Fall in love with your enemy

Continuing from last time, I ate a bunch of allergy-inducing substances and ended up with a rash all over my body. This not only scared others but also myself...

I don’t even have to wait until the show is over before I regret it…

Why is it so itchy! I've never felt this way before! After just one nap, I had already scratched myself to death when Zhizhi brought Brother Qingyun to see me. We both stopped at the door and took a deep breath, the sound was like a kettle boiling. Brother Qingyun took the lead and took a few quick steps to sit on the chair beside the bed, took my arm and rolled up his sleeves to look at me.

"My dear aunt, you are a human being, not a snake. You don't need to peel off your skin! You can't scratch acne. The more you scratch, the more it itches. And you will have scars all over your body, which will be very ugly! Do you want to turn yourself into a clown girl?"

I pouted my lips and felt aggrieved: "I don't want to, so I didn't scratch my face...No one would be so crazy as to take off my clothes, right..."

After saying this, a strange idea suddenly came to my mind: Do you think this thing can stop Gao Xingci for a few days?

Before I could come up with an answer, Brother Qingyun was already laughing out of anger, searching in his bag for a long time and taking out a white bottle: "I should praise you for thinking about yourself, right? If you feel itchy, just tell me, it will be gone after applying the medicine."

As he spoke, he had already rolled up my sleeves as high as possible. Anyway, I would only scratch the exposed parts of my hands and feet, so I wouldn't hurt myself anywhere by sleepwalking. But I didn't know what was going on. I was still smiling, and Brother Qingyun didn't do anything. Apart from hitting me lightly, he rubbed a strange yellowish oily medicine on my hand. This warm scene seemed like "he has committed too many evil deeds to list" in the eyes of my brother who suddenly appeared. He rushed over and slapped Brother Qingyun's arm, which turned red instantly.

I was stunned. Brother Qingyun also turned around and looked at my brother's speechless expression. After a long moment of staring in amazement, he blurted out, "Why?!"

“Why do you care? I just don’t like it, so what…” My brother couldn’t say anything to blame. In fact, we both knew what he meant, but Brother Qingyun was really aggrieved! He didn’t want to be pushed to the top, did he? Besides, he didn’t “get to the top”, so he just kept perfunctorily doing it, okay?! My brother still frowned and said “get out of here” to him, then sat down and took my hand.

Brother Qingyun was standing by, puffing his beard and glaring, while Zhizhi was trying not to laugh until another person came in.

My second uncle is dressed in either black or white these days, and he is easy to recognize even when he hides in a crowd. He brought a group of people with him, and I couldn't tell whether he was "intimidate" me or his brothers who just happened to come back from kowtowing to my second grandmother and wanted to see me. But after he brought them over, he wouldn't let them in, saying that he was afraid of disturbing them. So he stopped them outside the door, and followed the doctor in a relaxed manner, sitting quietly on the sofa at the end, sipping a sip of tea.

I struggled to sit up and bent over, which scared my brother. He used to complain about my family members' suffering, but now his words were stuck in his throat and he had to support me.

"Are you feeling better?" asked my second uncle with a chuckle.

I nodded: "It's okay, it's just an allergy. At most it will look ugly, but it won't kill you."

"The doctor told me that you were in shock, but you still dared to say that you were fine." The second uncle scolded, and after a long sigh, "Hou Wenbin just told me that he would come to see you, and now you are in this state, he thinks that I am treating you harshly again."

"Uncle Hou?" My heart skipped a beat, my eyes moved towards Zhizhi, then turned back and laughed, "It seems like today is really lively, it's just a minor problem, the elders are running around, don't worry, second uncle, it was my own fault, even if there were some external factors, young uncle has already taught me a lesson, if Uncle Hou has anything to say, I will explain it myself."

"What do you want to explain? Your uncle is not such an unreasonable and suspicious person. Second brother, you are wronging me by saying this, aren't you?" Lao Hou's voice rang out immediately, and he appeared at the door the next second. He was not polite and walked straight towards me. My brother had no choice but to give up his seat and hand him the medicine in his hand. Uncle Hou smelled it and laughed, then threw it away casually: "What kind of thing is this? Rub it on your body. Let's not comment on whether your second uncle treats you harshly. Just like this, your family is low-key at best and shabby at worst. Second brother, when did you fall into this situation?"

Old Hou said this with a smile on his face. He seemed to be holding my arm and laughing at me, but it also seemed like he was clearly disgusted. But as the saying goes, you shouldn't hit someone who smiles. Second Uncle was so angry that he had no place to vent his anger. He could only choke and said, "I don't know when you were able to distinguish the materials of medicine by smelling it. You have always been a good-for-nothing. Now your father will be complaining about your appearance and congratulations, right?"

"Don't you know that I have a lot of things to do? You get to spend time with my wife and children every day, and you get to hear a few good words from me, right?" Lao Hou smiled at me, but I could always see a hint of sinisterness in his smile. I shrank my neck and had to smile with a forced mouth.

Fortunately, I was not the only one in this awkward situation. I could still pretend to be unwell. My brothers were speechless standing aside. They looked at each other and observed the situation. They were confused. They probably thought, what's going on? Don't save face? Today, everyone is like a mecha cannon.

Old Hou saw that my arms were not idle, and he took out a few medicines with gold-rimmed bottles from his pocket, but when he shook them out and sprinkled them on his arms, they were no different from the ones my brother gave me. They were just luxurious and extravagant. I said, how could my brother fool me with ordinary things? It turned out that Old Hou was just looking for trouble. Sure enough, I couldn't hide my affairs from him, but I didn't expect that he would stare at me more fiercely than my second uncle. I didn't expect that person.

"Old Zhao! Where's she?" He called out to the door. Doctor Zhao rubbed his fat belly and squeezed in, wiping the sweat off his head. Old Hou frowned at him and said, "What's wrong with you? Didn't I ask you to take good care of Shishi? You should taste everything she eats first and only serve it to her if it's ok."

Doctor Zhao pursed his lips, looking extremely aggrieved: "Well, she is allergic to sweet potato powder, but I am not, so it is useless for her to eat it..."

"You're so stubborn. How can you not taste the strong smell of sweet potato flour after taking a bite?"

"This... the sweet potato powder from the kitchen was blown in a little by the wind. It wasn't poured in on purpose. A little powder doesn't have much smell. Miss Fu is not in good health, and that little powder is enough to give her a rash. But for me... I really can't defend myself..."

Uncle Hou frowned, and he didn't look like he was blaming or worried. It was more like he was saying this to someone deliberately. I glanced at my second uncle out of the corner of my eye, and his expression showed an indescribable feeling.

I seemed to know what Old Hou was here for. I patted my chest and showed some surprise: "Uncle Hou, so Doctor Zhao was also sent by you? Didn't you already call two people here before?"

Old Hou tapped my forehead angrily and helplessly: "Don't you differentiate between what's done in public and what's done in secret? I couldn't protect you with this. How can I explain to your father if something happens to you?"

I couldn't help laughing, and the hand pressing on my chest became stronger. I gritted my teeth and said, "I can't explain it. It would be better if I didn't explain it. As long as you don't go to the ancestral hall, you won't be able to see him. He has never appeared in my dreams in all these years..."

Lao Hou quietly pressed my hand, as if he disliked my lack of ambition. I turned my head away from him and then he calmed down a little. After a long while, I heard him sigh: "Your father is a stubborn person. He has seen too much pain, so he always wants to make peace until there is no more room for retreat. But in fact, many things cannot be stopped by retreating. He left openly and left you a mess. How can he have the nerve to come to see you?"

I felt terrified and disappointed when I listened to it, but more of it was fear. It was too fearful that a person could use his own life to deceive another person. I was deceived by Jiang Yinan once, but I never thought that the second person to deceive me would be my father. My second uncle sneered. These words were honest to me, but they had a different meaning in his ears. With that expression and behavior, I was afraid that he had sent Dr. Zhao to monitor me, but he still fell for Lao Hou's trick. And Lao Hou had more than one card up his sleeve.

Old Hou still didn't stop at this point, rolling his eyes at Doctor Zhao exaggeratedly: "You'd better pray to God to save your life! Fortunately, the dosage was not much this time and Shishi's health is not that bad, otherwise what if it gets serious by accident! Laryngeal edema and pulmonary edema affect breathing, which is fatal! Look at this small hill, how long will it take to get down the mountain to see a doctor? Even if it is on the mountain, how far is the pharmacy from Qianhe Hall? If he goes into shock, will he be in time!"

I pulled on Lao Hou's sleeve, pretending to be a good guy at the right time, and signaled Doctor Zhao to go out and get the medicine. I guess he had the lines ready, so he showed up again with ginseng water in one hand and my medicine box in the other. He walked to my bedside and bowed slightly: "So... what do you want to drink tonight, Miss?"

Brother Qingyun was quite confused: "Of course it's medicine. I can understand the ginseng water. If it's good, just drink it. Could it be that there will be some chemical reaction when the ginseng water is mixed with medicine?"

Doctor Zhao scratched his head and said quickly, "I think so too. Wouldn't it be better to use ginseng water to mix medicine? But Third Master wouldn't allow it, saying that he was afraid that the regular medicine and the allergy medicine would conflict. I thought, how could that be possible? I even studied it for half an afternoon, but when I came back, I saw that Third Master had actually thrown away the medicine box, so I had to go down the mountain to get a new one."

"How dare you say that to him? At least he cares about Shishi. As a doctor, why didn't you check it out before he asked this question? If it really happened, will you regret sending Shishi to the ICU?" Lao Hou said again. Doctor Zhao stopped talking and put the two things on the table. Lao Hou paused after reaching out his hand, and finally handed me the ginseng water. "I think so too. What Fu Mingyan said makes sense. Even if it really doesn't happen, you've been taking this medicine for several years and there's no improvement. I think it's time to change it. I'll go back and study it. In two days, I'll give you an enhanced version that strengthens your body and fights allergies."

"Is there an enhanced version of this?" I said with a smile.

Old Hou nodded, and when he stared at me, his expression suddenly changed, and his smile was extremely stiff: "No matter what, it is better to be cautious. I will select some people to do a test, even if it is just to give everyone peace of mind. Don't be like your brother! I tell you, you really guessed it right. All his aerosols were filled with Poria powder! He may have asthma and suffocation at any time! Half of the goods in my warehouse were touched. I was so scared that I couldn't eat. Who do you think is so wicked? No matter how many grievances there are between adults, they shouldn't put the responsibility on children. A fourteen-year-old kid was attacked by him, which is worse than an animal!"

"Sure enough, something happened. Fortunately, today's incident reminded me, otherwise, I dare not think about what the outcome would be..." I was even more frightened. For this reason, I didn't dare to stare into Lao Hou's eyes. He even cursed himself as worse than a beast, but he still didn't show any awkward emotions. In this respect, my second uncle was not as steady as him.

I looked at my second uncle again, and his face finally turned a little ugly, and he was officially panicked, because no matter how you sounded, this matter was directed at him. Old Hou, who always pretended to be serious, was challenging him in everything he said today. Moreover, there was someone who was harming Shu Yi in the same way as he did. If they started to investigate, the scope of the murderer would be too small. Moreover, Old Hou and Doctor Zhao had been playing a double act for a long time, and they had told him explicitly and implicitly that my uncle knew that he was harming me, otherwise he would not have suddenly thrown away my medicine.

I am also a victim, so the only murderer is my second uncle.

In fact, it is not impossible to detect allergens hidden in medicine. As early as when I was seventeen, I had already told Xiangyang about this matter because of the investigation of Zheng Lin's fake medicine. The Hou family has always been aware of it, so any subsequent medicine I take must be passed to me by the Hou family's confidant, and my second uncle's portion was put aside waiting for the right time.

Seeing that I had no reaction for so many years, my second uncle probably knew that I hadn't taken the medicine. He wasn't worried that I knew there was something wrong with the medicine. We already knew the other party's background very well, so we couldn't fight over it. Since there was no evidence, I couldn't make things difficult for him. I turned my suspicion to him, but there were only a few witnesses and no physical evidence. What's more, those people were silenced later...

He was confident in these methods. I was afraid that it would be difficult to investigate in this lifetime. The world outside was in chaos during my grandfather's generation, so it was hard to guarantee that each family would have some people who did shady things. They were familiar with the roads and were very good at it. After his death, those people would be left as inheritance to the old master and uncles. But the old master was guilty. He knew that my grandfather knew about his patricide in the end. If he kept those confidants of my grandfather, who would dare to think that there would be a loyal and faithful person who would act on behalf of heaven in the future? So they were all sent away. But the second uncle was different. The second uncle was the last to attack my grandfather. Before my grandfather was admitted to the hospital, he thought that this son was his ally.

In addition, there is the Chen family. The Chen family is even more adept at handling such matters. Uncle Chen and Second Uncle have always had a good personal relationship. After the marriage, they have to ensure Sister Yining's safety and prosperity after she marries her brother. There is no guarantee that they will not exchange benefits with Second Uncle. Even if Uncle Chen is dead now and Sister Yining has remarried, those people can no longer return to the Chen family in disgrace. There are too many capable desperadoes around Second Uncle.

But Second Uncle didn't expect that someone would be so cruel as to use the same trick to harm Shu Yi.

I am too soft-hearted and conflicted, and he knows it. I will not do it, but if Uncle Hou helps me even at the risk of the young master of the Fu family dying in the Hou family hospital, this approach seems a bit too much.

My brothers didn't understand what we meant. They were still asking in astonishment whether we were talking about Shu Yi and who had replaced Shu Yi's medicine. They also cursed the murderer. Lao Hou waved his hands exaggeratedly in response: "Yes", "Who knows", "If it hadn't been discovered by Shi Shi, your house would have been in mourning for several years in a few days!"

Perhaps this is the only thing that makes me feel relieved. At least my brother didn't watch my life hanging on the edge of the cliff, but he was frightened again in an instant. Second uncle let out a long breath, and a ferocious look of desperate struggle flashed in his eyes for a moment, but it disappeared immediately. He leaned back in the chair leisurely, took out another dose of medicine wrapped in plastic paper from his pocket, and waved to Brother Qingyun to take it.

"Old Hou, I've thought about it and it's true what you said. Just for the sake of safety, I'm really worried about so many spies in your courtyard. Why don't we give this other one to the Lu family to investigate. When the results come out, we can sit together and discuss it together."

Old Hou was stunned for a moment, and turned around as if he hadn't expected this, saying, "Where did you get the other medicine?"

"The new medicine you sent me is about six or seven years old, right? Isn't there a new generation of medicine? At that time, I was far away from Shishi, and I thought you didn't bother to tell me." The second uncle paused and smiled imperceptibly: "Don't scare me, if it wasn't for you, Shishi would have taken this medicine for several years..."

Lao Hou's face instantly fell, and he didn't say anything for a while. My brother was really scared, and immediately rushed over to hold my face and my hands to look carefully, but what could he see? He was at a loss, so he had to cast his eyes on Lao Hou, and I followed suit, until Lao Hou laughed out loud with "surprise".

"You scared me! I've been forgetting things lately. It's been six or seven years, so I can't remember clearly. Yes, Xiangyang changed it. No problem, let's check it out..."

"Oh, that's good. Shishi's body can't stand the hard work." The second uncle nodded, then stopped looking at him. He said he had something to do and went out.

I hid under the quilt and pressed my chest with my hands getting heavier. I knew that Lao Hou would not react like this for no reason, and my second uncle would not take this medicine as a last resort for no reason! The only possibility was that the second medicine, which I had been taking for six or seven years, was also poison...