Today’s engagent should have been a joyful occasion, but who expected Yingzi to attempt suicide.
At this mont, Yingzi on the ground let out a sigh-like moan.
Gu Yuheng exclaid with joy, "She’s alive!"
Yun Jiao quickly moved to clear the bloody ss from her neck to ensure her breathing wasn’t obstructed.
Guihua finally dared to cry out, "You foolish girl, sobbing... could you not speak up if you had issues? Why did you have to take this step!"
Yingzi’s consciousness was still blurry, her face expressionless, unable to speak, her eyeballs slowly moving to look at the people in the room.
Very soon she saw Shen Quan; her gaze paused briefly before moving away.
Shen Quan stepped forward, "Sister Yingzi, if you don’t want to marry , don’t. I won’t force you."
"No need to seek death." After saying this, he cupped his hand toward Yingzi and turned to leave.
Yun Jiao instructed, "Soone go fetch a basin of hot water, clean her up, and then carry her to the bed."
Lao Jiu silently went out.
Gu Yuheng addressed Ah Tie and Zhang Shun, "Let’s go downstairs."
At this mont, Guihua suddenly knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Yun Jiao, crying, "Thank you, Doctor Gu, thank you. If it weren’t for you, Yingzi would be gone—"
Yun Jiao quickly helped her up, chiding, "What are you doing, sister-in-law? Get up quickly."
She continued, "I’ll prescribe so dicine, boil it and give it to her for a few days, then she’ll be fine."
She patted Guihua’s hand, "Stay with her, I’ll head downstairs."
Yun Jiao went downstairs to prepare a prescription and asked Ah Tie to fetch the dicine.
Upstairs, Guihua cleaned the chicken blood off Yingzi’s neck, then had Lao Jiu carry Yingzi to the bed.
Only then did she hold Yingzi and cry bitterly, "If you didn’t want to, you should’ve told . Why resort to this?"
"This breaks your mother’s heart!"
Yingzi kept her eyes closed, tears continuously flowing from her eyes.
She had said it several tis, but her mother wouldn’t listen, what could she do?
She didn’t want to marry soone like Shen Quan; she wanted to marry a scholarly man like San Ya’s husband and beco a titled lady soday.
Guihua cried for a while, then instructed Ah Shong, "Look after your sister; don’t let her do anything foolish. If she does, call soone."
She wiped her tears dry, "I’ll go prepare your sister’s dicine and congee." With her throat injured, clearly, she couldn’t eat solid food for the next few days.
Guihua served a table of good dishes intended for the Shen family, which ended up being enjoyed by Yun Jiao and the staff at the shop.
By the afternoon, Guihua tidied up the kitchen and went alone to the Shen family’s rice shop.
There weren’t many custors in the shop that afternoon; when Guihua entered, she knelt in front of Shopkeeper Shen.
Initially, Shopkeeper Shen wasn’t pleased to see her co in, but seeing Guihua kneel, he sighed and said, "Please get up, sister-in-law Ren."
Shen Quan went to help Guihua up and sat her down.
Guihua sat on the chair, filled with sha, unable to lift her head, "It’s entirely my fault for causing trouble for your family without getting anything done."
"Yingzi was foolish; she isn’t blessed to marry into your family. I’m returning Shen Quan’s marriage proposal to you."
Shopkeeper Shen took his tobacco pipe from the side and silently smoked, not saying a word.
Shen Quan entered the room and quickly brought back the marriage proposal, exchanging it with Guihua’s.
Guihua, overwheld with embarrassnt, took out a piece of silver worth ten taels, "This is a small token of our apology."
"I know this doesn’t make up for your loss; if it’s not enough, tell the amount, and I’ll think of a way."
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