章 17: Ashen Face

When Lu Jiao heard this, she turned to look at Shen Xiu, and said with a half smile, "Ergou's wife, you must never give food to my family's Yunjin in the future. You are a widow, and if you give food to men, it won't build up a good reputation."

After Lu Jiao finished speaking, she turned around and left, and everyone in Xie Clan Village was confused, "Ergou's wife, who is Ergou's wife?"

"That too a widow? Who the hell gave Yunjin food?"

As everyone was talking, they thought of Shen Xiu's husband's name. It seemed to be Su Ergou. Shen Xiu's husband was dead, and she was a young widow. Did Ergou's wife refer to Shen Xiu?

Everyone looked at Shen Xiu, and when they thought about Lu Jiao's words, their expressions were not very pleasant.

They knew that this woman wanted to marry Yunjin in the past, and she and Yunjin were childhood sweethearts, but Yunjin never said anything about marrying her, and the two had never finalised anything.

At that time, Lu Jiao made a scene because of this. They didn't expect that this woman would marry someone else, but that man would die, and she would become a widow. But now she even went to deliver food to someone else's husband.

This is too much.

Shen Xiu listened to the discussion about her and cried and ran away. Everyone behind her whispered, saying that she was not good.

Lu Jiao ignored this and went back to decocting the medicine for Xie Yunjin again.

While she was pouring out the decoction, a few people came outside the fence of their house. It was the second grandma's family.

Xie Laifu, Mrs. Zhao, Xie Xiaobao and Second Grandma.

But the family didn't come in. They stood outside the fence and said, "Yunjin's wife, are you there?"

Lu Jiao just came out with the medicine. Seeing the second grandma's family, she quickly greeted her, "Second grandma, why did you come here?"

The second grandma said, with a smile, "We came over to thank you for helping Xiaobao take out the fish bone."

Lu Jiao opened the bamboo door and motioned for them to come in, saying, "It's okay, it wasn't much of a hassle. "

Xie Laifu glanced at Mrs Zhao. Mrs Zhao thought of how unfriendly she had been to Lu Jiao before, and immediately stepped forward to apologize.

"Yunjin's wife, Sister-in-law apologizes to you. Please accept my apologies. Please don't resent Sister-in-law. Sister-in-law's words were disrespectful and unpleasant."

After Mrs Zhao finished speaking, she took out fifty copper coins from her sleeve and stuffed them into Lu Jiao's hand. Lu Jiao immediately declined.

"Sister-in-law, it's fine. I don't charge money, you can take it back."

Mrs Zhao wanted to shove it again, but the second grandma said, "Okay, remember Jiaojiao's favor, and return it in the future."

Lu Jiao smiled, embarrassed, and said, "It was pretty easy. You don't need to remember it."

Xie Laifu and Mrs Zhao's eyes were looking at Lu Jiao in a different light. Yunjin's wife has really changed, for the better, not bad.

Xie Laifu asked Lu Jiao, "How is Yunjin doing now?"

"He's fine."

Xie Laifu said, "Let's go see him."

Lu Jiao led them to the east bedroom, but there was no place to sit in the east bedroom.

Xie Laifu looked at this poor family, and was very disappointed with the cold-blooded ruthlessness of the Old Master Xie's family, and looked at Xie Yunjin with sympathy.

"Yunjin, how are you feeling? Is it better?"

Xie Yunjin naturally noticed Xie Laifu's sympathetic eyes. Unintentionally, an icy aura grew around his body, and his brows seemed to droop with sadness.

Once, these people looked at him with admiration, as if he and they were not from the same world.

Now he has become the object of others' sympathy. Xie Yunjin thought of this, and felt as if his heart was blocked with something.

"Thank you, Brother Laifu, for your concern. I'm fine."

Xie Laifu sighed. How could he be fine if he was injured like this? Although he seemed to be fine at the moment, he still didn't know if he could survive it. His ashen face seemed hideous.

Xie Laifu wanted to help, but when he thought of the cost of two doses of medicine, he couldn't do anything, so he could only comfort him with a heavy heart.

"Yunjin, don't think too much about it. Everyone has their lucky day, and you will be fine."

Mrs Zhao also nodded in agreement, while the second grandma walked over and patted Xie Yunjin to console him. "Good boy, you will be fine, everything will be fine."

Xie Yunjin nodded. "Yes."

Xie Laifu and Mrs Zhao asked about the four children with concern and also reminded Xie Xiaobao to take good care of the quadruplets in the future. Xie Xiaobao nodded repeatedly.

When the family finally left, Lu Jiao sent them out and went back to the room to feed Xie Yunjin some medicine.

In the room, Xie Yunjin was lying on the bed with an ashen face. He hadn't moved for a long time. He seemed like a tree that had lost its vitality.

He turned and stared at Lu Jiao, then said, "Lu Jiao, if something happens to me, will you treat the four children kindly?"

After Xie Yunjin finished speaking, before Lu Jiao could say anything, the quadruplets, who were sitting on the big bed, cried in fright.

"Daddy."

"I don't want Daddy to die."

"Daddy, take the medicine now. You'll be fine after taking the medicine."

Lu Jiao stared at Xie Yunjin with an ugly face, "What nonsense are you talking about at night? See how scared the children are."

Xie Yunjin turned and looked beside him, and found the quadruplets looking sad and obviously frightened.

Xie Yunjin immediately felt distressed and scolded himself for being muddle-headed.

How could he hand over the four little guys to Lu Jiao? Doesn't he know who Lu Jiao is? She treats the quadruplets kindly now because she wants to either divorce him or ease their relationship.

If he died, she would definitely not treat the quadruplets well. So he couldn't die.

When Xie Yunjin figured it out, his body's vitality seemed to come back, his brows and eyes glowed, and he looked cold and proud, like a plum blossom coming to life even while being covered in frost.

His eyebrows softened when he looked at the quadruplets.

"Okay, don't cry. Daddy will be fine. Daddy takes medicine, and when his injury heals, he will teach you to read."

The eldest of the quadruplets immediately wiped away his tears and pointed to the medicine bowl in Lu Jiao's hand.

"Then take the medicine quickly."

Lu Jiao glared at Xie Yunjin sternly, reached out to help him tilt slightly, and fed him the medicine.

This time, Xie Yunjin was quite cooperative and quickly drank a bowl of medicine.

When the quadruplets saw that he had drank the medicine, their tears finally stopped, but all four pairs of eyes were red, their faces were full of worry, and they all sat beside Xie Yunjin in fear and anxiety.

When Xie Yunjin saw them like this, he felt as if his heart had been stabbed. These are his children. How could he abandon them?

Even if he was paralyzed and lame, he would still live by their side. How pitiful children would be without a father!

Xie Yunjin laboriously stretched out his hand to touch the quadruplets' heads, "Okay, Daddy is bad. He shouldn't say those words to scare you all. It's getting late. Go to bed."

The quadruplets huddled carefully beside him, and each of the four little guys stretched out one hand to hold his clothes, as if afraid that he would leave them.

When Lu Jiao looked at such a scene, she felt very uncomfortable. She looked at Xie Yunjin and said, angrily.

"If I say that I'll find someone to cure your leg, I'll do it. Don't scare them again in the future."