With a loud 'bang,' the door to the woodshed swung open.
As soon as Shu Feng entered, he saw Mrs. Xue collapsed on the ground. Surprised, he raised his hand to stop the others following him and said, "Hold on."
"Mrs. Xue?" Shu Feng called out uncertainly. The woman before him looked drastically different from when he had last seen her—she had not only lost a lot of weight but also seemed to have aged a decade.
Mrs. Xue, sweating profusely, looked up weakly and exclaimed, "Eldest Young Master, Second Master, you're here, that's wonderful, just wonderful …"
Shu Feng hesitated, then went forward to help her up. "What happened to you?"
Mrs. Xue was suddenly overwhelmed by grief. Thinking about the hardships she had endured these past days and the support of the Shu family men arriving at last, her tears uncontrollably started pouring.
The others were silent.
