Jiang Youzhi took advantage of the moment when everyone’s attention was elsewhere to sneak a glance out the window.
Xu Zhizhong and Zheng Juren both brought servants with them, and the two servants were wearing blue cotton robes.
It seemed as if these robes were some kind of uniform for the servants.
Jiang Youzhi suddenly sighed and said to the others, "Actually, on the day I fell off the building, I distinctly felt someone push me from behind, causing me to fall."
"That person—"
At this point, Jiang Youzhi paused.
His gaze swept subtly across the three faces in front of him—Zhou Jing and Xu Zhizhong looked astonished, while Zheng Juren’s mouth twitched twice before he suddenly became angry, "How could this happen? Who on earth pushed Brother Jiang?"
Jiang Youzhi sighed, "I don’t know, the person pushed me from behind, so I didn’t see."
Xu Zhizhong said, "Then report it to the authorities. You have an official title, and an attempt on your life should be taken seriously, even by the county magistrate!"
Jiang Youzhi shook his head, "I was just unfortunate to faint at the time, and after waking up, I was too worried about the Silver for my treatment to think about it. Now it’s been so long, it’s impossible to find out who was at the inn that day."
Saying this, Jiang Youzhi glanced at Zheng Juren again and noticed he seemed to breathe a sigh of relief.
Yet Xu Zhizhong and Zhou Jing were evidently still pondering.
Jiang Youzhi squinted—could Zheng Juren have ordered the servant to do it?
After a while, Xu Zhizhong finally said, "Could it be that Brother Jiang has made an enemy?"
Jiang Youzhi shook his head, "No."
"I think perhaps it was a drunken man momentarily losing his mind and giving me a push."
Xu Zhizhong sighed, "If so, that’s truly an unforeseeable disaster."
"Indeed, indeed, Brother Jiang is truly unfortunate," Zhou Jing chimed in.
Zheng Juren also sighed for a while, and after some casual conversation, they all stood up to take their leave.
Jiang Youzhi sat on the bed and cupped his hands, "Farewell, my kind brothers, please forgive my inability to see you off."
All three said, "Brother Jiang, don’t stand on ceremony."
As they were bidding goodbye and about to leave, Gu Chuan dashed into the courtyard holding a turtle and shouted, "Sister, sister, I caught a turtle."
Previously, Yun Jiao had caught a turtle, and now Sanya was raising it. Gu Chuan had been eager to eat it because his father used to collect turtles from villagers, stew the meat to eat, and use the shell and carapace as medicine.
Gu Chuan loved eating turtle, especially the turtle eggs.
But Sanya wouldn’t let him eat her turtle, so Yun Jiao casually said, "You catch one yourself, and then I’ll make it for you."
Today, Gu Chuan caught one, thinking he could eat turtle and was therefore exceptionally excited.
Initially, Yun Jiao intended to stay in the kitchen until Jiang Youzhi’s classmates left.
Upon hearing Gu Chuan shouting outside, she had no choice but to come out, standing at the kitchen door and beckoning to Gu Chuan.
As she emerged, Xu Zhizhong, Zheng Juren, and Zhou Jing, who were now in the courtyard, all looked over.
Xu Zhizhong was slightly taken aback when he saw Yun Jiao.
He remembered that about a month ago he had seen Yun Jiao, then she was thin and parched like a flower lacking water; although still pretty, her beauty had been quite limited.
It hadn’t even been a month, and she seemed to have grown a bit taller, her face had gained some flesh, the whole person like a flower bud that has fully absorbed water, ready to slowly bloom.
Though the flower’s beauty hadn’t fully manifested, one could foresee the vibrant bud, once fully bloomed, would have such captivating charm.