Overbearing Immortal Doctor
Chapter 39 - 39 Revised 39 Misunderstood

39: Revised: Chapter 39 Misunderstood 39: Revised: Chapter 39 Misunderstood After dealing with the thief, Li Yuejia hurried to the post office to send money to her sister, then the two of them rushed back to the village together.

On the way, Li Yuejia couldn’t contain her curiosity and asked, “Brother Xiaoyu, how come you know how to set bones?”

All of Wu Xiaoyu’s medical knowledge was inherited through the Jade Token from Emperor Xuan Yuan, but he would never reveal this secret to anyone.

He had to lie again and said:

“Uh!

This!

Our family has been butchers for generations, so we are very familiar with pig bones.

Occasionally, we would help set pig bones, so I learned a little bit about setting bones.

I didn’t expect it to work the same for humans!”

Although Li Yuejia was somewhat skeptical, she didn’t say anything else and just walked with her head down.

Wu Xiaoyu, on the other hand, was feeling uneasy, wondering why he had become like this, lying without thinking.

Indeed, as the saying goes, once you tell a lie, you need countless lies to cover that one lie.

But he had no choice!

Though the mountain road was rugged, both of them grew up in the mountains, so they walked quite fast.

However, the sun hadn’t set yet, but the sky was already getting dark.

Black clouds were drifting from north to south, indicating that it was going to rain.

Wu Xiaoyu urged, “Let’s walk faster!

It’s about to rain!”

Li Yuejia quickened her pace, but the mountain rain came swiftly and started to drizzle.

Wu Xiaoyu turned and grabbed Li Yuejia’s hand, and they began to run.

However, human speed can’t outrun the rain.

After a few steps, the drizzle turned into a heavy downpour.

They were instantly soaked.

Li Yuejia was only wearing a white shirt, and her undergarment quickly became visible, showing her curves clearly.

Wu Xiaoyu placed the leather bag containing various documents on Li Yuejia’s head to shield her from the rain, but it was useless.

He had to take off his coat and cover both of their heads as they ran along the mountain road.

The mountain rain came fiercely and left just as quickly.

In over ten minutes, the rain stopped.

Wu Xiaoyu retrieved his coat and prepared to wring out the water when Li Yuejia quickly said, “Brother Xiaoyu, let me help you!”

Facing each other, they began to wring out the rainwater from their clothes.

When Wu Xiaoyu was about to lift his head, he saw two towering peaks in front of him and quickly lowered his head again.

This action naturally caught Li Yuejia’s attention, and she lowered her head too, finally realizing the reason.

It turned out her upper body was drenched, and her pink undergarment was sticking to her shirt, highly conspicuous, no wonder he reacted like that.

Li Yuejia’s cheeks flushed red with embarrassment.

She let go of Wu Xiaoyu’s coat and began to adjust her clothes.

But her shirt was already soaked, and no matter how she adjusted it, it would still stick to her undergarment.

If she walked into the village like this, she would be laughed at.

Wu Xiaoyu glanced at her, seemingly aware of her embarrassment, and handed her his coat, saying, “Wear my coat!”

Li Yuejia took the coat, put it on inside-out, and started walking with her head down.

Wu Xiaoyu, afraid she was shy, slowed his pace and followed behind her.

They walked one after the other and soon arrived at the stone bridge at the village entrance, followed by a burst of pungent stench.

If they were seen in this state by the villagers, there would be gossip.

Wu Xiaoyu said, “Jiajia, you go back first!

I’ll wander upstream a bit!”

Li Yuejia understood his concerns, smiled, and walked into the village.

After waiting for ten minutes, thinking she should be home by now, Wu Xiaoyu entered the village.

But as soon as he reached the village, he encountered several chattering women.

These women were usually idle and loved gossiping.

Seeing him and Li Yuejia enter the village one after another, with Li Yuejia wearing a man’s coat earlier, they teased, “Xiaoyu, where did you go?”

“Uh, went to town!” Wu Xiaoyu replied perfunctorily, hurriedly walking forward.

But Niu Gui’s wife, Liu Cuihua, blocked his way and laughed, “Jiajia also went to town, didn’t she?

Why didn’t you come back together?”

“Yeah!

I saw her wearing a man’s coat, could it be yours?” Another woman chimed in.

Seeing that they were leading him into a trap, Wu Xiaoyu quickly explained, “Didn’t it rain just now?

I lent her my coat!”

Liu Cuihua teased again, “Oh!

It was because of the rain, I thought you and Jiajia…

hmm…

you know what I mean!”

Damned gossips, but Wu Xiaoyu could do nothing against them.

If he got angry, it would only make them more convinced something was going on.

“Sister, if you have time to gossip with me, why not go up the mountain to gather herbs?” Wu Xiaoyu diverted their attention to her.

Sure enough, as soon as he said this, the other women focused on Liu Cuihua, “Cuihua, what herbs did you gather?”

“Was it for your husband Niu Gui?

What kind of herbs?

Tell us!”

“I just dug some ginseng, what else could I gather?

I don’t even know herbs…” Liu Cuihua glared at Wu Xiaoyu and said.

“Why didn’t you invite us to dig ginseng together?”

“…”

Taking advantage of this gap, Wu Xiaoyu quickly slipped away.

When he arrived home, he found a large wet area in the main room, indicating the house was leaking again.

“Dad…

Mom!

I’m back!” Wu Xiaoyu called out.

His mother, Wang Aifeng, immediately walked out from the inner room and complained:

“Look, it’s leaking again!

Why did you start a chicken farm?

It might fail!

It would have been better to renovate the house!”

Why did it come back to this again?

Before Wu Xiaoyu could speak, his father said, “What are you talking about!

Don’t always undermine the child!

What’s wrong with this house?

It’s just a bit of leaking, I’ll fix it tomorrow when the weather is better!”

His mother just glared at him and went back inside.

Wu Xiaoyu couldn’t say anything either.

This house was built when his father was young, over thirty years ago; it indeed needed renovation.

Once I sell the first batch of chickens, I’ll immediately renovate the house.

Just wait and see!

I’ll build the best house in the village, better than the village head’s two-story building.

Although he made up his mind, he had to face the grim reality.

Wu Xiaoyu grabbed a cloth and started cleaning up the mess inside.

While he was cleaning, Li Yuejia, already changed into dry clothes, came in with his coat.

Seeing him mopping up the rainwater, she put the coat aside, picked up a cloth, and squatted down, saying, “Brother Xiaoyu, let me help you!”

Seeing her already helping, Wu Xiaoyu couldn’t refuse.

Inside, Wang Aifeng heard the noise, peeked through a crack in the door, and quickly ran to Wu Youliang, whispering:

“Do you think our Xiaoyu has something going on with this Jiajia?”

Though she kept her voice low, the poor sound insulation of the old house allowed Wu Xiaoyu and Li Yuejia to hear it clearly in the main room.