Chapter 533: Breakthrough (3)
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
She kowtowed heavily to Gu Yanfei, then raised her head and looked at her almost reverently.
Gu Yanfei took out a compa.s.s from her sleeve and casually turned the needle. She counted with her fingers and said, “Wuliang Temple. Take the Hua family tree to Wuliang Temple.”
With that, she turned around and walked toward the door. The old women in the Gu family hurriedly moved the chairs and coffee table away.
Madam Hua didn’t stop Gu Yanfei or move. She just watched her cross the high threshold in a daze, as if she had lost half of her soul.
“Squeak—”
The vermilion doors on both sides were gradually closed.
Halfway through the door, Gu Yanfei stopped on the other side of the threshold and said casually, “By the way, there’s not much time left for your son.”
“Now, their lives are connected. If he dies, he dies too.”
“If he lives, so does he.”
“There are 24 hours left.”
After the last word, the red-painted door of the Gu Mansion closed heavily.
The sound of the door closing echoed in Madam Hua’s ears like a thunderstorm.
Outside the door, Madam Hua was left alone. She stood there in a daze and didn’t move for a long time. Only Gu Yanfei’s words echoed in her mind.
I’m the only one who can save my sons?!
Yes, I’m the only one!
As their mother, I’m the only one who can save them!
At this moment, this thought was already engraved in her heart, as if it was deeply engraved.
Madam Hua also turned around and got into another carriage. She instructed the nanny resolutely, “Let’s go back to Anci County!”
The nanny in charge didn’t expect Madam to return to the residence first instead of going to the Myriad Herb Hall, but she didn’t dare say anything.
Their carriage immediately set off on its way back to Anci County. Along the way, under the repeated urging of Madam Hua, they galloped without stopping.
When the servants in the Hua Mansion saw that only Madam had returned alone and didn’t see Master Hua and the Second Young Master, they were all very surprised.
An old nanny rushed over to welcome her.
Madam Hua asked anxiously, “Nanny Zhao, how’s Eldest Young Master?”
Granny Zhao replied respectfully, “Eldest Young Master just woke up and ate a bowl of porridge. Just now, he was supported by a servant and walked around the house. I think he looks much better.”
Granny Zhao also found it strange. Yesterday, Old Doctor w.a.n.g had clearly said that the Eldest Young Master wouldn’t be able to survive today, but now, the Eldest Young Master looked better. Could it be… his last breath?
“Really?” Madam Hua asked again.
Granny Zhao nodded.
She thought that the first thing Madam would do when she returned was to see the Eldest Young Master. Unexpectedly, Madam Hua walked quickly in the other direction.
Granny Zhao chased after her in shock.
Madam Hua walked faster and faster, her chest heaving violently. From her eyes to her heart, she felt the same sourness.
What Second Lady Gu said is true. Everything has been proven.
Second Lady Gu said that my two sons’ lifespans are connected now. It must be true that there are only 24 hours left.
No, there’s less than 24 hours.
Thud! Thud!
At the thought of this, Madam Hua’s heart suddenly beat faster, and her heart tightened.
The time limit hung high above Madam Hua’s neck like a guillotine. With every quarter of an hour that pa.s.sed, the guillotine seemed to press down an inch…
Madam Hua didn’t dare stay for a moment. She jogged to the Hua family ancestral hall to get the family tree.
The old woman guarding the ancestral hall naturally didn’t dare to stop Madam Hua. Madam Hua arrived at the back hall of the ancestral hail unimpeded. She took out the family tree enshrined in front of the ancestral tablet and quickly flipped through it.
She found the pages in their room and looked at them carefully.
Her expression became uglier and uglier, and her fingers even trembled uncontrollably.
As expected.
If she remembered correctly, in every generation of the clan, there would be 17 or 18-year-old males who died young. Looking up, Master Hua’s second uncle had pa.s.sed away at the age of 18. His third uncle had pa.s.sed away at the age of 16. His great-granduncle had died at the age of 19… Every male married someone after his death.
Except for the previous generation, Master Hua was the only son.
This couldn’t be a coincidence!
When these things were put together and combined with Master Hua’s strange behavior just now, the cruel truth was obvious!
If it wasn’t a coincidence, then it was naturally done by someone.
Madam Hua was in a daze, and her mind was in a mess..