Chapter 2853: Chapter 2854: Fire at the Bai Residence
This was Jiang Yichun, who happened to bring Xiaohei in. Dengdeng rushed to hug Xiaohei’s neck and said, "Mom, you write for them."
Xiaohei was somewhat helpless, so he used his paw to write the character "rest" on the ground.
"You see? My mom is on Xiaohei." Little Dengdeng raised his chin, looking smug.
Jing Shuang carefully examined Xiaohei, "There is no human soul on it; Bai Ruozhu must have taught it to write."
Little Dengdeng naturally didn’t believe it, "It’s my mom. My mom will be fine soon."
Jiang Yichun pulled Dengdeng, signaling him not to speak, and then bowed to Jing Shuang, saying, "Senior, I think if Ruozhu isn’t in Xiaohei’s body, she might be nearby. We just can’t see her; that’s why she’s communicating with us this way."
In the space, Bai Ruozhu’s eyes reddened; finally, someone understood her. She felt exhausted.
Jing Shuang looked around, and Bai Ruozhu promptly squeezed out of the space.
Soon, Jing Shuang took out some talismans and threw them into the air. The talismans floated mid-air forming an array, and quickly ignited themselves.
"Ruozhu!" Jiang Yichun exclaimed in surprise, because he could see Ruozhu’s phantom!
"Achun, I’m fine. I usually stay over there. I will find a way to return to my body," Bai Ruozhu quickly said.
Unfortunately, no one could hear her voice. Jiang Yichun could only guess a little from her lip movements, understanding that Bai Ruozhu had narrowly escaped, likely because the space had absorbed her soul, allowing her to escape a calamity.
The talismans burned completely to ashes, and no one could see Bai Ruozhu anymore. Seeing this, Bai Ruozhu returned to the space but kept a close eye on the outside situation.
"Jing Shuang, please check this child. When we killed Zhu Ning, there was a strange moving dudou that wanted to avoid Little Dengdeng, and it went onto him instead." Gao Zhou called Little Dengdeng over and untied his clothes, revealing a small red dudou.
Jiang Yichun was unaware of this matter, and his face turned a shade paler, "Dengdeng, do you feel uncomfortable?"
Little Dengdeng shook his head, "I’m fine. Maybe it’s not a bad thing. You always say it’s cold here with mom, but I don’t feel cold at all when I come in."
Jing Shuang frowned and stepped forward, examined for a long time, but then gently shook her head, "I don’t recognize this, but for now, it doesn’t seem harmful to him. What happens in the future is unknown; perhaps you should go to the Western Regions to inquire with a Hidden Family."
"Aren’t you..." Gao Zhou began, then paused, watching Jing Shuang turn her head away, "I can give you directions, but I won’t go."
Bai Ruozhu understood silently that the Hidden Family in the Western Regions Jing Shuang referred to should be Ao Song’s family.
Back then, when they went to the Barbarian Tribe to prevent Sangji from reviving Honglian, they encountered the aristocrat Ao Song from the outer domain, a cute girl riding a Miao Tuo.
She said the National Master was from her family; Bai Ruozhu also had some connections with their family. And Gao Zhou had once mentioned Jing Shuang came from the Zhong Family.
"Alright, once Ruozhu’s situation is resolved, we will take the child to the Western Regions," Jiang Yichun said, bowing to Jing Shuang, "Thank you, Senior."
Jing Shuang quickly glanced at Jiang Yichun, feeling increasingly unsettled; their child was already this big, and even their grandson was so grown; what was she still holding onto?
Although Jing Shuang allowed everyone to see Bai Ruozhu, she still couldn’t help Bai Ruozhu return to her soul, so Bai Ruozhu could only temporarily reside at Bai Residence, slowly thinking of a solution.
In the following days, Bai Ruozhu felt increasingly bored; she couldn’t figure out a way to come back to life, nor did she need to sleep, eat, talk to anyone, or make medicine, or cultivate - truly bored out of her mind.
She could only chat with Xiaohui, but Xiaohui, dull-witted for years, had a mind not even matching a child’s and couldn’t converse much, mostly asking "why."
Just as Bai Ruozhu was overwhelmed by boredom, trouble stirred at Bai Residence.
"Fire! Fire!" Servants shouted from afar; it was autumn, with a strong autumn wind, making everything dry and the fire blazed more fiercely as the wind blew.
Chushuang looked at the fire anxiously and said, "Quickly check on Caiyue and the children, don’t let them panic! Also, this fire is so intense that even if it doesn’t reach Ruozhu’s room, the surrounding temperature rise might deactivate the cold jade bed."
A cold jade bed bought at a great cost, wasted, would be regrettable, but more importantly, Bai Ruozhu’s body on the bed might directly be ruined, making it even more likely that she cannot survive.
Jiang Yichun’s face turned grave, summoning the dark guards: "Go extinguish the fire, keep an eye on everywhere, someone has infiltrated the residence."
"Yes, sir." The dark guards sprang into action.
"Jianqi, bring the family over; once everyone is gathered, we won’t have to disperse our efforts to protect them," Jiang Yichun said again.
"Understood."
Jianqi left and quickly brought Wan Caiyue, Nanny Zhang, and several children over.
Little Dengdeng also realized the situation was unusual and took on the responsibility of caring for the other children, leading them to play in a room next to them.
"Where is Ruozhu’s brother?" Jiang Yichun asked.
"He took people to put out the fire," Jianqi replied.
Jiang Yichun frowned, a hint of unease stirring within him, "Try to bring him here too; there are dark guards organizing the fire-fighting. No matter what he says, you must bring him back."
"Understood."
Jianqi rushed to the area with the largest fire, spotting Bai Zehao organizing the fire-fighting from afar, hastening over, but suddenly couldn’t find Bai Zehao anywhere.
"Where is your Young Master?" Jianqi urgently inquired.
"He was just here." The nearby people were stunned; the person speaking just moments ago had suddenly vanished—did he just disappear into thin air?
The fire was intense, smoke filling the air, somewhat obscuring visibility, yet how could a person simply vanish?
"Young Master!" Jianqi suddenly noticed a hem of clothing, the person was heading into the fire!
Smoke was denser up ahead, rendering visibility impossible; if not for Bai Zehao’s bright blue clothing today, Jianqi wouldn’t have noticed him.
He hurriedly rushed over, grabbed Bai Zehao by the collar, and dragged him out.
Jianqi couldn’t help but cough, yet Bai Zehao seemed completely unaffected, prompting Jianqi to look at him. Bai Zehao’s eyes were wide open, yet they appeared unfocused, staring straight ahead.
"Young Master?" Jianqi called him again, but there was still no response. Jianqi immediately sensed something was wrong and dragged the person, heading directly to Bai Ruozhu’s yard.
Gao Zhou, Chushuang, and Jing Shuang were all present; whether he was poisoned or possessed, they could figure out a solution, better than him guessing blindly.
Everyone saw Jianqi bring Bai Zehao over; Bai Zehao, with clothes burned and hair singed, looked utterly disheveled, and his eyes clearly seemed off.
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