Chapter 519 Xi Ling Will Protect His Mother

The three shadow guards looked at Li Rui and Li Hua with interest.

Even they were a little suspicious that the woman standing behind the other woman was really Li Rui or not.

She was beautiful as Zhao Wang Lei had described Li Rui but looking at her hands that were covered in mud, they were a little doubtful.

Could Lord Xi's wife do such work as tending plants inside a garden?

There must be servants in the manor to do such works!

And looking at Li Hua who was dressed in normal clothes that were though very better than a maid's clothes, they couldn't really believe that she was Li Rui.

Though she looked fine, she was not as beautiful as Zhao Wang Lei had described Li Rui.

As the three shadow guards tried to guess who the real Li Rui was or whether there really was a real Li Rui there, they suddenly heard a loud and childish voice.

"Mother..Xiao Ling is awake."

Li Hua and Li Rui had their eyes wide when they realized that Xi Ling was walking toward the garden.

"Xiao Ling, stay outside!"

Li Rui had just shouted when the door of the garden opened and she found Xi Ling standing at the door.

"Mother!"

Xi Ling's eyes were wide with joy as he looked at his mother.

His mother had told him that she would teach him a new game after he would wake up from his afternoon nap.

"Young Master.."

From behind, he heard Liu Lan's panting voice coming and the small bun smiled sheepishly as he thought that his mother would scold him because of making Sister Liu Lan run behind him like this.

However, the smile on his lips disappeared and he had a confused face when he saw the three people inside the garden wearing face masks and black clothes.

The small bun looked at his mother and asked innocently

"Mother, who are they?"

Li Rui's lips were pressed in a thin line as she looked at the three shadow guards who were also looking at her. They had a smile on their lips which she couldn't see as their faces were covered with masks but she surely heard the amusement in the voice when one of them said

"So you are Li Rui..interesting."

Gu Li said as he observed Li Rui.

Lord Xi's wife really did work like tending to the plants in Xi Manor.

Why?

Was it because Lord Xi didn't favor her enough to provide extra servants.

Gu Li dismissed his thoughts when he realized he was thinking much about the woman who was soon going to die.

His eyes then went to the child who was standing at the door.

He seemed to remember that Zhao Wang Lei had asked him to kill the child also if he wanted extra money when he had gone to the Imperial Palace.

Li Rui's eyes flashed with panic when she saw him looking at her son. Swallowing audibly, she masked her fear with indifference and said

"Yes, I am Li Rui. What do you want from me?"

She just wished that he would not look at Xi Ling again and forget about her son's presence from here.

Gu Li smirked when he heard her words.

He knew very well that if there was any other woman in place of Li Rui then by now, she would have been crying and sobbing to save her life and perhaps even her child if she knew that they were going to kill her son also.

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However, there stood Li Rui asking them coldly what they wanted from her.

Could she not already predict what they were here for? The woman didn't look that dense.

That was what Gu Li concluded by looking into her calm and indifferent eyes.

"Step forward."

He said coldly without answering her question.

Li Rui did what he asked her to do calmly.

Gu Li's smile faltered a little when he saw that Li Rui's stomach was slightly protruding.

She was pregnant.

Zhao Wang Lei never told them this.

The three shadow guards looked at each other. Their eyes were emotionless as they looked back at Li Rui with a slightly thoughtful expression on their faces.

It might be a little funny but Youxio had never killed a pregnant woman before.

They had killed a ten-year-old child too but never a pregnant woman.

In fact, when they were asked to kill a pregnant woman once, their leader had ordered them to bring the woman.

The woman was held captive in Youxio for a few months ..until she gave birth. Then they didn't have to kill the woman because the woman died after childbirth.

The child was born safely and was dropped off at some orphanage by them.

After that, their leader had specially asked them to never take the deals that involved killing pregnant women.

"Now tell me what do you want from me?"

Li Rui asked again calmly as.

The dagger in her hand was hidden very nicely so that no one would be able to see it.

Gu Li was still having two minds but looking at Li Rui's calm face. They needed money..a huge amount of money that Zhao Wang Lei was ready to give them. So inside his mind, he thought that this time, his master would perhaps step back from their principle and kill Li Rui or maybe keep her captive for the next few months and then kill her after she gives birth to the child. But then again after knowing Xi Ying's great reputation, would it really be wise to keep Li Rui alive?

So he thought that most of the chances were of killing Li Rui right now.

He took it as completing her last wish and answered her question.

"We want your life! We are here to kill You, Madam Xi."

And Li Rui's eyes flashed with coldness when she heard Gu Li's words.

At the same time, Xi Ling's angry shout was heard inside the garden.

"How dare you!"