Sure enough, it had not been beyond Lu Fei's expectations in the end. This woman had made her move, and her target was still that pale-faced scholar. At first, Lu Fei had intended to do everything he could to protect him.
But he had not expected this woman to truly make a move against him in the end. Although Lu Fei had anticipated it, seeing something like this happen so suddenly still left him somewhat shocked.
Lu Fei had originally planned to wake the pale-faced scholar in the morning and take him to breakfast, perhaps taking a look at what interesting things could be found in the nearby forest.
But the moment he entered the room, he saw the pale-faced scholar lying stiffly on the bed. Calling to him brought no response, and shaking him did nothing either. Lu Fei immediately realized something was wrong.
Just as Lu Fei went in, less than five minutes later, foam began spilling from the pale-faced scholar's mouth. It seemed the poison administered last night had shown its obvious effects this morning.
Lu Fei had wanted to carefully examine what the foam coming from his mouth was and what had caused him to die like this. But the truth of the matter was already obvious, and there was no point in continuing the investigation.
Lu Fei had originally wanted to clear the pale-faced scholar's name, but he felt there was no need to thoroughly investigate the matter. Still, it was truly a pity that such an innocent person had died.
"Little Haku, I've truly let you down. I promised at the start that I would treat you well and protect you, but in the end, I failed to do so. I'm truly sorry. I have too many things of my own to do."
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