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

Outside the city, Ye Wushuang and Quan Feiying had already reunited.

Looking at each other, the two couldn't help but smile.

"I didn't expect we were so in sync. Let's go, or our families will send people to arrest us and take us back."

The two mingled with the caravan and traveled with it.

……

By the time Zhu Sha learned about the situation in the prison, the problem there had already been resolved.

She seems to be of no use in Qingzhou City now.

They used Su Mingyue's prescriptions, and whenever something happened, they would call Su Mingyue over immediately. She became invisible in Qingzhou, forgotten by everyone.

At the beginning, everyone called her Doctor Zhu, as if she was the one who could save the people of Qingzhou from suffering.

After Su Mingyue arrived, everything changed.

The people regarded her as a deity and would seek her out immediately when they needed help.

She recalled the look in Su Mingyue's eyes, filled with scrutiny and suspicion. She said, "There must be someone else who knows medicine."

Impossible, she couldn't possibly have found out.

How she found out.

"Jinxiu, with Miss Su here, we probably won't be needed. Let's go check other places. Although the people's conditions have stabilized, there are still some critically ill patients who require extra attention. Pack your things, we'll leave here soon and go check things out down below." She needed to leave; as long as Su Mingyue was there, she would go.

She didn't believe Su Mingyue would follow her forever.

"Yes, this servant will go and tidy it up right away."

Jinxiu had just finished packing her things, and the two of them were about to say goodbye to Physician Hu before leaving, when they saw Xingchun walking towards them.

“Miss Zhu,” Xingchun smiled gently at them, “our young lady invites you over. Why are you packing your bags? You don’t mean to leave, do you? Miss Zhu hasn’t fulfilled the bet you made with my young lady yet, and you’re already leaving? Are you trying to renege on your promise?”

Zhu Sha felt embarrassed upon hearing Xing Chun's words.

She wasn't trying to renege on her debt; she just wanted to leave and didn't want to get involved with that woman, Su Mingyue.

"Don't talk nonsense. Our young lady just wants to go down there to see how things are stable here. When did she say she was going to deny it?" Jinxiu couldn't stand it anymore and stepped in to defend her mistress.

"It's good that you don't deny it. Let's go, our young lady needs to talk to you."

"Miss Su, is there something you need from us?"

"Miss is short-handed and asked you to help out. She said that you lost a bet with her before, and the loser must unconditionally obey the winner. Miss Zhu is aware of this, right?"

"So, she's calling me over now to fulfill the bet?" Zhu Sha was completely taken aback by these words.

"Miss Zhu is unaware of her own shortcomings, and our young lady had no choice but to send me to call her."

"Lead the way."

Jinxiu glared at Xingchun.

Xingchun ignored her.

Zhu Sha saw Su Mingyue and Physician Hu standing together from afar.

"Miss, Miss Zhu has arrived."

“Miss Su, I certainly remember our bet. You don’t need to send your maid to remind me. Since I lost, I’m willing to accept the loss. So, tell me, what do you want me to do?”

When she made the bet, she never expected to lose.

If she had known, she wouldn't have said those things.

"When I just passed by, Miss Zhu and your maid were about to leave," Xingchun mentioned.

Zhu Sha frowned. Was Su Mingyue, this maid, talking too much?

"Here's the thing, we've found several seriously ill patients in the prison. These patients can't be left alone for the next couple of days, and I can't take care of them all by myself, so I'm asking you to come and help take care of them. Miss Zhu is kind, she certainly won't refuse."

“I said I’d honor my bet. I’ll do whatever you ask me to do. Tell me which patients I’m in charge of. Miss Su said before that my medical skills are not as good as yours. I’m only responsible for taking care of them, not for administering their medication. Miss Su will have to arrange the medications they need.”

They say she has no medical skills at all, that those prescriptions weren't written by her, and now she's asking me to take care of patients—she definitely has ulterior motives.

"Don't worry, I'll arrange their medication. You just need to keep an eye on their temperatures and such."

Zhu Sha was furious when she saw that the woman really dared to treat her like a doctor.

But the person who had to make the bet was her, which was infuriating.

Reluctantly, she was taken to the ward for seriously ill patients, where she was assigned to three patients. These three patients were not in serious condition, but they were among the less serious ones.

As long as the high fever subsides and I get through tonight safely, there won't be any major problems.

"Miss, she's really bullying you. She's treating you like a servant." Jinxiu felt very sorry for her young lady, seeing that she had to take care of these sweaty men like a normal servant.

"It's alright, she just wants to see me make a fool of myself. I'll just do as she says." Zhu Sha entered the intensive care unit, and the air inside was unbearable for her.

These men hadn't showered for who knows how many days; they were stinking, and you could smell the stench even through their masks—it was unbearable.

As soon as I went in, I smelled that rotten rice odor, covered my mouth, and ran out gagging.

The men inside looked at Zhu Sha's appearance and found it somewhat amusing: "Miss, we've been locked up in the jail for several days and haven't had time to shower or change clothes, so we do smell quite strong. If you can't stand it, we can send someone else."

They thought they would die in prison, but it turned out someone deliberately prevented them from being saved.

Now that I'm out here and can smell the fresh air, I can also smell the stench on myself. It's really not good. I feel bad for the girl.

"It's alright, I can do it." Zhu Sha forced herself to go back inside despite her discomfort: "If Miss Su can do it, so can I."

"Dr. Su is truly a miracle doctor. We all thought he was about to die, but after a few doses of medicine, he regained some strength."

"You don't know, do you? The young lady in front of you is also a miracle doctor. Before Su Mingyue came, she was in charge of all the patients here. Everyone called her a miracle doctor." Jinxiu felt indignant as she listened to them praising Su Mingyue.

Once Su Mingyue arrived, all the credit went to her alone, and no one remembered the girl's contributions anymore.

“We are truly blessed to have two divine doctors treat us when we fall ill. Before, we thought those officials wouldn’t care whether we lived or died. We are all from out of town and came to Qingzhou to work. We thought we would die in Qingzhou and never be able to return to our hometown in this lifetime.”

……

"Miss, why did you ask Miss Zhu to take care of those patients?" Xingchun didn't understand her young mistress's actions.

“She has people behind her. She’s taking care of those people now, and those people behind her definitely won’t let this opportunity pass.” Su Mingyue put on her mask: “Let’s go, let’s go take a look over there.”

A figure was watching from behind a large tree not far away.