Chapter 129

The female cockroach was dead, but the male cockroach perhaps wanted revenge, and its target was very clear; it headed straight for Du Mingzhu, crawling right up her lower leg.

At this moment, Sister Gui heard the commotion and rushed in.

After seeing the scene in the prison, she was stunned.

Those two sisters were acting like they were having a seizure, screaming and jumping, constantly slapping themselves as if they were possessed by something dirty.

Could a rat have gotten in?

"Sister Gui, save me, there are cockroaches!" Du Ruo shouted first.

Cockroaches? How was that possible? She cleaned twice every day.

Sister Gui didn't have time to think; she hurriedly took off the shoe from her foot and rushed over to slap Du Ruo.

Du Ruo quickly pointed at Du Mingzhu, "Save my sister first!"

When Sister Gui saw Du Mingzhu's state, she felt she seemed to be in a worse condition, and she was indeed a bit worried that the Du family and the Magistrate would blame her, so she decisively took her shoe and slapped wildly at Du Mingzhu.

Slap, slap, slap—after dozens of hits, she finally saw a cockroach fall from Du Mingzhu's chest.

Its six hairy legs trembled, and then its neck tilted, and it went to the Western Heaven.

Sister Gui let out a sigh of relief and hurriedly put her shoe back on to check on Du Mingzhu's condition.

Ugh, Du Mingzhu knelt on the ground and began to vomit frantically.

One mouthful after another, until her face was covered in tears and snot. In the end, there was nothing left to vomit, and she even brought up bile and blood.

This VIP cell was soon filled with the smell of overnight rotten food, which was nauseating.

"Mingzhu, are you alright?" Du Ruo walked over to pat her back, her tone full of worry, "It's all my fault. I should have blocked it for you when I saw the cockroach flying over just now. I knew you were so afraid of cockroaches..."

Du Mingzhu could no longer hear what she was saying; she lay on the ground, painfully digging at her own throat, emitting dry heaves.

Seeing her like that, Sister Gui was also a bit scared, "How could this happen? How could there be cockroaches? I clearly clean every day."

"Yes, how could there be cockroaches?" Du Ruo looked around in panic, "I'm so scared, what if there are more?"

Sister Gui gritted her teeth and hurriedly pushed her out, "How about this, Lady Du, you go back first. Chief Jiang should still be waiting for you outside. I'll handle the matter here."

Du Ruo looked back repeatedly, "But my sister..."

"Don't worry, I'll send someone to invite a doctor to take a look," Sister Gui promised.

Du Ruo said "Oh," "Then I'll leave it to you."

After saying this, she left the prison "superior room," looking back every few steps.

Once out of Sister Gui's sight, the worry on Du Ruo's face vanished completely, and she curled her lips coldly.

Very good, everything was going according to plan.

Du Mingzhu, soon you will know what it means to have evil deeds come back to haunt you, and that retribution is swift!

Jiang Li was talking to several subordinate constables at the prison entrance. Seeing her come out, he walked over quickly and checked her up and down.

"Are you alright?" he asked.

Du Ruo shook her head, "Nothing major, just happened to run into two cockroaches."

Cockroaches? Jiang Li seemed to realize something, so he didn't continue asking.

He turned back to say goodbye to his subordinates, only to see them looking dumbfounded.

*Cough, cough! * Jiang Li coughed heavily twice, then pulled Du Ruo behind him with displeasure, frowning: "What are you looking at? Go home and look at your own wives."

Du Ruo poked her head out from behind the man and waved at them with a smile, "Hello."

The few constables finally came to their senses.

"Sister-in-law?"

"Sister-in-law."

"Sister-in-law!"

The most talkative one, Chen Er, was just about to be cheeky and praise Du Ruo's magnificent beauty, but unfortunately, before he could speak, Jiang Li had already pulled him away with a dark face.

*Tch*, stingy.

The stingy Jiang Li took Du Ruo straight back to the inn.

After entering the room and closing the door, Du Ruo told him everything that had happened in the cell.

Jiang Li's expression was strange, "You mean, you bought two poisonous cockroaches from the Immortal Realm and gave them to Du Mingzhu?"

Du Ruo nodded, "Mm-hmm."

"Then what will happen to Du Mingzhu?" Jiang Li asked.

"What will happen?" Du Ruo chuckled, "Having suffered a double blow to both body and spirit, she'll probably wish she were dead."

But what of it? She wouldn't feel any sympathy for someone like Du Mingzhu.

The Original Owner had already been killed by Du Mingzhu; the suffering Du Mingzhu was enduring now was not even one ten-thousandth of what the Original Owner had suffered back then.

Jiang Li was a bit worried, "Did you leave any evidence behind?"

If so, he would go back and deal with it now.

"Don't worry, they can't trace it to me." The Jiang Shi would definitely be suspicious of her, but she couldn't produce any evidence and couldn't do anything to her.

Besides, the Jiang Shi would soon be so busy she wouldn't have time to worry about anything else.

The couple talked for a while, and the sky outside gradually darkened.

The two went to the Heaven-grade room opposite to see Jiang Zhan. This child was truly very well-behaved; he had spent the whole day reviewing in his room alone and hadn't even stepped out the door.

Lin Xianling's grading speed was still quite fast; the results were posted two days later.

Upon hearing the news, Du Ruo hurriedly pulled the two brothers and ran toward the county school.

The entrance to the county school was a sea of people, all there to check the list.

Du Ruo wanted to squeeze in, but was pulled back by Jiang Li, "No rush, let's wait for them to leave and then go in to look slowly."

He still had a lot of confidence in Jiang Zhan; even if he didn't get the top spot, there was definitely no problem with him passing.

Jiang Zhan himself wasn't in a hurry either; he probably had an idea.

After waiting for a full half-hour, the crowd finally thinned out, and Du Ruo hurried over to look.

She saw Jiang Zhan's name at a glance.

"First! It's first place!" Du Ruo shouted happily.

Several people nearby looking at the list turned to look at her, their eyes full of envy.

Jiang Li patted his younger brother's shoulder, "Well done."

The young man's handsome face flushed slightly, and he couldn't hide his excitement. Although he had been mentally prepared and knew he had done well, first place...

He actually hadn't had much confidence.

Now it was fine; he could finally give an account to the teachers at the academy.

"Tch, what are you showing off for? This is only the first round, it's not the county top scholar yet!" A sour voice came from behind.

The three turned around and saw, sure enough, it was Liu Shi, with Xiao Liangchen standing beside her.

Xiao Liangchen tugged at Liu Shi, feeling utterly powerless, "Mother, stop talking, let's go back!"

Liu Shi was a bit afraid of Jiang Li, so she didn't dare to be too presumptuous, muttered a few words, and chased after her son.

Du Ruo went to look at the list again.

Wow, no wonder Liu Shi was so sour; Xiao Liangchen had actually placed second!

This was awkward. If the gap had been larger, it would have been fine, but they were so close; how could anyone be content?

Du Ruo laughed gloatingly and asked Jiang Zhan: "Second brother, are you still taking the second round?"

Jiang Zhan thought for a moment, "I'll take it."

Although the first round basically determined life or death, the gap between him and Xiao Liangchen was truly too small. If Xiao Liangchen took it and he didn't, there was no guarantee that the position of county top scholar wouldn't fall to Xiao Liangchen in the end.

To be safe, he would not only take the second round, but he would also do better than Xiao Liangchen!