A short while later, a young apprentice came out and led Song Ning to an old doctor.
Song Ning gave Zhou Ling'an a wink, and Zhou Ling'an understood, asking, "Is Doctor Tang not here today?"
The young apprentice replied, "Doctor Tang is out on a house call today and is not here."
Song Ning nodded, indicating that she understood.
The medicine boy returned to the back, and Tang Xinghuai took out a few copper coins and handed them to him.
"Thank you, Dr. Tang."
"What illness does the little girl have?"
"I heard it's like he dislocated his jaw."
Tang Xinghuai frowned slightly. Why would his jaw dislocate out of nowhere?
Tang Xinghuai peeked out from behind the curtain and saw Song Ning with a mournful face, looking like she was in great pain.
"Dr. Tang, if there's nothing else, I'll go and get back to work."
"Oh, go ahead."
The young apprentice was puzzled. Wasn't this girl very familiar with Doctor Tang? Why wasn't she going out today? He usually looked forward to her visit the most.
The old doctor glanced at Song Ning's chin, then gently touched the bone, causing Song Ning to burst into tears from the pain.
Then there was a "snap" sound, and Song Ning's chin returned to its original position. After a sharp pain, the pain in her chin finally subsided.
The old doctor wrapped Song Ning's head and chin with a medicated cloth and instructed, "Try not to talk for the next few days, eat soft foods that don't require much chewing, and take good care of yourself."
Zhou Ling'an helped Song Ning up and thanked the doctor.
Xie Linzhou, who was behind him, seemed lost in thought. He glanced up and saw the curtain opposite him move slightly, but there was no one there.
Tang Xinghuai was hiding behind the curtain; that was close.
Zheng Gaoyi quickly stepped forward and asked, "Er Ya, are you still in pain?"
Song Ning shook her head slightly. Her chin didn't hurt much anymore, just a little numb.
Xie Linzhou is too ruthless, he's really too cruel.
Zheng Gaoyi called out to Xie Linzhou, "Ying Huai, say something!"
Xie Linzhou then said calmly, "I'm really sorry about earlier."
Song Ning glared at him. Listen to his attitude!
Even though he has a noble status, shouldn't he still be reasonable?
You can't just hurt people for no reason, can you?
Thinking about it later, it seems like it really could.
"Damn feudal society," Song Ning thought bitterly.
Song Ning gritted her teeth and let Zhou Ling'an help her into the car. She nodded to the two people beside her and drove away.
Xie Linzhou kept staring at the direction the mule cart had gone. Could it be that he was overthinking things?
Those eyes look so much like the person from before.
But that person was obviously thin, while Song Ning today was so fat that he could barely walk.
Apart from their eyes and height, there seemed to be nothing else that connected the two people.
Xie Linzhou didn't return to the clinic until the mule cart had gone far away, and he lifted the curtain leading to the inner room of the clinic.
It was empty; there was nothing there.
He randomly grabbed one of the medicine boys and asked, "Was anyone here just now?"
The apprentice shook his head: "No."
After leaving the clinic, Xie Linzhou's complexion returned to normal. Zheng Gaoyi asked, "Did you find anything unusual?"
Xie Linzhou looked at the clinic behind him and said in a deep voice, "Just now in the clinic, I always felt like someone was watching me from the shadows."
Zheng Gaoyi tensed up: "Do you know who it is?"
Xie Linzhou shook his head and chuckled, "I didn't see it, but as long as they have something to hide, they'll definitely slip up. No rush."
Zheng Gaoyi couldn't help but ask, "What about Er Ya? You dislocated her jaw for no reason. It's okay if you offended her, but don't drag me into it."
“I understand that you haven’t interacted with women before, but you can’t just grab someone’s chin right away! Er Ya is a good girl, and I’m waiting for her to give me advice. If Er Ya ignores me because of you, where can I cry?”
Furthermore, if Her Highness the Princess finds out about this, you don't know how you'll be punished.
Xie Linzhou's mother was the current emperor's sister. She had no other wish in her life but to see her only son get married before she died.
He has no other requirements for his daughter-in-law, as long as she is a woman.
Now, Xie Linzhou is the only son in the entire Rongguo Duke's Mansion, which is a great worry for Princess Jianing.
He's already twenty this year and still single. Whenever there's any news that Xie Linzhou has contact with a woman, his whole family throws a banquet.
Unfortunately, this kid was clueless. The only time he ever had anything to do with a woman was when he bumped into the daughter of the Minister of Personnel on the street. The two of them had just met at a banquet in the palace the day before.
As a result, the man felt that the girl was too close to him and kept getting closer to him, so he grabbed her by the back of her collar and threw her onto the roof.
I heard that the girl cried for several days and never dared to go near him again.
Because of this, he was scolded by Princess Jianing for several days. After that, he began to train Xie Linzhou.
Train him on how to get along with girls.
During that time, Princess Jianing was extremely worried and would often send people to her son's room every night.
Having no other choice, Xie Linzhou rode his horse to Shangyang City overnight.
Looking back now, Princess Jianing's methods were completely useless.
Not only did it not work, it made the situation even worse.
Xie Linzhou glanced at him: "If you don't tell and I don't tell, my mother won't know."
“I’m telling you, Ying Huai, you need to change your temper. It doesn’t matter to others, but for Er Ya, you have to be nicer to her. Just think of it as me begging you as her older brother, just think of it as doing this for my sake,” Zheng Gaoyi said earnestly.
Xie Linzhou remained silent, which was already quite good. In the past, if anyone had dared to openly covet him like this, he would have dealt with them long ago.
They're only being so good-natured now because she's still useful.
"Don't be fooled by her. This girl is smart, but she's very cunning. You can know a person's face but not their heart."
"She's kind-hearted and not easily fooled. Besides, judging from Er Ya's behavior on the way to escape famine, what bad intentions could she possibly have?"
Xie Linzhou found it difficult to say that this girl liked him and wanted him to repay her with her body after only saving him once.
For such a young age, he's already thinking far ahead.
As soon as Song Ning returned, Liu Yuelan burst into tears. When she saw her daughter's head bound like that, she thought she had suffered some serious injury.
Even Song Dahai got angry and vowed to take revenge.
Zhou Ling'an whispered, "Yes, yes, General Xie."
The couple immediately deflated, realizing they couldn't afford to offend General Xie and his group.
Song Ning only had a chin injury; the rest of the injury didn't affect him. After Song Dahai and Liu Yuelan left, Song Dahai immediately dipped a thin wooden stick in ink and wrote: "Tomorrow morning, we'll go to Jiangning County again."
"Going again? You're in such a state, you should rest. Let's go another day." Zhou Ling'an disagreed.
Song Ning quickly scribbled on the paper again: "No, I have to go tomorrow."
Zhou Ling'an was helpless. No wonder his father couldn't do anything to his mother. He finally understood that he was also helpless against Song Erya now.
He sighed and said, "Alright, I'll come again tomorrow."
Thinking of something, Song Ning wrote below: "Let's leave quietly, without letting my parents find out."
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