Chapter 42 (2/2)

But no more than half an hour went by and Second Old Master Sang suddenly frowned and intuitively covered his tummy. His face turned ash white and he shouted when he could endure no longer. “Stop the carriage! Stop the carriage! I can’t hold it any longer, I need to go relief myself first!”

“Oh, my dear, your face doesn’t look too good!” Li s.h.i.+ was a little shocked.

“Did you stuff yourself too much?” Worried, Sang Yan spoke quickly.

“Rubbis.h.!.+” Second Old Master Sang glared at his daughter. Stuffed too much? Her words sounded as if he had never eaten anything good before and spoiled his stomach upon feasting them.

However, his heart actually suspected a little that that might have been the case.

Second Old Master Sang hurriedly jumped off the carriage and flew straight into the dense forest. A moment later, he was seen dragging himself back. Weakly, he climbed aboard the carriage and waved, “Move along!”

Less than two minutes later, Second Old Master Sang’s face turned strange again and he shouted for the carriage to stop before he speedily ran into a nearby bush.

In less than an hour’s time, Second Old Master Sang had intermittently made four trips. His face was pale and his legs felt heavy; there was no energy left for him to even open his mouth to speak. It wasn’t just his face that looked unpleasant, his new clothes were stained with patches of mud and debris here and there, and parts of his robe stabbed by barbs from the bushes; his appearance was unpleasant as well.

“Second Uncle, are you alright?” Sang Hong asked worriedly.

“No more! I can’t take it anymore!” Second Old Master Sang looked down at his own unpleasant appearance and shook his head, “I’ll not follow anymore, I’ll not follow anymore!” It wasn’t just his appearance that did not permit him to go, but also his physical condition. His face would be thrown if he entered someone else’s home in such a state. A dignified person like him could not afford to embarra.s.s himself in front of others.

“Then, then what do we do? Should we send you back to town first? Then maybe you can hire another carriage to send yourself back?” Li s.h.i.+’s face immediately took a change; a bad feeling was itching on her skin.

“We’ve already been delayed enough. If we return and head out again, the sky will definitely be dark by then! If our s.h.i.+ relatives become angry saying how our Sang family is impudent, then——” Fang s.h.i.+ said deliberately.

The two old couple cared not whether Sang Wan was angry, but if their nephew-in-law and his mother were to have any poor impressions of them, then the seriousness was on another level altogether as they had hoped to have the s.h.i.+ family help introduce their daughter to a well-to-do family.

“The rest of you, go! Go!” Second Old Master Sang stared at Li s.h.i.+ and ordered, “You, get down! I see a residential area down at the east, we’ll go there and rest. When you all return, remember to fetch us! What are you staring blankly at for? Come down now!”

Second Old Master Sang roared and glared at his wife.

“Coming! Coming!” Li s.h.i.+ hurriedly got off the carriage.

“I’ll not go too, I’ll not go too!” Heavily dependent on Li s.h.i.+, Sang Yan had received lots of her parents’ affection and less of their scoldings. For someone like her who did not know how to stand up for herself, her temperament was thus very weak and dared not imagine what it would be like leaving from her mother’s side. Not to mention that her mother and Fang s.h.i.+ were never on the right terms and she was never close to Sang Wan to begin with.

“You useless la.s.s, you want to see the death of me? Go, why are you not going with them?” Li s.h.i.+ ground her teeth and a burst of anger erupted from her tummy. With that sudden burst of anger, she stomped forward and forcefully pushed her finger on Sang Yan’s forehead several times while cursing without an end.

In front of everyone who did not climb down the carriage, she cried and whined as she refused to go along.

“I think Ah Yan should accompany you too. We’ve to take care of our two children and might not have enough hands to take care of her too.” In a difficult position, Sang Hong suggested.

That was what Sang Yan was afraid of. For a country girl like her who did not have a backbone, her cousin may find her irksome and not like her. If she followed along, she’ll just be a joke over there!

“Father! I want to stay and take care of Father!” Sang Yan rushed over and clutched Second Old Master Sang’s arm before looking into his eyes in hopes of him letting her stay.

“Enough, enough! Just let her stay, let her stay!” Second Old Master Sang’s legs trembled as his stomach began acting up again. The pain was so unbearable that all he wanted to do was quickly find a place to lie down and rest comfortably before asking someone to bring a doctor over. Other than that, what else would be more important?

There was no other choice and all Li s.h.i.+ could do was give Sang Yan a glare and scold her a few more times before turning back to Sang Hong and giving a sigh, “Oh, but what about our lunch later, and the fees for a doctor to see to my dear husband? We were in a hurry when leaving the house and didn’t bring any money with us!”

Sang Hong generously fished out two silvers and handed it over to Li s.h.i.+ with a smile, “Second Aunt, I’ll let you have this money to use first.”

Li s.h.i.+ quickly received them and stroke them before sighing again, “Although they’re not much, but it’ll all be over soon! Ai, let’s not chat anymore, you all have to hurry there! Remember to help greet our nephew-in-law and his mother, and our niece for us too!”

Li s.h.i.+ took a glance at the carriage and let out a third sigh. Giving a self-comforting thought to herself to remind her that there was always a next time as the s.h.i.+ family would not run away. Heng, the s.h.i.+ family would definitely not close their doors and reject them as their relatives!

With such a thought, Li s.h.i.+’s mood turned slightly better. But when the thought of her not being able to take a good look inside the s.h.i.+ household surfaced in her mind, her anger once again returned and she secretly rolled her eyes and cursed a few times at Second Old Master Sang.

Inside the carriage, Fang s.h.i.+ could not help but celebrate their victory.

“Nothing will happen to Second Uncle, right?” Sang Hong was a little worried and he asked.

“Relax! Nothing will happen to him.” Fang s.h.i.+ laughed. The dose was very light; Second Old Master Sang just had to lie down for a while and he would be fine.

Sang Hong sighed helplessly. If not for him worrying about leaving a poor impression to the s.h.i.+ family on their first visit, he would never have agreed.

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