After I awakened my inner voice, I became the treasure of my family.

Chapter 83 General Zhou's Doting Love for His Daughter

After Liu Wen left, Shen Xiujin turned to look at the General's Mansion, where the guards who had been injured in the fight frowned slightly.

He then waved to his men, ordering them to lift them onto the carriage and take them all to a nearby clinic for treatment.

After everything was arranged, he carefully carried Zhou Jingyao, who had suddenly fainted, and quickly got into the carriage and headed towards the General's Mansion.

Before long, Shen Xiujin arrived at the gate of the General's Mansion. The gatekeeper, seeing this, turned pale with fright and hurriedly ran inside to report.

Before long, Madam Zhou rushed over upon hearing the news. When she saw Zhou Jingyao in Shen Xiujin's arms, she was covered in blood and had her eyes closed.

Madam Zhou was so frightened that she turned pale and almost fainted. Fortunately, the maid beside her reacted quickly and supported her.

"What...what exactly happened? My daughter...Jingyao...how could she have become like this?" Madam Zhou asked, her voice trembling.

Shen Xiujin recounted the events briefly with a guilty expression, explaining that the blood on Zhou Jingyao's body was from the death row inmate, not hers.

This further demonstrates that he had sent his injured guards to the medical clinic for treatment.

After hearing this, Madam Zhou was still shaken, but she couldn't blame Shen Xiujin too much. She could only urge him to take Zhou Jingyao into the mansion to see the family doctor for treatment.

He immediately ordered a strong old woman to take the daughter from Shen Xiujin's arms and have someone carry Zhou Jingyao back to prevent people around from seeing her and tarnishing her reputation.

The old woman carried Zhou Jingyao into the room and placed her on the bed. The family physician arrived quickly.

After a thorough examination, the physician breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Fortunately, Miss is alright. It's just that her right arm is dislocated. I'll set it for her right away."

Madam Zhou was relieved to hear the doctor's words. It was good that it wasn't a fracture; otherwise, her daughter might have really made Shen Xiujin take responsibility!

A moment later, the physician grasped Zhou Jingyao's right arm and exerted force with a sharp crack, and Zhou Jingyao's arm was successfully repositioned instantly.

However, the sudden, intense pain jolted Zhou Jingyao awake from her unconscious state, and she immediately burst into loud sobs.

General Zhou, who had rushed back anxiously, heard his daughter's cries just as he reached the door. Unable to contain his anger any longer, he stormed into the house, pointing at the physician and Shen Xiujin and shouting:

"You bunch of useless trash! You can't even take care of a little girl, what use are you? And you, Shen Xiujin! My daughter was fine when she went out with you, but she came back in this state. How exactly did you protect her?"

At this moment, General Zhou was furious and found both of the men in front of him extremely displeasing.

Shen Xiujin quickly bowed and apologized, saying that he would take responsibility and even pay for the medical expenses of the guards.

However, he was scolded by General Zhou again. He said that Shen Xiujin was a wolf in sheep's clothing, shameless, and trying to use this opportunity to get involved with his daughter. He told Shen Xiujin to stop daydreaming and to get out of there!

The news of his daughter's injury struck him like a bolt from the blue, causing him excruciating pain.

General Zhou stood anxiously by the bedside, watching his beloved daughter's pale face. His anger surged, and he cursed those who deserved to be torn to pieces in his heart.

General Zhou was heartbroken over his daughter's injury and kept berating people. First, he cursed the quack doctor, who received a generous salary but couldn't even treat such a minor injury at a critical moment. He said it was a waste of money to support such a useless doctor!

Then she cursed that despicable Shen Xiujin. If he hadn't insisted on taking her daughter out to play, how could her daughter have suffered such a calamity?

Anyway, after scolding the physician, he scolded Shen Xiujin. At this moment, General Zhou saw them all as villains who had persecuted his daughter.

After the physician nervously prescribed the calming herbal medicine for Zhou Jingyao, he fled the room as fast as he could.

Good heavens! He really had no choice; General Zhou's ashen face was truly terrifying.

He was afraid that if he ran even a little later, General Zhou would suddenly attack him. If he was slow, he might actually get beaten up!

General Zhou glared angrily at Shen Xiujin, the culprit. Even though he saved Zhou Jingyao in the end and sincerely apologized repeatedly, no one gave Shen Xiujin a good look.

Especially in his own eyes, he felt that these were far from enough to make up for the mistakes he had made, and he would roll his eyes at him from the sky.

Especially now that he has learned that his precious daughter is alright, he has no mercy and has ruthlessly kicked Shen Xiujin out of the General's Mansion.

Hmph! Who told him to invite his daughter out to play? She was perfectly fine when she left, but she almost got into trouble on the way back. How could he not be angry?

Madam Zhou also sighed, looking at Shen Xiujin with some embarrassment. She sighed again: If Zhou Jingyao hadn't been safe and sound, given the general's stubborn temper, Shen Xiujin probably wouldn't have been able to escape the general's mansion today.

"Ugh!"

Shen Xiujin stood outside the General's Mansion, gazing at the newly closed vermilion gate, and couldn't help but sigh heavily, his face full of helplessness.

He had planned a date with Zhou Jingyao that would put them at odds, but he hadn't expected such an unexpected turn of events. He knew he had gotten off to a bad start and completely messed things up.

Not only did he cause Zhou Jingya to get injured, but he also ended up in such a miserable state of being kicked out of the Zhou family!

Surprisingly, he felt no anger at all, because, in the end, he was indeed in the wrong!

Shen Xiujin sighed helplessly, secretly wondering how Zhou Jingyao could have suffered such misfortune if he hadn't made the date with her.

Therefore, it is understandable that the Zhou family attributed all the blame to him.

In fact, when Shen Xiujin thought about all the bizarre things that had happened today, he could only look up at the sky speechlessly.

Shortly after leaving home this morning, he encountered an inexplicable situation that caused his agreed meeting time with Zhou Jingyao to be repeatedly delayed, and he ultimately failed to arrive in time to meet her.

They had originally agreed to meet outside the city gate and then travel together by carriage to Guangyun Temple.

Unexpectedly, not only did Zhou Jingyao encounter problems, but his journey was also fraught with difficulties.

This morning, he got up early, got ready, and went out to keep his appointment.

Little did they expect that, having barely stepped out of their homes, the carriage was suddenly and violently struck by a mad dog that appeared out of nowhere as it passed the alley entrance.

Even more shockingly, the mad dog not only didn't run away, but instead opened its blood-red mouth and bit the horse's leg tightly and wouldn't let go!

The once docile horse was suddenly bitten without warning, and instantly let out a shrill neigh. The horse was furious, and white foam kept coming out of its mouth. Its four thick and powerful hooves were wildly waving in the air.

Well! In an instant, the good horse turned into a mad horse!?

The mad horse immediately went out of control, not only throwing the mad dog aside, but also galloping wildly to both sides of the street, leaving a trail of chaos in its wake.

The stalls along the way were knocked to the ground by the mad horse, and the stall owners scattered in terror.

Even Shen Xiujin was thrown from the carriage, but fortunately he landed in a vegetable basket by the roadside, which prevented him from getting hurt. However, the scene immediately descended into chaos, with people and horses falling over.

Fearing that his horse might injure someone, Shen Xiujin quickly climbed out of the vegetable basket, grabbed a butcher's knife from the pork stall, and galloped towards the mad horse.

In a few quick steps, he leaped into the air and swung his knife, striking the mad horse precisely on the neck. The horse immediately thrashed in pain, twisting wildly and trying to run away. Seeing this, Shen Xiujin quickly added two more blows.

With a few stabs, the horse collapsed heavily to the ground due to excessive blood loss.

Although Crazy Horse died, this sudden accident caused considerable losses to many stall owners, and Shen Xiujin spent a long time just on the subsequent apologies and cleanup.

After finally dealing with everything, Ba Liang drove a carriage with him and several of his men, just in case something else happened, and hurriedly headed towards the city gate.

As luck would have it, just as he was about to reach the city gate, he witnessed a terrifying scene – the villain was seen running towards Zhou Jingyao with a knife in hand.

At the critical moment, he discovered that the carriage he was riding in was the same one he had used to go to the racecourse last time, and that his bow and arrows were still hanging inside.

So he quickly took down his bow and arrow, aimed at the target, and with a twang of the bowstring, the arrow flew out like lightning, accurately hitting the fugitive with the knife, successfully pulling Zhou Jingyao back from the brink of death.

Reflecting on the events of the morning, Shen Xiujin felt extremely exhausted and slowly walked towards the carriage at the door.

Standing beside the carriage, Ba Liang wiped the cold sweat from his brow after seeing his second young master emerge safely, muttering to himself:

The second young master must have suffered a lot this time, right? Look at how listless he looks. Maybe he was beaten up by the general at the general's mansion before being released!

However, he didn't expect the second young master to come out so quickly. He wondered if General Zhou had gone easy on him, or if the second young master was just tough.

Unaware of what Ba Liang was thinking, Shen Xiujin climbed onto the carriage, plopped down in the seat, leaned back slightly, and said weakly to the driver, Ba Liang, "I want to go home... to find my mother!?"

Upon hearing this, Ba Liang was stunned for a moment, wondering: Had he misheard, or had the Second Young Master been beaten senseless by General Zhou? Otherwise, why would he hear that the Second Young Master wanted to return to the Marquis's Mansion and even look for the Old Madam?

Although he had some doubts, he quickly replied, "Oh, yes, Second Young Master!" With that, he cracked his whip and spurred the carriage toward the Marquis's residence.