, lithely flying towards Hei Xin.
“Madam, spare me! How could this old servant be a match for Master?” Hei Xin turned tail and fled.
Wu Ruo and Hei Xuanyi landed before Hei Xin, laughing heartily: “Xin-bo, we aren’t really going to beat you, come quick and spar with us.”
“This old servant can’t beat Master,” Hei Xin saw Hei Xuantang walking over from a distance and immediately called out: “Fourth Young Master, save me!”
Hei Xuantang asked, laughing: “What’s the matter?”
Hei Xin said: “Madam and Master want to spar with this old servant, but how could this old servant be their opponent?”
Hei Xuantang’s interest was piqued and he immediately took out a fan from his waist pouch, giggling: “Hei Xin, let’s take them on together!”
“There could be nothing better. Both of you, attack together.” Wu Ruo smiled, pleased. Suddenly, his heart throbbed with fear, and his hand lost a thread of strength. In an instance, the silverjianfell from his grip to the ground.
“Kuang lang—” With a ringing noise, the fallenjianattracted the attention of the other three.
Hei Xuanyi immediately noticed that there was something wrong with Wu Ruo, and his expression fell. He hurriedly scooped Wu Ruo into his arms and returned into the building, placing him on a chair: “What happened?”
As he asked, he pushed a thread of spiritual energy into Wu Ruo’s body, but he couldn’t feel any irregularities.
Hei Xin and Hei Xuantang ran into the building in a rush.
“Madam, are you alright?”
“Dasao, is your body feeling unwell?”
Wu Ruo looked at the three faces that were concerned for him, and his heart felt extremely complicated.
Ever since the Wu family members had moved out of the Wu estate, his thoughts had gradually shifted toward training. At the same time, he was discreetly monitoring the attitude of the Hei family memberstowards him. After all, in his heart, he still had some doubts regarding the matter of Hei Xuanyi marryinghim. However, after observation, he could be sure that the Hei family members were sincerely and wholeheartedly treating him and his family members well, absolutely without any pretense or ulterior motives. That’s why he was feeling extremely conflicted in his heart. He wanted to trust in them with his heart and soul, but he was still worried that at the end of the day, the ending would be like it had been with Ruan Zhizheng. As a result, the feelings between he and Hei Xuanyi had come to a standstill with no progress forward.
Wu Ruo felt that the main reason for this was because Hei Xuanyi still hadn’t explained his identity to him, and his reason for being willing to marry a big fatty.
“I’m alright, I just suddenly had a ridiculous flash of panic a moment ago. It was as if something bad had happened.”
He wasn’t lying. Just now, for an instance, he’d felt an awful premonition.
Hei Xin’s expression was full of anxiety: “Recently, Madam has only been training injianarts, cultivating, or soaking in medicated baths, and hasn’t had any proper rest. It’s said that haste makes waste, Madam, you should just rest well for the rest of today and properly nurse your body back to full health.”
Hei Xuanyi carried Wu Ruo onto the bed without another word, helping him to remove the outer robes on his body, and stuffed him into the blankets.
Wu Ruo saw Hei Xuanyi’s expression, as if he was about to break down, and he comforted: “I’m really alright.”
He was clear about his own body’s condition, he definitely wasn’t sick.
“Rest for a while.” Hei Xuanyi pushed Wu Ruo, who was trying to get up, back onto the bed with both hands, his demeanour was extremely strong and stern.
“I can’t fall asleep.” Wu Ruo came up with an idea: “How about you tell me a story? Maybe then I’ll be able to fall asleep.”
“…” Hei Xuanyi met Wu Ruo’s bright and shining eyes, and he couldn’t bear to disappoint him, so he asked: “What kind of story?”
“How about something like the stories from the storyteller at the restaurant?”
“Never heard the storyteller’s stories.”
Wu Ruo: “…”
Hei Xuantang, who was standing at the panel that separated the inner room from the outer rooms, said: “Dage, you can talk about yourself, so thatdasaocan understand you better.”
Wu Ruo’s gaze brightened, thissidiwas really very considerate!
It was precisely because he wanted to hear about Hei Xuanyi, that’s why he asked Hei Xuanyi to tell him a story.
Hei Xuanyi shot a look at Hei Xuantang: “Every day, other than reading,jiantraining, and magic training, I only eat and sleep. What is there to say?”
Wu Ruo asked: “Have you really never run into any interesting situations before?”
“No.”
Hei Xuantang sighed emphatically and said: “Dasao,dage‘s past is indeed very dull and boring because the responsibilities that he has to bear are simply too heavy. Other than whatdagehas mentioned here, he must go take a look at the crystal ball whenever he gets any free time… Ah…”
Hei Xuantang realized that he had misspoken and hurriedly shouted, glossing over his mistake: “I still have something else to do, have a good talk!”
“…” Wu Ruo shifted his gaze from the separating screen to Hei Xuanyi: “What crystal ball?”
Hei Xuanyi: “…”
At this moment, Hei Xuantang ran back again: “Dasao, your fatherhas arrived, it seems like he has some urgent matters.”
Wu Ruo hurriedly got out of bed: “Why did my dad come over?”
Although they were only separated by a few walls, but his Dad, Mum and the others rarely came over to Hei Manor. It was mostly him going over. Now, they were coming over at this hour, there was definitely something going on.
“Xiao-Ruo,Xiao-Ruo…” Wu Qianqing had already opened his mouth to call out to Wu Ruo even before he had entered, and his voice sounded quite urgent.
Wu Ruo put on his shoes and immediately ran out of his inner rooms: “Dad, did something happen?”
Wu Qianqing saw that he was dressed in his inner robes and was stunned: “You haven’t gotten out of bed? Or are you feeling unwell somewhere?”
“I just laid down to rest for a while, I’m not unwell. Dad, tell me what happened, quick.”
Wu Qianqing held up two locks of hair: “This is the hair that yourdagegave me when I was sending him out through the secret passage. He said, if the hair breaks into two parts, then something terrible must’ve happened to him…”
Wu Ruo looked at the broken hair in his hands and his expression changed: “Then this is…”
In his previous lifetime, hisdagehadn’t given his dad any locks of hair. This time around, hisdagemight have kept his guard up, that’s why he gave the lock of hair to their dad.
That’s right, just now, he’d suddenly felt a flash of panic. Could it have originated from something happening todage? Hisdagecouldn’t have died like he had in Wu Ruo’s previous lifetime, could he?
“Just now when I discovered that it had broken, yourdagecould have run into a bad situation.” Wu Qianqing’s expression became solemn: “Before he left, he once told me that he wanted to go to Huangdu City for a stint. Therefore, I want to go to Huangdu City to look for him. However, we must not let your mum and the others know. I’m afraid that they will worry. Later, I’ll find an excuse to leave Gaoling City. The matter of taking care of your mum andXiao-Xi, I’ll have to trouble you and Xuanyi.”
“Dad, I want to go to Huangdu City to look fordage…”
Wu Qianqing immediately cut him off: “Nonsense! You don’t have spiritual energy. Even if you go, you cannot help. We won’t discuss this further. I will leave immediately right now.”
Without giving Wu Ruo a chance to refute, he turned around and left the room.
“Dad—!”
Wu Ruo wanted to chase after him but he was held back by Hei Xuanyi.
He turned around and said anxiously: “Hei Xuanyi, quick, go and stop my dad!”
Hei Xuanyi said lightly: “No need to stop him. It’s a good opportunity for him and your family to leave Gaoling City together.”
Wu Ruo was a little dazed: “Leave Gaoling City together?”
Hei Xuantang explained: “Those who are coming after mydageto kill him might look for him here. Or, they might already be in Gaoling City. So, last night, we already wanted to find an excuse for you and your familyto leave this place together. We never thought that today… Of course, it’s not to say that we can’t handle the other party, and it’s not to say that we can’t protect all of you, it’s just that… ahem…Dasao, it would still be better for you and your family to leave this place first.”
Wu Ruo’s intuition told him that the two brothers were hiding something from him.
Hei Xuanyi pulled him back into the inner rooms to put his robes on properly: “Something did indeed happen to yourdage, theguithat I sent to protect him just reported through a spirit message that he’s gone missing.”
Wu Ruo anxiously said: “Do they know the reason for his disappearance?”
“When yourdagedisappeared, someone deliberately barred the way of theguiI sent. And there’s a high chance that this person was the one who escaped from our clan.”
Wu Ruo: “…”
Hei Xuantang consoled him: “Dasao, don’t worry, we will definitely rescue yourdage. Right now, you should immediately pack your bags and leave Gaoling City with your dad and mum.”
Wu Ruo asked: “What about all of you?”
“After we capture that person, we will immediately look for you in Huangdu City.”
Wu Ruo replied, worried: “Nothing will happen to all of you, right?”
Hei Xuantang guaranteed: “There will definitely be no problem! Those people aren’t a match for my dage!”
Hei Xuanyi said: “Xiao-Ruo, you have the shadow realm, you can carry everything from the storage and the valuables from the manor on your person.”
Wu Ruo was stunned: “How did you know I have a shadow realm?”
He had never spoken about this matter with Hei Xuanyi before.
“The night that your family moved out from the Wu estate, you got drunk. Afterwards, you produced weapons out of nowhere and started fighting with Hei Yin and the others…”
Hei Xuanyi didn’t need to elaborate further, and he also knew that other than people with a shadow realm, no one could do something like this.
In order not to drag them down, Wu Ruo could only do as they had instructed.
Translator’s notes:Happy 100th chapter to all readers of LWSL! I’m so happy we’re finally here after almost two years of translating this story. We are now slightly more than a quarter through the story, and hopefully I’ll be able to translate more often.
I appreciate everyone’s support of the story by reading, with or without ad-blockers, commenting, sharing or sending tips on ko-fi. I never thought that my translation would come this far and I am always very thankful. I hope you enjoy this surprise update, and have a wonderful week ahead.
