The Challenge of a Farmhouse Son-in-Law
Chapter 734 - 728: She Looks Like This Because Someone Harmed Her

Chapter 734: Chapter 728: She Looks Like This Because Someone Harmed Her

"Ah, Madam Lu is waiting in consultation room three, Doctor Gu, please hurry."

Gu Youyou, leading Madam Lu’s maid, pushed the door open and instantly saw the tall and burly Madam Lu. To her surprise, the consultation room was not solely occupied by Madam Lu, but also her son, Lu Tianning!

In her memory, this young master Lu didn’t much care for his mother’s manly presence, so why was he accompanying Madam Lu to see a doctor today?

"Doctor Gu!" Madam Lu rose to her feet with the aid of her son, offering a polite greeting.

Gu Youyou hurriedly returned the gesture.

They were officials, she was a commoner. Their greeting was a sign of respect.

Her reciprocation was both proper and respectful.

"Madam Lu, please take a seat," Gu Youyou invited her to sit opposite the consultation desk.

Looking at Madam Lu’s appearance, she indeed seemed rather rough and robust for a woman. Yet today, Madam Lu appeared more forlorn, bearing the sorrows unique to womanhood, and less of her usual brash and abrasive energy.

It left her wondering what illness could make her look so gaunt.

"Madam Lu, where do you feel discomfort?"

Seeing her hesitant to speak, Gu Youyou had to ask.

Madam Lu dabbed at the corner of her eye with a handkerchief and sighed softly, "I know outsiders look down on me for my appearance, thinking I don’t resemble a woman, that I’m crude and ugly."

Gu Youyou said nothing, feeling awkward.

What was she to say? The truth would be hurtful, which wasn’t the conduct of a doctor. But to lie... facing Madam Lu in such a state, she truly felt that a falsehood would be more hurtful than the truth, too insincere.

After some thought, she offered some words of consolation, "Physical beauty is fleeting, but the beauty of the soul endures. Our appearance is determined by our parents, and we cannot change that, but the beauty of the heart is within our control. Madam Lu, you needn’t concern yourself with the opinions of others."

"No, that’s not it!" Madam Lu was immensely agitated, and had her son not restrained her, she might have stood up in her agitation.

Gu Youyou certainly hadn’t expected her words of comfort to have such an effect.

It was as if she had been injected with a stimulant.

"Mother, don’t get agitated, take your time," the young master Lu said soothingly.

Then he turned to Gu Youyou, "This matter has deeply hurt my mother, Doctor Gu, please don’t take it to heart."

Yes, yes, I won’t take it to heart.

"What exactly is the matter?"

That was the key question.

Madam Lu gradually calmed down and began to share her story.

"Doctor Gu, one’s appearance may be given by birth or marred by others... My current state is the result of someone’s doing..."

As she spoke of her physical condition, Madam Lu was overwhelmed with endless bitter tears.

As a child, Madam Lu wasn’t as astonishingly tall and sturdy as she was now; she was a normal child, just growing slightly faster and taller than her peers.

Had she grown normally, she would have become a tall and slender girl, not like the mannish figure with broad shoulders and coarse features she presented now, even growing facial hair, chest hair, and leg hair that needed to be constantly scraped off.

The reason was that Madam Lu had been betrothed to General Lu since childhood. According to ancient customs of the wealthy, the bride was to bring along a dowry, which included several beautiful maids. These maids could potentially become the husband’s concubines later on.

This vexing tradition had doomed Madam Lu for life.

Those maids meant to accompany the young mistress in marriage were cultured from a young age, raised at her side to ensure they got along well in advance.

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