The Challenge of a Farmhouse Son-in-Law
Chapter 318 Emergency Visit

Chapter 318: Chapter 318 Emergency Visit

"Ah, I’ll go right away," replied the third son of the Gu family energetically.

The rain didn’t let up until noon, when Wang Shun put on a straw raincoat and bamboo hat to run errands for his father-in-law’s house.

The actions of the Gu family’s second uncle and his wife angered the entire village, daring to sell a married niece, especially at a time when she was helping her father seek medical treatment. It was utterly inhumane.

If they dared to sell one girl, they’d dare to sell a second, and Erya, Wang Shun’s fiancée, was also their niece. He had to hurry, to ensure that the heartless aunt and uncle received their retribution soon, to prevent his own future wife from being sold one day.

Yesterday, Xiaoqing cried for a long time when she told him about it.

"Shunzi, be careful and go slower," Wang Shun’s aunt, his mother, shouted from behind.

"Ah, I know, Mom." Although he said this, Shunzi’s feet didn’t slow down; he ran quickly through the muddy road.

The front door of Big Brother Jin and Sister Youyou’s house was tightly shut—no one was there. He guessed they must have gone to Jisheng Hall, so he hurried there instead.

"Doctor Qin, is Sister Youyou here?"

Qin Changlin had received a letter sent by a stranger earlier, but the handwriting was familiar—it was written by Yue Rujing.

The letter stated that there was an emergency at Jin Zijin’s home and that he needed to take his wife and return home as quickly as possible, so they left that very night despite the torrential rain. If anyone from the Gu Family came looking for Gu Youyou, they should be told that she was out on an emergency call and not to worry.

The rain last night had been witnessed by everyone; it must have been a real emergency for them to leave in such a downpour. Qin Changlin didn’t think much of it and recounted to Shunzi what was said in the letter, "Sister Youyou is out on an emergency call. Do you need her for something?"

An emergency call, just like that?

Since the Gu Family’s affairs were quite disgraceful, Shunzi didn’t plan to tell Qin Changlin. As long as Sister Youyou was safe, that was all that mattered.

Shunzi said, "It’s not really an emergency, as long as I know she’s safe. Grandpa Gu asked me to tell her not to deliver medicine in the next few days, the rain has made the mountain roads slippery."

Safe?

Qin Changlin felt Shunzi’s words were somewhat strange, but he didn’t think too much of it and nodded, saying, "Alright, I’ll let her know once she’s back."

...

The news brought by Shunzi was that Gu Youyou had an emergency and couldn’t make it, which made confronting the human trafficker out of the question.

The Gu family’s second uncle, Huang Xiangwen, and his wife were adamant that Gu Lao San was also up to no good, claiming that because Shunzi was his son-in-law, his words couldn’t be trusted. This accusation started a major quarrel among the crowd.

Shunzi was an honest man; he couldn’t bear such slander. He turned red in anger and insisted, "If you don’t believe me, I’ll go to town myself and ask Doctor Qin."

Huang Xiangwen scoffed, "You’re just saying that because you know we can’t go. An emergency call in the middle of the night, who would believe that? Everyone knows how much Youyou loves her grandfather. Wouldn’t she be anxious to come back and report her safety if she were on a call? Who are you trying to fool? I suspect Youyou has been sold by you and Lao San."

"You—you... Auntie, how can you slander someone like this?" Shunzi was not good at arguing and was simply overwhelmed.

A villager spoke up, "Shunzi’s not that kind of person; you shouldn’t make unfounded accusations. I think Shunzi makes sense. Youyou is now a doctor, and if a patient’s family is really in distress, they don’t care if it’s raining or not. Naturally, saving lives takes precedence."

"Exactly, we trust Jisheng Hall. Doctor Qin would have no reason to lie," others agreed.

Huang Xiangwen countered, "Of course, I’m not saying Doctor Qin is lying; I’m saying Shunzi is in cahoots with Gu Lao San in telling lies. Humph, you all may not know, but Gu Youyou couldn’t possibly be on a call. Severely ill patients are brought into Jisheng Hall for inpatient treatment; their doctors don’t make house calls. That’s a rule set by Youyou herself. My granddaughter was sick not long ago and was treated in Jisheng Hall—that’s a rule my Daya told me."