Chapter 609 - 620: Concubine Du’s Argument
Someone had already died, and if another were to die, how would he face his friends from the past in the underworld after death...
It was all that beast’s fault.
With these thoughts, Mr. Jie glared angrily with bloodshot eyes, shifting his man-eating gaze from Concubine Du to Jie Er Gongzi.
Concubine Du lay prostrate on the ground, slowly raising her head to look at Mr. Jie. Seeing his dispirited appearance and realizing he had no intention of helping her up, her heart grew cold.
How could this be? In such a situation, wasn’t he always on her side?
She glanced at the person lying on the bed, her heart skipping a beat.
Could it be because she was about to die?
Ha, fine, since she was going to die, why should she bother with a dead person?
Concubine Du wiped her tears and began to speak softly.
"It was like this: today, as usual, I brought elder sister’s favorite snacks to see her, and we talked about father and... about her soon leaving the Jie Residence. She said she was leaving and planned to take the letters our father left us when he died. Those letters were placed in a box by elder sister and me when we first entered the residence and buried under the willow tree next to Lotus Pond Waterside Pavilion. Later, we took a spade and dug up the box under the willow tree.
But the ground by the pond was slippery, and elder sister had been squatting for too long while digging for the box, felt dizzy, and then... she accidentally fell into the lotus pond..."