The butler watched Shi Yaoguang’s swiftly departing figure, eyes filled with confusion: "What’s with Madam? It’s still early."
Quan Jinbei’s lips curled slightly as he said, "She probably got the ti wrong, don’t mind her."
The butler agreed and then curiously looked at the small porcelain bottle in his hands.
"Third Master, what treasure did Madam give you?"
These days, the butler had also co to understand Shi Yaoguang.
No need to say too much, just one phrase.
A product from Madam is surely a fine one.
What seed like ordinary items, once they ca from her hands, were no longer ordinary.
Thinking of this, he grew a bit excited.
He couldn’t wait to find out what new and intriguing item Madam had brought forth this ti.
Quan Jinbei picked up the small porcelain bottle and examined it closely in front of his eyes.
On the side of the bottle, a line of small characters was engraved.
The font looked sowhat familiar, but he wasn’t exactly sure what the characters were.
It wasn’t that he lacked knowledge, this font certainly didn’t resemble the mainstream characters of today.
It felt more like Oracle Bone Script but wasn’t the orthodox kind.
Unable to understand the text, he opened the tiny stopper of the bottle.
A rich scent of dicine instantly diffused around them.
The butler sniffed with his nose, showing an intoxicated expression.
"Third Master, this scent is so fragrant..."
Quan Jinbei also felt that the dicinal fragrance was indeed rich, and despite its richness, it wasn’t pungent at all.
This was indeed quite rare.
After sniffing the dicine, Quan Jinbei put the stopper back on the bottle.
Right then, the doorbell rang.
The butler personally went to the door to check, and the visitor turned out to be a resident from next door.
Speaking of which, the location of Quan Mansion wasn’t such that neighboring residents were close by.
Between them was a distance of at least half a basketball court.
Normally, it was rare for neighbors to call on them.
The visitor t the butler’s puzzled gaze and awkwardly explained the reason for his visit.
"I’m sorry for the intrusion."
The young man speaking was tall and straight, with a face as handso as jade, naturally evoking a favorable impression.
Seeing his politeness, the butler also returned a friendly smile, "No trouble at all, what seems to be the problem, young friend?"
"I’m the third son of the Zhan Family, Zhan Miao."
Zhan Miao pursed his lips, starting sowhat shyly: "I was jogging past Quan Mansion this morning and just happened to sll a scent of dicine at the gates; may I ask what kind of dicine it is?"
The butler was taken aback, "A scent of dicine?"
Indeed, the dicinal fragrance from the small porcelain bottle Madam had given was particularly strong.
But he had not thought that the scent would drift outside.
Seeing the butler silent, Zhan Miao thought he was unwilling to disclose and couldn’t help but feel sowhat disappointed.
"If you cannot say, then let it be, I’ve disturbed you."
The butler hesitated before asking, "Does Young Master Zhan perhaps know what this dicine is?"
Zhan Miao shook his head, "I just find the scent sowhat familiar."
"Familiar?"
The butler looked hesitant, having heard a bit about the Zhan Family affairs.
The Zhan Family had an elder who had retired from the front lines; he had been injured in the line of duty years ago and suffered quite a bit. In order to recuperate, he had seen many famous Chinese and Western doctors, but unfortunately, with little improvent.
So now, the old man preferred not to endure more and just wanted to return to his ho in Mingzhu City to enjoy his remaining years.
Zhan Miao felt that the dicine scent from his wife was familiar. Could it be related to the elder of the Zhan Family?
Considering this, the butler told Zhan Miao to wait a mont and then went to report the matter to Quan Jinbei.
After hearing the report, Quan Jinbei was surprised and had the butler invite the visitor in.
Zhan Miao had not expected this unexpected gain and followed the butler inside with a heart full of turmoil.
"Zhan Miao of the Zhan Family, greets Third Master," he said.
Zhan Miao politely greeted Quan Jinbei, and although Quan Jinbei sat in a wheelchair and they were of a similar age, Zhan Miao showed no trace of contempt.
On the contrary, he admired the man even more for being a formidable figure despite his physical limitations.
Quan Jinbei was quite satisfied with him, so if the thing Shi Yaoguang gave was useful to him, he wouldn’t mind playing the role of passing on soone else’s gift.
"The butler said you were attracted by the scent of the dicine," he said, passing a small porcelain bottle to Zhan Miao.
Zhan Miao accepted the bottle with a mix of surprise and honor, and as he carefully examined it, he also noticed characters engraved on the side, resembling Oracle Bone Script.
Quan Jinbei could not understand it, and he...
Naturally, he couldn’t understand it either.
Suddenly feeling a bit embarrassed, he dared to ask, "Third Master, what is this?"
Quan Jinbei coughed lightly, his fist to his lips, "This is a gift my wife just gave ."
Zhan Miao: "..."
Zhan Miao caught on.
The Third Master had emphasized the word "just", which clearly ant he also had only just received the item and thus did not know what was inside.
Zhan Miao was sowhat disappointed but also excited at the sa ti.
If by any chance this dicine could bring a glimr of hope to his grandfather, he absolutely could not miss it.
After thinking it over, he once again presumptuously spoke up, "May I take note of the na of the dicine to look it up later?"
Quan Jinbei invisibly nodded his head in agreent.
His attitude was the sa as conceding that if the dicine in the porcelain bottle was useful for the Zhan Family elder, he would give it up.
Seeing this, Zhan Miao could not help but push further.
Ultimately, he asked the butler for a sealed bag, took a mung bean-sized dab of the ointnt, and left happily.
The butler, looking at Zhan Miao’s excited departure, couldn’t help but lant, "This Third Young Master of the Zhan Family is certainly pure-hearted."
Quan Jinbei smiled, "Indeed he is not bad."
At the sa ti, he was also curious about what exactly the small porcelain bottle Shi Yaoguang had given him contained.
He was certain that the mosquito engraved on the bottle had never been recorded in any ancient or modern docunts.
This made Shi Yaoguang all the more mysterious in his eyes.
...
Shi Yaoguang was oblivious to the developnts at Quan Mansion.
After she had gone to school, she was surrounded by rumors and gossip.
Mainly from so classmates who disliked her, with Yu Zhenzhen leading them.
"Oh, so people really have no sha. Even after being exposed, they still dare to co to school?"
Shi Yaoguang glared coldly at her, "What are you saying?"
Yu Zhenzhen, feeling guilty, retreated a step and couldn’t help but retort, "What are you fierce for?"
"It’s not like I’m spreading rumors about you on purpose. The evidence of your affair is all there, and you still have the nerve to play dumb?"
As she spoke, her tone grew more venomous, "I’ve never seen anyone like you. Abandoning a fiancé as excellent as the Quan heir and secretly cheating behind his back!"
"And to deliberately cheat the day before your engagent! Ew, that’s just disgusting."
Her cronies echoed in agreent, loudly condemning Shi Yaoguang for being shaless.
"If you can’t be proper in your conduct, how dare you try to sar Qingqing’s reputation?"
One of them insulted Shi Yaoguang with slurs of promiscuity and then shifted the topic to Shi Yiqing, attempting to use the opportunity to clear Shi Yiqing’s na.
Previously, Shi Yaoguang had said that Shi Yiqing being with Quan Sicheng was to test the marriage on her behalf.
This claim...
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