1957: C1957 It Was like an Illusion in the Blink of an Eye

C1957 It Was like an Illusion in the Blink of an Eye

Shen Yinbing dared to bet with her head that she wouldn't see the Death Herba for more than two hours.

In these two hours, she spent one and a half hours listening to Queen Hera talk about Death Herba s. The rest of her time was spent staring at this bunch of Death Herba, imagining how it would look like when it bloomed.

How long could it take?

However, Queen Hera told her that they had already stayed in front of the Death Herba for two whole days.

How much time would two days be, that was forty-eight hours.

Would Shen Yinbing dream of staying here for two days and two nights?

It was all bullshit.

The corner of Shen Yinbing's mouth twitched. She was about to say something when she saw Queen Hera holding onto a stone and slowly standing up. She said hoarsely, "Mrs. Gao, let's go sit over at the rocking chair."

Shen Yinbing did not say a word, nor would she object.

In reality, she was really afraid of these Death Herba that could spew blood whenever they were pulled out. She really wanted to leave immediately, since no one would be willing to stay with such an evil being.

Silently, Shen Yinbing followed Queen Hera down the hill and walked around the lake to the rocking chair they used to sit on.

A few torches had already been lit up, but there were no white muslin pretty girls, only Hera who was sitting on the grass with her hands on her legs and her chin on her knees. She seemed to be sleeping.

Hearing the sound of footsteps, Hera opened her eyes.

When she saw Shen Yinbing, she immediately jumped up from the ground and happily shouted, "Mrs. Gao, it's been two days since I last saw you. I thought you were going to abandon me and leave me be!"

"What?"

The corner of Shen Yinbing's eyes twitched violently once more. She glanced at Queen Hera before swallowing her saliva with difficulty. She slowly asked, "You … how long have you been waiting for me here?"

"Two days."

Hera raised her head and looked at the night sky. With a puzzled expression on her face, she repeated, "I've waited here for you for two days."

At this point, Hera noticed (or recognized) Lily, who was standing next to Shen Yinbing. She quickly took a step back, bent down, and said in a low voice, "Dear Lily, I haven't dared to walk around the garden without permission in the past two days."

Lily waved her hand at Hera's request. She walked to a rocking chair and sat down. She raised her hand and patted it lightly.

Immediately, a young lady with a gauze veil appeared from a flower bush not far away.

"Prepare the food and drinks."

Queen Hera instructed softly.

Soon, a dozen young, muslin like beauties appeared in front of Shen Yinbing, carrying exquisite tables and chairs, delicious dishes, and the most beautiful red wine. They started to busy themselves in an orderly fashion.

After all the muslin girls were done, Lily sat on the chair that represented her master and said to Shen Yinbing, "Mrs. Gao, please sit down – Hera, you should sit down as well."

Hera thanked her repeatedly. When she saw that Shen Yinbing was in a daze, she hurriedly helped her to walk to the chair.

With Hera's help, Shen Yinbing sat like a puppet on a chair, staring at the fragrant roasted goose. In her messy mind, there was always a voice: Two days, two days passed just like that.

Absolute darkness.

It had never happened before, not even when her Shen City was investigated by the higher ups.

These days, it was as if she was dreaming.

Everything she saw seemed like a dream, so unreal.

It was as if she had been sitting by a stream, looking up at the white clouds, wondering where life had come from — woken up by a fish leaping out of the water, only to realize that it was already several days later.

When the people from R Country were in a demonstration when Mr. Yamaguti was hurt, and when they were in the most intense moment of the commotion, a heaven-defying video of Chu Liangxiao quietly returning to her own residence appeared on the web.

Then, she completely entered the 'blink of an eye' world.

Everything that happened after that happened in the blink of an eye.

It seems, maybe, maybe. Following the appearance of that video, the people from the R Country became completely mute.

She seemed to have returned to the Chu Family, but she did not see anyone at the helm of the Chu Family. The chair he usually sat at was empty, symbolizing his authority in the Chu Family.

Perhaps she had been to the Fang family to see how the Fang family would react to this. However, she, who was once a very popular daughter-in-law in the Fang family, had not even been able to get into the Fang family.

She might have gone to work, as she always did, and the men who used to greet her with smiles on their faces when they saw her go past them all stayed away from her, no one went to her office, no one but her secretary, as if she were the only person in the building who could work for a hundred people.

In the blink of an eye, several days passed.

Chu Liangxiao, accompanied by her secretary, walked out of the hospital.

Today's weather was a rarely seen good day for Jingdu City. The sky had an azure color that he had not seen for many days — this was probably because of the strong northern wind that blew at midnight last night.

The wind from the north blew away the mist that shrouded over the Jingdu City, and blew even colder on Chu Liangxiao's fragile heart.

Early in the morning, when the golden morning sun rose from the east, Chu Liangxiao arrived at a hospital.

Her fiancé, Faang Yunkang, was beaten half to death by angry Chinese on the night that the video was released because of his despicable act of 'selling his country'. According to Little Wang, he had at least eleven fractured ribs and only one tooth remained in his mouth.

In short, that night was a nightmare for Faang Yunkang.

It was a nightmare that he would never forget.

Chu Liangxiao was very clear that ever since that day, Faang Yunkang, who had great accomplishments in the government, had his career path frozen. Who would like this traitor, who would help an outsider (especially a R Country user) to frame their compatriot for his own benefit?

Even the Fang Clan themselves would not be able to accept such a harsh reality.

So from the moment the video spread, Faang Yunkang's career had come to an end.

According to Chu Liangxiao's experience, the Fang family would definitely react at the first moment. For example, they would solemnly declare that Faang Yunkang be expelled from the Fang family and handed over to the judicial department to be charged with framing, while the Fang family would not interfere.

Perhaps, the Fang family would be even more ruthless in their actions.

Because the interests of an established family like this, the entire family was the most important, especially when Faang Yunkang's shamelessness had completely touched the bottom line of the people's hatred towards a certain country. The Fang family would definitely not hesitate to cut off their tail before the overwhelming accusations could be made!

Faang Yunkang's actions made the Fang family's old man feel that using the idiom of 'throwing a pawnbroker' was blasphemy to the dynasty.

Even if she used her feet, Chu Liangxiao knew that Faang Yunkang was finished.

Completely finished.

However, Chu Liangxiao did not abandon him. At the very least, in this most difficult part of his life, she would not abandon him. She would let him know that no matter what happened, she would always be with him.

Because she was his fiancée, his trusted life partner.

So this morning, after finally finding out which hospital Faang Yunkang was treated at, Chu Liangxiao rushed over at the first possible moment.

But Chu Liangxiao regretted it.

It wasn't that she regretted coming to see Faang Yunkang. She just regretted not resisting the pressure of the family, betraying Tang Peng, and accepting Faang Yunkang's pursuit.2

If Tang Peng was Faang Yunkang, he would definitely be a mad dog when he saw her in front of the brick bed. He grabbed everything he could get and threw it at Chu Liangxiao viciously.

He told her to get lost.

Scram as far as you can.

He called her a fox spirit.

If he wasn't captivated by her beauty, he wouldn't have had the thought of dealing with Tang Peng.

He said to her, Don't ever let me see you again, or I'll kill you!

Chu Liangxiao just stood there like a fool, guarding the staff and her secretary. She didn't even know that blood was flowing down her forehead when the bottle smashed onto her forehead. She just looked at Faang Yunkang blankly, who was stopped by the nurse, and asked herself, "Who is he?"

It was Faang Yunkang.

Walking out of the hospital like a zombie, Chu Liangxiao finally remembered who the man was: he was Faang Yunkang whom she had decided to rely on when he was down, even if the two of them went to beg for food in the future, she would still give him the best.

However, that person rejected her.

Chu Liangxiao's heart shattered like a mist being blown away by the wind.

Even the secretary, who had not heard him, had touched her lightly on the arm.

"What's wrong?"

Only then did Chu Liangxiao turn her head, looking at the calm and collected expression on her secretary's face. She didn't even know how she could be so calm.

"Chu--let me wipe your face."

The secretary was a good girl whom Chu Liangxiao had brought over from Shen City. She had accompanied her through all the ups and downs in these two years.

"It's fine."

Chu Liangxiao smiled but didn't refuse.

"Yamaguti Shiqi, he died in the hospital two nights ago."

The secretary wiped the blood off Chu Liangxiao's forehead with a veil, then whispered the news to her.

Yamaguti Shiqi could be said to be the culprit that led Faang Yunkang and Chu Liangxiao to fall into despair.

Even if a single gesture of his could affect the development of the whole thing, Chu Liangxiao had never known that he had died in the hospital two days ago.

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