Chapter 332: Chapter 237
Not wanting the two men to risk their lives for her, his delicate sister decided to abandon everything and journey afar by herself.
On the way, she even encountered...
Xie YanYu’s lips moved slightly, his voice trembling as he asked, "On that ferry night... how did you escape?"
Having never seen his brother in such a panicked and fearful state, Xie Wanqing felt a bit guilty and earnestly recounted everything that had happened that night.
Upon hearing that she had jumped out of the window, the expressions on the faces of her legitimate and cousin brothers across from her simultaneously changed.
"When I boarded the boat, I saw an iron chain hanging under the window," Xie Wanqing smiled lightly, pretending to be at ease as she said, "It didn’t take much effort to get next door."
Thinking of the tragic fate of the mother and daughter next door, even though half a year had passed, Xie Wanqing still felt uncomfortable.
Just as she was about to continue, Xie YanYu on the opposite side resumed questioning, "Why did you come to Bianzhou, did anything happen along the way?"
As he spoke, his gaze fell downward to his sister’s rounded belly, his lips moved but, considering there were others around, he ultimately didn’t ask whose child it was.
As it happened, Xie Wanqing was about to talk about it, so she naturally went with the flow and said, "That day on the boat, when I had nowhere to hide, I received the grace of that mother, fulfilling her dying wish, which brought me to Bianzhou, and I didn’t encounter any danger on the way."
In fact, she traveled with a reputable merchant troupe along the way, and nothing like that night on the boat happened again. They did encounter bandits twice, but the merchant troupe had everything arranged and they weren’t much troubled.
Moreover, the further south they traveled, the better the security became.
Xie YanYu glared at her upon seeing how nonchalant she seemed.
Just then, the carriage came to a stop. He quickly got off the carriage, then turned to assist his sister in alighting, and said to Ji Chengfeng, who stood beside them, "I’ll trouble Cheng Qian to summon a physician from Xuanfu."
Without needing instructions, Ji Chengfeng had already planned to do so.
In the cold winter months, traveling from north to south was a long and arduous journey. Now pregnant, who knew what she had been through.
Even though she looked in good spirits, no one could tell if there was a hidden ailment.
Throughout the journey, the two men focused all their attention on Xie Wanqing, completely neglecting Chen Xixi beside them.
Having suddenly seen her brother, Xie Wanqing was so excited she nearly forgot she was pregnant, let alone anything else.
It wasn’t until her brother helped her up the steps that she suddenly regained her senses, quickly pulling Chen Xixi aside and said to Xie YanYu, "Brother, let me introduce you to another sister."
Xie YanYu paused for a moment, finally tearing his gaze away from his younger sister and glanced at Chen Xixi.
He initially thought she was a friend his sister made in Bianzhou, but upon noticing the familiar features in her eyes, his brow lightly furrowed.
Xie Wanqing said to the two brothers, "This is our maternal aunt’s daughter, named Chen Xixi."
As she spoke, she pulled Chen Xixi over and introduced, "This is my legitimate brother, and Cousin Ji from the second maternal aunt’s family."
Considering the reputation of her cousin, to avoid causing unnecessary trouble, and as it wasn’t a very decent affair, Xie Wanqing omitted the fact that Mr. Chen tried to present his daughter to Lu Ziyuan, who in turn passed her to Pei Yuqing, and simply clarified Chen Xixi’s background in a few words.
However, she didn’t know the exact ranking of Chen Xixi’s birth mother among the Zheng Family daughters of the previous generation, so she didn’t elaborate much.
