AWB Chapter 248 Everyone Has a Heart for Gossip
Chapter 248 Everyone Has a Heart for Gossip
Chapter 248 Everyone has a gossipy heart
In the carriage, Xu Rongrong called Luo Shu over and whispered a few words in his ear.
Luo Shu nodded continuously upon hearing this, then swiftly jumped off the carriage and ran towards the crowd in front of the drugstore.
Mu Rong watched the entire process and heard Xu Rongrong's instructions. After Luo Shu left, he smiled and said, "Didn't you say Shu Qing could handle it himself? Why did you send Luo Shu to help?"
Xu Rongrong's eyes curved, "Shu Qing is naturally adept at medical skills. But if we want more people to know about his expertise, we naturally need support and encouragement."
After saying that, she looked out the window.
Previously, she was thinking of using the drug administration incident to make Shu Qing famous in the capital, but she didn't expect that the opportunity would come to her so soon. Now that a life has been saved, then the rest... is up to her.
Luo Shu squeezed under the medicine shed and looked at the pale-faced woman, smacking his lips a little exaggeratedly. "Oh my! Look at your clothes, they've been washed until they're white, and you're reluctant to throw them away. The cuffs are even patched up. But the little money you saved by living frugally, your husband took it all to give to that prostitute."
"Isn't it? I heard that a cup of tea in a brothel costs two taels of silver. If you want to go upstairs, I'm afraid it will cost at least ten taels." Someone in the crowd whispered.
"How do you know so much about this? It seems you go there often?"
"Bullshit! Have you ever seen a pig run even if you haven't eaten pork?"
Although the discussion among the crowd was not loud, the woman could hear it clearly.
Nothing could be more cruel than this. Her already pale complexion became even uglier now.
She was shaking with anger, and her eyes were filled with disbelief as she looked at her husband standing not far away.
The voice that caused everyone to talk was so familiar. Shu Qing looked in the direction of the voice and found it was Luo Shu.
Luo Shu participated in the discussion and nodded at Shu Qing.
He still had no idea what was going on. This must have been arranged by the county lord, so he began to make plans. He looked at the woman and said, "Do you still want to hide this for him? Do you know that everything he does is aimed at taking your life?"
"No... no..." The woman was still a little bit unbelievable at this time, she murmured and shook her head.
Luo Shu shouted from the side, "Of course not! We all saw it clearly. If it weren't for that miracle doctor's intervention, you would have died on the street! If you still don't tell the truth and only care about defending this treacherous man, I'm afraid that the next time he strikes, you won't have the same good luck as today." "This little girl has a point. If you have something to hide, please tell us quickly so that we can all help you."
"Yeah yeah!"
Luo Shu's words once again attracted many people to agree.
Some of them were genuinely concerned about the woman, but more were just curious. But no matter what the motive was, it didn't matter. What Xu Rongrong wanted was the truth forced out by everyone's chatter.
Seeing that everyone was unanimously trying to stand up for his wife, the man got anxious. He glared at his wife and said, "You! Don't talk nonsense! Besides, why would I go to a place like that?"
"If you really have never been there, how could you have come into contact with the scent of lingxiang?" someone asked loudly.
Another person revealed the man's identity: "I've seen you before. Aren't you the coolie who carries packages at the cart shop? That kind of work only pays twenty cents a day. How much money did you cheat your wife out of going to that brothel?"
Hearing this, Luo Shu said meaningfully, "Oh... no wonder. I'm afraid your wife is unwilling to give you money, so you killed her!"
"Bullshit! What kind of money can she give me? She can't even earn ten cents a day!"
"So since she has no money to give you and is not as pretty as the girls in the brothel, you don't want to keep her even more." Luo Shu interrupted.
"Uh..." The man choked for a moment.
"Hu San!" The woman's eyes widened in anger, her whole body trembling with anger. "You are such a beast!"
Seeing this, the man named Hu San knew that something was wrong and hurriedly wanted to rush over to cover his wife's mouth.
But the people around him would not let him succeed, and they held him down before he could make a move.
The woman's eyes were red as she rolled up her sleeves, revealing the scars on her arms. "It's been over ten years. I've been with you for over ten years, and you've beaten me for over ten years! You said I was useless and a burden to you, and when you were wronged outside, you came back to take it out on me. I endured it all! But you actually want to kill me for someone from that filthy place?"
"The day before yesterday, you came home drunk and beat me to death with a stick without asking why. You... you are so cruel!"
The woman couldn't stop crying.
The onlookers were amazed, and some women even spat in Hu San's face: "What a beast!"
Hu San was held down and couldn't move. The two people who came with him also hid behind the crowd and dared not show their heads, for fear of getting into trouble by accident.
Hu San wanted to cry but had no tears. He could only shout at the top of his lungs, "Don't listen to their instigation! If I really wanted to kill you, why would I send you here for treatment?"
His shout suddenly made the crowd quiet down.
Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment. This was indeed true. If he really wanted to harm his wife, he could have just left her at home to die. Why bother bringing her out for treatment?
Seeing this, Hu San knew that everyone was persuaded by his words, so he tried to break free from the restraints and stand up.
But Shu Qing's words brought him down to the bottom again:
"The reason you sent her here wasn't to save her, but because you were sure I couldn't save her, right?"
Shu Qing looked at Hu San coldly: "I just said that her symptoms were already very serious yesterday. If you really wanted to save her, you should have sent her to the hospital yesterday. But you ignored her and insisted on waiting until she was only breathing her last. What exactly are you thinking?"
"I...how can I feel at ease! I just don't understand." Hu San argued cunningly.
"Bullshit!" the woman scolded him. "Yesterday, I couldn't move. I was lying on the ground crying and begging you. What did you say? You scolded me for being so tough that I could still speak in this state! You insisted on waiting until I was out of breath and unable to speak before sending me here. It's not that you don't understand, but you are deliberately trying to hurt me."
"I think it's more than that," Luo Shu said coldly. "He's a man who earns so little money, and yet he has the money to go to a brothel? I was confused at first... but after hearing what the Divine Doctor said, I finally understood. He's probably trying to take advantage of your illness to cause trouble here! If you're not saved today, wouldn't the Divine Doctor's reputation be tarnished?!"
Mu Rong listened in the carriage and laughed, "It's true that the girl has taken after her master. Luo Shu is really patient, laying the groundwork all the way up until this point before making it clear."
Xu Rongrong was listening with great interest, but when she heard this comment out of the blue, she turned her head and gave him a sidelong glance: "People love to hear stories like this. If you get straight to the point right away, I'm afraid everyone will be bored."