Chapter 146 Father! Go and bring Mother back!
Jiang Nuanzhi smiled and said, "No need. What do I care what others think of me? Hey, didn't I tell you to just tie Xiaoli to the donkey cart? Why haven't you left yet?"
Sanqi rubbed his hands together: "You... haven't given me the antidote yet."
Upon hearing this, Jiang Nuanzhi immediately took out a porcelain bottle from her bosom, poured out a black pill, and gave it to him.
Sanqi held it in her hand and examined it carefully: "This... is the antidote?"
Jiang Nuanzhi: "Hmm, if you don't take it now, the medicine will dissipate and become useless. Don't blame me if you die then."
Upon hearing this, Sanqi didn't bother to investigate what medicinal material it was made from; without saying a word, she swallowed it.
"That solves it?"
"Um."
Sanqi breathed a sigh of relief after getting the answer, and then looked at Jiang Nuanzhi and asked, "Are you really not coming back to the capital with me?"
Jiang Nuanzhi chuckled: "You're the kind of person who never learns from a bad experience, aren't you?"
Sanqi frowned: "I'm doing this for your own good! It was supposed to be a good thing, but I don't want it to end up getting out of control."
Seeing that his attitude seemed to have hardened again, Jiang Nuanzhi couldn't help but laugh: "There's something else I haven't told you yet."
Sanqi: "Huh? What's up?"
Jiang Nuanzhi: "The medicine I gave you will only last for ten days. If you can get back to the capital and find Doctor Que within ten days, he can naturally help you. But if you don't get back within ten days, then you can just wait to die with your intestines ruptured."
"You! How could you be so vicious?"
“I wouldn’t call it vicious, after all, I have countless ways to poison you, yet I’ve spared your life.” Jiang Nuanzhi said coldly, “I am a doctor. If you bring your patient to my side, I will do my best. But if you forcibly take me away and abandon me, then don’t blame me for being ruthless.”
"You! You're utterly stubborn!"
Jiang Nuanzhi looked up at the sky: "It's getting late. If you don't hurry back, you'll face the consequences."
Sanqi Grinding Teeth: "Indeed, a woman's heart is the most poisonous!"
He finally gritted his teeth, said, "I will never give up so easily," and then rode away.
Jiang Nuanzhi raised an eyebrow, neither agreeing nor disagreeing.
He turned and glanced at Xinbo: "Please sit down. There's a small town in half an hour. We'll stay there tonight. We'll be home tomorrow."
Xin Bo stared at Jiang Nuanzhi for a while, then suddenly laughed: "Ping'er, you've lost weight."
He seemed a little hesitant, but in the end he took out a sweet potato from his pocket and gave it to Jiang Nuanzhi: "Here, have some."
Jiang Nuanzhi took it and couldn't help but smile, "Okay."
...
"Waaah, Daddy, you're lying! You said Mommy would be back soon, but it's been two days and she still hasn't come back!"
When Xiao Baozhu woke up early in the morning and didn't see Jiang Nuanzhi, she immediately broke down and started crying on the bed.
Li Rong was flustered and didn't know what to do. Finally, he reached out and patted Xiao Baozhu's shoulder: "Good child, don't cry. She... should be back soon."
"Waaaah! I'll never trust Daddy again! Mommy must have left because she was angry that I wasn't talking to her!"
"Waaah, I want my mother! I want my mother! Even if my mother hits me again, I still want my mother! Father, please go and find my mother!"
Li Rong was at his wits' end with her crying, but no matter what he said, Xiao Baozhu continued to sob uncontrollably. There was no sign of her stopping.
When Xiao Er entered the door, he saw his father looking helplessly at his little sister crying.
My little sister's voice was hoarse from crying.
He frowned and put down the bowl of medicine he was holding. He immediately hugged his little sister gently and wiped her face. "Don't cry, Mommy will be back soon. She's not angry. She said she'll make us big steamed buns when she comes back."
Baozhu's crying stopped abruptly, and she stared at Xiao Er with her big, watery eyes: "Really?"
"Yes, really! You can ask Xuan Ting if you don't believe me."
Xuan Ting immediately nodded and went to pound the garlic.
"Aunt Nuan did say that. Don't cry."
Baozhu was still sobbing, but she didn't cry out loud. She nodded very seriously with her little mouth pursed.
"Alright, little sister, you didn't sleep well yesterday. Lie down and get some rest. Get some energy to greet your mother at the door." The waiter said, helping his little sister lie back down. He covered her with a blanket and patted her gently.
Before long, they had coaxed Xiao Baozhu to sleep.
He gently released his hand, then glanced disapprovingly at Li Rong and said in a low voice, "Father, when your sister cries, you need to hug and comfort her; just patting her shoulder won't do."
Li Rong was taken aback by what his son said, but he still nodded in the end: "I'll remember next time."
The waiter let out a long sigh, his brows furrowed with worry.
Father is so foolish! No wonder Ah Nuan used to like Young Master Xie. He always speaks so gently and sweetly to women. Unlike Father, who's always so gruff and rough. He can't even comfort his little sister.
"Alright, dinner's ready! Everyone come out and eat!"
Just then, they suddenly heard the old man's excited voice.
The moment that one sound rang out, the expressions of the people in the room froze.
The next second, the door was flung open, and Lü Shizhu rushed into the room in a panic.
"I'm going to die, I'm going to die! If I eat one more meal from him, I'll definitely be poisoned!"
With that, he grabbed the bundle he had thrown inside the house and slung it over his shoulder, waving goodbye to Li Rong and the others without a second thought: "Goodbye everyone, I'm going home."
But before he could even leave through the door, the old man came in carrying a wooden board.
Four large bowls were neatly arranged on the wooden board.
The old man smiled and placed several bowls on the table, looking at Young Master Lü and saying, "You can't leave without eating! Today's meal is something I carefully prepared, and I've been making it since this morning. Come and have a taste."
As he spoke, he placed all the chopsticks on the table.
Lu Shizhu stared at the four covered bowls, his face clearly showing his refusal: "Um, I'm not hungry, I'll head back now."
He then turned and ran.
But as soon as he took that step, he heard a cracking sound.
Lu Shizhu turned around stiffly and saw the old man looking at him with a forced smile, the chopsticks in his hand already broken.
Lu Shizhu forced a smile that looked more like a grimace, and secretly pulled back the foot he had stepped out with.
The old man smiled, snatched the package from him, and pressed the man down to sit on the table: "That's more like it. Open it up and see if you like these dishes?"
Lu Shizhu sat on the table, his face etched with the marks of time. He clenched his fists, mentally preparing himself for a while before steeling himself to lift the lid from the nearest large bowl.
A strange, fishy smell, mixed with a nauseating odor, immediately wafted through the air. The expressions on everyone's faces changed several times, all staring at his bowl with horror.
The bowl contained a dark, viscous mass, with a few small fish heads floating on top. It looked fresh from the pot, still steaming gently...
Young Master Lü forced himself not to vomit. His lips trembled as he asked, "What...is this?"
The old man smiled and said, "This is a new dish I've been researching today. How about calling it Fish Head Congee?"
Goodnight, my darlings.
(End of this chapter)
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