Chapter 645: Chapter 644: No Small Request

Li’s Blacksmith Shop closed its doors early today, and everyone nearby knew that the male owner of Li’s was not in good health. He needed to see a doctor and take medicine every few days, and the shop was often closed, so no one found it strange.

The man who always needed medical treatment had just taken a medicine pill and was leaning against the bed, looking at the woman in front of him.

“Shuangshuang, you really didn’t have to do that today,” Duan Rong’s hand touched Li Shuangshuang’s cheek.

Li Shuangshuang pulled down his hand, their fingers tightly interlocked, her eyes slightly moist, said, “Ah Rong, I can’t take it anymore. Do you know how much my heart aches when I hear you coughing in silence and groaning with pain every night?”

Duan Rong’s body stiffened, and he offered a remorseful smile, “I’m sorry for disturbing your sleep.”

Li Shuangshuang covered his mouth, shaking her head, said, “I won’t let you say that. Ah Rong, seeing you in pain and suffering, I wish I could bear it all for you, but alas… Now that such an opportunity has arisen, how can I let it slip by?”

“But…”

There’s no ‘but’,” Li Shuangshuang said decisively, “Ah Rong, we’ll both be nearly thirty in a few years, yet we have no child. Not to mention the Li Family, even the Duan Family needs to carry on the line. We have no other choice!”

“Silly girl, I don’t care about such legacies,” Duan Rong said tenderly.

“But I do,” Li Shuangshuang shook her head, said, “My father-in-law treats me like his own daughter. What about the other members of the Duan Family? If it wasn’t because of our Li Family, how would they have ended up with their family destroyed and people gone? Ah Rong, I can’t let the Duan Family’s line end in my hands. Otherwise, how will I face them in the future? What face would I have to see them with?”

Duan Rong was silent, holding her hand.

“That Miss Wufu is scheming; she wouldn’t simply have us be servants. Once you agree to her terms, from then on, we will no longer be free, unable to live according to our own wishes!” Duan Rong said, “Just as she said, if she wants you to make that ‘bomb’, would you do it? Your father-in-law would curse us from his grave for being unfilial.”

Li Shuangshuang, however, smiled, “Ah Rong, father wouldn’t. If he truly didn’t want those things to see the light of day, why would he leave some behind? Doesn’t he know the endless troubles they could cause? Yet he still left them. Why?”

Duan Rong was taken aback.

“It’s only to give us a bit of a chance to protect our own lives. Everyone is selfish, and father is no exception; he is a father, and he is selfish too.”

Duan Rong gave a bitter smile, “After all, you are your father’s biological daughter.”

Li Shuangshuang leaned into his arms, said, “Ah Rong, although Miss Wufu is calculating, I can tell that she’s a person with a clear sense of gratitude and grudge. As long as we don’t cross her bottom line, she won’t use those things to wreak havoc. I trust her.”

“I’m just afraid her demands won’t be small.”

“No matter how great her demands are, I’m not afraid. As long as Ah Rong is here, I’m not afraid. It’s just dying once after all, right? What’s to fear? As for the legacy, I believe that father would not want to see Li Family’s smithing technique die out.” Li Shuangshuang murmured, “Ah Rong, I’m not a capricious person, but this time I want to be willful once. You’ve always indulged me; indulge me this time too, will you?”

“You…”

“Moreover, by relying on her, it’s as if we have a backer. Think about it, anyone who knows the Ghost Doctor has people behind them. In the future, if we want to take revenge, it will be much easier.”

“Shuangshuang!”

Li Shuangshuang’s eyes flashed with hatred, “I must make those who harmed us taste the bitterness of having their families destroyed and their people dead.”

Duan Rong was stunned for a moment, then let out a long sigh. Well then, everything is fate.