The temptation was too great. The boy nodded to his great-grandfather, coughed a few times, and his face flushed. Rather than die in two years, he might as well give it a try. What if he got better?

Seeing the boy's eagerness, the clan chief decided to give it a try. Jiang Wei stepped outside, and the boy did as she was told, taking off his clothes and lying on the bed.

Doctor Mo inserted silver needles into the boy's acupoints and slowly moved the needles around. It took Doctor Mo more than half an hour to remove the needles.

Even in the dead of winter, both the boy and Doctor Mo had sweat beading on their foreheads.

After the acupuncture was finished, the boy coughed up phlegm, finally relieving the blockage in his chest that had been congested for years.

Doctor Mo wrote out the prescription and handed it to the clan chief. "Get the medicine according to the prescription. I will come to give the young master acupuncture once every half month. It should be able to cure about 60 or 70% of the disease in about six months."

The clan leader was overjoyed and hurriedly handed over the prepared consultation fee to Doctor Mo.

Doctor Mo did not accept the clan leader's money. "This girl said that your family only has one son, and she spent a lot of money to invite me to treat your grandson. If she hadn't sincerely invited me, I wouldn't have come to treat him."

So many people want him to treat their illnesses; if he were to see everyone, he would be exhausted long ago.

Before leaving, he reminded me again, "Take the medicine as prescribed, and be careful not to overexert yourself."

His great-grandson was finally saved. The clan chief's eyes welled up with tears, and he kept saying thank you through his mouth.

The boy walked out with a smile on his face. This was the first time in his life that he felt so relaxed and comfortable.

The clan chief was so moved that he almost cried when he saw his grandson walking without even panting. He beckoned to him, "Come on, thank your aunt."

The boy blushed instantly, feeling a little embarrassed, even though they were about the same age.

He lay at home all day, unable to do anything, while the girl in front of him, who was about the same age as him and was his aunt, actually managed to get a doctor to treat his illness.

He felt ashamed and embarrassed.

The boy blushed, clasped his hands, and bowed to express his gratitude, saying, "Your nephew thanks you, Aunt. I'm so sorry to have troubled you." He was respectful, polite, and humble.

Jiang Wei blushed. She knew of this nephew before, but although they both lived in the capital, he rarely went out and she had never met him. She didn't have this direct experience. Even though they were the same age, he had to behave like a proper junior.

Even though she had been reborn and had the face of a sixteen-year-old, she was still embarrassed.

Shouldn't she give this nephew, whom she's just meeting, a gift?

After thanking him, the clan chief told him to go back to his room to rest. The boy sat at his desk, picked up a book he was halfway through, and began to read it intently.

Back in the flower hall, Jiang Wei bowed to the clan chief, explained his purpose, and recounted the whole story.

The clan chief looked at Jiang Wei with affection. 'So, she stumbled upon her when she went to fetch a doctor for Meng'er.'

What kind of nonsense is it for the heir of a noble family to have an affair with his wife's younger sister? What kind of aristocratic family is this? It's truly...

It might not be easy to annul the engagement, but we should still give it a try.

The clan leader went through the process in his mind and immediately decided on how to best annul the engagement.

“Since you want to annul the engagement, you should not meet with the people from the Marquis’s mansion anymore. You don’t want people to gossip about you. I will send someone to invite your uncle to go with you, as well as the matchmaker, Madam Li.”

Jiang Wei bowed and thanked the clan chief, saying, "I'm sorry to have troubled you."

He then took a wooden box from the dewdrop and handed it to the clan chief with both hands, saying, "Inside are the betrothal letter and marriage certificate."

The clan chief took the items. "Go back and wait for news!"

After Jiang Wei left, the clan leader also went out; this matter should be handled as soon as possible.

Jiang Wei got into the carriage. "To Jufu Lane."

In her past life, her maternal grandfather, along with her uncle and aunt, arrived in Kyoto today to see her off on her wedding day.

Passing by Zuichunlou, Jiang Wei asked Luzhu to buy some of their signature dishes and fine wine.

The waiter helped load the food and drinks onto the carriage.

Upon arriving at the Chen residence, the gatekeeper told her that the steward had already gone to fetch the old master.

Jiang Wei asked Lu Zhu to keep the dishes warm so that they could be eaten when her maternal grandfather and the others returned.

She sat for a while, but the thought of seeing her long-lost relatives made her restless, so she walked towards the door and into the yard.

A familiar voice came from the doorway. Jiang Wei disregarded all ladylike etiquette and rushed out, acting like a young girl.

She looked at the gray-haired old man at the door, and tears welled up in her eyes. "Grandfather."

When Chen Yan heard someone calling him, the image of a small glutinous rice ball appeared in his mind, and he turned around excitedly.

The girl was both crying and laughing, making her incredibly endearing.

Chen Yan saw that the girl in front of him was graceful and looked very much like her mother.

She still cries as much as she did when she was little, and Chen Yan felt sorry for her, "Why is my darling crying?"

Overjoyed, she forgot she had reached marriageable age and nestled into her grandfather's arms, acting like a child.

A snicker came from behind.

Jiang Wei crawled out of her maternal grandfather's arms and looked in the direction of the sound. She immediately saw the person who was laughing at her, with a beauty mark under their eye.

The eldest aunt slapped the man on the head.

Who else could it be but her annoying second cousin, Chen Shiyu? Childhood memories flooded back instantly.

Jiang Wei rolled her eyes at him, and then politely greeted her uncle and aunt.

Dewdrop followed the girl to the door and saw that the old man's family had already arrived, so she went back and set out the food.

The Chen family smelled the aroma of the food from afar and secretly marveled at how thoughtful Wei'er was.

These days I'm constantly on the road, and I can't eat or sleep well.

Jiang Wei's maternal aunt, Madam Yu, led her into the flower hall, where a variety of dishes were laid out on the table.

She glared at her brat, thinking, "Daughters are so much more considerate! Why couldn't she have given birth to such a lovely daughter!"

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