Chapter 9 I am treating you
Mr. Zhong and his two sons happened to be there. Everyone looked at Aunt Zhang.
Aunt Zhang blushed and said quickly, "Miss, I'm not sick, don't talk nonsense."
Ye Jinmo frowned slightly. Aunt Zhang looked quite normal. If it weren't for the smell of the Chinese herbal medicine Qingwen Granules on her body, she would have really thought she had made a mistake.
She has always had a keen sense of smell for herbs.
Father Zhong frowned slightly and said seriously: "Aunt Zhang, if you are sick, just ask for leave. Our family is not so unkind. You can take paid leave."
The flu is really serious recently. If you have elderly people at home, you need to be careful about everything.
"I'm really not sick..." Aunt Zhang said anxiously.
Meng Shanshan frowned and glanced at Aunt Zhang, then turned her gaze to Ye Jinmo, and said in a persuasive tone: "Sister Jinmo, you must have misunderstood Aunt Zhang. How could she go to work while sick? If this gets out, it will not be good for her reputation!"
Aunt Zhang was originally very flustered, but when she heard Meng Shanshan speaking for her, she immediately looked as if she was wronged.
"Yes! Miss Jinmo, you can't say that. If it gets out that I brought an infectious disease to work for the master, how can I continue to work in the future? Besides, the flu is serious recently, and we have to take our temperature before going to work!"
She turned her head and looked at Zhong Beichi again, her face anxious: "Second Young Master, please believe me, I am not sick..."
He was young after all, and after hearing Aunt Zhang's crying, he immediately flew into a rage and slammed the table and stood up.
"What do you want? Aunt Zhang has taken your temperature. Are your eyes better than the thermometer? I think you are the one who is sick. Go get your brain checked as soon as possible!"
He scoffed at Ye Jinmo's rhetoric. He had been taken care of by Aunt Zhang since he was a child. Although they were master and servant, in fact, it was more like a family relationship. This kind of feeling was not something that Ye Jinmo, who had just entered the house on her first day, could compare to.
Meng Shanshan also chimed in, expressing her doubts: "Sister Jinmo, did Aunt Zhang do something wrong and make you angry?"
Upon hearing this, Aunt Zhang immediately said, "Is the lunch not to your liking? Miss Jinmo, if you don't like it, you can just tell me directly, there's no need to do this."
Ye Jinmo didn't respond. With a stern face, she casually pulled Aunt Zhang's pocket. The slender arms tore the fabric into pieces.
“Tear——”
There are granules with a strong mid-herb smell scattered around, and some blue capsules are present.
Suddenly, the restaurant fell silent. Aunt Zhang's face changed drastically and she hurriedly squatted on the ground to pick up the medicine.
Ye Jinmo pulled her away, and even though Aunt Zhang was used to doing rough work, she fell backwards when she was caught off guard.
Ye Jinmo did not rush to the Chinese herbal medicine. Instead, she picked up the blue capsule and opened it, and blue liquid flowed out.
Zhong Beichi stood up quickly, his eyes wide open, and he was shocked: "Aunt Zhang, why did you lie to us?"
Since you have a cold, take a vacation. The Zhong family is not a very demanding family.
“I…I…”
"This blue pill is not cold medicine." Ye Jinmo twisted her hand and put it to her nose and smelled it.
She hadn't expected that just by chance discovering that the maid was working while sick, she would actually have an unexpected benefit.
The reason why Aunt Zhang refused to take leave was probably because she was worried that she would stop taking the medicine.
Everyone looked over curiously, and Aunt Zhang hurried to grab the medicine.
"Don't talk nonsense!"
Ye Jinmo quickly collected a few capsules, showed them to everyone, and said seriously: "If this medicine is taken for a long time, it will cause heart failure and blood vessel blockage in the human body."
Everyone was shocked. Isn't this a chronic poison?
Zhong Shaoqing understood everything and immediately frowned: "Momo, what do you mean?"
His eyes swept coldly over the broken medicine on the ground, and then fell on Aunt Zhang.
"I didn't!" Aunt Zhang was completely panicked. She broke free, rushed to him, and knelt down with a plop. "Master, I didn't drug you. Please believe me!"
The air is stagnant.
"I didn't say you drugged me." Ye Jinmo's voice was steady, his face calm, as if he had expected it.
Zhong Beichi's face looked extremely ugly. He opened his mouth but couldn't say a word.
"Bang!", Mr. Zhong slapped the table with one hand, and the loud noise startled people.
"Tell me, what's going on!"
Aunt Zhang was in tears when she suddenly saw a figure flash in the corner not far away.
"It was her!" She pointed to the corner, "She made me do it!"
Everyone looked back and saw a figure flashing in the corner and about to run away.
Mr. Zhong waved his hand, and the housekeeper directly pulled the maid who was about to escape over.
"Sir, this is the maid who is in charge of the second wife's daily life."
The maid's shoulders were shaking like a sieve, and she couldn't even finish her words: "This... I don't know... It has nothing to do with me..."
Father Zhong realized that things were a little complicated and glanced at Aunt Zhang and the maid who were slumped on the ground.
He waved at the butler: "Take them away!"
After saying that, he stood up and left with a few people.
Leaving everyone looking at each other in bewilderment.
Zhong Beichi was a little overwhelmed, with disbelief in his clear eyes.
Zhong Shaoqing looked calm, his eyebrows were calm, and he was as steady as ever: "Don't tell anyone about this."
Then, he softened his expression, gently touched Ye Jinmo's head, and said softly, "Did I scare you?"
Ye Jinmo shook her head and said calmly, "No one else is sick, so it shouldn't be a big problem. But just in case, I'll prepare the medicine for you."
Zhong Shaoqing understood what she meant and nodded: "Okay."
Meng Shanshan said nothing, but disdain and suspicion flashed in her eyes.
Even if Aunt Zhang poisoned it, would she be able to solve it?
It would be better to go directly to the hospital for a full physical examination. Experts and professors are always more reliable than her!
Before she could speak, she saw the housekeeper coming over with a mahogany jewelry box.
The housekeeper saw Ye Jinmo and came over with a smile: "Miss, this is what the old master asked me to give you."
Ye Jinmo picked up the box and opened it. It contained a set of exquisite ruby jewelry, including a necklace, earrings, and a ring. It can be seen that the material of this set of rubies is taken from the same source of stone.
Any single piece is of staggering value, and it is even more rare to see them as a set, whose value is immeasurable.
The housekeeper smiled and said, "The old man saw it when he was cleaning the storeroom and said girls would like it, so he asked me to bring it to you."
Although she didn't know much about jewelry, she could tell it was worth a lot of money.
Her eyes sparkled and her heart warmed up: "I'll go thank Grandpa after I finish my meal."
The value of the jewelry was secondary; she was touched by her grandfather's thoughtfulness.
However, Meng Shanshan, who was standing aside, was going crazy with jealousy.
That set of rubies is the old lady's relic, made by the world's top craftsmen and is priceless!
She suppressed her sourness and said, "Sister, Grandpa really likes you!"
Zhong Beichi was a little dissatisfied when he saw this, and muttered: "Grandpa is partial!"
Ye Jinmo ignored the two of them and went back to her room to put away her jewelry. After lunch, she thanked her grandfather.
So I went out to find the master to prepare medicine.
No matter what, we must first detoxify our family members.
It was getting dark when she came back with medicine and saw Meng Shanshan and Zhong's mother standing at the door of her bedroom.
The two of them were whispering something.
She opened her mouth, but the word "Mom" didn't come out in the end.
"Jinmo is back!" Mother Zhong saw her the first time and hurried to greet her.
"What do you want from me?"
As soon as she finished speaking, Zhong's mother stuffed several handbags into her hands.
"Mom went to buy some clothes, shoes and bags this afternoon. I thought you would not be used to it since you just came back, so you should wear whatever you want for now."
Hearing this, Ye Jinmo felt a warm feeling in her heart and she gripped the packaging bag even tighter.
She looked at the loving face of Mrs. Zhong and her nose felt sore.
Is this what it feels like to have a mother?
She opened the door and invited them in.
Mother Zhong took her hand and sat her down, asking about what happened during the day.
"Thanks to you, otherwise our family would have suffered." Mother Zhong did not say much about the second wife.
After all, her daughter had just returned and she didn't want her daughter to be involved in these disputes at such a young age.
Afterwards, Zhong's mother and Ye Jinmo chatted enthusiastically.
Meng Shanshan walked around the room with a look of amazement in her eyes.
She wandered around, searched for a while but didn't find anything, so she interrupted the conversation between the mother and son.
"Sister Jinmo, can my aunt and I appreciate the necklace that grandpa gave you?"
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