Abandoned Woman Busy Farming
Chapter 1177 - 1179: Just Not Marrying_1

Chapter 1177: Chapter 1179: Just Not Marrying_1

Having searched everywhere, the men couldn’t find any trace of Nianrong, leaving them with a sense of frustrated anger as they returned to report to Bai Ruozhu. "That woman is cunning; we’ve all been fooled by her!"

"With so many people watching and she still vanishes into thin air, that must mean there is something strange nearby, quite likely some kind of Array," Bai Ruozhu speculated after pondering the situation.

The others exchanged looks. None of them were adept at the Qimen Dunjia Technique; how were they to find and exploit its weak points?

Bai Ruozhu’s brows furrowed tightly. After some contemplation, she asked Lü, "Can we send someone now to find a person proficient in the Qimen Dunjia Technique?"

Lü nodded, "But at the soonest, it will take two or three days."

Two or three days might be too late if the person ran away, but Bai Ruozhu had no other option. She instructed Lü to seek out such a person and then arranged for her men to spread out and guard the mountain forest. If Nianrong appeared again, they would be able to catch her immediately.

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"Big brother, look, I bought you clothes, aren’t they nice?" Nianrong returned to the valley and immediately showed the new clothes she purchased to Jiang Yichun.

The Ghost Doctor snorted from the side, "Typical of a girl to be so outward-focused. Doesn’t even think to buy new clothes for her father."

Nianrong rolled her eyes at him, "Dad, you’re not short of clothes. Big brother’s clothes are all tattered. You can’t be that stingy, right?"

Jiang Yichun furrowed his eyebrows and didn’t speak, seemingly very repelled by the clothes Nianrong was offering. The Ghost Doctor, not pleased at all, sent a needle flying towards him, which Jiang Yichun barely dodged.

"You ungrateful brat, my daughter buys you clothes and you turn up your nose at them? You won’t even say your name, acting as if we’re your enemies. Is this your idea of repaying kindness?" the Ghost Doctor scolded.

It was somewhat difficult for Jiang Yichun to stand up from the bed. He dodged Nianrong’s reaching hand and said, "Senior saved me, and for that, I am endlessly grateful. I am willing to discuss anything else, but I already have a wife and child. I truly cannot agree to your request."

"Nonsense! The rule of the Ghost Doctor is simple: anyone I save owes me a favor. Asking you to marry my daughter is an honor for you. I see you are skilled in medical arts, and I could pass on my secret techniques to you as well. What more could you want?" the Ghost Doctor jumped up in anger.

Nianrong bit her lip, her face filled with hurt and confusion, "Am I not pretty enough? Does big brother not like me?"

Jiang Yichun glanced at her, "This has nothing to do with your appearance. I am married and must be responsible towards my wife. I have sworn in this life to marry only her. Senior has been through life; surely you cannot think to abandon your own wife so casually, can you?"

"Scoundrel!" the Ghost Doctor roared furiously and flung a handful of needles at Jiang Yichun. With his injuries, just dodging one needle was hard enough, let alone many. If hit, his internal injuries would undoubtedly be worsened.

"No!" Nianrong cried out, pushing Jiang Yichun out of the way before whipping out a cape to dance in the direction of the incoming needles.

The flying needles were swept away one by one, but as Nianrong’s martial arts were not a match for her father’s and the Ghost Doctor had attacked in a fit of rage, three needles still struck her. She vomited blood with a cry.

The Ghost Doctor rushed over in a few strides and quickly pressed several points on Nianrong’s body, exclaiming, "You foolish girl, is he worth you protecting him like this? Didn’t you hear how he just insulted your father?"

Nianrong’s face turned somewhat pale. She smiled at Jiang Yichun and said weakly, "I just like him and didn’t want him to get hurt."

Jiang Yichun’s expression turned uglier by the second; he felt awkward. It wasn’t that no woman had ever pestered him in the past, but they were all scared away by his murderous aura and coldness. Even Wu Wanqing wasn’t afraid of him, but she had never been as direct and bold as Nianrong, which made him feel extremely uncomfortable.

As for Nianrong taking a needle for him, he didn’t feel the need to be grateful to her. Who knows if it was just a painful drama staged by father and daughter?

He should be grateful for their life-saving grace, but repaying them did not mean betraying Ruozhu. If betraying Ruozhu was the only way to repay them, he would rather die.

Ghost Doctor, grinding his teeth, looked at Jiang Yichun. "If my daughter hadn’t protected you, I would have torn you to pieces. How dare you mention my wife is someone like you? Hmph, I don’t care about your oaths or lack thereof; that’s your business with other people. But I’ll say this, you must marry my daughter, and tomorrow night, you will be wed!"

After speaking, the Ghost Doctor stormed off, and Nianrong, looking aggrieved, cast a glance at Jiang Yichun and followed, clutching her chest.

"Dad, someone was following me outside just now." Nianrong finally found an opportunity to mention being tracked. "Could it be someone looking for Big Brother?"

The Ghost Doctor, still fuming, waved his hand and said, "What’s there to be afraid of? Whomever it is, Dad will take care of them. If his wife comes along, even better, I will kill her on the spot and put an end to all his yearnings!"

Nianrong furrowed her brow, "But won’t he hate us then?"

"He dares!" The Ghost Doctor snorted twice. "You go back to your room and tend to your injuries. Stop being foolish all day long. It’s not worth getting hurt for him. Since he’s already injured, if needed, Dad will just treat him. But your injuries, Dad will feel heartache! Enough, enough, I’m tired of lecturing you. I’m going to see who these people are."

After speaking, the Ghost Doctor walked towards the direction of the array’s gate, where he could leave the illusion array and see the outside world. The person tracking Nianrong couldn’t have left that quickly.

Outside, Bai Ruozhu was checking around the area where Nianrong disappeared. The thought of having to wait another two or three days made her exceptionally irritated. With that in mind, she took out some drug powder and began sprinkling it around where Nianrong vanished.

She didn’t know the Qimen Dunjia technique and couldn’t break the array, so she decided to use drugs instead. As long as a living thing came out, she would just knock it down.

Jianqi and his companions watched Bai Ruozhu disperse the drug powder as if she was venting, and they didn’t dare to get too close, for fear of being affected by mistake. However, Bai Ruozhu, feeling somewhat suffocated, discarded the gauze cap and turned to them, "Don’t just stand there. Come and help me set traps, spread them all over this area."

Upon hearing this, they no longer dared to hide and reluctantly went over to help.

Bai Ruozhu gave them a disdainful look, "What are you afraid of? I’ve given you the detoxification medicine already."

They breathed a sigh of relief and arranged for several subordinates to come over to help set traps; they even had a Heavenly Thunder with them, which they directly placed in one of the nearby traps.

Bai Ruozhu nodded at them in satisfaction, feeling somewhat appeased.

Meanwhile, inside the array, the Ghost Doctor arrived at the array gate and saw Bai Ruozhu, who was standing outside without a gauze cap. His pupils shrank, and he thought to himself: Hey, this girl must be that boy’s wife, huh?

The more he looked, the angrier the Ghost Doctor became. He had always thought his daughter was absolutely beautiful, but now he had to admit that the woman before him was even more so and had an aura of spiritual energy about her, putting his wild daughter to shame. No wonder the young man was so adamantly reluctant.

With a couple of snorts, the Ghost Doctor’s fingertips produced several silver needles...