Saving System: Calm Down, My Fleeing Host!

Chapter 260 - 255: Possessed by the Drama Queen (Double-Length) (Part 2)

"How can you be like this? We are relatives, but I have no obligation to help you raise your granddaughter. You should raise your own granddaughter!"

Upon hearing this, Dahua burst into tears, "Are you trying to kill me? We’re all from poor families; where do we get so much silver? Since you have the means, why not lend a hand? Do you really want to see us die without helping?"

Damn!

No one beats this level of blaming others; trying to guilt-trip your ancestors here is still a bit too naive.

Cheng Xiaoxiao, filled with indignation, pointed at Dahua’s nose and incredulously spoke, "How can you talk like this? What do you mean I’m refusing to help? We’ve already helped once, which can be considered as doing all we could. After all, we’re just distant relatives, and you’re the immediate family.

As a grandmother, you don’t even care about your granddaughter’s life and want to push the responsibility onto others. Roundy has called you grandma for years; how can your heart be so cruel?"

"What family? Not anymore. Didn’t you say you needed fifteen taels of silver for medicine? Well, this contract selling Yuanyuan’s service is valued at fifteen taels and sold to you. Consider this my contribution to my granddaughter’s medical treatment. Don’t say that as her grandmother, I’m being heartless."

She tossed the contract to Cheng Xiaoxiao as if it were something dirty, quickly letting go, fearing it might be returned to her. Despite her pain, she hobbled away.

The onlookers were left speechless by this bandit logic.

How could a young girl be worth fifteen taels now? It would be hard to sell for even five taels. This is taking someone else’s silver to treat her own granddaughter’s illness, but still wanting to take credit for it herself. To be shameless to this extent is truly unparalleled; the old hag really is the same old hag.

Cheng Xiaoxiao secretly breathed a sigh of relief, not expecting to get the contract so easily.

The reason for pestering the old woman was to sever Yuanyuan’s ties with their family, to prevent them from trying to find significance again in the future if the mother and daughter lived well.

Cheng Xiaoxiao was outwardly incredulous, but inwardly delighted. Run! Run! She’ll be back soon enough, nice and honest.

She pretended to chase after the old woman, who ran even faster upon hearing sounds behind her.

Now only Nanny Yan’s side was left. In that short time, a doctor had been called over there who was now checking Yuanyuan’s pulse.

Cheng Xiaoxiao chuckled coldly. Thinking they could solve the poison she and Grandpa Huang had meticulously crafted, they overestimated themselves!

Of course, this wasn’t real poison; it was primarily used to shock people. The red rash looked frightening, but in fact, it would fade away on its own in three or four days, harmless to the body.

The doctor, an elderly man with a mustache and slightly gray hair at the temples, concluded after taking a careful pulse, "The little girl has a severe skin disease; the poison has deeply accumulated under her skin. In less than seven days, it could fester all over, beyond the help of medicine or stone, endangering her life. As for whether it’s contagious..."

He shook his head, unable to be certain.

At that moment, Cheng Xiaoxiao seemingly unintentionally noticed Du Third Lady scratching her neck through her clothes.

She sharply screamed, "Third Cousin, could it be that you’ve been infected too? It makes sense; you’re in close contact with your cousin day and night, so the possibility of being infected is high."

The entire 132th Regiment, eating melons as spectators, watched the drama unfold leisurely, only short of having a plate of sunflower seeds. If it weren’t for the cold weather, making them stomp their feet from time to time and rub their hands together, they’d be more at ease.

They weren’t worried at all. Clearly, this was something Xiaoxiao cooked up. Without a single soldier, the goal was halfway achieved.

Only Fang Zheng and Lu Jingtian watched with bewilderment and confusion, their eyes full of worry and disbelief.

They were genuinely worried about the little girl’s illness, feeling both pity and sympathy for her, but they were even more concerned that the illness might truly be contagious given how close Sister Xiao was to her.

However, looking at the 132th Regiment behind them, they were discussing Sister Xiao’s performance, what points were praiseworthy, and what could be learned from this drama; worry didn’t feature in their conversation at all.

They’re not fools; they guessed that this might be Sister Xiao deliberately setting a trap.

Meanwhile, the diagnosis result for Du Third Lady also came out; it was the same as Yuanyuan’s, so she was also infected.

Upon reaching this conclusion, Nanny Yan’s people were terrified, utterly speechless with fear, longing to leave immediately. But without orders, they dared not leave on their own, knowing the consequences would be even more brutal and severe.

Nanny Yan initially suspected it to be a calculated setup, but didn’t expect it to be real. So what should be done now? The number of recruited people was still insufficient.