Chapter 86 Weird Old Man

Chen Shiyi walked out of Jingjiaoyuan quickly and headed straight for Yueyingxuan.

Shi Liu looked at Chen Shiyi packing his clothes and was very confused.

"Girl, where are you going?"

Chen Shiyi raised his head and said to Shi Liu with a smile.

"Pomegranate, I'm leaving now."

Pomegranate didn't know what was going on and asked hurriedly.

"Girl, if you leave, what will the prince do? You are going to get married soon."

Chen Shiyi looked around at Yueyingxuan, where he had lived for only a short time.

"You told me before. I'm afraid you won't be able to do well in the mansion in the future. After I leave, go find Wen Zhirou and tell her that I asked you to stay with her. She's kind-hearted and will definitely take you in and take care of you."

Shi Liu pulled Chen Shiyi's sleeve and burst into tears.

"Girl, what are you going to do in the future? How are you going to survive out there alone without anyone to rely on?"

Chen Shiyi stroked Shi Liu's cheek and said affectionately.

"Pomegranate, don't be afraid. If you have no one to rely on, then I will become my own support. You have to believe me, I can live a good life."

After saying that, he carried a set of clothes to change into and didn't take anything else.

A box filled with expensive jewelry, the finest makeup, exquisite clothes, and precious pearls placed in a gold-plated box...

She gave them up without any regrets.

Wen Zhiheng, I have accumulated enough disappointment, so I am leaving.

Let’s not see each other again in this life.

She looked back at the deep courtyard of the Marquis' Mansion. The past was past, and what began was her new life.

Outside Huiyu Street, there was a constant stream of people. Her body was as fast as a flash, and she was lost in the crowd and disappeared.

Having not slept well last night, Chen Shiyi wanted to find a place to rest first, and then think carefully about where he could stay for a long time.

She was thinking while eating wontons at a wonton stall.

Fang Ling couldn't go back, as Wen Zhiheng would definitely find her there. Besides, the place she wanted to stay tonight couldn't be an inn, as there were all kinds of people there, and she might be targeted by some evil-minded people.

I had to hurry and change my clothes; the fabric was too fancy and it was too dangerous for me to change them myself since I was alone.

She found a not very conspicuous clothing store and walked in. There were a wide variety of fabrics and ready-made clothes on the wooden shelves, and only a few people were selecting fabrics.

The shop owner was a middle-aged man wearing a gray robe with a long soft cloth ruler draped over his shoulders. His eyes were always squinting and his eyesight did not seem to be very good.

He looked up at Chen Shiyi several times before he spoke.

"Girl, do you want to make clothes?"

Chen Shiyi inspected the store and nodded in response.

"Do you have ready-made clothes here? The kind that doesn't require waiting."

The shopkeeper narrowed his eyes and raised the corners of his mouth in understanding.

"Yes, anything else?"

"Yes, do you have a veil?"

The shopkeeper smiled knowingly.

"Yes, of course. You also asked that the clothes should not be too fancy, so that you can blend in with the crowd and not be easily recognized by others, right?"

Chen Shiyi blinked in surprise.

"How do you know?"

The shopkeeper skillfully picked out a set of grey cotton outer garments and a white gauze veil hat and threw them directly into Chen Shiyi's hands.

"Here, these are the clothes you need to elope. They cost six ounces of silver per set. No bargaining."

Chen Shiyi was shocked beyond words.

"Are there so many people running away? Can this business still be turned into an industry?"

The shopkeeper whispered quietly in Chen Shiyi's ear.

"I can also provide fake accounts, daggers, and fast horses. How about that? Do you want a whole set?"

Chen Shiyi couldn't help but give a thumbs up in his heart.

These people are really good at doing business!

She borrowed the shopkeeper's space to change into green clothes. When she was holding the white veil, she found that the shopkeeper was arguing with an old man.

"Master, no matter what happens today, you cannot take this dress away."

The thin old man rolled his eyes.

"You could take it away before, why can't you take it away today?"

The shopkeeper smiled cautiously.

"Did you forget? You didn't pay today."

The old man snorted coldly.

"When have I ever owed you less money?"

The shopkeeper said with a smile.

"You have never been short of money from me, because you have always given me money."

The old man said indifferently.

"Keep it in account, keep it in account, and come back to pay me when you have money."

The shopkeeper still said with a smile.

"You said that before."

Chen Shiyi listened from the side and chuckled. How could there be such a person in this world?

Perhaps Chen Shiyi's voice was a little loud, or perhaps the shop was empty and sparsely populated, the rogue old man looked over at Chen Shiyi.

The old man had an air of age on his face, and Chen Shiyi felt terrified when he looked at him.

"What are you laughing at?"

Chen Shiyi felt that he should be more careful now and not cause trouble, so he spoke softly.

"I'm not laughing at you."

"How do I know if what you said is true? What if you are really laughing at me?"

Chen Shiyi didn't have the patience of the store owner, and she was about to leave.

"It's not that, it is what it is, I've already laughed, can I take it back? You are so old, don't do something that will make you lose face, you will not be able to face your ancestors in the afterlife."

After hearing what Chen Shiyi said, the shopkeeper's eyes widened in fear.

When the old man heard this, he was so angry that he blew his beard and glared. While he was gasping for breath, his eyes rolled back and he fainted.

Chen Shiyi was so frightened when he saw this that he waved his hands repeatedly.

"It wasn't me. I didn't even touch him."

The shopkeeper saw that Chen Shiyi was frightened and said hurriedly.

"Quick, send him to the hospital."

The owner of the clothing store was kind enough to help Chen Shiyi take the old man to a nearby clinic.

Chen Shiyi waited nervously on the side, his hands trembling a little.

The doctor skillfully inserted the needle into the old man's acupuncture point, and after a while, the old man slowly opened his eyes and woke up.

Chen Shiyi patted his chest and breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, fortunately...

The old man's eyes were bright and sharp, as if the person who had just fainted was not him.

Or rather, there was a hint of success in his eyes.

"Why don't you go and help me pay for the medicine? What are you doing standing there?"

Chen Shiyi heard the old man's energetic instructions to her, which inexplicably made her feel a little wrong.

That person just fainted, could he be a fraud?

But it doesn't seem like that, because after all, the doctor's silver needle was definitely inserted.

When Chen Shiyi paid the medical bill, he was shocked by the amount of money the doctor mentioned.

"Ninety taels? Are you trying to steal money from the clinic?"

The doctor said with a smile.

"Miss, this old man Hu owes me ninety-six taels of silver in total. I'll take the change away. You only need to pay me ninety taels."

Chen Shiyi was confused.

"I only asked about the amount this time. What does the money he owed me before have to do with me?"

Mr. Hu seemed to be in great spirits just now, but he suddenly became listless!

"Oh, oh, why does my head hurt again?"

Chen Shiyi is like a dumb person who has eaten Coptis chinensis.

"Okay, okay, I'll pay, I'll pay..."

After she paid the money, she wanted to leave, but Mr. Hu became even more demanding.

"Wait, you've pissed me off and now I'm sick. Are you going to leave me in the hospital to die?"

Chen Shiyi felt that he was extremely unlucky.

However, when something like this happens, no matter how many mouths I have, I can’t explain it clearly.

"So what else do you want?"

"You have to take me home, in case something happens to me on the way..."

Chen Shiyi supported him dejectedly and sent him home dejectedly.

In fact, if he had just gone home, he would have passed by a grocery store, a shoe store, and a bookstore on the way. He even had to pay back the money he owed the grocery store for a bottle of wine.

As soon as Chen Shiyi refused, his body immediately went limp, and he kept touching his head, complaining of a headache...

Along the way, she helped him pay back more than three hundred taels of silver from twelve shops.

When he was almost in front of a dilapidated but majestic gate, Chen Shiyi stopped.

"Your house is so broken? You're not going to ask me to pay for repairs, are you? You're such a mean old man. You've spent almost all the money I had. You're such a bully..."

Mr. Hu snorted coldly.

"Who asked you to repair the house? This is my house. Come in."

Chen Shiyi shook his head.

"I won't go in. You go in by yourself. It's my bad luck today."

Mr. Hu suddenly became very serious.

"Aren't you looking for a place to stay?"