Shen Wang's eyes flickered, "Miss Li, don't rush. Have something to eat first, and we can chat while we eat."
As he spoke, he took the initiative to sit next to Li Xiangru and moved his stool closer to her.
Li Xiangru's brows were tightly furrowed, and her gaze was a warning, "I hate being lied to the most. Since you know I'm from Chongzhou, you should also understand that you can't afford to bear my wrath."
Shen Wang shivered subconsciously, clearly intimidated by her words.
Shen Mu did not directly feel Li Xiangru's aura, but seeing her son intimidated by a woman made her angry.
"We helped you because we were angry that that poisonous woman, Li Yue Shu, didn't even spare her own sister. How can you not appreciate it..."
Li Xiangru turned and gave her a cold look, which made Shen Mu inexplicably flustered.
Shen Wang regained his senses and quickly apologized, "My mother was driven crazy by that Li Yue Shu. Miss Li is generous and understanding, please don't hold it against her."
Saying that, he obsequiously poured Li Xiangru a cup of wine, "I'll toast Miss Li to apologize on behalf of my mother."
Li Xiangru didn't want to waste time drinking wine, but this family clearly intended to take advantage of her.
Thinking of Mo Lian in the future, she endured it and picked up the wine glass in front of her.
...
Outside, Shen Cheng Cai blocked the coachman after getting off the carriage, looking as if he was about to settle accounts with him. "Why did you kick me just now!"
The coachman didn't want to waste time with such a person and tried to walk past him. However, Shen Cheng Cai gave him no opportunity.
He seemed determined to get an explanation from the coachman, even threatening to have Li Xiangru fire him if he didn't apologize.
The coachman had followed the Second Prince since he was young and had never encountered such an idiot.
If this guy wasn't obviously useful to Li Xiangru right now, he would have dealt with him with a single blow.
Just as he was considering whether to knock out this nuisance, he suddenly heard the sound of something being smashed from inside the house.
The martial arts practitioners had naturally sharp hearing, and he naturally heard Li Xiangru's weak cry for help.
He ignored everything else, flung aside the obstructing Shen Cheng Cai, and rushed into the house.
...
With a carriage arriving from the village, nearly half the village came to the Shen family to watch the excitement.
But after Shen Mu went in, she closed the courtyard gate, and since everyone couldn't see anything, they planned to disperse.
At this moment, a scream suddenly came from inside, and everyone immediately gathered around.
"What happened? I thought that scream just now sounded like Shen family's eldest son?"
"It sounded so tragic, did something happen?"
"Should we go in and take a look?"
...
Just as everyone was discussing with uncertainty, the tightly shut courtyard gate suddenly opened.
The burly coachman from before came out in a hurry, carrying a fainted Li Xiangru on his back.
Li Xiangru seemed to have a high fever, her cheeks flushed.
Before everyone could figure out what was happening, the coachman took Li Xiangru directly back to the carriage and left in a hurry.
The carriage moved extremely fast, and coupled with the uneven road, Li Xiangru was thrown around inside the carriage.
It was precisely because of this violent shaking that her consciousness cleared up a bit.
She propped herself up in the carriage and with difficulty reached out to lift the curtain. "Back to the inn."
The coachman was startled and frowned, "But you..."
"Back to the inn!" Li Xiangru interrupted him with a firm tone. "This kind of thing must not be known by others!"
The coachman was somewhat displeased with her commanding tone, but he didn't say anything and took her back to the inn in a hurry.
At Li Xiangru's request, he asked the waiter to prepare a bucket of cold water.
In this way, Li Xiangru, with her own willpower, managed to endure the effects of the medicine. Even the coachman was somewhat surprised.
He thought this woman only knew how to use schemes to hook up with the Second Prince, but he didn't expect her to have such resilience.
...
Of everything that happened at the Shen family's, Li Yue Shu was completely unaware.
As Chen Daifu and Shen Tan and the others became more proficient in the work at the pharmacy, she naturally relaxed. She even went to the storeroom in advance to do the monthly inventory.
Halfway through her work, Chen Daifu suddenly ran in anxiously, "Yue Shu, your... your husband's family is here."
Li Yue Shu looked up in confusion, but her hands didn't stop. "What are people from the Shen family doing here?"
Chen Daifu opened his mouth, his expression somewhat indescribable. "You'd better go and see for yourself."
Li Yue Shu's heart was filled with doubt. She put away the ledger in her hand and walked out.
Upon arriving in the hall, she found people gathered everywhere. Shen Wang was lying on the ground, his life uncertain. Shen Mu and Shen Cheng Cai were kneeling beside him with pale faces, looking utterly lost.
Li Yue Shu was surprised.
Shouldn't Shen Cheng Cai be at the academy at this time?
It was then that she noticed that Shen Wang, lying on the ground, seemed to have only shallow breaths left. The lower part of his body was already soaked with blood.
Li Yue Shu was shocked and turned to look at Chen Daifu, "What's going on?"
Chen Daifu's expression was a bit awkward. "His... it was cut off."
Although he was a doctor, mentioning such a thing in public was still embarrassing, especially when he was speaking to a woman.
Li Yue Shu felt nothing, only shocked as to what had happened.
She rolled up her sleeves, squatted down, and directly reached out to lift Shen Wang's clothes.
Everyone was startled by her actions, clearly not expecting this woman to be so bold.
Just as Li Yue Shu lifted his clothes and was about to pull down his trousers, her wrist was suddenly grabbed.
She turned her head and saw Shen Wei with a dark expression. "What are you doing?"
"Checking the wound!" Li Yue Shu stared at him strangely. "If you don't check the wound, how can you save him? If the bleeding isn't stopped, he'll bleed to death."
The last sentence seemed to instantly stimulate Shen Mu. She immediately looked up at Li Yue Shu and knelt before her. "You save my son, I beg you to save him!"
Shen Mu cried, snot and tears streaming down her face. "He's my only son. If he dies, how can I live!"
"I was wrong before, my mind was clouded by greed. I beg you to save him. I'll do whatever you want, I beg you to save him!"
Li Yue Shu frowned, her gaze somewhat cold. "He's your only son, then what about Shen Wei?"
Shen Wei was startled, his heart felt as if it had been stirred.
Was she... standing up for him?
The cold tone was like a basin of cold water poured down, causing Shen Mu's crying to stop abruptly, her expression looking embarrassed.
Her third son had bad luck, and he was sent to a traveling Taoist priest when he was young. She had long considered him dead in her heart. In her panic just now, she had spoken her true feelings.
Li Yue Shu saw through her thoughts, stood up directly, "Chen Daifu, help him stop the bleeding. Remember to charge for the medicine."
After saying that, she turned and left without hesitation.
In fact, she had the ability to reattach Shen Wang's appendage, but thinking of what this entire family had done, she had no desire to do so.
Chen Daifu was also a little displeased.
If he had known Shen Mu would say such a thing, he wouldn't have gone in to call Yue Shu.