"Ah Li?"
Ah Shun shuddered with surprise, looking at the person in amazement. How come, this County Magistrate Xue, why did he know the visitor was Miss Biao? And why did he call her so affectionately?
Jiang Li was also taken aback. She slowly lowered her head, her breathing became fainter as she looked at the person she was holding. Father... had he not lost his mind? A surge of ecstasy flooded her heart.
But the ecstasy faded quickly.
Xue Huaiyuan opened his eyes, but he did not look at her, rather he stared at the stone wall, or perhaps at the stains splattered upon it. He struggled out of Jiang Li's grasp and quickly shrank back to his previous corner, picking up a handful of straw from the ground and clutching it tightly in his arms as if afraid someone might steal it, muttering, "Ah Li... Ah Li..."
