Allure of a Country Maiden
Chapter 552 - 550

Chapter 552: Chapter 550

"I’ve given you all the shares from your toy store! Are you trying to snatch my daughter’s dowry too?"

"Didn’t I gift those shares to you as a wedding gift?" Xiao’er pleaded innocently, she hadn’t seen a single coin from it!

"Oh yeah, you’ve calculated this well, when your Brother Di gets married, you won’t have to spend a single coin on a betrothal gift! Now, you’re asking for a share of the dowry. Are you planning to use this as a dowry gift for my daughter in the future, expecting to have a free ride on that too?" Di Shaowei raised an eyebrow and said.

"Thank you for your reminder, Brother Di. You really do have the foresight. You’ve thought about things so far ahead that I haven’t even considered," Xiao’er retorted.

Choked by Xiao’er’s words, Di Shaowei pondered - was he throwing a stone at his own foot?

"Miser!"

"What can I do? As the aunt, I just can’t afford to be as rich as you! And if I can’t afford it, I just can’t!" Xiao’er argued back stubbornly.

"Even if you’re not wealthy yet, I don’t have as much silver as you do. Ever since your zoo and resort were built, you started counting your silver until your hands got tired everyday."

"There are many brothers and sisters in my family, after the division, there’s not much left. Unlike you, who monopolizes all the family wealth." Xiaoer immediately wanted to shut her mouth after speaking. This was an era that valued abundant offspring as a blessing, wasn’t mocking Di Shaowei for having monopolized all the wealth also mocking him for having few family members? The words had been spoken, however, and couldn’t be taken back.

"Err ...I didn’t mean anything else by that, Brother Di, don’t take it to heart!"

Di Shaowei shook his head: "I know you didn’t mean anything else."

He wasn’t too concerned with the "more children, more blessings" philosophy and preferred having fewer but more refined children.

"By the way, how did your wife fall over?" Xiao’er tried to shift the topic.

Upon the mention of this, Di Shaowei’s fire was reignited, and he revealed the reason for Ming Jingya’s premature labor.

Xiao’er finally understood why Di Shaowei was upset enough to smash the table.

Although Li Mingfang wasn’t the one who directly caused Ming Jingya to go into premature labor, she was somewhat implicated.

However, since it was not her who directly caused Ming Jingya’s fall, directly accusing her wouldn’t hold up. She was even trying to help carry Ming Jingya into the house at the time.

So now he had pent up anger with no way to release it, causing him to resort to smashing tables as a form of venting.

"Miss Li came to ask you for medicine, didn’t she?"

Di Shaowei nodded his head. Li Mingjun deserved to die, how could he possibly give out medicine to save him! Perhaps he should do the same as Shangguan Xuanyi, defeat him in the dark if it was impossible to do it in the open.

"Brother Di, once I’ve mastered my martial arts, I’ll help you give her a beating, to vent out some anger for my little niece," Xiao’er suggested.

At this remark, Di Shaowei couldn’t help but feel even more depressed. For some reason, this girl’s martial arts aptitude suddenly improved drastically, and it’s even higher than his own. Is this meant to damage his determination to train?

"Ok, you better not court trouble. I’ll figure out a solution on my own." The Li family are very vindictive, Di Shaowei didn’t want Xiao’er to invite any trouble.

Xiao’er rolled her eyes. Even if she didn’t court trouble, trouble seemed to find its way to her.

Xiao’er decided to just mention it. After all, this was Di Shaowei’s problem. Unless he vented out on his own, it was likely hard to vindicate his resentment.

The two of them discussed some other topics. Xiao’er shared some scientific methods of confinement, which Di Shaowei noted down attentively.

At this moment, Yingluo entered with a white jade bottle in her hand: "Young Master, there’s a medicine pellet missing from the bottle."

While Yingqi was tidying up, she realized that this bottle wasn’t placed properly. She knew the medicine pellets inside were precious and the young master had briefed her before that these were meant to save lives and should not be misplaced. As she was about to put it away properly, she realized the bottle was empty and the remaining medicine pellet was missing.

Upon hearing this, Di Shaowei frowned, "When did the medicine go missing?"

"After the young mistress fell, she asked me for this medicine. After feeding her the medicine, I placed the bottle on the table. There was still one pellet left in the bottle. The situation was rather urgent at the time, I didn’t manage to properly put away the bottle before the young mistress called for me to fetch the Lady of Rui’an County and to inform the Old Madame and the mistress. I then forgot about it. Just now when I saw the bottle, I recalled about it and realized the medicine pellet had disappeared," Yingluo explained.

"Who was in the room at that time?" Di Shaowei continued to ask.

"At that time, only the young mistress, Mrs Lin, and Miss Li were in the room. The other maids were sent by me to send the message."

"Is it possible that the young mistress took the remaining medicine pellet? Or do you suspect anyone else took it?"

"After I left, Mrs Lin was the only one left to attend to the young mistress. She was strong, and could lift the mistress by herself. I’ve asked Mrs. Lin, she said the mistress only took one medicine pellet up until she entered the delivery room. During the time Mrs Lin left to accompany the mistress to the toilet, Miss Li was left alone in the room."

Did Li Mingfang steal the medicine? Di Shaowei found it hard to believe.

She wasn’t that kind of person, but besides Li Mingfang, who else could have taken the medicine pellet?

Li Mingfang came directly today to ask him for medicine.

Li Mingjun and Li Mingfang had a close relationship since childhood. To save Li Mingjun, Li Mingfang might have stolen the medicine pellet.

"We could send someone to check on Li Mingjun’s condition, then we’ll know whether or not Li Mingfang took the medicine," Xiao’er grumbled.

She hadn’t expected that the person who would benefit from her medicine would be Li Mingjun. Xiao’er was tempted to bang her head against the wall!

God, Li Mingjun must be the male protagonist, right? Otherwise, why would you help him so much!

Di Shaowei didn’t feel any less frustrated than Xiao’er. That medicine was so precious, and it ended up in the wrong hands!

Hmph! No one could steal from him and get away with it without consequences.

He recalled a story Shangguan Xuanyi once told.... Di Shaowei calculated in his heart.

Li Mansion

After Li Mingfang returned, she gave Li Mingjun the medicine pellet. Mrs Li asked where it had come from.

Li Mingfang blushed, hesitated, and didn’t answer where she got the medicine.

To prevent Mrs Li from questioning her further, she attempted to change the subject: "Why did Mingjun visit the fireworks workshop yesterday?"

Mrs Li had also casually asked, thinking the medicine was asked from Di Shaowei, she thought: At lease, he is still conscientious.

The question from Li Mingfang, Mrs Li had already found out and wanted to ask Li Mingjun once he woke up.

"Mingjun asked the workshop to make some gigantic fireworks. He said he would collect them on the day of the Dragon Boat Festival," she shared.

"Why would Mingjun want the gigantic fireworks?" He’s not a child anymore, could he still be playful? Li Mingfang was confused after hearing this.

"I’m not sure, let’s ask Mingjun when he wakes up?" Mrs Li answered.

The medicine started to work quickly. An hour later, Li Mingjun woke up. When he realized one of his hands was only left with a stump, he completely lost his mind.

Regardless of his major injuries, he got down from his bed and destroyed everything that he could.

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