Chapter 244 - Chapter 244: Chapter 253: Confusing the Enemy (2/2)

“My sweethearts, mother is back, no more crying.” Su Wenyue spoke gently, yet despite her hurry, she didn’t immediately pick up the children. After cleaning off the outside dust, changing her clothes, and washing up, she took the eldest from the nanny’s arms.

It wasn’t that Su Wenyue was partial, but having cared for the children so long, she understood the three little ones well. The two younger ones usually cried in response to their older brother. As long as the eldest stopped crying, the two younger would settle down.

Indeed, as the nanny had said, Brother Xing ceased his tears upon entering Su Wenyue’s embrace. The two younger ones, hearing their brother stop, gradually calmed down too, although their little faces remained flushed from the previous wailing.

Witnessing this scene, Feng Ruolin considered it nothing short of magical. How clever the three children of her younger sister’s family were, despite being so young. They would certainly be smart when they grew up.

Only after calming the three little ones did Feng Ruolin have the opportunity to talk with Su Wenyue and asked about her visit to the Li Mansion.

“The Li family really had ill intentions. It’s good that you, my wise sister, hurried back. Otherwise, they would have certainly taken advantage of you!” Feng Ruolin, upon hearing Su Wenyue’s account, was outraged. By now, Ah Qing had regained her composure and was thinking about telling Madam all the events at the Li Mansion later, Madam really was no ordinary person.

“Sister-in-law, rest assured, am I someone so easily bullied?” Su Wenyue said, glancing at Ah Qing. Since she hadn’t specifically instructed Ah Qing otherwise, she assumed that Ah Qing would tell Big Brother and sister-in-law everything that happened today, then they would naturally believe it.

Now that Su Hengyi and Feng Ruolin were assured of Su Wenyue’s safe return from the Li Mansion, they, too, were extremely busy. After leaving the bodyguards they brought, they rushed back to the Su Family.

“Younger sister, before your brother-in-law returns, these bodyguards should stay with you. They’ll provide extra security and allow us to rest easier.”

Su Wenyue naturally wouldn’t refuse the kindness of her big brother and sister-in-law, but her greatest worry now was Han Yu. Even Han Yu himself didn’t have full confidence in his situation, for it was indeed perilous. Otherwise, those people wouldn’t be so certain that Han Yu wouldn’t make it back. But she had done everything that could be done, now it all depended on Han Yu himself.

At that moment, Han Yu was settling down with his soldiers in a secluded cave deep within the forest. The camps pitched on the outside were only manned by a few soldiers as a decoy to confuse the enemy. Considering the enemy’s intentions to eliminate Han Yu, even if they didn’t actively deal with the bandits, the bandits would be eager to get rid of them, hence the utmost caution was necessary.

With the cotton-padded clothes and quilts prepared by Su Wenyue, and a fire lit inside the cave, they didn’t feel cold at all. Following Su Wenyue’s instructions, Han Yu taught everyone to bury sweet potatoes in the embers to bake and used a large pot over the fire to boil water, added some flour-like substance into it to cook porridge, and they all ate their fill, feeling even warmer.

The bandits on the mountain had received word of Han Yu bringing soldiers to suppress them and had waited for two days, but there had been no movement. They were all baffled.

“What’s going on? Could the news be inaccurate? They said government soldiers were coming to wipe us out, but why is there no sign of them?”