Huo Mingda’s cruelty left Gu Nanzhi with lingering fears!

The perception of his danger also skyrocketed!

"Paralytic? Sister-in-law, are you saying that Gu Jianguo will become paralytic?"

Xie Ruyun was horrified, "Sister-in-law, why did you..."

"Why don't you say it?"

Gu Nanzhi came back to his senses after hearing that. He looked at Xie Ruyun and said, "What if I tell you? I don't want to get involved in that family's mess. If I tell you, I'm afraid they will blame me. You know what kind of people that family is!"

Xie Ruyun heard: "..."

Silence!

Seeing how the Gu family is, it would be best for the sister-in-law not to have anything to do with them. She would never say anything else!

Xie Ruyun left after seeing that Gu Nanzhi was fine. After adjusting his mood, Gu Nanzhi lay down and tried to fall asleep.

That night, even though she was shocked by the blood-stained appearance of Gu Jianguo, Gu Nanzhi had many dreams. In her dreams, she was covered in blood, her arms and legs were broken, and she was locked in a shack. She cried out to the heavens and the earth, but no one answered her...

After waking up, Gu Nanzhi secretly cursed Wang Bingcheng and the people in the Gu family. After breakfast, when he went up the mountain to collect herbs with Xie's mother and others, he heard the discussions of the neighbors.

"Have you heard? Gu Jianguo from the neighboring village is paralyzed!"

“Is this true or false?”

"How can it be true? He was fooling around outside last night and didn't come back until dark. On the way back, he met some bad guys and was beaten up and bloodied and sent to the town hospital. This morning, Gu Youcai and his wife took him back from the town hospital. It was said that his spine was broken and he had to go to a big hospital in Beijing for surgery. His family was so poor that he had to go to his old home in the middle of the night to borrow money to go to the town hospital. How could he afford to go to a big hospital in Beijing..."

"It's his own fault. If he hadn't been hanging out all day and came back so late, he wouldn't have run into the bad guy. By the way, was the bad guy caught?"

"It is said that they have reported it to the police, but I don't know whether they have caught him or not!"

"They definitely haven't caught him! If they had, the family would have asked for compensation and would have gone to a big hospital for treatment..."

“…”

Amidst the various opinions, Gu Nanzhi walked by as if no one was around.

Everyone in the surrounding villages knew that she was an adopted daughter sold by the Gu family. Even though she watched indifferently at the Gu family's plight, no one could say a word against it.

As for the "bad guys" the neighbors were talking about...

How could Huo Mingda leave any evidence when he committed a crime? If she hadn't read some criminal investigation books and was familiar with the tactics of her own guards, she wouldn't have suspected Huo Mingda, but...

Even if she had some suspicions, she couldn't accuse Huo Mingda without evidence. Not to mention that she had no evidence, even if she did, would she dare to alert the enemy?

The gossiping neighbors saw Gu Nanzhi and his family passing by, greeted them with a smile, and then continued the previous topic, not considering Gu Nanzhi as a member of the Gu family at all!

What do you think of being a family member?

There was no one selling his daughter in the surrounding villages, and they saw clearly how the Gu family used Gu Nanzhi like a mule!

Now that things have come to this, it’s only natural to cut ties!

On this day, Gu Nanzhi collected herbs in the mountains as usual in the morning, and went down the mountain at noon to prepare to see patients. However, in the afternoon, when Gu Nanzhi was about to process the herbs when there were no patients, she found that her silver needles and tools for preparing herbs were missing!

"Ruyun, who has been to my east wing?"

As soon as he discovered that something was missing, Gu Nanzhi went to find Xie Ruyun.

She would only take those things to the yard when she needed them, and kept them in her room when not in use.

“No one has been there!”

Xie Ruyun was bewildered when she heard this. "Except for going to the river to wash clothes, I have been at home the whole time. I have never been to my sister-in-law's east wing!"

Upon hearing this, Gu Nanzhi turned around and went to look for the three children again.

The rainy season has arrived and the water level of the Tianma Bie River has risen recently. Even if Xie Ruyun wants to go to the river to wash clothes, she doesn't dare to bring the children with her.

Zhaodi and Tuanzi were still young, so even if Gu Nanzhi asked, they couldn't say anything. But Xie Yuanbao...

"It's the woman in the backyard, the one who came to our house to cause trouble!"

When Xie Yuanbao heard Gu Nanzhi's question, he pointed in the direction of the backyard and said, "I was taking my sister out to play, and I saw her come and go..."

Gu Nanzhi: “!!!”

Is there anything else you don’t understand?

It was Xu Xiangling who stole her things!

Gu Nanzhi rushed to the backyard without thinking!

Her silver needles and the tools for preparing medicinal materials cost a total of eighty yuan!

What does eighty yuan mean?

In this era, it is enough for a family to use for a year. The key point is that now is the time for her to stock up on medicine and those tools. How could she watch the life-saving things fall into the hands of Xu Xiangling, a half-baked doctor?

When Gu Nanzhi arrived at the backyard, he rushed directly into Xu Xiangling's room.

"Gu Nanzhi, what are you doing?"

Xu Xiangling was packing her things. When she saw Gu Nanzhi coming in, she immediately stood in front of her with a stern look on her face, "This is my room. You can't come in without my permission!"

"I can't enter your room, but you can enter mine?"

Upon hearing this, Gu Nanzhi retorted without hesitation, "Xu Xiangling, where are my silver needles and concoction tools? Give them back to me!"

Xu Xiangling's eyes flashed when she heard this, and she immediately stiffened her neck and said, "What silver needle? What concoction tool? I don't know what you are talking about, please leave!"

Although she didn't understand Chinese medicine, she had seen Gu Nanzhi giving people acupuncture with silver needles and using those tools to process medicinal herbs collected from the mountains. She knew that those things were particularly important to Gu Nanzhi!

She had suffered losses at the hands of Gu Nanzhi many times, and yesterday she made her pay the Gu family five dollars. Although she was angry because of Gu Jianguo's paralysis, she still hated Gu Nanzhi, so...

In the morning, when she saw Xie Ruyun washing clothes by the river and the children were not playing in the yard, she had other ideas. She sneaked into the front yard and stole Gu Nanzhi's silver needles and tools...

However, Xu Xiangling was sure that she did it very secretly and there was no possibility that anyone would see it, so even if Gu Nanzhi came to her, she would not be afraid!

"hehe!"

Gu Nanzhi saw her reaction clearly and became more and more certain that it was Xu Xiangling who stole the things. Upon hearing this, he sneered and said, "My nephew saw you sneaking into the front yard with his own eyes. My things were lost right after you left. How dare you say that this has nothing to do with you?"

Xu Xiangling heard: "!!!"

His expression changed, but he still argued, "How can you take what a kid says seriously when he can't even recognize a person? Gu Nanzhi, stop slandering people with empty words!"

"I slandered you? I slandered you, do you dare to let me search your room?"

Xu Xiangling: “!!!”

She doesn't dare!

Because even she knew that those silver needles and tools were exclusively used by people who were proficient in Chinese medicine. They were not available for purchase easily and were very valuable!

So she didn't dare to hide the things anywhere else, so she hid them in her own room...

"Why do you search my room? You're not a police officer!"

Xu Xiangling is a cultured person after all, and her words are tougher than those of the country folk. "Even if the police want to search my room, they must have solid evidence!"