Feeling the hand around her waist tighten, He Xin gently patted his wife's back to soothe her. "Don't worry. Although Lord Shen is our superior, she's also a reasonable one. My elder brother and I should be safe."
His wife asked, "Will she always be reasonable?"
He Xin shook his head. "Probably not."
"You're not the one I'm worried about. It's just..." Leaning against He Xin, his wife sighed and gazed toward He Shu. "If he doesn't change that temperament of his, who knows what might happen? I know what he's like... I just never imagined he'd dare to go this far!"
When she heard what He Shu had done in Shang Nan, her legs had nearly given out.
Her heart had been in turmoil, gripped by fear.
That fear had followed her like a shadow. She feared arriving only to find his corpse, but even more, she feared that He Shu had killed Qi Yuanliang too. After all, Qi Shan was even more ruthless than her husband!
She had no doubt that if Qi Shan died, the guards who had been ordered to threaten her family would hack them all to pieces. They might even piece their bodies back together and send them to He Shu. If Qi Shan lost his life, He Shu would lose his whole family!
That worry had hung over her head the entire time.
Only when they were escorted to the camp did she finally breathe a sigh of relief.
But she had never expected to find not only He Shu there, but He Xin as well.
He Xin said, "Elder brother really was reckless this time."
His wife was just about to agree when He Xin continued, "As the saying goes, when a person dies, the debt dies with them. Elder brother failed