Chongfei Manual - Chapter 170.2

Chapter 170.2

Chapter: 170 . 2 out of 171

The drizzle was accompanied by a cold wind and soaked the sides of Li Song’s sleeves . Because it was late autumn, there was a penetrating chilliness even though it wasn’t raining heavily . For every step he took, Li Song felt as if his body was turning into ice . But, his expression didn’t change and he arrived at Duke Ying’s residence’s corner entrance to see that it's wooden doors were closed . He didn’t see a fiendishly older female servant or a startled and terrified young girl here either .

Li Song stood in front of the corner entrance for a long time . His expression couldn’t be clearly seen . The oil papered umbrella blocked most of his face and only his perfectly curved chin was exposed .

Lu Shi stood behind him and silently waited with him . After a while, seeing that Li Song wasn’t moving at all, he finally asked, “Young Master, are you waiting for someone?”

Shortly after, Li Song finally moved . He strode towards the alley that was next to the corner entrance and threw down these words, “Wait for me here . You don’t need to follow me . ”

Lu Shi was at a total loss . At first, he blindly followed Li Song for two steps . But, after seeing Li Song’s unwavering steps, he slowly stopped . He looked at Li Song’s back figure in confusion .

Li Song entered the alley where Wei Luo had disappeared into a few days ago . After taking several steps into the alley, the path became more and more narrow as he walked deeper into the alley .

The raindrops slid down from the eaves and dripped down onto the limestone path . The sound of the raindrops was both quiet and melodious . The surrounding area was unspeakably quiet because very people went through this alley .

Li Song gradually slowed his pace and took a turn into another alley . Last time, he hadn’t taken this path and had directly left the alley into the bustling street . Today, he was walking slowly, so he had noticed this path .

Li Song walked several more steps before stopping in front of a place where the eaves were protruding . He lifted up his umbrella and started at the scene in front of him .

The girl underneath the eaves noticed that someone had come and slowly raised her head from her knees . She blinked her black, limpid, almond-shaped eyes . At first, she was so surprised that she didn’t know how to react . Soon after, she faintly pursed her pink lips and observed Li Song for a while before slowly putting her head down . Her temperament was rather stubborn . She didn’t say a word or make a sound . She just quietly curled up in the corner like an abandoned cat .

Last time, she had only been afraid because he had discovered her hiding in Duke Ying’s residence’s corner entrance . This time, she hadn’t done anything wrong .

The two of the stayed like this . One was standing and the other was sitting . Neither of them spoke until the rain became heavier and the bottom of their clothes had become soaking wet .

When Wei Luo lifted up her skirt and shrank further back underneath the eaves, her pink, satin shoes that were embroidered with orchids were exposed . Although her clothes were old, they were very clean . Only her face was slightly dirty from the dust that had come off from the walls . She looked quite pitiful .

This was the first time that Li Song saw Wei Luo looking so pitiful . In his previous life, Wei Luo was always proud and willful . No matter what she was doing, she always behaved as if it was her natural right . Her unyielding spirit made people hate her to the point of wanting to gnash their teeth in anger, but it almost made people want to be closer to her .

He had never seen her so lonely and weak .

After Li Song had looked at her for a while, he suddenly lowered his eyes and chuckled .

When he laughed, he was quite good-looking . He had a handsome and elegant appearance to begin with, but because he usually acted arrogant and unrestrained, it made people have an instinctive dislike towards him .

Wei Luo couldn’t make head or tail of his sudden laughter . She glanced at him before looking away and continuing to stare at her feet .

She originally thought she could easily reunite with her father after she found Duke Ying’s residence . She hadn’t expected that it would be so difficult to enter the residence . She had gone there several times, but she was driven away each time . Last time, it had been even more severe than usual . That older female servant had told the household’s servants to teach her a lesson . Fortunately, she had run away quickly . Otherwise, who knows how badly she would have been beaten .

Wei Luo was feeling very gloomy . She didn’t know when she would be able to see her father .

As she was thinking about this, Wei Luo noticed that the person next to her had slightly moved from her peripheral vision .

Li Song walked closed . Without giving time for Wei Luo to react, he leaned over and grabbed Wei Luo’s wrist . He pulled her up, turned around, and started walking .

Startled, Wei Luo tried to move back and pry Li Song’s hand from her wrist . She stared at him with her black, almond-shaped eyes and said, “Who are you? Where are you taking me? Let me go . ”

After leaving the shelter of the eaves, the heavy rain quickly drenched the hair in front of Wei Luo’s forehead . Under the cleansing rain, her eyes became even clearer as if a layer of water covered them . Her eyes reflected Li Song’s figure .

Li Song let go of her wrist and moved the umbrella over her head . He lowered his eyes to look at her wrist . The part of her wrist that he had been holding onto before had already turned red . There was even a light circle of green above the red mark . It was probably from him injuring her the last time they had met . The bruise still hadn’t healed .

He remembered that he had been very forceful at the time because he had been scared that she would run away .

Li Song raised the hand that had been at his side and gently moved her soaked, loose hair behind her ears . He looked at her with a burning gaze as he said, “Come with me . ”

Wei Luo directly looked at him and saw a predatory gleam in his eyes that wouldn’t allow any refusal . She instinctively shook her head and said, “No…” After saying this, she turned around and started to run away from him . She definitely didn’t know this person . Why did he keep looking for her? Did he want to kidnap and sell her? Wei Luo thought of that childhood memory and a chill went up from the soles of her feet . She couldn’t go with him .

Li Song caught up with her and grabbed her hand . This time, he didn’t using all of his strength to seize her wrist . He only tightly held her fingers and didn’t let her go . “Wei Luo . I’ll say it one more time . Come with me . ”

Wei Luo stared at him with wide eyes, “Who are you?”