I want to be innocent, but they don't allow me

Chapter 323 Questioning, stubborn Xu Youzhi.

"Aunt, you are..."

Li Linger's face looked a little ugly. She glanced at Xu Youzhi and then turned her gaze to Zhang Hanrui.

Although she was a little naive, she was not stupid and she could see the unusualness here.

On weekdays, Zhang Hanrui dotes on Xu Youzhi the most, even better to her than her nominal niece.

In Li Linger's opinion, Xu Youzhi knows a lot about astronomy and geography, but the two grew up together, and it is obvious that these skills were taught by Zhang Hanrui.

"Ling'er, you too..."

Zhang Hanrui frowned and thought for a moment, then looked at Li Linger with cold eyes. Just as she opened her mouth, she heard Xu Youzhi say:

"Master... no need."

Zhang Hanrui took a deep breath and looked at Xu Youzhi with a complicated look. After thinking for a moment, he said:

"who is it?"

"Sure enough, nothing can be hidden from the master. When did the master know about it?"

Xu Youzhi forced a wry smile on her face, but it seemed like she was mocking herself.

Zhang Hanrui didn't say anything, just looked at Xu Youzhi. Seeing this, Xu Youzhi sighed slightly and said in a firm tone:

"Master, don't ask any more questions. Youzhi won't say anything."

"Youzhi did something wrong and failed the master's teachings. She is sorry for Ling'er's trust. Youzhi does not ask for your forgiveness, but only hopes that you know that Youzhi has never thought of harming you... cough cough cough..."

As she spoke, Xu Youzhi started coughing violently again, and spat a mouthful of clear blood mixed with ice cubes onto the bedside.

"Aunt, I...I believe in Youzhi. No matter what happens, please save her first, okay?"

Seeing Xu Youzhi vomiting blood, Li Linger couldn't bear it anymore, and hurriedly grabbed Zhang Hanrui's arm and said anxiously.

"It's no use, Ling'er...it's no use...I have a lot to say to you."

Xu Youzhi shook her head, her eyes gradually becoming empty.

"I asked who it was!"

At this moment, Zhang Hanrui shouted coldly, and his robes moved without wind, and the true energy in his body seemed to be real.

With a wave of his sleeves, a sword energy slashed at Xu Youzhi's ear, cutting off a strand of hair.

"Aunt! Aunt, no aunt!"

Li Linger quickly stood in front of Xu Youzhi and tried to grab Zhang Hanrui's sleeve, but she couldn't get close at all.

Turning around and looking at Xu Youzhi, tears fell from the corners of his eyes like pearls from a broken string.

"Youzhi, just tell me whatever I ask you. I will definitely find a way. What on earth are you, what on earth..."

"Ling'er, I'm sorry..."

"Don't say sorry, I know you all think I'm stupid and don't tell me anything."

As she spoke, a delicate hand gently rested on Li Linger's shoulder. Li Linger's body trembled slightly, but she did not turn back.

"They poisoned you, and you still want to hide it for them?"

Zhang Hanrui's tone was flat, showing no emotion.

"You still don't speak up now? I treat you as my son or nephew, and I will pass on my legacy to you. Ling'er treats you as a sister, and I will hand over the entire Yanwang Mansion to you."

Zhang Hanrui took a deep breath, her eyes gradually became colder, and she said in a cold voice:

"Even if you die, there will be a second and third Xu Youzhi coming to Prince Yan's Mansion. Can you bear to watch Prince Yan's Mansion fail and Ling'er get hurt?"

"He, he won't hurt Ling..."

Hearing this, a hint of panic flashed across Xu Youzhi's eyes. She opened her mouth but immediately closed it again. Her eyes flickered and she didn't know where to look.

Zhang Hanrui's beautiful eyebrows slowly knitted together, and after thinking for a moment, his eyes narrowed slightly, and his tone became increasingly cold:

"Him? His target is Li Mu?"

Xu Youzhi's expression changed slightly, but she hid it well.

However, all this could not be hidden from Zhang Hanrui's eyes.

"I forgot that my brother-in-law helped him pick out so many daughters from wealthy families, but in the end he chose you."

"He bought you back from a human trafficker, so... you want to repay the favor?"

Zhang Hanrui stared at Xu Youzhi, observing the changes in her facial expression.

Xu Youzhi pursed her lips, turned her head to the side, and whispered:

"Youzhi doesn't understand what the master is talking about."

"I raised you, how could I not know? If I had only poisoned you, how could I have controlled you?"

Zhang Hanrui put her finger to her lips, tapped it gently, and said firmly,

"You like him, so you are willing to be used by him!"

"He didn't use me. He said he would come back to pick me up..."

Xu Youzhi's voice suddenly stopped, her expression was extremely lonely, her eyes slowly raised, looked at Zhang Hanrui, and pleaded:

"Master...Sister, just let Youzhi die like this. Youzhi should have died long ago."

Zhang Hanrui clenched her fists tightly in her sleeves when Li Mu talked to her about the Renzong’s plan.

She thought of Xu Youzhi.

Then many things that happened before were connected together.

It can be said that Xu Youzhi played an indispensable role in Li Mu's entry into Prince Yan's Palace.

At the beginning, the time when Li Linger set out for Qingfeng Mountain, the marching route, and even Li Linger's idea were all arranged by Xu Youzhi.

Zhang Hanrui initially thought that all this was part of her plan, but now she thinks...

Even she was part of Xu Youzhi's plan.

"You're ready to go!"

Zhang Hanrui spoke lightly, with praise in her tone.

Then he slowly squatted down, held Xu Youzhi's hand, and said in a gentle tone:

"No matter what, staying alive is the most important thing. Aren't you still waiting for him to pick you up?"

"Sister..." Xu Youzhi's eyes showed some confusion. After she came to her senses, she shook her head and smiled bitterly.

"No…"

There was despair in Xu Youzhi's eyes, but it was not because of the poison in her body, but because of him?

Zhang Hanrui keenly caught all of this and shook his head.

"Silly girl, do you remember the sweetheart that your sister mentioned to you? He will definitely be able to save you."

As he spoke, he exerted a little force on his palms, as if to assure Xu Youzhi. His face was full of sweetness as he spoke.

"He is a very petty person. He gets very angry when others look at me for a few more times. If he doesn't want to cure you, I have plenty of ways to deal with him."

Unexpectedly, after hearing this, Xu Youzhi covered her ears with her hands and shook her head desperately:

"No, no, I said no!"

"Youzhi? Youzhi! What are you doing? Why don't you go find Li Mu? Didn't he say, 'If you stay with Li Mu when the poison takes effect, you might be able to survive.'"

Zhang Hanrui repeated the contents of the note she had taken from Xu Youzhi and observed Xu Youzhi's reaction.

"Why, why! He clearly said that he would protect me forever, why, why did he do this to me!"

Xu Youzhi looked a little crazy, but she calmed down after a moment. She looked up at Zhang Hanrui, then lowered her head again, ignoring whatever Zhang Hanrui said.

“…When the golden wind and jade dew meet, it is better than countless things in the world…If the love between two people lasts for a long time, why should they be together day and night?”

Xu Youzhi kept chanting the song of the magpie bridge intermittently, but suddenly her voice stopped and she let out a series of miserable laughs:

"It was you who gave it to me, but you didn't remember. It turns out you've changed a long time ago..."

Seeing this, Zhang Hanrui sighed deeply, and after thinking for a long time, he said to Li Linger:

"Call!"