Carrying the little lucky star, leading the villain on the road to exile

Chapter 240. For example
Bai Suihe didn't let him off the hook. Instead, she asked coldly, "For example, if you were your second brother right now, what would you do?"

Gu Kaiyuan felt a chill run down his spine; this was practically a death trap.

After considering it for a moment, he said, "With my skills, I would never let such a thing happen."

If any other woman tries to use this to cling to me, she's making an enemy of my husband and me, and I'll have no choice but to send her to her death.

Bai Suihe frowned slightly. "What if the other party is of high status?"

"That's even more impossible. Why would those people be interested in me? There are so many handsome, unmarried young men in the capital. If something like that were to happen, they would be the ones avoiding me like the plague."

"Madam," Gu Kaiyuan pleaded repeatedly, "could we please not ask you such difficult questions in the future? It's just too much to ask."

Bai Suihe chuckled, realizing she had been acting strangely. How could she have been so unreasonable? It seemed Gu Kaichen had really done a lot of harm, putting another tight rein on all married and unmarried women.

"It was my fault," Bai Suihe admitted her mistake. "I definitely won't ask you such a difficult question next time. Actually, there's another question you can consider: if your wife and your mother fell into the water, who would you save first?"

After asking the question, Bai Suihe covered her mouth and laughed. In the end, she couldn't resist asking the question without any psychological pressure.

Gu Kaiyuan said, "...Madam, please don't ask such questions in the future. People will say you are extremely unfilial."

Moreover, with my skills, saving two people at the same time wouldn't be a problem.

Bai Suihe, “…” ***, I forgot to incorporate the thinking of the ancients, what a blunder.

Gu Kaiyuan immediately said in a serious tone, "No matter what, I will never give up on you."

Bai Suihe's eyes flickered slightly, knowing that the man in front of her was professing his loyalty to his wife, but she wasn't. She chuckled dryly and said, "We'll talk about that later."

Gu Kaiyuan frowned slightly, and finally sighed, wondering when his wife would remember him.

He disliked this distance, as if the two were familiar strangers.

Bai Suihe also disliked the current atmosphere. "How are the injured people? Have you sent them medicine?"

Bai Suihe had secretly put some more medicine in the storage cabinet beforehand, but she didn't know if it was enough.

"They're all minor injuries; they'll be fine after a few days of rest."

Bai Suihe really wanted to ask if she could get infected, since wolves are also canines. What if she contracted rabies? Bai Suihe was so scared that she quickly shook her head. She thought it probably wouldn't be that bad, since there was no vaccine available.

But in the end, she couldn't bear it and quietly asked, "Do you know about rabies?"

Gu Kaiyuan, "Are you talking about rabies, hydrophobia?"

Bai Suihe nodded. "Being bitten or scratched by a dog can cause this kind of disease. I wonder if there are any medications available for this?"

"When we reach the next post station, I'll ask a doctor to give them a proper check-up." Gu Kaiyuan also took this seriously, since these people had come all this way because of them.

Bai Suihe doesn't know if traditional Chinese medicine has any treatments for this nowadays, but he believes that traditional Chinese medicine was at its peak at that time, so even if it couldn't cure it, it should be able to prevent it.

"The best way now is to squeeze out the blood from the wound. Everyone should have some soap powder on hand, so use that. It's best to wash it with running water for fifteen minutes." Bai Suihe tried hard to recall these common-sense tips, but as for anything else, she was helpless. Gu Kaiyuan asked about some symptoms of the disease in detail, then put on his cloak and hurriedly left.

Sitting in the carriage, Bai Suihe could feel that the temperature seemed to have improved today, and the snowflakes in the sky had become lighter. She hoped that the snow would stop soon so that everyone would not have to clear the way and travel at the same time.

The pace has been incredibly slow these past few days; sometimes it takes three days to cover the distance we used to cover in a single day.

No wonder Liu Pingkang's face has been getting darker and darker these past few days, and he's been urging them more and more frequently. He's worried that if they can't get to Lingnan within the stipulated time, they'll be held accountable.

Once they reach the Lingnan border, the convoy will likely have to increase its speed, and those without vehicles will truly suffer.

Bai Suihe looked out at the whimsical world, while Dongmei and Chunxiang quietly hid in a corner. "The Madam sent people, but we don't know where they are. It's so dangerous along the way, do you think they might run into trouble?"

Dongmei quickly shook her head, "It shouldn't be that bad. Didn't Madam say she wanted to find a large escort agency to travel with? We've seen the grand scale of those escort agencies' trips before; their numbers are more than double the number of us."

"If I had known that the son-in-law had made these preparations, we should have had our people follow behind." Chunxiang is no longer as pessimistic about the future as before.

The son-in-law arranged everything perfectly, so he wasn't worried about not being able to live a good life in Lingnan.

"Following the escort agency isn't a bad idea, after all, it's less conspicuous." Dongmei now just hopes they can move faster, preferably ahead of the young lady, so that everything can be arranged properly and the young lady and her husband won't have to worry about anything.

However, the journey of the Great Escort Agency cannot be prepared in just a few days; they may only be setting off from the capital now.

Little did they know that Madam Bai was also anxious, having Wu Qingshui keep an eye on things every day, and only today did she receive good news.

"Are you sure you're leaving tomorrow?"

"Madam, I've already asked. They'll be setting off early tomorrow morning, and they'll be taking the main roads all the way, riding at full speed. They might even arrive before Miss and the others."

"That's good," Madam Bai said, pressing her palms together. "May the Bodhisattva bless my son and may his journey be smooth."

I've heard there are many bandits in Lingnan, so not many caravans are willing to go there.

It took several months to organize even such a small security escort agency.

"Go check how everything is prepared. Double-check it to make sure nothing goes wrong," Madam Bai instructed again, still concerned.

Wu Qingshui agreed. Although she didn't have any children, she had watched her daughter grow up and had been keeping an eye on her every day, conducting daily checks.

"These are for toddlers, Madam. Would you like to prepare some more fine cotton cloth?"

Madam Bai shook her head. "I don't know what the climate is like in Lingnan. It's already snowing here, and the further south we go, the more rain there will be. It's not wise to bring cloth on the road now. We should buy it when we get there."

"By the way, has Master Bai returned home today?" Now that things have settled with her daughter, Madam Bai finally thought of Master Bai.

“Master hasn’t gone out these past few days,” Wu Qingshui said in a low voice. “Actually, Master isn’t that heartless. Yesterday he asked me how the preparations were going and if I needed anything, he told me to open the storeroom to get it.”

"Hmph, he knows how to play the good guy now. Since he's already offered, go to the account and get five thousand taels of silver later, as a token of his father's goodwill."

(End of this chapter)