After being forced to leave the marriage, I became the wife of a top scholar.

Chapter 117 Doctor Zheng

Lin Yunche hadn't slept all night and was so sleepy he could barely keep his eyes open.

“Husband, you are now the prefect of Huaizhou. You shouldn’t be so willful and stay up all night.” Bai Wanqing said with heartache as she looked at Lin Yunche.

Lin Yunche playfully raised his eyelids and said, "Madam, you really think of your husband as a hothouse flower. Don't tell me I've only been up for one night. When I met with the informant in Linjia Village, I didn't dare to blink for three to five days."

Bai Wanqing looked up at him, and Lin Yunche noticed her gaze and immediately changed the subject, "Are you going out today?"

Seeing that he was unwilling to elaborate, Bai Wanqing did not ask any further questions, but instead followed his lead and said, "Yes! I saw a fairly suitable shop at the brokerage yesterday, and I plan to sign the contract with the owner today."

Lin Yunche was surprised that she acted so quickly. "Would you like me to go and take another look at the shop with you?"

Bai Wanqing turned her head and asked, "You know how to run a clinic?"

Lin Yunche paused for a moment, then immediately shook his head, "I don't understand!"

"Then there's no need. This shop is very similar to my shop in Huai'an County, and the price is reasonable. There won't be any problems!"

Lin Yunche hummed in agreement. "Then when you go to the yamen to exchange the deed later, I'll put in a good word for you and ask them to make things easier for you?"

Bai Wanqing was about to say no, but then she remembered the special nature of her shop and that she had other intentions, so she nodded in agreement.

"Then I'll have to trouble you, my husband."

Lin Yunche slightly curled the corners of his mouth, "No trouble at all! You and I are one."

Bai Wanqing gave Lin Yunche a deep look, and then slightly raised the corners of her mouth.

Lin Yunche jumped onto the bed, pulled the covers over himself, and planned to take another 15 minutes of sleep. Bai Wanqing didn't want to disturb him, so she quickly packed some things and went out.

"Ruixin, have you packed everything?" Bai Wanqing asked.

Ruixin checked the banknotes and the medicine in the medicine box, and nodded, saying, "Don't worry, Madam, everything is ready."

The two women had arranged to meet the broker at noon, so they planned to visit the Wei family first.

Old Wei didn't set up his stall today, but when he saw Bai Wanqing arrive, he immediately came out to greet her warmly.

"Madam, you've arrived! Please come inside, Qian'er has just woken up." Old Wei led Bai Wanqing straight to Wei Qian.

At this moment, Sister-in-law Wei was feeding Wei Qian porridge, taking small sips very carefully. When she saw Bai Wanqing arrive, Sister-in-law Wei stepped aside to make room for Bai Wanqing.

"Madam!" Sister-in-law Wei greeted respectfully.

Bai Wanqing nodded slightly, then looked at Wei Qian, who was leaning against the headboard. Wei Qian had woken up an hour ago, and his mind wasn't quite clear yet, so he didn't immediately recognize the woman in front of him. However, he noticed that Bai Wanqing was dressed elegantly.
"Are you from the Fang family?" Wei Qian suddenly asked excitedly, almost tearing open the wound on his chest.

Old Wei and his wife rushed over to hold him down, saying, "Qian'er! Qian'er! How could Madam be a member of the Fang family? Madam is the wife of the Prefect of Huaizhou. She's the one who saved you."

Wei Qian gradually calmed down, and Old Wei and his wife quickly apologized to Bai Wanqing: "Madam, we are so sorry! Qian'er just woke up, and we haven't had a chance to tell him about how you saved him. We apologize for our rudeness and hope you won't take offense."

"Sister-in-law Wei, I understand." Bai Wanqing's expression remained largely unchanged, clearly indicating that she didn't care.

"Now, is it convenient for me to take a look?" Bai Wanqing asked Wei Qian.

Wei Qian looked at himself, shirtless, and felt a little embarrassed. He hesitated for a moment before looking at his parents. Old Wei glared at his son and said, "Your life was saved by your wife, and you've already seen everything you needed to see. What are you still being so indecisive about?"

After saying this, Wei Qian looked aggrieved, while Old Wei made a gesture of invitation, "Madam, please take a look."

Bai Wanqing:
She first checked Wei Qian's wound and found that it was healing fairly well, then she placed her fingers on Wei Qian's wrist.

In all his years, Wei Qian had never been this close to a woman except for his mother and sister, and his heart involuntarily started beating faster.

Bai Wanqing raised her eyelids, glanced at Wei Qian, said nothing, and withdrew her hand.

Seeing her son's face turn red, Sister-in-law Wei knew what the brat was thinking. She walked over and blocked Wei Qian's view, asking, "Madam, has Qian'er recovered yet?"

Bai Wanqing nodded slightly, "I guess so! The situation is basically stable, and her life is definitely saved."

Upon hearing this, Old Wei and his wife were finally relieved and thanked Bai Wanqing profusely.

Bai Wanqing prescribed another medicine for Wei Qian, saying, "If he takes this medicine for a few more days, he will recover completely. I will come to see him again in ten days."

Old Wei gratefully accepted the prescription and handed over Wei Qian's consultation fee.

"Madam, let me bring you another bowl of wontons so you can take them home for lunch." Old Wei gave his wife a wink, and she hurriedly went to the kitchen to make them, but Bai Wanqing stopped her.

"Sister Wei, no need. If we want to eat, we will naturally buy from your wonton stall. This matter is one thing at a time. It's not easy for you to run a small business."

Old Wei was moved to tears. "Madam, you have the heart of a bodhisattva. Even if you didn't say it, we would know that the people from that money exchange haven't come to our wonton stall in the last two days."

"It was you, Madam, who spoke up, wasn't it?" Bai Wanqing didn't deny it; she knew that Lin Yunche must have gone to the bank to make the arrangements.

"Without them collecting money, our wonton stall business has improved a lot. This is all thanks to you, Madam. We only have a bowl of wontons, and we can never repay you for your help to the Wei family."

Sister-in-law Wei chimed in, "Yes, Madam."

Bai Wanqing, seeing the intense gazes of Old Wei and his wife, sighed softly, "Old Wei, the Fang family's matter probably needs to be handled gradually. If we convict them with the current charges, I'm afraid it will be..."

Old Wei and his wife were both smart people. They naturally knew that even if this was an official, they couldn't just take action against the local gentry right away.

“Madam, we understand, we all understand. We have no other requests now, as long as Qian’er is well, we can put everything else aside for now.”

Seeing that both of them understood, Bai Wanqing didn't say anything more.

After leaving the Wei family, Bai Wanqing glanced at the sun. It was almost time for their appointment with the broker, so she took Ruixin directly to the shop.

When she arrived there, the brokers and the Zheng family were already there.

When the brokers saw Bai Wanqing, they greeted her warmly, "Madam, are you all ready?"

Bai Wanqing nodded, "Of course, everything is ready. Let's take one last look at the shop."

The people from the brokerage firm were fine, and so were the people from the Zheng family.

However, because the Zheng family was present this time, the layout of the shop was explained more clearly.

“Madam, this front hall was used to receive patients before, and we even divided it into several rooms for triage. If you need it, these rooms don’t need to be demolished.”

Doctor Zheng led Bai Wanqing on a tour of the shop, explaining the purpose of each part very clearly. Bai Wanqing could see the reluctance in Doctor Zheng's eyes to leave the shop.

"Dr. Zheng, I heard that your family has been practicing medicine in Huaizhou for generations. May I ask where you are working now?" Bai Wanqing had a good impression of Dr. Zheng and asked.

Dr. Zheng's eyes, which had been bright and alert just moments before, suddenly dimmed.

He sighed softly and said, "I'm not afraid of being laughed at by you, Madam, but our Zheng family is just an ordinary family with no reputation. We can't be considered to have high positions. We can only say that we are just trying to make a living."

The broker was worried for Doctor Zheng when he heard him say that.

"Dr. Zheng, you are underestimating yourself. With your medical skills, not to mention in the past, even now, you are one of the best!"

Dr. Zheng shook his head slightly, "What's the use of good medical skills if you still end up having to sell your family property?"

In fact, Dr. Zheng had a very hard time these past three years. Their clinic in Huaizhou Prefecture was a well-established business that had been passed down for three generations, and the entire family depended on it for their livelihood.

Before the Fang family arrived, Doctor Zheng was widely recognized as the best doctor in Huaizhou City, so many people sought his medical attention.

It was around that time that Dr. Zheng's reputation spread.

However, this good fortune didn't last long. Suddenly, a Fang family appeared in Huaizhou City. This Fang family acted very domineeringly and managed to drive away many of the city's medical clinics in just one year.

On the contrary, the Fang family's medical clinics have sprung up all over Huaizhou City.

The Zheng family's clinic was one of the few that remained at the time, which is why it attracted the attention of the Fang family.

At first, the Fang family approached the Zheng family, saying they wanted to buy the Zheng family's clinic with money. But how could the Zheng family agree? This was their ancestral shop!

The Fang family visited several times, but Dr. Zheng refused them each time.

When the Fang family realized that they couldn't get the Zheng family to submit through open methods, they resorted to underhanded tactics. They hired shills to cause trouble at the Zheng family's clinic on one or two occasions.

At first, the local people naturally didn't believe it, after all, the Zheng family was a long-established business.

But on the last occasion, the Fang family went so far as to exploit the patient's life, insisting that the Zheng family's clinic had caused the patient's death.

Now even the most steadfast people were starting to doubt it, and the Zheng family's medical clinic's business plummeted.

The Fang family sent people to buy the shop again, but the shop was the root of the Zheng family, and they still held onto a sliver of hope that they could revive the Zheng family clinic, so they refused to sell the shop to the Fang family once again.

Later, the Zheng family waited year after year, but their situation in Huaizhou City did not improve at all. Helpless, Doctor Zheng left Huaizhou, hoping to find a job as a doctor's assistant to support his family.

Unfortunately, his reputation in Huaizhou had been ruined by the Fang family, so the pharmacies that wanted to hire him gave up the idea after only a little inquiry.

With all his skills useless, and knowing nothing about making a living except treating patients, the Zheng family's life plummeted.

That's why they listed the shop at such a low price with the brokerage. They plan to sell the shop and then return to their hometown. Lord Zheng's brother still has some land in the village, and they intend to make a living by farming in the future.

(End of this chapter)