Dugu Jingyao is reborn as Li Chu's beloved

Chapter 354 Dugu Jingyao suspects that Zhang's maid is He Lingyi

Dugu Jingyao and Liu Jingyue finally relaxed their tense nerves and breathed a sigh of relief. They were secretly glad that it was Li Chu who came.

If it were someone with exceptional martial arts skills whom she had never met before, Liu Jingyue's random, haphazard stabbing would likely irritate the other person. By then, Liu Jingyue might have been riddled with holes like a sieve.

Liu Jingyue was already sweating profusely. She patted her chest and gasped for breath, saying, "Oh my God! Huhu... Thank God, it turned out to be you, brother-in-law! Did you come here specifically to rescue us?"

However, Li Chu walked quickly into the house and quickly closed the door tightly. He responded in a low voice: "We plan to rescue you openly. I came here today to tell you about our rescue plan. When the time comes, we will need you to cooperate with us from inside and outside! We can't do it in a sneaky way like this. Otherwise, we might be able to take you back tonight."

Hearing this, Liu Jingyue immediately showed a look of disappointment, muttering "Tsk~ It's meaningless", then turned around and hopped away from the spot like a happy little rabbit.

Looking at Liu Jingyue's lively and playful appearance, Li Chu couldn't help but laugh. Obviously, he seemed to be accustomed to her innocent behavior, so he was not surprised at all.

However, when he cast his eyes again at Dugu Jingyao who was sitting beside the couch, the smile on his face froze instantly. Dugu Jingyao looked slightly pale and somewhat weak.

Not only that, her hands and feet were tightly bound with ropes, especially her wrists, which had even broken skin and bleeding due to prolonged friction. Seeing this, Li Chu felt a sharp pain in his heart and was filled with pity for her.

His expression was solemn, and he strode forward with resolute steps, each step carrying a tremendous amount of force. When he reached Dugu Jingyao, he slowly lifted her slender, slightly pale hand. The moment he touched Dugu Jingyao, she let out a soft, painful cry.

This subtle moan was like a thunderclap, causing Li Chu to freeze in place instantly. He opened his eyes wide, his face full of fear and worry, and even his breathing became cautious, for fear that any slight movement would hurt the woman in front of him who made him feel so distressed.

However, Dugu Jingyao endured the pain, tried to force a smile, and whispered, "I'm fine, don't worry." Although her voice sounded very calm, the slightly trembling tone and the fine beads of sweat oozing from her forehead all told of the pain she was enduring.

Liu Jingyue, standing nearby, watched all this unfold with a surge of anxiety. She knew Dugu Jingyao was known for her strong character, unwilling to show weakness easily. But at this moment, such stubbornness would only lead to further suffering. As the saying goes, only the crying child gets the candy. Liu Jingyue decided she couldn't allow Dugu Jingyao to continue feigning strength like this.

So, Liu Jingyue rushed forward without hesitation and threw herself on Dugu Jingyao. Tears burst out of her eyes like a broken dam.

She hugged Dugu Jingyao tightly, choking and shouting: "Sister, don't pretend to be strong anymore! Brother-in-law, you don't know how vicious that Zhang is. She actually sent her maids to lynch us, and she used the kind of vicious method that makes it impossible to see the scars! Sister suffered many injuries to protect me... Brother-in-law, you must avenge us..." At the end, Liu Jingyue was already crying, and those crystal tears slid down her cheeks and dripped onto Dugu Jingyao's clothes.

Listening to Liu Jingyue's statement, Li Chu's anger instantly rose. He clenched his fists tightly, and his knuckles turned white from the force.

If Dugu Jingyao hadn't intervened in time, he would have rushed out the door like an enraged lion. However, just as Dugu Jingyao reached out to grab Li Chu, she seemed to have accidentally touched the part of her body that had just received acupuncture treatment today, and she couldn't help but let out a painful cry.

This low cry brought the furious Li Chu back to his senses. He quickly turned around and looked at Dugu Jingyao, only to see that her beautiful face was slightly distorted by pain, and crystal tears were swirling in her eyes, as if they would roll down in the next second.

Seeing Dugu Jingyao like this, Li Chu's heart felt like it was being plucked by an invisible hand, causing severe pain. He hurried to the bedside, carefully supported Dugu Jingyao's shoulders, and asked with concern: "Ayao, how are you? Is it hurting? It's all my fault. I was too impulsive just now."

Dugu Jingyao shook her head gently, suppressing the pain and saying, "Don't blame yourself, Donglang. I'm not in the way. It's just that you said you would come and tell us the rescue plan, but you haven't told us yet. Let's get down to business first. Otherwise, if the two people guarding the door wake up and find something unusual, it will be troublesome."

Hearing Dugu Jingyao's words, Li Chu took a deep breath and tried to calm himself down. He nodded and said, "Ayao, you're absolutely right. Then I'll tell you about our general plan."

After that, Li Chu, Dugu Jingyao, and Liu Jingyue sat together, all bowing their heads. Li Chu lowered his voice and told the Dugu sisters in detail about their carefully planned rescue plan.

After hearing this, Liu Jingyue praised him repeatedly, thinking: Which genius came up with this idea? She said, "Brother-in-law, don't worry, we will wait patiently for you to come!"

Dugu Jingyao also nodded in agreement with Liu Jingyue's statement and said, "Don't worry, Donglang, we will try our best to protect ourselves." Li Chu nodded slightly when he heard that.

Dugu Jingyao suddenly thought of something and asked Li Chu, "By the way, didn't you say that a woman named He Lingyi who was with you ran away? Have you found her?"

Li Chu didn't know why Dugu Jingyao suddenly asked him this, but he still replied: "We haven't found any trace of her, but what did Ayao find?"

Dugu Jingyao recalled that in her previous life, He Lingyi was Zhang's person. She later escaped and changed her appearance, and stayed by Zhang's side without being discovered.

In addition, when Zhang came today, among the many maids, only the maid named Ling'er seemed not to be threatened by her and kept trying to kill her. Moreover, a person's appearance and voice can be changed, but her habits cannot be changed. Some of her movements, coupled with the calluses on her knuckles, clearly showed that she was a martial artist, so she guessed that the person was most likely He Lingyi.

Dugu Jingyao nodded slightly and said, "I suspect she is by Zhang's side, but she may have changed her appearance, or she may not have changed her appearance, because I have never seen her..."

Li Chu was puzzled and asked, "Why did Ayao make such an inference?"

Dugu Jingyao explained, "When Zhang came today, she said she wanted to torture us, so I threatened to kill them by saying that if they harmed the princess and the princess, their entire clan would be exterminated. The rest of them showed mercy, but one person, seemingly holding a grudge against me, went for it."

After a pause, he continued, "Although I'm trapped, I noticed thick calluses on her knuckles. She must be a martial artist, and she hasn't just started practicing martial arts recently."

Upon hearing this, Li Chu felt that Dugu Jingyao's analysis made sense, but he also thought it was possible that the guard Shi Siming had assigned to Zhang Shi might not necessarily be He Lingyi. So he said, "Okay, I'll keep an eye on it. Yao, you two should rest first. I can't stay here for long."

Dugu Jingyao also nodded and said, "Okay, you go back first and be careful."

Li Chu nodded, then walked to the door, looking back every few steps, and looked back reluctantly.

Seeing the two people's eyes straining, Liu Jingyue couldn't bear it any longer and interrupted, "Brother-in-law, you should go back quickly. If you don't leave soon, the two people at the door will really wake up!"

Li Chu then withdrew his gaze, as if he had made a great decision, turned around and left, quietly closing the door.