After being sentenced to death, she came to her senses.

Having never seen such a shameless person before, Fang Xiaoran could no longer tolerate it and said coldly, "Scholar Xue, you must have misunderstood. I never said I wanted to marry into your Xue family. You should talk to your wife about those things like serving tea and water and cooking in the future."

After saying that, Fang Xiaoran turned and left, too lazy to waste any more words on him.

Seeing this, Xue Zhiming immediately chased after her, grabbed her wrist, and said, "Since we're arranging the marriage, I naturally have to tell you everything so that you won't feel like we're deliberately making things difficult for you after you marry into the family. Besides, telling you the truth is also a good thing for you, so why get angry?"

"I'm not angry, I just don't want to waste time. Move aside, don't block my way." Fang Xiaoran's face was ashen as she coldly reprimanded.

With many passersby, Xue Zhiming felt humiliated and had no choice but to let go of her hand. He then moved to Fang Xiaoran and said, "It was your aunt who insisted on pleading with my mother, which is why I came here. You yourself may not even be able to find a good husband, yet you are so picky. You should ask Yancheng, who would dare to marry the daughter of someone who murdered her mother-in-law!"

Xue Zhiming was already furious, but he never expected that his words would completely enrage Fang Xiaoran.

In an instant, she used her inner strength to repel him. Xue Zhiming lost his footing and stumbled, falling to the ground in a sorry state. This caused passersby to look on in surprise. As they walked into the temple, they pointed at him and whispered among themselves.

This enraged Xue Zhiming. Zhang, his face flushed, got up from the ground and pointed at Fang Xiaoran, angrily shouting, "You!"

"How could you be so careless, Scholar Xue? Did you hurt yourself?" Fang Xiaoran pretended to be concerned about him and asked if he was injured, which made Xue Zhiming speechless. He immediately turned around and left.

After Fang Chan and Lin Cuilan finished offering incense, they saw Fang Xiaoran standing alone and curiously went up to ask, "Why are you alone? Where's Zhiming?"

"It seems he went back first," Fang Xiaoran replied calmly.

Lin Cuilan frowned. "He went back? How could that be? Did he say why he suddenly went back?"

Fang Xiaoran shook her head, "No, he didn't say anything, he just left."

“This child…” Lin Cuilan’s expression was not good, and she was not sure what was wrong, so she could only smile and say, “It’s okay, let him go, let’s chat for a while.”

"I think it's better not to." Fang Xiaoran looked troubled, glanced at Fang Chan, and said with some difficulty, "I'm a little tired, so I won't disturb you two any longer."

After saying that, Fang Xiaoran gave a slight bow, turned around and left.

After she left, Lin Cuilan and Fang Chan looked at each other, somewhat puzzled. Only after Fang Xiaoran had gone far away and they were sure they could no longer hear her did Lin Cuilan pull Fang Chan aside and whisper, "What's wrong with your niece? Did Ming'er neglect her? But Ming'er always follows the rules and treats people with kindness, so this shouldn't have happened."

In Lin Cuilan's opinion, Xue Zhiming must have left first because Fang Xiaoran did something to upset him, otherwise he would never have been so rude.

Hearing Lin Cuilan's words full of dissatisfaction with Fang Xiaoran, Fang Chan was initially a little unhappy, but then she thought that her purpose was only to marry Fang Xiaoran off, and that it was really Fang Xiaoran's fault that this happened.

Fang Chan then comforted him, saying, "Perhaps Zhiming really has something urgent to attend to. I see that Liu Yatou looks normal, so the two of them probably didn't have a fight."

Lin Cuilan was somewhat displeased. "Really? But I don't think your niece is a good person. If it weren't for the fact that she is the eldest daughter of the Fang family, I would never have agreed to this marriage."

Fang Chan laughed and said, "Sister Lan is so capable, would she be afraid of a junior? No matter how willful and capricious she is, when she marries into your Xue family, you will still be the one making the decisions. Do you think she can cause a ruckus in the Xue family?"

"That's impossible. She wouldn't dare even if she had ten times the courage."

"So, Sister Lan, what are you worried about? Just wait until the time comes to marry him."

"It's not so easy to get into the Xue family. You'd better go back and teach her a lot, so that I won't have to worry about her after she marries into the family."

"Okay, it's been a long time. Shall we stroll around a bit more?"

"Okay, I do have a lot to say to you."

……

After leaving the Guanyin Temple, Fang Xiaoran simply hired a carriage to return home. She had absolutely no interest in Xue Zhiming and even had a very bad first impression of him. If there was a next time, she probably wouldn't give Fang Chan any face and would simply refuse.

Before returning to the Fang family, she went to Caiyun Pavilion to change her clothes and took Muli with her. She entered through the back door of Danxi Pharmacy. He Chunming was sitting in the front hall and was unaware of the situation in the inner cabinet.

At that moment, a veiled woman stumbled in, knelt down in the pharmacy, and pleaded in a hoarse voice, "Please, Physician Qi, save my life..."

Upon hearing this, He Chunming immediately turned to look, and the shop assistant rushed forward to investigate. Unexpectedly, a gust of wind blew by, lifting the woman's veil and revealing her face covered in pustules. The assistant was so frightened that he collapsed to the ground, fleeing in panic, stammering, "Manager, manager... she, she, she, she..."

"You've come at an inopportune time. Doctor Qi is not available for consultation today. You should seek medical help elsewhere." As the owner of the pharmacy, He Chunming was much more composed and did not show any panic. Instead, he explained to the woman with a solemn expression.

Upon hearing this, the woman did not leave. Instead, she knelt and slowly moved toward the counter, pleading with a sorrowful expression, "Two lives have been lost. Are you really going to stand by and watch us die?"

"What did you say? Could it be that you..." He Chunming's expression changed drastically. He could hardly believe that this woman was already six months pregnant. This made He Chunming feel pity. However, Doctor Qi was not in the shop at the moment, and the ordinary doctors in the pharmacy would probably be unable to cure such a serious illness.

Seeing He Chunming hesitate, the woman continued to kowtow, her forehead striking the ground repeatedly, bright red blood streaming down her face. Between kowtows, she pleaded, "My life is worthless, but this child in my womb is more important than my own. Please, shopkeeper, have mercy and save this child's life. I will repay your kindness even if I have to serve you like a slave..."

"It's not that I don't want to save you, but..."

He Chunming looked troubled, unsure how to refuse the woman, when suddenly a clear, cold voice came from the inner chamber, "Let her in."

Hearing this voice, He Chunming was overjoyed and extremely surprised. He quickly turned around and went into the inner chamber, where he saw Fang Xiaoran sitting on a soft cushion, fiddling with a medicine box.

Saving lives was the priority, and He Chunming didn't have time to ask anything else before quickly taking the woman inside.

"Sit down." Fang Xiaoran gestured for the woman to sit down. The woman was slightly taken aback. Although she saw that the other woman was wearing a light green dress, it was difficult to tell her gender and age from her voice alone, which was really strange.

While she was still in a daze, Fang Xiaoran's voice rang out again, "Not going to see a doctor?" Upon hearing this, the woman hurriedly sat down and replied, "Yes, of course I will see a doctor."

"Extend your hand." Fang Xiaoran's tone remained calm. Although the woman was somewhat nervous, she still extended her hand with trembling hands. However, when her hand was halfway extended, she suddenly hesitated and said timidly, "A doctor once treated me, and he contracted a terrible disease simply by touching my skin. You'd better not touch me..."