Reborn as Tycoon's Wife in the Countryside
Chapter 102 to be a bachelor for a lifetime (second update)

Chapter 102: 102 to be a bachelor for a lifetime (second update)

Thinking of this possibility, Su Xiaofeng thought about the time she saw Ye Cheng fall ill, and the absurd action she took afterwards; she wondered if she should feel lucky that Ye Cheng didn’t immediately throw her out.

She had seen Ye Cheng’s strength, picking up a person as easily as picking up a small chicken, and under his blurred consciousness, there was no telling where he might throw her. Under that situation, even if she was thrown to her death, she would have to blame her own wrong path.

Thinking of this consequence, Xiaofeng felt somewhat scared.

It seemed that she must keep her distance from Ye Cheng in the future. What if he suddenly fell ill because of her proximity? She surely couldn’t always use her mouth to transmit the "Spiritual Mirror Qi" to him.

Thinking of the last time she tried to help him remove the leaves from his hair, which triggered his illness, she felt like dying.

It turned out that Ye Cheng’s sudden illness was due to her sudden closeness.

Seeing Xiaofeng’s conflicted expression, Six Master thought to himself if he might have frightened the young girl: "Girl, don’t be afraid, he’s not like this most of the time, for example when he is treating patients. In Ye Cheng’s heart, you are his female patient, so you can feel safe to interact with him."

Six Master didn’t even know what he was talking about himself.

"Six Master, rest assured, I’ll pay attention to the measure and maintain distance in the future." Although Six Master said so, Xiaofeng felt it was necessary to make a promise to him for better assurance.

Xiaofeng and Six Master were about to go their separate ways when a villager from another village ran over: "Six Master, so you are here, my boy suddenly got a high fever, please come and have a look."

"Okay, wait for me, I’ll come with you shortly." Thinking of the sick person at home, Six Master instructed Xiaofeng: "Girl, Acheng hasn’t woken up yet, I have to go see a patient now and won’t have time to look after him. When you go back, check if he has woken up, and if not, there’s a needle behind his neck, pull it out."

This visit came just in time.

Watching Six Master quickly follow the person, Su Xiaofeng was speechless.

Feeling conflicted, she wondered whether to go and check on him or not.

Thinking of how Ye Cheng looked when he was ill, Xiaofeng’s heart softened, and she decided to go and see him.

The courtyard door was ajar, and Xiaofeng gently pushed it, finding Ye Cheng asleep on the rocking chair in the yard.

He was wearing a white shirt, its sleeves rolled up several folds, revealing his good-looking and slender hands. His eyes were tightly closed, his eyelashes drooping.

His eyelashes were thick and long, and it was a waste for such beautiful lashes to be on a man. One button on his shirt was undone; Su Xiaofeng glanced and her cheeks immediately blushed—she hadn’t expected Dr. Ye, who seemed like a chaste and detached doctor, to have such a well-built body.

Six Master mentioned a needle at his neck; looking down, she indeed saw a long silver needle there.

Seeing the silver needle, Xiaofeng felt a pang of sympathy for Ye Cheng. It was pitiful that he needed a silver needle to control himself, and she wondered if Ye Cheng would remember his illness when he woke up.

"Maybe I should wait for Six Master to come back and pull it out." Xiaofeng’s extended hand immediately drew back: "But who knows how long Six Master will be gone, and if Ye Cheng keeps sleeping, could it be bad for him?"

In her dilemma, the silver needle had already been pulled out.

Her palms were sweaty; she quietly watched Ye Cheng, waiting for him to wake up.

Ye Cheng felt as though he had a very long dream; suddenly a white light flashed, his brain instantly cleared, and he slowly opened his eyes, seeing Su Xiaofeng looking at him with concern.

"Ye Cheng, you’re awake."

Ye Cheng looked around and realized he was in his own yard, and on a lounge chair: "Where’s Grandpa?"

"He’s out seeing a patient." Su Xiaofeng reassured that he was okay, then found a bench to sit down: "How are you feeling?"

"Why are you here?" Ye Cheng remembered a villager had come to him, telling him Su Xiaofeng had plans against him.

"You threw Xiaotao; she broke her leg and needs at least two months of rest at home." Xiaofeng looked into his eyes, trying to discern something.

Ye Cheng’s expression changed; he was ill and had let her know it.

"Do you still remember?" Seeing not a hint of guilt in his eyes, Xiaofeng wasn’t sure if he was truly unaffected.

Ye Cheng scoffed: "Who told her to get so close to me?"

Alright, since you are the patient and you have your reasons, she stood up: "It’s good that you are alright, I should go back now."

"Did I... that day?"

"No." Su Xiaofeng answered quickly: "That day, you only fell asleep in front of me and didn’t do anything to me."

Even if there was, it was me doing it to you.

Ye Cheng frowned, he was just asking casually; why was she so nervous? Could it be that he really did something to Su Xiaofeng that day?

Catching a glimpse of Su Xiaofeng, the next second, he suddenly clutched his chest, his face in agony.

Su Xiaofeng had just risen to leave, but seeing Ye Cheng in pain, she quickly stepped forward: "Ye Cheng, Ye Cheng."

Ye Cheng clutched at his own chest’s clothing, his eyes nearly rolling back.

Su Xiaofeng watched him in this state, her heart anxiously pounding. No way, not the illness again. Could Ye Cheng’s illness possibly be occurring too frequently?

What to do?

Should she perform mouth-to-mouth resuscitation again?

No, she absolutely couldn’t use it again.

Right, the silver needles. The elder had just used them on the other person.

Luckily, the silver needles were still in her hands. She pinched a needle and jabbed it into the same spot as the elder had just targeted.

Ye Cheng winced in pain and looked at Su Xiaofeng incredulously.

She, she—

Her eyes rolled back, and she completely passed out.

Su Xiaofeng nearly scared to death patted her chest and sighed in relief, nearly scaring herself to death.

Ye Cheng himself was a doctor, but with his condition like this, could he really manage?

Luckily, the elder was a skilled doctor, which at least offered some reassurance.

Footsteps sounded from outside, the elder returned from a medical visit, seeing Su Xiaofeng and the still unconscious Acheng, chuckled: "Girl, you’ve worked hard, why don’t you have lunch here?"

"Elder, no need." Xiaofeng didn’t even look at the elder, and ran off as if escaping.

"Girl." The elder called out once but shook his head as he saw her running away without looking back, "I still ended up scaring her."

He removed Ye Cheng’s silver needles, continuously shaking his head with disappointment, "Sigh, looking at her like this, I fear there’s no hope of her becoming my granddaughter-in-law."

When Ye Cheng woke up, he looked at his grandfather: "Where is Su Xiaofeng?"

"She ran off." Poor him, this old body of his, old and feeble, had to worry about his grandson’s illness and now his grandson’s marriage.

With his grandson’s condition, he probably had to remain a bachelor for life.

...

Su Xiaofeng ran all the way to the field, picked some fresh vegetables, and then returned home.

Back home, He Ximei had collected quite a few chilis and was drying them as Xiaofeng had instructed, waiting for Xiaofeng to come back and start working.

"Why did it take you so long?" He Ximei remembered Xiaofeng had left early in the morning: "I heard Taozi went out early in the morning and took a fall, even broke her foot. Just now I heard Hu Xiulan saying that you passed the bad luck onto her daughter, which is just hilarious."

"Blaming me for her own inability to take a dump," Su Xiaofeng snorted coldly.

"Exactly." He Ximei wasn’t taking joy in misfortune, but Hu Xiulan’s words were simply too laughable: "I bet Xiaotao wasn’t harboring good intentions when she went to see Doctor Ye, otherwise how could she fall?"

"Only heaven knows about that." Su Xiaofeng had no interest in analyzing why Xiaotao had gone to see Ye Cheng early in the morning or why she had stayed so close to him; her heart was beating so fast as if it was about to jump out, preventing her from calming down and working.

"Xiaofeng, Xiaofeng." As Xiaofeng was headed to the kitchen to drink some cold water to calm her heartbeat, Su Wu arrived at the door with a bag of chilis: "Is your family collecting chilis?"

Just as Xiaofeng was about to respond, He Ximei whispered, "Su Wu, we only collect the larger kind, we don’t take these Five Finger Peppers."

Five Finger Peppers are a local variety, extremely spicy, and small-sized. The yellow ones are the spiciest, followed by the red ones.

"They’re all chilis, aren’t they? Why make such a fine distinction?" Su Wu knew Xiaofeng was helping a restaurant make chili sauce but wasn’t sure which types of peppers were needed.

"Brother Wu." Xiaofeng’s eyes lit up seeing the variety in his hands: "I need this type too, but I don’t know the price of these chilis in town."

Although these Five Finger Peppers are too spicy for making chopped chili and preferred by few, they are excellent for making pickled peppers.

He Ximei wanted to warn Xiaofeng that these chilis were incredibly spicy, uncertain if customers could handle them, but considering Xiaofeng must have her own ideas, she gave up on advising: "Because these Five Finger Peppers are low-yield, their price is a bit higher than ordinary chilis."

That is to say, ordinary chili cost two jiao, while these varieties generally ranged between three to four jiao.

"Brother Wu, how much more do you have at home? If you have a lot, I want them all." Su Wu hadn’t brought much, only about five or six jin.

"What could be picked is here, the rest in the field isn’t ready yet." Su Wu grinned, his not very neat but white teeth giving off a very friendly appearance when he smiled: "My aunt’s family planted quite a bit, if you need more, I can ask them for you."

"That’ll work, if there’s more, bring them all over, I’ll take them."