I've been reborn, who would still raise a son from another family? Go away

She raised her clear eyes with a hint of complexity, and said in a gentle voice: "Brother Yan is not a person who knows how to express his inner thoughts. There are some things I can't teach him. I would like to trouble the prince."

Xie Jingrui was stunned when he looked at Liu Yueru.

then.

As if he had realized something, his voice was filled with a hint of joy that was hard to suppress: "Do you want me to be close to Brother Yan?"

Seeing Xie Jingrui like this, Liu Yueru felt a little more happy in her heart. She also hoped that Yan Ge'er could have fatherly love. Perhaps she should not have imposed her self-righteous plan on Yan Ge'er from the beginning.

I always treat him as a child, thinking he is still young, but I ignore his wants and don't take into account his inner longing for fatherly love.

Liu Yueru nodded heavily: "Brother Yan is a reserved person. There are some things he wants to do, but he won't show them casually. His life in the Marquis' Mansion over the years has also taught him to be calm and not to fight or compete."

"I can make Hua'er cheerful, but Yan'er is too thoughtful..." Liu Yue looked at Xie Jingrui meaningfully.

Xie Jingrui immediately understood: "Leave this to me."

Liu Yueru nodded slightly, withdrew her gaze, pursed her lips and said nothing.

The two walked to a large rock in the mountains and sat down.

The sun shines, the shadows of the trees in the forest are mottled, and the cicadas are chirping.

After a long time.

The secret guard who went out to search returned to Xie Jingrui and reported: "Your Majesty has searched the entire back mountain and found no one else."

He glanced at Liu Yueru beside him, then took out a sachet from his arms, on which the word "Yan" was clearly embroidered.

The secret guard presented the item to Xie Jingrui: "We found this in the forest while searching."

Xie Jingrui took the sachet from his hand, and looking at the bloodstains on it, his dark eyes suddenly shrank.

"Do you recognize this sachet?"

When Liu Yueru took out the sachet from the secret guard, she saw clearly that it was the mosquito repellent sachet she had embroidered for Yan Ge'er.

"It's Yan'er's." She paused for a moment and spoke to Xie Jingrui.

Then, with trembling hands, he took the sachet from Xie Jingrui and examined it carefully.

Xie Jingrui looked at Liu Yueru's worried expression, then asked solemnly, "Where did you find it? Did you find anything else besides the sachet?"

The secret guard suddenly became silent.

He still glanced at Liu Yueru secretly from the corner of his eye.

Xie Jingrui saw panic in the secret guard's eyes and felt something was not good.

He pretended to let the secret guard get up and took him to the side, intentionally avoiding Liu Yueru.

Xie Jingrui suppressed his uneasiness and asked with a serious face: "Tell me, what else did you find?"

"A child who was burned to charcoal." The secret guard took a deep breath before speaking slowly.

He glanced at Xie Jingrui, whose face was dark and panicked, and continued, "Judging from the child's bones, he was a boy of about six or seven years old. The sachet was found not far from the body."

Xie Jingrui's mind suddenly went blank.

He glanced in the direction of Liu Yueru with eyes full of heartache.

Liu Yueru took his gaze in, and seeing his expression, she could no longer sit still.

He stood up and walked towards the two of them.

Xie Jingrui came back to his senses and told the secret guards, "Take the body away and don't tell Miss Liu about this."

"Yes." The secret guard responded and disappeared into the woods.

Liu Yueru didn't care about the difference between men and women. She stepped forward and pulled Xie Jingrui's sleeve and asked, "Are you hiding something from me? Did something happen to Brother Yan?"

Xie Jingrui raised his hand to comfort Liu Yueru and said, "Brother Yan is fine, don't worry, I have sent someone to look for it. This sachet may have been left behind intentionally by Brother Yan."

He looked around and said, "This means that Hua Ge'er and Yan Ge'er are in this back mountain. As long as they haven't left, I will find them even if I turn the entire back mountain upside down."

Xie Jingrui looked at the pale Liu Yueru and hurriedly comforted her: "I'll have someone take you to the guest room in Wanfu Temple to rest. Tomorrow you can go back to Yuexinju and wait for news from me."

Liu Yueru raised her head, her eyes reddened a little: "Your Highness, don't lie to me. What you said behind my back just now must be that something happened to Brother Yan. If I go back now, I will feel very uncomfortable. I will go with you to look for him."

Liu Yueru turned around stubbornly and walked towards the woods behind the mountain.

Xie Jingrui looked at Liu Yueru's back, feeling helpless, panicky, desolate, lonely, and a little lonely.

He quickened his pace and caught up, exchanged glances with the secret guards in the dark, and then walked ahead with confidence.

"Follow me." Xie Jingrui walked faster and asked Liu Yueru to follow his pace.

Not long after.

The two came to the place where the secret guard said he had just found Yan Ge'er's sachet.

Liu Yueru squatted down and looked carefully at the ground, only to see some black residue that had not been cleaned up.

She stretched out her white fingers, picked up the things on the ground, put them to her nose and sniffed them.

"Don't touch it." Xie Jingrui frowned and stopped him.

Liu Yueru ignored him. She smelled the smell of burnt barbecue in the black powder!

Her mind sank a little as she looked at the black charcoal scattered in the grass, and suddenly realized something.

His usually cold eyes turned red, and his outstretched hand trembled slightly.

When she raised her eyes again, Liu Yueru looked at Xie Jingrui quietly and asked in a very calm voice: "Brother Yan, is that right?"

She pointed tremblingly at the ground where the black powder was scattered.

"No." Xie Jingrui lied without even thinking.

Seeing that Liu Yueru looked distracted, he clenched his hands and suddenly reached out to hold her in his arms.

"That is clearly the place where a child of about six or seven years old had lain. It's Yan Ge'er. Where are you taking my Yan Ge'er?" Liu Yueru became more and more excited as she spoke.

The fear that had been pent up in her heart also burst out at the same time, and tears flowed like a floodgate: "I'm sorry, it's my fault, mother. I didn't protect you well. If..."

Xie Jingrui raised his hand and hit Liu Yueru on the back of the neck, knocking her unconscious.

Looking at Liu Yueru, whose face was covered with tears, in his arms, Xie Jingrui felt a terrifying chill emanating from his body!

"Your Highness, I had just taken the body away when you came here." The secret guard answered tremblingly.

"Go and bring Miss Liu's maid to Wanfu Temple, and find a few smart and nimble maids to watch her and don't let her do anything stupid!" Xie Jingrui gave the instructions and walked towards Wanfu Temple holding Liu Yueru.

He avoided the crowd and brought Liu Yueru to a secluded guest room in Wanfu Temple.

He gently placed Liu Yueru on the bed and saw that she was sleeping with her brows furrowed.

Xie Jingrui raised his hand and placed his warm fingertips on Liu Yueru's eyebrows, gently smoothing them, and whispered softly: "Don't be afraid, I will accompany you."