Their true feelings revealed: the beastly husbands are working themselves to the bone every night.

Chapter 151 Who Needed Him to Go to All That Trouble? (Part 151)

Su Mo had already heard Fei Yun explain the situation on the way there.

A couple of days ago, some of the older orcs in the tribe had some symptoms of a cold. They went to the shaman Huang Ming for some medicine, but not only did their condition not improve, they quickly infected their family members and even their neighbors.

Now even Huang Ming has developed symptoms, and the medicines prescribed are ineffective. Several more clansmen came in this afternoon, and most of them had the same symptoms.

When Su Mo, Fei Yan, and the others arrived, those people were surrounding the clinic.

Coughs rose and fell, and Huang Ming looked visibly tired. He was weak and listless when explaining the preparation of the medicine to others.

Su Mo casually took the pulse of an orc and asked about some symptoms, then she frowned.

Two more people took a look, and they were indeed quite similar.

Su Mo frowned as she looked at the medicine Huang Ming had prescribed and said, "Put these medicines here for now. Huang Ming and I will discuss the usage and then prescribe new ones for you later."

Those people looked at Su Mo, then at Huang Ming.

Huang Ming coughed and said, "Please go back first, everyone."

Everyone stood up and walked out.

After everyone left, Su Mo looked at Huang Ming and frowned, saying, "It's not just a common cold, it's a plague."

"plague?"

Huang Ming's expression immediately changed drastically, as did Fei Yun beside him.

Fei Yan and the others didn't look much better either. This disease was extremely difficult to treat and highly contagious.

Su Mo frowned and said, "The most important thing right now is to isolate those who are already sick and also separate them from the people they have been in contact with. We should arrange for special people to take care of their daily needs."

"These procedures need to be arranged as soon as possible, otherwise the situation will be even more unimaginable."

Fei Yan said with a solemn expression, "I will arrange this matter in a moment."

Su Mo turned to Yueying and said, "Go and arrange things for me at the market quickly, and then have Mo Xiao help him."

We need to cause some trouble for Jin Tong and the female lead, otherwise, if they take advantage of this opportunity to launch a sneak attack, it will really be a headache.

Yueying nodded and followed Feiyan out.

After they left, Su Mo grabbed Huang Ming's hand, pricked him with an injection, and drew blood.

Then they discussed the medication with Huang Ming. This kind of disease had occurred in the Beast World before, but it was rare.

Su Mo vaguely remembered that there was a plague in the original book, which seemed to occur later in the story. At that time, the female protagonist had already conquered half of the Beast World.

But this time, it's so much earlier?
Su Mo quickly wrote out some preventative medication prescriptions and asked Ye Yuan to take them to people who were not infected to share preventative knowledge.

"You don't need to make it sound too serious. Just tell them that this cold is quite severe and to take precautions. Those who are already sick should try to avoid contact with healthy orcs in the household."

Ye Yuan nodded and said, "Understood!"

Su Mo frowned and said to Fei Yun, "If another patient with the same symptoms comes, record them according to their severity and assign them to the appropriate isolation area."

Feiyun replied, "I understand."

Su Mo thought for a moment and said, "I need to go back first and arrange for the others in my family to take people to the mountain to collect herbs."

Judging by this situation, the ethnic minority traditional Chinese medicine clinic definitely won't have enough medicinal herbs to go around, so we need to ask them to prepare some in advance.

She also had a batch of medicinal herbs for sale in her space, so she went back to retrieve them.

Ye Yuan first sent Su Mo back, and then went to do the things she had asked him to do.

As soon as Su Mo returned home, she arranged for them to take some preventative medication.

That was made by her using medicine from the system space.

Then, standing in the courtyard, they distributed tasks. Mo Xiao and Fei Yan went to arrange matters in the quarantine and observation areas. Ye Yuan, Cang Lan, and Yue Ying, who had finished their work, gathered the orcs to gather herbs.

Su Mo was stunned when she looked up and saw Xuan Qing leaning against a tree not far away.

What should I assign him to do? If I don't give him any work, he might think I'm treating him differently. Besides, there's no harm in not using his fighting skills!

Otherwise, let him...

Mo Xiao and Fei Yan exchanged a glance.

Then Mo Xiao said calmly, "Third Young Master, please stay in the courtyard and take care of your wife."

Although he disliked Xuan Qing as a rival in love, Xuan Qing's martial arts skills were currently the highest among them. Staying to protect his wife was the most appropriate course of action, since trouble was more likely to arise at times like these.

It's better to have someone with strong fighting skills left at home for peace of mind.

Before Su Mo could speak, Xuan Qing said calmly, "Okay."

Mo Xiao frowned and said, "Thank you for your trouble, Third Young Master."

Xuan Qing's tone remained calm throughout: "Young Master Snake, you're too kind."

After everyone left, Su Mo went back inside and poured herself a glass of water.

Then, they secretly put Huang Ming's blood into the system laboratory.

She turned around and saw Xuan Qing standing silently behind her, his calm gaze fixed on her. He was still holding the pill she had just given him.

Su Mo raised an eyebrow.

He doesn't think I'm trying to poison him, does he?

Su Mo frowned, wanting to say, "If you don't want to eat, then don't. Even if a beastman of your level gets infected, it won't be fatal."

The next second, Xuan Qing slightly raised his eyes to look at her, and calmly put the pill into his mouth.

He then casually asked her, "What do you want to eat tonight?"

Su Mo frowned: "Can you cook?"

"I know a little, and it's barely edible."

Several dish names suddenly flashed through Su Mo's mind: [Spicy and sour fish, stir-fried rabbit? Spicy chicken... dry-fried pork ribs?!]

This is maddening! Maybe it's because I ate such a terrible lunch in town today, but now I just want to eat something with strong flavors to stimulate my taste buds~

But never mind, if I really say it, it'll make it seem like I'm putting him in a difficult position. Besides, I feel completely weak today and really don't want to move...

Su Mo said weakly, "Just prepare whatever you need, thank you."

Xuan Qing replied calmly, "It's no trouble. If you're tired, go back to your room and get some sleep. I'll wake you up when you're ready."

"Okay." Su Mo really wanted to lie down right now.

Although the painkillers were effective, she was still in pain.

As soon as I lay down in my room, Xiao Jiu popped up with a "ding": "Host, the results are in!"

Su Mo opened the document and examined it. Then she threw all the plague-curing drugs in the laboratory into the experiment and waited to see the reaction.

She frowned and asked Xiao Jiu, "Why is the plague plot so far ahead? Isn't it supposed to appear after the female lead has almost subdued the beast world, and then she leads people to treat the plague and successfully clear her name?"

Xiao Jiu: "I don't quite understand... I already told the host, the system doesn't have a storyline~"

Su Mo waved her hand: "Never mind, I'll take a nap. I'll probably be busy tonight."

Xiao Jiu pouted and didn't bother her anymore.

Just as Su Mo was drifting off to sleep, there was a knock on the door.

She turned over, frowned, and said, "Please come in."

As soon as I opened my eyes, I saw Xuanqing carrying something inside.

Su Mo wondered, "He's prepared dinner so quickly? Is an eighth-level orc that powerful?"

But as Xuanqing approached, she sensed something was amiss.

Why does it smell like medicine? Why would he bring me medicine out of the blue?

Su turned his gaze and saw the bowl in his hand, which was now looking at him warily.

Xuanqing put the medicine bowl down for her and said calmly, "I have traveled around since I was a child and I know a little about pharmacology. Miss Su, get up and drink this bowl of medicine. It will be good for you."

Su Mo looked at him speechlessly.

【Do you think I don't know whether it's good for me or not? Why is he meddling so much! I just don't like taking medicine!】 【I told you we're incompatible, he insists on doing things I don't want to do!】

Su Mo forced a smile and said, "Thanks, you can keep it, I'll drink it later."

Xuan Qingyou's deep gaze was fixed on her, as if he had already seen through all her hidden thoughts.

He raised an eyebrow slightly: "In that case, I'll take it out and keep it warm until Young Master Snake returns..."

Su Mo subconsciously looked up and saw a deep meaning flash across the man's eyes: "Have him serve you the drink."

"???!!!"

Su Mo stared at him in surprise.

[He actually used Mo Xiao to scare me?! This is utterly outrageous! Do you think I'm easily frightened?!]

Su Mo stood up and walked towards the person in front of her, feigning displeasure as she said, "Has the Third Young Master forgotten whose territory you are standing on now!"

Xuan Qing remained calm and said, "Yes, it belongs to the young lady."

Then he picked up the bowl of medicine and turned to leave.

Before leaving, he added coldly, "Ever since you returned from Mount Jintong, you've stopped taking your medicine to regulate your body. Guess what they'll think if they find out?"

A look of surprise appeared in Su Mo's eyes.

How does he know everything?! Threatening me? How dare he threaten me so blatantly? This is outrageous!

Su Mo snorted, "I'm almost fully recovered now, I don't need to take any more medicine."

Xuan Qing turned around, looking at her calmly and asking, "Is that so? Why don't we wait for those few to return and have them find your clan's shaman to come and take a look?"

Su Mo clenched her hands slightly at her sides. The people around her were all so difficult to deal with.

Xuan Qing placed the bowl of medicine back on the table and said calmly, "You know best how much they care about you. Since you know that, you should know what to do."

Su Mo angrily picked up the bowl of medicine, gritted her teeth, and drank it all in one gulp.

She forced back the bitter taste in her mouth and asked, "Is that enough?"

This plague must be gotten rid of as soon as possible!!!

Xuan Qing glanced at her expressionlessly, then picked up the bowl and turned to leave.

"I will take care of your medication until I leave North Wing. I will make sure you are well taken care of so I can go back and explain things to my two older sisters."

Su Mo watched his retreating figure, gritting her teeth in anger: "I'll go and talk to him myself, no need to trouble the Third Young Master!"

Xuan Qing's clear and powerful voice came from outside the door: "It's no trouble. I'm just idling around anyway, so it's nice to do what I can for Miss Su."

Su Mo rolled her eyes.

[Who asked him to go through all that trouble?!]

Turning my head, I saw two fruits that had been placed on the table at some point.

Su Mo angrily picked up a piece and took a bite.

The initial sweetness instantly masked the indescribable bitterness in the mouth.

However, she didn't want to go downstairs yet. If she saw Xuan Qing, she was afraid she would lose control and bite him!
Su Mo looked through the medical books in the room and searched for the methods of treating the plague.

Although these things are not exactly the same, they can still be used as a reference.

By the time she finished looking for the information she was looking for, it was already dark outside.

As I went downstairs, I saw Xuanqing carrying dishes out.

Su Mo's gaze swept over the sweet and sour pork ribs he was holding, and her eyes widened slightly.

Let's take another look at the dishes on the table.

【Are you kidding me? I made everything I wanted to eat? Except the spicy dishes, which were all braised or steamed? With his cooking skills, he calls it barely edible? He'd rather die than be immodest…】

Xuan Qing said calmly, "Some of these dishes are the first time I've made them. Please forgive me if they're not good."

Su Mo looked at him in surprise and asked, "Third Young Master, is your cooking really barely edible?"

Xuan Qing said in a calm tone, "It was barely edible at first, but I've learned some things from Miss Su recently, so perhaps I've improved. Try it and see where there's room for improvement."

Su Mo walked over and tasted a piece of braised chicken, then ate a piece of pork rib...

If you're smart, you learn everything quickly; the pork ribs taste almost exactly like mine!

Su Mo subconsciously turned her head to look at the person standing next to her, Xuan Qing, who was already looking at her with that calm gaze.

He doesn't need me to praise him; I don't need to go out of my way...

To everyone's surprise, the person on the other end asked first, "It doesn't taste good?"

Su Mo shook her head: "No, that's good!"

Xuan Qing's face remained calm, but the fleeting soft light in his eyes betrayed his emotions.

When Fei Yan and Mo Xiao returned from outside, they saw the two people in the courtyard talking about something.

Mo Xiao's gaze swept over Su Mo's smile, and his brows furrowed slightly.

As he and Fei Yan approached, they saw the dishes on the table.

It was all food that the wife loved to eat, but it wasn't made by her.

Because the wife always loves spicy food, none of the dishes tonight were spicy.

Fei Yan spoke first: "Thank you for preparing so many dishes for us, Third Young Master."

Xuan Qing's eyes were now clear: "You're welcome."

Fei Yan approached Su Mo and asked, "How are you feeling, my lady? Are you still in pain?"

Su Mo squinted and said, "It's alright."

To be honest, Xuanqing's medicine was exactly what was needed.

As soon as she opened her mouth, Fei Yan could smell the medicinal scent emanating from her.

He frowned imperceptibly, without asking any questions.

He simply smiled and said, "My lady and the third young master, please sit down and rest for a while. Mo Xiao and I will take care of the rest."

Upon entering the kitchen, Fei Yan and Mo Xiao simultaneously detected the medicinal scent in the air, the same scent that had been on Su Mo earlier.

Fei Yan found the drug residue in the kitchen trash can.

He had some knowledge of pharmacology and quickly learned the effects of these things.

Both he and Mo Xiao knew very well that the wife disliked taking medicine the most, and it was basically impossible to expect her to prescribe medicine for herself.

This medicine... could only have been prepared by Xuanqing.

Both of them had the same thought in their minds: how exactly did he coax his wife into drinking the medicine?
A short while later, Ye Yuan and the others also returned.

After washing my hands, I sat down to eat.

Although Xuanqing didn't add chili peppers to those main dishes, they still tasted quite good.

Yueying cast a meaningful glance at Xuanqing opposite her.

I knew this third young master would be hard to deal with. He seems detached and indifferent, but he's actually more cunning than a dog! He'll seize any opportunity to climb the social ladder...

Having such a difficult rival at home is really worrying!
After dinner, Canglan stayed home to wash the dishes.

Su Mo then led the others to find Huang Ming and the others.

Huang Ming and his men worked methodically to isolate the patients. However, he himself was ill and was somewhat unable to do so.

After Su Mo arrived, he rested.

When they went to find Huang Ming again, his temperature had risen again. In his current state, he was incapable of taking care of patients, so Su Mo had Fei Yun place Huang Ming in the isolation area as well.

By the time Su Mo had settled the people outside, it was already late at night. On her way back, she saw a somewhat familiar figure stumbling and running towards her in the darkness.

(End of this chapter)