Huo Qi and the housekeeper came to Shen Jiao's courtyard, but the servants in the courtyard told him that Jiu Yiniang was out.
Huo Qi frowned and asked, "Then where did she go?"
The servant lowered his head and replied respectfully: "Jiu Yiniang went to the young master's courtyard and said she wanted to visit."
Seeing Huo Qi's gloomy face, the housekeeper asked hesitantly: "Master still wants to go..."
Huo Qi gritted his teeth, "Go to Huo Changze's place!"
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On the other side, as soon as Shen Jiao came in, Huo Changze lay on the bed and called her over.
Huo Changze took Shen Jiao's hand and asked her to sit on the edge of the bed. He leaned over and hugged her tightly, saying, "Why doesn't Jiao Jiao come to see me recently?"
Since leaving that night, Shen Jiao has not come to see him. It was he who asked He Qing to invite her over and over again before he invited her over.
Shen Jiao was held by him without pushing him away, for fear of involving Huo Changze's wounds again.
Faced with Huo Changze's complaint, Shen Jiao was very confused: "You have a good rest and why should I come here?"
Huo Changze was very shameless and said without changing his face: "I feel happy when I look at you, and it doesn't hurt when I'm happy."
When Huo Changze mentioned the wound, Shen Jiao was embarrassed to say anything. She blinked and asked him in a low voice, "Does your wound still hurt?"
Huo Changze opened his eyes and lied: "Yeah, it hurts. It hurts so much that I couldn't sleep all night long."
He took the opportunity to make another request: "Jiaojiao, can you help me change the dressing? They are all clumsy and it hurts every time you apply the dressing."
He Qing, who was very energetic every time he applied medicine, said: "..." After all, I paid by mistake.
Shen Jiao wanted to refuse at first, but then she thought that Huo Changze's injury was caused by her, so she reluctantly agreed, "...Okay."
He Qing was very discerning and immediately brought over the necessary gauze and ointment.
Shen Jiao carefully removed his bandage, revealing the criss-crossing scars inside. Some of the scars have scabbed over, and some have cracked open, revealing the red flesh inside. It was almost impossible to find a good spot on the entire back.
Shen Jiao put some ointment on her fingertips and slowly applied it to him bit by bit.
The delicate fingertips touched his back, and Huo Changze's muscles tensed up in an instant.
Shen Jiao asked Huo Changze while applying the medicine, "Is this okay?"
Huo Changze tried hard to control the corners of his mouth and said in a deep voice, "Well, it's just right."
Huo Qi saw this scene as soon as he came over. Huo Changze was half-naked, and Shen Jiao was just sitting aside, with her hand on his back and she didn't know what she was doing!
Huo Qi's face was gloomy and he ordered: "Jiao'er, come here."
When Shen Jiao heard Huo Qi's voice, her hands trembled in shock. She sat there, unable to move her body at all.
"Come here, don't let me say it a second time."
Shen Jiao panicked after hearing his order and was about to stand up and walk over, but Huo Changze grabbed her hand to stop her movement and said coldly:
"Why didn't you say anything when you came? My son will be fine to greet you."
Huo Qi's eyes fell on their intertwined hands and he yelled angrily: "What are you doing?!"
"Huh? What are you doing?"
Seeing Huo Qi looking at him gloomily, Huo Changze chuckled and said casually: "My aunt is kind-hearted and doesn't want to see me suffer. She just comes to take care of me."
"Isn't that what you said? Let's get to know each other well." Huo Changze also deliberately pronounced the word "well" more emphasis.
Huo Qi was extremely angry and shouted: "You bastard! I shouldn't have given birth to you in the first place!"
Huo Qi's eyes fell on Shen Jiao again, "And you bitch! Why don't you get over here!"
Shen Jiao was so frightened that she was afraid that she would be killed by Huo Qi.
Huo Changze stopped pretending. He sat up from the bed and looked at Huo Qi gloomily, with a strong warning in his voice, "Will you try calling her that again?"
Huo Qi's dry lips trembled, and he kept gasping for air. He stretched out his hand and pointed at him tremblingly, "It's reversed... it's all reversed!"
Huo Qi stood up from the wheelchair excitedly, as if he wanted to walk over and teach Huo Changze a lesson.
But after all, his legs and feet were inconvenient. He couldn't walk a few steps and fell down immediately.
With a bang, Huo Qi's whole body hit the ground, motionless.
He actually fainted.
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The doctor arrived soon. As soon as he entered the room, all the aunts in the room looked at him crying.
The eldest lady drove all the aunts out, leaving only the doctor and the servants.
The doctor inspected it and shook his head. Huo Qi's body was already at the end of its strength, and the smoke and elixirs had long overstretched his body. Now he fell to the ground again, his brain was bleeding, and he was unable to recover.
After listening to the doctor's words, the eldest lady's face did not show much sadness. She said numbly: "Just ask the doctor to do his best to treat me."
The doctor still prescribed some medicine, sighed and left.
Huo Qi finally failed to survive and passed away quietly in a coma.
When the funeral was held two days later, many people came to pay their respects.
After all, Huo Qi was once a famous general, and the emperor also asked someone to come over to express his condolences.
However, Huo Changze was very indifferent to all this, remembering that when he was young, Huo Qihua brought various women to his house while drunkenly, and his mother, who was born in a merchant's family and had a low status, could only watch all this with tears and pain. Ended with hatred in the end.
Now Huo Qi's behavior can be regarded as retribution.
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In the dark mourning hall, Shen Jiao and a group of aunts, dressed in white mourning clothes, knelt in front of the black coffin to see Huo Qi off.
The aunts around him were all crying, but it was unclear how many of them were really crying for Huo Qi.
After sending off the condolences guests, the eldest lady also came over.
After she came over, she hugged the coffin and wailed, "Master... why did you just go like this..."
No one stopped her, the eldest lady just cried and howled for a long time, and then she retreated when she was tired from crying.
She wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief, looking haggard and immune to the shock.
She seemed to really care about Huo Qi's death, and asked the housekeeper in charge of the funeral, "Have the funeral items been arranged properly?"
"It's ready. It will be put in for burial tomorrow. Please take a look." The butler handed the booklet over.
The eldest lady took it and looked at it twice, then suddenly exclaimed, "Oh my, why is there something missing?"
Hearing what the eldest lady said, the housekeeper immediately panicked, "This is impossible. I have already confirmed everything... Madam, may I ask what is missing?"
At this time, the eldest lady sneered, her venomous eyes fell on Shen Jiao, and she slowly said: "Jiu Yiniang, the one I loved most before my death was you, and I guess I can't bear to leave you now that I'm underground."
"Why don't Jiu Yiniang go with me?"
What……
Shen Jiao didn't know why the discussion of funerary objects suddenly came to her head, and she was overwhelmed by the sudden difficulty caused by the eldest lady.
The eldest lady gave an order: "Come here! Get Jiu Yiniang for me!"
