Moreover, not long ago, in order to thwart his mother’s idea, he had specifically gone to find Li Ruantang to make a bet.

Although Li Ruantang didn’t agree to him at the time, words spoken were like spilled water, hard to retrieve. Now he was eager to pretend to be her husband.

If in the next few days, Li Ruantang suddenly regained her memory, then he would completely lose face.

Thinking of this, the young gentleman’s troubled brows began to knot.

“Actually, staying here for a few more days is not a big deal.” Li Ruantang swallowed the last spoonful of fish soup and smiled faintly.

“But Wife-master is injured.” Meng Jun frowned, “Even if a doctor can’t be invited from afar, you should at least eat something to nourish your qi and blood.”

Hu Sanniang’s family was impoverished, and in the past two days, they had already eaten the food they had prepared for the New Year. Moreover, Li Ruantang had taught Fu Lanxian a lesson today. If people from the capital didn’t show up in a few days, would this village tyrant cause trouble for Hu Sanniang again? It was unknown.

Even if these things were not considered, when they returned to the capital, it would be time for him to confess. If Li Ruantang was sickly, how could he say it?

So no matter what, Li Ruantang had to recover as soon as possible.

The young gentleman was lost in worrisome thoughts, not knowing what he had recalled.

“Wife-master!”

His eyes lit up and he said excitedly, “Ah Ning said there are many medicinal materials in Changshan Valley, and today he even found ginseng flowers. It’s just that the location is dangerous, I—”

“No!” Li Ruantang pointed at the young gentleman’s nose tip and shook her head at him, “Don’t mess around.”

“But—”

“No buts.” Li Ruantang’s face turned solemn, looking at the gradually disappointed young gentleman, “My injury is not serious and can be slowly healed, but if Young Master Hu falls into danger because of me, how can I be at ease?”

Her words hit the nail on the head, leaving no room for discussion.

Meng Jun’s jade-like face gradually turned red, and he lowered his head, too ashamed to speak.

When he mentioned the ginseng flowers just now, the young gentleman indeed had the idea of asking Ah Ning for help.

As the wide sleeves hanging down his arms swayed slightly, Meng Jun pursed his lips, feeling a little at a loss. Since birth, he had been a young master raised in the inner courtyard. Whatever he wanted, he only needed to say a word, and someone would present it to him soon after.

He had never thought about what others would go through.

For a moment, he felt that he was not a good friend and had not considered Ah Ning’s perspective. For a moment, he also felt that he was really selfish.

The young gentleman was extremely ashamed. Even though Li Ruantang coaxed him with soft words for a long time, she couldn’t make the gloom between his brows disappear.

The sky was heavy this day. From a distance, even the clouds in the sky seemed about to fall onto the roof tiles.

The charcoal fire in the kitchen was burning vigorously.

Hu Youning, who was busy cooking, took a moment to glance at Jiu Jiu, who had moved a small stool and sat at the door.

He didn’t say a word, and his whole person was depressed.

Even when Miss Li went out just now, he had no reaction, not knowing what he was thinking about.

Hu Youning looked at the sky and felt a vague sense of worry in his heart.

Indeed, there were quite a few rabbits in the small mountain valley behind the village. However, it was still a bit difficult to find a rabbit with pure white fur.

Moreover…

Hu Youning slightly frowned, not knowing if Miss Li’s physical strength could hold up.

“Sigh—”

Seeing the young gentleman sitting outside sighing deeply again, Hu Youning couldn’t help but ask, “Jiu Jiu, do you have something on your mind?”

“Mm.” Meng Jun nodded, looking a bit listless.

“Don’t tell me it’s because—” Hu Youning paused. Before he could finish asking,

The young gentleman turned around and said in a low voice, “Ah Ning, what do you think of Wife-master?”

“Me?” Hu Youning didn’t expect Jiu Jiu to bring this up. His rolling pin stopped for a moment, and then quickly started rolling the dough again, “I think Miss Li is a good person.”

He gave his evaluation cautiously and carefully.

“She is indeed a good person.” The young gentleman covered his face with his hands in some distress. Just a moment ago, he even felt that there was a faint glow around Li Ruantang.

He even had the dangerous thought that it wouldn’t be bad to truly marry her.

Although this idea was immediately suppressed by the young gentleman as soon as it emerged, Meng Jun just felt uncomfortable in his heart.

Wasn’t the girl he had been thinking about all along Miss Wei? Having this thought, wasn’t he being fickle?

Ptooey!

The young gentleman hurriedly spat a few times in his heart. It must be because he had been frightened and scared these past few days that he would have this illusion.

He was a devoted man!

The young gentleman, calming down, pinched his face with his hand and waited for the water in the pot to boil. Only then did he walk towards the door he had been looking at for a long time.

He didn’t know if Li Ruantang was awake yet.

He tiptoed and gently pushed open the door. At a glance, he saw that the kang was empty, and his heart instantly sank.

The old house wasn’t big, and one could see everything clearly at a glance.

Meng Jun searched in a fluster around the Hu family’s courtyard two or three times, the front yard, the toilet, but couldn’t find anyone anywhere.

Except for the tightly closed courtyard door and the covered room doors, the only one that was open was the back window of the room they were temporarily staying in.

In an instant, countless terrible thoughts flashed through the young gentleman’s mind, and those beautiful phoenix eyes immediately filled with tears.

“Ah Ning, Wife-master is missing!”

Wuwu, it must be Fu Lanxian holding a grudge and playing a dirty trick. No, he had to go save Li Ruantang.

The young gentleman wiped his tears and staggered out to search. Before he could step out of the courtyard gate, he was hurriedly stopped by Hu Youning, “Jiu Jiu, don’t you remember?”

“Huh?” Meng Jun was stunned.

Hu Youning smiled helplessly, “You ah, just now when Miss Li went out, didn’t she talk to you?”

“I thought you two had a fight when you ignored her. I didn’t expect—”

He pulled the young gentleman back into the courtyard, “You were really lost in thought and didn’t hear her.”

Hm? Li Ruantang went out by herself?

Meng Jun was dumbfounded, and the redness at the corners of his eyes gradually spread to his neck.

He turned his face away in some embarrassment. Fortunately, Zhou Fulang and Hu Sanniang had been delayed at noon and hadn’t returned from the fields yet.

Otherwise, he was afraid he would have to pretend to faint to avoid the current awkwardness.

The young gentleman sniffed and looked at the gloomy sky, “Ah Ning, do you know where Wife-master went?”

She was still injured, yet instead of recuperating properly, she was running around aimlessly.

Meng Jun pouted slightly. This was really too worrying.