Chapter 516 Spoiled and Willful Wife VS Cowardly and Fearful Husband 8
"Forget about the houses! Save the people first!" the manager shouted hoarsely. "Send a few more!"
The house is burned down, so be it. The Jun family isn't short of money. The most important thing is the people. We absolutely cannot let anything happen to them.
The manager was extremely anxious at this moment.
Jun Yu is the only heir in the Jun family now. If anything happens to him, no one can bear the responsibility.
The steward instructed the servants to carry them to the side room.
Half an hour later.
The doctor came out of the side room, and the steward immediately stepped forward and asked anxiously, "Doctor, how is my young master?"
Jiang Zhiyi and the maids listened from the side.
They had wanted to go in, but the doctor said that too many people would make the air stuffy, so he told them to wait outside.
The doctor wiped the sweat from his brow, his expression softening slightly, and said, "Young master is fine. He just choked on the smoke and probably won't be able to speak for the next few days. He has no other injuries, but he needs to rest well and pay close attention to his diet, focusing on light, liquid foods. He should recover in less than half a month."
After hearing this, the manager finally relaxed a little.
Jiang Zhiyi also breathed a sigh of relief for the time being.
However, the doctor sighed again, pointed to another room, and said, "That servant almost had his back pierced by a piece of wood, and his leg is broken. He needs careful care for several months, otherwise he'll be crippled, and his future will be difficult. But... the medicine we need..."
The doctor hesitated, considering how to begin, "His injuries are very serious; he needs a lot of expensive medicine to keep him alive..."
At that time, the servant could have dodged it, but in order to save Jun Yu, he was accidentally hit by the burning beam and was seriously injured.
He is still unconscious.
As soon as he finished speaking, another servant, his eyes red and his voice choked with sobs, said, "He has an elderly mother at home who is bedridden year-round. A few days ago, he also found an abandoned baby who was only one year old. Now the whole family depends on him to support them. If anything happens to him, how will this family survive!"
The servant went to plead with Jiang Zhiyi again, immediately kneeling down and kowtowing, "Young Madam, please save him! Save him! I beg you!"
It's truly pitiful to hear.
Besides, since the injury was sustained while saving Jun Yu, the Jun family naturally has to take care of it.
Jiang Zhiyi frowned and instructed, "Steward, send someone to bring his family into the manor. Their food, clothing, and lodging will all be taken care of by the Jun family. His medicine, food... everything will be put on my tab."
"Yes, young mistress."
At this moment, the maidservant half-supported and half-carried Li Rou'er slowly walked over.
Li Rou'er's hair was disheveled, her skirt was stained with black mud, and several abrasions on her face were oozing fine beads of blood, but fortunately she was not seriously injured.
Her eyes reddened, and she opened her mouth as she looked at Jiang Zhiyi's back, as if she wanted to say something. But when Jiang Zhiyi's cold gaze swept over her, she hurriedly lowered her head, as if she had done something wrong.
Seeing that Li Rou'er wasn't going to come over, Jiang Zhiyi ignored her for the time being and went into the side room to check on Jun Yu.
Just as I stepped across the threshold of the side room, I heard a faint cough coming from behind the screen.
Jun Yu leaned against the soft couch, his pale face still covered in cigarette ash, and a servant was wiping it off with a damp cloth.
"How are you?" Jiang Zhiyi asked with concern.
After waiting for a while without receiving a response, Jiang Zhiyi frowned and was about to explode, "I'm asking you a question!"
A servant noticed something was wrong and quickly stepped forward, saying, "Young Madam, the young master can't speak. The doctor said his throat was burned by the smoke and he needs to rest and keep quiet for a while."
Jiang Zhiyi suddenly remembered the doctor's instructions and swallowed back the remaining curses.
Even if he can't speak, he can't just ignore me like this. If he can't speak, can't he at least gesture a few times?
She said angrily, "Just nod if you have nothing to say."
Jun Yu's Adam's apple bobbed twice with difficulty before he finally nodded slowly.
Just as Jiang Zhiyi was about to ask another question, a series of hurried footsteps suddenly came from outside the door.
The servant boy, Afu, rushed in, his face flushed. He must have gotten his clothes wet while fetching water to put out the fire, as they were still dripping water.
"Young master, young mistress, the maid who started the fire has been taken to the woodshed."
"The maid set the fire?" Jiang Zhiyi asked, puzzled.
The maids and servants in the Jun family all signed indentures and were considered members of the Jun family. They could be disposed of at the Jun family's discretion. Which maid would dare to set fire to the house under their noses, especially since it was the Jun family's young master that was being burned?
This is probably a death wish.
Afu wiped the water off his face and explained to Jiang Zhiyi.
It turns out there was a maid in the mansion named Chun Tao, who was brought by Li Rou'er when she came to the Jun family.
The two grew up together, but later their family suffered a tragedy, and they relied on each other for survival.
A year ago, Chun Tao met a peddler and they secretly pledged their lives to each other. However, the peddler already had a wife and children. He was just passing through the area and used her as a pastime when he was bored. He soon abandoned her and returned to his hometown.
It is unknown when it started, but Chun Tao developed hysteria due to excessive grief, sometimes lucid and sometimes insane.
Out of pity for Li Rou'er, Li Jingxian spent a lot of money to hire a doctor to treat Chun Tao, but all the methods she tried were ineffective.
As her condition worsened, she began to steal chickens and other petty thefts, saying she wanted to sell them for money to give to the peddler so he wouldn't leave her.
She first stole some cosmetics, and later even set her sights on the storeroom's valuables.
In just six months, he has been caught four times.
Until this time, she sneaked into the warehouse under the cover of night and stole the priceless century-old wild ginseng.
This wild ginseng is extremely rare; it may not be available even with money. It is very useful to keep it.
Childbirth is already difficult for women, and now that Junyu has married Jiang Zhiyi, if Jiang Zhiyi becomes pregnant in the future... this wild ginseng will be the thing to save her life during childbirth.
Li Jingxian could no longer tolerate it and decided to drive Chuntao out of the mansion.
Today, in the study, Junyu and the stewards finished their meeting. After everyone dispersed, a servant came in to clean and tidy up.
When Li Rou'er learned that Chun Tao was going to be kicked out, she first went to beg Li Jingxian, but Li Jingxian did not budge. Later, she could only rush to Jun Yu to plead for her.
She knelt before Jun Yu, her eyes brimming with tears.
Junyu sighed, but he couldn't refuse his mother's request. "I know you two have a deep bond, but her illness is getting worse and worse. Keeping her in the manor will only be a threat. This matter cannot be tolerated. Send her to the estate outside the city and let her fend for herself. When you get married in the future, you can take her with you if you wish."
Junyu took the opportunity to bring up the matter of Li Rou'er getting married.
Just as Li Rou'er was about to plead for mercy, Chun Tao suddenly appeared out of nowhere and knocked over the candle on the table.
Flames leaped up quickly, and in the blink of an eye, the study was engulfed in flames.
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