Chapter 12
Fraud
Yuan Shu didn’t react much when she heard that Chu Mei had left. She responded and returned to her room.
After Shi Bin finished having his wound treated, he stopped the family doctor who was about to leave. “What is Chu Mei doing at home?”
“I don’t know the details, but when Sister Yue called me over this morning, she said that Miss Chu wasn’t feeling well and asked me to examine her.” The doctor didn’t dare to offend the Fourth Young Master, so he replied honestly.
“If she’s not feeling well, why didn’t she go to the hospital? Why did she come to my house? Is she trying to scam us?”
“That’s not it. Miss Chu said that she’s pregnant with Sir’s child, so she’s probably here to ask Madam for money.”
Shi Bin’s expression darkened as he said coldly, “She’s pregnant? If I remember correctly, the incident between her and my brother happened a month ago, right? But she got pregnant just like that. Could it be that she does pregnancy tests every day?”
The family doctor also found it strange. “Then the timing doesn’t match. If my examination is correct, Miss Chu is at least three months pregnant. Logically speaking, it shouldn’t be Sir’s child.”
Shi Bin rolled his eyes. Wasn’t she trying to take advantage of his brother? He wouldn’t let her off easily. He had to ask Chu Mei what she was up to in person.
When he went downstairs, Chu Mei was nowhere to be seen. Even Yuan Shu wasn’t there.
“Where is she?” Shi Bin asked with a frown.
“She’s been gone for a while. Miss Chu said that she’s not feeling well and wants to go to the hospital for a checkup,” Li Yue hurriedly replied.
“Oh, what about Yuan Shu?” Shi Bin secretly complained that it was all Yuan Shu’s fault for mentioning that she was his sister-in-law again and again when she was educating him. He had almost been led astray.
In the past, he had always called Yuan Shu by her name or used “Hey” instead. Now, he didn’t dare to call her by her full name in front of Yuan Shu, but he didn’t want to embarrass himself by calling her sister-in-law in front of the servants, so he felt very conflicted.
Li Yue didn’t notice and replied, “Madam returned to her room to rest. She even told us not to disturb her.”
Shi Bin didn’t pursue the matter. He turned around and went upstairs to his room.
Yuan Shu wasn’t resting in bed. She was sitting at the desk with the book she had found in the bathroom in her hand.
This world was too unfamiliar to her, be it food, clothing, accommodation, or those fancy Western equipment. However, although these things were unfamiliar, they weren’t complicated.
In just a day, she became roughly familiar with them. This was a good thing. At least it showed that her understanding wasn’t wrong.
She needed to understand and explore the current world. She didn’t need to worry about her original family.
Her husband had died early and she had no children, but she raised all the children in the clan.
When she was conferred the title of Madam, the children had already grown up and could fend for themselves. On careful thought, even if she really couldn’t return to her era, there was nothing to regret.
With this thought in mind, Yuan Shu flipped open the book in her hand.
If she wanted to understand an era well, she had to read more books about this era. Although some words seemed to be vaguely different in terms of spelling, she could still guess the general meaning based on the context.
Wait, why were the words upside down? Yuan Shu flipped through the pages again in confusion and realized that the order of reading was different.
The people of this era actually flipped through books from right to left and read from left to right. Yuan Shu remembered this and made a mental note to pay more attention in the future, so others wouldn’t find out and make fun of her.
The tea in the cup gradually turned cold, and the sky darkened. Yuan Shu finally put down the book in her hand and finished reading it.
Just as she placed the book on the table, it actually disappeared into thin air. Yuan Shu didn’t react much to this. She was already numb to all the shock.
That book was similar to the books she had read in the past. They were all storybooks. The difference was that the female lead of the book was called Liu Lan, and the male lead was called Shi Xiao. The names of the other supporting actors matched the names of the people Yuan Shu knew. Among them, Shi Xiao had an ex-wife who pestered him. Her name was Yuan Shu.
When Yuan Shu saw these names, she vaguely sensed that something was wrong. It was only when she saw that the plot of Shi Xiao marrying Yuan Shu was almost exactly the same as her memories that she realized that she hadn’t come to another dynasty, but had entered a book. Moreover, in this book, she didn’t have a good ending!