Chapter 163 A woman without bottom line
He looked at this female Master of Medical Treatment who could cure his illness, persuading himself secretly. Since he adored a woman like her and he had not found the second one except her now. So, could he approach her again? Perhaps, she changed a lot after three years and would no longer hurt him. Maybe she had been missing his kindness, while she just felt embarrassed to reply to him.
Therefore, he put down his face and self-esteem to find her. As long as he walked towards her direction for a few steps, she would respond and walk towards him too. Because they were similar, it seemed that everything was calm on the surface, and they did not care about anything. In fact, they paid attention to all in silent. Even if they lost a less important friend, they would also feel sad for a long time, let alone such an important master and confidant like him. After regaining him, she would have certainly started to look up to him. After all, he was no longer the little boy without the sense of presence. And now he was a dangerous person who wouldn’t be ignored by anyone.
When he smelt the fragrance from her neckline, not only had he recovered from the pain in his chest, but also from the failure of his smell which had afflicted him for three year–he could not smell the rest fragrance except for Carefree Fragrance of her hair in past three years. His manservant, Yi Tong, sniffed it carefully and told him that the wisps of hair were not fragrant at all. There must be something wrong with his nose.
Xiaoyi, Xiaoyi, since I left you, many problems occurred to me. How would you compensate me?
Smelling the Carefree Fragrance and looking at the ice-cold eyes of her, he wished he could take her to a quiet place and make a good claim for her. Then, when he thought in this way, he really did. She owed him a lot and made him change a lot so that he could not recognize himself. For such a heartless and merciless woman, he couldn’t relieve the hatred of his heart even if he swallowed her alive.
He tried to strangle her with his hand at first, but his hand was on her waist. Her arts of lightness were not good enough, so she would fall if he had not held her tightly. Although he had one mouth to speak something, it could not express what he was feeling now. He would like to kill her with one bite. If she died, he would be all right.
So, he put his face close to her, and her neck was so slender that only one bite could kill her. She had saved his life, so had he. They were so entangled that if they could not be lovers, they would be enemies. If he killed her, would her soul come to haunt him day and night? And would she never leave him? Or maybe he could also go to the netherworld with her and be a couple there.
Her breath was shallow and sweet. And her unguarded lips were slightly parted in that way so that he could meet her with the sweet scent and intercept her breath accidentally. Her lips were warm and soft. Not only didn’t she refuse his kiss, but also her eyes were full of dependence and trust, as if a newborn rabbit trusted its owner wholeheartedly.
Such clear eyes and sweet lips appeased him who wanted to kill her for venting the manic rage before, but questions accumulated during three years in his heart were all rolling in the tongue. Did she always be so docile and unguarded to Duan Xiaolou? Did Duan Xiaolou kiss her like this?
She used to stare at a jade pendant in a daze when she was alone in three years ago. Her eyes did not blink as if she were a figure without soul. Did the master of the jade pendant attract her soul? He recognized that the jade pendant was the royal thing. And later, he found out in Qiyanggong Sect that the jade pendant was the treasure which the Emperor gave to Lord Ning. Originally, Zhu Quan was the man she had admired before, right? Three years ago, she always ignored him because she already had a crush on him, didn’t she?
His questions let her become silent and careful. She just apologized to him repeatedly. But why she only apologized to him? He wanted to hear more about her. Why didn’t she say more to express that she missed him or she liked him?
Three years ago, when they were close to each other, she liked to call him “Xiaoxuan”, but he didn’t expect to hear that. At that time, she thought that he was too young to protect her, but now he had become the Second Lord of Qi Yang who was deterrent in Wulin. He could give her everything she wanted, and he would give her the things that Duan Xiaolou and Zhu Quan could not give to her. “So, please don’t call me “Xiaoxuan” again, okay? Please leave Luo’s Mansion, and leave Yangzhou City. Would you like to go to Meng’s Mansion in the capital with me and to be my wife there?” He thought.
He knew that she was a special one. She was more reserved and mysterious than him. He also knew that she was more inscrutable than he was so that she had more burdens than him.
It was the first time that he had seen her in Xin Rong Hall in Luo’s Mansion. At that moment, she was an “umbrella girl” in Luo’s Mansion. When it was sunny day, she knew that she was superfluous. Therefore, she turned herself into a white umbrella and stood at the wall. She made only a blurred vertical line in the background. When it was cloudy, she suddenly turned into her original color, and she became a blue bamboo pole oil paper umbrella, reminding her existence silently.
When the storm struck, the people with many umbrellas in Luo’s family suddenly found that the other bright and beautiful umbrellas were decorations and not available to protect people. Though the blue oil paper umbrella seemed to be more vulnerable than a begonia in the wind, in fact, she was a truly good umbrella to pass through the storm.
Once he held such an umbrella to walk in the wind and rain. Then the wind stopped, the moon became bright, the flowers became fragrant, and he could not help obtaining her as his own, while he found that her umbrella handle had been grasped by another man early. In his struggling and dangerous days in the barren mountains, Duan Xiaolou found the umbrella firstly, and then he tied a silk thread on it. Therefore, no matter how far away from her in the future, he could always find the umbrella girl at the other end if he would like to take up the line.
“Umbrella girl, did you fall in love with that man firstly? If I take advantage of his absence and take exclusive possession of you, would you become my umbrella obediently? Or would you hate me to break your wings secretly so that you could not fly?” He thought.
“Hey, why are we sitting here?” said Bai Yangbai, the first one to break the silence. Then he asked doubtfully, “Are we waiting for grass blossoming on the ground? But it will not bloom till tomorrow morning.”
He Danggui raised her eyebrows and said, “I would let you find Guard Zhan quickly to cut the hand of Qian Mudan. Why don’t you go in a hurry? She would not be saved if it is too late. You should know that the poison is dead, but the venomous insect is alive. And I cannot guarantee that she will insist for an hour even though I sealed her acupoint.” Yeah, how did they become silent suddenly? Why did she quarrel with Meng Xuan? Now she shouldn’t offend him, because she still hoped him to ask Madam Luo to marry her as his concubine. It was too awkward to talk about it this time. So, maybe she would take advantage of the next time when he came to return her Zhenqi. Anyway, he had a good temper, so he would be relieved for the next time.
Meng Xuan glanced at Qian Mudan, who was bleeding from seven holes on the ground, and he felt a little unbearable in his heart, so he asked, “Can’t you save her anymore? After all, she was just a naive girl and was a bit bossy.” Hearing Xiaoyi’s words, it was clear that the girl could be saved originally, but Xiaoyi thought it was troublesome and didn’t want to save that girl... Was it because the girl had bullied her before? He didn’t want to quarrel with her again, so his tone was very soft with a sense of pleading.
When he said this, he didn’t look at He Danggui, so he didn’t notice her expression of contemplation. She frowned as if she was thinking about something confusing. Since he didn’t get a response, he asked again, “Can you save her again?”
Bai Yangbai moved his face closer to He Danggui and asked with a smile, “Who is he asking for?” He Danggui replied casually, “I don’t know. Maybe he asks for you.” Bai Yangbai realized suddenly, “He is begging me! Since General Meng asked me for help, I will try my best and use my best skills to save her.” Then he sat with cross-legged, and his walnut-shaped eyes were closed. He was saying something.
Meng Xuan became displeased and asked, “Taoist Sage, what are you doing?”
“Hush–” Bai Yangbai said mysteriously, “Don’t disturb me to help the girl get rid of the misery. To be honest, the women who had been relieved by me can be reborn and become princesses and infantas. I guessed that Quan will have a sister in this year, so let her become his sister! Oh, I said it unconsciously, so you can pretend not hearing it.” He said Quan’s name accidentally. It was fortunate that neither of them understood it.
How could He Danggui not understand it? There was no one who understood better than her. Besides, as far as she knew, Zhu Yuanzhang would have a daughter who would be born this year. For she used to look him with a cheeky face, she seldom forgot that he was also a man with great skills and intelligence. He was the person with many strange ideas. At that time, he made a small plan to help Zhu Quan take back the corpse of his mother. In addition, Bai Yangbai had the great grace about preaching and teaching Zhu Quan, so it was better to discuss with him about Zhu Quan. Then they could think about some ideas, so maybe there was a way to make Zhu Quan give up her instead of marrying Meng Xuan.
He Danggui looked at Meng Xuan’s manservant Yi Tong, who was walking around in the distance. At this moment, the teenager’s legs and feet were no longer lame, and it seemed that he walked back and forth anxiously.
He Danggui shouted, “Yi Tong! Call Guard Zhan to cut the hand!” After shouting, she pulled Bai Yangbai’s arm and left. She planned to find a place where no one was to discuss countermeasures. It was not easy for her to see the guy, so she entrusted the thing with him this time whether he could help her or not. At least, she asked Bai Yangbai to go to the north to make some troubles for Zhu Quan, so that Zhu Quan would be busy with these things in two or three years. It was the best way for Zhu Quan to forget her throughout.
Bai Yangbai cried with a weird voice, “Ah, girl, what are you doing? Slow down, and what’s the matter? You are agitated suddenly.”
He Danggui said, “I invite you for dinner. Let’s go.”
“The last time you invited me for dinner was not fun. You let me bow and scrape to worship you as a teacher,” Bai Yangbai muttered, “And looking at your busy posture, it seems that you are pulling your lover to cheat...”
He Danggui threatened in a low voice, “Behave yourself or I will point you dumb acupoint. Go faster for I am in a hurry.”
Bai Yangbai caught the ridicule of her words and said, “As we expected before, there wasn’t such a thing as a good party. So, what do you want to do with me? The bath water formula has been cheated away by you, so what else do you want to do?”
“I will distinguish whether the bath water formula is fake or not. I’ve already recognized that how stingy you are. I will let you spit it out soon,” He Danggui said it quickly while dragging Bai Yangbai, “I am not interested in the bath water, but I have another thing to ask for you. It is essential to benefit you if it is done.”
“Gee.” Bai Yangbai leaned closer and said, “There is a hint of ash on your nose. Let me wipe it.” Then he stretched out his dark hands.
“No,” He Danggui turned her head with disgust and said, “Your hands are full of mud.”
Manservant Yi Tong ran forward and said with a bit of anxiety, “Childe, Third Childe was in trouble again. Just now Fu Kuan sent us a message that Third Childe wandered a brothel but fought with someone, as if he beat that man seriously. After the county magistrate detained the drunk Third Childe, he recognized at a glance that he was Meng Ying, Meng Shan’s eldest legitimate son. Now the county magistrate is in a dilemma, waiting for our Meng’s family to bring him back. You told me to go back first and not disturb you talking to Miss He, so I didn’t dare to step forward and give a reply. Now Miss He has gone away, and let’s go round to find Guard Zhan for telling this message there. We should go and take Third Childe away as soon as possible. If you let the master know about this, he will definitely beat him with a club!”
There was no one in Meng Xuan’s eyes at the moment, only the woman in black who was moving away. Didn’t she just say that Bai Yangbai would follow her rules? Why did she take the initiative to pull his sleeves? Bai Yangbai said “Princess”, and then he said, “Quan will have a sister in this year.” Did that “Quan” mean Zhu Quan? She was so excited when she heard this name, and she was obsessed with Zhu Quan as much as she was, right? Even so, there was a dying person in front of her waiting for her rescue. At least, she would pull with Bai Yangbai after saving her, right? Was she still a doctor? Was she really as hard-hearted as what she said?
Bai Yangbai touched the bridge of her nose with his hand, while she just hit his shoulder with a fist. Then she said slightly, “Don’t make troubles. Let’s go.” Meng Xuan’s eyes almost burst into flames because of her indifferent attitude, which attracted all men to take advantage of her. Three years ago, Duan Xiaolou took her into his arms. And he could tell himself that she was only ten years old and young, so it was nothing. How about this now?
He Danggui was considering how should she explain to Bai Yangbai that she knew the teacher-student relationship between him and Zhu Quan, and how should she explain to him that she hated Zhu Quan to the extent that she would rather die... Suddenly, a black figure blocked the target of her and Bai Yangbai–Meng Xuan? They all quarreled, but he also stopped her way. Hum, she didn’t want to reconcile with him today.
Seeing that He Danggui turned her face to another direction, Bai Yangbai waved hands to Meng Xuan with smiling and said, “Gee, it was Seventh Childe. You don’t have to send us away. We are going to have a drink to reminisce about something from the past. Next time, we will invite you, for the pouch is shy today.”
Meng Xuan raised his chin towards Qian Mudan in the distance and asked, “How about her? She just lies there and waits for death, right? One of you is called saint, and the other is unparalleled in medicine. Why not save her life before drinking?”
Bai Yangbai and He Danggui looked at each other. Did he come here to find fault? Bai Yangbai looked at the expressionless Meng Xuan and chuckled, “Seventh Childe, you don’t know that although I am only a little famous, it’s really hard for me to cure and save people. Usually when I have a headache and fever, I will see a doctor. In a winter, all the medical halls were closed, but I...”
“What about you, Miss He?” Meng Xuan interrupted Bai Yangbai’s words and looked directly at He Danggui.
“I won’t save her.” He Danggui first threw out this sentence, and then she thought that her attitude should be better. Bai Yangbai was her “Plan B”, but he had not thought a way to help her. Meng Xuan was her “Plan A”, so she couldn’t offend him. After all, one more plan was one more chance of winning.
So, she became patient and explained in detail to Meng Xuan, “I know very little about poison produced by venomous insects, but I saw “Shi Hua Poison” in a book many years ago, which was very similar to Qian Mudan’s symptoms. But I have to go home and ask Jiugu first. She is a Miao girl with a lot of knowledge, so she should know a lot in this field. But distant water cannot quench present thirst. Now, you should cut her hand and remove most of the toxicity if you want to save her. I will detoxify her after I get through the method, which will allow her to live more than ten years.”
Meng xuan listened to her explain. Why did she not get angry since he called her “Miss He”? Why did she still walk away with another person when he came to find her after three years? Why did she still leave him? She was holding the sleeves of Bai Yangbai with her small hand, which made Meng Xuan really be disappointed. She could hug Duan Xiaolou, kiss with himself and let Bai Yangbai touch her face. So, where was her bottom line?
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