After being reborn, I became the apple of my enemy's eye.

Chapter 166 Coming one after another

After Zheng Jihua's reminder, the woman immediately covered her head with her hands and remembered what had happened that day.

It was clearly just another day like any other.

She and her husband were in the house when a group of men in black suddenly burst in. Without saying a word, they drew their knives and slashed at her husband.

Her husband was not a weak scholar; he was a skilled warrior, and naturally he would not show mercy to the thieves who broke in.

Unfortunately, she was heavily pregnant and couldn't do anything, so he had to protect her.

Even with his exceptional skills, he was no match for those people.

She recalled the cuts and slits on her husband's body, the bright red blood dripping from his flesh, and her eyes stung with tears, her whole body trembling uncontrollably.

Zheng Jihua reached out to support her and comfort her.

Seeing Zheng Jihua's action, she immediately reached out and pushed Zheng Jihua's hand away.

"My husband is a lucky man, he won't have this kind of accident happen to him. I have to go back and wait for him."

Zheng Jihua said coldly, "You can't go back. When we arrived, the house had already been set on fire by those people. Your husband also perished in the fire while protecting you. I originally wanted to save him, but I found that he had stopped breathing and you had fainted. I could only take you away first."

The woman still didn't believe it. She looked at Zheng Jihua and reached out to grab his sleeve.

"Since that's what you say, then take me back to see. I won't believe he's dead until I see my husband's remains."

She struggled to stand up again.

Zheng Jihua tightened his grip, pressing down on her shoulders to prevent her from moving.

"I already told you, that person is already dead. Why are you hurting yourself like this? Do you want to die with him?"

The woman suddenly raised her head and said to Zheng Jihua, "If my husband dies, I will die with him."

Zheng Jihua raised his hand, but couldn't bring himself to touch her face.

He reached out to her and said, "Xiang'er, did you hear those two words?"

The woman was also startled, and she looked at Zheng Jihua.

"What did you call me?"

Zheng Jihua said, "Don't you recognize me?"

The woman then looked up and carefully examined Zheng Jihua's face. When she saw Zheng Jihua's face clearly and realized who he was, she was also full of astonishment.

"It's you!"

She exclaimed in surprise.

Zheng Jihua understood that she had recognized him, and he naturally felt relieved.

However, he maintained a calm expression on his face.

"I was too late. If I had come earlier, none of this would have happened."

The woman immediately lowered her head and said, "I still can't believe the news that he's dead. Please, take me to see him."

Regardless of what Zheng Jihua says.

She still had to go back to her room to see her husband.

Zheng Jihua then used her child as an excuse, saying, "You're about to give birth, do you want something to happen to you? If something happens to you, I absolutely cannot agree to it."

The woman had made up her mind: "Then my life is in vain. I might as well go with the child in my womb."

Zheng Jihua, however, could not persuade her otherwise.

Seeing her determination to go.

He could only instruct his servants to prepare the carriage.

The woman immediately tried to stand up.

Zheng Jihua reached out and grabbed her arm, helping her up.

The woman immediately reached out to push Zheng Jihua away, saying, "Men and women should not touch each other. I am already someone else's wife, so it's best not to get so close."

Zheng Jihua remained calm, showing no emotion whatsoever.

Instead, she was exceptionally polite, saying, "With your belly so big now, even others wouldn't dare let you walk like this. I'm still a friend of the kindergarten teacher, so it's no big deal for me to help you."

Despite his words, the woman still refused to accept them.

She asked her maid to help her up.

Zheng Jihua could only send her maids over, saying, "You all come and help her."

After the maid helped her out, she was ready to go to the carriage.

Zheng Jihua accompanied them onto the carriage again, and instructed the people around him to take good care of the mansion.

“I’ll go with her on this trip.”

As soon as Zheng Jihua left, Lu Lan wanted to complain, but there was no one to stand up for her.

That's why the concubine dared to treat Lu Lan this way.

Even if we wait a few days until the adults return, it would be better if Lu Lan couldn't make it and died young.

But the concubine knew the truth.

The woman Zheng Jihua brought back was someone she valued more than anyone else before.

She felt even more displeased. Why couldn't those people even do something so simple? They even left some alive.

She looked at the old woman and asked, "Old woman, none of the people you found have returned alive?"

The old woman shook her head.

None of the people I found came back.

The concubine looked at the empty courtyard and realized that someone was missing. Thinking of the person from before, she asked the nanny, "Where is he? Why isn't he in my courtyard?"

The old woman then asked, "Who is the lady referring to?"

The concubine didn't explicitly state his name, but she made eye contact with the old woman.

The old woman immediately knew who she was asking about.

That person was also sent out by him, and he heard that he had been sent out as well.

The concubine asked with some worry, "What if the master finds out he's from our courtyard?"

The old woman shook her head and said with great certainty, "Madam, don't worry. That person has been clever since he was a child and won't do anything foolish. He will be back soon. Madam can rest assured and leave things to him."

Hearing the nanny say this with such confidence.

The concubine didn't say anything more.

On Yan Yun's side, Bai Ying sent back a reply.

It is fast, though.

In the letter, Ru Qing said that she was still a little worried. She didn't intend to hide it from Yan Yun; she was genuinely worried about Lu Yan.

She still doesn't know how such an accident could have suddenly happened at the Lu residence.

How could someone as accomplished as Lu Mingyuan have encountered such a thing?

Yan Yun couldn't give any answers right now. Logically speaking, with such a big thing happening, the people in the city should be in a state of panic.

But on the contrary, the city remained bustling and prosperous, and even Qiao You's travel was not restricted.

The academy remains unchanged.

Young ladies from wealthy families still flocked to the academy, making it a popular destination.

As more and more young ladies came to visit, so did the number of people with ill intentions who came to the door.

Although Zheng Jihua had ordered the men to stand guard outside the door, they couldn't all tell which were good and which were bad.

Yu Zhi was talking with her other girlfriends.

The man walked straight in from outside the door.

Upon hearing the man's voice, Yu Zhi and the others attempted to leave.

But when she thought of what Yan Yun had said, she felt that she should act with integrity and uprightness.

But before she could finish thinking...

The person next to her immediately grabbed her hand and pulled her aside.

"Let's go, don't stand here."

Those people came to sabotage us. They said to Yu Zhi, "Doesn't the sign on this door say that both men and women can come in? Why did you all hide from us when we came in? Did you do something wrong?"

Upon hearing this, Yu Zhi was about to retort.

But the ladies next to him shook their heads; they naturally didn't want to respond.

Seeing that they had come with ill intentions, Shu Shu immediately went to complain to Yan Yun.

However, the sign posted outside the door was indeed written by Yan Yun himself, indicating that both men and women could come.

That person wasn't wrong.

Yan Yun followed him out. He happened to meet the man's gaze.

Yan Yun said, "If you gentlemen are here to read, please tell the page at the front desk what kind of book you need. Men and women should not touch each other, as is written in this book. Please observe the proper etiquette."

Before she could finish speaking...

The two attendants entered from outside the academy, glancing at the person about to speak.

The two men originally wanted to speak, but faced with the two Japanese attendants, they knew they couldn't just open their mouths.

They wandered around the academy, looking around again and again, before slinking away in a dejected manner.

Shu Shu stood aside and gave Yan Yun a thumbs up again.

No matter how many times this happens, Yan Yun still has to step in.

Although Yan Yun didn't want to cause trouble, these kinds of things kept bothering her.

It was also that night.

Yan Yun drove those people away during the day.

In the evening, she took Qing'er back to the mansion.

Qing'er has now fully recovered and will continue to follow Yan Yun no matter what.

Yan Yun could only let her follow him.

In the middle of the night.

Someone sneaked into the academy.

The academy was full of old books that burned exceptionally fast when exposed to fire.

The man in black took out a tinderbox he was carrying, blew on it, and immediately lit the oil lamp next to him. He picked up the oil lamp and pushed it to the ground.

The flames erupted instantly.

The person who lit the fire immediately told them to run away.

Yan Yun didn't sleep at all, focusing on studying the sword. Although he didn't have a master to teach him, the scattered fragments in Yan Yun's mind were able to piece together the moves.

Yan Yun felt uncomfortable using a sword, and her palms were covered in blisters.

When she got a little tired from practicing, she put the sword away.

Its white eagle returned quickly, and the black eagle was also slowly able to fly again.

Considering that it used to be paralyzed on the ground, its rapid recovery must be thanks to the changed medication.

Yan Yun instructed Qing'er to fetch water for her so she could wash up and rest.

We went to the academy the next day.

The academy was perfectly fine when I left yesterday.

Overnight, it turned into a still-smoking fire.

Yan Yun stepped down from the carriage, almost losing his balance, as he looked at the academy that had been completely engulfed in flames.