Becoming the Empress: Golden Finger Set Under My Bed

Chapter 106: Wooden Puppet

Upon hearing his voice, the woman in black turned to him at once, with her eyes closed and a tender smile on her face.

Grandma Gu’s face darkened. She shot Ye Chengzhi a piercing stare before throwing a black thing directly to him.

“How rude!” She said through her gritted teeth.

He was really rude just then.

Totally blushing in regret, Ye Chengzhi dodged the black small thing. It turned out to be a piece of wood seemingly shaped into a puppet. However, when he observed it carefully, it actually bore no resemblance to a human being. How come there was a mouth on its forehead?

What a weird gadget!

Ye Chengzhi was confused, while An Rushuang picked up the strange wooden puppet. She didn’t ask until she had gazed at it for a long time, “Does this woodcut belong to master Luo Qu?”

She asked because she knew Luo Qu was blind.

Ye Chengzhi curled his lips. Did it look like a human being? Its head was sharp enough to smash herbal medicines. Its face was also creepy.

Upon hearing her voice, Luo Qu suddenly turned slightly worried. She stretched her hands, seemingly wanting to seize something. “It’s mine. The wooden puppet is mine. Si, where is my puppet?”

With a cold glare at An Rushuang, Grandma Gu snatched the strange wooden puppet from her hand before putting it softly in Luo Qu’s palm that was clawing at something wildly in the air.

“Don’t worry, master. Here is your wooden puppet. It fell to the ground just then and was picked up by Miss An.”

Her gentleness greatly surprised An Rushuang and Ye Chengzhi.

Luo Qu stroked the weird wooden puppet, as if it were a priceless treasure which she felt reluctant to put down even for a second.

An Rushuang and Ye Chengzhi couldn’t help feeling upset for different reasons.

An Rushuang wondered whether she was lunatic. If so, how come in her previous life this woman would carry on misdeeds for Zhu Han in three years? If the elixir wasn’t made by her, who did it on earth?

While Ye Chengzhi had confirmed that this beautiful woman should have no interest in his master. Was it merely an unrequited love on his master’s side? It seemed that she had already fallen in love with another man. Though with a creepy face, he was, after all, a real human being.

Were all of their efforts in vain today?

Glancing at each other, they couldn’t help feeling down.

Suddenly, Luo Qu started to murmur a name and sighed with deep feelings, “Bian Wen, Bian Wen...”

Crystal tears trickled down from her cheeks. It was so sad to see a beauty shedding tears.

Though Bian Wen seemed to be a handsome and energetic man when he was young, it was still awkward if he with his old face full of wrinkles stood together with the maid-like Luo Qu.

Upon hearing Luo Qu’s soft tone, Ye Chengzhi couldn’t help trembling in coldness, with the last trace of warmth in his body vanishing. Living with his master for such a long time, he felt so hard to believe that this drop-dead woman actually loved his master that deeply.

It was after such a long time that Luo Qu finally put wooden puppet which had no resemblance of Bian Wen aside. She turned exactly to where An Rushuang stood, her face covered by a tinge of sullenness. “You are the noble lady from the An family recommended by Bian Wen? Did you visit me last time for medicine learning?”

An Rushuang tried her best to keep calm. Even though knowing Luo Qu was blind, she was well-bred enough to keep her demeanor before a blind person.

An Rushuang bowed to Luo Qu with a smile and answered respectfully, “Yes, I am. My surname is An, and given name is Rushuang. Though I happened to know Mr. Bian Wen’s identity, I didn’t have a chance to be apprenticed to him. Given my sincerity, Mr. Bian Wen recommends master Luo Qu to me for medicine learning. However...”

An Rushuang suddenly changed the subject.

Luo Qu raised her eyebrows and asked, “What?”

Grandma Gu frowned at An Rushuang. Would she speak ill of Chuan Qiong? In the candlelight, An Rushuang’s face was very peaceful.

She raised her head to look at Luo Qu, the smile on her face already vanishing. “I came here today not for medicine learning, but for Mr. Bian Wen’s trouble...”

An Rushuang paused, while Ye Chengzhi cut in, “Since master Luo Qu cares so much about my master, you are surely willing to save his life, right?”

An Rushuang frowned upon hearing his words. Ye Chengzhi was so rash. She also blamed herself that she merely told him she could save Bian Wen, but didn’t inform him of the details. As a result, it’s natural for Ye Chengzhi to think that only this Luo Qu they had spent much effort to meet could save his master.

An Rushuang held a different opinion. Without seeing each other for thirty years, they surely would be alienated no matter how deep their love had been. A loving couple were very possible to turn into mortal enemies.

What’s more, Luo Qu did seem very eccentric.

But Ye Chengzhi knew nothing about women. Since Bian Wen was in great danger, it was natural for him to want to get Luo Qu’s promise as soon as possible.

Luo Qu suddenly chuckled. The sharpness and coldness within made them a little panic.

With softness on her face, Luo Qu still seemed delicate and helpless. An Rushuang could even see the tear stains on her cheeks in the light.

An Rushuang still remembered vividly Luo Qu’s expression when she held the wood puppet in her arms.

With her laughter growing louder, Luo Qu began to laugh wildly, her voice as shrill and gruesome as that of the owlet. It was so incredible that such a sound was actually produced by a woman like her.

Shrill and sad.

Grandma Gu was standing aside with her head lowered. With the candlelight behind her, they could see clearly her expression. Neither did they know whether Luo Qu always laughed like this.

Since she stood there without any motion, maybe there was nothing wrong with Luo Qu.

They gritted their teeth to get through such a mental torture.

It was until she was finally too tired to continue that they let out a sigh of relief.

Sitting on the bed, Luo Qu with her face ghastly pale, asked them in a gruesome voice, “Who told you I care about Bian Wen?”

As speechless and shocked as he was, Ye Chengzhi took a step back and held the door frame.

Without waiting for him to answer, Luo Qu continued, “I really hope he dies at once!”