Chapter 596
Chapter 596
“Deputy General Zhou, what do we do now?” The men behind Deputy General Zhou watched Fang Sheng lead his people away and were momentarily unsure whether they should follow or return to the military camp.
After all, Fang Sheng had been leading them around this mountain for quite some time.
No one knew what he was looking for.
“Follow him. I want to see what he’s really up to.” Deputy General Zhou also wanted to know what Fang Sheng was scheming.
He was certain Fang Sheng was hiding something from him.
He was determined to expose Fang Sheng’s plot and have General Liu punish him.
With that thought, Deputy General Zhou followed without hesitation.
Lu City
Li Zhiwei had been unconscious for an entire day, yet showed no sign of waking.
At last, the members of the Li family realized that something was wrong.
“Divine Physician Jun, didn’t you say Weiwei was merely asleep? Why has she been sleeping for so long without waking?” Lady Yao asked anxiously.
Jun Mowen was momentarily embarrassed.
He still hadn’t discovered the cause.
But the fact remained that Li Zhiwei had not regained consciousness.
“Divine Physician Jun, could there be something else wrong with my daughter?” Li Tianyou looked at Jun Mowen suspiciously.
Who slept for such a long time?
Besides, Li Zhiwei had been perfectly fine before this.
Jun Mowen sighed. He had known from the beginning that the reason for Li Zhiwei’s coma could not be hidden forever.
“I wasn’t certain before, but now that she still hasn’t woken up… Do you know if she has some unresolved emotional burden?” Jun Mowen sighed and looked at them.
“An emotional burden?” Lady Yao and Li Tianyou exchanged glances. What burden could their daughter possibly have?
They had thought she should have no great worries.
Unless… did the marriage arrangement with the Ruan’an Marquis’s Residence count?
“Master, do you think Weiwei might still be angry about how we made her marry into the Ruan’an Marquis’s Residence?” Lady Yao tugged uncertainly at Li Tianyou’s sleeve and asked in a low voice.
“Weiwei has never suffered much in her life. The greatest grievance she ever endured was caused by the Lin family,” Li Tianyou said unhappily.
Yet he added silently that making his daughter marry Xu Heming as his second wife had also been a great injustice to her.
It was just that, ordinarily, Li Zhiwei never looked as though she still cared about those things.
Who would have thought she had kept it all buried in her heart?
“Divine Physician Jun, you must save Weiwei.” Lady Yao walked over to Jun Mowen and was about to kneel.
“Madam Li, what are you doing?” Jun Mowen hurriedly tried to help her up, but with the difference between men and women, he was momentarily unsure where he could place his hands.
Li Zhiwei had to be saved.
“Divine Physician Jun, please save my daughter!” Li Tianyou knelt beside Lady Yao as well.
“Old Man, please save my sister.” Seeing this, Li Tingzhou quickly knelt down too, unwilling to be outdone.
“Oh, what are all of you doing?” Jun Mowen sighed.
“Old Man, if you don’t agree, we won’t get up,” Li Tingzhou said through gritted teeth.
“This old man never said he wouldn’t save the Little Girl. Hurry and get up.”
Jun Mowen sighed.
“The Little Girl has an emotional burden. It isn’t that I don’t want to save her—it depends on whether she herself is willing to wake up. Spend more time talking to her while you’re by her side. I’ll also look for a solution.”
“Old Man, my sister will definitely wake up, right?” Li Tingzhou asked anxiously.
“Don’t worry. This old man will certainly find a way to treat her.” Jun Mowen sighed. He did not dare tell them that if Li Zhiwei continued refusing to wake, the child in her womb might not survive.
None of them had expected matters to develop this way.
Lady Yao sat beside Li Zhiwei’s bed, unable to hold back her tears.
Her poor daughter—how had something like this happened to her?
“Weiwei…” Lady Yao choked out her daughter’s name.
“Don’t let too many people crowd around her,” Jun Mowen reminded them before walking toward the room beside them.
At the Jiang residence, the atmosphere was lively. Yet inside the bridal chamber, Jiang Siyue was feeling rather displeased.
After all, Jiang Yuanjie had only been able to become the heir of the Jiang family because of her.
Now she felt that she was being neglected.
“Where is the groom?” Jiang Siyue asked unhappily.
“Miss, the groom is outside receiving the guests,” Lan’er quickly replied.
“Tell him to come here and keep me company!” Jiang Siyue ordered irritably.
In her heart, she thought that Jiang Yuanjie was merely a son of a concubine. What important guests could he possibly have to entertain?
Her marrying him was an immense blessing for him, yet he still dared to treat her so lightly.
“Miss, Young Master Jiang is now the legitimate son of the Jiang family’s main branch. He needs to receive today’s guests,” Lan’er reminded her softly.
“Go and call him here. Aunt won’t object,” Jiang Siyue said dismissively.
After all, the Jiang family’s current head was her aunt.
If she wanted Jiang Yuanjie to come keep her company, her aunt would certainly understand.
Lan’er had no choice but to sneak to the front courtyard.
At that moment, Jiang Yuanjie was speaking with one of the family elders.
Having suddenly become the legitimate son of the main branch, Jiang Yuanjie was not only excited but exhilarated.
After all, he had once been merely a concubine-born son of the second branch.
In the past, he had to live by Madam Feng’s moods, and the resources available to him in the Jiang family had been only slightly better than those given to the maids.
Now, the legitimate sons of the second branch had to watch his expression to get by.
Whenever Jiang Yuanjie thought of this, he wanted to laugh even in his dreams.
“Master, Miss is asking you to return.”
When Lan’er saw Jiang Yuanjie, she breathed a sigh of relief and hurried over.
The people who had been chatting merrily a moment earlier all wore rather subtle expressions.
This heir of the Jiang family was indeed far inferior to Jiang Yuanrang.
Jiang Yuanjie clearly noticed the teasing in their eyes. Remembering that his position was still unstable, he grew extremely irritated at Jiang Siyue’s constant airs.
“Fourth Young Master Jiang, if you have something to attend to, you should go deal with it. After all, today is your wedding day,” someone nearby said with a smile.
“That’s right. Go take care of it,” several others added with smiles.
Their words sounded polite enough.
But Jiang Yuanjie felt they were mocking him for being unable even to control a woman.
How could he possibly manage the Jiang family’s business in the future?
“That’s enough. I know. Uncles, let’s continue with what we were discussing,” Jiang Yuanjie said, making no move to leave.
“Fourth Young Master Jiang, are you sure you don’t need to return and appease your delicate bride?”
“It’s fine. She’s familiar with the Jiang residence. If she needs anything, the servants won’t neglect her,” Jiang Yuanjie replied indifferently.
Lan’er had no choice but to return and repeat Jiang Yuanjie’s words to Jiang Siyue.
“He really said that?”
The moment Jiang Siyue heard this, she exploded.
Jiang Yuanjie had promised that she would be the most important person in his life. Yet they had only just married, and he was already treating her as though she meant nothing to him?