Chi Yu looked in the direction of the sound and saw Qi Mingyu being helped by Old Man Qi.

His right hand was wrapped in cloth, his face was deathly pale, he looked extremely unwell, and he was hunched over.

At this moment, he was standing about five meters away from the carriage.

Upon seeing him, Chi Yu felt extremely unlucky and immediately crawled into the carriage.

Not only Chi Yu, but even Chi Qiao and Qiao Shi saw the father and son.

After Qiao Shi also climbed into the carriage, Chi Qiao remained standing on the carriage shaft.

"Hey, isn't this Qi Daxiucai, the future Qi Dajuren?"

"What, you've come to the prefectural city so early to prepare for the autumn imperial examinations?"

How could Qi Mingyu and Old Man Qi not hear the sarcasm in Chi Qiao's words?

The father and son never dreamed they would run into Chi Yu here, and she seemed to be doing very well.

At least his complexion was much better than when he was in the Qi family.

Thinking about the terrible days that had passed, Qi Mingyu felt a pang of regret once again.

A while ago, Xue Mengyu was helping her family check out their shop and asked him to come along.

He knew that his body couldn't sit or stand for long periods, so he didn't want to go out.

However, Xue Mengyu told him that reading should be balanced with rest, and he shouldn't stay locked in the study all day long.

She also said that she would take him out for a walk to clear his head and buy him a couple of new clothes for the changing season.

He realized he hadn't bought any summer clothes yet, so he went along.

But to their surprise, before they could even get into their carriage after leaving the shop, a drunkard walked towards them.

This man got completely drunk in broad daylight.

He walked unsteadily and almost bumped into Xue Mengyu.

He needed to rely on the Xue family's money to make a living, so he naturally wanted to act like a man, and thus he embraced the person and avoided them.

While trying to avoid him, I accidentally knocked the drunk man to the ground.

As a result, the man looked up, staring straight at Xue Mengyu, and then looked at him.

He then nimbly got up from the ground and tried to grab Xue Mengyu.

Seeing this, he stopped the person.

To everyone's surprise, the man went berserk, yelling "a shameless slut who can't stand being alone" while pulling out a dagger from his pocket.

Then she suddenly grabbed his hand and asked Xue Mengyu if she married him because he was good in bed.

Before anyone could react, they severed his tendons, saying they would cripple him.

If the coachman hadn't reacted quickly enough to pull the man away, his tendons would probably have snapped on the spot.

In the end, that bitch Xue Mengyu let him go while he was unconscious from the pain, and only found him a doctor.

After learning that his hand could not be healed, they paid for him to come to the prefectural city to find a doctor.

He knows the condition of his hands.

I also know that now is not the time for a big argument.

So he used this incident to ask the Xue family for five hundred taels of silver.

The first thing I did upon arriving in the prefectural city was to inquire which doctor was good, and then prepare to have my hands examined first.

In his view, as long as his hand could be cured, he could participate in the imperial examination.

He can't sit or stand for long periods of time, that's okay, he can tolerate it.

During scientific expeditions, he couldn't sit still; he would lie on the bed board in his cell to write.

As long as he can pass the imperial examination and become a scholar, his future will not be too bad.

He no longer wanted to become an official, but he was determined to become a successful candidate in the imperial examinations.

But to my surprise, after being here for several days and seeing more than one doctor, they all said his hand couldn't be cured.

I went out today because I heard there was a doctor in the north of the city who was very skilled, especially in treating musculoskeletal injuries.

Little did they know, they would run into a fish in the moat shortly after leaving home.

He felt miserable thinking about the carefree days with Chi Yu, and then about the unpleasant things that would happen after the divorce.

He always knew that a fish in a pond brings good fortune to its husband, but he hadn't thought much about it.