BHBF Chapter 85.1

Boss, He’s Becoming a Father (Arc 4) Chapter 85.1: Playful Son (58)

Ah Hei followed Wei Yuan and saw that Wei Yuan first found a carriage.

The coachman seemed to be an acquaintance of his and was very critical of him during the conversation.

Ah Hei’s one leg couldn’t outrun the four wheels, so he had no choice but to rent a horse and follow from a distance.

The carriage galloped all the way. After arriving at the provincial capital, Wei Yuan went straight to Bao’an Hall. After entering, he immediately asked about medicinal materials. Soon, Ah Hei saw Wei Yuan walking out of the pharmacy with something valuable in his arms.

Wei Yuan’s behavior really seemed like he was carrying something valuable, and he always went into some alleys for unknown reasons.

Soon, someone was following him.

The two thugs stopped Wei Yuan and started beating him up.

Ah Hei looked anxious, but Shao Yu asked him to keep an eye on him and not to expose himself. After thinking about it, he just grabbed a piece of cloth to cover his face, walked forward, and rescued Wei Yuan from the two gangsters.

Even though Wei Yuan was beaten half to death by the gangsters, he still tightly protected the thing on his chest, as if the thing placed there was the most important thing in his life.

Ah Hei helped the man up from the ground and asked in a deliberately low voice, “Are you okay?”

Although Wei Yuan didn’t understand why Ah Hei covered his face, he still thanked him carefully.

Ah Hei asked again: “Did they steal your things? If they did, I will help you get them back.”

Wei Yuan, who had been beaten black and blue by the gangsters, heard this and was unwilling to let Ah Hei, who had saved him, get away, so he said, “It’s okay, the things are still there, don’t worry.”

Ah Hei felt relieved when he heard that, and he didn’t say anything more to Wei Yuan. He turned around and left, leaving Wei Yuan, who was about to thank him, at a loss for words.

Wei Yuan was rescued by Ah Hei. Although Ah Hei had his face covered, Wei Yuan did not think much about it. He just lowered his head to take a look at the things in his arms, and quickly crossed the alley to find the coachman waiting for him outside the city.

The coachman rode Wei Yuan back at full speed, and when they arrived at Qingning County, it was already dark.

When Wei Yuan got off the carriage, his face was full of frustration, and the driver kept comforting him, “Master Wei, don’t think too much, this may be fate.”

Wei Yuan burst into tears when he heard this.

The coachman said: “There is always a way out, maybe there are other ways to save the lady.”

Wei Yuan said with full of guilt: “It’s my fault that my wife’s life-saving herbs were stolen.”

The coachman quickly cursed those damn robbers. After he sent Wei Yuan back to Wei’s house, he happened to meet the neighbors who came forward to ask questions.

The coachman was also familiar with the neighbors and immediately started talking about Wei Yuan’s experiences in the provincial capital.

When the neighbors heard the driver say that the life-saving herbs were stolen, they were also very angry. They started to curse the robbers and sighed for the fate of the Wei couple.

Wei Yuan returned home and saw Shao Yu waiting there. Although he was a little surprised, he quickly adjusted himself and said with a frustrated look, “It’s all my fault.”

“Have they sold the medicine to other people?” Shao Yu asked.

Wei Ran looked sick, and was staring at Wei Yuan intently, as if she didn’t want to miss any of his expressions.

Wei Yuan left Qingning County for one day, and this day was enough time to do many things.

“No one else bought it, so I bought it.” Wei Yuan said.

Wei Ran looked at her husband in front of her, and a glimmer of hope suddenly arose in her heart.

Wei Yuan knelt down in front of Wei Ran and cried, “Ran’er, it’s all my fault. I spent all my family savings to buy medicinal herbs for you, but they were stolen by someone.”

As Wei Yuan spoke, he tried hard to show Wei Ran how he looked like he had been beaten up. Wei Yuan knew that Shao Yu had pointed out the direction, but he did not buy the herbs, which would easily arouse suspicion, so he created the illusion that he was robbed.

He didn’t buy the two medicines at all. He also knew that the security in the state capital was chaotic and there were many professional robbers there. As long as he pretended to be carrying a treasure, he would definitely be targeted.

His plan went smoothly, the only accident was that someone took advantage of the situation and spoke out against injustice. However, Wei Yuan didn’t think that this little incident would affect his entire plan.

Wei Ran looked at her husband’s face covered with scars, but her heart sank little by little.

“The injury is really too serious.” Wei Ran said word by word.

Wei Yuan continued to cry after hearing this and said, “This injury is nothing. I should never have forgotten to protect your medicine.”

Wei Ran just looked at him steadily.

Wei Yuan didn’t know that his play had gone wrong. He turned to look at Shao Yu and begged, “Doctor, can you think of a way to get the herbs from somewhere else? As long as you can save my wife’s life, even if it means I die immediately, I am willing to do it.”

Shao Yu said: “I actually know a way to prolong her life. I will use your life to prolong her life. However, in this way, only one of you can survive. I don’t know if you are willing to do so.”

Wei Yuan’s face was stiff for a moment, but he soon said, “Of course I am willing to give it up. As long as I can use my life to exchange for my wife’s life, I am willing to do so.”

After he finished speaking, he turned to Wei Ran and said, “Ran’er, you heard it. The doctor said you can still be saved. You must not give up. As long as I can keep you alive and well, I will be satisfied.”

“Okay, since you are trying so hard to save me, then for you, I am willing to live.” Wei Ran said through gritted teeth.

Her eyes passed Wei Yuan and looked towards the next room.

There were two people in that room at that moment.

Wei Yuan’s mistress and his illegitimate son.

With Shao Yu’s help, Wei Ran met Wei Yuan’s mistress and also saw the jewelry she was wearing, which was exactly the same as hers.

She also asked about the age of the illegitimate child. She calculated carefully and found that the illegitimate child was conceived at the time when she had an unexpected miscarriage.

Before she saw it with her own eyes, Wei Ran was already filled with hatred for these two people. Now that she saw it with her own eyes, the little affection she had left in her heart for Wei Yuan was completely consumed.

But Wei Yuan didn’t know that in just one day, his main battlefield had undergone earth-shaking changes. He looked at Wei Ran in disbelief, not understanding why his wife suddenly said such a thing.

But Wei Yuan quickly adjusted himself and said softly, “That’s great, Ran’er, you are finally willing to live.”

Wei Ran pulled up a smile, reached out and touched Wei Yuan’s face, and said, “Thank you. If it weren’t for your encouragement, I would never have the courage to continue living.”

Upon hearing this, Wei Yuan couldn’t help but wonder if he was really the culprit. He actually began to feel that he was meddling too much.

But even though he was thinking about all sorts of things, Wei Yuan still looked very surprised and said, “If you are willing to live, I feel that my efforts have not been in vain.”

Wei Yuan added: “Ran’er, after I die, remember to take good care of the statues in the garden for me.”

Wei Ran nodded and said, “Those are the things you love most in your life. I will definitely treasure them as well.”

Wei Yuan saw that Wei Ran’s expression did not seem fake, but he still couldn’t figure out what went wrong. In the past, Wei Ran didn’t even dare to hear the word “statue”, but now when she heard it, there was no trace of emotion on her face.

“I understand.” Wei Ran said.

Shao Yu urged from the side: “Are you ready? I will cast a spell now and let you exchange your lives.”

Wei Yuan originally thought that Wei Ran would definitely refuse treatment, but now she was even trying to change her life. He didn’t dare to let things go any further and couldn’t help asking, “Aren’t you a doctor? Why are you performing a ritual?”

Shao Yu made up a story and said, “I am a witch doctor. I know both medicine and witchcraft.”

As he spoke, Shao Yu took out two dolls from his sleeves: “Give me your birth dates and I will cast a spell to change your lives.”

When Wei Yuan saw the doll, he immediately felt a chill down his spine.

There are many ancient tribes in Lingnan that still retain the existence of witch doctors. These witch doctors also have various miraculous legends. If Shao Yu is just an ordinary charlatan, Wei Yuan is naturally not afraid.

But Shao Yu now acted confident, and Wei Yuan couldn’t help but feel scared.

But his sick wife was not afraid of the false accusation at all. Instead, she readily handed over her birth date and time.

Wei Yuan’s eyes rolled, and he immediately said, “Doctor, I am an orphan. I don’t know my parents, so I don’t know my birth date, and I don’t know if it will have any impact on the matter of exchanging lives.”

Shao Yu frowned and said, “If this is the case, then…”

A glimmer of hope arose in Wei Yuan’s heart.

Shao Yu said, “Then I’ll have to trouble you to bleed a little.”

After saying that, Shao Yu directed Shao Jiashan to get a basin.

He put a doll in the basin, handed Wei Yuan a dagger, and said, “Bleed into this basin until the blood submerges the doll, then you can stop.”

When Wei Yuan heard what Shao Yu said, he thought to himself, if he really lost so much blood, would he still be able to survive?

Wei Yuan couldn’t help but look at Wei Ran and asked, “Ran’er, is this really what you want?”

Wei Ran looked at Wei Yuan. She looked at this man, who was still so hypocritical until this moment. She couldn’t help but doubt why she fell in love with him in the first place.

After seeing Wei Ran nod, Wei Yuan was filled with despair, but he still did not bleed. Instead, he looked at Shao Yu with some doubt and said, “Doctor Shao, can you change it if you say so? What if it fails? Wouldn’t I have died in vain?”

Shao Yu said: “Don’t worry, you won’t die so soon. I will let you see your wife recover before you die.”

Wei Yuan:…

Wei Yuan felt that his retreat route was blocked by Shao Yu.

Seeing that he didn’t move for a long time, Shao Yu said, “Don’t you know how to bleed? Don’t worry, I’ll let my apprentice help you.”

Having said that, Shao Yu asked Shao Jiashan to come forward to help.

But before Shao Jiashan touched the dagger in Wei Yuan’s hand, Wei Yuan moved.

He pulled out his dagger, pointed the sharp blade at Shao Jiashan, and said, “Don’t move!”

Shao Yu said: “Do you regret it?”

Wei Yuan looked at Wei Ran and said, “Ran’er, it’s not that I don’t want to save you, but I don’t trust this quack doctor. I’m afraid he will kill you and me!”

Wei Ran said, “The quack you are talking about is the one you invited into your home respectfully.”

Wei Yuan choked, but soon and excitedly distanced himself from Shao Yu.

“This quack doctor must have come up with this idea because he saw our Wei family as dwindling in numbers. After killing us, he can embezzle our family’s wealth!”

Wei Ran’s face didn’t show any emotion. She looked at her husband and asked, “Do you regret it? Are you unwilling to exchange your life for another’s?”

“Yes, I regret it. Exchanging life for life is really too absurd. Ran’er, you can’t listen to him!” Wei Yuan said excitedly.

Wei Ran asked, “Ridiculous? Is it more ridiculous than you pretending to be a member of the Jiayi clan?”

Wei Yuan was stunned.

But soon he said: “Ran’er, I am indeed a member of the Jiayi tribe, but I have never resented you because of the hatred of the previous generation.”

Wei Ran simply presented various pieces of evidence in a calm manner.