To divorce his wife, the top scholar preferred being cuckolded to wearing a red hat.

As the man watched the woman attentively tend to his wounds and detoxify him, he felt a sense of relief and slowly closed his eyes.

After Su Mingyue finished bandaging everything, she found that the man had already fallen asleep.

Her completely unguarded look made her both angry and amused.

Where did that defensiveness go?

The man was asleep at this moment, and it was clear that he was quite handsome. He had striking eyebrows and bright eyes, and his features were strikingly good.

The jade pendant at her waist looked familiar, but she couldn't quite place where she had seen it before.

She grabbed a thin blanket from the bed and covered him with it before going back to bed and picking up a book to read.

With a man in the room, it's impossible for her to sleep soundly without a care in the world.

An hour later, the man woke up.

When he woke up, he found that the blankets on his body and the faint fragrance in the room smelled of blood, which told him that his poison had been neutralized and he was alright.

He looked up and gazed at the bed.

A woman dressed in thin clothes lay on the bed, her eyes closed as she slept, a book in her hand. The book covered her face, obscuring it from view; only her delicate eyelashes and smooth forehead were visible.

He shifted slightly, and the pain in his chest made him gasp.

This slight movement instantly brought Su Mingyue to her senses.

She put the book aside and slowly walked towards the man: "Awake?"

"Thank you for saving me, young lady," Xiao Zhan said in a hoarse voice.

"At least it's not all fighting and killing right away." Su Mingyue poured herself a glass of water, then, thinking she would look at him, asked, "Would you like some water?"

"Sorry, girl."

He was indeed very thirsty.

Su Mingyue gently poured him a glass of water and held it to his lips.

Xiao Zhan looked at her slender, fair fingers and wanted to speak, but Su Mingyue said calmly, "Go on, do you want me to serve you water?"

Xiao Zhan: "..."

I slowly took the cup and struggled to drink the water inside.

"I will always remember your life-saving grace, young lady." If it weren't for this woman in front of me yesterday who cured him of the poison, he would probably have died from the poison.

“I didn’t save you just for no reason.” Su Mingyue glanced at the jade pendant at his waist: “There are conditions. Either pay me for the consultation, or you owe me a favor that you will have to repay when I need it in the future.”

"How much is the consultation fee? And how should I repay the favor?" Xiao Zhan couldn't help but feel curious as he listened to her words.

If only a consultation fee is required, this is indeed a good way to settle the transaction between the bank and the customer.

Looking at the other person's aloof face, he couldn't help but wonder how the other person intended to repay the favor.

"Leave me a token. If I need your help, no matter what it is, you have to help me. As for the consultation fee, it's a bit much. Your life seems to be worth at least 100,000 taels."

Xiao Zhan gasped.

This woman is so arrogant.

Recalling her medical skills last night, I couldn't help but think to myself, she has the right to be arrogant.

He casually untied the jade pendant from his waist and played with it: "I don't lack money, but you saved my life, so I do owe you a favor. Here, take this. When you want me to repay your favor, just take it."

This is a jade pendant of excellent quality, cool to the touch, and crystal clear.

Su Mingyue accepted it without hesitation: "Okay, it's a deal."

"But how can you be sure that I can definitely help you? What if it can't be done? Will I have to pay extra for the consultation?"

"If you want to make up the difference, I won't stop you. Who would complain about having more money earned with their own hands, right?"

Xiao Zhan listened to his words and, for the first time, felt speechless.

This woman is independent and doesn't seem like a typical woman from a prominent family.

"My surname is Xiao. May I ask your name, young lady?"

Su Mingyue glanced at him lazily: "Young Master Xiao, do you perhaps have taken a liking to me and want to inquire about my name? Your injuries don't seem to be too serious, so you can leave now."

Xiao Zhan struggled to his feet and clasped his hands in a fist salute to Su Mingyue: "Please tell me your name, Miss, so that I may repay your kindness in the future."

"Su Mingyue." Su Mingyue yawned. "Goodbye. I didn't sleep well last night, I'm exhausted."

She had been busy all night and hadn't slept much, so she needed to catch up on her sleep.

Xiao Qi glanced at the night outside; it would be dawn in an hour, and she had to leave quickly.

"Thank you, Miss Mingyue. See you next time." She walked to the window, dragging her badly injured body, and was about to jump.

Seeing the bloodstained clothes and gauze on the ground, Su Mingyue pointed to the ground and said, "Take these with you too. I don't want any misunderstandings."

Xiao Zhan bent down to pick it up, poured the blood outside, and then leaped away, disappearing into the night.

Su Mingyue closed the window, drew the curtains, and closed her eyes.

……

Ye Wushuang lay on the bed, coughing weakly a few times, and asked Afei in a hoarse voice, "Is there still no news of Mingyue?"

Afei shook his head: "Miss Mingyue disappeared back then, and ten years have passed in the blink of an eye. I'm afraid she's probably in grave danger."

"Keep searching. I won't give up until I see her body."

"Young Master, Young Master He just sent word that he sees you are in good spirits today and will definitely invite you for drinks sometime. You haven't gone out all day, what does Young Master He mean by this? When has he seen you?"

When did he send it?

"Just now, someone said that the young master looks no different from an ordinary person. Were you faking illness before?"

"Find out where he went today and who he met."

"Young Master suspects that someone is impersonating him and acting outside."

"Who would impersonate me, a sickly person like me?"

Soon, the person Afei sent out returned with a message.

"Young Master, today is the banquet to express gratitude to the newly appointed top scholar. Young Master He has been to the Fu family and even met you at their banquet. As for the imposter, they disappeared without a trace after leaving the Fu residence, and we haven't been able to find out who it was."

Ye Wushuang was very curious; there really were people impersonating others.

"Has the other party done anything out of line?"

"No, he just went in, had a few drinks, exchanged a few words with Young Master He, and then left. That's why Young Master He sent someone to deliver the message after you returned home."

What did he say at the time?

"They say that Young Master Fu is going to marry which of the Su family's legitimate daughters? The Su family has two legitimate daughters, is it the elder or the younger one?"

Upon hearing this, Ye Wushuang sat bolt upright in bed in shock.

Her eyes shone with light: "It's Mingyue, it must be her, she's back."

“Young master, it’s just a sentence. How do you know it’s Miss Su? Miss Su has been missing for so many years. The Su family has long given up looking for her. To the Su family, she is already a dead person.”

"Because no one has mentioned Mingyue all these years, many people don't remember that the Su family had a legitimate daughter who has disappeared. He took my identity, did nothing but say this one sentence, probably to let the world know that the Su family had a legitimate daughter."

"Young master, could it be that we're overthinking things? If it really is Miss Su who's returned, why didn't she come back to find you immediately, but instead impersonated you and swaggered around outside?" A-Fei responded softly.