After repeating this process twice, I felt much better.

When Chi Yu brought over a bowl of chilled mung bean soup, she took a big gulp before letting out a sigh.

"Comfortable!"

After sighing, she took another big gulp.

After finishing a bowl of chilled mung bean soup, she said to Chi Yu:

"Little Fish Sister, guess who I met yesterday?"

Chi Yu looked at her, puzzled: "Who? Do I know them?"

Qiao nodded: "Yes, you know him, and you're very familiar with him."

Chi Yu thought for a moment, and realized that she knew the person, and the Qiao family also knew her, so why would she speak in this tone?

Could it be Qi Mingyu?

Thinking this, she tentatively asked, "Could it be Qi Mingyu?"

Mrs. Qiao immediately nodded: "Yes, it's Qi Mingyu."

Guess where I met you?

Chi Yu shook her head: "I really can't guess that."

But it's only the second day of the fourth month, why is he in the prefectural city?

Did you break your hand and then come here to see this?

He harbored these grievances in his heart, but Chi Yu dared not speak them aloud.

After all, it's one thing to spend money to buy Qi Mingyu's hand in private, but it's quite another to say it in front of outsiders.

Qiao didn't pretend to be mysterious and said directly, "The clinic, I met him at the clinic!"

When I saw him, his right hand was bound with cloth and hung in front of his chest.

I was curious, so after he left, I went to ask the doctor who had treated him.

They say it was his right hand, that someone had severed the tendons.

Chi Yu's eyes lit up: "Your tendon is severed?"

"It's a pity, I only picked it, but I didn't break it."

However, even so, it would be difficult for that hand to reach behind and grab a pen!

Qiao Shi was naturally on the side of innocent bystanders, so when she learned that Qi Mingyu was in trouble, she was naturally gloating.

Chi Yu was unaware that Qi Mingyu's health had deteriorated; after spending money to buy the body parts, she hadn't had time to pay attention to these matters.

Hearing Qiao's words now, he was immediately in a good mood.

Good, it's finally broken.

She got her money well spent!

That kind of scumbag should be made known to everyone that he has no hope of passing the imperial examinations in the future.

Let's see how arrogant he'll be then.

I wonder what Xue Mengyu and the Xue family's attitude will be now that he's in this state.

I really want to know where they live now, so I can go and see what's going on!

When Qiao saw Chi Yu smiling, she knew that it was the right thing to have come to talk to her about this so early in the morning.

Taking advantage of Chi Yu's good mood, she said:

"Little Fish Sister, I wonder if you and Sister Zhou are free today."

I know this city well, and I'd like to invite you to go out for a stroll.

"At noon, we'll have lunch at Tongfu Restaurant."

When she specifically mentioned Tongfu Restaurant, Chi Yu knew what she meant.

I had been planning to go check it out today, so I readily agreed.

"Alright, then I'll trouble you today, Sister Zhou."

However, my sister-in-law is a little busy right now, so we'll have to wait for her a bit.

"Hmm, it's alright. You stay home first, I'll go out and rent a carriage."

It saves us from having to walk in this heat.

With that, she got up and walked out.

Just as I reached the door, she suddenly stopped and said:

"Little Fish Sister, do you know that some places outside are especially hot?"

As I walked down the street in my embroidered shoes, I could almost smell the burnt odor of the layers of fabric beneath my feet.

This fish in the pond has a deep understanding of this; in modern times, a summer might be particularly hot.

Walking on the cement road in shoes, the soles of the shoes get terribly hot.