Chapter 149 Xiao Yan's Machete
After hearing Xiao Yan's heartfelt words, the Fifth Young Master nodded.
"I've thought about it before, but I was thinking of waiting until next year. I never imagined I'd get seriously ill again. When I get back, I'll go find the clan leader."
This time, he didn't want to delay any longer.
He couldn't stay in that house for even a day.
"Since you have an idea, that's good." Xiao Yan said calmly, "If you encounter difficulties in the future, you can come to us."
"Thank you." The Fifth Young Master felt bitter when he heard him say "we are husband and wife".
That was the dream he kept deep in his heart.
Now, that can only be a dream.
After all, he was a step late.
He studied hard for countless days and nights, and when he couldn't hold on any longer, he would think of his sister.
I remembered my sister, bustling about inside and outside the house, her simple face with eyes curved in a smile, her quick but resonant advice...
Then he seemed to have endless power.
He told himself that what he was carrying on his shoulders was not only his own future, but also his sister's.
A widow with three daughters has a muddy and difficult road in life.
He wanted to take his sister on a wider and smoother road.
But, he didn't have that blessing after all.
It’s almost there, just a little bit, the exam could be held a year earlier.
The Fifth Young Master felt bitter in his heart, but he didn't dare show it on his face.
——If Xiao Yan were to notice her thoughts and develop a grudge against her, her sister’s life would be difficult in the future.
He was already very sorry that he had not been able to repay his sister and that he had not had the chance to protect her from the storm.
He was afraid that he would drown in guilt if he brought trouble to her.
"There's something I've always wanted to ask, but Qi Niang was vague and never made it clear. So today I'd like to ask the Fifth Young Master—"
"You can just call me Xiaoyao." The Fifth Young Master said, but did not directly respond to Xiao Yan's question.
Obviously, he was waiting for Xiao Yan to ask a question to see if he could answer it.
"Well, Xiaoyao, I want to ask, why did Qi Niang get such a serious illness?" There was a hint of sharpness in Xiao Yan's eyes, like a sword drawn from its sheath, making people dare not look directly at it.
"Sister didn't even mention it to you?" The Fifth Young Master had a complicated expression and his eyes were touched.
"No. But I guess she might have been protecting someone from disaster." Xiao Yan said meaningfully.
"Yes." The Fifth Young Master lowered his eyes, his long eyelashes hiding the pain and guilt in them. "It was Zhou Shijia who wanted to harm me. He poisoned my chicken soup. That night, I happened to have a poor appetite, so I gave the chicken soup to my sister, and then—"
As they were of similar age, the elders in the family inevitably compared him with Zhou Shijia, the son of the eldest lady.
Zhou Shijia held a grudge against him and even had evil intentions to poison him to death.
And the medicine used is highly toxic.
That is when the great doctor Hu Hua Tuo was still alive. At that time, Daya made a prompt decision, pulled Erya out of the door, let Erya step on her shoulders, and jump over the wall to find the great doctor Hu.
Erya jumped off the high wall and hit her knee. She didn't notice it at the time, but when she found out later, her pants were soaked with blood.
But at that time, she had only one thought in her mind: save her life, save her mother's life!
The little girl ran several miles from Zhou's house in the dark night and found Doctor Hu.
That was a courage that she could not repeat even if she recalled it again.
After Doctor Hu arrived, the Fifth Young Master carried Lu Qiniang to the door.
Doctor Hu used strong medicine to save the patient. When he saved the patient, he sat on the ground and kept wiping his sweat.
"Abandoned mother, abandoned mother, this is only you, if it were anyone else, I, Old Hu, really wouldn't be willing to do this."
"I've always been weak and submissive," the Fifth Young Master said, tears welling up in his eyes. "But that time, I wanted to stand up for my sister and myself, so I went to the Shuntian Prefecture to beat the drum."
At that time, he was really prepared to fight to the death.
He is going to file a complaint.
He would risk his life to seek justice for his sister.
No matter what happens in the future, he wants Zhou Shijia to die!
"Qi Niang stopped you." Xiao Yan said slowly, "She said she was fine and that her life had been saved. She said, don't try to fight a rock with an egg. Your future is more important. When you have a bright future, come back and seek justice."
Xiao Yan himself didn't realize that he knew Lu Qiniang very well.
"She was the one who advised you to leave the Zhou family and seek a master in another place to avoid Zhou Shijia. She swallowed the thought and left the Zhou residence with Daya and the other two. Am I right?"
"Yes." The Fifth Young Master choked up and said, "I'm incompetent. I'm sorry, sister."
"She doesn't want you to think that way." Xiao Yan said calmly, "She pities you and cherishes your talent. She hopes that you can become a good official in the future. She herself is not that important. Apart from life and death, everything else is trivial."
"Yes, my sister held my hand and said to me, 'Fifth Young Master, it's not worth it. Those rotten people are not worth your future and life. Our lives are cheap, but we must live well. The more they despise us, the more we must live like human beings!'"
Xiao Yan clenched his hands into fists under the table.
He thought, silly abandoned mother, how painful it must be when you are poisoned.
She must have been very worried when she thought about being separated from her three daughters.
After leaving the Zhou Mansion, he almost spent all his savings of several years on medical treatment.
She dragged her sick body and used the few taels of silver she had left to sell pigs, but ended up finding herself in trouble.
She used her last bit of silver to buy herself.
Xiao Yan didn't dare to think about the bitter journey he had taken.
When I think about it carefully, a sob of heartache echoes in my chest, hollow and empty, like the north wind blowing through a dilapidated window, it is bone-chillingly cold.
How did Qi Niang get here?
The Fifth Young Master cried, not because he was weak, but because abandoning his mother was worth it.
She deserves many, many touching tears.
"I haven't been able to avenge my sister yet." The Fifth Young Master gritted his teeth, hating his own incompetence.
"A long time has passed, and evidence is hard to find." Xiao Yan said, "Besides, the eldest lady is very powerful. Even if you win the third place in the imperial examination and enter the Imperial Academy, she will still be your legal mother. Even if you become a high-ranking official in the future, you will still have to kowtow before her."
This is the mountain that weighs on him and he will never be able to get rid of it in his life.
"Have you figured out how to get rid of her now?"
"I've made up my mind." The Fifth Young Master's eyes turned cold. "My fourth uncle died young, before he even got married, leaving behind no children. I want to adopt him. That way, I can still be a member of the Zhou family and get rid of the eldest wife."
"It's a good idea, but it's not easy to get your father and stepmother to agree."
"It's not easy, but I'm going to try." The Fifth Young Master's eyes were firm. "I'll find a way."
He is a man and he has to support himself. He can't rely on his sister for everything.
"Okay." Xiao Yan said, "As I said before, if you have any difficulties, remember to tell me and don't let your sister worry."
He spoke as if he were really his brother-in-law.
The Fifth Young Master felt bitter, but he comforted himself that this was fine.
"I have one last thing to tell you—" Xiao Yan said it lightly, but his words scared the Fifth Young Master to death.
"Abandoned Mother pities you and helps you, but I have no feelings for you."
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