Chapter 761: Chapter 761: Shu Yu Returns Again Chapter 761: Chapter 761: Shu Yu Returns Again Madam Hou took a while before returning to the room. Upon seeing him, she let out a long sigh of relief.
“Sir, you’re here after all, I’ve been so worried.”
Cheng Dong said in a low voice, “I went to the latrine just now. When I came back, I saw a bowl of noodles, so I ate.”
“Oh, it’s fine, it’s fine. Sir, you eat first. It’s good that you’re unharmed. I have to get busy, and I’ll come back later to collect the bowl.”
It wasn’t until Madam Hou left that Cheng Dong sped up eating the noodles.
He was indeed very hungry, and without eating something, he wouldn’t have been able to go on.
After finishing, he put down the bowl and chopsticks, ready to return to the firewood room he was in before.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he stood up, his steps faltered and he suddenly swayed.
Cheng Dong’s face turned pale, realizing something was wrong, he immediately reached to scratch his wound to wake himself up. Unfortunately, it was already too late; his hand had no strength, and his whole body fell forward.
With a ‘bang,’ the sound was really quite loud and frightened Madam Hou, who was coming over to check, making her eyelids twitch.
She stood at the doorway, took a deep breath, and knocked on the door again, “Sir? I’m here to collect the bowl, have you finished eating?”
There was no response inside. Madam Hou waited cautiously for a moment before pushing the door to enter.
Cheng Dong lay on the ground. Madam Hou pursed her lips and did not approach but turned her head and waved at her daughter not far away.
Sixth Young Lady turned and ran. After a while, she returned to the front of the cottage with Shu Yu.
Madam Hou spoke softly, “The noodles have been eaten, and he’s on the ground. Yu, are you sure he won’t suddenly wake up?”
“Zhao… the medicine my brother gave, and him being seriously injured, it would be strange if he could wake up.” Shu Yu’s head was still sweaty; she had been driven by the mule carriage away for quite a distance and then hurried back, somewhat anxious; despite the cold weather, she was so hot.
She asked Sixth Young Lady to help find a bundle of hemp rope, and then they flipped Cheng Dong over.
Good, the man was indeed out cold.
“Come, help me out. Let’s tie him up first.”
Madam Hou and Sixth Young Lady quickly lent a hand. The three of them huffed and puffed as they securely tied him up, before finally letting out a big sigh of relief.
Then, Shu Yu pried open Cheng Dong’s mouth and took a look inside, indeed finding poison between his teeth.
She carefully took out the substance and wrapped it with a handkerchief, securing it before plugging his mouth and finally settling down.
“What do we do now?” Madam Hou asked.
Shu Yu said, “Of course, we’re sending him to Mister Qi.”
She turned to Madam Hou and her daughter and instructed, “We don’t know anything about this man’s background or connections, so let’s avoid trouble as much as we can. After I take him away, act as if nothing happened today, as if you’ve never seen this person. I’m here today just to visit you, and you know nothing, understand?”
Madam Hou nodded, “I understand, but what about you? You…”
“Don’t worry, I’ll hand him over to Mister Qi quietly; he won’t expose me.”
Shu Yu stood up and asked Madam Hou for assistance, hauling him onto the mule carriage.
Only after settling the man did Shu Yu turn to the mother and daughter and said, “I should head back now. I’ll come to see you again when I have the time, knowing you’re both well eases my mind.”
Leading the mule carriage, she left the courier station, bade farewell to the two, flicked the reins, and headed towards Heichang County.