Abandoned Woman Busy Farming

Chapter 1162: Chapter 1164: Heart-Wrenching Pain_1

Bai Ruozhu smiled indifferently, ”You’d better kill me and see if it’s easier to report back.”

The man raised his hand to slap Bai Ruozhu, but Bai Ruozhu quickly said, ”You know my expertise with poison is formidable, so I advise you to be careful. Touching me anywhere could result in poisoning, and you might end up like your brother.”

A flicker of panic crossed the man’s eyes, and he ultimately didn’t dare to follow through with the slap. Bai Ruozhu quietly soothed Furball, or else it would have charged over and bitten him.

After many twists and turns, the horse carriage finally reached its destination. Bai Ruozhu realized it was the village they had previously inquired about Jiang Yichun. She couldn’t help but worry, fearing these people might have done something to the villagers.

She was rudely dragged off the horse carriage, but not by the man from before. Even though they were all masked, she could tell them apart by their builds. The person who dragged her this time had his hands wrapped in cloth, thoroughly covered.

It seemed her poison skills were indeed deterring.

Entering the house, it turned out to be Doctor Zhou’s home. Doctor Zhou had been subdued. Seeing Bai Ruozhu without a gauze cap, he exclaimed in surprise, ”You are that young master? How come you’re a woman!”

Bai Ruozhu smiled apologetically at him, ”It’s more convenient to travel in men’s clothing.”

Once Doctor Zhou realized it was indeed her, he immediately pleaded pitifully, ”It’s good you’re here. Please explain to them quickly that I don’t know you at all and tell them to leave my home immediately.”

”Shut up! You saved someone you shouldn’t have, and you’re lucky we didn’t kill you!” one of the masked men shouted, his voice the same as the one who had threatened Bai Ruozhu before.

Bai Ruozhu laughed lightly from the side, then looked at the masked men, saying, ”So the person he saved was one of your own, and that’s also considered unworthy of saving? Is this how you treat your subordinates? If it wasn’t for him being driven mad by the Soul Capture Technique, he would be heartbroken to hear this.”

Enraged, one of the masked men rushed at Bai Ruozhu and swiftly sealed her speech acupoint.

Bai Ruozhu was startled, but she quickly calmed Furball down.

The masked man then questioned Doctor Zhou further. Only then did they finally confirm that the person Doctor Zhou had saved was one of their men sent to search for Jiang Yichun. Bai Ruozhu did not mention that the man had been injured by Jiang Yichun; instead, she deliberately suggested they had been tracked to this place. The masked man instinctively suspected it was Bai Ruozhu and her people who had harmed him.

Arriving at this conclusion, the masked man was furious. Having no outlet for his anger, and not daring to touch Bai Ruozhu, he instead slapped Doctor Zhou twice.

Poor Doctor Zhou had kindly saved someone, only to find himself in a dangerous situation, and had even been hit for no reason.

That day, the masked men hid in Doctor Zhou’s home and placed him under house arrest. Bai Ruozhu was also incapacitated with her acupoints sealed and was confined in a room next to Doctor Zhou’s house.

Bai Ruozhu felt incredibly bored. Her original intention was to be captured to clear up who was behind the attack on Jiang Yichun. However, she did not expect these people to hide her in a small village, nor to come into contact with the higher-ups. Her capture had become meaningless, hadn’t it?

Knock, knock, knock. Urgent knocks on the Zhou Family’s main gate were followed by a child’s voice: ”Doctor Zhou, please open the door quickly. I saw the wheel tracks of the horse carriage. Has that kind-hearted young master come back?”

The leader of the masked men glanced at Doctor Zhou and asked what was going on. Doctor Zhou, lowering his voice and sounding nervous, replied, ”It’s a child from the village. He probably remembers the last time that Miss gave him dimsum and has come for more.”

”Let him in. Don’t expose us, or else...” the leader of the masked men made a throat-slitting gesture.

Doctor Zhou hesitated for a moment, ”Maybe I should send him away instead.”

He was a kindhearted man and couldn’t bear the thought of the child falling into danger as well.

Bai Ruozhu’s heart pounded wildly in the side room—she recognized the child’s voice. That clever little one who had seen Doctor Zhou bring a patient home and then led them to Doctor Zhou’s house was likely called Guoguo.

She deeply regretted giving dimsum to those children, for otherwise, Guoguo wouldn’t have come here.

”Guoguo, the young master hasn’t returned, so don’t disturb my rest. Hurry home,” Doctor Zhou said urgently.

”You’re not just eating dimsum and refusing to open the door, are you?” Guoguo asked incredulously.

Doctor Zhou, stomping his feet in frustration, said, ”What are you thinking, child? Do you really think I, an adult, would enjoy such childish treats? Quickly leave, or you’ll anger me!”

Scared by Doctor Zhou’s shouting, Guoguo turned and ran towards home. He ran all the way there and said to his father, ”Dad, something’s not right with Doctor Zhou. Could he be sick?”

”What’s wrong, what happened?” Guoguo’s father asked.

Giving an account of his visit to Doctor Zhou’s home and tilting his little head, Guoguo ventured, ”Or maybe some bad people got into Doctor Zhou’s house, and he got beaten up?”

Countryside folk are often kind-hearted; upon hearing this, Guoguo’s father couldn’t ignore it and immediately set out with Guoguo toward Doctor Zhou’s home.

The father and son didn’t knock on the door but sneakily climbed over the wall of Doctor Zhou’s yard, hoping to see if there were any intruders harming Doctor Zhou. However, the moment they climbed atop the wall, someone grabbed them and threw them down.

”Ouch, my back is going to break,” Guoguo’s father groaned in pain, lying on the ground. He turned to see Guoguo, with a busted head and blood flowing from the corner of his mouth.

Rushing out of the room upon hearing the noise, Doctor Zhou shouted desperately, ”Don’t hurt them!”

The masked gang leader slashed with his sword, and Doctor Zhou’s gauze cap flew off, hair clipped away in chunks.

Frozen with fear by such a spectacle, both Guoguo and his father had never seen anything like it. After a few seconds, Guoguo came to his senses and began to cry out loud in horror.

”Shut up!” The gang leader, furious, charged over and kicked Guoguo hard in the chest. Guoguo, unable to make a sound, flew out like a torn sack and crashed heavily to the side.

”Guoguo!” Guoguo’s father cried out, his eyes red with fury. He charged at the gang leader, shouting, ”I’ll fight you to the death!”

The gang leader looked at him with disdain, ”Courting death!”

The next second, Guoguo’s father remained standing, but his head had already fallen to the ground, blood splattering the yard—herbal medicines laid out to dry were stained blood red.

Doctor Zhou, too, turned pale with fear at the sight, completely losing control of his emotions. He screamed and rushed toward the main gate; he didn’t want to stay with these evil demons—he wanted to escape.

Finally reaching the main gate, he felt a sharp pain in his back. Looking down, he saw a sword had pierced through him from behind, protruding from his chest—he could see the bloody tip...

Bai Ruozhu, in the room, immobilized and mute from acupoint blockage, roared internally, ”Don’t you dare harm them! Otherwise, I’ll make you wish you were dead!”

Yet the screams outside, like a curse, entered her ears, causing her heart to ache so much she could hardly breathe...