Chapter 1699: Chapter 1685
Wen Zao pouted and snorted, "What’s there to avoid with him? Why should I hide from him?"
She scoffed, feeling that the atmosphere around her instantly turned unfriendly, and snorted, saying to Chu Ge, "You play here by yourself, I’m going to sleep!"
After speaking, she threw the cushion aside and quickly returned to her bedroom.
Chu Ge watched her hurriedly departing figure and shook his head helplessly. It seemed she wanted to continue being this awkward.
The next day, Wen Zao’s vacation was already approved, and she was supposed to set off for her arranged itinerary the day after tomorrow.
However, now they hadn’t even prepared the most important medicine. If they couldn’t find the bloodworm today, it would really delay their schedule.
"Chu Ge, let’s act separately today."
Wen Zao proposed.
Chu Ge looked at her puzzled, "What do you mean?"
"We’ll each go looking separately, it’ll be faster this way."
Wen Zao had thought it over, one person would go east and the other would go west. Two people acting simultaneously would be faster than working together.
Chu Ge understood this logic, but...
Chu Ge looked at Wen Zao with concern, "Are you sure you can manage in your condition?"
Looking at Wen Zao’s really poor complexion, especially her tired eyes, it seemed like she had fought a war all night.
"I’m fine." Wen Zao waved him off, saying to Chu Ge, "We’ll do it as I suggested, this way we’ll be faster."
Chu Ge nodded, seeing that she was truly fine, he felt relieved. After a while, once they were ready to open the door, they found Zhou Ang standing at the door.
He was dressed in casual wear, looking quite sickly.
Chu Ge was surprised, "Zhou Ang? Aren’t you hospitalized? Why are you here?"
Zhou Ang smiled slightly, "I also want to contribute to our operation. The doctor said I can engage in moderate activity, so I came out."
When the doctor said he could exercise appropriately, his first reaction was to leave the hospital to find Wen Zao.
But now seeing their attire, it seemed like they were about to head out.
"Are you heading out?" Zhou Ang asked curiously.
Chu Ge nodded, "We’re going to look for a medicine."
"Medicine? What’s it called?" Zhou Ang asked, puzzled, as he had already prepared many medicines, wasn’t that enough?
"It’s called bloodworm."
Chu Ge answered honestly, "This medicine is synthesized from traditional herbs. We went around many pharmacies yesterday, couldn’t find it, so today we’re planning to check some traditional medicine shops."
Wen Zao stood aside silently, not even bothering to give Zhou Ang a glance.
Zhou Ang felt hurt inside, over the past two days during his hospitalization, Wen Zao clearly showed concern for him, but now she acted as if she didn’t know him, even making him feel awkward.
"Zaozao." Since Wen Zao didn’t proactively speak, he decided to take the initiative.
Wen Zao gave him a faint glance but ignored him, saying to Chu Ge, "Are you ready here? Let’s go if you’re done."
Chu Ge glanced at Zhou Ang, then at Wen Zao, shaking his head with some helplessness, "Zhou Ang, your health isn’t fully recovered yet, why don’t you go back to the hospital and rest?"
Zhou Ang knew that given his current physical state, indeed it wasn’t suitable to engage in excessive exercise.
He nodded and looked deeply at Wen Zao, sighing softly, "Alright then, if you need anything, feel free to call me."
After Zhou Ang left, Chu Ge glanced sideways at Wen Zao, "Zaozao, are you planning to continue like this with Zhou Ang?"
Wen Zao rolled her eyes at him, "Chu Ge, you talk too much!"
"I’m just kindly reminding you, you just heard Zhou Ang’s intention to definitely join us on the trip to Wuling Mountain. Along the way, you’ll frequently encounter each other; if you don’t manage your emotions well, his heart condition might relapse."
Upon hearing this, Wen Zao immediately fell silent. Chu Ge was right; if Zhou Ang joined them on the trip to Wuling Mountain, constantly encountering each other, maintaining such a relationship would be impossible.
Even if it doesn’t become awkward to death, it will become uncomfortable.
"With his health condition, wanting to go to Wuling Mountain is really going to slow us down!"
The more Wen Zao thought about it, the angrier she got, and finally, she couldn’t resist complaining.
Chu Ge shook his head helplessly, watching Wen Zao’s figure stride away, sighing lightly, wondering when Wen Zao would finally come around and let go of the grievances of the previous generation, not let them affect the younger generation.
A day’s busyness made Wen Zao feel as if her legs no longer belonged to her.
Throughout the day, the two of them almost ran through all the traditional medicine shops, and the answer was invariably the same: they didn’t have it.
But Chu Ge kept a keen eye; he remembered the expression of bemusement and suspicion on the shopkeeper’s face at the pharmacy they passed by last night.
Such an expression caused Chu Ge to have several inexplicable doubts. Today, he asked many people, and their faces were filled with confusion and ignorance.
Except for that person last night, whose eyes were evasive, that expression clearly indicated he knew the term bloodworm.
The more Chu Ge thought about it, the more something seemed off; he couldn’t figure out why something was driving him to return to the pharmacy entrance again.
Standing at the entrance, he glanced up at the pharmacy sign, showing signs of aging, clearly indicating it had been around for years.
"Hello, the medicine you recommended last time for my wife stung by a poisonous wasp worked well, do you have it now?"
As soon as Chu Ge entered, he heard a customer asking.
He didn’t pay attention, instead casually scanning the store.
"Are you talking about insecticide?"
The shopkeeper asked, "That medicine is out of stock."
"Ah? What should I do? My wife got stung again, now I’m supposed to bring the medicine back to her."
"There’s nothing I can do, someone bought them all last few days; I suggest you take your wife to the hospital."
The shopkeeper said helplessly.
The customer had no choice; without the insecticide, they had to follow the shopkeeper’s advice and go to the hospital, feeling a pinch at the thought of having to spend much money instead of solving it with a few bucks.
"Boss, this medicine is really effective. Make more next time."
Couldn’t help but the customer complained.
The shopkeeper chuckled, "Of course, this medicine was crafted by our ancestors. No matter how venomous the insect that bites you, it can be used. Let me tell you, have you heard of the bloodworm from Southern Fujian? Our ancestor developed this specifically for them."
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