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Seeing fourth brotherâs indifferent expression and not mentioning the eighty taels she hadnât reported, Su Qingyue couldnât help feeling moved in her heart.
She composed herself and said lightly, âThereâs one more thing.â
Xiao Yishan looked at her with gentle eyes, âYueâer, go ahead.â
Yuchuan smiled and said, âGood wife, Iâm listening.â
âItâs like this.â Su Qingyue spoke calmly, âIâve developed a detoxification formula for the poison third brother has been afflicted with. However, I couldnât collect all the necessary herbs from the mountain. We need to buy a few more and Iâve already asked the price in advance â itâs quite expensive, requiring seventy taels. Since we didnât have that much money before, Iâm only mentioning it now.â
Xiao Yishan was very surprised, âChuan is not sick, but poisoned?â
Yuchuan was also astonished, âWife, do you mean Iâve been poisoned and not sick at all?â
âYes.â Su Qingyue nodded, âYouâre not sick, but poisoned, and have been for over four years. If we spend seventy taels on medicine, I can detoxify you.â She glanced at second brother and third brotherâs surprised expressions, obviously, she had told fourth brother about this matter before, but he hadnât told them.
Indeed, even if they sold all their possessions, including their house, they wouldnât have enough. Thatâs why she kept putting off buying the medicine to detoxify third brother â because there was no money.
With no money, third brotherâs poison couldnât be detoxified, so fourth brother saying anything was useless.
However, from this incident, it could be seen that fourth brother was truly not a talkative man.
Xiao Yuchuan believed her, but still said, âBut the doctors in town couldnât tell that I was poisonedâ¦â
âThatâs because the doctors you saw were not skilled enough.â She asked, âCan you think of anything you ate four years ago? This poison was made from Mandala Flower and was probably mixed into soup for you to drink. When you ate it, the soup should have had a bit of a weird taste. You wouldnât have fainted suddenly after eating it, but suffered the first attack half a month later. Whoever poisoned you didnât want to kill you, but to make you suffer from illness and poverty for a lifetime.â
Xiao Yuchuan tried to recall, âBut I didnât offend anyone at that timeâ¦â
Su Qingyue gently reminded him, âA vendetta wouldnât be so lenient. Generally speaking, this must have been a womanâs method. You probably dallied with some wildflowers outside and someone held a grudge against you.â
Xiao Yuchuanâs face changed slightly upon hearing this, âCould it beâ¦â
She snorted coldly, âYou remember now?â
Xiao Yuchuan looked at her carefully, âWife, are you jealous?â
She said expressionlessly, âI donât know the details, so whatâs there to be jealous of? Besides, do you even deserve my jealousy?â
âWife, that makes me sadâ¦â He pouted his mouth.
Su Qingyueâs gaze swept over second and fourth brotherâs faces, it seemed that they knew what had happened to Chuan.
Only she was an outsider.
Xiao Yishan remained silent for a moment, âYueâer, third brotherâs private affairs are not for me to discuss. Let him explain to you himself.â
âI donât care to know either.â She replied indifferently.
âWifeâ¦â Xiao Yuchuan tried to act pitiful, but she simply didnât look at him.
Xiao Yishan took a look at the money on the table, âYueâer earned so many silver taels, and second brother certainly hopes you can take out seventy taels to buy medicine for third brother and cure him first. However, since youâre the one who earned the money, how you spend it should be your decision.â