The Fallen Medicine Woman: The Daily Life of Chun Nuan-Chapter 176 - 138: The Home That Cannot Be Returned To (Part 3)

Chun Nuan gave him a dirty look.

A child who hasn’t grown up.

"The Xiao Family is really heartless, knowing she’s in Black Mountain Cave, neither seeking leniency nor searching for her, they just declared her dead."

In fact, you can’t hide a fire with paper; everyone knows what happened to Xiao Chunlan, and the news of her death just evokes sighs.

"To protect the family’s reputation, isn’t this the usual practice?" Chun Nuan had not a trace of sympathy: "When she decided to attack me, she should have anticipated this outcome. It was either me or her who would suffer."

Even without Zhao Minghua taking action, Chun Nuan would definitely not let her go.

However, her methods might not be weaker than those in Black Mountain Cave.

Yes, Xiao Chunnuan is absolutely not as weak as she appears on the surface.

Over the past year, she tried everything to gather some medicinal herbs. Some powders have been produced, and she has gained the ability to protect herself.

Anyone who wants to harm her or her family will pay a hundredfold price.

"Yes, those from big families are all like this."

Zhao Minghua also felt emotional.

"If something had happened to me that day... "

"It won’t happen, I will never allow anything to happen to you." Zhao Minghua visibly panicked, stepping forward to grab Chun Nuan’s hand tightly: "Nuannuan, remember, no matter what happens, find a way to survive, as living brings hope, understand?"

Chun Nuan looked at the person in front of her, feeling truly warm inside.

"Don’t worry, in the future, I will protect you well."

"What, want to be a personal guard?"

"Not impossible." Zhao Minghua said: "As long as you don’t mind, I’m willing to accompany you twelve hours a day."

These words made Chun Nuan’s face slightly blush.

Some people do without saying, some say without doing, but Zhao Minghua is different; he says and does, constantly letting Chun Nuan feel his presence.

Ever since sending Grandma up the mountain, Chun Nuan still spent her days concocting medicines in the small courtyard in town, returning to the village at dusk, but now she had company on her way back: Zhao Minghua followed.

At times like these, as she quietly prepared medicine, Zhao Minghua would sit beside her, keeping her company. If she needed assistance, he happily ran back and forth, making Chun Nuan feel as if life were peaceful and warmly accompanied.

Unlike Chun Nuan, Xiao Chunlan went through countless hardships, appearing in tattered clothes at the gate of the Xiao Family estate, only to be driven away by the porter.

"Where did this beggar come from? Not even looking properly at where you are, is this a place you can come to?"

Xiao Chunlan raised her head to look at the familiar big gate, this was her home, and she had finally returned.

Heaven knows, she took advantage of the moment when the woman delivering food wasn’t paying attention, knocking her out with a stone, then changing into her clothes to escape disguised as her.

During the day she feared pursuit and could only walk at night, not knowing the way, wandering endlessly. Hungry, she ate roadside fruit and wild grass leaves. Thirsty, she drank water from ditches, suffering things she’d never experienced in her life. 𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚

All of this was caused by Xiao Chunnuan, waiting for revenge when she returned, finding someone to kill her.

After five days of struggling, her feet were worn raw, her whole self deteriorated, weak from hunger, barely able to lean on a bamboo stick reaching the Xiao Family estate, only to be relentlessly expelled.

"Ya ya wuuu..."

Desperately trying to tell the guards she’s Xiao Chunlan, continually pointing at her own face, but Uncle Chen at the gate habitually pushed her out.

"It’s really frustrating, you beggar woman, are you trying to die or what!" Uncle Chen berated while pushing: "Later the lady is taking the eldest miss back to her family, if she sees you in this state, she’ll say I’ve failed my duties and reduce my monthly silver, if you don’t leave, I’ll set the dogs on you."

The lady is my mother.

The eldest miss is me!

How could there be another eldest miss in the manor?

Xiao Chunlan despairingly sat down on the ground in front of the main gate.

"Hey, I’m telling you, you can’t sit here, why won’t you understand? This isn’t a place you should be sitting!" Uncle Chen was worried: "Get away, if you keep this up, I’ll have to release the dogs on you."

Xiao Chunlan feared dogs, laboriously standing up, her vision swimming, she stumbled and fell.

"Hey, don’t extort people, if you want to extort, do it elsewhere." Uncle Chen rushed forward, pulling her by the hand: "Hurry up and leave, the lady is coming out."