When Su Yaoguang and the others arrived, they saw the nearby patients punching and kicking Xiao Yanci.
Xiao Yanci was clutching his head, curled up, and shouting, "I didn’t splash it" "He did it on purpose".
Looking at Zhou Wangshu, his sleeves were wet and still steaming. His eyes were red, and several patients were comforting him nearby.
Su Yaoguang strode over, lifted Zhou Wangshu’s sleeve, and when she saw only a slight redness on his skin, she breathed a sigh of relief.
As the patients saw Su Yaoguang approaching, they kicked Xiao Yanci a few more times before slowly stopping.
"Miss Su, this Xiao really disgraces scholars, always bullying Young Master Zhou. As Zhou Wangshu’s wife, you must stand up for him. You can’t let this outsider bully him."
"What did he do?" Zhang Zhaodi asked.
The woman who spoke had a strong voice, seemingly close to recovery. She loudly accused Xiao Yanci of provoking Zhou Wangshu, saying Su Yaoguang bought him because he was cheap and didn’t really like him, adding that Zhou Wangshu was poor in his studies and skills, with nothing but a handsome face to show for it. He also said Zhou Wangshu served others with his looks, just used as a plaything.
"He even said Miss Su truly likes him."
Su Yaoguang listened to these words, finding them stranger the more she heard.
Xiao Yanci was a pretentious person, someone who cherished his reputation greatly. Even if he thought this way, he would not let himself show such an ugly side.
Xiao Yanci’s face flushed red with anger, glaring at the woman: "Nonsense, I never said such things."
"Others can testify," the woman said, looking around, "Isn’t that right?"
The surrounding people quickly echoed, saying that Xiao Yanci knew well that Miss Su had a husband, yet still entertained wild dreams, like a toad wanting to eat swan meat.
"You people were all bribed by Zhou Wangshu to falsely accuse me. And you, Zhou Wangshu, how despicable of you, spilling the soup on purpose and insisting it was me."
Zhou Wangshu frowned, speaking aggrievedly: "Yaoguang, I didn’t say he spilled it; he didn’t spill it."
"Miss Su, don’t listen to him. He didn’t openly splash it, because if he dared do that to Young Master Zhou, we would’ve sent him to the government. Just hitting him a few times wouldn’t be enough. He knew full well that Young Master Zhou was carrying a soup pot over and deliberately tripped him, causing the hot soup to spill on him."
"How is this behavior any different from attempted murder?"
The crowd rebuked Xiao Yanci.
Su Yaoguang said to Jiang Jing beside her, "What did Xiao Ci do to attract so much displeasure?"
Jiang Jing shook her head: "I don’t know either!"
"Alright, stop fighting." Zhang Zhaodi shouted, "You’re all patients, so why are you making such a racket? My head is spinning. Xiao, I’ll inform your family to come take care of you. Our Wang Shu is willing to look after you, so you should be grateful, and yet you dare to bully him? Do you really think our Wang Shu has no backing? You’re so unwelcome, we’ll just have to arrange a separate place for you. Fortunately, with plenty of recovered patients recently, enough rooms have been freed up to give you a single dormitory."
"Aunt Zhang, this Zhou Wangshu is two-faced. He led these people to wrongly accuse me on purpose. How can you blindly believe it’s my fault?"
In a past life, she treated him so well, never once showing him a sour face. Now, in this life, without becoming his son-in-law, his true colors are so ugly.
When he passed the Champion Scholar exam, he even sent someone to invite her to the Capital City to enjoy a rich life. Unfortunately, she didn’t have that fortune, as she was killed by robbers on the way.
"What a hassle. With so many people condemning you, are you not going to reflect on the reasons yourself?" Zhang Zhaodi looked displeased, "We’re so busy every day, why stir up trouble for us?"
Zhang Zhaodi called over two young monks to move him to the previous meditation room.
Upon hearing about returning to the meditation room, Xiao Yanci’s face darkened. He didn’t want to go, but with so many people watching him coldly, making his back chill, he had no choice but to grab his bag and follow.
As he passed by Zhou Wangshu, he said fiercely, "Zhou Wangshu, this isn’t over between us."
"Miss Su, he’s threatening Young Master Zhou again," Aunt Zhang shouted, "We all heard it."
"This person is truly shameless."
"Indeed, all because Young Master Zhou seems easy to bully."
Xiao Yanci was so angry his chest hurt. He had to get away from here quickly, else he feared he couldn’t contain his urge to hit someone.
He glanced at Su Yaoguang, his eyes full of grievance.
"See that? He’s always looking at Miss Su with that seducing demeanor. If that’s not trying to seduce her, then what is?"
"Exactly, for a grown man to be so dissolute."
"I heard he has two women competing over him, is he from a brothel?"
"What kind of scholar is he? Truly a disgrace to all scholars."
Xiao Yanci left in disgrace.
A gentleman like him couldn’t handle this many shrews; he had to act wisely.
"Yaoguang, let’s apply some medicine on Wangshu first!" Jiang Jing handed her a bottle of ointment.
"Okay."
Su Yaoguang led Zhou Wangshu away.
Once they were far from others, Su Yaoguang led him to sit at a stone table, putting his arm on the table, lifting his sleeve to apply the medicine.
"What really happened just now?" Su Yaoguang asked.
Zhou Wangshu lowered his eyes and said, "Do you feel sorry for him?"
Su Yaoguang pressed hard on his arm: "Feeling sorry for a..."
"Ah, it hurts..." Zhou Wangshu yelped in pain.
Su Yaoguang quickly leaned down to blow on it, nervously apologizing, "Sorry, sorry, I didn’t mean it. Who asked you to say such random things to annoy me?"
Zhou Wangshu saw the anxious look on her face, a mischievous smile flashed in his eyes.
"Actually, I don’t care how he is, but did he really say those things?" Su Yaoguang asked, "Regardless of whether he said it, just consider the words you heard earlier as nonsense."
"I didn’t take it to heart. A man like him is like the water of the Nile River. Some wash clothes there, some wash diapers. Even if it looks clean, it’s dirty long ago."
Su Yaoguang murmured, "Turns out cursing can be done so elegantly."
In her two lives, her biggest success was a bit of Divine Power in this one, so when something didn’t go her way, she’d resort to fists.
Zhou Wangshu watched Su Yaoguang apply medicine for him.
In the dream, Xiao Yanci disparaged Su Yaoguang as vulgar, but it was his eyes that were the problem. Su Yaoguang dared to love and hate with sincerity, not a hundred times better than his conceited Jiang Yihuan?
If his plan succeeded, he’d find her a powerful and influential suitor so she’d not only be wealthy but also have power, letting Xiao Yanci know what was truly out of reach.
"What are you daydreaming about? I asked you something. What are you thinking?" Su Yaoguang waved her hand in front of him.
"What?"
"I asked if it hurts?" Su Yaoguang said, leaning down to blow on the red scalded area.
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