Qu Zhengyan nodded in agreement, clenched his fists and said angrily: "That's right, that damn Li Qiu, your mother treated her so well when she was alive, but she actually did this to your mother, it's really abominable!"

Qu Xiaoyou walked up to him, patted his shoulder, comforted him with a few words, and then left the Qu Mansion with his friends.

Not far from Qu Mansion, Xia Younan suddenly stopped as if he had thought of something, and looked at Qu Xiaoyou in surprise.

Qu Xiaoyou was confused by her gaze and asked blankly: "What's wrong with you?"

"Li Qiu? The Li Qiu your father mentioned just now is the name of the maid who set the fire?" Xia Younan asked her in shock.

Qu Xiaoyou nodded in confusion, "Yeah, is there a problem?"

"Li Qiu! Think about it, if you split the word 'Li' into two parts, what name will it become?" Xia Younan asked excitedly.

Qu Xiaoyou rolled her eyes and said casually: "The word 'Li' should be split into Mu Zi, so her name will become Mu Zi Qiu..."

As soon as the word "Autumn" came out of her mouth, Qu Xiaoyou suddenly shuddered and her eyes widened.

It exploded in her mind like a blockbuster bomb, making her head buzz and go blank.

"Ah, it's the woman we met on the mountain yesterday!" Xiao Chanen exclaimed with a breath of cold air.

The other people also had an expression of sudden enlightenment. Lu Xiuyuan said incredulously: "But wasn't she beheaded?"

Xia Younan couldn't wait to answer, "Maybe there was some reason that allowed her to escape. Otherwise, who would claim to be Liu Zhenzhen's friend and walk such a long mountain road to visit Liu Zhenzhen's grave?"

"What do you think, Xiaoyou?" After he said that, he looked at Qu Xiaoyou and asked for her opinion.

Qu Xiaoyou's face looked extremely ugly, with veins exposed on his forehead and bloodshot eyes.

The jade hand holding the sword was trembling slightly, visibly, and the joints had turned pale due to the force.

"Xiaoyou, you...Xiaoyou!"

Without waiting for Xia Younan to say anything, Qu Xiaoyou suddenly went berserk, using his Qinggong skills to gallop towards the city gate like a horse stepping on a flying swallow.

"Let's catch up quickly. If it's really her, then she must know a lot of things." Xia Younan also called on a few people to chase after her quickly.

Qu Xiaoyou ran non-stop for more than half an hour and finally arrived at the foot of Fuyang Mountain. After searching for a while, she saw a newly built thatched house at the foot of the mountain.

The hut was very simple, just a small one, with bamboo walls, thatched roof and wooden door. It was so simple that it seemed like it could be blown apart by a gust of wind.

Qu Xiaoyou came to the hut panting, drew out his sword with a "swish", kicked the door open and rushed in with murderous intent.

The woman in the room was sitting on a wooden bed mending something. When she heard the noise, she looked up and saw a sword blade shining with a cold light.

"Ah!" She screamed, stood up, and the things in her hands fell to the ground.

"Evil woman, die!" Qu Xiaoyou squeezed out two words from between his teeth with bloodshot eyes, and the long sword in his hand pierced her heart.

The woman quickly dodged to the side, looked at Qu Xiaoyou in panic and asked: "Xiaoyou, why is it you? What are you doing?"

"You set fire to my mother and my brother and killed them, so naturally I must avenge them!" Qu Xiaoyou replied, and when he missed the first stab, he was about to attack again.

"I didn't!" The woman seemed to be irritated by these words. She screamed in collapse, her legs went limp and she sat on the ground, turbid tears streaming down from her eyes.

In the end, Qu Xiaoyou's sword stopped one millimeter away from her heart. Her hands were shaking violently and she was gasping for breath.

She should have killed her with a sword to avenge her mother, but when she saw her collapsed on the ground crying, she couldn't do it no matter what.

She didn't understand, could such a weak and sentimental person really be the murderer who killed her mother?

The woman sat on the ground and looked up at her, crying with grief and red face: "Xiaoyou, if I was really the murderer, why would I come to worship your mother? Why would I hint at my identity to you? Why would I let you come to find me?"

Qu Xiaoyou was speechless after being asked by her. She pursed her lips and thought for a moment before slowly lowering her arm holding the sword.

"Xiao You!" At this time, Xia Younan and others also rushed over. Seeing the scene in front of them, they were stunned at first, and then asked, "What's going on? Is it her?"

Qu Xiaoyou glanced at the woman on the ground with a conflicted look and nodded.

Xia Younan walked over and helped the woman up from the ground, and asked calmly: "Are you Li Qiu? The murderer of the arson case that year?"

Li Qiu shook his head like a rattle, sobbing with great grievance: "I am Li Qiu, but I am not the murderer.

"Mr. Liu took me in, and Miss Liu has been so kind to me. Even if I kill myself, I would never hurt a hair on her head!"

Xia Younan was not surprised by her words. He leaned over and sat next to her, asking her to tell him what happened again.

Li Qiu didn't rush to speak, but raised his hand to take off the veil covering his face.

As soon as the face towel was removed, several people gasped at the same time.

Under the veil was a face that was beyond recognition. It would not be an exaggeration to describe it as "hideous".

Her facial features were distorted, and most of the skin on her face was dark red and burnt, like a plastic bag that had been roasted by fire, tight and shrunken together, looking particularly creepy.

Xia Younan couldn't help but cover his mouth in surprise. It took him a long time to adjust. He frowned and asked, "You were...burned in that fire?"

Li Qiu nodded heavily, tears falling like beads from a broken string. Deep fear and despair emerged in his pupils, as if he had returned to the fire that year.

Filled with grief and grievance, she told everyone what happened on the night of the fire.

According to her account, Qu Zhengyan did say that he had something to do in the martial arts gym that night, so he transferred all the servants in the mansion away, leaving only her and three old maids who cooked to take care of Liu Zhenzhen.

During the first watch of the night, when everyone was asleep, she vaguely heard some movement in Liu Zhenzhen's room, so she got up to check.

As a result, she saw through the crack in the door that Qu Zhengyan had returned from the martial arts gym at some point and was handing a cup of tea to Liu Zhenzhen who had just woken up.

After the husband finished his work, he went back to his room to visit his wife and children and poured a glass of water for his wife. This was a very normal thing to do.

So she didn't think much about it, said hello to them, and went back to her room to sleep.

The fire broke out at two o'clock in the morning. When she was awakened by the smoke, the fire was not very big, so she shouted for help to put out the fire while rushing into Liu Zhenzhen's room to rescue her regardless of everything.

But when she entered the room, she was horrified to find that Liu Zhenzhen and the child were lying straight on the bed, with no reaction to the flames in the room.

She was shocked and confused, and rushed to the bed, shaking and calling for Liu Zhenzhen, but no matter how she pushed or shouted, Liu Zhenzhen did not move.

She realized something was wrong and reached out to feel Liu Zhenzhen's breath, only to find that she had stopped breathing at some point.

Tap the screen to use advanced tools Tip: You can use left and right keyboard keys to browse between chapters.

You'll Also Like