Farmer girl swaps husbands: buys a sickly villain and pampers him

Chapter 152 Clues

As soon as Su Yaoguang fell ill, she immediately became the focus of everyone's care. She was not even allowed to leave her room and had to rest for five days before she could go out.

During the few days she rested, everyone took turns taking care of her.

This time it was Zhou Wangshu's turn. He awkwardly offered to stay and take care of the patient, while letting others take care of Su Yaoguang.

However, the Zhang sisters just wanted the two young people to spend more time together, and they wished they could give up their spots for him. How could they let him stay so far away?
Zhou Wangshu had been acting strangely ever since he gave him the medicine that day. Although Su Yaoguang was rather dim-witted and didn't notice his odd behavior, he couldn't get over his own conscience.

Su Yaoguang kept saying she treated him like a younger brother, and he treated her like family as she said. His inappropriate behavior almost ruined their 'harmonious' sibling relationship. Even when he thought about it at midnight, he couldn't help but feel annoyed and wanted to slap himself a few times.

"What are you carrying?" Zhou Wangshu saw an older woman carrying a large basket with some fabric inside.

The woman in charge of laundry said when Zhou Wangshu asked, "Young Master Zhou, these are Boss Su's personal clothes. I have washed and dried them. Now I will take them to Boss Su."

When Zhou Wangshu heard that the clothes belonged to Su Yaoguang, he wanted to check them, but he withdrew before he could even touch them.

“Then you deliver it…” Zhou Wangshu sniffed the air, her gaze lingering on the basket, and called out to the auntie. “Wait a minute…”

The older woman watched, puzzled, as Zhou Wangshu picked up the clothes and sniffed them.

What's so strange about smelling freshly washed clothes? Are you saying she didn't wash them properly?

The older woman was somewhat unhappy.

Zhou Wangshu smelled a strange odor and asked the aunt, "These clothes have been washed, so why do they still smell bad?"

The woman grabbed the clothes and sniffed them, faintly smelling a faint odor. After all, this place was full of patients, and even the air smelled of medicine. However, it wasn't as exaggerated as he described.

“Young Master Zhou, we’re constantly going in and out of patients, how can we not have a bit of a smell? I didn’t even smell it until you pointed it out. Aren’t you being too tense?”

“You’re right.” Zhou Wangshu took the large basket. “Just give me the things. I’m going in anyway, so I’ll take them in with me.”

"Alright then." The aunt handed the bamboo basket to Zhou Wangshu.

After the aunt left, Zhou Wangshu told Su Yaoguang through the door that he had to go out for a while and would be back soon, and that she should stay in the room and not cause him to get scolded. Su Yaoguang listened from inside, responded irritably, and continued flipping through the medical book in her hands.

Since she can't go out anyway, she might as well use this time to learn something that she can use to develop new face cream products in the future.

Zhou Wangshu found Jiang Jing carrying a basket.

"Come and check if there's anything wrong with these clothes."

Jiang Jing found it strange and recognized that these clothes belonged to Su Yaoguang. She followed him into the pharmacy, carefully examined the clothes, and even smelled them like he did.

"Where did you get this? This stench comes from a patient. It must have been mixed with the patient's clothes. If you wore it directly against your skin, the chances of contracting the disease would be extremely high. Not to mention that Yaoguang is currently ill, making her even more susceptible to the disease than ordinary people."

"Aunt Wang, who is in charge of washing clothes, brought it. But Aunt Wang's life was saved by Yao Guang, and she has always respected Yao Guang. She wouldn't harm her. I'm afraid someone else did this." "No matter who it is, these clothes cannot be worn. Luckily, you found out in time. If Yao Guang had worn them, she would have suffered. Look at these new patients, their bodies are covered in sores, and even their faces have many pustules. Even if they are cured, they will probably be left with marks."

“If we don’t know who it is, we’ll just wait for them to come out on their own,” Zhou Wangshu said. “I’ll take these clothes back first.”

"Wash your hands first." Jiang Jing brought over a basin of medicinal soup made with herbs.

Zhang Zhaodi and the others bathed in this medicinal soup every day, and even their clothes were soaked in it overnight before being washed the next day. Therefore, it was normal for their clothes to retain the fragrance of herbs; if they had mixed with other smells, that would be unusual.

When Su Yaoguang saw Zhou Wangshu return carrying a bamboo basket, she reached out to take it, but the latter dodged her hand.

"doing what?"

“There’s something wrong with these clothes, don’t touch them.” Zhou Wangshu placed the bamboo basket by the window.

Su Yaoguang saw her underwear, blushed slightly, and said awkwardly, "These are all my clothes, what's wrong with them?"

“This is a big problem,” Zhou Wangshu said. “I just showed it to Jiang Jing, and she said that these clothes were mixed with patients’ clothes. Someone wants you to experience the effects of the epidemic.”

"Who did it?"

"I don't know. But the other party is capable of doing something like this, so they must want to see you suffer. As long as you put on an act, that person will come to light."

"Fine. I'd like to see who this backstabbing villain is."

Jiang Yihuan jogged into the bamboo house. As she entered, she saw Wen feeding Xiao Yanci porridge. Her face changed drastically, and she stormed forward angrily.

Just as she was about to lift the bowl, Xiao Yanci looked over in confusion, and the smile on his face disappeared when he saw her.

At that moment, Jiang Yihuan calmed down.

Xiao Yanci was fond of innocent and pure girls, but the Wen family's traditional Chinese medicine incident tarnished her image. In addition, he also saw her disheveled appearance when she fell into the cesspool. None of the three words "innocent and pure" remained. Therefore, the light in his eyes when he looked at her was less, and she was no longer as affectionate as before.

Falling into the cesspool was just bad luck, but Wen Shi's Chinese medicine case was a huge injustice. She didn't do it at all, so why does everyone think she did it? The medicine was even found on her premises—wasn't anyone able to see through such an obvious frame-up? Are all these people brainless? And Xiao Yanci, why would he rather believe that slut Wen Shi than her? Is his affection for her so fragile?

“Brother Xiao, I went to the Buddhist hall and found a few books. I don’t know if you’ll like them, but I thought they could help you pass the time.”

When Xiao Yanci saw the books Jiang Yihuan had brought, his gaze softened.

"Those are all critically ill patients over there, why are you running over there?"

“I’ve noticed you’ve been looking down lately, and I figured you must be bored. We don’t even know when we’ll be able to get down the mountain. If things continue like this, it must be so tough for you. I’m okay. I’ll do anything to make you happy,” Jiang Yihuan said shyly.

“Huan’er is so lovely. Young Master Xiao is so lucky to have such a fiancée,” said Madam Wen. “Your wedding is just around the corner, isn’t it? My embroidery skills are pretty good. I’ll do my part and help you embroider your wedding dress or something.”

As she spoke, her eyes reddened, and she gave Xiao Yanci a mournful look.