Published: March 8, 2025
On the night after Chu Yang successfully escaped from the Li family.
The maids stationed outside suddenly heard a faint groan coming from inside.
Could it be that Master Zi has awakened? Should we go in now... is that okay?
Just as they hesitated, there was a loud thud from within, as if someone had fallen off the bed, followed by another voice saying, "Ouch, my mother... who put I under the bed..." Then came a series of groans.
Then one voice said, "Why am I lying here? Where is this?"
The people outside were puzzled: What is happening?
Then a scream came out: "I I I... where is my beard?"
"My beard, where did it go?"
"Oh my goodness... who knocked me out? Who stole my beard?"
The few people outside exchanged glances, speechless: Seriously, your beard... who would steal that? Is it something valuable?
Then everyone suddenly realized: Isn't this the voice of the old physician who claimed to have gone out to gather herbs? What happened...
Just as they thought of this, there was a commotion inside, and soon a person crawled out, rolling and scrambling, lying on the ground with a tearful face, asking, "What is going on?"
Everyone was shocked, their eyes wide open: Isn't this the younger of the two physicians who came that day? Wasn't he inside taking care of Master Zi all this time? Although there was no sound coming from inside, everyone admired his dedication. How did he end up like this now?
Then another voice came from inside, followed by another person crawling out. He lay at the doorway, looking up with tears in his eyes: "What is going on? Where is my beard?"
Upon seeing this, the maids collectively petrified!
Pairs of beautiful eyes nearly popped out of their sockets at that moment!
Isn't this the old physician who went out to gather herbs? What... happened? His chin is smooth; not a single beautiful long beard is left...
The group was collectively stunned, as if they had seen a ghost!
After a long while, a scream pierced the night sky!
...
"You useless fools! Absolutely useless!" Li Wubo's nose twitched with anger as he glared at the two physicians in front of him like he wanted to eat them alive: "Where is the person? Where did he go? Huh? Are you both dead? A severely injured living person has been missing under your noses for two days, and you two are still sleeping?"
The physician looked dazed, still unclear about what had happened: "Yes... where is he? Where did Master Zi go... his injuries are serious..."
The other person stammered in defense: "We weren't sleeping..."
Li Wubo shouted, "Shut up!"
Immediately the two fell silent like cicadas in winter.
"Speak! You two idiots! What on earth happened?!" Li Wubo was furious, his hair nearly standing on end.
Damn it, I tasked you to watch over him, and now he's gone... what will happen to my Amethyst mine?
The two of them shivered, feeling wronged: What the hell, you just told us to shut up one moment and then blame us for not talking the next... What are we supposed to listen to? You’re impossible to deal with...
Trembling, they recounted the events, but the more Li Wubo listened, the more confused he became. The more he listened, the more frustrated he got, his anger boiling over: "Don't continue! You two fools! Are you trying to kill me with anger?!"
The two physicians felt completely wronged: Are you asking us to talk or not? We can't figure it out...
"Could it be that some outsiders took advantage of this opportunity while the Purple Sky Smoke was injured, attacking our people and stealing the Purple Sky Smoke?" Li Tongtian, who was beside them, frowned and said.
"Impossible!" Li Wubo categorically denied: "I have arranged a total of eight supreme sixth rank experts nearby. Two supreme seventh rank... if that were the case, they would have definitely heard something!"
He grinned viciously: "Since we decided on a follow-up plan, how could we be unguarded?"
"Patriarch, if it wasn't an enemy taking him away... from this perspective... that Purple Sky Smoke may have taken this opportunity to escape... But if that’s the case, there must be a premise: his injuries are fake. But why would that be?" An old man with a white beard stroked his beard and said.