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

Chapter 273 Saved

Tong Qianbi sobbed, "I will never forget my cousin's kindness in this lifetime. From now on, I will serve her like a slave and take good care of her."

Su Yaoguang listened to the conversation inside before leaving.

From that day on, Tong Qianbi indeed served Su Yaoguang like a slave, just as she had said, following her around and taking care of her at all times.

She frequently visited the hospital.

When Zhou Wangshu returned to the mansion, she did not ask Tong Qianbi to avoid suspicion, and even often left Tong Qianbi and Zhou Wangshu alone.

At night, Zhou Wangshu hugged Su Yaoguang's slender waist from behind and said, "Are you deliberately testing Tong Qianbi?"

Today, Su Yaoguang used the excuse of going to the kitchen to check on the soup to leave Tong Qianbi and Zhou Wangshu alone.

"Is my purpose that obvious?" Su Yaoguang said.

"Oh, so you're using me as bait." Zhou Wangshu bit her cheek.

"Gently..." Su Yaoguang pushed the puppy away. "I've thought about it a lot, and if she approached me with an ulterior motive, you should be the biggest temptation. But now it seems that maybe I was overthinking it."

Perhaps she really was just a simple person with a tragic fate.

If that's the case, then that's good. It means she really saved a poor person who could be saved.

Su Yaoguang's probing of Tong Qianbi has ended.

"A temple?" Su Yaoguang asked in confusion, "Why do you suddenly want to go to a temple?"

"Sister-in-law, have you forgotten? There's a temple fair today. I rarely go out, but this temple fair is very lively and makes me want to go and see it."

"I haven't been to a temple fair in ages," Su Yaoguang said, her interest piqued. "Let's get ready and head out right away."

An hour later, Su Yaoguang and Tong Qianbi rode in a carriage from the Cheng'an Marquis's residence to the temple fair.

It was indeed lively today; the temple fair was packed with people. Their horse-drawn carriages couldn't even get inside; they had to walk from the entrance.

Tong Qianbi pulled Su Yaoguang and squeezed into the crowd.

Su Yaoguang turned around and found that her maid and Tong Qianbi's maid had been separated by the crowd.

"There are too many people." Tong Qianbi pulled Su Yaoguang through the crowd and then entered the very quiet temple.

Compared to the bustling outside, there is only a compassionate Buddha statue here, and not a single person is offering incense.

No, it should be said that no one was burning incense in this small temple, but people were burning incense in the other temples.

Bang! Tong Qianbi chopped down with a hand chop.

Su Yaoguang's head slumped, and she collapsed.

At this moment, two monks appeared and dragged Su Yaoguang into the entrance to the secret chamber next to them.

Inside the secret room, a masked man stood. Tong Qianbi appeared and said to the man, "Let's begin!"

"Are you really willing to replace her face?" the mysterious man asked. "Although this isn't the first time I've done a face replacement, there are always risks involved. If you give up now, it's not too late."

Tong Qianbi said, "I won't give up, let's do it!"

The mysterious man was satisfied with her answer.

In fact, he didn't really want her to give up.

He desperately wanted more people to have their faces swapped, so his face-swapping technique could improve further. The reason he asked her was to test her resolve. Only those with strong wills had a better chance of success with his face-swapping technique.

The mysterious man stood in front of Su Yaoguang and took out a gleaming silver knife from a box beside him.

"I'll give you a pill first, which will help you fall into a deep sleep. When you wake up, the face transplant will be complete. If it hurts at first, I'll give you a painkiller so it won't hurt anymore. After about five days, your wounds won't hurt so much. In another ten days or so, you'll be able to go out and meet people with your new face."

Tong Qianbi stood in front of Su Yaoguang and said venomously, "I sacrificed so much to gain your trust. Since you're so kind, you probably can't bear to see me suffer so much. Give me your face, and I'll help you enjoy wealth and luxury. Your father is mine, your mother is mine, and even your man is mine. Do you know? Your man is really alluring, and I like him very much."

"Enough talk, lie down! I'm about to begin," the mysterious man said.

Tong Qianbi lay down beside Su Yaoguang.

She looked at Su Yaoguang's face with a look of madness in her eyes.

The mysterious person fed her a pill.

After taking the pill, Tong Qianbi gradually lost consciousness.

At this moment, besides the mysterious man and the two women lying down, there were also two monks in the secret room.

The mysterious person first cut open Tong Qianbi's face.

The sound of a knife cutting skin was exceptionally clear in the quiet space.

The two monks, who had remained calm just moments before, froze like statues upon hearing this voice.

“Ugh…” Someone was dry heaving next to him.

The mysterious man said sarcastically, "Useless indeed."

He walked towards Su Yaoguang with the knife in his hand, clearly intending to harm her next.

"Stop!" Bang! Someone kicked open the door to the secret room and rushed in.

The mysterious man's expression changed drastically when he saw the person rushing in: "Zhou Wangshu."

Zhou Wangshu looked at Su Yaoguang lying there and let out a soft breath.

Fortunately, we arrived in time.

The mysterious man reached for Su Yaoguang, attempting to use her to threaten Zhou Wangshu. However, just as he extended his arm, Su Yaoguang, who should have been unconscious, opened her eyes, grabbed the mysterious man, and took him into custody.

The two monks have been apprehended.

Zhou Wangshu led his men in and rushed in.

"Yaoguang, are you alright?" Zhou Wangshu held Su Yaoguang's shoulder. "Didn't I tell you not to take risks and to tell me if anything happened so I could handle it? You actually took the risk even though you knew Tong Qianbi had a problem."

“I didn’t know she had a problem. In fact, she was so good at disguising herself that I never found anything wrong with her.”

"So what's going on now?" Zhou Wangshu asked.

"Just in case! I arranged for people to follow me before I came to the temple fair. I told them to follow me first and not to alert anyone. If something really happens at the temple fair, I'll ask you for help immediately. It seems the two people I arranged were quite smart. You arrived just in time."

"You really are trying to drive me crazy," Zhou Wangshu said, looking at the mysterious man and reaching out to remove his mask.

The mysterious man suddenly attacked, thrusting a needle at Zhou Wangshu. Zhou Wangshu retaliated, but the needle shot towards Su Yaoguang. To protect Su Yaoguang, Zhou Wangshu released the mysterious man. The mysterious man quickly broke free from his two henchmen's grasp and leaped into another hidden door of the secret chamber, clearly indicating that the mechanisms here were more complex than initially thought.

"He actually got away." Zhou Wangshu frowned. "Find the secret door and see if we can capture him." "Sir, what should we do with this woman?" asked the subordinate beside him.

Tong Qianbi's skin was peeled off, and now she is covered in blood and looks very frightening.

“Take her back and return her to Lady Cheng’an,” Zhou Wangshu said. “I hope she will like the gift I gave her.”

Su Yaoguang muttered, "Only a madman would like this gift!"

“When I get back, I will tell my parents-in-law about this and let them judge your actions.”

Su Yaoguang took Zhou Wangshu's hand and intertwined her fingers with his: "Husband, I was wrong. I swear this is the last time, there will never be a next time."

The stench of blood in the secret room was too strong. They left immediately.

“Wait a minute…” Su Yaoguang stopped and looked at the door of the secret room. “There’s such a secret room in the temple. We have to find out what secrets it holds. Who built it, what was it used for, and whose people are the monks in this temple?”

"vomit……"

When his subordinates saw the shameless Tong Qianbi, even though they had seen a lot of bloodshed, they were still disgusted.

Inside the carriage, Su Yao leaned against Zhou Wangshu.

Zhou Wangshu held her tightly, feeling both annoyed and angry, yet unable to bring himself to say a harsh word to her.

He remembered how she died in his past life.

He had already witnessed her death once, and he couldn't imagine how he would go mad if he failed to protect her and caused her to die a violent death.

He could remain calm as a spectator before, but now that she is his wife, the woman he loves deeply, he can't stay calm.

From An Yuan. Lady Cheng'an, the wife of the Marquis of Cheng'an, had just returned from a banquet and was removing her hair ornaments.

"How is the Second Young Master today?" Lady Cheng'an asked. "How is his appetite?"

"I just asked a few questions, and the Second Young Master is in a good mood today and ate a lot of food."

"He's finally come to his senses," said Lady Cheng'an. "I told him long ago that as long as he recovers, I will definitely find a way to treat his injuries. It's good that he's eating now; once he's strong enough, we can start treatment."

"Madam, the eldest son has sent a gift, saying that you need to open it yourself."

Two servants carried in a box.

A look of hesitation flashed in Lady Cheng'an's eyes: "Would he really be so kind?"

Even if he doesn't have his previous memories now, his current behavior shows that he wants to compete for the title of Marquis of Cheng'an. Therefore, he regards the mother and son as a thorn in his side and wishes he could kill them with his eyes. How could he be so kind as to send her a gift?

Despite these thoughts, Lady Cheng'an still opened the box.

"Ahhhhh..." Lady Cheng'an screamed when she saw Tong Qianbi, who had lost all her face.

Tong Qianbi's face had just been peeled off, leaving her bloodied and mangled. A lot of blood had already seeped into the box, and now the blood was seeping out of the box, filling the entire room with a strong smell of blood.

"What's going on?" Lady Cheng'an Marquis dared not look in that direction.

“Madam, it seems to be… Miss Tong,” the old nanny said. “She was wearing this when she went out today.”

"Yes, yes, it's Miss Tong. The hair ornament on her head was a gift from you, Madam!"

Lady Cheng'an, lying beside her, dry heaved: "Is she dead?"

A servant mustered his courage and checked her breath, saying, "Madam, she's not dead yet."

"But after losing so much blood and all his dignity, even if he doesn't die, he'll probably be living a life worse than death."

Lady Cheng'an realized, "That despicable couple deliberately sent people here to warn me. I just don't know how much they know. Do they already know that we're plotting to swap faces with them?"

Xia Zhen's appearance was ruined, and she had multiple burns on her body, which could not be cured by ordinary medical techniques.

Not long ago, a mysterious doctor appeared who claimed to possess a face-changing technique that could replace the skin of two people, and even transform one person into another.

Lady Cheng'an was naturally willing, since Xia Zhen was in such a state that he couldn't even leave the house, let alone inherit the title.

So, she had Tong Qianbi approach Su Yaoguang, intending for Tong Qianbi to first impersonate Su Yaoguang, and then, at some point, for Xia Zhen to impersonate Zhou Wangshu. Only in this way could the two of them secretly replace the other two.

Tong Qianbi used a self-inflicted injury scheme during this period not only to gain Su Yaoguang's trust so that she could get close to her, but also to observe her closely, understand her preferences, and observe her every move, so as not to be exposed when impersonating her.

"It failed...it failed...given the personalities of those two, they certainly won't let this go."

"Madam, don't panic. As long as you insist that you don't know, they won't be able to find any evidence," the old nanny reminded her.

“You’re right. I’m stuck in the inner quarters all day, how would I know what’s going on outside? Besides, what face-changing technique? You’d be laughing your head off if you told people.”

Zhou Wangshu took Su Yaoguang back to her own courtyard.

"Someone, prepare hot water."

The servants immediately began preparing bathwater for Su Yaoguang.

Su Yaoguang made a mistake today, which made Zhou Wangshu angry. She was as obedient as ever, doing whatever he said.

While Su Yaoguang was taking a bath, Zhou Wangshu wiped her back, massaged her shoulders, and cleaned every inch of her skin.

Today's events were quite thrilling. Su Yaoguang lay in the bathtub, completely relaxed, and began to doze off.

She vaguely heard Zhou Wangshu talking to someone.

"Xia Zhen doesn't know that we've seen through Tong Qianbi's true colors. Judging by the time, that person from Anyuan should have already seen Tong Qianbi. Next, it's time for Xia Zhen to see her. How can he give up if he doesn't see Tong Qianbi as she is now?"

"I'll take care of it right away."

Zhou Wangshu pulled Su Yaoguang out of the water.

He looked at her sleeping soundly against his shoulder, his eyes filled with heartache: "You think you can act recklessly just because you're a little strong? To those ruthless killers, your natural strength is nothing. Are you trying to scare me to death by being so lawless all the time?"

Zhou Wangshu placed Su Yaoguang on the bed and covered her with a blanket.

He heard his men's voices coming from outside. He went out and closed the door.

"Master, that mysterious person has escaped; we couldn't catch up."

"The mysterious person escaped, but the secret room can't have escaped. What have you found out?"

"The secret room is very large and leads into the city. We don't know which mansion it leads to. They are still investigating."

"There's absolutely nothing in the locked room, and we can't find any clues at all?"

"Does it include treasure?" the subordinate asked. "Lots of treasure."

Zhou Wangshu said with amusement, "Oh? Since there's something there, it'll be easier to investigate."