Do Not Offend the Reborn Wicked Wife-Chapter 528: Shredded Cloth Strip

"Giddy-up, giddy-up, giddy-up!"

A carriage slowly moved forward, the driver being a servant from Long Yue’s residence, Old Liu.

"Madam, Kaiyang County is just ahead!"

Old Liu pulled the reins slightly and cheerfully spoke to the people inside the carriage.

"Great!"

Long Yue held Xiao Rui’er, soothing him to sleep. The little fellow had just been quite restless, but now suddenly calmed down, which was a bit strange.

Sitting beside them were Hongtang and Ning Xiang. Ning Xiang felt there was now someone competing with her for attention, which made her more diligent as she offered Long Yue a cup of tea.

"Madam, have some water to soothe your throat!"

Long Yue took the water, had a sip, looked at Duanmu Nan who sat opposite her resting with his eyes closed, and said, "Master, you should drink some water too; you haven’t eaten anything throughout the journey!"

"He’s in meditation, you don’t need to bother him!"

Next to Duanmu Nan sat Yun Jin and Gouzi, with Gouzi constantly munching away. Long Yue was speechless, wondering if the child would ever feel stuffed.

Suddenly, as the carriage jolted, Gouzi’s arms moved, causing his pastry to drop to the ground.

He looked painfully at the shattered pastry, grumbled, "Why are we on such a bumpy road? My bottom is sore!"

Outside, hearing this, Old Liu said, "Young master, this is the riverbank; it has sand and gravel, it’ll naturally be a bit bumpy. Madam, please be careful while seated."

"Stop the carriage!"

Long Yue also felt the bumps, and since the child had just fallen asleep, she didn’t want to disturb him. Hence, she instructed Old Liu to stop the carriage so she could come down for a walk.

Duanmu Nan slowly opened his eyes and stepped down from the carriage as well.

He accompanied Long Yue along the riverbank, gazing intently at the river nearby, suddenly, his eyes slightly narrowed, and he turned and walked over.

"Master?"

Long Yue hurried after him, uncertain of what he was going to do.

Duanmu Nan arrived at the riverbank, squatted down, stared at the rippling river water, and gently touched it.

"Yue’er, this water... is warm."

"Ah?"

Long Yue was startled, quickly testing the temperature herself. Indeed, the river water was warm!

Long Yue was shocked. How could this be?

"It seems the drought has a cause this time!"

Duanmu Nan said, just about to rise, when suddenly he glanced at the river not far away.

"Master, there’s blood floating over!"

Long Yue also saw it; ahead, a layer of blood gradually floated over the river surface.

"There’s been a conflict up ahead; casualties have occurred."

He spoke calmly, without taking action. Healing and saving lives were the doctor’s duty, but one must also weigh whether it would cause any trouble.

He glanced at the lady beside him, not wanting to cause her trouble.

However, Long Yue was stunned, for she saw something floating towards her on the river.

Yun Jin was right beside her. She handed Rui’er to Yun Jin, then ran along the riverbank, heading forward.

"Yue’er? Brother, what’s she doing?"

"Not sure, let’s go take a look!"

The two hurried after her, watching as she reached a spot on the riverbank, squatted down, and fished a piece of torn cloth from the water.

As she stared at the piece of cloth, her hand began to tremble.

"A Mu..." Her voice was hoarse and trembling, nearly sobbing, "Master, Madam, this is A Mu’s clothing fragment, he... something must have happened to him!"

Yun Jin was stunned, "Yue’er, calm down, perhaps it isn’t as you imagine? How about we go ahead and meet them to ask what happened?"

"Yes, Aunt Yue’er, don’t worry. Let’s first find Mr. Cui and the others!"

Gouzi, holding a pastry, spoke while eating as he approached.

Long Yue frantically shook her head, "No, no, this fabric belongs to A Mu, it’s... I personally made it for him, and I stitched the pattern on it one stitch at a time! This fell from A Mu’s clothes!"

Long Yue’s eyes brimmed with tears, she cried out, "He’s in trouble, he must be in trouble! He... he must have fallen into the river!"

Without waiting for Yun Jin and the others to react, Long Yue jumped into the water.

"Yue’er!" Yun Jin glanced at Duanmu Nan, who looked very calm, "Brother?"

He simply remained silent, watching the river surface as it splashed.

"Wait!"

After a moment, ripples surfaced, Long Yue floated up.

"No, nothing here!"

She caught her breath and then dove back underwater.

At this moment, Duanmu Nan, who hadn’t moved, finally took action, jumping into the water as well.

"Brother!"

Yun Jin watched the rippling water, wanting to follow, but he was holding the child, who had already woken, looking around with wide eyes, not seeing anyone familiar, he pouted, "Wah—".

Yun Jin had no choice but to soothe him.

Underwater, Long Yue searched all around. She saw a corpse ahead sinking down, blocked by two stones, lying there with black blood oozing out.

She immediately swam towards it, but unexpectedly she felt her body getting heavier, her breathing became more labored, and soon she fell unconscious.

"Yue’er."

As she lost consciousness, she fell into a warm embrace.

Duanmu Nan had noticed her face looking off when she surfaced, knowing that if she continued diving to find someone, something would happen, so he followed her down.

Sure enough, something happened!

Duanmu Nan looked at the corpse, the oozing foul blood carried strong toxins, coupled with Long Yue’s anxiousness, it made her poisoned.

He lowered his head to the person held in his arms, her delicate brow knit tightly, seemingly filled with unending sorrow.

Her breathing gradually became rapid, even somewhat stunted.

Duanmu Nan’s pupils contracted slightly, this was a sign of deep poisoning!

Not good!

Duanmu Nan’s mind warned it was dangerous, seeing the little woman’s increasingly rapid breathing, he sighed softly.

"Sorry..."

He murmured, leaned down, and kissed her.

Passing a breath of True Qi, it was to extend her life, yet the cold, soft sensation made his heart tremble, an unprecedented numbing sensation swept over him.

His form paused.

"A Mu..."

The low, murmuring voice came, followed by a violent coughing fit.

Duanmu Nan then snapped out from the dream-like feeling, looking down at the person choking hard, hurriedly carried her to the shore.

"Bang!"

The water surface exploded, Duanmu Nan directly carried her to the riverbank.

"Cough, cough, cough..."

Long Yue coughed frantically, a reflex from choking on water, not truly conscious. Yun Jin, seeing this, urgently asked, "Brother, what’s wrong? Why did Yue’er pass out?"

"Let’s go, find an inn, she’s poisoned!"

"There’s a tavern up ahead, let’s go there!"

Gouzi’s eyes lit up seeing the tavern, meaning there would be lots of delicious food.

Duanmu Nan placed Long Yue into the carriage, instructing Old Liu to drive quickly over.

"There’s someone ahead!"

Ning Xiang noticed several people ahead, resembling guards, heading towards them with urgency, seemingly searching for someone.

"I recognize these few; they came to Kaiyang with Mr. Li’s guards!"

Beside her, Hongtang who previously accompanied Long Yue on a farewell remembered them clearly.

Ning Xiang immediately said, "Then why are we dawdling? Quickly go ask those guards!"