The Daily Life of a Down-on-Hard-Life Medicine Girl Supporting Her Family

Chapter 135 Giving up
Chunnuan blushed after being teased by his words. She had thought he was a heartless person, but she never expected him to be so shameless and willing to say anything.

To stop him from talking nonsense, Chunnuan changed the subject.

"How can we teach him a lesson?"

"You don't need to worry about this, I'll take care of it."

Chunnuan felt a warmth in her heart as she listened to him say this.

Ever since the Xiao family's accident, she has silently shouldered everything. Her young shoulders couldn't bear the weight, but she had to carry it all. Although everyone in the family knew she was tired, no one dared to step forward and say, "I'll take over!"
Chun Ning hasn't matured yet, so her responsibilities can't be relaxed at all.

"You..." Chun Nuan looked at the person in front of her and thought for a moment before saying, "Won't you be in danger?"

Chunnuan didn't want Zhao Minghua to get into trouble. In the eyes of outsiders, the third young master of the Zhao family was a playboy who knew how to eat, drink, and have fun, but was never serious. This image was quite good; at least no one would be wary of him.

"No, don't worry, I'll do my best. Wait for my news."

"Ah."

Watching Zhao Minghua leave and his figure disappear, Chun Nuan's heart raced.

She knew she seemed to be poisoned. The marriage proposal was just a formality. She chose him because she knew him well and thought he would be easier to control.

Judging from his actions after his grandmother's accident, I must have misjudged him.

This person acts one way in public and another way in private, but the way they act towards her always makes her feel at ease.

This is probably the feeling a real fiancé should have, right?

Chunnuan recalled her meetings with the young master of the Zhang family. Each time was bland and perfunctory. She was always thinking about how he had come to waste her time again. While she was making polite and awkward conversations in the front hall, her mind was already back in the pharmacy, thinking about the prescriptions for those medicines...

At the time, I also thought: what kind of torment it would be for two people to live under the same roof, to eat and live together.

When the Xiao family ran into trouble, the Zhang family rushed to break off the engagement, and at that moment Chunnuan actually felt a sense of relief.

So, it must be because they weren't meant to be; people who aren't meant to be will eventually drift apart.

Chunnuan had an inexplicable trust in Zhao Minghua.

He said he would entrust it to him, and he trusted him.

Sure enough, three days later, she received some good news: the inner courtyard of the Xiao family had caught fire, and Xiao Chunlan, the eldest daughter of the Xiao family, had been kidnapped by a group of bandits.

In that sense, Zhao Minghua has kept his promise to himself.

When she asked him if he was willing to do it and if he would feel bad, he showed Chunnuan with his actions: I'll show you!
"These bandits are really fierce these days. They came to your house a few days ago; yesterday they even went to the Xiao family. Oh dear, could it be that these bandits were specifically targeting the Xiao family, and then they mistook your house for the Xiao family?"

“It’s entirely possible.” Faced with Aunt Luo’s questions and analysis, Chunnuan directly boosted her confidence: You guessed right, that’s exactly what we should be guessing!
The Xiao clan, a large family, is having its patriarch berate Xiao Changfa.

"You've really grown wings and dare to do anything now?" the clan chief said. "I heard that something happened to that family in the village, and I guessed it was your doing. You think you can mess with those people from Black Mountain Cave?"

"Father, it wasn't me."

"If it's not you, then who else has such great ability?" the clan chief cursed. "You did the work but don't dare to admit it. You asked them to do the work, and you even dared to say that you wouldn't pay them for the hard work if the task wasn't completed. Greed can really kill people. You even dare to steal their money. You really don't care about your life."

He actually said that if the task wasn't completed, he wouldn't pay the remaining amount. What was he thinking?

The clan chief strongly suspected that his son was born from a placenta.

They dare to provoke people they can't afford to offend.

It is said that even thieves have their code of honor, but the bandits in Black Mountain Cave have never even known how to write the word "knife." Their usual trick is to eat both the client and the supplier.

Xiao Changfa dared to provoke someone like that? Just how stupid is he? Look at him, he's brought trouble upon himself and let a wolf into his house.

"How many houses were burned down?" the clan chief asked the steward beside him.

"Reporting to Your Excellency, a total of six houses burned down. An inspection revealed that the fires started from six different locations."

"Are the servants and guards all just sitting around doing nothing?"

Such a large courtyard, with dozens of maids, servants, and guards, was set on fire from six different places – it was practically a widespread fire.

"What's the use of keeping them?" You raise an army for a thousand days to use it for one, but when you need them, they're all nowhere to be found. "Deduct two months' wages from each of them!"

What could the servants say?

Forget about deducting their monthly wages; even if they beat or kill them at will, there's nothing they can do. After all, they're slaves who signed indentures, their lives are in their hands, and being alive is a blessing.

Chief Xiao was still cursing, but Xiao Changfa sensed something was wrong.

"Father, those people from Black Mountain Cave came from quite far away, so how were they able to pinpoint these easily flammable spots?"

"Say what you want to say, or shut up."

"Father, I think there's a traitor in our courtyard!"

The clan chief glanced at Xiao Changfa. What he said was true. Without an inside accomplice, how could Chunlan have been kidnapped?

Without an inside accomplice, how could one perfectly evade all the servants and guards?

"You're in charge of this courtyard, and it's a complete mess, yet you still have the nerve to complain? You're always eyeing my position but you're useless. What are the third and sixth sons supposed to think?" The clan chief loved his eldest son, but the eldest son was utterly incompetent: "You can't even protect your own daughter, and you can't even be a good clan chief..."

Xiao Changfa remained silent; his father simply looked down on him.

Yes, he may not be as capable as the third and sixth brothers, but he refuses to admit defeat.

Regardless, he's determined to stay in this position.

Xiao Changfa knew perfectly well who had done this, and he was truly shocked, delighted, and terrified.

What surprised him was that his daughter had actually managed to find people from Black Mountain Cave to cooperate with; what pleased him was whether it meant he could always work with them in the future; what terrified him was that these people really didn't play by the rules and did whatever they wanted. The legend of "eating the client and the service provider at the same time" was true. He didn't know if he could handle dealing with such people.

The most important thing right now is to find my daughter.

"Master, what should we do? What if Chunlan...?"

Faced with Wen's sobbing, Xiao Changfa felt quite irritated.

"Stop crying, it's no use crying. Even if you don't have it, you can't come back to this house. You should prepare yourself mentally."

"Master, she is your only legitimate daughter."

"You yourself said you're the only legitimate daughter, but I'm missing out on daughters, aren't I? You can choose whichever girl you like and register her under your name; that will be your biological daughter."

Has he given up on Chunlan?

Ms. Wen opened her mouth, then suddenly felt a surge of sorrow. This family was truly tragic!

"Master, it's because we didn't protect Chunlan well that she suffered so much, Master..."

"She brought this on herself, she has no one to blame but herself."

what?
(End of this chapter)