Allure of a Country Maiden
Chapter 994 - 992_1

Chapter 994: Chapter 992_1

"Wanping! Wanping! What’s wrong with you! Help, please!" Mrs. Fang let out a despairing cry before frantically looking around as if she’d spotted her lifeline, "Young Master Liu, please save us, I’m begging you to save my Wanping! Please, Young Master Liu, remember how my daughter saved your life, please save my daughter! She’s my only child!"

Liu Zhiwen and Liu Zhiwu gaped at the unfolding scene in surprise.

How could a perfectly healthy person just suddenly collapse like this?

Everyone around who heard Mrs. Fang’s pleas turned to look at Liu Zhiwen and Liu Zhiwu, waiting for their response.

This young lady had saved their lives; surely, they wouldn’t just stand by and allow her to suffer, right?

"What happened to Miss Fang?" Liu Zhiwen looked at the unconscious Wanping, noting his face had indeed turned pale.

Liu Zhiwu remembered Xiaor’s and his own mother’s words, he instinctively wanted to escape with his brother into a bookstore, but before they could, this girl caused a whole spectacle!

Without batting an eye, Liu Zhiwu watched Wanping, wanting to determine if she was pretending to be unconscious.

However, she looked just like she was sleeping and he couldn’t tell if this was put on.

"Our Wanping lost too much blood today, and she didn’t eat breakfast, she probably fainted due to hunger!"

Lost a lot of blood? That could be fatal! "I should find a carriage to take her to the clinic!" Liu Zhiwen offered after hearing this.

Upon hearing his suggestion, Mrs. Fang hastily interjected, "No need for that, we just came from the clinic. All Young Master Liu needs to do is treat us to a meal at a restaurant."

They did just come from the clinic where her daughter had indeed lost quite some blood from a dental extraction!

The Four Seasons Restaurant was not far from them. She had not tasted Buddha Jumps Over the Wall for a long time, and other dishes including cheese baked lobster, raw abalone, braised abalone with sea cucumber, papaya stewed with snow frog, red-cooked pufferfish, along with blood bird’s nest, chrysanthemum shark fin, braised goose paw with abalone sauce and braised white mushrooms in abalone sauce. The more she thought, the more dishes she wanted to try, including even the cheaper ones. But since it was a rare opportunity, she thought it was better to choose the expensive ones!

"But she’s unconscious. How can we go to a restaurant?" Liu Zhiwen asked reflexively.

Besides, he was due to attend a banquet at Marquis Shengping’s residence, so he naturally couldn’t go to a restaurant with them.

"Wanping fainted earlier as well. But don’t worry, she will wake up soon!" said Mrs. Fang.

Liu Zhiwen: "..."

If she could wake up soon and a meal could solve the problem, then why did Mrs. Fang scream for help in such a tragic way just now?

At this moment, Wanping groggily woke up, speaking weakly, "Mother, I’m so dizzy!"

Seeing this, Liu Zhiwu decisively ran off.

Liu Zhiwen thought he had gone to find a carriage and didn’t say anything. After all, Wanping had saved his life. Accompanying her to the restaurant seemed like the least he could do!

"Miss Fang, do you need to go to the clinic first?"

"No, thank you, Young Master Liu, I’m fine. I just tend to faint when I’m really hungry. It’ll pass soon, as soon as I eat something." Wanping’s words were weak and almost breathless.

A bystander who overheard them said, "I’ve seen people like this before. They faint when they’re too hungry. Once they eat and get their strength back, they recover."

Liu Zhiwen took this statement at face value. He looked in the direction where his brother Liu Zhiwu had gone to see if he had found a carriage yet.

Both Mrs. Fang and Wanping were secretly pleased that Liu Zhiwen believed them.

"Young Master Liu, the Four Seasons Restaurant is just up ahead. Why don’t you help me support Wanping to get there? Remember, Wanping saved your life. You wouldn’t refuse to invite her for a meal, would you?" As this Liu was not high-born but came from a rich family, they thought they could at least get a meal from him.

In the meantime, they could also take the opportunity to establish rapport.

Hearing this, Liu Zhiwen hesitated, "But I have to have dinner at my uncle’s house today."

Uncle? Wasn’t his uncle Marquis Shengping?

A touch of excitement flitted through Wanping’s heart. If she went with him to have dinner at Marquis Shengping’s residence, would she get a chance to meet the crown prince of the Eastern Jin Dynasty?!

But how could she ask? It seemed a little audacious.

She found an idea, "Young Master Liu, I have offended Princess Rui before and I’ve been wanting to apologize to her. Why don’t I accompany you to Marquis Shengping’s dining banquette and use the opportunity to apologize to the Princess?"

This suggestion took Liu Zhiwen aback. Accompany him to Marquis Shengping’s residence for dinner? Liu Zhiwuen knew, without thinking that if he boldly took her to the dinner, his mother would chase him with a hoe!

He would subsequently become infamous in the Imperial City!

No way could he allow this to happen!

Meanwhile, Liu Zhiwu came back from the bakery run by his sister with a warm bottle of milk tea and four donuts. He heard Wanping’s request, so he hurriedly put the milk tea and donuts into Mrs. Fang’s hands: "Please don’t trouble yourselves. To prevent Miss Fang from fainting again due to hunger, you should eat these right away! These donuts are high in sugar, so you won’t faint after eating them! We have to go now, excuse us! Also, my aunt compensated you for saving my brother with a valuable set of jewelry that costs thousands of taels, right? Why isn’t Miss Fang wearing it? I thought it suited you."

After finishing his speech, Liu Zhiwu firmly took hold of his elder brother and walked away, all the while exclaiming loudly, "Elder brother, my uncle’s family is still waiting for us! Let’s hurry. Keeping elders waiting is impolite!"

Wanping glared at the bottle of milk tea and the donuts, she was a bit upset, "Mother, how could you accept these things."

Mrs. Fang was still in shock! With a look of innocence, she replied, "How was I supposed to know that after you saved young master Liu’s life, they would be so stingy that they wouldn’t invite you for a meal?"

The spectators who were about to leave, stopped upon hearing these words. One of them couldn’t help remarking: "Didn’t they just say they had something to do? Besides, they already compensated you with gifts worth thousands of taels. Haven’t the scales balanced yet? Do you want to squeeze them for the rest of their lives?"

Others hearing this agreed to this statement. The owner of the bookstore also shook his head in disappointment, "What a degenerate society. The human heart is insatiable, just like a snake that swallows an elephant!"

Mrs. Fang hurriedly clarified after hearing this, "You have misunderstood. My daughter really can’t be hungry. Moreover, eating these donuts will cause her to break out in hives. So I had to say what I did. Who wants this bread? She can drink the milk tea though!"

After she finished, she handed out the donuts, showing that she wasn’t a greedy person.

Each donut costs a few coin pennies. Although the others around them were tempted, they were too embarrassed to step forward and accept. Only an old woman stepped forward and took them away, "Thank you, madam. My grandson has been wanting to eat these for a long time."

Mrs. Fang forced a stiff smile, "You’re welcome!"

Then she turned to Wanping and said, "Wanping, you should drink this sweet milk tea quickly, otherwise what will happen if you faint again."

Upon hearing this, Wanping quickly uncapped the bottle and began to drink.

With the excitement over, the crowd who had gathered to gawk started to disperse.