Chapter 42



42 What They Believed to be True

Yu Sheng was helped into the house.

Yu Kangtai ordered someone to call the doctor over. Mrs. Jiang sat at the side and held her son’s hand tightly. She was so excited that her voice was trembling.

“Sheng, you’re finally back. I thought… I thought I’d never see you again.”

Yu Sheng looked very weak. His face was pale, and his lips were dry and cracked. His hair and clothes were also a little messy. Fortunately, there were no obvious wounds on his body. It seemed that he had not been tortured in prison.

He forced a smile in front of his mother and spoke hoarsely.

“I was unfilial and made Father and Mother worried.”

Soon, the doctor rushed over.

He checked Yu Sheng carefully and confirmed that he had not slept for a long time. His thoughts were too heavy. In addition, he had not eaten properly, which was why his body was weak. It was not a big problem. He would recover after a good rest.

After knowing that her son did not eat well, Mrs. Jiang hurriedly asked the kitchen to prepare food.

Yu Sheng ate something and felt much better.

Yu Kangtai asked, “Why did the Eagle Guards suddenly release you?”

Yu Sheng shook his head. “I don’t know.”

He had already given up hope and was prepared to die in prison. In the end, an Eagle Guard had run over to tell him that he was fine and that he should hurry home.

He pressed the man for details.

However, the Eagle Guard was very tight-lipped and did not say anything.

Yu Kangtai was puzzled. “The Eagle Guards wouldn’t let you go for no reason. There must be something wrong.”

Yu Pingping suddenly spoke excitedly.

“It must have been my friends who helped!”

The other three turned toward her.

Yu Pingping’s eyes lit up and she said firmly, “I just went to beg my sisters for help, and in the blink of an eye, Brother was released. The timing is too coincidental. They must have told their elders when they returned, and their elders pleaded for mercy. That’s why they asked the Eagle Guards to release Brother.”

Yu Kangtai was skeptical.

The Eagle Guards he knew had always been ruthless and would never let him go just because of a few words from others.

But his daughter’s words were not completely unreasonable.

In the end, he chose to be silent and not argue.

Mrs. Jiang believed her daughter’s words.

She reached out and touched her daughter’s hair.

“It’s all thanks to your friends this time. When you invite them to our house later, I’ll definitely reward them well.”

Yu Pingping was proud that she could save her brother.

She agreed happily. “Yes!”

Yu Kangtai realized that his son was a little distracted and asked, “Did you think of something?”

Yu Sheng came back to his senses and answered truthfully.

“I’m thinking of my sister.”

Mrs. Jiang frowned and said unhappily, “Why are you thinking of her?”

Yu Kangtai was not happy either.

Previously, Yu Niaoniao had promised to plead with Duke Lang, but she did not manage to do anything when she went out.

He regretted it. Why had he believed her nonsense?

That girl had always been crazy and unreliable.

Yu Sheng said, “She came to visit me in prison and said she would help me find out the truth.”

Yu Pingping’s eyes widened in surprise.

“Brother, don’t tell me you believe her nonsense?!”

Yu Sheng recalled the scene in the prison and muttered, “She didn’t look like she’s lying…”

Afraid that her brother had been deceived, Yu Pingping hurriedly said.

“How can she figure out a case that even the Eagle Guards can’t? She likes to talk big. Don’t let her fool you.”

Yu Kangtai agreed with his younger daughter. “That girl, Niaoniao, is used to talking nonsense. Yesterday, she promised to save you, but I only saw her running around and not doing anything serious.”

Mrs. Jiang said, “Your father and sister are right. That girl, Niaoniao, is unreliable.”