Come to think of it, Qi Wen was also dragged into this mess by her.
However, she was truly smart. If it were just her alone, there was no way she could have successfully dug open that grave, let alone destroyed the coffin.
"What happened next?" Xiao Jingcheng asked.
Qi Wen replied, "After that, Your Highness was brought back by us. By the way, when we rescued Your Highness that night, there was a very strange thing. Besides me and Lady Jiang beside the graveyard, there were also a great many dogs. Those dogs were also great heroes in saving Your Highness!"
Xiao Jingcheng's head buzzed. He instinctively reached up to support his head and felt a momentary dizziness.
"Brother Jing, what's wrong with you?" Qi Wen quickly asked.
After the dizziness passed, Xiao Jingcheng waved his hand. "It's nothing. Maybe I was harmed by villains and slept for too long. I'm still a bit unaccustomed."
Qi Wen pouted, wanting to say that you even thought you were a dog not long ago.
"Brother Jing really should thank Lady Jiang. After we rescued you, you had a high fever. Lady Jiang took care of you day and night without changing her clothes. That's why Your Highness was able to wake up properly."
"Cough!" Xiao Jingcheng couldn't help choking. He covered his lips and looked at Qi Wen, his ears turning a suspicious shade of pink.
"She took care of me?"
Xiao Jingcheng couldn't help but recall the scene from last night when he pulled open Li Zhao's clothes and asked Ye Wanmian to administer the acupuncture.
So...
Did she take care of him like this at that time too?
Then, didn't she see him naked?
Xiao Jingcheng instinctively reached up and touched his chest. Thinking of the scene where she bent down to give him acupuncture and her fingers brushed across his chest, he couldn't help shivering.
"Cough, cough, cough!" He coughed forcefully to cover up his uneasiness on his face. "I heard from her that she came to Dongli Town to escape a marriage. Do you know about this?"
Qi Wen's face instantly changed.
He looked at Xiao Jingcheng angrily with a face full of indignation.
He hadn't forgotten what Lady Jiang had told him. Back then, her adoptive parents forced her to marry an old lecher as a second wife just because she accidentally offended the Crown Prince.
Now, he even dared to ask why she escaped the marriage!
Wasn't it all because of you!
Humph!
Qi Wen picked up the bowl and got up to leave. "I'm full! I'm going out to help Lady Jiang with her work!"
After saying that, he ran out with heavy steps, leaving Xiao Jingcheng looking completely stunned.
Wait a minute. We haven't finished talking yet. Why did he run away?
...
On the other side, Ye Wanmian finally felt completely at ease after watching Li Zhao eat the noodles and take the medicine.
Seeing that he wanted to get out of bed, Ye Wanmian quickly reached out to support him. But Li Zhao blocked her hand and told her to go outside first and get ready to receive patients. He could manage on his own.
It was indeed a bit late to open the clinic today. After some consideration, Ye Wanmian left.
She and Qi Wen tidied up the clinic together. Then they removed the door panels and were ready to receive patients.
Li Zhao came out of the room a moment later. He had changed into a new set of clothes and his hair was carefully groomed.
When Ye Wanmian saw him, she immediately put down the pen in her hand. Fortunately, although Li Zhao walked slowly, his steps were steady. Seeing him walk step by step to the medicine cabinet and sit down, Ye Wanmian secretly let out a sigh of relief.
Realizing what she was doing, she laughed at herself for being too nervous in her heart. After all, Li Zhao was an adult and knew what he was doing. It's impossible for him to push himself too hard even if he was on the verge of death, right?
Bah, bah, bah. What death? She wouldn't let Uncle Li have anything happen to him.
She lowered her head and focused on organizing the medical records. Not far away, Li Zhao in front of the medicine cabinet looked at the girl's serious face from afar through the swaying bead curtain and let out a soft sigh.
How could he not know that what he needed most now was rest? But he also didn't know how long his broken body could hold on. He didn't want to waste a single moment of being able to watch over her and protect her.
The front yard was as busy as ever, but the backyard was completely calm.
Normally, this kind of peaceful atmosphere would be reassuring, but the longer Xiao Jingcheng stayed, the more irritated he became.
Recalling Qi Wen's attitude, he finally couldn't sit still anymore. He got up and walked outside.
When Xiao Jingcheng passed through the secret door and lifted the curtain to enter the main hall of the clinic, Ye Wanmian was feeling the pulse of a patient.
It was a man. He looked to be in his thirties. He was wearing the most ordinary clothes, which were dirty, as if he had rolled around somewhere. Some parts of the clothes were even torn.
His eye bags were swollen and his eyes were cloudy. The whole person exuded a sense of weakness and listlessness. Therefore, his sitting posture on the chair also looked a bit slovenly.
Xiao Jingcheng's eyebrows instantly frowned.
The man didn't notice that someone had come at all. His eyes were fixed on Ye Wanmian across from him, and his whole body leaned forward slightly.
"Doctor, can you tell what disease I have?"
Ye Wanmian's fingers were on his wrist through a handkerchief. She lowered her head and carefully distinguished the pulse, not noticing the man's strange behavior at all.
This man had just come to the clinic. As soon as he entered the door, he rushed straight to Ye Wanmian and shouted that he felt uncomfortable all over and asked Ye Wanmian to take a look at him.
Ye Wanmian didn't like this man's gaze and appearance at all, but since the man had come to the door, she let him sit down.
"Give me your right hand. Let me take a look."
Ye Wanmian took away the handkerchief and motioned for the man to put his right hand up. Unexpectedly, the man grabbed her hand and gently stroked it, sighing:
"Doctor, you must save me. I'm only thirty - six years old and haven't had a son or a daughter yet. If I die like this, my family will be without an heir!"
Ye Wanmian was startled and quickly pulled her hand back. "Your pulse is indeed deep and weak, but it's not to the point of being life - threatening. Let me listen to the pulse of your right hand again."
The man put his right hand up and leaned a bit closer to Ye Wanmian. He sniffed and said, "Doctor, it smells so nice here..."
Before he could finish his sentence, he was kicked to the ground with a loud "bang"!
The man fell heavily to the ground. The pain made his eyes go white. He struggled to get up and shouted, "Who dares to kick me!"
The next moment, he was kicked on the chin again and fell down with a thud. A foot stepped on his palm. The severe pain made the man let out a pig - like howl.
"Ah—"
All this happened so quickly. The loud noise mixed with the man's wailing startled Ye Wanmian greatly. She looked at Xiao Jingcheng, who suddenly rushed out and kicked the man, and exclaimed, "What are you doing! This is my patient!"
Hearing the commotion, Li Zhao and Qi Wen also rushed over. They looked at Xiao Jingcheng in shock, who had a fierce look on his face and was stepping on the man.
Xiao Jingcheng stepped on the man's fingers and sneered while admiring the man's distorted facial expression. "Oh? Flirting with the doctor under the pretext of seeing a doctor. What kind of patient is he?"
Ye Wanmian was stunned and looked at Xiao Jingcheng in surprise.
So, was this the reason why he suddenly attacked?