After rebirth, I cried and criticized the prince

Chapter 145 How can I protect others when my wings are still young?

The door of Brother Yiyi's house was open.

An old and dilapidated wooden door shone with mottled light and shadows, and there was a little light in the room.

The door is open.

Huang Jiuyuan paused for a moment, his whole body still shaking. Helan and the others followed him into the house.

The room was dilapidated, with only a bamboo table and two small chairs.

Yiyi was lying on a straw mat, her body covered with bruises and a wound on her forehead. Huang Jiuyuan called her many times, but Yiyi did not answer.

Helan Xuenuo squatted down and reached out to feel Yiyi's breath, only to find that Yiyi was dead. But... this girl looked so young, even younger than Xiaozhu! Her hands trembled, and she didn't dare to say those two words.

Huang Jiuyuan asked, "Is it Yiyi?"

Helan nodded, feeling sad. How could Huang Weiming have the heart to do such a cruel and inhumane thing to such a young and well-behaved girl?

Huang Jiuyuan's tears fell drop by drop on Yiyi's face. He roared and cried, unable to control himself. She was fine when she left. She was just a naive girl. How could she have experienced all this? He regretted why he let Yiyi go. He could have stayed in the prime minister's mansion and lived a good life. Why did he agree then?

He treated her as his sister from the bottom of his heart.

He couldn't accept it, and his tears choked. Why was Huang Weiming so vicious? He targeted him everywhere! Now he even attacked Yi Yi! He had never bothered to argue with him!

Huang Jiuyuan touched the pale, lifeless face and said with a choked voice, "Yiyi, I'm sorry..."

At this time, Yiyi's elder brother came back from outside the house. When he came in, he saw the three of them and turned to run away. He was caught by Helan, who held a fire poker against his neck and forced him to kneel on the ground.

Huang Jiuyuan could no longer contain his anger. He grabbed Brother Yiyi's collar and asked, "Why? Didn't you say you would take care of her and lead a good life? What did you do to her?"

Yiyi's elder brother knelt down crying, "It's all my fault! I owe too much debt, and I lost all the money I earned from selling Yiyi. Yiyi told me that you always treated her as a sister, and the second young master said he liked Yiyi. I can't let Yiyi follow you and be ignored by you. Why not sell her to the second young master? The second young master is willing to help me pay off my gambling debts! But... I didn't expect Yiyi to be so depressed... He is the second young master of the prime minister's mansion, what can I do?"

Huang Jiuyuan knocked him to the ground with one punch, and a pile of silver rolled out of his sleeves and scattered all over the ground.

Huang Jiuyuan kicked him again, pointing at the silver scattered on the ground and said, "Are you here for this money?" He knelt on the ground, gasping for breath, his eyes red from crying, "If you want money, you can come to me!"

He pointed at the straw mat on the ground and scolded, "You're not even willing to buy her a coffin?"

There were no tears in Brother Yiyi's eyes, only fear and compromise. "People are buried after they die. Why would lowly people like us waste a coffin?"

He Lan pressed the fire stick down and put his head on the ground when he heard it. "Have mercy! I didn't kill Yi Yi! Who told her to be depressed and hit her head to death! She could have lived a good life! The Second Young Master also gave me some money, which is also compensation for Yi Yi. You said that the Young Master is so good, who told her to be depressed!"

"Be good to her? Are you worthy of being a human being? Do you feel at ease taking the money earned by your sister's life?" Helan couldn't stand these words anymore. He poked the fire stick hard and cursed, "Beast."

Huang Jiuyuan knelt down and picked up Yiyi. He walked towards the door and said, "I want to take Yiyi away."

Brother Yiyi bowed and nodded, showing no remorse at all. He leaned his head against the ground and mumbled a few words, "Take it away... take it away as you please."

Helan couldn't help it and swung the fire poker at his head, causing his head to fall heavily to the ground. His forehead was cut and blood was flowing out. He stepped back and begged for mercy.

Huang Jiuyuan lowered his head and said in a hoarse voice, "Let's go."

Xiao Zhu was so angry that he rushed forward and kicked him again.

On the way out, Helan Xuenuo and the others stopped talking and followed Huang Jiuyuan quietly. After walking a few blocks, he turned back to look at them, with red spots at the corners of his eyes. This was the first time she saw Huang Jiuyuan like this... Huang Jiuyuan said, "You guys go back." Then he turned around and continued walking.

Helan and Xiaozhu did not leave. They were afraid that Huang Jiuyuan would do something stupid, so they followed him all the way.

Watching Huang Jiuyuan buy a coffin in the coffin shop, the shop assistant helped him carry the coffin to the mountain where the body was buried. The journey took a very long time, and he didn't say a word, his face ashen.

Only after the coffin was placed in the ground and buried firmly out of sight did Huang Jiuyuan kneel down. He didn't know how long he knelt.

Helan Xuenuo and Xiaozhu also bowed, hoping that the little girl could be reborn into a good family in the next life.

It was unknown how long it was before Huang Jiuyuan got up. The sky changed color, turning orange-red. They followed Huang Jiuyuan back to the capital. The sky then turned purple again, and slowly dark clouds gathered. It began to drizzle, and there were fewer and fewer people on the street.

Helan Xuenuo bought three umbrellas from a small umbrella vendor on the way, one for Xiaozhu. She opened the umbrella and ran forward to hand it to Huang Jiuyuan. Huang Jiuyuan did not take the umbrella. He raised his head and used his face to catch the rain. The drizzle fell on Huang Jiuyuan's hair, face, and body. Helan could not even tell whether he was crying or not, but his expression was so sad that Helan's heart tightened.

Helan held an umbrella for him to block the rain.

Huang Jiuyuan reached out to catch the raindrops that fell from the ribs of his umbrella. After being silent for a long time, he finally spoke. "The year my mother passed away, I was still young and didn't know how to grieve. Beside her coffin, I was still playing with porcelain dolls. I always heard people say that this child had a big heart! I didn't understand it at the time. I just knew there was no need to be sad about this because my father wasn't sad either. For about half a month, I thought of my mother, but I couldn't find her anywhere. There was no sign of her in front of the osmanthus tree she loved to smell, nor on the Luohan couch where she lay. I felt empty inside and sad, and I wanted to cry. Only my grandmother and my elder sister could coax me to sleep every day. That's when I realized I didn't have a mother anymore."

He withdrew his hand from catching the raindrops, his gaze looking further away. "I'm not a big fan of arguments, and neither is my sister. That's because mother taught us since we were young: people and harmony are the most important things in everything. The year my father brought Aunt Qiao back, I learned that he was going to take a concubine, and that he was bringing a younger brother with him. At that time, I thought I had a boy to accompany me! But... such a little child pushed me into the pond, turned around and cried and hugged my father, and told my father that I tried to push him and accidentally fell in! From then on, I knew I shouldn't play with him anymore! But... he's like a dark shadow, following me everywhere, staring at me with his eyes wide open, and until now... he not only wants to ruin my reputation, but also wants to destroy you! He actually... was willing to do that to Yiyi?"

Helan finally distinguished between rain and tears. A single drop flowed from his eye to his chin, melting into the rain. He smiled bitterly and said, "I used to think that if I could save as many people as I could, I'd save them, even if it meant saving cats and dogs! I never thought... Yiyi would be like this! You say... if I hadn't taken Yiyi in, would Huang Weiming have killed her? Obviously... obviously I've been tolerant of him in every way! Obviously I didn't bother to argue with him! My sister's married, and now in the Prime Minister's Mansion, the only person closest to me is my grandmother. If she dies, I won't be able to keep her. What will he want then? Why do you think he's so cruel?"

Huang Jiuyuan looked at her helplessly. Helan seemed to see a homeless child with nowhere to rely on. She felt the same way. She didn't want to fight for anything or take anything, but in return, Qi Didi targeted her in every way and wiped out Helan's entire family.

From then on, she realized that there was no such thing as changing evil for the better, and that evildoers would be punished by heaven. No! Those who had done evil to her had to pay the price herself!

She looked at Huang Jiuyuan with great determination, "You think that not fighting is actually a form of escape? When you are still immature, you can't protect anyone. How many times can you start over in life? How many times will you regret it? If you want to protect the people you want to protect, you must make yourself stronger! The Prime Minister's Mansion is no longer your support. You can rely on the Prime Minister's Mansion and choose your own path. And this is a path that even the Prime Minister cannot set foot on. Then... you can retaliate against those you want to retaliate against without any scruples, and protect those you want to protect."

Huang Jiuyuan's expression froze for a moment, then he smiled calmly, "Yeah, I'm still a fledgling, how can I protect someone? Even a mere bastard can cause me such a commotion!" He pushed the umbrella towards Helan, "Xue Nuo, go back. I need to go see my sister."

Helan knew that Huang Jiuyuan no longer needed an umbrella. The rain was getting heavier and heavier, from drizzle to a heavy rain, and Huang Jiuyuan's figure was buried in the pouring rain.

Helan and Xiaozhu both sighed. When they were about to go back to Helan Mansion, she seemed to see a familiar figure flash by in the corner of the road, but the rain was so heavy that she could not see clearly.