Chapter 17.2

Substitute Marriage (3) – “Why don’t you bite me.” (2)

However, before he could enjoy sufficiently, Li Ruo Shui’s wound was cleaned up and the doctor was now applying a cool ointment to her.

Li Ruo Shui lifted her head and let out a long breath, “Cool!”

Whether it was her wound or her heart, only the word “cool” could express her inner feelings at this moment.

“Doctor, apply more of this ointment.”

“My ointment is expensive.” The doctor gave Lu Zhi Yao an odd look and continued to apply the medicine to her.

“You are here to participate in the match, have you thought about it?”

Li Ruo Shui nodded her head indifferently and blew on the wound, “I have thought well about it.”

There was nothing to think about, she would leave once she got the fire grass and the correspondence.

Li Ruo Shui’s eyes were clear and did not appear to be fake, while Lu Zhi Yao was also smiling and unconcerned.

“I’m really old, I don’t understand you young people.” The doctor shook his head and took out two green porcelain bottles from the basket.

“Change the medicine three times a day for three consecutive days.”

Li Ruo Shui withdrew her hand and covered her pitifully small twenty taels of silver.

“Doctor, I don’t have any money.”

“No need to pay.” The doctor filled up the two medicine bottles and handed them to her: “The Zheng family covers it.”

Li Ruo Shui looked at her right hand, which was wrapped in gauze, and walked back to the ring with Lu Zhi Yao, holding the medicine bottles.

Halfway to the ring, Lu Zhi Yao suddenly spoke.

“Why didn’t you let me break one of her arms just now? Don’t you want to take revenge?”

???

This person’s brain circuit was too difficult to keep up with.

“I don’t seem to have any grudge against her, right?”

Lu Zhi Yao paused at her words and raised his eyebrows slightly, “She hurts you.”

Li Ruo Shui looked at him and raised her eyebrows like he did.

“According to this statement, you could have dodged but didn’t. You bet that I would go to your aid, so can I count you as indirectly hurting me?”

Lu Zhi Yao froze for a moment, then raised his lips and smiled, as bright as a spring flower.

“This is an interesting angle, then you can take it.”

Looking at the arm raised in front of her, Li Ruo Shui casually slapped it away, slightly speechless.

“Are you kidding me, I’m not a pervert.”

Lu Zhi Yao withdrew his hand, rubbing the blood on his sleeve, his eyes and brows were soft, and his words came out almost like babbling.

“This is not a joke.”

Li Ruo Shui didn’t hear what he said and raised her hand to poke his shoulder, “I didn’t bite through the skin here, did I?”

Lu Zhi Yao was stunned for a moment and shook his head, “No.”

“That’s good.”

Li Ruo Shui whispered, then pulled him outside.

“Keep close since you lost your blind stick, there are tables and chairs everywhere in this restaurant, bumping into these would cause your tendons numb and painful tears.”

By the time they returned to the ring again, the women who had come to the tournament were sitting aside, making a congratulatory gesture to her.

And the masters of the Zheng family were all sitting under the ring, as if they had been waiting for a while.

The servant of the Zheng family came up, holding a pen and paper in his hand, and asked, “When is the young lady’s birthday?”

Li Ruo Shui looked at the others in confusion: “What does this mean?”

Madam Zheng, who had been silent all along, opened her mouth, her serious expression finally loosening a little.

“Miss Li, we would like to betroth you directly, what do you think?”

Mrs. Zheng’s tone did not sound like she had found a good wife for her son, but rather like she had recruited a good and attentive bodyguard.

This came too suddenly.

“What about the others?” Li Ruo Shui pointed to the other women who had come to participate.

“Originally, it was the winner who entered my Zheng family, but now since we were the one who had breached the contract, we had given them compensation. And now, we are just waiting for your consent, Miss.”

Li Ruo Shui looked at the people around her and then at Lu Zhi Yao, nodding hesitantly, “Agreed.”

She really didn’t understand what this Zheng family saw in her.

The lady in blue from the Zheng Mansion came up. She looked up and down at Li Ruo Shui and then looked at Lu Zhi Yao who was following her.

“You can’t have love debts when you enter my Zheng Mansion. What is the relationship between Miss Li and this person beside her?”

Li Ruo Shui said without hesitation, “A friend.”

The lady in blue nodded her head and gave Lu Zhi Yao another glance, raising her eyebrows slightly as she stood domineering behind Madam Zheng.

Madam Zheng stepped forward and took Li Ruo Shui’s hand, looking a little cautious.

“Girl, are you afraid of ghosts?”

“Huh?” Li Ruo Shui was abruptly pulled by her hand, then reacted to her meaning and shook her head, “Not afraid.”

She knew that what happened in Zheng Mansion was man-made, there were no ghosts or monsters at all.

Hearing this, Lu Zhi Yao could not help chuckling, obviously not believing it.

But Madam Zheng believed it.

“Miss, your birth date is not on the 15th of June, right?”

Li Ruo Shui didn’t know the birth date of “Li Ruo Shui”, but whether it was 15th June or not, she could only say no now.

“No.”

Mrs. Zheng burst into tears, grabbed Li Ruo Shui’s hand and patted it, “Good child, in three days, we will come to take you in.”

This was probably the most hasty betrothal. The crowds present were dumbfounded, and Li Ruo Shui was even more so.

The Zheng family had not even conducted a background check on her, and there was no letter of engagement and no consent from her relatives.

But whether there is fraud or not, for Li Ruo Shui, agreeing to it would do more good than harm.

This time it’s not just about getting the antidote and finding evidence, Li Ruo Shui has another purpose.

In the original story, being in a substitute marriage was a catalyst for Lu Fei Yue’s relationship, so naturally it could also be a catalyst for her relationship with Lu Zhi Yao.

Li Ruo Shui knew in her heart that Lu Zhi Yao clearly treats her differently from the others, but he didn’t seem to realise it.

Whatever the reason for the difference, she had to take this opportunity to make him understand it.

If he was the least bit jealous or out of sorts, she would be able to strengthen her strategy.