Chapter 372: Death by ’Filial Piety

Fu Mingxue was speechless.

"Can you just take medicine without a second thought?"

"Why give me medicine when I’m perfectly fine?"

"Whose idea was this? Are they trying to send me to an early grave or something?"

Yan Feng was surprised. "Teacher Fu, they said you have a cold. You know what they say, treat an illness early. I think one of the students’ grandfathers is an old traditional Chinese medicine doctor, and he knows a bit himself. He even made a special trip back to get this prescription filled."

"He wasn’t even going to charge for it, but the class insisted on pooling their money. Everyone pitched in twenty cents, for a total of eight yuan and twenty cents."

Fu Mingxue: ...?

She was shocked. She was astonished. She was utterly baffled.

"When did I catch a cold? How could I not know about it myself?"

Yan Feng was a little surprised to hear this.

"Oh, you don’t? They said you kept sneezing during class."

Fu Mingxue: ...? ’What kind of quack doctor was this?’

’Sneezing means I have a cold?’

’And the entire class pitched in to buy me medicine.’

She was really being killed by their kindness.

At this moment—was she supposed to be moved? Or was she supposed to be moved?

"I don’t have a cold, but... give me the medicine for now."

’They pooled their money to buy it. How could she possibly return it?’

She took out her money, counted out eight yuan and twenty cents, and handed it to Yan Feng.

"Senior Yan, please take this eight-twenty and give it back to them. Under no circumstances can I let them pool money to buy medicine for me. Isn’t that just asking me to make a mistake?"

Yan Feng was initially reluctant to take the money, but when he heard the three words "making a mistake"...

...he deftly took the money and put it away.

"They probably haven’t left yet. I’ll go return the money to them right now."

Fu Mingxue nodded. "Alright, I’ll have to trouble you then."

Yan Feng shook his head quickly. "No trouble at all, it’s what I should do. I’ll be going now."

He walked out quickly.

Fu Mingxue looked down at the packets of medicine, and the corner of her mouth couldn’t help but twitch again.

’Thanks a lot, guys.’

’This medicine... all she could do was carry it home for now.’

When Fu Mingxue arrived home carrying the packets of medicine, Qin Wenhao smelled them immediately.

After all, he had an exceptionally keen sense of smell.

He grew instantly tense. "Honey, what’s wrong? Why are you taking medicine?"

Fu Mingxue: ...?

’Dog’s nose.’

"I’m not. The students in my class pooled their money to buy it for me."

Qin Wenhao: ...?

’Why couldn’t he understand a single word of that?’

’People pool money to give someone medicine?’

’Why give medicine as a gift?’

Seeing his confusion, Fu Mingxue explained the whole story.

After hearing her out, Qin Wenhao was rendered completely speechless.

After a long moment, he finally managed to squeeze out, "It seems they really like you."

Fu Mingxue couldn’t help but look smug. "Of course. I’m so wonderful, how could I not win everyone over?"

Qin Wenhao: ...?

’Good news.’

’His wife is very popular.’

’Bad news.’

’His wife is *too* popular.’

’This was not a good thing for him.’

"Honey, wash your hands so we can eat. By the way, this medicine—"

"Let’s just put it aside for now! Even if I really did have a cold and felt sick, I wouldn’t dare take this! They diagnosed me with a cold just because I sneezed a few times. This—"

Fu Mingxue felt this was a kindness she truly couldn’t accept.

"Then give it to me." Qin Wenhao took the medicine packets from her.

Fu Mingxue didn’t give it another thought.

Of course, she also didn’t know about Old Man Fu’s passing, because Mrs. Fu hadn’t called to tell her.

Firstly, she was afraid it would affect her exams.

Secondly, there was simply no need.

They had already cut off all ties, so why should they go?

Their relationship was bad when he was alive; now that he was dead, he was dead.

Therefore, the mother and daughter had no idea that because they weren’t going back, Old Mrs. Fu, accompanied by Fu Mingya, was planning to go to the military base to find them...