Ji Ren Tang (Middle) Section 17

  Three people pushed Shen He, following the doctor on a rapid journey, and soon arrived at the gate of the medical hall. Shen Mo took a look at the signboard "Jiren Hall" above the door, only to realize why the doctor would be stunned when he saw himself.

  This time, the fellow didn't shoo people away, but instead quickly lifted a plank and carefully carried the injured person into the store to ask the doctor for treatment.

  Watching his father being carried into the house to be treated for his injuries, Shen Mo finally let out a sigh of relief and sat down in a chair. As soon as he stopped moving, he felt several places on his face and body transmit piercing pain, and he couldn't help but hiss and inhale cold air.

  The eldest son and Shen Jing hastily approached, anxiously asking: "What's wrong?"

  "Are you guys hurt?"

  The two nodded together, and the eldest son said seriously: "The arm broke a little skin, but there was no injury elsewhere."

  "Alright, I'm hurt." Shen Mo nodded silently.

  Shen Jing hastily called the doctor over to take a look. The doctor lifted his tattered clothes, revealing several dark purple bruises on his back, and poked them with his hand. Shen Mo winced in pain, and only then did the doctor smile: "It's nothing serious, just flesh wounds. Take a bottle of red flower oil home, rub it three times a day, and you'll be fine in seven days."

  The two of them finally let out a sigh of relief, he plopped down beside Shen Mo, picked up the tea bowl on the table, and without caring whose it was, tilted his head back and gulped it down, only then did he let out a comfortable sigh, wiping his mouth carelessly as he said: "Today was really fucking thrilling."

  Shen Mo turned his head, carefully examining him for a moment before saying in a low voice: "Thank you."

  Shen Jing was taken aback, scratched his head, and smiled with a pretentious air: "After all, we're brothers, no need to be polite..." He then burst into uncontrollable laughter, causing the rafters above to shake and dust to fall, drawing curious glances from the people around. The Fourth Young Master, who had always thought of himself as a pest, was truly overjoyed... Finally, someone had sincerely thanked him.

  Shenmo and Zhangzi really wanted to dig a hole and crawl in, pretending they didn't know this person.

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  Shen Jing was laughing loudly on this side, the door curtain leading to the back hall was lifted, and a breathless maid came out from inside, saying: "What's going on in front? Can't you let the patient rest quietly, don't you know Miss is checking accounts?"

  Shen Jing's laughter came to an abrupt halt. Shen Mo and the eldest son couldn't help but stifle a snicker, thinking that these young ladies' mouths were too venomous.

  He followed the sound and saw a young and lively little maid, staring at him with wide eyes. He couldn't help but blush and say "Kàn gè suǒ xī?" which was a Shaoxing dialect phrase meaning "What are you looking at?"

  Who would have thought that the little girl's gaze quickly passed over him and fell on Shen Mo on the left. As soon as she saw that clear face, the little girl's heart was in a flurry of turmoil, and she lamented in her heart: "Bodhisattva, he came to see me for the first time, and I showed him my most violent side, why am I so unlucky?" She also thought: "Will he think I'm a shrew and break off all contact with me from now on?"

  No need to guess, she was the only young lady Shen Yuan knew, said to be Miss Yin's high-end personal maid, also known as Huaping girl. Today she came with her own missus to check accounts again.

  It is said that the Yin family's business checks accounts once a month. However, since Ji Ren Tang has been reorganized, it's natural to keep a close eye on things. Just ten days have passed and Miss Yin has come again. As soon as she sat down, she picked up her pen, dipped it in ink, and was about to calculate the accounts for the past few days when she suddenly heard a strange cry outside, which scared her so much that she shook violently, causing the pen tip to heavily strike the account book, leaving a large blot of ink.

  As the young lady's personal maid, Hua Ping naturally wouldn't stand idly by and watch her mistress get taken advantage of. Instantly enraged, she rolled up her sleeves and rushed out to find the person who had interrupted her mistress's transaction and settle the score with them.

  Who would have thought that as soon as she came out, she saw that...that person, and he had seen all her ugly looks. Ah, I'm so ashamed to death! The painted screen girl let out a soft cry, covering her bright red face, and turned around to run back to the rear hall.

  Looking at the little maid who came and went in a hurry, Shen Mo and Shen Jing stared at each other.

  "Who is this? Won't they get sick?" Shen Jing asked with a curious face, of course, without ruling out the possibility of revenge.

  "Miss Yin's personal maid." Shen Mo smiled wryly and said, "Maybe it was something she ate today that didn't digest well, usually not like this."

  "What? Miss Yin's... maid?" Shen Jing's eyes widened to the size of a cow dung egg, and his mouth could fit in a whole watermelon: "Is this the master of Jiren Hall?"

  "It should be." Shen Mo was puzzled by his reaction and asked in a low voice, "What's wrong?"

  "What's wrong? What's wrong?" Shen Jing's face was full of excitement, and he lowered his voice to say: "Do you know whose family is the richest in Kuaiji County?"

  "I don't know." Shen Mo said frankly.

  "It's the Yin family." Shen Jing gave an unsurprising answer: "They have more than a dozen shops, several factories, and nearly a thousand employees. Their wealth is worth tens of thousands of taels! There's no one in this county who can surpass them!" He continued to ask: "Do you know who the most recognized beauty in all of Shaoxing is?"

  "I don't know." Shen Mo replied calmly.

  "Miss Yin is indeed the greatest." Shen Jing said with flying spittle: "This isn't my evaluation, but rather that of Mr. Wen Zhengming, who personally made this comment after seeing Miss Yin's beauty two years ago." He said with a sigh of admiration: "Mr. Zhengming, as a predecessor in the realm of love and our idol, is one of the four great talents of Jiangnan, renowned far and wide. Although he is advanced in age, his eye for beauty has only grown more discerning - if he says she's number one, then she must be number one indeed."

  Being a man, he was interested in this topic, and Shen Mo couldn't help but ask: "Have you seen it?"

  "I've seen... " Shen Jing took a deep breath and said, "half her face." Seeing Shen Mo's excitement, he became agitated and gesticulated, "Being able to see Miss Yin's half face is already extremely fortunate. She's a noble lady, it's impossible for her to show her face in public, if not for that year when she was burning incense at the City God Temple, even half her face would be unseeable."

  "Is it pretty?" Even Yao Changzi, who was usually honest and loyal, asked with a smile.

  "As I was saying," Shen Jing said with a look of intoxication, "after seeing Miss Yin's face for half a month, I couldn't eat or sleep, and every woman I looked at seemed dull and uninteresting."

  Looking at him with a dejected look, Shen Mo shook his head and laughed: "Just one glance and she can't eat for half a month, who dares to marry such a woman? Marrying her back home would be starving to death!"

  "You won't marry, and those who want to marry her can line up from Kuaiji to Shanyin." Shen Jing said in a low voice.

  "This is too unbelievable?" Shen Mo disbelievingly said.

  "I'll just say one sentence." Shen Jing leaned in and whispered, "Miss Yin's father doesn't have a son, she is his only daughter."

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