"Chu Chu..." Liang Yizhi choked back a sob.
Feng Chuchu stepped forward and hugged him tightly. "Liang Yizhi, I'm not afraid of death. Besides, this is what the Feng family owes the Liang family, what we owe Uncle Liang. But... I can't bear to leave you. If I die, will I never see you again?"
Liang Yizhi trembled all over. He turned around and saw Feng Chuchu's tear-streaked eyes. At that moment, he could no longer hold back. He let out a hoarse cry, "Chu Chu..."
The next morning, Feng Chuchu woke up to find her body aching and sore. Liang Yizhi was no longer by her side.
She smiled shyly. Last night was her and Liang Yizhi's second time together. Their first time was a blur, but the second time had made Feng Chuchu incredibly bashful. She remembered it clearly.
"Someone," Feng Chuchu called out.
A maid quickly entered. "Miss."
"Help me wash up," Feng Chuchu said.
After washing up, Feng Chuchu remembered to ask, "Where is Master Liang?"
The maid replied, "Master Liang left early this morning."
Feng Chuchu nodded. No matter what Liang Yizhi chose in the end, she would not regret it. Having experienced this, even if she were to die, she wouldn't say a word of complaint.
At this moment, Liang Yizhi sat there, while Liang Yihan gritted her teeth in anger, but her heart was filled with even more sorrow and despair.
She never imagined that one day her brother would tell her that the other members of the Feng family were innocent.
Wasn't she innocent? Weren't their parents innocent?
"Yihan..." Liang Yizhi hesitated to look his sister in the eye, fearing he would see disappointment.
But he couldn't not say it. His sister also had the right to know about this matter. After all, the Liang family wasn't his alone.
His sister was also a member of the Liang family.
"Brother, I never thought I would hear these words from your mouth. Forgive the Feng family? Do you mean to forget Father Feng's humiliation?
Have you forgotten why we were reduced to being orphans? Have you forgotten everything?"
"Yihan, I haven't forgotten. I really haven't forgotten. It was all Feng Changshan's doing. Chu Chu is not involved."
"Chu Chu? You call her so intimately. It seems you can't let go of Miss Feng in your heart, can you?"
Liang Yizhi faltered slightly. "Yihan, I..."
"Enough! Stop talking..." Liang Yihan cried out.
Liang Yizhi's eyes began to redden. "Yihan, you are my sister. Whatever decision I make, I will seek your consent."
"I don't agree! I don't agree! Can't you understand?" Liang Yihan roared in anger, her eyes as red as blood.
Liang Yizhi recoiled several steps, startled. It was the first time he had seen his sister in such a state. "Yihan, you're not emotionally stable. I'll come to see you once you've calmed down."
As he walked out of the room, Liang Yizhi's expression turned somber. Suddenly, he noticed a pair of boots in his line of sight. He looked up to see Xue Zining. He wanted to smile but couldn't force it out. "Madam..."
Xue Zining nodded. "How did the conversation go?"
Liang Yizhi shook his head. "I think I've been a bit selfish. I've only thought about myself and never considered my sister. My sister remembers all those events from years ago clearly. She's been with me day and night, never apart. Now I'm forcing her to accept my way of thinking. I'm truly selfish."
"Young Master Liang, sometimes things cannot be perfect on both sides."
Liang Yizhi nodded. "I know, but I still want to find a way that can achieve both."
"Young Master Liang, to gain something means to lose something as well."
Liang Yizhi paused. Xue Zining said, "It's getting late. Young Master Liang should head back soon!"
Liang Yizhi nodded. "Yes, Madam."
Liang Yihan opened the door and watched the retreating figure. Her eyes welled up with tears. "What? You were so insistent just now, and now you're starting to reminisce?"
Liang Yihan blinked and looked up at Xue Zining. "Madam."
"Miss Liang, what are you thinking?" Xue Zining asked directly.
Liang Yihan lowered her gaze and remained silent for a long time. Xue Zining sighed. "I don't know how to persuade you. But I feel that I am not you, and I cannot empathize. Just as you are not your brother, you cannot understand why he would want to spare the Feng family for Miss Feng."
Liang Yihan trembled and looked at her. "Madam, you know everything?"
"Yes, he is very confused. He feels ashamed of his thoughts, and at the same time, he feels he has wronged you."
Hearing this, Liang Yihan turned her face away. After a long pause, she said, "My brother has done nothing to wrong me. Rather, it is I who knows nothing and has always followed my brother. In fact, I am the one who has wronged my brother."
"Miss Liang, you don't have to do anything against your heart out of guilt. Perhaps you should try to understand."
"Understand who?" Liang Yihan asked.
"Feng Chuchu," Xue Zining said, word by word.
"Madam, I am truly flattered that you invited me," Feng Chuchu said as she alighted from the carriage, supported by her maid.
Xue Zining smiled. "I came to chat with Miss Feng."
"Of course. I've been so bored in my mansion lately," Feng Chuchu replied.
Xue Zining glanced at the maid behind Feng Chuchu. Feng Chuchu smiled. "Madam, you don't need to be reserved. A Li is my personal maid, and she would never betray me. You can say anything, Madam."
Xue Zining nodded and said, "I wanted to ask about the evidence of their crimes."
Feng Chuchu fell silent. She poured a cup of tea, first offering it to Xue Zining, and then pouring another for herself. Perhaps due to lingering worries, she drank it rather quickly.
"Miss Feng," Xue Zining called out again.
Hearing this, Feng Chuchu looked up at her and said, word by word, "Can those incriminating documents sentence the entire Feng family to annihilation?" Xue Zining nodded. "Yes."
Feng Chuchu gave a tragic smile. "Speaking of which, the Feng family deserves it."
"Miss Feng, you don't even refute it?" Xue Zining asked.
Feng Chuchu chuckled. "Refute what? These are all facts. There's nothing to argue about. Uncle Liang died so unjustly, and we are still alive. If it were me, I would want every member of the Feng family to die."
The maid behind her suddenly trembled, spilling her tea. Xue Zining glanced at the maid and said calmly, "Be more composed."
The maid replied, "Yes, Madam."
Feng Chuchu drank another cup of tea. "However, I can't bear to leave him."
"He is Young Master Liang?"
Feng Chuchu smiled at this. "Yes. Young Master Liang is a good person, and Uncle Liang was also a good person. If it weren't for my father, Young Master Liang wouldn't have lost his family. In fact, it is our Feng family who owes him. Our Feng family deserves its fate."
"Miss Feng, please don't say that. The one who owes the Liang family is only Feng Changshan, not you, nor anyone else in the Feng family."