Chapter 110: Drugging Si Rong

"When are they leaving?"

It was truly annoying; they started rummaging through his house the moment they entered, and two of his brothers-in-law even went straight into his bedroom, sprawled out on the bed, and started snoring away.

He didn't even dare to say anything.

This couldn't help but make Shen Lan miss the two brothers-in-law from the old Si Family; it seemed they only appeared when they were needed, and the rest of the time they were very respectful of boundaries.

They had never once entered their bedroom.

Seeing that she-devil Mother Li coming out of the kitchen, Shen Lan hurried inside.

"The wedding is as you wished; now can you tell me the whereabouts of that person?"

Li Xuan looked at him with some disappointment, "Shen Lan, is there nothing else you want to say to me besides this?"

Could he not see that she was very sad today?

"Speak quickly!"

Shen Lan didn't want to waste any breath on her; he didn't want to stay in this house for even a second longer.

"In a tent over at the Huaiyang Pinminku."

That place was originally where Huaiyang had set up housing for educated youth returning to the city, but it had gradually turned into a gathering place for vagrants.

After learning the information about that person, Shen Lan stepped forward to leave.

Li Xuan grabbed him again, "Bring him back; I have something to discuss with him."

That man had some real talent; later, when she wanted another smart and filial child, she would need that man's help.

"Understood."

Having obtained the information he wanted, Shen Lan left the house without a shred of attachment.

Pinminku.

"Miss Si Rong, you didn't need to personally see me back," Mother Wen said, trembling with fear.

She and Wen Xiang had already received enough kindness from Miss Si Rong; after moving into the city, her health had improved a lot, but all her old embroidery pieces had been seized by the neighbors who used to live next to them.

After Miss Si Rong found out, she personally found people to help her retrieve the embroidery.

"Auntie, you don't need to be so formal with me; I have a favor to ask of you as well."

For the upcoming competition, Si Rong wanted Mother Wen to help embroider her traditional-style clothing.

It would certainly be the icing on the cake.

"Miss Si Rong, you are truly too polite; if you have anything you need, just give the order. How could I possibly be worthy of the word 'favor'?"

Si Rong told Mother Wen her ideas.

"No problem!" Mother Wen agreed immediately, "Just bring the clothes over, and I will certainly embroider them well."

Si Rong brought several bodyguards from her second brother's company and went all the way to where the Wen family had previously lived; those people were so frightened by the burly bodyguards that they immediately returned the hidden embroidery to Mother Wen.

The moment they stepped inside, Shen Lan turned from the intersection into a tent opposite them.

A man with matted hair lay on the bedding inside the tent.

He was blind in one eye.

Even in the spring, flies were already starting to swarm around him.

"Zhu Yun!"

Shen Lan called out.

The person on the ground slowly propped himself up and examined him for a long while with his single eye, "Are you... Shen Lan?"

"It is me."

The old man lay back down.

Another one of his karmic debts.

"What do you want from me?"

"Two things: help me save someone, and then provide a medicine for infertility for a woman, just like the one from back then."

This guy was a genius when it came to medicine; no other doctor could diagnose any issues with the infertility medicine he concocted.

The man on the ground was silent for a long while before asking, "Is it for the same person as back then?"

Shen Lan nodded, "Yes, if you get it done, there will be plenty of money for you."

The old man got up, rummaged through a bag beside his bedding for a long time, and finally handed Shen Lan several cloth packets.

"Same as before, put it in the food; it's colorless and tasteless."

However, the effect was different from before.

It was a Fertility-Assisting Medicine.

Shen Lan would naturally never think of this.

He tucked the medicine into his pocket like a treasure, just as he had back then.

As long as Si Rong had no children, she would raise his and Li Xuan's child as her own.

It was unclear if he regretted that decision in his heart, but since Si Rong couldn't bear his child, she shouldn't think about bearing another man's child either.

The old man took the bus all the way into the city, following Shen Lan.

Back then, he had been full of spirit, but after being expelled from his teacher's sect, he had done many wrong things.

Buddha says, the cause is the effect.

That is why he had fallen to such a state today.

Back then, he had helped Shen Lan commit many heinous acts, and now, finally, Shen Lan was also receiving his retribution.

It goes to show that the cause is indeed the effect.

It was time for him to rectify some of the things from back then.

Mayor Ma's child did indeed have an incurable disease, and Zhu Yun was truly powerless to help.

Shen Lan felt some regret and complained to Zhu Yun a few times on the way back.

Zhu Yun did not say a word.

Following Shen Lan all the way back to the residential complex, Shen Lan did not let him enter the home; after all, that group of monsters and demons was still living in the house right now.

He went up and called Li Xuan down.

Although he did not love Li Xuan now, he was willing to let Li Xuan give birth to another child.

Nowadays, he was not very satisfied with either of these two children.

Especially compared to Jiang Yu's daughter; he heard that her daughter had taken first place in the entire school in this mock exam again.

Yet his own daughter had now become a lunatic.

If they did not have another one, when he and Li Xuan grew old in the future, who would take care of Shen Yuan's daily needs?

Zhu Yun took Li Xuan's pulse.

He also had a deep impression of this woman.

Ruthless enough.

Such a person could accomplish great things, but the prerequisite was having a certain amount of luck to bolster them.

Looking at her now, it seemed her fortune was far worse than before.

"How is it? Can I still have children now?" Li Xuan asked eagerly.

"Yes."

Zhu Yun rummaged through his bag and then prepared a few packets of medicine for her as well.

After finishing them, she would never be able to give birth again in this lifetime.

He could also be considered to have indirectly corrected the mistake from back then.

"Remember, you must finish taking the medicine properly."

Even without him saying it, Li Xuan would do so.

However, she had to wait until after participating in this dance competition.

By then, once she got the prize money and sent away those parasites from her maiden family, she would be able to properly give birth to another child for Shen Lan, and the family's life would surely get better and better.

For several nights in a row, Shen Lan could not sleep, staring blankly at those packets of medicine.

The scene seemed to overlap with one from over twenty years ago.

Back then, he had also been this indecisive, looking at the sweet and charming appearance of Si Rong lying by his side, he could not help but wonder if, had Si Rong given birth to their child, would it have had features and eyes similar to both of them?

What was different was that this time, he was thinking about how to put this medicine into Si Rong's food and drink.

Now, it was not very easy for him to even see Si Rong once.

It seemed only the upcoming dance competition would provide an opportunity for Li Xuan to come into contact with Si Rong.

Si Rong had the habit of carrying a thermos cup at all times.

Thus, Shen Lan handed the medicine to Li Xuan.

Li Xuan put the medicine in the bag she intended to carry on the day of the competition.

But while she was out grocery shopping, Li Xuan's mother entered her bedroom, wanting to rummage for something valuable, and accidentally knocked over her bag, mixing the medicine with several other identical packets on the table.

In the end, Li Xuan's mother grabbed a few packets at random, put them in, and restored the bag to its original state.

Naturally, Li Xuan would not know.

Soon, the day of the Spring Dance Competition arrived; while Li Xuan was warming up in the hall, she was calculating how to slip the medicine into Si Rong's thermos cup without anyone noticing.

Actually, whether Si Rong gave birth to a child or not no longer had any impact on her interests, but Li Xuan just wanted Si Rong to be a hen that could not lay eggs for the rest of her life.

Finally, she found an opportunity.

On stage, the host asked the contestants to take turns coming up to draw lots to perform in order.

Li Xuan quietly moved to the table where Si Rong had placed her thermos cup and took out the medicine from her bag.