When Shen Xiu heard that Wei Yan was injured, she walked out of the room quickly. As soon as she reached the end of the corridor, she saw Rou Niang walking over with Wei Yan supported.
"Ms. sir, where are you injured?" Shen Xiu looked Wei Yan up and down, and finally his eyes fell on his right foot.
There was obviously something wrong with Wei Yan's right foot.
Just as she was about to take a closer look, Wei Yan coughed lightly: "I'm fine." After that, he said to Tao Siqian who was not far away, "Thanks to Brother Tao for sending me back."
Shen Xiu raised her head and saw Tao Siqian not far away. She was focused on the Wei Banquet just now, so she didn't notice the other person's presence.
Tao Siqian smiled at Shen Xiu and said, "Don't worry, Mrs. Shen. Brother Wei just twisted his foot, it's nothing serious. You blame me for this because I didn't ask the servants at home to sweep away the snow in the yard."
Wei Yan's sprain was actually related to Tao Siqian.
Shen Xiu almost couldn't maintain the superficial politeness and hurriedly asked for a doctor. Then she forced a smile to Tao Siqian and said, "It's snowing so hard. The servants of your house may have made some oversights."
Tao Siqian knew that Shen Xiu was concerned about Wei Yan's injury, so he didn't stay long and politely said goodbye.
Shen Xiu personally sent him to the door of the house. When he came back, Rou Niang had already helped Wei Yan to the room.
Before the doctor arrived, Shen Xiu looked at his sprained right foot and asked with concern: "Does it hurt? Is it serious?"
Wei Yan said softly: "I'm fine. Fortunately, Tao Siqian was there to help me, otherwise I might have twisted even more severely."
Shen Xiu had already become suspicious of Tao Siqian, thinking that he was jealous of Wei Yan's talent and had caused him to sprain his foot. Now that he heard Wei Yan's words, although his suspicion was gone, he still had some doubts.
"Ms. sir, why do you go to Tao's house when you are so good?"
Wei Yan explained: "Tao Siqian's father is somewhat related to Mr. Meng. A few days ago, Mr. Tao gave Mr. Meng some tribute oranges and invited him to come to his house to enjoy plum blossoms. The husband didn't want to go, but he couldn't bear to brush them. But for the sake of the other party’s face, he asked me to go on his behalf.”
"Tao Siqian knew that I was going to take the provincial examination next year, so he wanted to discuss knowledge with me. Little did he know that I sprained my foot as soon as I walked into his yard."
Shen Xiu understood the whole story and thought that maybe Wei Yan's sprain was just a coincidence.
Tao Siqian didn't know beforehand that Wei Banquet was going, so he wouldn't do anything on the way.
"Ms. Xuan, I think the Tao family is at odds with you, so you'd better not go to the Tao family in the future."
Wei Yan was slightly startled, feeling that Shen Xiu was making a fuss out of a molehill.
"Axiu, what happened this time was just an accident."
Shen Xiudao: "I know it was an accident. But I'm just a little worried. Just promise me."
It was hard for her to tell Wei Yan about Mi Xinzhi, but after all she agreed to keep the secret as much as possible.
Wei Yan didn't know why Shen Xiu was so resistant to Tao Siqian, but he was not willing to argue with Shen Xiu on trivial matters, so he said gently: "Okay, then I will listen to you. I will just not go to Tao's house in the future."
"That's good." Shen Xiu gently took off Wei Yan's shoes and socks so that the doctor could see the injury clearly when he arrived.
Half an hour later, the doctor arrived late.
After some consultation, the doctor said: "It's okay, I'll prescribe a prescription and apply it externally."
Shen Xiu asked: "How long will it take to get better?"
The doctor said: "It will take a hundred days to break the muscles and bones. Although the injury is not serious, I still have to stay in bed for more than half a month."
More than half a month, it took so long.
Shen Xiu sent the doctor out. When he came back, he saw that Wei Yan had picked up a book from the bedside to read.
The sky has darkened. Although the snow light shines into the house through the windows, making the house look less dark, it is still not very bright.
Shen Xiu lit a candle and placed it near Wei Yan.
She didn't speak, just looked at each other quietly.
After a while, Wei Yan raised his head from the book and shook her hand, "Didn't the doctor say it's okay?"
He thought Shen Xiu was worried about him. Little did he know that the other party suddenly smiled at him.
"Ms. sir, I think it's a good thing that you twisted your foot."
Wei Yan said: "Why do you say that?"
Shen Xiudao: "Since we came to Fucheng, you have to go to Mr. Meng's place every day. You don't want to waste a day. Now, if you sprain your foot, you don't have to go to Mr. Meng's place anymore. That's okay.
Stay with me."
Wei Yan said with a smile: "You are wrong. Since we came to Fucheng, you have not stayed at home for a day. Madam, you are so busy for your livelihood, do you dare not work hard for your husband?"
Shen Xiu covered her mouth and smiled and said: "I didn't tell you." She paused and said, "I want to ask Shopkeeper Fan to take a few days off to spend time with you. What do you think, Mr. Fan?"
Wei Yan looked her over and asked, "Did something happen to your embroidery workshop? It's probably not a small problem for you to spare time to accompany me."
"Ms. sir, has anyone ever told you that sometimes being too smart is not a good thing!" Shen Xiu said with a smile, "Just like now, if you pretend to be a little confused, it can show that I have deep love for you!"
Wei Yan smiled and said, "Then it's not too late for me to pretend to be confused now?"
After the two of them were tired of talking for a while, Wei Yan asked: "You are so interested in the embroidery workshop, why do you want to rest at home for a few days this time?"
Shen Xiudao: "Of course I lured the snake out of its hole. I think if I were in the embroidery workshop, the people behind the scenes might be a little wary of me and not dare to take any action. So I want to rest at home for a few days and see what they are going to do."
"Led the snake out of the hole?" Wei Yan asked: "Is there someone who wants to harm the embroidery workshop?"
Shen Xiudao: "That's true. But don't worry, I can still handle it."
"If you encounter trouble, you must tell me." Wei Yan said: "I know a few more people than you anyway, and two people can always think of more solutions than one."
Shen Xiu nodded: "I know. If I can't cope with it, I will definitely tell you."
Having learned from the previous experience, Shen Xiu no longer wanted to hide Wei Yan's secrets.
Last time, in order to solve the problem, she recognized Luo Gong as her adopted brother. Wei Yan didn't say anything at the time, but he actually gave up the honor of Xiao Sanyuan for two thousand taels of silver.
This taught Shen Xiu a profound lesson. He should not hide anything from him in the future. Otherwise, with Wei Yan's personality, although he would not say anything at the time, he would do something that would sacrifice himself.
"It's good that you know." Looking at Shen Xiu's expression, Wei Yan obviously thought of what happened last time. He didn't want the other party to feel guilty about this incident all the time, so he changed the topic.
"By the way, there is something I forgot to tell you. I received a letter today and a friend will come to visit me another day."
"What friend?" Shen Xiu asked, "Why haven't I heard you say that?"
Wei Yan smiled slightly and said, "That's the young man from the aristocratic family who spent two thousand taels of silver to buy my case head."