His Rui

When Li Qiang woke up a few hours later, he sighed heavily as he didn't find his wife lying beside him on the bed.

He immediately got out of the bed and then the room.

The maids told him that Li Rong had gone to Li Na's courtyard so he also went there in search of his wife. However, he didn't find Li Na and Li Rong there also.

The maids didn't tell him anything because they were instructed by Li Rong not to tell anyone about their visit to Xi Manor.

Li Qiang didn't notice the nervous face of the maid when she told him that she didn't know where the second young Miss and First Madam Li were.

He just scolded the maid and then went to Li Caihong's courtyard.

On his way to his youngest daughter's courtyard, Li Qiang suddenly remembered that he had not visited her even once since he had come back. Guilt filled his heart for neglecting this daughter of his and his pace fastened to see Li Caihong as soon as possible.

On his way when he saw Li Chen who supposedly had returned from somewhere, he told him to go with him to Li Caihong's courtyard.

Li Chen wanted to refuse his father but he couldn't as Li Qiang didn't give him any chance.

As soon as he finished his order, he started walking and Li Chen could only follow him helplessly.

A few minutes later, when Li Qiang stepped inside Li Caihong's courtyard, he suddenly felt very low. The courtyard was very silent. This was something that he had never seen in Li Caihong's courtyard.

Li Caihong was a little arrogant. Li Qiang knew this about his youngest daughter.

In the past, whenever he visited Li Caihong's courtyard, he would always be able to hear some noise. Either her daughter would be scolding any maid or ordering them about something.         

That's why when today he heard this unusual deafening silence, his fatherly heart suddenly felt very heavy.

With slowly and heavy steps, he walked towards the room where Li Caihong resided.

He saw a group of maids standing outside that room with depressed faces. They kneeled down on the ground as soon as they saw but Li Qiang indicated them to remain silent when they were about to greet him.

He signed Li Caihong's personal maidservant to speak and she started in a very low voice.

"Master, Third Young Miss has not eaten anything since she has returned from the Imperial Palace. She is not allowing any of us to enter the room."

Li Qiang frowned as he saw the door of the room that was slightly opened. Fortunately, it was not locked. He signed the maid to step aside and stepped forward.

Very slowly, he opened the door of the room and stepped inside.

The room was dark so he couldn't see anything clearly.

He narrowed his eyes and finally saw a figure sitting on the floor in the corner of the room.

"Caihong"

He whispered slowly as he stepped forward. However, he was forced to stop when he heard his daughter's shout.

"No…don't come forward. Don't come."

The screams were full of horror.

Li Qiang swallowed the lump inside his throat.

His daughter was afraid to show her face to her own father. He couldn't even imagine what kind of fear she was going through.

Suppressing the depression forming inside his heart, Li Qiang took a few more steps and saw Li Caihong shrinking her body in the corner. 

"Caihong…it is Father. Don't be afraid."   

He whispered to his daughter as he bent down to the floor just a step away from her. One of his hands went forward to touch Li Caihong's shoulder but before he could do so, he was pushed away.

"Caihong…"

Li Qiang was shocked to see that Li Caihong had pushed him away.

Lying on the floor, he saw a knife in his daughter's hand and his eyes went wide.

"Didn't I aks you to not come inside?"

The whisper made Li Qiang finally look at his daughter's face and he inhaled sharply.

A deep long cut ran on Li Caihong's face from forehead and to her chin.

Although Li Qiang had seen many soldiers with many injuries on their bodies, he had never felt so depressed inside his heart. Even when he had seen the long scar on Yi Lei's face, he had comforted the young man by saying that scars were the jewel of a soldier.

However, now seeing the same deep scar on his own daughter's face he didn't have any words to comfort her.     

Actually, it was not even the same.

The scar on Li Caihong's face was much deeper.

Li Caihong eyes were filled with anger and resentment when she saw that the person in front of her was looking at her ugly face with so much concentration.

She couldn't see that the man was none other than his father.

In her sight were just those eyes that were looking at her without blinking even once.

She suddenly remembered how the servants in the Imperial medicinal hall were not even looking at her if they looked at her, they would made such a disgusted face and her heart was filled with more anger…so much anger that she could not control it.

"I said don't look at me."

Li Caihong shouted and raised her knife suddenly.

Li Qiang came out of his trance when he heard her shout and his eyes went wide when he saw the knife coming towards him.

The attack was very sudden bit fortunately, Li Qiang had fought for so many years on the battlefield so he immediately held Li Caohong's arm that held the knife. 

"Caihong, what are you doing?"

Li Qiang shouted as he looked at Li Caihong who had gone crazy.

The anger seemed to have given so much power to Li Caihong that for a moment, Li Qiang found himself unable to control her.. The knife was just a needle distance away from his eye when Li Caihong was suddenly kicked away from his body.