CHAPTER 282: CHAPTER 277: HOW DARE YOU STAY OUT ALL NIGHT!

At this moment, Nangong Mo had already wheeled himself to the courtyard gate, and Feng Xuan appeared out of nowhere, holding a green bamboo umbrella, walking beside him.

"Hey, Nangong Mo, are you really running away from home?"

Yun Ran stood under the corridor and shouted at him. Nangong Mo slightly turned his head, casting a sidelong glance with his chin raised, looking smug, "That’s right."

"Tch! You’re running away from home but haven’t even packed your stuff! Want me to help you pack?"

Nangong Mo: "..."

Are you that eager for me to leave?

You really can’t wait not to see me anymore, huh?

Since I’m such an eyesore, I’ll just go!

Seeing his face turn several shades darker, Yun Ran blinked softly, "Nangong Mo, are you planning to sneak off and build snowmen?"

At those words, not only did Nangong Mo’s handsome face turn as dark as a cloud-covered sky, even his eyes filled with a raging snowstorm.

Build snowmen?

Do I look like I’m going to build snowmen?

She really doesn’t care about me at all!

The man pursed his thin lips tightly, gave a cold snort, and wheeled his way out of the courtyard with an unapproachable stride.

Yun Ran shook her head helplessly, marveling at how touchy someone could be, still pissed off from yesterday’s incident all the way to today?

"Be mad then, see if I care! Refusing to admit anything!"

"Things change! Now you can experience what I felt before!"

Yun Ran didn’t take his talk of running away seriously and turned back inside to continue her poison concoction.

She got busy until dusk, and Nangong Mo hadn’t shown up all day, to Yun Ran’s quiet satisfaction.

It wasn’t until nightfall, when Yue Ying laid out dinner and called Yun Ran to eat, that there was still no sign of Nangong Mo.

Yun Ran then asked, "Where is he? Isn’t he coming to eat with us?"

Yue Ying, clutching the tray, looked conflicted, "My lady, I was just about to report to you. Ye Xiao said that he really ran away from home and won’t be coming back for dinner."

Yun Ran: "???

What? He really ran away from home?!

Yun Ran could hardly believe her ears, but as it turned out, Nangong Mo really did run away from home!

Because not only did he miss dinner, he was gone the entire night.

Yun Ran ended up losing sleep!

Tossing and turning in bed, unable to catch a wink of rest.

She tried diverting her mind with storybooks, but even they lacked appeal! With a book in hand, her eyes kept darting towards Nangong Mo’s empty bed, completely beyond her control.

Yet it was empty, making her feel so unused to it.

Not only that, she found herself involuntarily listening for any sounds from the courtyard outside, to see if he had returned.

But half an hour passed, an hour, two hours—still, he did not return.

Yun Ran, somewhat defeated, accepted the reality: he really had run away!

...

When she awoke, daylight broke, the sun shone brilliantly, and Yun Ran glanced at his empty bed, quietly gritting her teeth:

"Good for you, Nangong Mo! Dared not come home overnight!"

Given the poor sleep she had the night before, Yun Ran decided not to set up her stall today, preferring to nap at home, waiting for Nangong Mo’s return.

But until the moon rose, and the stars spread across the sky, Nangong Mo still hadn’t come back.

After washing up, Yun Ran lay on her chaise reading a medical book, yet her mind was restless.

Glimpsing the moon outside, it was high in the sky, deep in the night, yet he was still not home.

Yun Ran closed the book, "Looks like another night you won’t be coming back! Nangong Mo, you’ve really got some nerve!"

He said he’d run away and really did? Gone for two whole days and nights without a trace!

...

Once again, reality proved it was not just two days and nights; the guy ran away for a full five days and nights!

Five days and nights, not coming home!

More than being angry, Yun Ran was worried.

Even a little regretful, knowing how childish he was, she should have coaxed him that day.

She had asked Yue Ying multiple times, about whether they knew where he was or if there was any danger.

Although Yue Ying didn’t know Nangong Mo’s whereabouts, she confidently assured Yun Ran there was absolutely no danger, as Feng Xuan and the hidden guards were following to protect him, so not to worry.

Confirming he was neither in life-threatening danger nor going to starve or freeze, Yun Ran couldn’t be bothered with him anymore.

Thinking, since he loved ’wandering around’ so much, let him ’wander’ outside then!

On the sixth day, Yun Ran set up her stall on the street as usual.

Divine Doctor Yan’s stall drew countless Imperial City citizens into a long queue.

There were still smitten young girls casting longing glances.

Everything was going smoothly until a group carrying a stretcher aggressively approached the booth.

The leader was a nearly forty-year-old chubby man with dark skin, burly and robust.

Without saying a word, he lunged forward like a mad dog and wrecked Yun Ran’s stall.

This act shocked the crowd lining up, eyes wide in disbelief at the scene, momentarily stunned.

After smashing the stall, the middle-aged dark fat man was about to flip the table when Yun Ran grabbed his wrist.

"Causing trouble? You must have come to the wrong place."

Applying subtle inner strength, the man struggled but couldn’t break free, his face whitening from pain, glaring at Yun Ran as he shouted:

"Let go! Let go! It’s murder! Murder! Everyone come see! A charlatan has killed someone!"

Yun Ran’s eyes gleamed coldly, gripping his wrist and giving it a twist; the fat man let out a pig-like scream, yet loudly hollered:

"This is outrageous! Assault and murder in broad daylight! Everyone come see! Is there no justice?"

Yun Ran looked at the wailing fat man with some disdain and threw him aside. His bulky body rolled on the ground like a ball.

At that point, the citizens waiting for consultation crowded around, encircling the fat man, pointing at him.

"You’re the villain making a false accusation! Still dare talk about justice? Justice isn’t about violently vandalizing others’ stalls!"

"Exactly! Broad daylight, a clear sky, not only vandalizing but falsely accusing of murder? You’re simply a scoundrel!"

"We all clearly saw! You started the ruckus! Even at the yamen, we can testify for Divine Doctor Yan!"

"..."

The crowd chattered, their spittle almost drowning the fat man!

He glared fiercely at everyone, clutching his sore wrist, pointing maliciously at Yun Ran, telling the crowd, "He’s a quack! He killed someone! I’m going to the yamen to accuse him!"

"You ignorant commoners! Fooled by this quack yet don’t realize it, worshiping him like a deity! Do you have to witness your own parents being treated to death to wake up?"

His self-righteous words dumbfounded the crowd,