In front of the flat, Shen Fei bowed, somewhat fearfully and respectfully, and whispered to the three old men in front of him.
The old man in the lead was a little short in stature and his hair was a little bald in the centre of his head.
He was leaning on a cane and his temples had long since turned white.
The whole man, in fact, appeared to have some old age.
When he first saw him, Shen Fei found it hard to believe.
The old man in front of him was actually the second master of Yunzhou who had reigned over Yunzhou back then and followed Mr. Chu to fight in all directions.
Who would have thought that in just two years, the years would have turned him radiant and so vicissitudes.
Behind Li Er, there were two others.
These two were in a better position, perhaps, than Li Er.
However, compared to when they were in their glory, they looked too haggard and old.
Shen Fei remembered that it had only been nearly three years since Brother Fan had fallen.
However, in these three years, it was as if Li Er had aged by ten years.
After ascertaining that Madam Chu, indeed, lived here.
Li Er straightened his clothes, leaned on his crutches and walked in.
Shen Fei wanted to help, but was pushed away by Li Er.
“I can just walk in by myself.”
Seeing his old friend again, Li Er did not want to let Madam Chu see his haggard appearance.
A man who could not even walk alone by himself was no different from a wasted man.
Li Er was a proud man.
He did not want his deceased friend, back then, to see that he had now become a waste.
As Li Er took the lead, Chen Ao also waved his hand, “Nan Nan, you don’t need to hold me either, I can go in by myself.”
Chen Ao, who had retired for many years, also pushed away his daughter Chen Nan’s support and followed Li Er in.
Among the three, the one who was in better health was still Lei Lao-san.
Among the Jiangdong Iron Triangle back then, Lei Lao San was the most fit, while Li Er was the weakest.
But in the past few years, Lei Lao-san has been drinking all day to kill his sorrows, and even if his body is good, it is not as good as it was then.
His beard has been pulled back and he no longer has the dominant image of the King of Jingzhou.
On this side, the three old men, accompanied by Shen Fei and Chen Nan, walked to the flat in front of them.
“Strange?”
“How come there’s no one there?”
“At this hour, it should be off work?”
After knocking on the door for half a day, no one opened it either.
“Could there be a mistake?” Chen Nan asked.
“Impossible, I’ve been here several times.” Shen Fei said categorically.
In between Shen Fei’s anxiety, at the entrance of the stairs, came the sound of a child’s silver bell-like laughter.
A mature and sensual woman, carrying a small child, walked in with a smile on her face.
“Mom, I want to eat braised pork ribs tonight.” Little Fan said.
“Good, arrange it!” Qiu Mu Orange was happy today because Xiao Xiao Fan had been praised at school.
Qiu Mu Orange decided to treat the little one well tonight.
However, just as Qiu Mu Orange stepped out of the lift, she noticed that in front of her house, there were several old men standing right in front of her path.
Qiu Mu Orange frowned and immediately pulled Xiao Xiao Fan behind herself, then said coldly, “Hello, please move over and let us pa*s.”
Qiu Mu Orange said politely.
However, there was no response.
The old men, still standing there, did not move a muscle.
Their cloudy eyes looked at her like this.
Looking at this, once incomparably dazzling, incomparably honourable woman.
The unbridled gaze of these men made Qiu Mu Orange undoubtedly extremely wary.
Her frown deepened, and Xiao Xiao Fan shrank back behind her mother in fear.
“I don’t know what you want?”
“But I have to warn a few of you.”
“The security system for the whole apartment building is networked with the police.”
“If you don’t want to get into a lawsuit, please also ask a few of you to leave immediately.”
Qiu Mu Orange’s tone became much tougher.
If it was in the past, when so many strangers suddenly appeared in front of her home, Qiu Mu Orange would have been terrified and at a loss.
But now, after all her experiences, her heart had become much stronger.
Even if she had to face the criminals alone, Qiu Mu Orange would not have any fear.
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
As soon as Qiu Mu Orange’s words left her mouth, three low, muffled noises sounded out quietly.
Who would have thought that the three old men who had just made Qiu Mu Orange wary would be the same.
At this moment, they actually kneeled down to Qiu Mu Orange in unison.
“Madam Chu, the incompetent man, Li Er, has come to see you…”
“It is we who are incompetent and failed to protect Mr. Chu back then.”
“Please, Madam Chu, chastise and punish!” Li Er knelt on the ground and bowed fiercely.
Unconsciously, above his old face, old tears were already streaking down his face.
“Please, Madam Chu…”
“Chastise!”
Chen Ao and Lei Lao San also bowed, their foreheads hitting the floor with a resounding thud.
It scared Xiao Xiao Fan, and her little face instantly went white.
At that moment, Qiu Mu Orange’s entire delicate body froze in place.
She looked at the three people in front of her and was speechless for a long time, unable to speak for a long time.
“You… You’re the Second… Second Master?”
Qiu Mu Orange’s heart, which had been calm for a long time, had undoubtedly raised a monstrous wave at this moment.
He looked at them in disbelief.
Just like when Shen Fei had met Li Er and the others at the beginning.
Qiu Mu Orange couldn’t believe that the old man with white hair in front of him was the same Li Er who had reigned over the land of Yunzhou.
In a short span of two to three years, he had changed his face so drastically?
However, after the panic, Qiu Mu Orange quickly suppressed all the ups and downs within her heart, as well as those memories that were tumbling in her mind.
Facing Li Er and the others’ kneeling, Qiu Mu Orange only coldly returned, “Sorry, you have mistaken me for someone else, I am not any Lady Chu.”
“I don’t know you guys.”
“Please leave from the entrance of my house.”
After saying this, Qiu Mu Orange led her son to pa*s by them and was about to open the door to go home.
But Li Er and the others were filled with misery and knelt down to worship.
“Madam Chu may not know us, but the three of us, we will never dare to forget Madam Chu.”
“I know that Madam Chu hates us, that Madam Chu is unwilling to forgive us.”
“But all these years, we don’t want to forgive ourselves either, we don’t even have the face to come and see you.”
“For more than two years, I, Li Er, have travelled all over the north and south of the country, and have been to an unknown number of places, just to find Mr. Chu.”
“Wanted to bring the living Mr. Chu to see Madam Chu.”
“But, it’s only my fault that I, Li Er, am incompetent…”
“I have exhausted all my efforts, but I have not found half of Mr. Chu’s whereabouts.”
“It’s all our fault, we are to blame for dragging Mr. Chu down back then.”
“If it wasn’t for protecting us, Mr. Chu wouldn’t have been in a desperate situation.”
“If it were possible, I, Li Er, would like to die in Mr. Chu’s place…” Li Er’s face was full of tears as he knelt on the ground, sobbing in pity.
Remembering what happened back then, Li Er’s heart felt like a knife twist.
Lei Lao San and Chen Ao were equally sad, their long-frozen hearts shattering like gla*s crumbs.
But Qiu Mu Orange didn’t want to hear any more of this.
Like a madman, she covered her ears and headed back to the house, before banging Chen Ao and the others out the door.
“Go!”
“You guys go!”
“There is no Lady Chu for you here.”
“Madam Chu is dead!”
Qiu Mu Orange’s voice was choked with sobs as she shouted loudly in the room.
Tears were also falling unconsciously.
Why?
Why could she never get rid of him?
Why was it that every time when she was about to be at peace, someone would always come to stir up those sad past memories inside her.
Faced with Qiu Mu Orange’s angry words, Li Er and the others did not leave, but simply knelt outside the door, kneeling for a long time.
“Ai…”
Shen Fei and Chen Nan, who were at the side, watched this scene and also felt extra hard.
In the past, when Ye Fan was around, they were living that scenic and happy life.
But then, Ye Fan’s fall had taken away all the happiness these people had.
It was not only Qiu Mu Orange.
Li Er, Lei Lao San, Chen Ao, and Chen Nan, even a heartless second generation rich kid like Shen Fei, all of them had been suffering from self-blame, guilt, and sadness in the past few years.