Chapter 23: No need to endure anymore
Chapter 23: No need to endure anymore
"Brother Yu, I'm here to get the herbs!"
When Hua Changxi came over before, even if Yu Hui didn't greet her with a smile, he would still respond in a familiar manner.
But today, Yu Hui just glanced at Hua Changxi indifferently, pointed to a male servant at random, asked him to take Hua Changxi to get the medicinal materials, and then ignored Hua Changxi.
"What are you standing there for? Come with me."
Seeing Hua Changxi staring at Yu Hui motionlessly, the male servant urged him impatiently.
Hua Changxi withdrew his puzzled look and followed the male servant.
"You're here too late. Take these herbs back and wash them."
The male servant brought Hua Changxi to a pile of medicinal herbs with long hair and thorns.
Hua Changxi saw it and said nothing, and started to move the medicinal herbs.
Not long after the move, the male servant suddenly came up to Hua Changxi and said, "Sister, these herbs are hard to clean. Do you want to exchange them for some easier-to-clean herbs?"
Hua Changxi glanced at him indifferently and continued moving the things.
The male servant continued to move closer to Hua Changxi: "Sister, Brother Yu doesn't like you anymore, but your brother Mao likes you." As he said that, he stretched out his hand and was about to hug Hua Changxi's waist.
"Ah~"
Hua Changxi grabbed the male servant's wrist and applied a little force, causing him to scream in pain.
"Bitch, let me go!"
Mao shouted in a stern but weak voice.
Hua Changxi looked at him expressionlessly: "I am very strong. When I was a child, I broke many people's arms and legs. Big brother, please don't touch me casually. I may not be able to control my strength next time."
After saying that, he pushed Mao Wei away.
Mao Wei took several steps back before steadying himself. When he felt his right arm was sprained, he glared at Hua Changxi in anger and shame: "You..."
Hua Changxi looked back with indifference, which made Mao Wei dare not say anything harsh.
"Why are you still standing there? Hurry up and move the herbs."
Mao Wei could only curse at Hua Changxi and urge her to move the medicine quickly, while he was still several meters away from her.
Hua Changxi moved the herbs to the cart and left with them. When she passed the warehouse door, she glanced at Yu Hui again. She didn't believe that he didn't hear the conflict between her and the male servant just now, but he ignored her.
What’s wrong with this guy? They were on good terms yesterday and she even helped him. Why did he turn against her today?
Is it because she asked for the withered medicine yesterday?
But the dried herbs were discarded. If she took them, it would neither bring any trouble to Yu Hui nor cause any loss of interests to him. So why should she mind?
She helped with the physical work for an entire afternoon, so it was reasonable to give her the dried herbs as a reward.
Could it be that Yu Hui is a person who is unwilling to give even the slightest bit of effort?
If this is true, then such people are not worth associating with.
Later, when Hua Changxi came to collect medicinal materials and saw Yu Hui, she would greet him as usual. After he did not respond several times, she did not make trouble for herself when she came to the warehouse again.
When the people from the Sixth Bureau saw Hua Changxi pulling back a cart of difficult-to-wash medicinal herbs, they were surprised at first, and then began to gloat over his misfortune.
"Falling from favor so quickly?"
When Hua Changxi was passing by the ditch, a woman sneered loudly, which immediately caused people on both sides of the ditch to burst into laughter.
"Hua Changxi gets up late every day, and brings back herbs that need to be cleaned. This has aroused public anger."
Wang Yunchu spoke to his group members with a gloating look on his face.
On the other side, Hua Changxi took a few deep breaths after hearing the woman's words. He wanted to calm things down, but he could not suppress the burning anger in his heart after enduring it again and again.
So, I couldn’t bear it anymore!
Hua Changxi put down the cart, walked up to the woman with an expressionless face, grabbed her hair, and kicked her calf hard. When the woman knelt in the ditch, he forcefully pushed her head into the water.
"Ah~"
"Guru Guru~"
"Help~"
"Guru Guru~"
"Help~"
"Guru Guru~"
Hua Changxi held the woman's head until she was almost out of breath, then he pulled her out of the water. As soon as the woman took a breath, he pushed her head back into the water.
No one knew whether the people on both sides of the ditch were frightened or what, but at that moment, the entire Sixth Bureau was unusually quiet, with only the woman's screams and the sound of splashing in the water.
Hua Changxi waited until the woman had drunk enough water and had no strength to even ask for help before he pulled her out of the water. Looking at the soaked woman, his voice was unusually gentle:
"What did you just say? I didn't hear it clearly. Say it again!"
The woman was trembling all over, and had already lost her mind due to fear: "I... I didn't say anything."
Hua Changxi smiled: "Oh? Was that my hallucination?"
The woman was so frightened that she could no longer suppress the fear in her heart and cried out loudly, "I was wrong. I shouldn't have said that. Please forgive me."
Hua Changxi looked at her for a while and said, "Big sister, trouble comes from the mouth, you'd better take care of yourself."
The woman nodded repeatedly, tears streaming down her face: "I will never talk nonsense again, and I will never spread gossip about others again." Hua Changxi let go of the woman, went back to the cart, pulled the medicine to the position where Du Ruo's group was responsible for cleaning, moved the herbs into the water, and began to wash them.
Looking at Hua Changxi who was washing medicinal herbs with a normal expression on her face, Wang Yunchu and the other people in the group looked at each other and silently moved away from her.
The ten managers of the Sixth Bureau all saw what happened just now.
Ling Xiao looked at Du Ruo angrily: "Du Ruo, how can you manage people? How can you let your subordinates beat people at will? You must give me an explanation, otherwise we will go to Manager Leng to seek justice."
The woman who had just been beaten up was her subordinate.
At this moment, Du Ruo's face was not very good. She knew that Hua Changxi was a little unsociable, but she didn't expect that such a young girl would have violent tendencies and would start fighting if she disagreed with someone.
Another steward, Zhou Huilan, also spoke up: "Du Ruo, you really should take good care of that new servant. Let's not talk about other things first, but the fact that she sleeps until 9 o'clock every day must be changed."
"I know that the new servant is very capable, but that's no reason for her to break the rules. If others follow suit, how will we manage people in the future?"
The other managers echoed: "That's right."
Ling Xiao was very happy to see that the other managers were all denouncing Du Ruo, and he added, "And the new errand boy and the people in the warehouse."
Before she could finish her words, Zhou Huilan interrupted her: "She can get along well with the people in the warehouse, that's her ability, just like you, Manager Ling, are on good terms with Manager Niu from the Fifth Bureau, and we didn't say anything."
Hearing this, Ling Xiao's face suddenly turned ugly.
The crowd ignored him and dispersed.
Du Ruo returned to his group and first checked the medicinal materials cleaned by his subordinates, and finally came to Hua Changxi.
The medicinal herbs that Hua Changxi brought back today were very difficult to clean. Du Ruo originally thought that Hua Changxi would clean them very slowly, but when he got closer, he found that those medicinal herbs with long hairs and thorns that would hurt his hands if he was not careful did not affect Hua Changxi's cleaning speed at all.
In just a short while, most of the herbs were cleaned.
Hua Changxi saw Manager Du coming over and greeted him with a smile: "Manager Du, is there anything I can help you with?"
Du Ruo looked at Hua Changxi, who had just pushed people from other groups into the water to teach them a lesson not long ago, and saw that Hua Changxi not only did not feel guilty at all, but instead took the initiative to greet her with a smile. To be honest, she felt ashamed of herself for her mental quality.
"Your late rise is against the rules of the Miscellaneous Affairs Hall. From now on, you must get up before noon."
Hua Changxi was silent for a moment, then smiled and agreed: "Manager Du, I am quite fast at cleaning herbs. After I finish my work for the day, can I arrange my own schedule?"
Du Ruo nodded, hesitated for a moment before leaving, and said, "The people in the Miscellaneous Service Hall are very messy. Because the work is heavy, the identity verification is not so strict."
"Don't think that the Miscellaneous Services Hall is at the bottom of the Medical Department. The three departments and nine warehouses have no shortage of capable people. The male miscellaneous services have no shortage of warriors, and the female miscellaneous services also have their own connections."
"Don't take advantage of your own strength and ignore everyone else."
"Also, some roads may seem like shortcuts, but they may contain huge pitfalls that you can't even imagine."
"People should still be down-to-earth and live an honest life. You are still young, so don't go down the wrong path."
Hua Changxi knew that Du Ruo was talking about the rumors of the past two days, and said with a smile: "Thank you for your reminder, Manager Du."
After Du Ruo left, Hua Changxi sped up the cleaning process. Since she had to get up early in the morning, she could only finish her tasks early and use the rest of the time to practice.
Because Hua Changxi acted bravely and taught the woman who gossiped about her a lesson, Hua Changxi no longer had to listen to others' comments wherever she went, and no one dared to spread rumors about her in front of her.
However, the attitude of the people in the warehouse towards her became worse and worse.
Every time Hua Changxi went to get medicinal herbs, Mao Wei would assign the most difficult ones to her. If ordinary people came to wash them, not only would they be easily injured, but because of their large size, they would have to go back and forth dozens of times just to transport them, which was both laborious and time-consuming.
Seeing that Yu Hui did not stop him, Mao Wei became even more arrogant. He did not dare to make any more moves, but he often teased Hua Changxi with words in front of everyone.
"Brother Yu has a good eye. Look at our sister Changxi. Although she is young, she has beautiful breasts."
"Click~"
The people in the warehouse were listening attentively when they saw a figure passing by and heard a "click". When they looked closely, they saw that Mao Wei was being held by Hua Changxi on the face and his jaw had been removed.
"Ah~"
Hua Changxi increased the strength of his hands. Mao Wei whimpered and screamed, with blood flowing from the corners of his mouth: "Since you can't speak human words, there is no need for this mouth to exist."
Seeing this scene, Yu Hui was so shocked that he jumped up from his chair. He looked at Hua Changxi with twitching eyelids and stammered, "Stop. No. Let go, let go!"
Hua Changxi glanced at Yu Hui and pushed Mao Wei away. This time, he threw him directly to the ground.
Mao Wei lay on the ground, spitting out a mouthful of blood, with a few molars mixed in the blood.
When the people in the warehouse saw this, they all moved away from Hua Changxi.
"Brother Yu"
Hearing Hua Changxi's shout, Yu Hui shuddered.
Hua Changxi looked at him and said, "Brother Yu, I don't want to cause trouble, but if trouble comes to me, I will never be afraid of it."
She knew that she was a member of the disadvantaged group in the Menial Services Hall and that she had to stay there to practice and improve her medical skills. If she encountered bullying, she should swallow her anger.
But she couldn't stand it when the people in the warehouse unscrupulously told dirty rumors about her.
If she endures all this, her mind will become unstable.
(End of this chapter)