Chapter 287 Domineering Female Doctor Skilled in Gu Poisoning VS Down-on-their-luck Laborer Prodigal Son 14
A sense of fear slowly rose within him.
Seven days have passed since he left. Her poison took effect so quickly and was extremely potent. Can she hold on for seven days?
Is it possible?
Xiao Che didn't dare to think about it in detail.
"Someone, prepare the horses!" He had to rush back to save her.
He had to go save her; he couldn't afford to waste a single moment.
Xiao Che then instructed his servants: "Go and invite the best doctors in Hezhou City to the manor. Also, send a few people to take inventory of all the medicinal herbs and tonics in the storeroom. Be quick! Go now!"
The commotion in the mansion was quite loud, and Xiao He rushed over after hearing the servants' report.
Xiao He was puzzled and asked, "What are you doing? Didn't the doctor say you should rest and recuperate? What are you doing here?"
"Father, I..." Xiao Che knew he couldn't tell the truth, so he had to mix truth and falsehood and make up a story that "his benefactor's life was in danger and he urgently needed medical treatment."
Xiao He frowned and said, "Do you really have to go in person? Your body probably can't handle the back-and-forth travel. She's your savior and has done a great service to our Xiao family, so we can't just sit idly by. How about I have Steward Li go in your place? He's always reliable, so there won't be any mistakes. What do you think?"
Xiao Che's tone left no room for refusal: "Father, I want to go myself."
Xiao He knew his son's temperament well. He knew that Xiao Che had already made up his mind, and there was no point in saying anything more. He could only compromise and say, "...It's up to you. Take a few more guards with you and protect yourself. Don't get hurt again."
"good."
The Xiao family's carriages left the city overnight.
Inside the carriage.
Xiao Che's expression was solemn, his face filled with worry.
Even when he himself was in trouble and injured, he had never been this panicked.
He had a gut feeling that he wouldn't die easily.
Sure enough, she brought him back to life after he fell into a coma.
But now, he felt inexplicably panicked, as if something was gripping his heart tightly.
He didn't know how she was doing, and he didn't dare to speculate about what might have happened.
Xiao Che tried his best to calm himself down. He knew very well that he couldn't panic, especially in situations like this.
"Please don't let anything happen, wait for me, wait for me..."
He kept repeating it to himself.
...
Meanwhile, a particularly cheerful scene unfolded in a bamboo hut in Qingshui Town.
"Senior brother, what delicious food did you make tonight?" Jiang Zhiyi couldn't help but go to the kitchen to find Li Chaoye. She was already a little hungry, but he was still busy.
Li Chaoye: "These are all your favorite dishes: yellow croaker soup, crispy braised pork, braised pork ribs, dry-fried bamboo shoots, stuffed tofu..."
Jiang Zhiyi became increasingly hungry as she listened, unconsciously swallowing her saliva, her eyes sparkling.
"Little glutton, look at yourself, your mouth is practically watering. Go outside and wait for me, it'll be ready soon." Li Chaoye gently pushed the person out.
The kitchen smells terrible, so she should stay outside.
Before long, Li Chaoye brought the food to the wooden table.
"Senior brother, let me toast you." Jiang Zhiyi was in a good mood today and even went out to buy some wine.
"It's settled then, you can only drink a little, no overindulgence." Li Chaoye knew she always had a high alcohol tolerance, but drinking too much could be harmful to her health, so she still needed to restrain herself.
"I don't want to, I want to drink. Senior brother, you're always trying to control me." Jiang Zhiyi downed the wine in her cup in one gulp, then poured herself a second cup.
Li Chaoye: "I'll get drunk later."
Jiang Zhiyi still refused to listen, saying, "It doesn't matter if I get drunk, because you'll take care of me, Senior Brother. I don't care."
Her confident demeanor made it clear that she was going to drink to her heart's content today.
“You…” Li Chaoye had always been helpless with her, and at this moment he could only shake his head helplessly.
Jiang Zhiyi looked at the crispy pork on the table, picked up her chopsticks and put a few pieces of meat into her bowl.
The crispy pork is fried to a golden brown, glistening and tempting appearance; you can tell at a glance that it must be delicious.
She took a bite and found it crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, with delicious meat that wasn't greasy at all; the taste was indeed very good.
"Senior brother, your cooking skills are really good." Jiang Zhiyi couldn't help but praise him.
To be honest, it had been a long time since she had eaten such a sumptuous and delicious meal.
Although Xiao Che, that big idiot, has made rapid progress in cooking, he is still far inferior to Li Chaoye. It's like comparing heaven and earth.
At first, the food Xiao Che made was so bad that it was inedible and hard to swallow.
At the time, she was thinking that if Xiao Che opened a small restaurant and became a chef, he probably wouldn't have any customers even if he paid out of his own pocket.
It had to be her; she was so generous and kind, she actually put up with him for so long.
"Junior sister... Junior sister?" Li Chaoye saw her staring blankly at the rice in her bowl, and he called her several times but she didn't respond.
Jiang Zhiyi snapped out of her daze, looked up at him, and asked, "Hmm? Senior brother, what's wrong?"
"What were you thinking about just now? You need to concentrate on eating, or you'll easily choke." Li Chaoye helped her put some food into her bowl.
"I wasn't thinking anything. Senior brother, you eat, don't worry about me." Jiang Zhiyi also served him a bowl of soup.
Li Chaoye reached out and touched her hair, asking, "What dishes would you like to eat tomorrow?"
Jiang Zhiyi smiled broadly and shook her head as she rattled off several dish names.
"Okay, I'll make it all for you, Senior Brother." Li Chaoye looked at the person in front of him, his eyes overflowing with tenderness.
...
At dawn, Mount Gaja.
Because they entered the mountain at night, their movements were difficult, and some of the doctors were not very agile, so the guards had to carry them up the mountain. They walked in the mountain all night and did not find the courtyard until dawn.
Xiao Che forcefully pushed open the courtyard door.
The houses in front of me were familiar, but they gave off a vague sense of desolation.
Xiao Che felt uneasy. He went straight to the pharmacy, and everyone followed him.
When he pushed open the door, the scene before him filled him with dread.
He saw that all the wolfhounds Jiang Zhiyi kept had gone mad. They were covered in blood, their faces were fierce, and they were tearing at each other with bared teeth.
The ground was covered with torn flesh and blood.
These wolfhounds pounced on people as soon as they saw them.
The guards immediately rushed over with their longswords and stabbed them all to death.
Xiao Che looked at the mess in the room, the smell of blood and decay so strong that it was hard to open his eyes.
After that, he searched the entire courtyard, but he couldn't find Jiang Zhiyi anywhere.
Did these beasts devour her?
Jiang Zhiyi used to threaten him with this, saying that if he didn't behave, she would feed him to the dogs, and that they would eat people when they were hungry...
Xiao Che clutched his chest, in excruciating pain.
That was a real, living person!
Jiang Zhiyi raised them for so long, but now they are being eaten by them like meat.
These damned beasts! Beasts!
It's all their fault...
No, there's also him; he made mistakes too.
He didn't save her, he abandoned her, he killed her!
Xiao Che clenched his fists, his eyes were bloodshot, and his whole body began to tremble uncontrollably.
At this moment, the regret that welled up in his heart swept over him like a tidal wave, overwhelming him and leaving him no way to escape.
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