Facing He Wen’s anger, He Qiu felt uneasy and turned his head away.
“…It wasn’t her who hit me.”
He Qiu explained dryly.
He Wen couldn’t help but laugh in anger, “Okay, then I’m the one who hit you.”
“He Wen, don’t be like this.”
He Wen was the most mature and the eldest among them. But compared to him, He Qiu was more ruthless.
“Then are you going to tell me or not?”
“It was her who hit me!”
He Qiu was on the verge of tears as he shouted, “I didn’t do well on the exam, and she hit me hard! Are you satisfied?”
He Wen didn’t feel good at all and hugged his younger brother.
Before, their lives were difficult. Most of the time, it was He Qiu who relied on He Jingxue to secretly bring them things to survive.
But now that they had Fu Yuling, He Wen didn’t want He Qiu to stay with He Jingxue anymore.
“Xiao Qiu, can you come back?”
He Qiu didn’t say anything and changed the subject.
“Let’s go.”
“Where?”
A fierce glint flashed in He Qiu’s eyes. “I won’t allow anyone to bully you.”
He Wen didn’t know what He Qiu was up to but followed him the whole time.
They arrived outside a house that was relatively remote. Usually, it was used to store miscellaneous items.
However, at this moment, there were some strange sounds coming from inside. He Wen grabbed He Qiu and prevented him from getting closer.
“Let’s go back.”
He said.
He Qiu didn’t listen to him and asked him to hide in a hidden spot.
“Watch the surroundings for me. If someone comes, throw a stone to alert me.”
After speaking, he had already run to the outside of the room without waiting for He Wen’s reaction. He didn’t plan to go inside but instead found something and placed it under the window. He stood on top of it.
He Wen saw that both of his hands reached into the window, and it seemed like he threw something inside before removing the support underneath and quickly running back.
“What did you do?”
He Wen asked seriously.
He was very smart. Even without He Qiu explaining, he knew that what he had done wasn’t good.
“Just taught them a lesson.”
He Qiu’s ruthless expression in front of him was something He Wen had never seen before.
“You…”
“Don’t worry, they won’t die.”
The word “die” was said so lightly by him, leaving He Wen bewildered for a moment.
He remembered when he was taken by Li Cuihua to that unfamiliar place, the first thing he did was to find lime. He even ground the lime into powder and put it in the water, hiding it in his sleeve.
Because he knew that when used seriously, this thing could blind people.
At that time, he never thought about the word death.
“Let’s go back.”
He Wen didn’t ask any further, seemingly accepting his actions.
However, he couldn’t let go of this matter in his heart, and it lingered until he and He Qiu returned home separately.
When Fu Yuling saw He Wen, she wore a puzzled expression and laughed teasingly.
“What’s wrong, Xiao Wen? You look unhappy.”
He Wen’s eyes were filled with struggle. Fu Yuling noticed it, but she didn’t intend to point it out.
Instead, she talked about other things. “Did Xia Qiu go back?”
“Yeah. He went back.”
Looking at Fu Yuling’s gentle appearance, He Wen thought for a moment but didn’t mention that He Qiu had been beaten.
He was afraid that if she knew, she would act as if she didn’t care.
Fu Yuling saved He Wen, which made him want to protect her. But in terms of trust and dependence, he still didn’t reach the level of He An.
Both He Wen and Fu Yuling were aware of this.
With his mind preoccupied with the matter, He Wen entered the room absentmindedly.
Fu Qi came over and talked to Fu Yuling about something, but she only responded with, “Let him be quiet for now. Don’t disturb him. If he wants to talk, we’ll listen. If he doesn’t want to, don’t ask.”
