CHAPTER 1092: 1169: I AM SICK, A KIND OF SICKNESS WHERE I MISS MY WIFE VERY MUCH.

"Liang—Shu—Jun!!!"

Little Goblin Shu Jun stormed down the stairs like a gust of wind with the wife in his arms. Behind him, Shu Yu twisted his face in a grimace, gritting his teeth and clenching his fists. Zhi Chen paused for a moment, then a hint of helplessness clouded his brow.

Suddenly, Zhi Chen covered his face and let out a muffled cough, immediately drawing Shu Yu’s attention back. Shu Yu looked at his elder brother, raising an eyebrow slightly: "You brought it upon yourself, hmph!!" This was venting his anger! Lao San carried away the wife, and he was not happy about it. A guy with a wife and no brothers, hmph!

Zhi Chen coughed up a mass of blood, then nonchalantly pulled out a handkerchief to wipe the blood off his hands. On his way back from the south, he had secretly eaten some things behind the wife’s back, causing him to cough up blood from time to time. This was a trick Elder Sun had suggested, working on the principle that coughing up some blood would clear some toxins? And once the toxins were cleared, his memories would gradually come back more and more.

He covered it up well; the wife hadn’t noticed a thing. But it was different with Shu Yu, who was sharp-eyed and smart; he appeared not to care about many things, but often was just playing dumb. This kid’s greatest skill was probably the unspoken understanding, seeing through things but not mentioning them.

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Shu Jun had come by carriage. He was now a wealthy merchant, with spies all over Pingchang Prefecture. A little earlier, he had received a report from an informant that the wife had appeared in Jun City. Immediately, he dropped everything and rushed over. Now, he shoved the wife into the carriage, instructed the coachman to drive, then turned around to wrap her in a full embrace, plastering himself on her and refusing to get up.

"I’m sick~~~" He pouted pitifully, kissing her from the forehead to the corner of her mouth, his hands roving boldly and taking liberties. "I’ve caught a ’missing Xiao Hui and the wife like crazy’ illness~~~"

Dong Huiying was left parched and speechless by his advances. Suddenly, Shu Jun paused, "Hmm?" He tilted his head, suddenly remembering when he carried the wife away? He seemed to have seen Lao Er, and also Eldest Brother?

"Eldest Brother is back?"

Dong Huiying: "..."

Seeing her expression, he knew he hadn’t been mistaken. Instantly, he beamed like a fool, "Great, I can finally use all those durians I’ve stashed!"

Since his business had grown bigger and bigger, he had been preparing all along. Hoarding durians was not just a talk; he had actually been bringing back durians from the south at intervals, meanwhile, having people gather the wife’s whereabouts and movements from the south. Even though he wasn’t with her, he was always thinking about the wife.

However, because of the unscrupulous Liang Xiaosan bringing carriage after carriage of durians back, the whole of Pingchang Prefecture was grumbling in complaint. Mainly, he hoarded too many durians; his nature as a shrewd businessman couldn’t bear to see them wasted waiting in vain for Eldest Brother’s return.

And so, a stench pervaded everywhere.

Before the stinky fruit could spoil, he managed to sell them off. At first, people complained about the durians being too smelly, but later some brave souls took a bite and suddenly discovered—oh my, just like stinky tofu, it smells bad, but tastes pretty good!!

Thus, a trend of eating durians gradually surged in Pingchang Prefecture, with people going around, stinking up their mouths, asking everyone: "Did you eat today?"

Some people were having a blast munching on the stinky stuff, while others avoided it like the plague, and all of this was the mischief caused by Xiao San hoarding durians.