Lianqiao held her young lady in her arms. Her eyes were panicked, but her hands were steady. She looked at the doctor who had been dragged all the way here by Baizhi and shouted, "Hurry! Hurry back! Doctor Zhang, please take a look at our young lady!"
After saying that, she rushed into the house with Meng Ruyi in her arms. Before turning around, she didn't forget to leave a harsh warning, "Madam Meng, I will definitely tell the mistress and the master about this matter truthfully today!"
Song Huaizhi suddenly threw out a handful of stones. Then, there came a scream from the aunt that was a hundred times more shrill than before, and she fell to the ground again.
"Playing dead again!"
"Framing her niece's innocence. The wife of the eldest son of the Meng family is really a despicable person!"
The people around looked at them and rolled their eyes constantly.
Only Meng Ruyi's aunt knew that her leg might really be broken this time. She could only glare at Meng Ruyi hatefully.
She had completely lost her mind, but she couldn't do anything under everyone's noses. She was filled with anger and left dejectedly, supported by her son. With a few servants who were in a mess after being torn by passers - by, she slunk away like a stray dog.
It didn't matter. She would go to see Meng Ruyi's cook later.
The aunt limped away, filled with malicious thoughts. She didn't know that the cook had already been tied up, knocked unconscious, and thrown into the cold toilet.
Meng Ruyi didn't know how her aunt left.
She was carried back into the room by Lianqiao. Her round deer - like eyes were full of sly smiles, dispelling the previous depression.
Doctor Zhang, who saw through everything, couldn't help but smile too. He said to Meng Ruyi, "You little girl are really smart. You even know to send someone to find me."
Doctor Zhang had watched Meng Ruyi grow up since she was a child. Whenever she had a headache or a fever, Meng Ruyi's parents would invite Doctor Zhang to take a look.
However, Doctor Zhang had gone into the mountains for medicinal herbs a few days ago and had been there for several days, eating and sleeping on the mountain. If it weren't for this, Meng Ruyi's aunt would never have succeeded.
"Grandpa Zhang." Hearing this, Meng Ruyi was silent for a moment. She suppressed the fear that was almost overwhelming her and choked out to Doctor Zhang, "Just now... just now, my aunt didn't know what medicine she gave me. I..."
Doctor Zhang's face changed. He didn't care about his most precious medicine basket on weekdays. He just threw the things on the ground casually and put his hand on Meng Ruyi's wrist.
Doctor Zhang frowned first. His wrinkled face became even more criss - crossed, and his eyebrows were tightly knitted.
"This..." He hesitated to speak. Looking at Meng Ruyi, he asked gently, "Ruyi girl, how much of this medicine did you take?"
Meng Ruyi recalled carefully and said to Doctor Zhang, "I took two doses. Today, when my aunt saw that I found something wrong, she wanted to force the third dose down my throat. Fortunately, Brother Song saved me."
"Sigh." Doctor Zhang heaved a heavy sigh and explained to Meng Ruyi, "It's a blessing in disguise. We can gradually recuperate your body, but Ruyi, you'll have to avoid certain foods for the next one or two years."
"Yes. Then I'll trouble Uncle Zhang."
"Alas!" Looking at the sensible little girl in front of him, Doctor Zhang was so angry that fire seemed to burst out of his eyes. But he was afraid of scaring the child, so he had to hold back his words. He said to Meng Ruyi gently, "Ruyi has suffered. When your parents come back, I'll tell them."
After prescribing the medicine and giving the instructions, Meng Ruyi politely saw Doctor Zhang off. When she came back, she slumped into a chair. She felt that her whole body was so weak that she had lost all her strength.
Wait!
Meng Ruyi suddenly realized that Song Huaizhi had been standing beside her since just now. She immediately opened her sleepy eyes and said to him, "Brother Song, do you still have something to do?"
"Yes." Song Huaizhi spoke. His face was calm. "I wonder if the young lady can lend me twenty taels of silver?"
[Song Huaizhi finds that it's the easiest to live off a woman, so he chooses to be a freeloader. The end of the whole drama!]
[The false villain: cold - blooded, heartless, and rich. The real villain: Miss, lend me some money.]
[Song Huaizhi: Miss, lend me some money to spend. I won't pay it back.]
[Song Huaizhi: Miss, living off a woman is so nice!]
[Hahaha. We still have to rely on the sisters for fun! I'm almost dying of laughter here!]
Twenty taels of silver might be half a year's living expenses for an ordinary family, but for Meng Ruyi, it wasn't an unaffordable amount. She had saved all the silver ingots her mother gave her as lucky money during the Chinese New Year every year!
But this is too much! Meng Ruyi's expression froze for a moment. Then she tentatively said, "Fifteen taels, okay?"
Song Huaizhi watched the hesitation on the little girl's face who was afraid of him. He found it a bit funny and asked rhetorically, "What do you think?"
He didn't expect that this little girl was such a money - grubber. She was clearly a bit afraid of him, but for the sake of money, she still chose to speak up. At first, he thought she was a rabbit, but now she seemed more like a little fox, smart and cunning.
Meng Ruyi gritted her teeth painfully. She took out four small silver ingots from the small purse on her waist, closed her eyes, and handed them to Song Huaizhi.
Song Huaizhi didn't say thank you. He grabbed the silver and walked out of the room briskly.
What was he going to do? Wouldn't he just leave? Wouldn't she be in great danger tonight?
Meng Ruyi almost choked. Her fingertips went numb with nervousness. She watched Song Huaizhi's back nervously. Thinking of the killing intent in his eyes when he left, she didn't dare to call him at all.
She could only stare at the bullet - screen desperately, trying to see what he was going to do.
[Guess what Song Huaizhi is going to do?]
[I'll go and have a look.]
[They've bargained it down to ten taels! What a greedy intermediary! A 100% profit!]
[So awesome. I wish there was a Song Huaizhi beside me when I'm buying vegetables.]
[???????? Good guy. After taking a look, I'm convinced!]
Meng Ruyi: "..." Her mood was complicated. What was Song Huaizhi buying that was so expensive? Where was her ten taels of silver!
What was he doing!
Now Meng Ruyi was sweating all over. She was slumped in the chair. She tried to calm herself down and said to Baizhi, "Baizhi, I'll have to trouble you to run another errand. Go to the escort agency next door and find a few good hands. I just saw that they seemed to have returned from an escort mission."
"Miss, what are you saying! Why are you being so polite to me!" Baizhi looked anxious. She gave a few instructions to Lianqiao, then took the silver and rushed out in a hurry.
Seeing the people from the escort agency come, Meng Ruyi finally let out a sigh of relief. She stared at the dark sky outside the window, but her heart began to worry about the missing Song Huaizhi.
This night was extremely long. No one knew what Song Huaizhi was doing. The bullet - screen was lively, but there was no substantial news.
He didn't run back until dawn, looking tired. When he saw the people from the escort agency, there was a look of surprise on his face. Then he sat down beside Meng Ruyi silently.
Meng Ruyi was about to ask him a few questions, but she was startled by the bloodstains on his shoes. Her eyes widened like a frightened fawn.
"It's okay." Song Huaizhi saw the paleness on the little girl's face. Rarely, he opened his mouth to explain. His voice was a bit hoarse. "I guarded at the street corner not far away tonight. Your aunt's servants came, so there are these stains on my feet."
Just as Meng Ruyi was about to ask someone to get him a change of clothes, she heard the sound of footsteps at the door. When she saw who it was, she rushed up with a sob.
"Dad! Mom!"
Madam Meng looked at her haggard daughter in her arms. Her heart ached as if being stabbed by a knife. She quickly asked, "Yuyu, what's wrong?"
After saying that, she immediately pulled her daughter to check if there were any wounds on her body.
Meng Ruyi was sobbing so hard that she could hardly catch her breath. Her face was covered with tears, and her whole body was shaking. She was no longer the calm girl of last night.
Seeing this, Lianqiao's nose also felt sour, and she opened her mouth to explain. Master Meng stood there stunned after hearing this, and Madam Meng's face was full of hatred.
Madam Meng looked at Master Meng and said, "Meng Yunliang! I knew that family was a headache! You..."
Before she could finish speaking, a man rushed in at the door. He smelled strongly of alcohol and looked panicked.
"Second... second brother! My wife and son..."
The man's face was distorted. Before he could finish his words, he fell to the ground. He smelled as bad as if he had just been fished out of a wine vat.
What! Something happened to the aunt and the cousin? What was going on!
Meng Ruyi buried her little face in Madam Meng's arms. Hearing this, she looked up in shock and subconsciously looked at Song Huaizhi, who was standing there like a dead tree.
Was it him?