Chapter 006: Return

"Hey you!"

Madam Feng originally intended to reprimand him based on her status, but she didn't expect Feng Qizhou to shut her down mercilessly, leaving her chest heaving with anger.

She pounded the table hard, her voice trembling with rage.

"Troublemaker, all of you are troublemakers!"

Mrs. Liu hurriedly rushed over to comfort Madam Feng, crying out, "Mother, please don't be angry. It's all the daughter-in-law's fault for losing Miss Qingqing. If Qingqing doesn't come back, the daughter-in-law will fulfill Second Young Master's wish and sacrifice herself for Qingqing."

"The daughter-in-law knows she's not likable, it's the daughter-in-law's fault for losing Qingqing."

She turned to Feng Qizhou, crying uncontrollably, "But this has nothing to do with you, big brother. If Second Young Master really wants someone to sacrifice themselves for Qingqing, then come find me. I only hope that Second Young Master, for the sake of our father, your big brother, won't make things difficult for him."

Seeing Mrs. Liu's swollen eyes from crying, Madam Feng couldn't help but be moved.

"What nonsense are you all talking about? If something happens to Qingqing, it's those thieves who deserve to be condemned by the heavens, what does it have to do with you?"

Mrs. Liu sobbed uncontrollably, covering her face.

Madam Feng tapped her hand with her prayer beads, "Your second brother is not unreasonable. He was just speaking out of anger. There's no need to talk about sacrificing or not sacrificing, we are all family, there's no need to be so cautious."

Feng Qizhou, hearing Madam Feng's implied words, was unwilling to engage further. He was even more impatient seeing Mrs. Liu crying and feeling wronged.

She lost his precious daughter, did she expect him to welcome her with a smile?

To him, everyone in the Feng family combined was not worth as much as Feng Qiao.

If something really happened to Feng Qiao, he would definitely not show any mercy to Mrs. Liu!

Feng Qizhou turned away with a stern face, ready to leave and continue sending people to find Feng Qiao's whereabouts. Unexpectedly, at this moment, someone rushed in hurriedly from outside and bumped straight into him.

Furrowing his brows, Feng Qizhou dodged to the side, and the person ended up bumping into Feng Keshou who was standing behind him.

Feng Keshou, already in pain and anger, stumbled and almost fell after being bumped, then stood up and kicked out, "You reckless thing, have you no eyes?"

"Forgive me, forgive me, I didn't mean to, sir."

Madam Feng, holding her prayer beads, let Mrs. Liu comfort her, and seeing the situation, she said in a deep voice, "What kind of reckless behavior is this? What exactly happened?"

"Madam, it's the Fourth Miss, she's back."

"Bang!"

Madam Feng's prayer beads hit the table, knocking over the teacups on the table.

Feng Qizhou grabbed the person's collar and urgently asked, "What did you say?"

The person, being choked, quickly said, "It's the Fourth Miss, she's back. The Third Prince's people said that the Third Prince met the Fourth Miss in the Tiger's Roar Mountain when he was heading south, so he sent her back..."

"What about Qingqing?!"

"Second Young Master, the Fourth Miss is seriously ill with a fever and has been taken to Xielan Courtyard."

Feng Qizhou's face was filled with joy and surprise, and he let go of the person's collar, quickly walking towards the door.

Feng Keshou and Mrs. Liu, after a moment of shock, showed a hint of joy on their faces, and Mrs. Liu breathed a sigh of relief.

"Great, she's finally back. If she didn't come back, Second Young Master would probably think I did something to her." Mrs. Liu turned to Madam Feng and said, "Mother, now the daughter-in-law can finally make things clear."

"Yes, she's finally back. My poor child, I wonder how she managed to get through these past few days."

Madam Feng wiped her eyes and quickly asked Mrs. Liu to help her stand up, "Quick, help me go and see her."

In Feng Qiao's Xielan Courtyard, several maidservants anxiously waited outside the door, occasionally peeking inside.

One of them, with two buns on her head and a round face, was crying and pleading at the door, "Miss, please let me in to see you. I'm Quer, I've been with you since I was little, please let me see you?"

There was no response from inside the room.

Quer was anxious and wanted to push the door, but as soon as she took a step forward, a censer flew towards her.

"Get out!"

Feng Qiao's voice was hoarse and stern.

Quer quickly retreated, tears streaming down her face, and said anxiously, "Why hasn't Second Young Master come yet? Didn't you tell them to inform Second Young Master?"

As soon as she finished speaking, she heard footsteps outside the courtyard, and then Feng Qizhou strode in.

Seeing all the maidservants being kept outside, he quickly walked over and said in a deep voice, "What are you all doing? Where's Qingqing?"

Quer quickly said, "Miss is inside, she has driven all of us out and won't let anyone near her. Second Young Master, please go in and see Miss, she has been calling for you."

Feng Qizhou's face changed, and he quickly pushed open the door and walked inside, but a pillow flew towards him.

"Who let you in, get out... all of you get out..."

"Father, let father come..."

"Don't come near me... get out!"

The person on the bed was as pale as a sheet, her cracked lips bleeding, her small body curled up, and she kept repeating the same words.

Feng Qizhou looked at the prominent marks on Feng Qiao's neck, and saw how she was on the verge of fainting, yet she bit her lips until they bled, and how she was on guard against everyone. It felt like needles piercing his heart.

"Qingqing..."

Feng Qiao raised her head at the sound, but the dizziness in her mind made it difficult for her to see anything clearly.

She turned her head slightly towards the source of the sound, feeling a sense of familiarity mixed with a distant strangeness.

"Qingqing, I am your father..."

"Father?"

Feng Qiao strained to open her eyes, trying to see the person speaking, but there was only a vague figure in front of her.

As she opened her mouth, her voice sounded like gravel rubbing against each other, so hoarse that it was almost inaudible.

Feng Qizhou felt as if an arrow had pierced his heart, the pain making his eyes turn red. He hurried forward, reaching out to hold Feng Qiao, whispering, "It's father, it's father... Qingqing, be good, father is here, father is here..."

Listening to the voice that only appeared in her dreams, Feng Qiao tightly grasped Feng Qizhou's sleeve, as if holding onto the redemption in her heart, holding onto the only light that could rescue her from the nightmare.

She desperately lifted her face, her eyes shining brightly, revealing an extremely radiant smile.

"Father, I finally found you..."

Her voice abruptly stopped, and Feng Qiao closed her eyes, her body going limp in Feng Qizhou's arms.

Feeling the almost weightless Feng Qiao in his arms, looking at her like a broken puppet, Feng Qizhou almost felt breathless. He quickly shouted at the servant standing nearby, "Get a doctor, quickly, get a doctor for me!"