"Isn't it that village girl my second brother married? She bullied me!" Zheng Qing'er said.
"You ran into her?" Madam Zheng was also in a bad mood when she mentioned Bai Nuo. She rested her forehead on her hand and looked at Zheng Qing'er, who looked back at her with a similarly aggrieved expression. Madam Zheng immediately felt less annoyed and looked at her with pity, asking, "What happened?"
"She bumped into me on the street today and insisted on buying the jewelry I liked. She even hit me. Aunt, look, my face is still red. I don't dare go home. If my dad sees me, he'll definitely beat me to death!"
Zheng Qing'er was sobbing. Seeing her cry, Madam Zheng felt even more sorry for her and pulled Zheng Qing'er over. "Look, where are you hurt?"
Zheng Qing'er turned her face away, revealing a clear mark on it!
Madam Zheng slammed her hand on the table in anger, "This Bai Nuo has gone too far! First he hit Kang'er, and now he's hitting you!"
Zheng Qing'er was very surprised, "Cousin Yi Kang was also beaten?"
Madam Zheng nodded. There was nothing to hide from her niece, so she recounted what had happened since Bai Nuo married into the family.
"Aunt, why don't you teach her a lesson!" Zheng Qing'er said anxiously. "She dares to hit my cousin now. If she lives any longer, she might even start to bully you!"
The old nanny beside her also said, "Madam, this second young mistress should be dealt with as well. Not only did she beat the fourth young master, but she even implicated Miss Biao. She's far too arrogant. Perhaps we should..."
She had watched Zheng Qing'er grow up. Normally, she would have advised Madam Zheng, but today, with Zheng Qing'er being beaten, she couldn't care less about that.
She was determined to make Bai Nuo disappear.
"What second young mistress!" Madam Zheng glared at her angrily. "She's just a dog we keep in our house. Does she really think she's the mistress?"
Seeing that Madam Zheng was angry, Zheng Qing'er asked cautiously, "Then Aunt..."
Madam Zheng said, "Let's go, I want to see what she bought!"
As they spoke, the group headed toward Hu Mingmei's courtyard.
Meanwhile, things were indeed in a flurry of activity in Hu Mingmei's courtyard.
Hu Mingmei did return, and he did so shortly after Bai Nuo arrived home. However, he didn't walk back; Lu Ying carried him back.
Bai Nuo didn't see Xia Donglai, but seeing Hu Mingmei like this, Bai Nuo didn't care how many people went out and how many came back. She hurriedly followed Lu Ying, wanting to touch Hu Mingmei but not daring to, looking completely lost.
How come they went out fine and came back like this?
Was he injured? Or did he have another episode?
Looking at Hu Mingmei's face, Bai Nuo felt that Hu Mingmei's complexion was even worse than before, her face as pale as paper, as if she was about to stop breathing.
Jiang San Niang looked at Hu Mingmei, who also seemed unwell, though slightly better than Bai Nuo. She asked, "What happened? How did things turn out like this?" Hadn't they already told everyone? Where did they go?
There were too many people around, so Jiang San Niang didn't manage to ask.
"Let's talk in the room!" Lu Ying said quickly, carrying Hu Mingmei and walking rapidly into the room.
The group quickly entered the room. Before entering, Jiang San Niangzi pinched Bai Nuo hard, saying, "Nuonuo, calm down!"
That pinch brought Bai Nuo back to her senses. As she stepped inside, she closed the door behind her and coldly looked at Granny Wang, saying, "Guard the courtyard well and don't let anyone else in!"
This place is teeming with wolves and tigers. If others knew he had fallen ill again, they might come and kill him!
Granny Wang nodded, rubbed her hands together, and went out, personally closing the courtyard gate behind her.
"Has the doctor arrived?"
Lu Ying placed Hu Mingmei on the bed and said, "Donglai has already gone to fetch a doctor! Don't worry too much, Doctor Sun will have a solution."
Although people have seen Hu Mingmei as someone who has been unwell all these years, frequently falling ill and needing to see a doctor, Hu Mingmei has actually been recovering quite well. While she hasn't fully recovered, she's not in so much pain anymore.
"Where did you go?" Jiang Sanniang asked, addressing the question Bai Nuo had been concerned about. "How did things get like this?"
Lu Ying said in a deep voice, "We went to the workshop outside the city and saw the person who drugged Second Master there! We chased after him, but we didn't expect that he had accomplices who also drugged Second Master, and that's how he ended up like this!"
Looking at Hu Mingmei's pale face, Bai Nuo held back her tears and calmly said, "Was he drugged?"
Lu Ying nodded.
As they were talking, there was a knock on the door. The group fell silent, and Lu Ying went to open it. Xia Donglai led Doctor Sun in, who immediately stormed in and said angrily, "What, you've had another attack? Didn't I tell you to be more careful? At a time like this, do you have a death wish?"
Lu Ying said with a wry smile, "Second Master was drugged by the person who drugged him!"
The words were strange, but Dr. Sun understood perfectly: "You've found the person?"
Lu Ying shook her head. "I saw it, but I didn't catch it!"
As soon as Doctor Sun entered, he saw that there were two more people in Hu Mingmei's room, but Hu Mingmei was the most important person at the moment, so Doctor Sun didn't have time to care who Bai Nuo and Jiang San Niang were.
"Madam, Miss, you can't go in!" No one dared to make a sound while Doctor Sun was treating Hu Mingmei, but at that moment, Wang Mama's voice came from inside the courtyard. Lu Ying said, "I'll go out and take a look." Just as she opened the door, she saw Madam Zheng bringing Zheng Qing'er in.
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