Chapter 97: Mother, Her Liver and Intestines Torn; Father, Pain That Refuses to Live

Qu Shi lunged forward, trying to pull Li Qingluo back.

But when the Lotus Sect members held her tightly, she could only swallow a mouthful of ash.

Qu Shi's eyes seemed about to burst, and she helplessly shouted, "Luo'er—Luo'er—".

Flying arrows rained down from the sky.

Countless soldiers and guards, troops from several sides whose origins were unknown at that moment, all clashed in one place.

Qu Shi's body was splattered with blood, but once she was free, she quickly scrambled toward the cliff edge.

She stared at the ten‑thousand‑foot abyss, and her heart fell completely into a furnace of hell.

No!!

"Your Highness! Wuwu… Zhu'er is terrified of dying, you finally came… wuwu…".

Li Qingzhu was rescued.

Qu Shi suddenly looked up at her.

Seeing Li Qingzhu embraced with a stranger, Qu Shi was filled with astonishment.

Then a guard came over and shouted to the man, "Prince Yun, Your Highness, why have you also come?".

Prince Yun!!

Prince Yun?

Qu Shi's heart and soul trembled; how could she not know who this Prince Yun was!!?

He is the Prince Yun who originally had Chuan'er brutally lose a leg!?

Qu Shi suddenly seemed to understand much, she turned toward Li Qingzhu again, opened her mouth, but could not utter a single word.

Li Qingzhu only then realized that Qu Shi was still looking at her!

She immediately wriggled out of Prince Yun's arms, but her gaze darted away; she dared not approach Qu Shi, instead slowly slipped behind Prince Yun.

"Fifth brother also came?"

Prince Yun paid no attention to Li Qingzhu's emotional changes, but his face turned grim as he looked at the guard Zhui Yu of Prince Su's mansion before him.

Yet after scanning the whole cliff, he still did not see that familiar figure.

Zhui Yu: "Not only that, the Great General also arrived. Miss Li, your family has all come to rescue you."

Zhui Yu gave a half‑smile, glanced at Li Qingzhu, and seeing her pallid face, turned again to strike at the countless Lotus Sect followers pouring out.

Li Chao Jing rushed to the cliff edge, grabbed Qu Shi and asked, "Where is my daughter!?"

Li Qingzhu saw Li Chao Jing, eyes bright with joy: "Father!"

He rushed forward, seized Li Chao Jing's arm, tears of joy flowing: "Father, wonderful! You finally came… wuwu, Zhu'er thought she would never see you again! Zhu'er misses you…"

Li Chao Jing stared at the truly resurrected Li Qingzhu, still stunned, when he heard Qu Shi murmuring as if soulless, "Luo'er… Luo'er… ha ha ha… Luo'er she jumped down, she jumped down! ha ha ha… she's dead!!".

Li Chao Jing: "What are you saying?"

He shoved Li Qingzhu out of his arms, angrily pulling Qu Shi close: "Say it again! What on earth is happening!?"

Qu Shi, half mad, wept and laughed, "They threatened me to produce three thousand gold… how could I have three thousand gold!? I've sold many things, still not enough! They said only one could be saved… I hadn't decided, Luo'er feared I would trouble her… perhaps we had already broken her heart, so she cut the rope herself and fell…".

"It was me, it was me!! I caused the death of our own daughter!!"

Qu Shi covered her face, screaming loudly.

Li Chao Jing's face turned ashen, he flung Qu Shi aside and lunged toward the cliff edge.

He muttered to himself, "No, impossible… Luo'er is so clever, she is my own flesh and blood, she just returned to us, we haven't even shared a reunion meal, how could this be?"

Qu Shi wailed loudly beside him.

Li Chao Jing, enraged, snapped back to his senses, turned and yanked her collar.

"Why, what is the reason!? Why did you hide it from me!!?"

"If you had told me earlier, I would have brought people to rescue Luo'er, and this would not have happened!"

"Why did you do this!"

Qu Shi shouted loudly in reply, "I feared you wouldn't save Zhu'er!! I feared you wouldn't care about Zhuer's life or death, because I want to save them both!!"

"Hit me, hit me!!"

Qu Shi looked up, wishing her husband could truly beat her hard at this moment.

Thus, her heart would not be so, it ached as if her liver and intestines were torn.

Li Chao Jing raised his hand, yet for a long time he could not bring it down.

He shoved Qu Shi aside, eyes blazing red, staring: "Your foolishness killed Luo'er! In this life, I will never forgive you again!"

"Men! Men—go quickly find the girl; the living must see the living, the dead must see the corpse!"

"Luo'er, wait for father, father is coming—"

Li Chao Jing did not glance further at Li Qingzhu, turned, slaying enemies while breaking through the encirclement.

Qu Shi lay on the ground, recalling the words Li Qingluo had just spoken, the expressions on her face.

Thinking again of Zhuer's feigned death, and since Luo'er returned to the mansion, the treatment and grievances she endured.

Qu Shi's head felt as if it would split, pain causing the veins on her forehead to bulge.

"I only hope, in the next life, I can grow up by your side."

"Mother, I hope in the next life you can also cherish me…"

Qu Shi cried and screamed, "No! No! No—"

"Ah!!"

She spat out a mouthful of blood, darkness overtook her vision, and she fainted.

Li Qingzhu stepped forward, calling out, "Mother, mother—"

…

The moment Li Qingluo opened her eyes, she immediately sat up.

Since it was a trap she had set by going with the flow, she certainly wouldn't be foolish enough to actually lose her life.

If things go smoothly, her father should also have come together with Prince Yun by now.

In that case, they as a couple should also have seen Li Qingzhu's true face by now, right?

However, if it has come to this, and they could still be free of grudges and overjoyed at Li Qingzhu's resurrection, then I have nothing to say.

As Li Qingluo moved, she still spat out a mouthful of blood.

She followed the tree trunk and quickly crawled back into the cave.

After sitting at the cliff's edge, she then took out the medicine and immediately swallowed it.

I hope that when grandmother hears the news of her death, she won't be anxious.

On the day she parted with Prince Su, Li Qingluo asked him for help so that he could deliver a letter to her grandmother.

"Just let my grandmother know that I am safe and sound; no matter what other news she hears, she should not believe it."

Prince Su is not as the rumors say; he is really not just a heartless, ruthless madman who kills people like hemp.

He agreed to this matter, and also asked her, planning how to escape.

Li Qingluo said: "As for escaping, this common woman has her own way."

What could she possibly have?

At that time, it was nothing more than thinking of taking a gamble.

Li Qingluo lifted her sleeve, revealing the iron ring bracelet on her wrist.

This bracelet was designed by her herself; a few days ago she had Deng Mama personally go to the iron shop she knew to have it made for her.

I never expected that there would actually be a day to use it.

This iron bracelet looks as ordinary as possible on the surface, but in fact it hides a mechanism.

As long as it is broken open, inside can extend out an eight-foot-long thin rope.

This steel-wire thin rope is both flexible and not easily broken; Li Qingluo just now relied on this bracelet to barely survive.

She pulled down her sleeve, tore off a piece of her skirt, and tightly bound the bleeding wound on her calf that had been cut open.

Looking at the pitch-black cave ahead, Li Qingluo pushed herself up and walked inside.

After walking only a few hundred steps, a faint firelight came from ahead; Li Qingluo saw the approaching person and stopped.

"Good disciple, you really do have some skill."