Chapter 428 Leprosy
"Great, so great that I can let you not learn the rules that a lady from a noble family should learn, so great that I can let you, a girl from a noble family, wield swords and guns all day long, and your sister is also great, so great that she can help you identify the scumbag, that is, your fiancé, and let you know that marrying him is putting your trust in the wrong person, tsk, how can it be bad."
Although Su Ying was not interested in the rules of young ladies, those were the rules of this world. An old lady who abided by the rules made her granddaughter break the rules. Only she knew her intention.
With every word Su Ying spoke, Xiang Hualan's face turned paler.
"I think they are amazing. They are so nice that they don't even bother to keep your stuff in their own warehouse and insist on moving it to their own yard and house. I have never met such nice people."
Xiang Hualan's lips trembled and she couldn't utter a word.
If she had not been framed today and almost lost her innocence, if she had not opened the door of the warehouse and found that the valuables inside were almost nothing, Xiang Hualan would never allow anyone to say a word against the Xiang family!
But her desire for family and love doesn't mean she is really stupid.
"I will definitely hand over the five thousand gold to Miss Su on time."
Xiang Hualan stood up and opened her bedside table, took out a small stack of silver bills and handed it to Su Ying.
"Here are 1,000 taels of silver notes. Miss Su, take them first. I'll give you the rest tomorrow."
Su Ying took the banknote, confirmed the amount and put it away.
"I'm curious, why are you going to not give me the rest tomorrow?"
Xiang Hualan pursed her lips and said, "I'll ask my grandmother for it."
"Do you think she will really give it to you?"
Xiang Hualan was not sure, but she couldn't think of a better way at the moment.
"I have a way to make them return everything honestly tomorrow, but I have a condition."
"What are Miss Su's conditions?"
"Add another thousand gold."
A total of six thousand gold!
That was definitely a huge sum of money, but Xiang Hualan still agreed. She not only wanted to get those things back, but also wanted to know what method Su Ying would use.
Su Ying didn't say anything. She preferred something simple and rough.
Just tell Xiang Hualan to prepare a list of things and then be mentally prepared to endure the notoriety.
The next morning.
A terrified scream erupted in the backyard of the Xiang Mansion.
Xiang Shule looked at the frightened maid with dissatisfaction and said angrily: "Why are you yelling so early in the morning!"
The maid pointed at Xiang Shule's face in fear, "Second Miss, you, your face, your face..."
Xiang Shule was the one who cared the most about her appearance. When she heard the maid say that, she felt something strange on her face. She quickly got up and went to the dressing table. When she saw her appearance in the bronze mirror, she screamed in fright.
After hearing the news, Madam Xiang hurried to Xiang Shule's room, followed by the second wife of the Xiang family.
"What's going on? What happened to the second young lady?" The old lady and her daughter-in-law asked as they walked into the house. When they saw Xiang Shule clearly, they were shocked.
It would not be an exaggeration to describe Xiang Shule's current appearance as disgusting and horrible.
There were large patches of festering red spots on her face, covering almost her entire face. At first glance, her face looked as if it had been cooked.
"What's going on?"
Although Madam Xiang felt sorry for Xiang Shule, she didn't dare to go forward for a moment when she saw her like this.
"Grandma, mother, you must save me. I don't know what happened. I became like this when I woke up this morning..." Xiang Shule was extremely scared. Not only was he afraid of death, he was also worried that his face would be ruined.
He comforted the old lady, "Don't be afraid, the doctor will be here soon. It may be a mosquito bite. The doctor will come to see you and give you some medicine and you will be fine."
As they were talking, the maid brought the doctor into the room.
When the doctor saw Xiang Hualan's appearance, he was so scared that he took several steps back, "This, this is leprosy, it's leprosy!" The doctor didn't even care about offending the Xiang family and turned around and ran away!
"What? Leprosy? This, this is impossible, this is impossible!" Old Madam Xiang and Second Madam Xiang's faces turned several shades paler in an instant.
"Nonsense, it's impossible! I have never seen a leper, how could he get this disease!" Xiang Shule screamed. She knew very well what it would mean if she got leprosy.
Madam Xiang came to her senses and immediately asked someone to invite another doctor. She also asked the maid to catch up with the previous doctor and give him hush money.
Madam Xiang and the others were lucky enough to think that the first doctor who came did not examine Xiang Shule. Maybe he made a mistake. No, it must be her mistake!
But the doctors who came later completely shattered the Xiang family's fantasy, and all the doctors gave the same diagnosis.
Xiang Shule was infected with leprosy!
This result was undoubtedly a bolt from the blue for Madam Xiang and the others!
In the State of Jin, all leprosy patients were sent to Leprosy Mountain outside the city. The court said that they would provide certain treatments, but everyone who went there knew that once people went there, they would never be able to come back.
Xiang Shule was afraid, and so were his family members. They were afraid that if the higher-ups knew about this, they would seal off the entire Xiang family, and they would never be able to turn things around in this life!
After hearing Xiang Shule's news, Xiang Hualan looked at Su Ying in surprise while she was eating melon comfortably.
Su Ying did not deliberately avoid her when she left the house last night. She knew she was going out, but out of her inexplicable trust in Su Ying, she did not follow her.
Xiang Hualan came to Su Ying only after she sent the maid away.
"Miss Su, do you know what's wrong with my second sister?"
Su Ying put the melon peel in her hand into the fruit plate and said, "Since Miss Xiang is so generous, how about we make a bet?"
Xiang Hualan asked: "What are you betting on?"
"Betting on whether your family members care about your life or death."
Xiang Hualan pursed her lips and hesitated for a long time before speaking, "How do we bet?"
Su Ying asked her to come closer and spoke to her softly.
After hearing this, Xiang Hualan's brows were twisted into a "川" shape.
Seeing that she didn't respond, Su Ying was not anxious, "If you can't afford the gamble, just pretend I didn't say anything."
"I bet!" She seemed to have made a great decision, "I bet with you, I believe that you will not ignore my life or death."
"Okay, then we'll just have to wait and see."
Xiang Hualan opened the door and walked out, and in a blink of an eye she arrived outside Xiang Shule's house.
After Xiang Shule was diagnosed with leprosy, everyone in the room hid out in fear.
Xiang Hualan looked at the grim-looking old lady and asked, "Grandma, is my second sister okay?"
Madam Xiang looked at Xiang Hualan and said, "Lan'er, you must find a way to save your sister."
"What happened to my sister?"
Madam Xiang covered her face and cried bitterly, "The doctor said it was leprosy..."
"What? Leprosy!"
(End of this chapter)
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