Su Ruanruan trembled all over, tears streaming down her face.
"He...he wanted to take advantage of me, but he couldn't bring himself to do it when he saw me like this, so he drove me away."
“I wanted to let this go, but I’m afraid he might remember me again and take me away again.”
Su Ruanruan looked at Bai Bai with pleading eyes, "My lord, I truly don't know what to do. I wanted to go to the county office to report this to the authorities myself, but my health won't allow it. Besides... if others find out that I was kidnapped by Butcher Zhou, they'll probably say I brought it upon myself and didn't uphold traditional female virtues..."
"Mu Bai finally accepted me, and my reputation is already bad. If anything else gets out..."
Su Ruanruan didn't say anything more. Without needing to spell it out, Bai Bai knew what she wanted to say.
Ziwu took a few more steps closer to her. "You're afraid that Butcher Zhou will arrest you again, and you're also afraid of offending him if you report him to the authorities. Being so afraid of everything isn't a good thing."
Ziwu sighed again, "Lord Bai, you have no idea, she came back without saying a word and then fell into a coma. Her condition terrified me; I almost thought she was going to die."
"But I don't know what happened to her, so I could only wait until dawn. As soon as it got light, and the clinic opened, I sent someone to fetch a doctor for her."
"I understand now. Actually, it's simple. You want Lord Bai to invite that Butcher Zhou to the county office for a chat, implying that he's looking out for you. Surely that Butcher Zhou won't dare to mess with you again, right?"
Su Ruanruan looked up at Bai Bai, her eyes brimming with tears, "I beg Lord Bai to have mercy on me and protect me."
Su Ruanruan lowered her stance; only in this way could she appear as a helpless victim who had no other choice but to seek refuge.
"this……"
Bai Bai's eyes turned slightly cold as he gritted his teeth and said, "I'll invite him to the county office right away."
He emphasized the word "please" very much.
"Lie down and rest well, leave the rest to me."
He was in a hurry to go back and find someone to bring Butcher Zhou back. He comforted Su Ruanruan for a few more minutes and then left in a hurry.
But after Zi Wu escorted Bai Bai away.
Su Ruanruan pressed her hand to her chest, a metallic taste rising in her throat.
He slowly fell to the ground.
"Master, Master."
Ziwu hurriedly sent someone to fetch a doctor.
But this time it was the same female doctor who came, and she took Su Ruanruan's pulse again.
"How is it?" Ziwu asked.
"His condition has worsened; he has a persistent high fever, and it's quite serious."
When Zi Wu heard the word "serious," her hands involuntarily clenched into fists.
How could the master's condition have worsened so quickly?
Her gaze then fell on the young female doctor.
"Don't look at me like that. If you don't believe me, you can find someone else to take a look. Although I am a woman, my grandfather taught me medicine since I was a child, so my medical skills are not bad."
Ziwu had nothing to say, since the doctor he had sent to invite was the best old doctor in the city.
The old doctor accompanied his wife to worship the Buddha, and he probably won't be back for the next couple of days.
This girl was taught by her grandfather, so she must be quite talented.
Moreover, as far as she knew, she was the only female healer in the city.
"That's not what I meant. I just want to know what to do now?"
Only now did the female doctor realize what her grandfather meant when he left.
The woman had suffered severe injuries, and her level of consciousness at that moment was already her limit.
But once it fades and withers, it's like a wilted flower.
Life and death are preordained; everything depends on tonight.
"Only ginseng that is over two hundred years old and my family's secret medicine can save her."
Ziwu asked, "Does the pharmacy have ginseng?"
"Yes, there is. Although doctors are said to have the heart of parents, even parents need to eat grains and make a living. Although I pity her plight, the ginseng and the secret medicine belonged to my grandfather, and I cannot simply give them away out of kindness..."
"You should understand that this two-hundred-year-old ginseng is no ordinary thing and is extremely valuable. My family's secret medicine is also a rare item."
"She's just a handyman in your workshop. If I treat the medicine first and then pay for it later, she won't have any money to give me..."
Zi Wu smiled calmly, "Then I'll have to pay for it first, and she'll have to work for me for the rest of her life..."
Before she could finish speaking, a little maid called to her from the doorway.
As soon as Ziwu stepped out of the door, the little girl whispered a few words in her ear.
Zi Wu looked at the tightly closed courtyard gate, her brows furrowing even deeper.
How did he know?
My master specifically instructed me not to tell him.
But now that they've come knocking on my door, I can't just refuse to see them.
Ziwu opened the courtyard gate and saw Mu Bai and his classmates standing under a tree.
The two of them didn't know what to say.
Mu Bai stared intently at the gate, and the moment Zi Wu emerged, he immediately spotted her.
"Shopkeeper, what happened to Ruan Ruan? I want to go in and see her, but they won't let me in."
"Su Ruanruan? What happened to her? Who said she was here? How did you end up here looking for her?" Ziwu said dismissively.
“I looked for her at home today, but she wasn’t there. I went to the streets she usually goes on, but I couldn’t find her there either. I even asked a few rickshaw drivers at the city gate, but none of them had taken her there…”
"Now, this is the only place I can think of! Shopkeeper, please have mercy and tell me if Ruan Ruan is with you. I... I overheard some police officers gossiping, and I heard the name they were talking about."
"But no matter how much I asked them, they refused to talk about it."
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