Du Lanlan didn't know which household in the village belonged to Fan Baowen, but fortunately, she met Fan Hua after entering the village. She had seen Fan Hua in the county town.
"Grandpa Fan, Grandpa Fan..."
Du Lanlan ran over excitedly.
The Du family was clearly the ones who did it, but they tried to pin the blame on the Fan family, especially since Du Bin was in cahoots with Xia Chunmei.
If it weren't for Du Bin, things wouldn't have turned out this way. So when Fan Hua saw Du Lanlan, he didn't give her a friendly look at all, snorted coldly, and turned his face away.
"Grandpa Fan, Baowen has been beaten up! He can't walk anymore, sob sob, please go and save him, sob sob sob..."
"What did you say"
"Baowen has been beaten up, his leg is injured, and he can't walk. He's at the village entrance. Grandpa, please go and save him! Waaah..."
Fan Hua disliked Du Lanlan no matter what, but since it concerned his own grandson, he dared not be careless. He immediately called a few people to help, and Du Lanlan pointed the way ahead.
When Du Lanlan arrived with her people, Fan Baowen was already covered in sweat from the pain.
Fan Baowen already had injuries, and now he was beaten up again, making him look particularly frightening.
"Who on earth hurt my grandson?" Fan Hua roared in fury. Fan Baowen was indeed no longer able to participate in the imperial examination, but he was still his precious grandson. Seeing his grandson like this, Fan Hua was both anxious and angry.
“Uncle, don’t be angry. Baowen is badly injured. The most important thing is to take him to see a doctor as soon as possible,” said Fan Baowen’s cousin.
"With injuries this severe, Old Li's skills are probably not up to the task."
Du Lanlan hurriedly said, "Go to the county town, no, go to the clinic in Meihua Town. I have an oxcart."
When Du Lanlan came, she rented an oxcart. Meihua Town is in another direction from Fanjia'ao, a few kilometers farther than the county seat.
Du Lanlan is a "dead" person and cannot go to the county town. Too many people know her, and she is worried about being recognized.
Immediately, everyone worked together to lift Fan Baowen onto the oxcart, and Fan Hua and Du Lanlan rode on the oxcart to take him to the clinic.
Curly and the others had already returned to the county town and met Xia Donglai.
"Brother Dong, that kid's leg is already useless. You can rest assured about our work."
"Thank you all, brothers." Xia Dong handed a few taels of silver to Curly Hair, "Take this and have some tea with the brothers."
"It's no trouble at all. If you need anything, Dong-ge, just let me know." Curly thought for a moment and then told Xia Donglai about meeting Du Lanlan.
Xia Donglai was quite surprised that Du Lanlan was not dead. He thought the Du family had sacrificed Du Lanlan for the sake of the whole family, but it turned out that Du Lanlan had just faked her death.
Xia Donglai pondered for a moment, then said, "Go to Yijia Village and look for... never mind."
Xia Donglai originally intended to tell Xia Chunmei about this, but considering that Du Bin and Xia Chunmei were in cahoots, he guessed that Xia Chunmei probably already knew about it.
After beating up Fan Baowen and breaking his leg, Xia Donglai finally felt much better.
After separating from Curly, Xia Donglai went to the clinic to buy a packet of medicine and took it back to his mother, Chen Sanhua.
Chen Sanhua hesitated for a moment, then sighed, took it, and went into the kitchen.
In the evening, a bowl of warm, brown medicine was brought to Xia Xiumei.
Chen Sanhua said earnestly, "Xiumei, you are already two months pregnant. It would be best to abort the baby now."
Xia Xiumei burst into tears. "Mother, I don't want to abort this child, I..."
"Are you still thinking about Fan Baowen, silly girl? Fan Baowen is a scoundrel. When he was engaged to Xia Chunmei, he had affairs with you and Du Lanlan. He was just using us. Now that you're no longer of any use to him, he wants to frame you and that old man. This kind of beast is worse than a pig or a dog. He's not a good match for you."
Chen Sanhua felt a burning hatred when she thought about how her whole family had been used by Fan Baowen to end up in this situation.
“Don’t be so foolish. If you abort this child, you can start over. I will give you a generous dowry, and your future will be bright.”
The Xia family still had the 100 taels of silver given to them by the Du family, plus Xia Donglai's ability to make money, so their wealth was still substantial.
Xia Changjiang didn't have Chen Sanhua's good temper. He roared, "If you don't drink, get out of this house. Whether you live or die is none of our business. We'll pretend we never had you. It's your choice!"
Xia Xiumei kept crying. She hated Fan Baowen for deceiving her, but she couldn't forget him. If the child was still alive, she would still have a chance to marry Fan Baowen, but now that the child was gone, she really had no chance.
When Xia Donglai saw Xia Xiumei like this, he was furious. Too lazy to waste words with her, he took action directly, pinching her chin with one hand and holding the medicine in the other, and forced it down her throat.
Seeing this, Chen Sanhua quickly grabbed the struggling Xia Xiumei. Although a lot of the medicine was wasted, half of it went into Xia Xiumei's stomach, which was enough.
Xia Donglai said with a serious expression, "If you don't want to die, stay here. Otherwise, don't blame me for being ruthless as your older brother."
That very night, Xia Xiumei suffered a miscarriage. Fortunately, Chen Sanhua and Zeng Shi had made preparations in advance, so there was no chaos.
However, Xia Xiumei still suffered a lot.
...
Xia Xiumei was in excruciating pain, and Fan Baowen at the Meihua Town clinic wasn't much better off.
Because his leg was broken, and the doctor said there was nothing they could do, which meant that Fan Baowen would become a cripple.
"Doctor, please think of a way to cure my leg, please, doctor, I beg you!" Fan Baowen pleaded, clinging tightly to Doctor Sun at the clinic.
Fan Hua looked anxious: "Doctor, my grandson is so young, please, please think of a way, please."
Du Lanlan pleaded, "Doctor, I don't care how much it costs as long as you can cure his leg, please."
"It's not that I don't want to help, but I'm truly powerless. The other injuries are manageable, but this leg... it needs to be rested properly. Don't move it around too much for the next six months, or it will recover even worse."
After saying that, Doctor Sun shook his head and left.
Fan Baowen clenched his fists; he was filled with hatred!
"Baowen, who hurt you?" Fan Hua pressed again.
"It's Xia Chunmei! It must be that bitch Xia Chunmei!" Fan Baowen said through gritted teeth, enduring the excruciating pain. "Besides her, who else could hate me so much, ruin my reputation, send my mother to jail, and even break my leg? That vicious bitch!"
"She's ruined us, torn your family apart, and made it impossible for me to go home. Why won't she stop?" Du Lanlan roared. "That bitch, she deserves to die a horrible death!"
"But Xia Chunmei now has the Jin family as her backer, what can we do?" Fan Hua was so angry that he almost fainted. His cloudy eyes were filled with hatred, but he knew very well that Xia Chunmei was untouchable now and could only swallow his anger.
Fan Baowen's face was sinister: "There will be a way."
"Brother Baowen, do you have a way?"
Fan Baowen looked at Du Lanlan, trying hard to suppress the hatred and anger in his heart, and said gently, "Let's talk about it after I'm healed. But you, Lanlan, why did you come here?"
“I learned the whole story from Xiangyu. I was worried about you, so I came to find you. But I didn’t expect to run into those people who beat you up. Brother Baowen, come with me to the manor to recover from your injuries. Once you’re healed, we’ll come back and get revenge on that bitch.”
Hearing this, Fan Baowen felt somewhat smug. As long as Du Lanlan had feelings for him, he had a chance to turn things around and get revenge.
He won't let either Du Bin or Xia Chunmei get away!
"Lanlan, I'm a cripple now. My leg is broken, and I can't take the imperial examinations. I can't give you happiness. Go. I'm sorry, I've let you down. I'm so sorry..."
Fan Baowen put on a heartbroken and reluctant expression, and Du Lanlan fell for it.
She clung to Fan Baowen, sobbing uncontrollably: "I'm yours, I'm carrying your child. Wherever I go, I'll go. I'll follow you wherever you go. I don't care, I've made up my mind about you! You can't get rid of me!"
"But how am I supposed to support Lanlan in this state..."
"I don't care, I'm not leaving! I'm not leaving!" Du Lanlan hugged him even tighter.
Du Lanlan, who was lying on top of Fan Baowen, didn't see the hint of a triumphant smile in Fan Baowen's eyes.
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