On the night of the broken engagement, the paranoid prince came to me crying and asking for my statu

Su Sui'an looked closely at Su Jinchi.

Apart from being threatened, she couldn't think of any other reason that could make a child who should be carefree look like this.

Su Sui'an coaxed Su Jinchi softly and gently for a long time before he stopped crying. Because he cried too quickly and too hard, he was still hiccuping.

"Don't be afraid, Chi'er. Sister is here. If anything happens, tell me and I will protect Chi'er."

Due to the cold, Su Sui'an's voice was heavily nasal and he even seemed to be unable to speak.

Even so, she still patiently coaxed Su Jinchi, asking him if anyone had bullied him while she was away.

After Su Sui'an asked again and again in a softer tone, Su Jinchi finally gave in.

He said intermittently, "The day my sister went to Huguo Temple, I... I saw Madam Yu discussing with Madam Gui from the old lady's side about increasing the dosage of the medicine... Then, Songzhu came and called me. Two days later, Songzhu disappeared. When he was found, he was covered in blood, and even his worms had been cut off..."

"Madame Yu told me that Songzhu was sent to the palace to be chopped to death by the pain because he was disobedient. Disobedient children will be sent to the palace to be slaves... and after they die, they will be chopped into pieces and fed to dogs..."

"They also said that only disobedient children will cause their mothers to die of illness..."

"After mom got sick, she never recovered. Chi'er is afraid that sister will become like mom... wuwuwu..."

After saying that, Su Jinchi started crying again.

"Sister, Chi'er will be very good. Chi'er will give all the delicious food to you and mother. Please don't get sick, okay... woooo... Sister asked them not to cut Chi'er's worms... woooo... Don't chop Chi'er up and feed him to the dogs..."

"Madame Yu and the others bring a big dog and broken pine and bamboo to my room every night... woooo... they don't let me cry... woooo... Sister... Chi'er is scared... Chi'er is so scared..."

Listening to Su Jinchi's terrified and hysterical crying, Su Sui'an had already clenched his fists.

Songzhu is Su Jinchi's personal servant and playmate. He is an orphan that Su Kang brought back from Yumen City when Su Jinchi was two years old...

Su Sui'an just came back these two days, and he couldn't spare the time to pay attention to Chi'er. I didn't expect Songzhu to...

"Chi'er, tell me, where is the dog?"

"I... I don't know... That dog... was... brought here by Madam Yu... It was very fierce... Woo woo woo... The big dog ate up the broken pine and bamboo in one bite... Woo woo woo..."

The little guy was still trembling with fear. Su Sui'an felt as if his heart was being tightly squeezed by a big hand, and even breathing hurt.

She hugged Su Jinchi's small body tightly.

Thinking of Chi Er's tragic death in the previous life...

Was he also so frightened and helpless at that time, and finally died in pain?

Su Sui'an didn't dare to think any further...

Taking a deep breath and trying to calm himself down, Su Sui'an called out to the door.

"Liu'er."

Liu Er pushed the door open and walked in, "Miss."

"Go quietly to your mother's place and ask Aunt Deng to come over. Don't let anyone else know."

"Yes, ma'am."

Su Jinchi raised her wet eyes in confusion, "Sister, what did you ask Madam Deng to do?"

Su Sui'an reached out and touched his head, "Chi'er, don't cry, and don't be afraid. Sister will protect you well."

"Chi'er has to protect her sister too." Su Jinchi didn't understand Su Sui'an's deeper meaning. When he heard that Su Sui'an was so sick that he could hardly speak but still wanted to protect him, he quickly imitated Su Sui'an's serious look and told Su Sui'an, "Chi'er has to protect not only her sister, but also her mother."

The little chubby face was embedded with eyes as pure as glass, with a big pool of tears in the bottom of the eyes and two tubes of snot hanging under the nose. After crying just now, and with the dust on his hands from somewhere, he wiped it on his face, and looked like a big tabby cat.

Su Sui'an couldn't help but curl his lips and took the handkerchief beside the pillow to wipe the dirt off his face.

"Sister believes in An'er. An'er is really brave. He tried hard not to cry. He protected himself, mother and sister."

Those beasts...

An'er is only five years old...

Su Sui'an's chest rose and fell for a long time before slowly calming down.

Tentatively asked Su Sui'an, "An'er, can you live in the same yard with your sister for the next two days? Is that okay?"

Su Jinchi heard Su Sui'an's suggestion, tilted his head and thought about it seriously, then shook his head, "It's hard for mother to drink bitter medicine every day now. If I leave too, Aunt Deng and Suguo will have to take time to visit me. Mother will definitely be bullied if she stays alone in Ruoliyuan. Although Chi'er wants to live with her sister, she also wants to protect mother."

In those round, moist eyes, there is a firmness that no one can shake.

Little children see everything.

Brave and resilient.

If it were any other child, they would probably be scared to death after seeing it once or twice.

Thinking of this, Su Sui'an's heart softened and he could no longer say anything else to persuade Su Jinchi.

When Su Jinchi was wiping his nose, he saw that he was still holding a candied haws in his hand. However, because of his behavior just now, the candied haws had already been stained with a few drops of sticky liquid that looked like tears and snot. He quickly handed the candied haws to Su Sui'an, "Sister, eat..."

Su Sui'an quickly pushed the "added sugar-coated haws" back to Su Jinchi, "Sister has grown up and doesn't like to eat sugar-coated haws. Chi'er can eat it."

Perhaps it was because the fear in his heart had been released, Su Jinchi's mood became noticeably brighter.

After realizing that Su Jinchi's emotions had stabilized, Su Sui'an asked Mei'er to take Su Jinchi to drink some calming tea and at the same time delay Su Jinchi's stay in Tingyu Villa.

Nanny Deng came over quickly, looking anxious.

"Miss, I have something to ask you..."

Before she finished speaking, seeing Su Sui'an's cold eyes, Nanny Deng automatically changed the unfinished words to, "Miss, what happened?"

Su Sui looked at Madam Deng for a while before speaking slowly, "Madam, have you noticed that Chi'er has been acting strange these days?"

Thinking of how she had been busy these days and hadn't had time to find a reliable doctor when she saw Su Jinchi become haggard, Nanny Deng suddenly looked like a child who had done something wrong. "I noticed that the young master has lost weight recently. I also asked him if he was feeling unwell these days, but he didn't say anything. So I thought about finding a reliable doctor to see him in the next two days..."

"So you guys have been ignoring Chi'er these days?"

Madam Deng choked and lowered her head in shame, "It was my negligence."

Su Sui'an rubbed his brows tiredly and asked with a nasal voice, "How is Madam Yu doing in Ruoliyuan?"

"He seems to be quite honest, but he likes to take some piss behind people's back..."

Halfway through her speech, Nanny Deng suddenly looked up and met Su Sui'an's sarcastic gaze.

The meaning is self-evident.