"Important my foot! Didn't you know she caused trouble at the government office yesterday? If we let her out again today, wouldn't she be throwing a tantrum in the capital? If this continues, she might kill our whole family one day."
"grandmother……"
Zhiruo anxiously stepped forward.
"No matter what, you can't lock up your older sister. Give me the key and open the door."
"Not open."
Old Mrs. Luo tapped the ground with her cane, continuing to roar viciously:
“The neighbors all said that letting her out is like letting a tiger return to the mountains. I threw the key into the Liuxi River, and she will never be able to leave this house for the rest of her life.”
She had barely finished speaking when she saw Luo Tianhe and Jiawang's mother carrying Yiwu out of the house.
Luo Tianhe's face was very grim. He approached Old Madam Luo and said in a deep voice:
"Mother, open the door."
Old Mrs. Luo turned her face to the side and snorted coldly.
"Don't open it..."
As she spoke, she suddenly plopped down in the doorway, crossed her legs, and started yelling.
“I’m not going to leave this old body today. If any of you want to open this door, you’ll have to step over me.”
"mother……"
Jiawang's mother helplessly advised:
"Whether Zhiwan is crazy or not, I, as her mother, know better than anyone else. What's the point of keeping her locked up like this? Even if she's not crazy, you'll drive her crazy. Let her out right now!"
Grandma Luo acted as if she hadn't heard, crossing her arms and turning her face to the side, unmoved by the pleas of the people standing in front of her.
This scene made Luo Zhiwan feel like she was suffocating.
That old witch is really going too far.
Not only did she humiliate her in every way, but she also blocked the door to prevent her from leaving.
Does she realize how important today is for her and the entire city?
However, the lock on the door kept her firmly inside, and she needed to find a way out first.
Thinking of this, she lowered her voice and gently persuaded:
“Grandmother, no matter how much you dislike me, you have to let me out now. I have very important things to do today, and the Luo family pharmacy must open for business today.”
"snort!"
Grandma Luo acted as if she hadn't heard her, and actually squinted her eyes and dozed off.
This scene left Luo Tianhe and the others standing outside the door feeling helpless.
At this moment, Jiawang's mother gave Zhiwan a wink. Luo Zhiwan was taken aback at first, but then nodded knowingly.
It turned out that there was a window on the side of her room, and her mother wanted her to climb out through the window.
She was so anxious that she forgot she had a window to walk through.
Thinking of this, she stuck out her tongue at her mother and disappeared through the doorway.
Zhiruo and Jiawang, at their mother's prompting, went to Old Madam Luo's side, blocked the view of the window, and then began shaking her arm, deliberately making a mess of it.
"Grandmother, please, let my eldest sister out."
"Grandmother, please let my eldest sister out, I beg you."
"..."
On one side, the siblings pretended to plead for Zhiwan and cover for her, while on the other side, Zhiwan had already jumped out of the window.
Although Luo Tianhe was quite displeased with her behavior, he still turned slightly to block Old Madam Luo's view until Zhiwan successfully went to the front yard. Only then did Luo Tianhe clear his throat.
"Zhiruo, Jiawang, stop dawdling here, hurry up and get to the pharmacy..."
After Zhiruo and Jiawang nodded knowingly, they pouted and walked towards the front yard.
While Old Lady Luo was still gloating over how she had locked Luo Zhiwan in the room, she had already arrived at the main hall, opened the door of the pharmacy, and was ready to open for business.
Da Ming was waiting at the door early. As soon as the door opened, he rushed over.
"Miss, you opened so late today. I've been waiting for ages."
Luo Zhiwan gave a bitter smile.
"Anyway, no one came early in the morning, but that won't happen tomorrow. Let's go in and clean!"
After Da Ming responded, he went inside to clean with Jia Wang and Zhi Ruo.
Zhiwan stood at the entrance of the pharmacy, watching the passersby, her brows slightly furrowed.
Although she could foresee that the plague would begin to spread in Phoenix City starting today, she did not know which of these people carried the germ. In other words, if those infected with the plague did not develop symptoms, or if patients sought medical help and the doctors treated them as if they had a common cold or flu, the disease would spread.
This was her biggest worry, but now she seemed powerless to control the situation; she could only wait…
"Zhiruo, I'm going out for a bit."
She wanted to visit other clinics to see if they had any suspected cases.
To be honest, although she had stockpiled a lot of medicinal herbs and was eager to sell them, she still hoped to minimize the spread of the plague.
However, she underestimated the transmissibility of the plague and overestimated her own abilities.
She wandered around outside all morning but didn't see anyone who appeared to have the plague. On her way home, she ran into Xie Jiaxun.
"Miss Luo..."
He called out to her from afar, and when she stopped and looked at him, he quickly ran to her.
"Miss Luo, I've finally found you! I just went to your family's pharmacy, but the people there said you weren't there. Where did you go?"
"I……"
She shrugged helplessly. At this moment, she couldn't mention the topic of the plague, because not only would no one believe her, but people would also suspect that she was deliberately creating panic.
"Business at the shop isn't good, so I came out for a walk."
"Oh, I'm fine too. I just came out for a walk. I'm sorry about yesterday. My dad didn't do what you said."
"I guessed it."
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