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

Chapter 78 The Wounded Man in Black
Upon hearing this, Master Huang was immediately enraged, but just as he was about to lash out, he thought of his future happiness, gritted his teeth, and restrained himself.

He quickly composed himself and said with a smile, "I went to the clinic to see Doctor Luo a few days ago. I've been there three or four times already, but Doctor Luo refused to see me. I had no other choice but to come and bother you, Miss. I hope you can put in a good word for me for the sake of our future relationship."

But Bai Wanqing remained unmoved, saying, "I'm sorry, I can't help you."

This clear refusal caused Master Huang's face to fall completely, and he could no longer pretend. Just as he was about to get angry, Bai Chenming and Madam Chen, who had been watching outside the front hall, walked in.

When Master Huang saw Bai Chenming glaring at him, he wasn't intimidated at first. What was the small Bai family anyway? But when he saw Bai Wanqing, he remembered Lin Yunche's threat to him in the Lin family courtyard that day, and he swallowed hard to suppress his dissatisfaction.

Seeing that his plea for help had failed, Master Huang decided not to stay any longer. He had his men take the things and leave the Bai family in a grand procession. Just as they were leaving, they ran into Bai Qinglian, who was out buying jewelry.

"Master Huang, you've arrived!" Bai Qinglian was somewhat surprised.

Master Huang was furious. "Hmph! Why aren't you Bai Wanqing? You're such a useless thing."

Bai Qinglian immediately became angry upon hearing this and blurted out, "Don't you know in your heart who's useless between us?"

These words struck a nerve with Master Huang, who immediately slapped Bai Qinglian across the face, leaving a red five-finger mark on her cheek.

Bai Qinglian could hardly believe what was happening before her eyes. She covered her face and ran back to the courtyard crying.

Master Huang ignored her and stormed back to the Huang family home.

When Chen Shi and Bai Chenming heard from Chun Tao that the Third Miss had been beaten, they were both shocked. Chen Shi immediately ran to Bai Qinglian's courtyard and saw her Third daughter with her right cheek swollen as soon as she entered.

"Lian'er! What happened? How did you get into a conflict with Master Huang?" Madam Chen felt a pang of heartache and was even more worried about her daughter's future marriage into the Huang family. After all, she hadn't even entered the family yet, and he dared to hit Lian'er like this. And this was in their Bai family. If this happened in the Huang family, wouldn't she be beaten to death?

Bai Qinglian felt even more aggrieved, "Mother, why did he come to our house today, and in such a furious manner? I've been made a scapegoat for him!"

Bai Qinglian naturally couldn't say that her words had offended Master Huang, but she could tell that it was someone from the Bai family who had offended Master Huang, which was why he was taking his anger out on her.

Upon hearing Bai Qinglian's words, Madam Chen forgot to scold Master Huang for being too heavy-handed and instead shifted all the blame onto Bai Wanqing, saying, "It's all because of your eldest sister. Master Huang came to ask your eldest sister for help today, but she refused him, which is why he's so angry."

As she spoke, Chen wiped Bai Qinglian's cheeks with a silk handkerchief, her eyes filled with tears of heartache.

"We, the mother and daughter, really owe Bai Wanqing a debt. How could her mistake cause my Lian'er so much trouble?" Madam Chen said through gritted teeth. "Hurry up and let her get married. If she can't get married, our Bai family will be ruined by her sooner or later."

Bai Qinglian didn't hear the rest of her mother's scolding. She only heard that Bai Wanqing had angered Master Huang, causing him to slap her. "Why is it Bai Wanqing again? She must have a grudge against me."

"Mother, what does Master Huang want her to do for him today?" Bai Qinglian asked, calming herself down.

Madam Chen shook her head. "I don't know why Master Huang wouldn't let us listen in the room. He kicked your father and me out. When we went back in, Master Huang was already angry and took back all the gifts we had brought."

Hearing Chen say this, Bai Qinglian seemed to know what it was about.

These past few days, she had heard that Master Huang had been frequenting the Hundred-Year-Old Medical Hall, probably because he had been rejected by Doctor Luo, which was why he had come to find Bai Wanqing. Bai Qinglian was even angrier at the thought. Didn't Bai Wanqing already know about Master Huang's hidden illness? And what about her? Wasn't she a joke in her eyes? Perhaps Bai Wanqing was right there in her courtyard, laughing at her.

Thinking of this, Bai Qinglian got so angry that she grabbed the vase next to her and threw it around, even throwing away the hairpins and jewelry she had just retrieved.

With a pang of heartache, Madam Chen's eyelids twitched uncontrollably. "Lian'er, you..."

Bai Qinglian then kicked Chen out of the house as well, saying to her, "Mother, let me have some peace and quiet," before closing the courtyard gate.

Standing at the door, Madam Chen sighed helplessly, then cursed Bai Wanqing a few more times before calming down.

Bai Qinglian, having closed the courtyard gate, called Chuntao over. "You, you go find someone right now to monitor Bai Wanqing. If she leaks information about Master Huang, have someone come and tell me immediately."

Chun Tao stood there, looking troubled. "Miss, the eldest young lady is never accompanied by anyone. How can I monitor her?"

"Are you stupid! Send someone to keep an eye on her courtyard now, see who she meets and where she goes, and report it all to me later." Bai Qinglian wouldn't allow Bai Wanqing to reveal Huang Yuanwai's affairs. She didn't want to become a laughing stock in everyone's eyes. She had to find some leverage over Bai Wanqing as soon as possible.

At this moment, Bai Wanqing, who was reading medical books in the room, had no idea that Master Huang would later have such a thing happen with Bai Qinglian.

Ruixin stood beside her young mistress, somewhat indignant. "Miss, how can this Master Huang be so shameless? He did such a thing to us before, and now he actually dares to come to us for help."

Bai Wanqing put down her book and said slowly, "Everyone eats grains and other foods, who is without illness? I'm afraid Master Huang's illness is no ordinary one, otherwise he wouldn't have come to me so many times." Ruixin disagreed, "Then he's shameless." Bai Wanqing smiled and said nothing more.

So, Bai Wanqing read the medical book for a while longer, and before she knew it, the sun had set and the whole sky was tinged with darkness.

"Miss, it's getting late, you should rest," Ruixin reminded her as she made the bed.

Bai Wanqing looked up and glanced at the sky outside. It was indeed getting late, but Ruixin had lit an oil lamp for her, which was why she hadn't noticed the time outside.

"It's getting late, you should go back to sleep too." Bai Wanqing closed her medical book and prepared to rest as well.

Ruixin nodded in agreement, then considerately closed the door for Bai Wanqing before heading into her own room.

Bai Wanqing took off her outer robe and went to bed to sleep when she heard faint noises coming from the roof from time to time, which immediately alerted her.

She quietly put on her shoes and, by the moonlight, walked towards the door. She had already decided that if there were any bad guys, she would immediately rush into the yard and shout. Bai Chennan's yard was not far from hers, and the people in their house would definitely hear the commotion.

Bai Wanqing held her breath and stood at the door for a while, but didn't hear a sound.

Had she misheard because she was too nervous? Bai Wanqing had some doubts, but it was good that nothing was wrong, so she prepared to go back to bed and continue sleeping.

But as soon as she turned around, she saw a masked man dressed in black standing behind her. Before she could shout, the man covered her mouth.

"Wanqing, it's me!" The man in black removed his veil, and Bai Wanqing could vaguely see that it was Lin Yunche, which lessened her fear.

Seeing this, Lin Yunche removed his hand from Bai Wanqing's mouth. The warm touch from before still lingered in his palm, making him feel a little embarrassed.

Bai Wanqing quickly noticed that something was wrong with Lin Yunche; his other hand was covered in blood.

"Are you injured?" Bai Wanqing asked.

"It's just a minor injury, nothing serious. I'm too weak to walk right now. Could I stay here for the night? Don't worry, I'll leave early tomorrow morning when no one's around," Lin Yunche said, looking at Wanqing questioningly.

Bai Wanqing didn't say anything, but pulled Lin Yunche to sit on the bed first, and then went to the cabinet to find her first-aid kit. "Where are you injured? We need to treat it as soon as possible. It would be troublesome if it got infected."

Lin Yunche then rolled up his sleeve, revealing a long, deep knife wound. It was clear that the other party had used all his strength. Bai Wanqing frowned, turned around, and took out some hemostatic medicine from the medicine box, sprinkling it on the wound.

This hemostatic medicine was developed by Doctor Luo himself, and it worked very well. The wound stopped bleeding shortly after the medicine was applied. Bai Wanqing took gauze and wrapped it around his wrist.

"Are there any other injuries?" Bai Wanqing asked after treating the wound.

Lin Yunche quickly shook his head, "No more!"

Bai Wanqing met his eyes, and seeing that he didn't seem to be lying, she handed him two bottles of medicine. "This one is blue. Go back and change your dressing according to how I bandaged you today, twice a day."

"The other one in the red bottle is for oral administration, once a day."

Lin Yunche paused for a moment, then obediently accepted the medicine bottle and quietly watched Bai Wanqing wait for her to ask him a question.

But Bai Wanqing didn't ask any questions. Instead, she gave him her bed, saying, "You can sleep here!"

"And what about you?" Lin Yunche asked, a little embarrassed.

"I'll read the medical book a bit more." After saying that, Bai Wanqing took out the medical book again and quietly began to read it.

Lin Yunche was somewhat lost in thought under the oil lamp while Bai Wanqing was sitting there. On the way to the Bai family, he had already prepared many excuses so that he could easily come up with one when she asked.

Surprisingly, she didn't ask anything.
Lin Yunche suddenly felt a pang of guilt and couldn't help but laugh self-deprecatingly. He had actually been judging others by his own petty standards.

Bai Wanqing turned her head to look at Lin Yunche lying on the bed, grinning foolishly, and felt a little speechless. After all, she had never seen someone who could be so happy while injured.

(End of this chapter)