"Yes! My father recently taught me some things that a city lord should do, but I've already finished them. Now that I have some free time, I thought I'd come and see you."
"I've already told you, don't keep coming to see me. I will never get married in this lifetime."
“I never asked you to marry me. I’ve said before that I only consider you a friend. Besides, in the past three years, when have I ever mentioned wanting to marry you? You’re overthinking it.”
ah?
His words once again left her feeling both amused and exasperated.
Xie Jiaxun would come to her place for a while almost every two or three days. His intentions were obvious, but in the end, he said she was overthinking it.
Then there's Hu Dajiang, who also frequents Luo's medical clinic every few days, constantly proclaiming that he won't marry anyone but her, and even though she has refused countless times, they still persist.
I don't know what got into those two men, they're so fixated on her, especially since she's a chaste tree with a child.
She couldn't understand what the point was of them continuing like this.
For the past three years, they have been tirelessly visiting the Luo family's pharmacy, which has given those gossipy women even more time to talk about Luo Zhiwan.
Even now, though she has become a god-like figure in Phoenix, patients still gossip behind her back, saying that she doesn't take advantage of her own earnings and has an ambiguous relationship with two men, who are both very influential men in Phoenix.
Oh! People's mouths are just impossible to stop.
Even her grandmother, who was over seventy years old, would still secretly speak ill of her from time to time. However, she dared not insult her to her face as before, because she knew that the entire Luo family listened to Luo Zhiwan now. If this old woman angered Luo Zhiwan, she had the ability to take the whole family away from here.
Therefore, she only dared to mutter a few words behind her back.
Zhiwan had just seen Xie Jiaxun off when it was almost dusk. Since the pharmacy was empty, she thought she would stand at the door for some fresh air. She saw Li Dazui and Liu Erniang with their heads close together, whispering something to each other, their eyes glancing at her from time to time.
I don't know when it started, but they moved their gossip territory from Liulin Lane to Yanglin Street. It probably started when Zhiwan changed her pharmacy into a medicine shop!
Judging from their winking expressions, they must be talking badly about her again.
These gossipy women, like my grandmother, are impossible to hit or scold. They can talk about others behind their backs without breaking the rules or the law. Not to mention a woman like her, even the officials can't do anything about them.
Therefore, she generally tries to avoid direct contact with them. As long as they don't say it in front of her, she simply turns a blind eye to what they say!
She always adhered to the saying: "The more you curse, the healthier you become; one curse brings ten years of prosperity."
Since they don't mind the effort of talking, what does she have to fear? After all, everyone on the street, even the whole of Phoenix City, knows she had a child before marriage.
Even so, it couldn't stop her from becoming the renowned healer of Phoenix City, nor could it stop the increasing number of people seeking her medical help.
She didn't want to see their twisted faces, so she turned to go back inside, but unexpectedly, Li Dazui called her back.
"Hey, Zhiwan, why did you come into the house without even saying hello to your aunt and second aunt?"
Luo Zhiwan frowned slightly and glanced back at her.
"I'm worried about the wind, you guys chat!"
"You're not afraid of the wind, you're afraid of gossip, aren't you? Actually, it's nothing. I've been through this before. Let me give you some advice: don't dwell on the past. Just find a man and get married! Look how sincere the young city lord is to you, and Lord Hu is about to be promoted to county magistrate. No matter who you marry, you'll have a good life. Why bother showing your face in public all the time?"
After she finished speaking, Liu Erniang nodded in agreement.
"Big Mouth is right. These two men are good men in our Phoenix City. If you don't want to marry them, just tell them. Don't just keep occupying their positions. Besides, in every way, my Erni is a hundred times better than you."
Listening to Liu Erniang's words, she seemed to understand. It turned out that these two women were thinking about finding a partner for Liu Erni.
She shrugged helplessly and gave a bitter laugh.
“Aunt Li, Aunt Liu, whether I get married or not seems to have nothing to do with you. Your Erni is better than me in every way, but neither the young city lord nor Lord Hu likes her. What can you do? If you have the ability, you can make them sit in your pancake shop all day long…”
After saying that, she rolled her eyes and walked into the house.
Liu Erniang angrily pointed at her retreating figure.
"This girl is getting more and more arrogant. What's there to be arrogant about? She just happened to get the right medicine when she was treating patients and cured a few patients. Now she's being hailed as a miracle doctor? We all know what kind of person she is. From childhood to adulthood, what can she do besides cry?"
"Exactly, a so-called miracle doctor? He's just a conman who's after people's money."
As soon as she finished speaking, she suddenly noticed two slender figures in front of her. When she looked up, she saw two tall and strong men looking down at them.
"Oh my god!"
She screamed in fright and fell to the ground with a thud. Seeing this, Li Dazui glared at the two men and questioned them with displeasure.
"Are you two trying to die? You scare people to death without paying with your lives?"
Li Ping curled his lip and gave a disdainful snort.
"Are you talking badly about someone? Otherwise, why are you so scared?"
Li Erniang patted her chest as she stood up from the ground, patted her bottom, and questioned:
"What's it to you two? Do you like listening to gossip? Get out of the way, don't get in my way."
"aunt……"
Hu Ke called out sweetly, but unexpectedly, Li Dazui jumped up from the ground and shoved him far away with a slap.
"Who are you calling 'Auntie'? You big guys are a head taller than us, and you call us 'Auntie'? Why don't you just call us 'Grandma'? Can't you see we're still young? Call us 'Big Sister'..."
Hu Ke swallowed hard, then quickly changed his words.
"Sister, I just heard you two talking about Doctor Luo. We're new here and would like to see Doctor Luo for treatment. Could you tell me about him?"
The two women immediately became interested when Luo Zhiwan was mentioned.
Li Dazui was the first to purse his lips and wave his hand.
"Don't listen to their nonsense. What Doctor Luo? We've watched her grow up. Don't we know what she looks like?"
Liu Erniang nodded in agreement.
"Yes, she was only a few months old when she came to the Luo family. We watched her grow up. Do you think we, her old neighbors, wouldn't know whether she knows how to treat people or not? Let me tell you the truth, she's just lucky. She's cured a few people, and those people worship her as a miracle doctor. In reality, she doesn't know anything. Don't be fooled by her. Go see someone else!"
Hearing this, Hu Ke and Li Ping exchanged a surprised glance, then Li Ping asked again,
"We don't know anything about her, we came here because of her reputation, but we heard that she never makes house calls. Do you know of any way to get her to make house calls?"
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