Chapter 691 - Chapter 691: Chapter 691: Elderly Mr. Dis Injury (1/2)
Chapter 691: Chapter 691: Elderly Mr. Di’s Injury
Ms. Wang was completely bewildered, how did the wedding turn into a marriage scam in such a short while?
Di Gaoyuan also couldn’t understand what just happened, he could only watch the soldiers coming and going blankly, and the center of the scene was in chaos.
Before long, all the people who came to the wedding were arrested.
Even after the crowd was escorted away by the soldiers, everyone was still shocked by this sudden turn of events.
The news of this marriage scam, through the mouths of the guests who had come to attend the wedding, spread rapidly!
Some said that Ms. Wang, blindsided by the sight of silver, sold her daughter for 500 taels of silver, but later regretted it and falsely accused the Sun family from Shangrao County of marriage fraud.
Others said that it was the housekeeper of the Sun family from Shangrao County who had set his sights on Di’s daughter, so he came to propose marriage, posing as the young master of his house. Unfortunately, Ms. Wang was blinded by the silver, and thus fell right into it.
There were even more saying that the young master of the Sun family from Shangrao County was severely ill, so the housekeeper’s son, fearing that he may not have long to live, came to get married on his behalf. The Di Family, however, regretted and refused to marry off their daughter, thus they counterattacked by claiming that the Sun Family had committed marriage fraud.
There were even more theories circulating…
Among the various speculations, Di Yelei had already helped Elderly Mr. Di return to the Di Family.
As soon as they reached home, Elderly Mr. Di weakly sat on the chair and closed his eyes, refusing to move at all.
Di Yelei noticed the poor condition of Elderly Mr. Di and quickly asked in a low voice: “Dad, are you tired? Do you want your son to assist you to the room to rest?”
Elderly Mr. Di opened his eyes with difficulty, shook his head slightly and closed his eyes again without saying a word.
Liu Sisi, who was standing nearby, saw Elderly Mr. Di’s state and quietly told Granny Hu something, who swiftly brought a basin of well water.
Liu Sisi quietly walked over, passing the herbal wine to Di Yelei, whispered a few words in his ear, and then stepped back silently.
Di Yelei looked a bit surprised by Liu Sisi’s retreat, looked down at the basin of water in his hand and whispered.
“Dad, your son is going to check your arm.”
Without waiting for Elderly Mr. Di to answer, he immediately rolled up Elderly Mr. Di’s sleeve, and then took a sharp breath of cold air!
Elderly Mr. Di’s arm was covered with dark bruises, a large area of it, which was quite alarming!
“Dad, how did this happen?”
Elderly Mr. Di finally opened his eyes a crack, tugged his sleeve back in place, clenched it in his hand and said, “It’s nothing.”
Nothing? Is it really nothing when your arm is bruised like this?
He wanted to inquire more, but seeing Elderly Mr. Di’s tightly pressed lips and lack of intention to speak further, he held back his words. He forcefully rolled the sleeve back up, wrung a towel dry, and proceeded to ice Elderly Mr. Di’s arm.
The well water in Di’s home was groundwater, warm in winter and cool in summer. The freshly drawn well water was freezing cold and just right for icing.
Since there were bruises all over both of Elderly Mr. Di’s arms, Di Yelei busied himself replacing the four towels soaked in well water in rotation. After replacing two basins of well water, which took about the time to drink two cups of tea, he finally stopped, put away the towels and said.
“Dad, how about you stop staying in the upper village and return to the county town with your son? Here…”
He looked up and saw that Elderly Mr. Di had fallen asleep, emitting soft snores.
“Dad, it’s easy to catch a cold sleeping outside, how about your son carry you inside to sleep?”
After calling out twice, Elderly Mr. Di still didn’t move.
After pondering for a while, he carefully carried Elderly Mr. Di into the inner room, fetched a thin quilt and gently covered him before tiptoeing out.
He summoned the two servants specially assigned to take care of Elderly Mr. Di, detailed the two of them on their duties, and then finally left the room.