The Chief Minister’s Ferocious Wife - Chapter 401
Chapter 401: Chapter 3931’m not The One Suffering
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
The Hu clan repeatedly assured her that they would only feel grateful toward
Zhao Chuchu and would not hate her if the treatment failed.
Eventually, if Hu Yiming could not be healed, that would be his fate.
In the end, Zhao Chuchu refused to accept the gifts the Hu clan had prepared.
After that day, Old Mrs. Hu and her family stayed at Zhao Guitang’s place for the next few days.
Hu Yiming had already recovered a while ago, but he still pretended that he would sometimes revert to his childish self.
Zhao Chuchu still pretended not to notice.
It wasn’t until the last day that Zhao Meilan was busy preparing the tofu at home and could not accompany Hu Yiming to his treatment.
Zhao Chuchu finally decided to speak to Hu Yiming. “You’ve already made a full recovery after the first acupuncture session, right? So why did you put on an act for the past few days?”
After a brief moment of silence, Hu Yimings childish and pure expression had vanished, replaced by a bitter smile. “I really can’t hide anything from you, can I? But why didn’t you tell them about this and continue to treat me instead?”
“I’m not the one in pain anyway, and you weren’t even yelling in pain. So why should I tell them?” Zhao Chuchu chuckled. “You don’t want to worry Meilan, am I right?”
“Yes. I heard everything that day. You don’t have to worry about me doing anything to harm her. She’s the love of my life. Where she came from doesn’t matter. I’ll teach her if she doesn’t know how to read and write. I’ll teach her everything she wants to learn as long as I can.”
“Aren’t you worried that others might laugh at you for marrying a village girl?”
“Why does that even matter? l i m the one who’s going to live with her, not them. The moment I woke up and recalled everything she had done for me, it made me even more sure that I wanted to be with her forever. She’s kind and worth protecting for my whole life?’
“Are you sure?
“You’ve lived through a difficult time where people abandoned you, so you should know better than me which type of person is worth it. Although I’m not as smart as Xie Heng, I still know what I want. Meilan is the best wife I could ever ask for. She’s a gift to me from heaven.”
Zhao Chuchu studied Hu Yiming for a while before replying, “I’ll remember what you promised me today, and I hope you’ll live by it. However, if I find out that you’ve been mistreating Meilan one day, I’ll never forgive you. She’s my only cousin.”
Hu Yiming nodded. “Don’t worry. I will make sure that she lives her life happily. I’m sure she’s the one.”
“That would be the best. Today will be the last acupuncture session. After that, you no longer have to pretend to be a child. Instead, you should find time to tell Meilan how you feel. She’s such a kind girl that she’d rather sacrifice herself than watch others suffer.”
“I know. I’ll make sure that she won’t feel bad about her decision.”
‘Good. Now, lie down.”
Zhao Chuchu knew that Hu Yiming wasn’t lying.
After the man had lied down and the doctor was about to insert the needle, he suddenly pleaded, “C-can you not put them in that deep? These really hurt…” “That’s good. You’ll remember the pain. Know that I can turn you back whenever I want to.”
Hu Yiming immediately shut up.
However, Zhao Chuchu did not insert the needles very deep as he had begged.
Now that he had fully recovered, he just needed to supplement his body with herbs to make the effect permanent.
When Zhao Meilan had finished helping her family, she quickly rushed to the Xie clan’s house. The treatment had already concluded by the time she arrived.
Even if Zhao Chuchu had not inserted the needles deep, Hu Yiming was still in so much pain that his face had turned pale, and his forehead was covered in sweat.
He didn’t rest and asked his wife to help him back to Zhao Guitang!s place.
Before they left, Zhao Chuchu handed the prescription to Zhao Meilan. “Get these herbs and medicine and have him take them for seven days; the effect will last forever. The only side effect is that he’ll experience headaches occasionally.”
“Thank you so much.” Zhao Meilan carefully kept the prescription in her pocket.
“Don’t worry about it.” Zhao Chuchu waved goodbye to them. After that, she would have to start packing and get rid of everything they wouldn’t be taking with them. They would rarely come back to Lengshui Village once they had left.
Their house would become an ancestral house for the Xie clan.
They would also have to ask Niu Tongsheng to help maintain the house once in a while every year.
What Hu Yiming would do once they got home wasn’t something that Zhao Chuchu was worried about.
All she needed to know was that he would not mistreat his wife, which was more than enough.
If fate were nice to him, they would be able to meet him again in the Imperial
Xie Heng was packing his books in the study room.
Zhao Chuchu walked in, and the man turned back to look at her. “I’m almost done here. Get some rest. I can handle this on my own.”
She ignored him and walked over to take a look at his books. “Five boxes of books. Who were the people who used to call you poor? Only rich people could afford to buy and own so many books in this era.
“I don’t care what other people think. All I need is you by my side,” Xie Heng softly replied. “If you want to help, then help me seal the boxes.” Zhao Chuchu stared at the man, who treated her like a child.
She waved her arm and put all of the boxes into her space.
“This is the best. We can travel light with this.”
“People will suspect something if we travel light.”
“What’s there to worry about?”
If people targeted them because of the riches they might carry, then those people should not blame the couple for burying them in the mountains without anyone ever finding out.
The limit on Zhao Chuchu i s supernatural power was almost gone. She wasn’t at her strongest yet, but she was still strong enough to destroy anyone who dared to become her enemy.
Seeing how insistent she was about traveling light, Xie Heng decided to go with it.
The news about Hu Yiming’s recovery quickly spread throughout the village.
When Zhao Guitang saw that his son-in-law still treated his daughter the same as before, he felt relieved.
However, since the family was worried that some complications might occur after the recovery, they had Hu Yiming stay for two more days.
Before the Hu clan left, Old Mrs. Hu visited the Xie clan again and gifted them something expensive.”
“Mrs. Xie, there’s no denying you’ve saved my son and grandson. You’re our family’s savior. You have to accept these. If you ever need our help, just let us know. We’ll always do whatever we can to help you.”
“Thank you, Old Mrs. Hu.”
“You don’t have to thank us, Mrs. Xie. It’s late, so we should leave soon. If you ever have the time, visit us with Mr. Xie.”
“We will.”
Old Mrs. Hu smiled and turned to leave.
Zhao Chuchu took a look at the present. It was light. She opened it and found a normal-looking jade stone inside.
However, since it was something that Old Mrs. Hu had personally gifted her, she was sure that the jade meant something significant.
Zhao Chuchu didn’t think much about it and put the jade inside her space. On the twelfth day after the new year, Zhao Chuchu and Xie Heng were ready to leave Lengshui Village.
