Why My Domineering Prince Regretted Filing for Divorce?-Chapter 674 - 534: Make His Heart Flutter Again_2

Hearing such almost unreasonable words, Yu Wenye felt a mix of exasperation and amusement. But looking at Shang Ruyi’s earnest demeanor, he couldn’t really be angry or find it funny. After pondering for a while, he sighed and could only sit back down.

Then he said, "Besides the twenty-odd doctors found from various medical halls in the West City, the Imperial Medical Bureau only left one Medical Supervisor and three Medical Directors in Changle Square."

Upon hearing this, Shang Ruyi frowned, "Why are there so few?"

Yu Wenye looked at her, "Why do you think?"

"..."

Shang Ruyi knitted her brows and thought carefully, then understood — although Daxing City was divided into West and East City for the two brothers to govern, the two cities were not the same. The city’s high officials and nobles, including rich merchants and wealthy families, almost all resided in East City — even the Duke Mansion was located in Longqing Square in East City, while more impoverished citizens lived in West City.

In this situation, the Imperial Medical Bureau understood where the priority lay.

So —

The current situation is that there are more patients in West City, more deaths, and the populace doesn’t heed guidance, fleeing everywhere, causing the epidemic to resurface. Meanwhile, Changle Square is crowded with patients, and there aren’t enough doctors or medicines available.

This is the predicament faced by Yu Wenye.

Even though in the morning, they already understood that this was a situation bound to be lost. They could only try to do as much as possible under the premise of admitting defeat to save some people, but being constrained at every turn truly makes one feel extremely repressed and uncomfortable.

Yu Wenye is an almost invincible military general, galloping across the battlefield, never retreating.

But this time, he indeed encountered a thorny problem.

After a long silence, seeming to have made up her mind, Shang Ruyi looked up at him again, with a determined gaze, "Feng Chen, let me go to Changle Square."

"No way!"

As soon as he finished his words, he rejected her firmly and decisively.

Seeing the anger rising between Yu Wenye’s brows, Shang Ruyi didn’t argue head-on with him. Instead, she thought for a moment before saying, "I can help you."

"No need!"

Yet again, it was in that harsh tone, completely leaving no room for negotiation.

He even yanked his wrist out of Shang Ruyi’s grasp with force, and that strength seemed quite angry.

But Shang Ruyi still said calmly, "Why won’t you let me go? Is it because — the epidemic might infect me, that it’s dangerous, right?"

"You know and you still say it?"

"But, you also have to go out every day to work, and I’ve never stopped you."

"..."

"Am I someone who doesn’t care about your life?"

Yu Wenye’s expression turned somewhat unpleasant, seemingly unwilling to hear her continue, coldly saying, "What’s all this talk for, that’s my responsibility."

After speaking, he was about to get up and leave again.

But this time, Shang Ruyi was faster, reaching out with both hands to grab one of his wrists firmly. Yu Wenye was about to struggle, but when he turned around, he met her serious, almost piercing gaze, steadily looking into his eyes — for once, he was the one whose gaze flickered, seeming to want to retreat.

Shang Ruyi said, "Isn’t it my responsibility too?"

Yu Wenye turned his face aside, "You’re just a woman, what responsibility do you have?"

Shang Ruyi’s eyes opened even wider. She simply dragged his hand without letting go, directly walking in front of him, lifting her head to look straight into his eyes, saying solemnly, "Why don’t women have responsibility? I clearly know medical skills, and when we were in Fufeng, it was I who cured your illness. I know better than those Medical Supervisors and Medical Directors how to handle this illness now, yet you won’t let me go."

"..."

"That’s you being irresponsible."

"You—!?"

Yu Wenye was both angry and annoyed, yet couldn’t speak. He obviously wasn’t at fault; this matter hadn’t fallen on Shang Ruyi from start to finish, but hearing it from her, it seemed he became the petty one, while she was righteous, selfless, and wholly for the public good.

Yu Wenye gritted his teeth, "Do you want others to think that I can’t protect you?"

"..."

"Not only can’t I protect you, but also have to rely on you."

Seeing his somewhat difficult-to-speak, but also somewhat annoyed expression, Shang Ruyi seemed to understand but also confused — who are the others?

Why does he care about this?

With a surge of doubt in her heart, Shang Ruyi looked again at Yu Wenye, who was even more awkward, seemingly a bit annoyed at having voiced those words, and was even starting to get angry with her. She couldn’t help but mutter, "But haven’t you always been protecting me?"