"Even if there is, I won't give it to you."

Shen Ruyi glanced at him and said, "In addition, the prescription that Second Brother took from me before was also stolen from me to please you. Now I have reformed and don't want to be a thief anymore."

"Ruyi, what do you mean?"

Shen Ci had an ominous feeling when he heard her words.

He always had a feeling that Shen Ruyi's reform would drag him down with her.

Shen Ruyi confirmed his hunch and continued, "What I mean is, please return all the prescriptions you took away to me, and I will return them to their owners tomorrow."

"After all, I should apologize not only to Shen Jiaojiao, but also to others. This way, I can show that I have truly changed for the better."

"Do you think I'm right?"

"Second brother?"

After Shen Ruyi finished speaking, her burning gaze fell on his face without blinking.

"You——" Shen Ci was angry, "Ruyi, do you understand what is going on?"

"Jiaojiao is in critical condition and needs help! As for your apology, when is it not an apology? Besides, I have sent the prescriptions to the Imperial Hospital. Where can I get them back for you?"

"Then I don't care. I gave you the prescription before because I asked you to do something, but you didn't do anything, so you should return the things to me." Shen Ruyi was unmoved and urged, "I still have to apologize."

"Why are you so stubborn? If I had known you were so selfish, why would I have given you this charcoal fire?"

Shen Ci looked at the burning charcoal on the ground, angrily, and threatened: "I can't give you the recipe back. If you want to continue to burn the charcoal, you have to take out the recipe for stomach cold and boil the medicine for Jiaojiao first!"

Shen Ruyi sneered inwardly when she saw him breaking down.

She glanced at the charcoal fire and said coldly, "It turns out that Second Brother's concern is also conditional. However, the secret recipes I gave you are all in high demand, and I'm afraid your little charcoal fire is not enough to exchange for them."

"You bargained with me?" Shen Ci was stunned and looked at her in disbelief. "Ruyi, you were not like this before."

"Then what was I like before?" Shen Ruyi looked at him and smiled.

Shen Ci choked and was speechless for a moment.

In the past, whenever Shen Ruyi had a new prescription, she would give it to him first and chase him to ask if he wanted it. As long as he said "good prescription", Shen Ruyi would be as happy as a pug.

He didn't even have to say thank you.

In the past two years, he has received nearly twenty prescriptions from Shen Ruyi. With these prescriptions, he not only gained a good reputation and expanded his network, but also quickly established a foothold in the Imperial Hospital.

If nothing unexpected happens, in a few months, when the old chief physician Qi retires, it will be his turn.

By then, he would be the youngest director of the Imperial Medical Bureau in the history of Northern Qi, and would be granted the title of Imperial Physician by the Emperor.

He rose rapidly along the way, surrounded by praise and visions of a bright future, and even felt that it was natural for Shen Ruyi to give him the prescription.

But Shen Ruyi himself said that he was the second brother, and it was only natural to give him the prescription.

Why doesn’t it work now?

Yes, it must be because of Shen Jiaojiao!

Shen Ruyi's younger sister is so stingy. She said she apologized, but she wasn't sincere at all. She's still competing with Jiaojiao!

Thinking of this, Shen Ci couldn't help but feel a little suffocated. He looked up at Shen Ruyi and asked, "Ruyi, are you still holding a grudge against Jiaojiao, so when you heard that it was a recipe for stomach cold, you were angry and refused to give it to me?"

Shen Ruyi looked at him.

Just as he was about to speak, he was interrupted by Gu Qinghua who came in from the door.

"I don't think you need to reason with her."

Gu Qinghua was tortured by Shen Jiaojiao's miserable look and his face became haggard. When he heard Shen Ci's words when he entered the room, he felt that Shen Ruyi was bad and selfish, and he stared at Shen Ruyi and scolded her.

"Shen Ruyi, why are you so stingy? Jiaojiao is your own sister. She is suffering from severe stomach pain and has consulted several imperial doctors but to no avail. Why don't you quickly take out the prescription? Is this how you treat your family?"

"Yes, Ruyi, if you feel uncomfortable, I'd like to apologize to you first. Please take out the prescription. Jiaojiao is really feeling very uncomfortable."

Shen Ci frowned, as if Shen Jiaojiao's discomfort was transmitted to him, and he became a little aggressive.

"You are the elder sister, you should be more mature and sensible, take out the prescription quickly."

Shen Ci stretched out his hand towards Shen Ruyi, looking as if he was going to snatch it away if she didn't take it out.

Shen Ruyi looked at them like this, as if she was soaked in cold water from the inside out, and said in a hoarse voice: "I said, I don't have the prescription."

People’s hearts are indeed biased.

In that case, don't blame her for being heartless.

She suppressed her sadness and looked up at the two of them. "Now you have two choices. First, I'll tell you the address, and you go steal a prescription and bring it back to Shen Jiaojiao. Second, you get out now."

"you--"

Shen Ci was furious for a moment. Shen Ruyi actually asked him to go out and steal?

If he were to be discovered, he would no longer be able to stay in the capital!

But Shen Ruyi didn't look fake. After calming down, he looked at her suspiciously, incredulous, "You really don't have it? Didn't you need a prescription every now and then before?"

"Yes, but that was before." Shen Ruyi sneered, "Second brother forgot that I was locked up in the woodshed these days. Besides, last time I asked you to believe that I didn't hurt anyone and let me out, I gave you a prescription."

"..." Shen Ci was choked and speechless.

The last prescription he took from Shen Ruyi was the one he got three days ago, the night Shen Ruyi was locked up in the woodshed.

Shen Ruyi probably doesn’t have the prescription now.

Thinking of this, Shen Ci compromised and said, "How about this, you put on more clothes, and let's go find the prescription where you got it before. If you were able to steal it before, you must be able to steal it tonight..."

"So, second brother wants to force me to become a thief for Shen Jiaojiao?" Shen Ruyi interrupted him, "But before, didn't you always say that I have a bad character and am not as good as Shen Jiaojiao's?"

"Now I have turned over a new leaf."

"I'm not going."

"If you want to steal Shen Jiaojiao, go by yourself."

She finally realized that for Shen Jiaojiao, everyone in this family would do anything.

What about benevolence, righteousness, morality, propriety, justice, integrity and shame? They are all bullshit.

Gu Qinghua stared at Shen Ruyi: "Human life is at stake. Jiaojiao is still sick and can't get out of bed."

His face turned dark and blue, as if Shen Ruyi owed him something.

"Then go steal it. No. 9, West Lane, Nanjiao."

Shen Ruyi actually hoped to see these two people being beaten into pig heads by her master.

"Shen Ruyi, how can you say that?" Gu Qinghua felt humiliated and threw his sleeves away. "You actually asked me to be a thief!"

"It turns out that Mr. Gu knew it himself." Shen Ruyi smiled sarcastically.