Visiting Prison (Add 3000 words, refresh)

  After a while, Su San finally came to his senses, turned his head around, and a pair of eyes as black as the dark night, but with sparkling lights shining through.

  An Yan's face flushed as he was stared at by Su San, and he turned to escape, but felt a tightness around his waist before being swept into Su San's arms.

  Warm fragrance soft jade, touching hands warm and soft, Su San only felt that his heart was suddenly softened.

  Little woman...

  Su San's head was lightly pressed against An Yan's shoulder, his lips softly resting on An Yan's earlobe. The soft murmurs were so close they seemed to be within reach. His warm breath caressed An Yan's eyes and eyebrows, sending a thrilling sensation that felt like an electric shock, directly reaching the bottom of his heart. The softest part of his heart was as if being tickled by a feather, trembling lightly for an instant.

  Her face was flushed, and she leaned gently against Su San's chest, her body soft to the point of being unbelievable. She looked so delicate, as if inviting someone to pluck her like a flower.

  But Su San saw such beauty in front of him, and he was also trembling with emotion. His lips slowly moved down, lightly, that warm breath was about to approach An Yan's lips when it was blocked by her slender hand.

  "Huh?"

  Su San's voice was hoarse, with a slight upward inflection in his tone.

  An Yan's face was still flushed, but her heart had calmed down a bit. She said slowly: "Stop making trouble and hurry up to do the right thing. I just told Mrs. Li to wait for a while before going to the prison cell to visit Yin Jiu Niang and the others. You quickly go and tell Yu Lei about it."

  "What is being done now is just a matter of formality."

  At this moment, Su San didn't have the leisure to take care of the little white face's mother's affairs, and just thinking about it made him feel uncomfortable.

  So, Su San continued to get closer, his lips touching An Yan's warmth. Just as he was about to deepen the kiss, he felt a tingling pain in his ear. His thin lips parted slightly, and he looked sideways to see the little woman with a smile that wasn't quite a smile. Her face didn't show any joy or anger, but her eyes were brewing shallow clouds. If he continued to insist, those clouds would soon brew into a storm. Su San felt a bit suffocated, and his resentment towards Li Yu Zhu increased by several degrees. He thought to himself that this matter was ultimately related to Li Yu Zhu after all.

  Su San somewhat dejectedly loosened his grip on An Yan, with a look of childish regret on his face, as if he hadn't gotten the candy he wanted. An Yan looked at him and immediately burst out laughing. Thinking about how tense and nervous he was right now, yet still having to force himself to go out and take care of things, she also felt a bit sorry for him. An Yan's eyes sparkled, her face grew even redder, and she leaned in close to Su San's ear, whispering: "Come back early, I'll make it up to you tonight."

  Originally somewhat sulky Su San, upon hearing this, instantly became like he had been injected with chicken blood, his face subtly yet visibly excited. He couldn't help but lightly kiss An Yan's cheek and said with a spoiled and delighted tone: "I obey your command."

  Upon hearing this, An Yan gave Su San a coquettish glance. That one glance was full of charm and almost took Su San's soul away, nearly making him unable to move. However, thinking about the little woman's promise, he suddenly had strength again.

  She stood up with a gentle smile, her eyes shining brightly as she gazed at Su San. Her warm and tender gaze was like the softest vines, binding Su San tightly. With such gentle silk threads entwining him, Su San felt his hard iron heart suddenly turn into a delicate ring, unable to be tough again.

  Su San stopped there, reached out and took An Yan's hand, held it up to his lips, and gently kissed it.

  "Wait for me, I'll be right back."

  Su San's eyes, like ink, revealed a gentle warmth, falling on An Yan's body, as if carrying a scorching temperature.

  "Hurry up and go."

  An softly withdrew her hand and then stretched out another hand to push him, urging him to go quickly.

  Su San reluctantly left for the Qingcheng Prefecture government office, walking while thinking in her mind that she must work hard tonight and hope to have a small comfort soon.

  On the other hand, Mrs. Li quickly returned to the Li Mansion and had someone summon Li Yutong as soon as she arrived.

  Li Yutong was in the Li Mansion, but his heart was always thinking about going to Baicao Hall to find his mother Anyan. Therefore, when Mrs. Li was in Baicao Hall, Li Yutong was always pacing slowly around the courtyard of Mrs. Li's residence with a worried and anxious expression. At this moment, as soon as he heard that his mother was looking for him, he immediately ran quickly to his mother's room.

  Li Yutong arrived just as Mrs. Li had sat down, and they hadn't even had a chance to take a sip of tea yet.

  "Mother, how are you?"

  Li Yutong's face was filled with anxious expressions, and her mind was preoccupied with Ruan Yuqing's charming appearance.

  Mrs. Li watched as her son hurriedly ran towards her, suddenly feeling a sense of dizziness, always thinking that this son was getting farther and farther away from her. Obviously, he was running towards her, getting closer and closer.

  "Mother?"

  Li Yutong saw Mrs. Li didn't respond and anxiously called out again.

  Mrs. Li came to herself, reached out and took Li Yutong's hand, with a hint of helplessness in the corner of her eyes, and sighed: "Yutong, this time mother really did put on a brave face. But things have already become a fait accompli, and even Jinxiu said there was no way to change it."

  "How can there be no way out, all these things were caused by that woman. Now, can she just push everything away with a single sentence of 'no way'?" Upon hearing this extremely disappointing news, Li Yutong felt that the few sparks of hope that had just been ignited in her heart suddenly fell into an ice cellar, and became cold and numb.

  Mrs. Li listened to Li Yutong's words, first frowning and feeling that the words were a bit too much. But after thinking about it again, she thought of her treatment today and felt that An Yan was indeed a bit too cold. Just like at the beginning, when he said those words, he actually wanted to make himself not speak out for his emotions. Thinking this way, Mrs. Li couldn't help but feel dissatisfied with An Yan.

  "I also think so, but she just replied to her mother like this. She said that the case has already been decided and Su San can't do anything about it."

  Mrs. Li told Anwen's words to Li Yutong, as if she was persuading her son, but also seemed to be persuading herself.

  Li Yutong heard, but burst out laughing and said: "Mother, it's a waste of your kindness to her in the past. Now that something has happened, she is so inhumane. Su San and Chengzhu Yu Lei are sworn brothers, this matter as long as Su San speaks up, how can there be no room for maneuver? It's just that she doesn't want to help."

  Li Yutong's words fell, and Mrs. Li seemed to be in thought, suddenly feeling that her son's words were quite reasonable.

  "Never mind, let's talk about this later. For now, although people can't be released at once. However, she finally relented and said that we could go see Jiuniang and the others."

  Mrs. Li sighed and announced the final result. Now there is no way, it's better to see each other first.

  Li Yutong only felt a buzzing in his ears, feeling somewhat disappointed and surprised. The disappointment was that the person couldn't be rescued, and the surprise was naturally because he could at least see him one last time. This was also considered good news, as he could go take a look and see how he was doing.

  What's the point of looking at that kind of place, what good can come out of it? And he is such a person with multiple layers, so elegant and refined, yet now he has been ground down to this state. It's really fate playing tricks on people, hurting him physically but paining him mentally. Inevitably, the resentment in his heart towards An Yan increased by several degrees.

  "Mom, I'll go get ready and we can go take a look later."

  Li Yutong muttered a sentence and turned around to prepare things.

  Food and clothing should be prepared. Of course, money is also needed, but it's just unknown whether these things can be sent in or not.

  Mrs. Li looked at Li Yutong's somewhat despondent face, and the words of comfort she wanted to say were swallowed back down. Now saying more would be useless; this hurdle still had to be crossed by her son himself. Mrs. Li sat in silence for a moment before instructing the servants below to prepare some pastries. This time going in was not only to see Yin Jiu Niang, but also to see Zhao Shi and Ruan Yujin. The relationship between the Li and Ruan families had always been good; now that the Ruan family had encountered such a drastic change, it was pitiful.

  Thinking of Ruan's house, Mrs. Li suddenly remembered that there was another young lady in Ruan's house named Ruan Aihua, and now she didn't know how she was doing either.

  "You have someone go to Ruan's residence to make some inquiries and see how Miss Ai He is doing?"

  Now that she thought of it, she naturally wanted to take a look at her and Zhao's family, with whom they had been on good terms for many years.

  The person who was attending beside him heard this order and turned around to go and do it. However, in the time it takes to drink half a cup of tea, that person had already turned back again.

  "Madam, Miss Ruan has arrived at the mansion and is waiting outside the courtyard."

  "What a coincidence! How can Ah He be left standing outside? Hurry up and let her in. Now that's better, go together to see her mother and brother."

  The servant immediately went out to spread the word and soon a woman in pink clothes rushed in with tears streaming down her face.

  "Aunt Li, what should Ah He do? Mother has been taken away, and Elder Brother has also been taken away. Now the Ruan Mansion is empty, it seems like only Ah He is left."

  Ruan Aihua was now sobbing in Madame Li's arms, overcome with grief. This time it was real heartache; if something were to happen to Zhao and Ruan Yujing, then Ruan Aihua's second half of life would be ruined. Without a pillar to rely on, the Ruan household would immediately be bullied by those people

  The tiger-eyed Ruan family's side branch was divided cleanly. Without the protection of the Ruan family, Ruan Aihua was nothing.

  Mrs. Li looked at the woman crying sadly in her arms, stretched out her hand to gently pat her back and said: "Don't be sad, there will always be a way. I was just about to go to the prison cell to take a look at them, now that you're here, let's go together."

  When she heard this, Ruan Aihua was surprised, but soon there was a joyful color in her eyes. She had always been spoiled and willful, but also careless. Now being able to go in and take a look at her mother and brother was also good, and it would be better to ask for advice.

  "If we can see our mother and brother, then can't we let them out?"

  Ruan Aihao has always known that the Li family is a transcendent existence in Qingcheng, and what the Ruan family can't do, the Li family may be able to. Yesterday, when Ruan Yuke and Zhao Shi were arrested at the Qingcheng Prefecture, she went to see them but was rejected by the lower officials with cold faces. Now that the Li family has a way to meet them, does it also mean that they will have a way to rescue them?

  Mrs. Li's face showed a hint of disappointment, and she sighed: "Ah He, Auntie Li also wanted to bring them out, but our Li family has exhausted all its efforts and can only get the chance to visit them."

  Ruan Aihe suddenly felt that the originally dark and cloudy sky was now even more oppressive, as if it was difficult to breathe.

  Mrs. Li looked at her, a hint of sympathy flashing in her eyes, and reached out to stroke Ruan Aihua's hair, softly comforting her: "Now that things have happened, we also need to learn to accept them. Ahua, Auntie Li knows you're a good child, you must be strong."

  Ruan Aihe listened, her eyes filled with tears, but in the end she still didn't stay.

  "Mother, let's go."

  At this moment, the door of the room was suddenly pushed open from outside, and Li Yutong hurried in with a large food box in her hand. Li Yutong unexpectedly saw that there was an extra person in the room, and a look of surprise flashed across her eyes, but she didn't care much about it.

  Mrs. Li stood up and also pulled Ruan Aihua up, saying: "Are you all ready?"

  "Uh-huh."

  "Then let's go."

  Mrs. Li patted Ruan Aihe's hand secretly to comfort her.

  When the three of them arrived at the government office prison, they explained their identities and, as expected, passed through without any obstacles, directly arriving at the place where the three were being held.

  Zhao and Yin Jiu Niang were detained in a cell, while Ruan Yu Qing was alone in another cell. Li Yu Tong was worried about Ruan Yu Qing, but also feared that her mother would notice something, so she suppressed the anxiety in her heart and followed Mrs. Li to the cell where Yin Jiu Niang and Zhao were being held.

  In the cell, only Zhao and Yin Jiu Niang were locked up. At this time, Yin Jiu Niang was hugging her knees, staring blankly at the straw on the ground with a bewildered expression, her clothes wrinkled and disheveled, looking utterly wretched, where was the proud and domineering demeanor of the public hall? Zhao, on the other hand, sat against the wall, leaning lightly against it, closing his eyes as if asleep. Even in such a state of decline, Zhao still managed to maintain her elegant and refined demeanor. That elegance made people feel that this was not a prison cell, but a lotus-filled pond.

  Zhao and Yin Jiu Niang lived in the same room, but their demeanor was vastly different, with high and low clearly visible.

  The jailer had already opened the lock of the cell and, after opening the door, carefully instructed: "You only have half an hour at most."

  Only this one sentence, no more unnecessary nonsense.

  Mrs. Li watched as the figure of the departing official disappeared into the distance, her eyes narrowing slightly before turning back with a warm smile.

  The sound of the lock naturally startled the two people in the cell, Zhao gently opened her eyes and saw three people, with a hint of sparkle in her eyes. Especially when her gaze fell on Ruan Aihua's body, it was instantly filled with soft light.

  Yin Jiu Niang heard the sound of unlocking, her eyes widened in terror, and she looked anxiously this way. When she saw the three people, tears instantly filled her eyes. Yin Jiu Niang suddenly stood up and ran towards Li Yu Tong's direction.

  Li Yutong's eyes narrowed slightly, and a few flashes of gloominess flickered in the depths of her eyes. She suppressed the disgust in her heart and let Yin Jiuniang pounce on her.

  "Yu Tong, you've come to see me. Hurry up and take me away from here, I really can't stay here for another moment. This place is dirty and messy, and no one is serving me, I'm going crazy."

  Listening to Yin Jiu Niang's incessant muttering, Li Yu Tong felt his temples throbbing with rage, and he couldn't help but want to push her away with a slap.

  Madam Li and Nguyen Ai Hoa had already walked into the prison cell and arrived beside Zhao's side.

  "Mom, are you okay?"

  Ruan Aihe saw Zhao Shi and was about to habitually rush into her arms, but when she saw that Zhao Shi's clothes were disheveled and dirty in several places, she suddenly stopped herself from rushing into Zhao Shi's arms. Her eyes flashed with a hint of unnaturalness. She changed her mind and stretched out her hand to hold onto Zhao Shi's arm, speaking softly: "Mother, you've suffered."

  Even if Zhao was even more formidable and meticulous in her calculations, after all, she was a woman and, more importantly, a mother. At this moment, all her thoughts were on her daughter, without noticing anything unusual about her. When she heard her daughter's words, her heart almost broke, and she said with a choked voice: "Mother is not suffering, Mother is not suffering."

  Mrs. Zhao just said so, wanting to comfort her daughter, but didn't know what else to say. Mrs. Li on the side, however, took in Ruan Aihua's expression, and for a moment, the curve of her mouth was somewhat strange. It seemed like pleasure, it seemed like ridicule, inexplicably extreme.

  Mrs. Li stood quietly on one side, her mind thinking of something unknown.

  "Mother, what should we do now that you and brother have been taken away? The people in the mansion are almost rebelling." Ruan Aihua's words were filled with indignation as she spoke of these things. Those despicable creatures had actually taken advantage of her mother and brother's misfortune to kick them while they were down. The more she thought about it, the angrier she became, and Ruan Aihua suddenly pulled on Zhao Shi's hand, saying angrily: "Mother, when you and brother return, we must severely punish those despicable creatures who don't know their place, and see if they dare to do such things again."

  Ruan Aihe was completely immersed in her own emotions, without any awareness that at this moment, her mother was deeply trapped.

  Although Zhao was not a good person in terms of human relationships, she was extremely good as a mother. For Ruan Yuke and Ruan Aihua, these two children, she was truly devoted to giving them the best with all her might. So at this moment, when she heard Ruan Aihua's words, she instinctively felt uncomfortable in her heart, but for a while, she didn't know why. She looked at her daughter's bright face and stretched out her hand to touch it gently.

  Ruan Aihe was still scolding there in a fit of rage, but when she saw Zhao's dirty hands about to touch her face out of the corner of her eye, her whole body stiffened uncontrollably. Her eyes flickered lightly, and her hand under her sleeve moved slightly, wanting to stop him, but was too embarrassed to stretch out.

  Madam Zhao's hand gently touched her face, and her eyes couldn't help but well up with hot tears. The events of the past two days had almost destroyed all her willpower. In the vast darkness, it was the thought of her two children that allowed her to remain strong. Madam Zhao was so moved that she wanted to hug her daughter, but in the end, she saw the flickering gaze of her daughter's eyes.

  At this time, Ruan Aihe also seemed to have reached her limit, gently pushing Zhao's mother and trying to make her tone sound calm. "Mother, come and eat something. These two days in the prison cell, Mother must not have eaten well."

  As she spoke, Ruan Aihua turned around and left Zhao's arms, lightly got up and came to Mrs. Li's side, taking over the food box in her hand.

  Mrs. Zhao stared blankly at her empty arms, looking at her daughter's bright and natural smile at this moment, only to feel a heart full of bitterness, along with a faint sense of irony. She raised her eyes to look at her daughter, and for an instant, there was a sharp flash in her gaze. But when her daughter's eyes swept over, she quickly recovered to be loving.

  On this side, Ruan Aihe was like the most filial daughter, gently feeding Zhao's mother.

  On the other side, Li Yutong felt like he was in deep torment. This Silver Nine Maiden was simply shameless, and before they were even married, she was already being so forward as to hug him directly. However, thinking of Silver Purple Hibiscus and the Silver family behind her, the disgust in his heart was somewhat suppressed. He endured his disgust and gently pushed Silver Nine Maiden away, saying softly: "Nine Maiden, let's eat something first. Let's sit down first, then we can discuss the future."

  "What's the big plan? Yu Tong, didn't you come to take me away? No, I don't want to stay here anymore. It's so dirty and messy here, I won't be able to sleep tonight."

  As soon as she heard that she might not be able to leave immediately, Yin Jiu Niang burst into tears, her face filled with agitation, and her small hands unconsciously pounded against Li Yu Tong, venting the countless grievances in her heart. Li Yu Tong's expression instantly turned cold, he grasped Yin Jiu Niang's flailing hands, pinning them down fiercely, his eyes, which were usually charming and flirtatious, now dark and foreboding, exuding an unspeakable sense of oppression and terror. Yin Jiu Niang immediately wilted, her originally proud and arrogant face suddenly filled with fear, and the hand grasped by Li Yu Tong was trembling uncontrollably.

  "Can we have a good meal now?"

  Li Yutong saw Yin Jiu Niang's obedient appearance, but she smiled slyly and personally helped Yin Jiu Niang sit down on the straw on the ground. At this moment, Yin Jiu Niang seemed to have lost her soul, allowing Li Yutong to support her. She was really scared by Li Yutong just now, and she didn't dare to be presumptuous again. Seeing Yin Jiu Niang's appearance, Li Yutong became even more disdainful in her heart.

  "You stay here and have a good meal first, I'll go take a look at Yuqing and discuss to see if there's a better way." He and Ruan Yuqing had been together for many years after all.

  Good friends, and Ruan Yuqing was also a wise and capable person in the past. This statement is not suspicious at all. Yin Jiuniang has just been frightened, and now she doesn't dare to have any opinions. Li Yutong looked at everyone and found nothing wrong, then turned around and walked towards Ruan Yuqing's prison cell.