Chapter 1444: Discovered

Little Hong frowned unhappily.

"Why are you yelling? If I don’t give him the medicine, he keeps crying. How am I supposed to escape?"

Ke Yong was anxious: "You could have coaxed him to sleep early. No matter what, you shouldn’t have drugged him. This is bad. How long has he been asleep?"

Little Hong retorted irritably: "Not long, just four hours. You speak so lightly. If I don’t give him medicine and something happens on the road, whose fault would it be?"

With that, she sat angrily on the stool.

She seemed to blame Ke Yong for not understanding her struggles. He made her hold the child in fear along the way, and now blamed her.

Ke Yong placed the child on the bed and rubbed the baby’s small hands back and forth.

His urgent voice came: "Why are this child’s hands so cold!"

Little Hong frowned impatiently: "Nonsense, it’s raining so heavily outside. We both got drenched for a long time. Don’t worry, the child won’t die. Change his clothes and rub some liquor on his body. He’ll wake up soon."

"You!" Ke Yong glared at her angrily. "The child is in such a state, and you can still say such venomous words."

Little Hong couldn’t bear it any longer and suddenly stood up.

"Hey! Ke Yong, speak with a conscience. This child is born of you and someone else. I agreed to take him and run away with you already considering our past affections."

"Leaving Peng City and losing the governor’s position, you are nothing! Now you’re pulling the lord’s airs on me. If you cherish your son so much, have the ability not to take him around fleeing with you!"

After saying that, Little Hong slammed the door and left.

Ke Yong was so angry that his chest hurt.

He hated himself for being blind. Why decide to elope with such a ruthless and heartless woman?

Originally, Little Hong was just a dowry maid for Fan Xinhui. Because she looked honest and served decently, Fan Xinhui promoted her to a concubine.

After becoming a concubine, Little Hong showed Ke Yong a gentleness Fan Xinhui never had.

In front of Fan Xinhui, Ke Yong felt he was utterly wretched, having to watch his wife’s face in everything he did.

Even in the government office, people would laugh at him secretly for relying on his wife as a coward!

Only with Little Hong did she admire his knowledge, always boosting his confidence.

Over time, Ke Yong naturally grew more fond of Little Hong.

Fan Xinhui didn’t think much of him either. She always greeted him with a cold face whenever she saw him. As a result, he spent more time in Little Hong’s room.

This time running away, not even wanting the governor’s position, was half because Ke Yong no longer wanted to be oppressed by the Fan Family.

And wanted to live out of Fan Xinhui’s dominating shadow, more desiring to have a home alone with Little Hong.

However, he never imagined that Little Hong, whom he valued, only wanted to use him to retrieve her contract from the Fan Family’s hands.

Ke Yong regretted to no end.

Fortunately, he could still return to the Fan Family with the child and pretend nothing had happened.

After all, Fan Xinhui was still in the dark about all of this!

Thinking of this, he hurriedly wrapped the child in a quilt, pushed the door, and was ready to go.

However, the moment the door opened, he was startled by the sight of a horde of people standing in the courtyard.

The Fan Family’s guards, drenched in rain holding knives, looked like dark shadows.

They were silent, yet exuded a chilling kill.

At this moment, the guards all stepped aside in unison, clearing a path in the middle.

Ke Yong saw Little Hong being held down by several martial arts adept maids, her mouth even gagged.

They pressed Little Hong to kneel on the ground, while behind her, under the umbrellas held up by four servants, stood Fan Xinhui.

Seeing Fan Xinhui’s eyes, Ke Yong’s knees immediately went weak.

He fell to his knees with a thud.

"Madam..."