Chapter 109: Chapter 110: Return Kindness Tenfold and Revenge Hundredfold
That evening, Shao He returned to the compartnt to change Zhao Yuebei’s dressing, clean the wound, and disinfect it, and she also gave him an injection. She operated carefully, occasionally looking at the unconscious man to make sure his condition was gradually improving.
Gradually, the atmosphere in the compartnt beca heavy and quiet, filled only with Shao He’s faint breathing and Zhao Xiu’s light sighs.
Once everything was handled, Shao He turned to Zhao Xiu and instructed, “The wound has been treated and the dication administered. Take good care of him here. As long as he doesn’t develop a fever tonight, it should be fine.”
Zhao Xiu nodded slightly, gently asking, “You’ve had a hard day, Doctor Shao.”
Shao He shook her head, “It’s nothing, just take good care of him.”
Zhao Xiu nodded and watched Shao He leave before she closed the door.
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When Shao He left, it was pitch black outside, and the moon was also obscured by dark clouds.
Shao He walked along the silent path, only the brightly lit Drunken Fragrance Pavilion in the distance illuminating the entire street.
The trees on both sides of the path had begun to wither, and the fallen leaves made a slight noise under her feet.
Suddenly, Shao He spotted a carriage parked in the distance, with Ah Mo as the carriage driver.
She paused, looking back at the Drunken Fragrance Pavilion behind her and thought silently, “Could it be that he’s too embarrassed to co here openly, so he parked the carriage behind?”
But that makes sense, Pei Huaian is a man after all, and it’s quite normal to have such needs. Hopefully, he hasn’t run into any acquaintances today.
Shao He continued forward, feeling the cool breeze blowing from afar, fluttering the hem of her garnt.
As she passed by the carriage, a pair of slender fingers lifted the curtain, revealing that familiar face.
“Co up.”
“Why are you here? Aren’t you supposed to be in…” Shao He didn’t finish her sentence but instead looked towards the brightly lit Drunken Fragrance Pavilion nearby, her implication clear.
Pei Huaian’s face was dark, the smile at the corner of his mouth falling, “What are you thinking?”
Shao He innocently touched her nose, “Isn’t it strange?”
“Co up first, then talk,” Pei Huaian said with a frown, his voice a bit deeper as he repeated.
Shao He pouted but ultimately obediently got onto the carriage. Just as she was about to jump on, he grabbed her wrist.
“Ah!”
“Sit tight,” Pei Huaian chided gently, then forcefully pulled her onto the carriage.
The carriage was spacious, and both felt uncramped inside.
Leaning against the cushion, Shao He curiously asked, “Why are you here? It couldn’t be that…”
Pei Huaian interrupted her before she could finish, flatly rejecting, “Of course not, I just happened to see you while passing by.”
Pei Huaian sat inside the carriage, still holding a book in his hand, which he placed aside when he saw her sit down.
“Such a coincidence?” Shao He was sowhat skeptical of such a coincidence.
“Of course, Yan Ze asked to thank you. Your thod really worked, but why are their hands like this?” Pei Huaian asked curiously.
Shao He smiled mysteriously, “I added an extra ingredient to the prescription, which causes swelling and redness wherever it’s applied on the hands. No ointnt can remove it, and applying more will only worsen it.”
Pei Huaian couldn’t help but praise her, “That’s clever. In doing so, Imperial Physician Lu got what he deserved.”
“Since he wanted to steal from others, he might as well have it; I’m just afraid he won’t be able to bear it.” Shao He was never one to suffer a loss willingly.
Return kindness tenfold, avenge an affront a hundredfold—such were her principles.
Seeing the smile playing on his lips, Shao He was montarily stunned. Without his mask, Pei Huaian looked more handso and, unmasked, managed an even more enchanting and captivating presence that was hard to look away from.
He possessed a naturally beguiling air, even looking beautiful with a scowl, as if he were born to be brilliantly eye-catching and have everyone look up to him.
Pei Huaian noticed her absentmindedness and waved his hand in front of her eyes, “What’s wrong with you?”
Coming back to her senses, Shao He, resting her chin on her hand, asked, “Why don’t you stay in the mansion and choose to live here instead?”
“It’s all the sa wherever I live. The difference is you, a woman, shouldn’t be returning ho so late,” Pei Huaian said with concerned inflection.
After chatting for a while, the carriage soon ca to a stop.
As they stepped down from the carriage, they imdiately saw soone pacing back and forth in front of the mansion, her eyebrows slightly furrowed.
And this person was none other than the Old Madam Shao, who, upon seeing Shao He, was initially stunned before she approached and harshly questioned, “Whose carriage is this?”
“How can you descend from another man’s carriage? You are simply immodest and lack virtue!”
Old Madam Shao had not expected her to be still alive, let alone in an unclear relationship with another man, which was a disgrace to the Shao Family. She would have been better off dead!
Listening to Old Madam Shao’s stream of abuse, Shao He didn’t get angry but calmly said, “May I ask who you are? It appears we are unacquainted, and what right do you have to lecture here?”
“Impudent! How dare you talk back to ,” Old Madam Shao choked, then shouted loudly.
“Why shouldn’t I talk back to you? Just because you are old, should I not even have the right to argue?” Shao He said contemptuously, not holding Old Madam Shao in any regard.
“You… you…” Old Madam Shao struggled to find words to counter Shao He.
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