Chapter 135

Li Xusheng suddenly stopped in his tracks.

The next moment, he slowly turned around, his gaze fixed on Mrs. Zuo.

She stood there, looking helpless, her left hand caressing her abdomen while her right hand reached out, as if trying to hold him back.

“What did you say?” Li Xusheng’s voice trembled slightly.

Mrs. Zuo walked a few steps towards him, grabbed his rough hand, and pressed it against her newly swollen belly.

Li Xusheng couldn’t express his feelings at this moment.

He despised himself, hated himself.

Because when he heard the news just now, the first thing that surged in his heart was immense joy.

To punish himself and her, he deliberately spoke the most malicious words.

“How do I know if this child is mine? Who knows if you were climbing into bed with Zuo Heying while you were with me—”

Slap!

A loud slap echoed.

Mrs. Zuo’s face turned red, her expression desperate as she looked at Li Xusheng, who had turned his head away, trembling violently.

“How… how can you say such things! You’re forcing me to die!”

“Fine, Li Xusheng, I don’t want to live anyway. I might as well die in front of you today, ending this injustice once and for all!”

As Mrs. Zuo moved towards the window, before she could turn around, Li Xusheng suddenly hugged her from behind.

There was a moment of silence in the room, followed by Mrs. Zuo’s low, heavy sobbing.

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Leaning against the wall, Zuo Anning slowly sank to the ground.

She looked up, staring blankly at the closed window, her eyes empty and lifeless.

Aunt Zhu was truly horrified, trembling uncontrollably, wanting to help Zuo Anning up but finding herself powerless.

Heavens, not only was the lady having an affair with another man, she was also pregnant with his child. How… how would the Duke of Yan handle this, how would Miss Zuo handle this?

Aunt Zhu pondered for a long time, but she really had no idea.

She only knew that the Duke of Yan must be informed of this matter, and he must make the decision!

With this in mind, Aunt Zhu slowly mustered some strength, got up to help Zuo Anning.

She was truly scared. She couldn’t bear to hear any unpleasant sounds from next door.

Miss couldn’t afford any more shocks!

“Miss, let’s go!”

Aunt Zhu’s face was extremely heavy, and under the shock, she momentarily forgot to keep her voice down.

Realizing her mistake, she suddenly covered her mouth, listened carefully for a moment, and when there was no sound from next door, she breathed a sigh of relief.

Thank goodness, her voice just now was very soft.

With the help of Aunt Zhu’s strength, Zuo Anning stood up. She looked numb, without any struggle.

Aunt Zhu gently opened the door, but just as she was about to peek out, a strong hand suddenly grabbed her neck from behind!

“Mmm!”

Aunt Zhu instantly couldn’t make a sound, only staring at the man in front of her with horror.

He had a handsome face, but at this moment, it was full of killing intent, his eyes fierce, as if he wanted to devour her!

“Mmm mmm mmm!”

Aunt Zhu knew she had no hope of escape, so she desperately waved her hands behind her, gesturing for Zuo Anning to run.

But the only exit had been blocked by Li Xusheng, and Zuo Anning had nowhere to go.

Li Xusheng coldly raised his eyes, but when he saw Zuo Anning’s face clearly, he was also startled.

Just now, when he heard Aunt Zhu’s voice, he was worried that his affair with Li Niang would be exposed, so he decided to come here to silence her.

But he never expected that the person in the room would be Li Niang’s daughter!

Zuo Anning saw Aunt Zhu’s feet leave the ground, and her face turned extremely pale in fear. She shouted, “Don’t kill Aunt Zhu!”

In the adjacent room, Mrs. Zuo was feeling nervous, but suddenly heard this extremely familiar voice. She trembled all over, unable to describe the horror in her heart!

The next moment, she hurried over and peeked from behind Li Xusheng, instantly feeling weak.

“Ning… Ning’er!”

Seeing Mrs. Zuo follow, Li Xusheng knew that today’s matter couldn’t end well.

He immediately threw Aunt Zhu into the room and followed Mrs. Zuo in.

“Aunt Zhu!”

Zuo Anning called out anxiously and rushed over to help Aunt Zhu up.

Aunt Zhu’s face turned purple, and after Zuo Anning patted her back a few times vigorously, she started coughing violently, one cough after another.

Seeing Aunt Zhu recover, Zuo Anning was almost in tears of joy.

“Ning… Ning’er, why are you here?”

Mrs. Zuo stood there, at a loss, looking at Zuo Anning cautiously.

She silently prayed in her heart, hoping that Zuo Anning hadn’t heard anything.

Zuo Anning pinched her trembling hands, feeling the pain and despair surging up in her heart.

But after scanning Li Xusheng, she knew that she and Aunt Zhu were already fish on the chopping board.

To save her life, she could only choose to play dumb.

“Mother, Ning’er was worried about you, so she followed you when she saw you going out alone. But after entering this teahouse, she lost track of you.”

“I waited in this room for a while, found it to be a waste of time, and decided to return home.”

“Who knew that as soon as I opened the door, this person attacked Aunt Zhu!”

Zuo Anning spoke angrily, pointing at Li Xusheng, while her other hand tightly held Aunt Zhu’s hand behind her back.

Aunt Zhu had already recovered, and she could only use this method to remind Aunt Zhu not to give anything away!

Otherwise, maybe she could still survive, but Aunt Zhu would definitely not!

Aunt Zhu saw Zuo Anning standing in front of her protecting her, and her heart trembled.

At this moment, she hated Mrs. Zuo extremely. Why did she have to do such a disgraceful thing, ruining Miss’s life!

Hearing Zuo Anning’s words, although Mrs. Zuo felt a slight relief in her heart, she still couldn’t completely relax.

She stepped forward step by step, smiling and saying, “Ning’er, this is Mother’s distant cousin whom you haven’t met yet.”

“Just now, he was also startled by Aunt Zhu, so he lost control of his hands.”

“Don’t be afraid, Ning’er, it’s all a misunderstanding.”

Mrs. Zuo squatted down, gently stroking Zuo Anning’s cheek.

Zuo Anning couldn’t help but tremble in her heart. Her mother’s hand used to be the gentlest comfort in the world to her, but now it felt so strange, with a bone-chilling coldness.

“Mother, can you ask him to leave first? Your daughter is scared.”

Zuo Anning forced a smile, tears shimmering in her eyes.

“Of course, Ning’er, you are Mother’s good daughter, Mother will listen to you.”

Mrs. Zuo smiled gently, about to gesture to Li Xusheng to leave.

But Li Xusheng’s eyes suddenly became fierce, and he strode towards Zuo Anning.

Zuo Anning managed to maintain the last trace of sanity, but Aunt Zhu immediately got up, red-eyed, and hugged Zuo Anning tightly.

“Get away! No one can touch Miss! Get away!”

Aunt Zhu shouted hysterically, and Li Xusheng stopped abruptly, suddenly speaking coldly:

“Li Niang, don’t harbor any more illusions. Obviously, they’ve heard everything!”