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Overall, Qin Yaru is currently living quite well. During the day, she teaches her son to recognize characters at home, tends to a patch of medicinal herbs in the yard, occasionally prepares herbal medicine, and sometimes exchanges insights with Elder Ji through letters. She also spends time alone in her study researching various materials stored in her intelligent brain. Her days are peaceful and stable, and she feels happy.
For some reason, Qin Yaru's intelligent brain consumes energy quickly now; after a whole day in the sun, it can only last for three hours. She decided to buy paper and pens to jot down useful information in English, Chinese pinyin, and various homophones.
She wants to write everything down, but it would probably take over ten years to finish. She doesn't have such grand ambitions; she just occasionally notes a few things during her leisure time to avoid wasting the information stored in her intelligent brain if it malfunctions.
However, what takes up more of her energy is the medicinal herbs in her yard. Most of the seeds were provided by Ji Ren Tang, while some were collected by her from the mountains. Some of these herbs are not yet used as medicine at this time. Qin Yaru takes great care of these herbs; she initially just wanted something to pass the time but ended up becoming more invested. She even considers buying the property in the future to avoid having to transplant the herbs later.
The quantity of these herbs is not large, and Qin Yaru does not expect to make money from selling them; she simply enjoys the fragrance of the medicinal plants. However, Elder Ji came to discuss with her about having Consort Qin prepare a batch of medicinal materials for Ji Ren Tang, offering a quite generous price.
Qin Yaru's skills in preparing medicinal materials are exceptional. The herbs processed by her hands are of high quality. Although Elder Ji is older and his mind is not as sharp as before, he can still recognize the value of Qin Yaru's expertise.
After thinking for a moment, she readily agreed. After all, most of her time is spent honing her medical skills. She only knows a little about traditional Chinese medicine and has no formal teacher guiding her, so her level is not high. However, traditional Chinese medicine is still quite practical in this era, and she wants to improve her medical skills by seriously studying her ancestors' knowledge.
Preparing medicinal materials is also an important lesson. Now that Elder Ji has come to her proactively, it allows her to practice her craft while earning money—what's not to like? Although she has some spare money from her flower business doing well, her expenses are increasing; Da Lang will need more money for school in the future, so having more funds is always better.
Qin Yaru feels comfortable balancing learning and work; even while staying at home, she feels relaxed. However, Da Lang has been cooped up at home for too long and seems a bit down.
Seeing her son looking listless makes her feel bad too. She thinks that neither Chen Wenyue nor the Marquis would cause trouble openly outside, so she occasionally takes Da Lang out for a walk and buys him some snacks to cheer him up.
However, since they are no longer in Chen Family Village and Da Lang's friends are not around, Qin Yaru does not dare let him out of her sight. It is impossible for him to run around and play wildly like before in the village.
One day, seeing that the weather was nice, Qin Yaru decided to take Da Lang out for a stroll. Since her son missed his friends from Chen Family Village—especially Tie Zhu—she thought that since Chen Wenyue now has another residence in Wudang County and is no longer in Chen Family Village, they probably wouldn't run into him. So she took Da Lang to visit Sister Wang for a while.
Wang had not seen Qin Yaru for some time, especially after hearing that she had really separated from Chen Wenyue. He was even more concerned, as the two of them chatted until noon before letting the mother and son return.
Da Lang was feeling a bit tired from playing and dozed off in the carriage. Qin Yaru exchanged a few words with the driver, but unexpectedly, shortly after leaving Chen Family Village, the driver suddenly exclaimed in pain, clutching his stomach and sweating profusely. He gritted his teeth and said, "Wife, I might have eaten something bad..."
Before he could finish his sentence, his face changed drastically. He no longer cared about explaining and ran into the nearby forest.
Qin Yaru frowned. However, it was still early in the day, and they were on a main road, not far from Chen Family Village, so it wasn't a remote area. She didn't worry too much and quietly waited for the driver to return.
After waiting for a while, nearly half a tea's worth of time had passed, but there was still no sign of the driver. Qin Yaru thought for a moment and called out loudly a few times, but all she heard were echoes from the forest.
She couldn't help but feel a bit uneasy. Just as she was about to wake Da Lang and head back to Chen Family Village, a group of people suddenly approached from the front. Leading them was her childhood sweetheart and ex-husband, Chen Wenyue.
In just a few days apart, Chen Wenyue's spirit had noticeably declined. There was an air of gloom about him, and his face bore faint bruises that were barely noticeable unless looked at closely.
Chen Wenyue clearly saw Qin Yaru; his expression changed dramatically, his muscles stiffened, and his gaze at her was filled with an intense desire to devour her alive.
Qin Yaru was taken aback and sighed.
In the blink of an eye, Chen Wenyue had already reached her side. Looking at her beautiful face, he sneered coldly: "What a virtuous woman you are, Qin Yaru. You really have some nerve to play with the Marquis?"
Qin Yaru calmly turned around, woke Da Lang up, held him in her arms, smiled at Chen Wenyue gently, and said softly: "Chen Langjun is exaggerating. I am just a weak woman; how could I dare to toy with others? Moreover, he is a high-ranking Marquis; I wouldn't dare provoke him!"
She raised her eyebrows lightly and smiled at Chen Wenyue: "I am doing this for your sake. After all, I refuse to submit to power and wealth and won't engage in shameless acts. What a good reputation! With this reputation of yours, you must be able to earn some respect!"
Clearly, her words were not harsh at all; on the contrary, they seemed to consider Chen Wenyue in every aspect. However, to Chen Wenyue, they felt extremely ironic.
The divorce letter had already been written, so what was there to resist the powerful? This was clearly a veiled insult that he was a despicable person, using his own wife to flatter the Marquis. Even if it were true, to say it in front of him while he was already filled with anger made Chen Wenyue feel a burning pain on his face. Remembering the events of the past few days, the anger in his stomach could no longer be suppressed. His usually gentle and upright face turned ashen and twisted; if seen in the dark, one might think he was possessed by a ghost.
Chen Wenyue was furious and stepped closer to Qin Yaru, his gaze cold as a knife: "I want to see just how precious your body really is."
As he spoke, he slowly walked up to Qin Yaru and reached out to grab her robe. Seeing Qin Yaru suddenly take a step back, her pale face showed a hint of panic, and the mockery on her face grew stronger: "What are you hiding from? Which part of you have I not seen before..."
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