This is terrible! My future prime minister keeps trying to kiss me forcibly.

Chapter 214 No Loss

The woman used all her strength, and with a "crack," the newly made signboard was pierced with a large hole.

As she stepped back, she kicked up a piece of wood. Ye Xiaoxiao happened to reach out to protect the plaque, but her palm was torn.

Blood immediately appeared.

"hiss--"

Ye Xiaoxiao was furious!

Ignoring the injury on his palm, he slapped the woman twice across the face, one with each hand.

She didn't care about her own injury, but she looked at her plaque and He Jing's calligraphy with heartache, which had been ruined.

The kindness in Ye Xiaoxiao's eyes faded, replaced by anger. She said with a stern face, "I think the one who really needs medical attention is not your daughter, but you!"

The woman covered her face, still arguing, "You ruined my daughter's reputation, so what if I stepped on one of your plaques?"

Upon hearing this, Ye Xiaoxiao reached out and slapped the other person hard across the face again.

The woman's eyes were practically spitting fire: "You brat! You hit me again?"

Ye Xiaoxiao pressed down on her lips, her dark eyes revealing displeasure: "You made me unhappy, first you threw away my pulse pillow, then you destroyed my signboard, so what if I slapped you?"

"I'm just stating a fact that your daughter is pregnant. If you don't believe me, you can go see other doctors. Why are you throwing a tantrum here, throwing and smashing things? People who don't know the reason might think I dug up your family's ancestral graves."

The woman's face turned pale: "You're the only doctor in town now, and everyone just listens to your nonsense!"

Before Ye Xiaoxiao could answer, an old woman at the door spoke up:

"Although I haven't studied medicine, I've been a midwife for half my life, so I can still recognize a young, unmarried woman. If you don't mind..."

An ordinary person would only feel insulted upon hearing this.

But the woman was determined to prove her daughter's innocence. Before the old woman could finish speaking, she forcibly dragged her in front of the old woman, disregarding her daughter's feelings at all.

"Come here! Auntie, take a look at her! A mother knows her daughter best. Today I'm going to show you all that your supposedly saintly mother can't even diagnose a pregnancy pulse correctly!"

"If he diagnoses the wrong pulse today, prescribes the wrong medicine tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow someone could die! Everyone, take a good look! Keep your eyes open and don't be fooled by this quack!"

Ye Xiaoxiao's calm gaze fell on the group of people as she slowly and methodically tended to her wounds, not stopping them. She waited for the moment when the woman would be thoroughly humiliated.

The old woman walked up to Ye Xiaoxiao and said, "Dr. Xiaoxiao, may I borrow your inner room for a moment?"

Ye Xiaoxiao pointed behind her, indicating that the inner room was inside.

The three of them were about to go into the inner room.

"Mom, I'm not going!"

The frail girl suddenly became fierce and forcefully shook off the woman's hand.

"You have to go! You absolutely must go!" the woman said forcefully, pushing the girl inside.

"Mother!" To everyone's surprise, the girl suddenly knelt on the ground with a thud, crying, "Mother, I was wrong! I was wrong! I am indeed pregnant, but I dared not tell you— Waaah—"

The woman couldn't believe her ears. Her eyes widened, her chest heaved, and her shoulders trembled uncontrollably.

"you you--"

For a long time, she couldn't utter a complete sentence.

She grabbed her daughter by the collar, and there was a sharp "snap".

The woman was filled with resentment and anger: "I've fed and clothed you, and this is how you repay me? Whose son is this?"

"Speak now! Or I'll beat you to death today, you shameless bastard!"

"Where do you expect me to put my face as a mother? You've completely disgraced me! You deserve to be cut into a thousand pieces!"

The woman was furious and hit her hard. The girl knelt on the ground and didn't utter a sound, silently enduring the blows.

"Auntie, stop!"

A young man rushed in from outside the crowd, grabbed the thin girl, and held her tightly in his arms.

“Auntie! Hit me if you want! Since you don’t agree to our marriage, we have no choice but to… This was my fault. I will marry her and treat her well for the rest of my life.”

The farce could finally come to an end! The crowd at the door dispersed one by one.

Ye Xiaoxiao took a deep breath; today was her first day opening her clinic!

She said coldly, "Pay the consultation fee and compensation for losses, and you can leave!"

"Doctor, I'm so sorry."

After saying this, the young man placed a string of copper coins on the counter, then embraced the sobbing girl and left.

The woman stared blankly at their retreating figures, seemingly still reeling from the shock. She clutched her clothes tightly to her chest and strode away with heavy steps.

……

When He Jing arrived, Ye Xiaoxiao was bandaging her wounds.

Having grown accustomed to treating patients' wounds, I was at a loss when it came to bandaging my own.

She held one end of the strip of cloth in her mouth and the other end in her left hand, struggling to tie a knot.

"Xiao Xiao! What's wrong?"

He Jing's tall figure rushed in from outside, putting the food box he was carrying aside.

"You are hurt?"

He gently took Ye Xiaoxiao's injured right hand, a hint of heartache flashing in his dark eyes.

"It's nothing serious, it'll heal in a few days. It's a pity that the calligraphy you wrote for me has been ruined; it breaks my heart."

Ye Xiaoxiao raised her right hand and shook it, indicating that it didn't hurt at all. Then, she told He Jing what had happened that morning.

She looked at the dilapidated signboard with a regretful expression.

He Jing followed her gaze and saw the plaque leaning against the wall, realizing that she must have been injured while protecting the plaque.

"Fool, you must have felt terrible back then."

"Yeah, I slapped her right there and then."

Ye Xiaoxiao's inner thoughts: Praise me! Praise me!

Hearing that Xiao Xiao hadn't really suffered a loss, He Jing felt a little relieved, but the thought of the injury on her hand still made his heart ache.

He reached out and pulled her into his arms, patted Ye Xiaoxiao's head, and comforted her, "Eat well, and I'll rewrite it for you."

It would have been better if the topic of food hadn't been brought up, but once it was mentioned, Ye Xiaoxiao realized she was actually quite hungry.

He Jing took out the dishes from the food box one by one and arranged them.

Ye Xiaoxiao took a look and saw that they were all foods she liked!

Honey-glazed tofu, fish ball soup, stir-fried seasonal vegetables, and deep-fried eggplant.

The food looked and smelled delicious, making her very hungry and eager to devour it immediately.

He Jing stopped Ye Xiaoxiao from picking up the chopsticks.

"Wait! Be careful of your injury. Don't move. Sit still and I'll feed you."

He Jing picked up his chopsticks and held a piece of tofu to Ye Xiaoxiao's mouth.

The delicious food soothed away the unpleasantness of the entire morning.

As Ye Xiaoxiao savored the delicious taste on her tongue, she completely forgot about all her troubles.

She squinted her eyes in enjoyment, a contented smile playing on her lips.

"Ah Jing, I want to eat this too!"

"Another piece of this eggplant, please!!"

"And fish balls!"