Chapter 351: Chapter 347: Won’t Let These People Off Easy

"More than just a lot of tables—a full ten of them."

Mrs. Chen gestured expansively.

"There wasn’t enough room in the courtyard, so they set them up right outside the gate."

Chen Xiumin was taken aback.

"Why set up so many? Could the Leng Family really have that many guests?"

Mrs. Chen had been bursting with gossip and had nowhere to share it!

She immediately pulled Chen Xiumin aside and started spilling the details.

Chen Xiumin listened in a daze, and she was downright shocked when she heard that Leng Yuan’s maternal uncle had returned and was now a high-ranking official.

"Xia Qiuming is back? And he’s a high-ranking official?"

Mrs. Chen nodded. "You bet. The county magistrate even accompanied him. You should have seen it—the magistrate didn’t even dare to raise his voice when speaking to him."

"See? I told you that boy Leng Yuan was blessed!"

Mrs. Chen shot Chen Xiumin a triumphant look.

The two of them were from the same village and had been very close since they were children. They had been friends for over forty years, and their bond was as strong as that between blood sisters.

Back then, everyone in the village was spreading rumors that Leng Yuan was a jinx, cursed to bring misfortune to those around him. None of the adults would let their children play with him.

But Mrs. Chen never believed any of it.

Her own son had been sickly since he was a boy, and many said he wouldn’t live to adulthood. But ever since he started playing with Leng Yuan, he had gradually grown stronger and healthier.

Now, he was a good fighter, with not a trace of his former frailty.

In the entire village, she was the only one who didn’t stop Chen JianShe from spending time with Leng Yuan.

Chen Xiumin had been a little afraid at first, too.

Later, Mrs. Chen had given her a talking-to. Plenty of people went up the mountain every year, she’d said, but Leng Junsheng was the only one who got bitten by a poisonous snake. What did that have to do with Leng Yuan?

As for Leng Yuan’s mother, Xia Qiushuang, her health had always been poor.

If Leng Junsheng hadn’t constantly hunted to earn money for her medicine over the years, she might not have even lived to see Leng Yuan turn sixteen.

She died of a broken heart soon after, so that had even less to do with Leng Yuan.

Only then did Chen Xiumin let go of her fears.

After all, she saw with her own eyes how Chen JianShe tagged along with Leng Yuan every day, and not a single thing had ever happened to him.

After getting an earful of gossip from Mrs. Chen, she couldn’t wait to get home.

As soon as she walked in the door, she saw her daughter had dragged out all the family’s stored soap beans and was messing around with them, though for what purpose, she couldn’t tell.

She couldn’t help but frown.

"Wen Wan, your fever just broke. Why aren’t you resting more?"

After she spoke, something felt off.

That morning, Xu Wenwan’s face had been bright red. When she’d touched her forehead, it was burning hot. She’d immediately called her two sons to take her to the County Town.

The brothers, Xu Chongshan and Xu Chongfeng, had dropped Xu Wenwan off and rushed right back.

As for Xu Wenwan, her fever had vanished by the time she reached the hospital in the County Town. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞

Still, the morning scare had been too much, so Chen Xiumin insisted the doctor prescribe something.

The doctor thought for a good long while before finally prescribing two bottles of glucose for Xu Wenwan.

Xu Wenwan was about to leave when Chen Xiumin brought the doctor over and forcibly hooked her up to the glucose IV...

Chen Xiumin had stayed with Xu Wenwan at the hospital during the IV, and by the time it was finished, it was already noon.

After they got back, Xu Wenwan was acting as if nothing had happened at all.

Even so, Chen Xiumin was still worried about her daughter’s health.

Xu Wenwan was trying to figure out how to make facial soap. ’I remember the person who taught me did it exactly like this,’ she thought, ’but I just can’t get it right.’ She was already growing impatient, so being scolded by her mother made her feel even worse.

"Mom, I’m fine already."

She was getting irritated.

’I knew Gu Jiaojiao and Leng Yuan were hosting that meal today, and that no one would be at the Leng residence. That’s why I had the system help me fake an illness this morning, successfully tricking my two brothers into taking me to the County Town.

But as soon as we got to the hospital, my two "wonderful" brothers just left.’

Xu Wenwan finally understood.

’My so-called family is selfish and cold-blooded. They don’t deserve to be my relatives.

Once I start making money, I won’t give these people a single cent.’