This Life, I'm Raising the Right Man

Chapter 248: Chapter 233: Rotten Peach Blossoms

Su Yaoguang looked after the guests well and turned around, not seeing Zhou Wangshu anywhere.

"Aunt, where’s Wang Shu?"

Zhang Yingdi smiled at her, "Young couples, can’t stand being apart for even a moment."

"Not really." Su Yaoguang denied, embarrassed. "Aunt, why are you teasing me too?"

"Look, isn’t he back now?" Zhang Yingdi gestured toward the door.

Su Yaoguang turned around, seeing Zhou Wangshu coming in with a cold expression.

She found it odd and stepped forward to greet him, but then noticed a young girl following behind Zhou Wangshu.

The girl had delicate features and was dressed luxuriously, surveying the room as she entered.

"You’re something else, I offered to pay three times the price for what you have, giving you so much silver for free, yet you’re still not satisfied."

"I don’t need it, and I won’t give it up." Zhou Wangshu impatiently swatted away the girl’s hand.

"What’s going on?" Su Yaoguang grabbed Zhou Wangshu’s arm, "Who is this person?"

Zhou Wangshu, displeased, looked at the girl, "I don’t know her, must be some crazy woman from somewhere."

"You call me crazy?" Yang Qingyan said angrily, "I just wanted to buy something from you that we both took a liking to."

"I told you, once I buy something, I don’t plan to sell it, no matter if you offer three, five, or ten times the money. Stop pestering."

After speaking, Zhou Wangshu took out the box from his arms, retrieved the jade hairpin, and placed it in Su Yaoguang’s hair.

"This is something for my wife, how could I give it to someone else?"

"Wife?" Yang Qingyan was shocked, examining Su Yaoguang carefully, and seeing that Su Yaoguang wasn’t inferior to her in looks or outfit, her eyes glinted with jealousy.

A merchant woman, how can she have such a handsome husband?

"Is there a problem?" Su Yaoguang said, waving her hand.

The attendants noticed the commotion and approached, staring at Yang Qingyan with unfriendly eyes.

Yang Qingyan took a few steps back, glaring at Zhou Wangshu fiercely, and cursed, "Ungrateful!"

After cursing, she ran off.

When Yang Qingyan left, Su Yaoguang smiled at the people around and said, "Sorry for the disturbance, please continue."

"Yaoguang, I just wanted to buy some jewelry for a wedding gift, but who knew I’d encounter such a mad woman. I originally intended to take my time choosing but was interrupted after picking out just one thing." Zhou Wangshu said, holding her hand, "We’ll go together next time, you can pick whatever you like."

"That’s fine. Didn’t you hear what my mother said? This place is both your maternal home and marital home, so since you own both, what’s important about giving a wedding gift? It’s just like taking from one hand and giving to the other, it’s all family property. If there’s something I like, I’ll certainly let you buy it for me. You’ll have plenty of opportunities to spend money on me."

"Alright." Zhou Wangshu listened to her words and smiled, "You must wear this jade hairpin."

"Okay."

Zhang Zhaodi felt a bit stifled today, not mentioning it to anyone at home, she went out for a walk.

As she reached the door, a person stumbled forward, falling at her feet.

Zhang Zhaodi: "..."

This fresh attempt at scamming was the first she’d seen.

She looked and her steps to leave stopped.

That face...

She slowly moved closer, squatted down, and parted his messy hair.

How can he look so similar?

No, that’s impossible.

It’s been over ten years, he never came back, surely dead somewhere out there.

Zhang Zhaodi let go of his collar, intending to strip his clothes for identification, suddenly hearing someone running over.

"He was just here in the front, how did he suddenly disappear?"

"Hurry, find him."

Zhang Zhaodi supported the unconscious Su Rende, dragging him toward Taoyao Square.

"Boss lady, this is..."

"Quickly help me support him."

The attendant hurriedly took the man over.

"Boss lady, where to send him?"

"Um... send him to the guest room!"

The attendant helped the man inside.

As soon as he was led away, several servants were nearby searching for something.

"The general has been drugged, if we don’t find him soon and send him to the madam, he might be taken advantage of by other women. The drug is very potent and has no antidote."

"Quickly, find him."

Zhang Zhaodi arranged for the man and had Jiang Jing called over.

Jiang Jing checked the pulse of the unconscious Su Rende and said, "Mother, he’s been drugged with the potent Hehuan Powder, there’s no antidote, he can only... cough..."

Zhang Zhaodi understood and looked at the man in front of her, feeling utterly disgusted.

"Tie him up first." Zhang Zhaodi said, "This man appears to be a brute, if he regains consciousness and goes wild, we won’t be able to control him."

"Mother, if you find it troublesome, just send him away!"

"I still want to understand something." Zhang Zhaodi said, "Once I clarify it and confirm my suspicion, he’ll be thrown out."

"I’ll stay with you."

"No need, you go out first, I’ll be quick." Zhang Zhaodi didn’t dare to strip a man’s clothes in front of a young girl.

"What if he suddenly wakes up?"

"He won’t, not so quickly. Rest assured, I just need to understand one thing and I’ll call you immediately."

Seeing her insist, Jiang Jing left, waiting outside the door for Zhang Zhaodi.

Zhang Zhaodi stripped Su Rende’s clothes, looking toward his chest.

Her husband had a birthmark there.

However, his body was covered with scars from various weapons, the skin hardly intact, not to mention the birthmark, you couldn’t even see a single spotless patch.

"Surely there’s another way to identify." Zhang Zhaodi muttered to herself, rummaging a drawer nearby and taking out a pair of shoes, holding them up to compare with him.

Su Rende groaned, opening his eyes.

His eyes were blood-red.

While Zhang Zhaodi was matching his foot, he felt tingly, and grabbed Zhang Zhaodi’s arm, pulling her onto the bed.

Zhang Zhaodi was frightened, lifted her head, and saw his beast-like crimson eyes.

"You... let go of me!" Zhang Zhaodi lowered her head, biting his arm fiercely.

"Ah..." Su Rende cried out in pain.

He released Zhang Zhaodi, regaining some sanity.

"Where am I now?"

"This is my home, you fainted outside my door, so I brought you in. Now that you’re awake, you can leave."

If he wasn’t her man, there wasn’t a need to keep him.

Just now, when she compared, his foot was too large, simply unable to fit the shoes she made.

"I... I feel terrible."

"That’s because you’re drugged." Zhang Zhaodi said, "You’ve been given the potent Hehuan Powder. Whoever did this to you, seek them out for your cure, just don’t go mad here."

Cold sweat poured from Su Rende.

Inside him, there was a beast now trying to break out. If he didn’t do something, that beast couldn’t be restrained any longer.

He grabbed a nearby vase, smashed it onto his head, with a bang, the vase shattered, and he fell down.

Zhang Zhaodi: "..."

Jiang Jing heard the noise and ran inside, "Mother, what happened?"