Making a scene may seem trivial, but being prone to gossip and offending the gods is something no one wants happening at their home.
The mother of the two girls was initially showering Madam Meng with attentions. Upon hearing the news, she rushed to their resting place, where she found Bai Ruozhu giving them acupuncture treatment, and she quickly thanked Bai Ruozhu, expressing her gratitude profusely.
Bai Ruozhu chuckled inwardly. She played the role of both hero and villain, truly a genius.
Her acupuncture merely provided temporary relief for their condition, but it would recur once they returned home.
A lesson learned too lightly tends not to stick.
"Madam Bai, what happened to them? Could it be something they ate?" a girl's mother asked.
"Everyone at the table ate the same things; it shouldn't be that. I've never encountered this before, but it's not life-threatening. A few days of rest should do the trick," Bai Ruozhu replied.
