jdhmnovel Chapter 415: Asking for medicine? Telling the truth about falling off the cliff
Chapter 415: Asking for medicine? Telling the truth about falling off the cliff
At night, the old woman's cough became more obvious. The medicine she boiled today had no effect at all. The sound of coughing reached Wang Wu's ears. He felt extremely uncomfortable and very irritated. He simply got up, took out the medicine that the woman brought today, and looked at it carefully. The coughing sound continued. After hesitating for a long time, he took the pills and went into his mother's room.
"Awu, why haven't you gone to bed yet? Did mother disturb you? You should go to the horse shop and sleep. Mother is fine." The old woman lay on the bed with a sick look on her face.
"No, Mom, I came over to take a look. By the way... I'll bring the medicine that girl gave me today so you can try and see if it works." He was so mean to them today, and now he brought medicine again. Even a grown man like him felt a little embarrassed.
"I've seen so many doctors but it's all useless. Let's give it a try! Give it to me, mom." The old woman took the medicine and put it directly into her mouth and swallowed it. She was not afraid of death. The pain from the disease made her feel worse than death. She coughed day and night and she didn't know when it would stop. If she didn't feel sorry for her son, she would have died long ago. Why bother to implicate him? After the old woman finished taking the medicine, she told him to go back and rest.
Wang Wu went back to his room and lay down. He still coughed. He thought to himself, this medicine must be ineffective. Haha, he didn't know what he was thinking. How could such a strange thing be more effective than the medicine prescribed by the imperial physician? As he was thinking, he fell asleep...
When he woke up, it was already daybreak. He hadn't had such a comfortable sleep for a long time. He stretched himself and thought today was a little different from the past... He didn't hear his mother coughing! Thinking of this, he immediately got up from the bed, ran to the next room, opened his mother's door, and saw the old woman lying motionless on the bed. He rushed over and shouted, "Mom!"
"Ahem...what are you doing so early in the morning, Awu? Mom finally had a good sleep." The old woman slowly opened her eyes and said in a hoarse voice.
"Mom, you scared me to death."
"How did I scare you? I'm fine."
"Mom, your cough... seems to have gone away? I didn't hear you coughing when I woke up, and I thought something happened to you..." Wang Wu lay beside the old woman's bed, almost crying.
"Oh, it seems, my cough has gotten better..." After her son said this, she also found that her cough didn't seem to be as severe last night.
Wang Wu's face was filled with joy. He had never slept so soundly at home in all these years. When he heard his mother coughing, his heart ached. On weekdays, he would only sleep for a while, half asleep and half awake. The rest of the time, he would sleep for a while at Ma Xing's place. His mother also had a bad rest due to the cough, and her health was getting worse. Today, she also slept in! Great!
"This... is it because of the medicine I took from that girl yesterday?!"
"I think so. You were so mean to him yesterday. Find a chance and apologize to him. Ahem..."
"Okay, Mom, I get it. I'll go make you something to eat first. You can try the medicine again today. If it works, I'll go find her tomorrow and buy you medicine." Wang Wu ran to cook like a child.
After dinner, the old woman took the medicine again, and by the evening, there was indeed a significant effect.
The next day, he couldn't wait to go to the address given by Yao Qingnian.
"Miss, he's here." Yao Qingnian had just finished breakfast when she received the message from the servant.
"Well, it's much faster than expected. Let's go!" Yao Qingnian went straight to the shop after leaving the house.
Nowadays, Chen Shuhua's shop is managed by Yao Qingnian. Menghua Pavilion is the jewelry shop that Shen Wenting used to subsidize Runiang.
"Good morning, Miss!" Ma Xin came up to greet her. He was becoming more and more adept at his job as a shopkeeper now.
"What about people?"
"In the back hall, please come in, young lady."
When Yao Qingnian came to the back hall, she saw Wang Wu standing there. When he saw her coming, Wang Wu's eyes lit up. Today, she was wearing a light blue dress that perfectly outlined her graceful curves and fair and rosy skin, which was completely different from what he saw that day.
"I'm sorry for offending you that day, miss." Wang Wu apologized first.
"Well, did your mother use my medicine?" It seems that the medicine was effective for his mother's illness. He came here so early. He seems to be a very filial son.
"Yes, it is very effective. That's why I came here today specifically to buy medicine from you. Just tell me how much money you need." Wang Wu bent down and bowed to her and asked.
"I don't sell this medicine." Yao Qingnian slowly walked over and sat down.
"Miss, what do you mean?"
She doesn't want to sell it but asks me to come find her. Is she playing a trick on me?
"I heard that you usually kill and kidnap high-ranking officials?!"
"Girl, have you asked about me a long time ago?" He had a feeling that this girl was unusual and it turned out that she came prepared.
"I want to ask you something. As long as you tell me everything you did and know, I will give you as much medicine as you want for your mother."
"What do you want to ask?"
"A few months ago, Shen Wenting asked you to pick up a country girl. Do you remember that?" Yao Qingnian asked directly without beating around the bush.
"Shen Wenting, Minister Shen?" Wang Wu took the money to do the job and never asked any more questions.
"Yeah." Yao Qingnian hummed lightly.
"A few months ago, he did find me and asked me to drive the carriage to pick up Miss Shen, but we encountered robbers on the way and Miss Shen fell off a cliff and died."
"I am the eldest daughter of the Shen family."
"You...didn't you fall off the cliff?" A look of surprise flashed in Wang Wu's eyes.
"Why, are you surprised that I'm not dead?"
"Indeed, falling off such a high cliff..." Wang Wu realized that he had let the cat out of the bag and quickly shut his mouth.
"Tell me what's going on!"
"I can't say it. There are rules in our business. If you take money to do something for someone, you don't have to ask questions or betray your employer..."
"You don't want to tell me? Forget it. What I hate most is forcing others. Go away!" Not betraying me? He said it in such a high-sounding way, but it was all shady business. He even talked about the code of conduct in the underworld, but it was nothing more than seeing who gave more money.
"My mother's medicine..." Wang Wu looked embarrassed.
"Sorry, there's no more." Yao Qingnian spread his hands.
"If I tell you, will you give me the medicine?" Compared with my mother's illness, everything else is nothing. Even if she wants her life, she can take it.
"That depends on my mood. I gave you a chance just now, but you missed it."
"Can my mother's illness be cured?" If his mother's illness could be cured, he would retire from criminal activities and live a normal life from now on.
"No, but it can prevent her from suffering from coughing all day long. If she follows my instructions, it can alleviate and suppress the onset of the disease."