Scratched By A Wild Cat

The girl was wearing a light yellow satin dress and a European lace wide-brimmed hat of the same color. The light yellow mesh covered half of her small face.

Her lips were red, and her teeth were white. Her skin was as white as snow. Her temperament was demure and her eyes were lively. Everyone knew that her background was not ordinary.

"Who is Second Miss Cheng?" Chu Yunyao asked casually.

Nanny Rong seemed to have found a way to vent her anger. She looked coldly at the hand Mo Lingyuan was holding and said unhappily, "No wonder you don't recognize her. Second Miss Cheng is the sister of Eldest Miss Cheng, and Eldest Miss Cheng is the Young Marshal's second fiancée."

"Although she loved the young marshal, she was unlucky and died early. She was assassinated on the second day of the engagement."

"Second Miss Cheng is engaged to the Second Young Master. Now that she's so close to him, she doesn't avoid suspicion at all. I don't know what she's up to."

As she said, she averted her gaze and directed a complex expression towards Chu Yunyao, "You must protect your position as the first wife. While it may not be uncommon for a man to have multiple concubines, it is unacceptable to favor his concubine and kill his wife, just like what happened in the Chu family."

"What do you think happened to the Chu family?" Chu Yunyao asked.

Nanny Rong avoided her gaze and stammered, "Nothing. Get on the carriage."

Chu Yunyao pretended not to see the person standing beside the carriage and walked toward the carriage with her head lowered.

Mo Lingyuan looked over from afar, staring at Chu Yunyao's back. He strode forward and stopped in a few steps, blocking her way, "Where are you going?"

"To the pharmacy." Chu Yunyao shrunk her shoulders and pointed at her face, covered by a handkerchief, "I've used up the medicine for my face."

Mo Lingyuan heard her words and looked at her body, which looked smaller and thinner. He frowned and deliberately grabbed her injured shoulder, lifting her and throwing her into the carriage, "Go ahead."

Chu Yunyao grimaced in pain, but she had to hide it. Her fingers grabbed the back of his hand, leaving two scratch marks when he let go of her.

Nanny Rong curtsied and followed her into the carriage.

Second Miss Cheng's gaze fell on the back of Mo Lingyuan's hand. She took a few steps forward and held his well-defined fingers. She blew on the two scratches and asked in sympathy, "What happened? Did she do it?"

"I'm fine." Mo Lingyuan pulled back his hand and turned to look toward the carriage. His lips curled slightly, "A wild cat just scratched me. It's fine."

"Send two people to follow Young Madam. Don't let anyone notice you."

Second Miss Cheng stared at Mo Lingyuan's well-defined handsome face. She could not return to her senses.

The carriage drove into the noisy street. Chu Yunyao lifted the curtain and observed the hawkers outside and the flow of people from the shops on both sides of the street. She was considering setting up a shop here to do business.

The carriage jolted, and the coachman grabbed the reins tightly.

"Young Madam, Nanny, something bad has happened. Someone is riding a horse and ramming into a pregnant woman." The coachman pulled up the curtain and pointed at the congested road ahead, "Our carriage can't get through."

Chu Yunyao glanced at the crowd of onlookers and nimbly jumped off the carriage. She quickly ran forward, squeezing through the crowd of people who were watching the show. She arrived before the panicked pregnant woman whose face was covered in tears. Her fingers skillfully pressed on the pregnant woman's pulse.

"It hurts. Save me, save my child." The pregnant woman was in a daze as she grabbed Chu Yunyao's arm.

Chu Yunyao comforted her gently, saying, "Don't panic. Endure it and conserve your strength. The child is about to come out."

When she finished speaking, the servant who went to get the doctor pulled an old Chinese doctor over, "Doctor Zhang is here. Please make way for him."