C13 I Have a Guilty Conscience

Bi Yao asked, “What about Zhang Ma? And the drug? Miss, you don’t care?”

“Of course not.” Mu Jia smiled and shook her head. “We have to beat the grass before we can startle the snake.”

…

Jiayuan, Year 24, 11th month, 5th day.

Mu Family.

Zhang Ma had been uneasy these two days. The little girl in the west courtyard, Bi Yao, had been running around the house. She was the lady’s maid. She couldn’t stop her from going out. Besides, she was going out to buy food and snacks under Mu Jia’s name. There was nothing wrong with her. So Zhang Ma couldn’t stop her.

But Tong Xiuchun had told her not to come into contact with the people in the west courtyard. Zhang Ma knew what Tong Xiuchun was worried about. So she was very uneasy.

On this day, Zhang Ma quietly followed behind Bi Yao. She saw Bi Yao enter the Chuanxiang House. After a while, she took out a food box. She didn’t go back directly, but went in the opposite direction… to a clinic called Huai Ren Hall.

What was the girl doing in the clinic?

Zhang Ma’s heart was in her throat. She hid behind the wall and stamped her feet. She finally saw Bi Yao come out of the clinic. Zhang Ma quickly went into the clinic like a yellow fish.

“Madam, are you here to see a doctor or to get medicine?” The little apprentice from Huai Ren Hall came up to greet Zhang Ma.

“No, no, no. I’m not looking for a doctor or taking a prescription. This young man, let me ask you something.” Mother Zhang walked to the counter and asked the apprentice with a smile, “The girl who just went out. What does she do here? Buy medicine or look for a doctor?”

The apprentice looked at Mother Zhang’s expression and thought of Bi Yao’s instructions. He rubbed the silver coin that Bi Yao gave him and rolled his eyes. Then he put on an embarrassed look. “Madam, I’m afraid it’s not convenient for me to tell you…”

“Young man, don’t worry. That’s my daughter. I don’t know what to do when my daughter comes to the clinic. How can I not worry?” Mother Zhang looked like she was about to cry. She silently stuffed a silver coin into the young man’s hand and said with a choked voice, “Young man, can you understand my feelings?”

“Understand, understand, especially understand.” The young man nodded like he was pounding garlic. He put the silver coin away and whispered into Mother Zhang’s ear, “Your daughter didn’t buy anything. She’s not sick or unwell. Madam, don’t worry.”

Mother Zhang’s face turned red when she heard that. “How can you be like this? You took the money, but you didn’t tell me the truth!”

The young man accused her wrongly. “Madam, what I said was the truth. If you don’t believe me, I can’t do anything!”

“You!” Mrs. Zhang was so angry. She looked at the young man who was so stubborn. She glared at the young man and then left angrily.

After Mrs. Zhang left, the young man took out the silver coins in his arms and weighed them in his hands. He smiled so much that his eyes turned into two lines. “It would be good if there was such a business in the world!”

“Little Hu, what’s so happy about?” A young man in a grey robe and a medicine box came in from the backyard and asked casually.

“Brother Luo, there was a pie falling from the sky just now. How can I not be happy?” Little Hu smiled at the young man and asked, “Brother Luo, are you going to the Deng Residence again?”

This person was none other than the most famous doctor in Huai Ren Hall, Luo Zhi.

“Yes.” Luo Zhi nodded and went out of the door without saying anything.

…

After Mrs. Zhang returned to the Mu Residence, she felt more and more uneasy. Why did Bi Yao go to Huai Ren Hall? She had gone there several times. She naturally didn’t believe the young man’s words. She thought that Bi Yao was with the young man, but what were they hiding from her?

Mrs. Zhang naturally thought of the medicine. She was so anxious that she was like an ant. She wanted to report to Tong Xiuchun, but she went to the door and then came back.

No, she absolutely could not let Tong Xiuchun know about this.