I Can See Your Combat Power-Chapter 956 - 250: Seeking Help

Chapter 956: Chapter 250: Seeking Help

The young servant girl, cherished by the eldest son and full of longing for the future, didn’t yet know what she would face until Tang Xing’s cold hand rested upon her own. When the little maid looked up, she saw Tang Xing’s eyes, filled with reluctance, conflict, and above all, an apology.

Like a startled deer, Miao Zhu quickly withdrew her hand and took two steps back, her voice timid, “Young… Young Master, you must be cold. I’ll make you some tea.”

As soon as she finished speaking, she turned swiftly and busied herself at the tea table, her hands trembling as she fussed over it. Watching Miao Zhu’s shivering back, Tang Xing let his hollow hand fall and slumped down at the tea table.

Rinsing the cups, awakening the tea, and brewing it—the simple steps were repeated several times. Throughout, Miao Zhu didn’t dare lift her head.

After a while, the aroma of tea filled the air. Tang Xing admired the wisps of steam rising before him, lifted the teacup, and drank it down in one gulp. After experiencing the bitter aftertaste, he placed the cup back down.

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“This is truly good tea.”

“Hmm.”

Tang Xing pressed his lips together, his voice hoarse as he said, “The physician said you’re too young and lacking a foundation in martial arts. If you give birth now, it’s very dangerous…”

“…Hmm.”

“Anyway… anyway, you’re still young. Wait a few more years, grow up a little more, and it wouldn’t be too late to have children, right?”

With an expressionless face, Miao Zhu lifted her head, and tears slid down her cheeks unabated. She placed her hand on her lower abdomen, her gaze toward Tang Xing as if looking at a stranger.

“Don’t be afraid. The physician is very skilled; you’ll be fine after a good sleep, and it won’t affect anything in the future, I promise you!”

Tang Xing raised three fingers high by his face with one hand, his other hand reaching to grasp Miao Zhu’s clenched fist on the tea table, but he grasped at empty air. Raising his head, he saw Miao Zhu’s tear-streaked face.

The frail servant girl, as if exploding with emotion, retreated to the side of the bed on hands and knees, covering her abdomen and sobbing, “No, don’t!”

Retreating to the side of the bed, Miao Zhu turned and knelt down, her head bowing heavily, “Young Master, this servant dares not harbor inappropriate thoughts, and never dreamed of marrying into the Tang Family to become a young mistress. This servant only wishes to give birth to the child. Please, don’t take him away. He is your flesh and blood too!”

“I…” Faced with the servant girl’s earnest plea, Tang Xing said dejectedly, “What do you expect me to want? But Tang Zhen said, she and the child in your belly, only one can remain. Tell me, what should I do?”

“Young Master, send this servant away,” said Miao Zhu, her small face deathly pale, her voice trembling, “This servant will leave Lanshan City and go to a place where no one knows me, to raise the child. I swear, I will never reveal the child’s relationship with the Tang Family, alright?”

The young Tang Xing had never encountered such a confrontation before, thinking that Miao Zhu, being tender, should be easier to persuade, but she turned out to be even more resolute than Tang Zhen. At this moment, his mind was nearly exploding, unable to make any decision.

His hesitation made him appear angry and fierce, and Tang Xing’s expression frightened Miao Zhu even more as she cried out, “You promised to protect me, Young Master.”

This mournful reproach shocked Tang Xing into a cold sweat. Looking up, he saw Miao Zhu’s pitiful expression, full of unspoken blame: “You said it yourself, you promised!”

“I…”

Never had she imagined that her utterly compliant maidservant would turn against her so treacherously. Tang Xing was at a loss for words, her heart full of shame, and she had no choice but to rise to her feet and turn away.

The moment she closed the door, the cabin was filled with the barely restrained sobs of the servant girls, barely audible.

As she left the residence of Marshal Star Pavilion with a heavy heart, she looked up to see her brother standing solitary against the snowy backdrop. She took a deep breath, the cold Primary Qi making her mind clear, as if she had made an important decision, and Tang Xing braved the snowstorm.

“Brother, I’ve made up my mind!”

“Hmm?”

“Zhen and Miao Zhu are both carrying my children, and I will not let anything happen to either of them!”

“What do you plan to do?”

“I’m going to explain everything to Zhen and seek her forgiveness!”

“A truly splendid strategy that kills two birds with one stone!”

Tang Xing asked in surprise, “Brother, do you really think so?”

“Of course, the Sect Head’s wayward second son has infuriated the Ning Family, and it’s unclear what the humiliated Miss Tang Zhen might do, but Miao Zhu will definitely be finished; no one can protect her. After all, you agreed to Tang Zhen’s suggestion in front of the magistrate, and even if you don’t wish to carry it out, the law office will complete it for you. To them, executing a servant who has engaged with their master is no pressure at all. In the end, you will gain a reputation for being loyal and righteous, and win the beauty, whilst the bad name will be borne entirely by the law office. Isn’t that killing two birds with one stone?”

Tang Luo spoke indifferently, reached out and patted the dazed Tang Xing on the head, insincerely complimenting, “Not bad, you’ve grown up, and you’re using your head, knowing how to protect your reputation!”

The angry Tang Xing wanted to push her brother’s hand away from her head, but it wouldn’t budge; her face, red with restraint, she protested loudly, “That’s not what I meant! It isn’t!!”

“Do you think your head is there just to make you taller?”

With a stern face and a shove, he pushed the little guy’s head into the snow. Tang Luo said with dissatisfaction, “If not, then use your brain, don’t just react impulsively, causing trouble for both yourself and others!”

“But I really can’t think of anything else!” said Tang Xing, pulling his head out of the snow with a mournful face, his eyebrows and hair covered with ice, “How about I elope with Miao Zhu?”

As if a bizarre idea suddenly struck him, Tang Xing got up in a flash, and said earnestly, “The law office surely won’t expect that I would leave with Miao Zhu. Once she gives birth to the child, I will bring her back. The family headquarters couldn’t possibly have the Tang Clan’s own kin killed then, could it?”

“You’re only considering your own interests!” Tang Luo couldn’t help but slap Tang Xing on the forehead again, shoving him back into the snow, “You’re only thinking about running away with the little maidservant. Have you even thought about Miss Tang Zhen of Jiejiang City, who is pregnant before marriage and whose husband has eloped with another servant? Have you considered what people in Jiejiang City will say behind her back, how the gossipmongers in the clan will spin tales? If she can’t handle it and seeks to end her life, that will lead to a tragedy with three lives lost. And you think you’re looking good in this scenario!”

Having pulled his head out of the snow once again, Tang Xing’s face fell at hearing this. He simply didn’t get up and lay in the snow, wailing, “This can’t work, that can’t work, what am I supposed to do? I can’t possibly have a physician help and abort Miao Zhu’s child, can I?”

After wailing and complaining for a bit, Tang Xing, who lay in the snow, looked up at Tang Luo, whose expression was as calm as still water, as if suddenly remembering something. He sprung to his feet with a twist, drawing close to his brother with an inexplicably servile manner, rubbing his hands together as he pleaded, “Brother, please help Miao Zhu. She has been alone and without support since she was young, and she’s pitiful! Even if just for the sake of your nephew, okay?”