Seeing that she suddenly became agitated, Luo Sheng quickly responded, "Okay, okay, don't be angry, I'll go and bring Zuo Lanzhi here right away."
Xiao Yunying calmed down: "Luo Sheng, you can't lie to me."
"I'm not lying to you, I'll go right now. But could you eat something in the meantime before taking your medicine?"
Xiao Yunying blinked: "Okay."
"Then I'll have someone prepare the medicine for you. You should rest first."
After Luo Sheng left the room, Xiao Yunying did not lie down, but got out of bed and stood by the window.
She opened the window a crack and looked straight at the door through the gap.
When Zheng Yunwan brought the prepared medicine, she remained standing by the window without moving an inch.
Zheng Yunwan was surprised for a moment, and put the medicine bowl on the table: "Sister Yunying, why are you out of bed?"
Xiao Yunying didn't speak. Zheng Yunwan walked to her side and followed her gaze through the window crack to look at the door.
She asked, puzzled, "Sister Yunying, what are you looking at?"
"I'm waiting for Luo Sheng to bring Zuo Lanzhi here so I can vent my anger."
Zheng Yunwan only knew that Luo Sheng had rushed out, but she didn't know what he was going to do.
I thought this guy was unreliable just now, running around everywhere when Sister Yunying was so sick, but now I realize I misunderstood him.
"Sister Yunying, let me help you over to eat something and drink your medicine."
As she spoke, she took Xiao Yunying's arm, and when she felt her body temperature, she was startled again: "Sister Yunying, why are you so hot? You're feverish again!"
Following her lead, Xiao Yunying walked to the table, said it was alright, and then picked up the medicine bowl and drank the soup in a few gulps.
"Sister Yunying, wait a minute. You haven't eaten anything yet. You can't take medicine on an empty stomach."
Xiao Yunying was quick; by the time Zheng Yunwan snatched the medicine bowl, she had already finished drinking it.
She drank too quickly and choked, coughing until she vomited up all the medicine.
Zheng Yunwan wiped the medicine from her lips with a handkerchief: "Sister Yunying, I know you're feeling bad, but you can't hurt yourself like this."
Xiao Yunying looked at the medicine she had vomited on the ground: "Chinese medicine tastes awful."
Zheng Yunwan helped her to the side: "It's okay, I'll take care of it."
She went out and got a mop, then came back and wiped the floor clean. "Sister Yunying, would you like to eat something first?"
Xiao Yunying walked back to the window: "If you don't want to eat it, take it out. You don't need to watch over me, I'm fine."
Zheng Yunwan didn't want to persuade her any further: "Then I'll take it and heat it up first. Call me when Sister Yunying wants to eat it."
"good."
Zheng Yunwan took the food out and looked at Xiao Yunying standing by the window from the doorway.
She responded to every word I said, but the emotion just wasn't right.
I just hope that once Luo Sheng brings that woman back to avenge Sister Yun Ying, she will recover.
Luo Sheng rode his horse there by himself and returned quickly.
When Xiao Yunying heard the familiar female voice calling from the doorway, she looked towards the door with her lifeless eyes, and then walked out.
Madam Luo, who was in the courtyard, was wondering what was going on outside the gate. When she saw Yunying come out with her hair down and wearing only her undergarments, she asked, "Yunying, where are you going?"
Xiao Yunying seemed not to hear, and just kept walking in the direction of the door.
Madam Luo also noticed that something was wrong with her: "Yunwan, quickly get Yunying a dress."
Zheng Yunwan quickly went into her room to get her coat and put it on Xiao Yunying at the door.
"Sister Yunying, shall we go inside and put our clothes on first?"
Xiao Yunying did not reply, but stared intently as Luo Sheng summoned Granny Chang and two maids, instructing them to remove Zuo Lanzhi's outer garment and then hang her under the paulownia tree with a hemp rope.
The commotion had attracted many villagers who were watching the spectacle, and they gathered around the land, discussing it animatedly.
Unable to break free, Zuo Lanzhi cried out in desperation and shame, "Brother Luo Sheng, why are you doing this to me? Are you trying to humiliate me and force me to die?!"
Luo Sheng tied the rope and gave her a cold look: "How you treated Yun Ying yesterday is how I will treat you today. It's just an eye for an eye. If you want to die afterward, then go ahead. It has nothing to do with me."
Zuo Lanzhi looked at the surrounding villagers in panic: "Aunt Luo and my mother are good friends, please consider the relationship between our two families..."
“We have no relationship anymore.” Madam Luo, who had come out to check what was going on, spoke up from a short distance away: “From the moment your mother condoned your bullying of Yunying, our two families have no relationship anymore.”
Xiao Yunying's previously lifeless eyes showed a slight emotional fluctuation at this moment, her eyelashes trembled slightly, but she still looked at Zuo Lanzhi without saying a word.
Upon hearing this, Zuo Lanzhi's face turned pale, and she stammered, "Then...then I am also the legitimate daughter of the Minister's family, a relative of an official, you must not humiliate me like this..."
Luo Sheng's face darkened further: "You also know that officials' families cannot be bullied at will. When you bullied Yun Ying yesterday, did you think she was easy to bully because of her low birth, and that she couldn't retaliate against you, the legitimate daughter of the Minister's family!"
As Luo Sheng spoke, he grabbed her arm and pulled it down hard. There was a cracking sound from the sling, and Zuo Lanzhi cried out in pain, "It hurts so much, my arm is going to break!"
She was stripped naked and hung there, surrounded by so many people. Already feeling ashamed and angry, the pain made her cry.
Seeing that she was crying, Xiao Yunying stepped closer, wanting to take a closer look at her current appearance.
Luo Yong held her arm and put her dislocated arm back in place, whispering, "Zuo Lanzhi, don't think I won't lay a hand on a woman. I'm not a gentleman. Yun Ying has no power or influence, but I'm different. If you dare to touch Yun Ying again, even if you're just a young lady from the Minister's mansion, or even if you were a princess, I have ways to cripple you."
Zuo Lanzhi's lips trembled: "Luo Sheng... do you really like Xiao Yunying?!"
"So what? What's it to you?"
Xiao Yunying glanced at him, then turned her gaze to Zuo Lanzhi.
She said in a hoarse voice, "I've already said, if you have the guts, just kill me, otherwise I will definitely retaliate twofold."
Zuo Lanzhi's eyes were bloodshot with hatred: "That's because I didn't have time! Xiao Yunying, you had my face ruined, I will definitely kill you, I will definitely kill you!"
Luo Sheng punched a tree: "You didn't listen to a word I said!"
Xiao Yunying pressed down on Luo Sheng's arm, her gaze sweeping lightly over Luo Sheng's face, which was covered in cotton bandages—the marks Zheng Yunwan had made yesterday: "Are you disfigured?"
Zuo Lanzhi gritted her teeth and said, "The doctor said the wound is very deep and there is a high chance it will leave a scar."
She looked at Zheng Yunwan standing not far away: "You little bitch, I will definitely make my mother kill you!"
Zheng Yunwan felt a moment of guilt and fear, but when she thought about how badly she had tormented Xiao Yunying, she said firmly, "If you want revenge, then come find me. I'll be waiting."
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