I started out with seven husbands, and I worked hard to support my family while crying.

He chose to get married to conceal his identity, but Fang Xiaoxiao chose a husband and then abandoned him at the yamen.

Left with no other choice, he spent five taels of silver to pay his betrothal gifts and head tax, and then, using the address given to him by the yamen, he made his way to his new wife.

Fang Xiaoxiao looked at him with suspicion.

Pei Yan, who injured his hands while chopping wood and broke dishes while washing them, was already difficult enough to support.

Now there's another Pei Yan who looks like he can't carry anything, is incredibly weak, and definitely can't afford to support him.

Fang Xiaoxiao refused, saying, "The yamen is still an official government office. It can shelter you from the wind and rain and provide you with three meals a day. If you come with me, you will suffer from hunger and cold. You can stay in the yamen for now. I will definitely come to pick you up after three months."

As if he had expected her to refuse, Pei Yan took out a written agreement from his sleeve and unfolded it.

"Isn't this the marriage certificate that my wife signed at the county government office?" He Jinnian asked in surprise when he saw the words on it.

Pei Yan looked at Fang Xiaoxiao, smiled, and threatened with narrowed eyes, "Wife, this is the marriage contract you signed. If you don't care about me now, you will be punished by the government."

Seeing this, Fang Xiaoxiao sighed inwardly.

Now that the marriage certificate has been presented, I can't just ignore him.

Keeping them is simply too expensive.

Thinking this, Fang Xiaoxiao shifted her gaze to He Jinnian, communicating with her eyes.

"Give me some ideas!"

He Jinnian opened his innocent-looking eyes and blinked twice to confirm with her.

"Hmm? Now that Pei Yan is here, does my wife think she can't afford to support two people? And seeing that I can't do the housework well, does she want to send me back?"

He Jinnian pondered this in his heart.

The more I thought about it, the more I felt that I was right, and I felt nervous.

He immediately put on an act, pretending to be pitiful.

"My dear wife, I hurt my hands working today. I was planning to get up early tomorrow morning to make you breakfast and surprise you! You can't send me away."

After saying that, He Jinnian turned his gaze to Pei Yan and said:

"Pei Yan only looks a little weak. Who knows if he's faking it? His purpose is just to gain your sympathy, my wife!"

Fang Xiaoxiao thought He Jinnian's words made sense, and turned to look at Pei Yan.

Unexpectedly, Pei Yan suddenly vomited blood and fainted in the courtyard.

"Pei Yan! Pei Yan!" Seeing him unconscious in the courtyard, Fang Xiaoxiao went up and patted him.

My body felt hot, but my limbs were cold, and fine beads of sweat appeared on my forehead.

It doesn't seem like she's faking it; if she really did throw Pei Yan out and leave him alone.

If she is reported and exposed by villagers in town tomorrow, she won't even have to wait three months; she'll be in jail tomorrow.

Left with no other choice, Fang Xiaoxiao had to leave Pei Yan behind.

"Drag him back to his room!" Fang Xiaoxiao sighed and had He Jinnian drag him back to his room.

Only after taking off Pei Yan's clothes did I realize how good his physique was.

Broad shoulders, narrow waist, eight-pack abs. Long, straight legs—he must be a highly skilled martial artist.

The wounds on his body avoided vital organs; it was only because the weapon that injured him was poisoned that he was so weak.

However, the antidote for this poison is difficult to prepare. It was already difficult for Pei Yan to save his life, let alone that he had traveled such a long way to find her.

Fang Xiaoxiao currently has no medicinal herbs to concoct an antidote for Pei Yan, and the journey to town is too far.

After this back and forth, Pei Yan was probably already hard, so we had to use acupuncture to suppress the poison.

As the silver needles were inserted one by one, Pei Yan felt the toxins that had been troubling him for days being driven to a place and suppressed.

As the last needle was pulled out, Fang Xiaoxiao's serious expression softened, replaced by a smile.

"The toxins have finally been suppressed."

However, upon closer inspection, Pei Yan's face is indeed impeccably handsome.

She has a cool and aloof appearance, and she is also somewhat aloof.

Just as Fang Xiaoxiao approached, Pei Yan opened his eyes.

The daughter of a wealthy man in a remote town, who is also a notorious spendthrift.

He actually knows medicine?

Moreover, his medical skills are so superb that they are comparable to those of the imperial physicians in the palace.

How did such an extraordinary woman manage to squander her family fortune to this state?

Fang Xiaoxiao was startled when he suddenly opened his eyes and immediately backed away.

Pei Yan sat up with a smile and said, "My wife, we are already husband and wife, why are you being shy?"

Fang Xiaoxiao blushed and didn't dare to look at him. "Although we've signed the marriage certificate, we haven't had the wedding ceremony yet. Don't try to take advantage of me!"

Pei Yan said, "Oh? So, your relationship with He Jinnian is also completely innocent?"

Fang Xiaoxiao then glanced at him and said, "Of course."

Fang Xiaoxiao is a true gentleman, so nothing will happen before the wedding ceremony.

For some reason, Pei Yan felt a sense of joy.

But he still couldn't resist probing, saying, "Before I came here, I heard that you were uneducated and incompetent, and that you had squandered all your family fortune, leaving you with only a small house in the countryside."

"When did you learn medicine, madam?"

"That's...that's because I lost all my family fortune and got sick without money for treatment, so I taught myself a little bit." Fang Xiaoxiao casually made up an excuse to fool Pei Yan.

Pei Yan naturally didn't believe it; a sick person could easily learn medical skills and become comparable to the imperial physicians in the palace.

Fang Xiaoxiao must be a genius with almost supernatural intelligence. How could such a genius squander his family fortune?

However, he also needs a place to hide his identity and recuperate from his injuries.

"I see, my wife is truly clever!" Pei Yan praised with a smile, letting her off the hook for the time being.

As for medical matters, it's not too late to investigate them later.

They're so easy to fool!

Fang Xiaoxiao smiled arrogantly and ground the medicinal herbs to apply to Pei Yan's wound.

Cool fingertips brushed against Pei Yan's warm skin. Unexpectedly, he, an injured person, was warmer than her.

"Why are your hands so cold, my wife?" Pei Yan's voice came from above.

Fang Xiaoxiao looked up and saw that cold and handsome face was very close to hers, she could hear his breath.

Beneath her thick eyelashes, her dark eyes reflected her delicate face, and a hint of tenderness that neither of them noticed.

Pei Yan's hand unconsciously reached out and grasped the small hand that was applying medicine to his chest.

Fang Xiaoxiao then realized what was happening and pulled her hand away.

"What are you doing?" Her fingertips still held the warmth of Pei Yan's touch. "If you keep doing this, you'll have to apply the medicine yourself!"

Fang Xiao threw the crushed medicine in her hand onto the table, pretending to leave.

Pei Yan was so anxious that he tried to get out of bed, "Wife, I was wrong!"

"I was wrong, come back!" Seeing Fang Xiaoxiao stop, Pei Yan leaned back on the bed and said, leaning against the headboard:

"I can't live without you."

The last sentence made Fang Xiao's heart skip a beat: "Glib tongue."

Turning around, her face was now calm as she applied the medicine heavily to Pei Yan's wound.

The pain made Pei Yan grimace, disregarding his image. "Ouch! It hurts... be gentle, be gentle."

Only He Jinnian remained, sitting outside counting sparrows, bored.

"These two have been inside for quite some time now, haven't they changed the medicine yet?"