I Thought the Youngest Daughter of the Sichuan Tang Family Was Hated - Chapter 75

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After that, I headed straight to my Quarters.
“Hiss…”
I needed to change the cloth wrapped around my wound.
I’d hastily wrapped cloth around it to hide the blood, but the wound had begun to throb increasingly.
“Ugh.”
I carefully unwrapped the cloth and examined my trembling palm.
My hand was so small that the blood seeping through made the wound appear far more severe than it likely was.
‘It was good that I left the Warehouse immediately.’
I couldn’t let anyone see me like this. They were already frightened enough.
I wrapped white cloth around my hand until it swelled to nearly twice its normal size.
“Miss… Are you truly certain nothing happened?”
Gong Myo called out cautiously from beyond the door.
I’d sent everyone outside so I could be alone in the Room.
If Gong Myo and Dang Dam saw my condition, they’d both collapse from shock.
“Yes, yes. I just wanted to be alone for a moment!”
When I raised my voice in response, Gong Myo hesitated before speaking.
“W-well then… if you wish to have company, please do call for me!”
“Mm-hmm!”
I answered dutifully, but my gaze remained fixed on my wound.
Each time I clenched and unclenched my fist, Jin Hwa’s voice seemed to echo in my ears.
“Jin Hwa. My name.”
I’d heard Jin Hwa’s name directly from him.
‘Has he opened his heart, even just a little?’
I held a pleased smile, when voices drifted in from beyond the door.
“W-well… the Miss said she wished to be alone.”
“I see. Is that so?”
One voice was Gong Myo’s, and the other was a man’s.
It wasn’t Dang Dam, but the voice was familiar.
Who was it?
“Tell her that Jo Man came to visit.”
Ah, Jo Man!
“Myo!”
I called out urgently, and the retreating footsteps stopped.
“I don’t want to be alone anymore…!”
Gui-heon must have sent him, but I couldn’t let him leave like this.
“Ah, yes! Sir, it seems you may enter!”
Gong Myo hastily stopped Jo Man in his tracks.
The door opened, and Jo Man slipped inside.
“It has been some time, Miss. I am Jo Man.”
As he bowed in greeting, a bronze earring glinted from his right ear.
“You’ve become even more charming.”
I greeted Jo Man with a bright smile as he narrowed his eyes like a fox.
“You’ve become even more impressive too!”
Jo Man smiled faintly before getting straight to business.
“The reason I’ve come today is…”
He pulled something from his sleeve and handed it to me.
It was a small ledger. When I opened it, I found pages densely filled with illustrations of lizards, scorpions, spiders, and other venomous creatures.
‘Ah, these.’
The venomous creatures my older brothers had given me as gifts.
There were enough of them to fill an entire book like this?
“How should we dispose of these, miss?”
He continued, pointing to the illustrations in the ledger.
“With so many venomous creatures stockpiled, we’ve at least noticed that rats don’t appear in the Warehouse. However, they take up considerable space and are quite difficult to manage. Haha!”
…Looking at him again, I could sense deep frustration beneath Jo Man’s smile.
It seemed he was quite troubled having dangerous venomous creatures that couldn’t even be sold piling up in the Warehouse.
“I’m not opposed to it at all. Rather, if it could be of help to you, miss, it would be the greatest honor!”
No, you absolutely hate this. Right now.
“What would you like us to do with these… useless items. No, these precious gifts?”
He’d almost called them useless items just now.
I answered casually to Jo Man, who couldn’t even hide his true feelings.
“Haha. Well then… please send them to Grandfather. To the Chilryeong Mountains.”
If I sent them to where Dang Mu-seon was, he’d handle them properly on his own.
Though I’d probably hear some nagging about it.
“Yes, miss!”
Jo Man nodded, his dark expression lifting.
He then pulled something else from his sleeve.
“That was just a secondary matter. Now, here’s the real reason I’ve come.”
This time it was a different book.
Did he walk around with books dangling from his sleeves instead of daggers?
“This is a list of premium goods we’ve recently acquired. I thought you might like them.”
As I took the book, he continued with a regretful expression.
“Young Master Gui-heon wanted to select them with you, but something important came up, so I’ve come in his place.”
With that, Jo Man casually encouraged me to look through the ledger.
“Thanks.”
‘Though I’m grateful…’
Every time I received gifts like this from Gui-heon, I had a certain thought.
‘Do these people even think about making money?’
It seemed like they were spending everything they earned on me, and I couldn’t help but worry.
It was probably needless worry.
After all, Gui-heon was the type to spend an entire day just recording the money he earned.
I skimmed through the ledger lightly.
I skipped past the lists of silk and jewelry.
After all, the Wardrobe Room was still overflowing with unworn garments.
“Oh!”
My interest lay elsewhere.
Premium medicinal herbs, specifically.
One page of the ledger was densely filled with the names of various herbs.
‘Wow. From white orchid oil to ginseng essence pills….’
I saw not only medicines made by the Dang Family, but also many renowned specialty herbs from across the realm.
The fact that the Damrok Trading Company had gathered all of these in one place was genuinely impressive.
“Hm?”
Characters written in the corner of the ledger caught my eye.
Pine Flower Medicine.
A precious herb I had occasionally handled during my time at the Medicine King Sect.
Like Gold Wound Salve, it was used for external injuries, but its efficacy was far superior.
It addressed not only bleeding but also burning sensations and pus within wounds.
It meant wounds didn’t even need to be opened!
“Jo Man. Do you have this in stock right now?”
“Yes. We do.”
When I pointed to the Pine Flower Medicine and asked, he nodded.
My eyes sparkled with unmistakable excitement.
“I want this!”
“Hm?”
Jo Man raised his eyebrows, as if the request was unexpected.
He must have assumed I’d only ask for things like gold-threaded silk.
Before he could ask unnecessary questions, I quickly offered an excuse.
“This heals wounds, right? Grandfather taught me about it. Look here.”
I extended my palm and pouted my lips as I spoke.
“I got hurt.”
When Jo Man saw the bandage wrapped around my palm, his eyes widened.
“What? How did that….”
“Shh. It’s a secret.”
I whispered, placing a finger to my lips.
“I broke a bowl that Uncle Jo Young gave me.”
At my words, Jo Man blinked quietly.
“So, can I go get this myself? I don’t want to worry Gong Myo and Dang Dam.”
I asked in a hushed voice, glancing furtively toward the Corridor.
There was truth in what I said, but I had other intentions as well.
‘If I go myself, I can bring back more.’
After all, it would be nice to apply some to Jin Hwa as well.
“As expected, your heart is as vast as the sea.”
Jo Man pressed his hand to his chest, visibly moved.
He lowered his head and extended his hand toward me.
“I’ll guide you to the Merchant Guild, Miss!”
I looked up at Jo Man, whose eyes glistened with tears of emotion, and laughed brightly.
“Wow, thank you so much!”
I took his hand and headed toward the Merchant Guild.
Gong Myo and Dang Dam had wanted to accompany us, but Jo Man politely declined on their behalf.
“With me here, what’s there to worry about? You two should rest. The Miss herself wanted you both to take a breather.”
They seemed to accept it.
But their expressions remained stiff. It was clear they were uncomfortable with how I kept hiding things.
“Here we are.”
Jo Man spoke as he crossed the threshold of the Main Gate.
“Wow….”
As I looked around, admiration escaped my lips unbidden.
On my occasional visits to this area, I’d never realized the Merchant Guild’s interior was this vast.
A massive tunnel-like structure piercing through the Outer Wall and Inner Wall.
Outside, cargo carriages and horses stretched endlessly, while inside, the clink of coins echoed like a symphony.
Jo Man soon stopped before a large door.
“Here it is.”
Here?
This massive door looked grand enough to impress even the King of Hell, yet it was merely….
“This is the Warehouse?”
I asked, my mind reeling, and Jo Man answered with an embarrassed smile.
“It’s a bit cramped, isn’t it? Since it only stores medicinal herbs….”
His answer left me even more stunned.
Soon the double doors opened, revealing neatly stacked boxes spread before my eyes.
The space was organized so precisely that moving around inside was not inconvenient.
“Let’s see, the Songhua medicine….”
As Jo Man opened the ledger to locate the Songhua medicine, I caught sight of something behind him.
‘Huh?’
Beyond Jo Man’s shoulder, behind a towering mountain of boxes, a figure moved hurriedly.
A young boy quietly lifting boxes, checking if there was anything valuable enough to steal.
It was Jin Hwa.
‘What the….’
I froze in place, my mind going blank for a moment.
“Hmm? What’s wrong?”
Jo Man turned back and asked me.
“Oh, I, um….”
My mind wouldn’t work as I struggled for words.
My eyes darted back and forth without pause.
I glanced alternately at the shadow scurrying over the stacked boxes like a mouse—still oblivious to the situation—and Jo Man.
‘Why is that person so audacious?’
Even though the shadow must have heard us enter, the thief remained utterly absorbed in their larceny, completely indifferent.
“Miss?”
Jo Man asked again.
“Ah, well… I….”
I still couldn’t find the words.
I had to get either that thief or Jo Man out of here—fast!
“That… ow!”
What I managed to come up with was this.
Clutching my belly and collapsing to the ground.
“My stomach—it hurts so much!”
As I threw myself into the performance with all my might, even breaking into a cold sweat, Jo Man’s expression grew grave.
“Shall I escort you to the privy?”
I shook my head vigorously at his suggestion.
“Not that kind of stomach ache…!”
“Oh my, then….”
Jo Man’s mind worked quickly.
He immediately bolted outside, shouting as he went.
“I’ll fetch a physician at once!”

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