Chapter 54
"Gentleman Shen, are you okay?" Jiang Yun Zhu asked anxiously. She hugged Shen Feng Ming. Her hands felt sticky. She knew it was blood, but she didn't know whether it belonged to Shen Feng Ming or someone else.
Shen Feng Ming seemed to have passed out.
Jiang Yun Zhu looked around. What should she do? Report to the official or send him to the medical hall. If she sent him to the medical hall, she wouldn’t be able to support him over by herself.
Just as she was anxious, someone suddenly asked in surprise, "Miss Jiang, why are you here?"
It was Yang Sheng's voice. Jiang Yun Zhu was delighted, "Gentleman Yang, look at Gentleman Shen. What's wrong with him?"
Yang Sheng noticed Shen Feng Ming's strange condition. Before Jiang Yun Zhu could finish speaking, he had already come to support Shen Feng Ming. He stretched out his hand to feel his pulse, and then checked his condition up and down.
"He’s injured. Could Miss Jiang help me support him first? I'll call a carriage and take him to the medical hall."
"Okay, go quickly." Jiang Yun Zhu hugged Shen Feng Ming again. She didn't have that much strength to support him. Even holding him like this, she could barely support him.
Yang Sheng came back soon and supported Shen Feng Ming out. At the entrance of the alley, a carriage had already parked.
Yang Sheng helped Shen Feng Ming into the carriage, "Miss Jiang..."
"Let me go and have a look with you." Jiang Yun Zhu said. She was afraid that Yang Sheng would need help again.
"Thank you!" Yang Sheng let her sit in the carriage and they headed to the medical hall.
"The stomach was concussed. He had overexerted himself. I just applied medicine for the injury on his back. It’s not life-threatening." The doctor at the medical hall said after treating Shen Feng Ming. Then he prescribed a prescription.
Yang Sheng took it and went to grab the medicine.
He helped Shen Feng Ming into the carriage again. Yang Sheng went to the inn nearby to find a room. Today was the Lantern Festival. Many wealthy households from other places came to Lu Prefecture City to enjoy the lanterns. The inn had no room at all. Still, it couldn't win against Yang Sheng’s excessive pay. The inn owner immediately vacated a room for him.
Helping Shen Feng Ming to the bed, Yang Sheng stood there with a troubled expression on his face.
"If there's anything I could do to help, just tell me." Jiang Yun Zhu said.
Yang Sheng showed joy, "To tell you the truth, Miss Jiang, I have an important matter to deal with. But he has no one to take care of him here. I can’t help but worry."
"I'll do it." Jiang Yun Zhu responded.
"Thank you, Miss Jiang!" Yang Sheng said gratefully.
"It's fine. I have nothing to do tonight." Jiang Yun Zhu cheerfully said.
Yang Sheng left in a hurry.
Only Jiang Yun Zhu and Shen Feng Ming were left in the room. Jiang Yun Zhu looked at the person on the bed, picked up the medicine bag, and went to boil the medicine.
After a while, the medicine was ready. She brought it in, only to find that Shen Feng Ming was still asleep.
"Gentleman Shen, Gentleman Shen." She called out twice. But Shen Feng Ming didn't wake up. So she sat down again.
After a while, Yang Sheng still hadn't come back. She was afraid that Jiang Cheng and others would find her absent and worry when they went back. She went out to find the inn owner, gave him some money, and asked him to send an attendant to Fatong Temple to deliver a letter for her and reported that she was fine.
When she came back again, she saw Shen Feng Ming was covered with a quilt and the few blood stains on his face were very conspicuous. Since there was nothing to do, she picked up the towel, rinsed it, wrung it dry, and walked to the bed. She tried to wipe his face.
As a result, just as the towel touched his face, he suddenly opened his eyes and grabbed her arm.
His eyes were extremely ferocious, while his hands were terrifyingly strong, "Gentleman Shen." Jiang Yun Zhu whispered.
Shen Feng Ming's eyeballs rolled around. Then it slowly closed again. However, he didn’t let go of Jiang Yun Zhu.
"Gentleman Shen? Gentleman Shen?" Jiang Yun Zhu noticed that he seemed to have passed out again.
She tried to break free from his hand, but found that he was holding it very tightly. She couldn't break free at all.
Putting down the towel, she used the other hand to break it off. Still, she failed. She was sweating from exhaustion.
Jiang Yun Zhu gave up and sat there.
Because his hand was holding her arm, she could only sit on the edge of the bed. Almost right next to him.
Picking up the towel again, she helped him wipe his face.
This time, he didn't respond.
Wiping off the blood on his face bit by bit, a handsome face was revealed. The forehead was smooth, the black hair was like satin, and the long eyelashes were slightly curled up and casted a small shadow under the candlelight.
Jiang Yun Zhu felt that Shen Feng Ming could really be called a beauty. A Sleeping Beauty.
She sighed, leaned there, and watched the fireworks rising outside from time to time through the window.
At some point, she fell asleep.
The next day, when Jiang Yun Zhu woke up, she saw a handsome face and felt as if she was holding something in her hands.
Taking a closer look, she found that for some reason, she was lying on the bed. And it was Shen Feng Ming who she was hugging.
She vaguely remembered that she slept very uncomfortable yesterday and slid down. Then...
She stood up in a hurry and almost fell down. It turned out that Shen Feng Ming was still holding her arm.
Standing by the bed, she checked carefully and found that Shen Feng Ming didn't seem to be awake. Her mind stabilized. She had treated the other party as a pillow. What’s more, he was a patient. If this was discovered, it’s...
With a creak, the door opened. Yang Sheng walked in from the outside.
Jiang Yun Zhu's heart beat twice. A bit like being caught doing something bad.
"Miss Jiang, why didn't you go to rest?" Yang Cheng came in. Seeing Jiang Yun Zhu was still there, he thought she had taken care of Shen Feng Ming all night and said immediately. Then his eyes fell on Jiang Yun Zhu's arm.
"He woke up for a while. I can't break away." Jiang Yun Zhu quickly explained.
Yang Sheng checked Shen Feng Ming's condition and found that he was still asleep.
Jiang Yun Zhu stood aside and changed the subject. She asked Yang Sheng, "Gentleman Yang, how did the matter go?"
"It's almost done. I may have to go back to the capital." Yang Sheng replied.
Then Shen Feng Ming?
Several minutes later, Jiang Yun Zhu was sitting in the carriage. Looking at the people next to her, she was a little confused about how things turned out like this.
It was unknown where Yang Sheng touched Shen Feng Ming. Shen Feng Ming had let go of her arm. But...
"Yun Zhu, are you okay?" Mrs. Chen and the others asked when they saw Jiang Yun Zhu. They received Jiang Yun Zhu's message last night. Still, they were still very worried as she, a lone girl, didn't come back all night.
"All is fine. Father, Mother, have you packed everything? Let's go back once it’s done," Jiang Yun Zhu said.
"It's already packed." Mrs. Chen said.
"Then let’s go home." Jiang Yun Zhu cheerfully spoke.
"Let’s go home." Mrs. Chen smiled.
Everyone was carrying things. Those driving the carts were getting ready to leave.
At this time, four people came over there. They were Pu Xuan and his three apprentices.
"Miss." Pu Xuan clasped his hands together and saluted.
"Master." Jiang Yun Zhu returned the salute.
"Miss, you don't need to be too polite. This monk has something to tell you." Pu Xuan told about the matter of borrowing the vegetarian dishes Jiang Yun Zhu had given to him yesterday to gift to others. Then he said, "This monk feels guilty."
Jiang Yun Zhu thought it was not a big deal. Anyway, she had given it to Pu Xuan. How Pu Xuan would deal with it was his business.
"Master, you don't have to be like this. It’s just two vegetarian dishes. It’s my thanks to Master." She responded.
When she said this, Pu Xuan smiled again, "Miss, take these things to eat on the road. Next time Miss comes again, this monk will entertain you well."
After he finished speaking, Jing Yuan and the others passed the things in their hands to Jiang Yun Zhu. At a glance, there were tea, cakes, fruits and other things inside. These were of great value.
"How can this do?" Jiang Yun Zhu said. They lived in the other party's temples. On top of that, take so many things from others?
"Miss, please don't refuse. To tell you the truth, the two vegetarian dishes you made last night really helped me a lot. These aren't a tribute." Pu Xuan maintained.
Since he said that, it would look like she cared about what happened yesterday if she didn’t accept it.
"Thank you, Master." Jiang Yun Zhu responded.
After receiving the things, Jiang Yun Zhu and the others left.
Once outside, there was a carriage parked there. Jiang Yun Zhu waved to the driver who was driving, indicating that he could leave.
Mrs. Chen and the others naturally saw the carriage and asked curiously, "Yun Zhu, this carriage?"
"I happened to meet Gentleman Shen yesterday. He is ill. Gentleman Yang asked me to take care of him for a few days." Jiang Yun Zhu said.
Mrs. Chen found it strange, but she couldn't pinpoint where, "Is Gentleman Shen alright?"
"The doctor said he is fine, just too tired." Jiang Yun Zhu explained.
Wheels creaked. A carriage, a mule cart, and a donkey cart left Lu Prefecture City one after another.
Lu Prefecture City was still bustling and lively. It will not change because of the departure of some people.
At noon the next day, Jiang Yun Zhu and the others returned to Changshi Village.
From a long distance, old Mister Chen, Jiang Lin, Jiang Yun Xue, and Jiang Wu could be seen standing at the gate of the courtyard looking this way.
Seeing them, old Mister Chen finally showed a smile on his face. They have been away for more than ten days and had him worried.
"Father, Mother, Elder Sister!" Jiang Lin and the kids rushed over.
Jiang Cheng and Mrs. Chen missed them and got out of the cart immediately.
"Yun Zhu, then I'll go back first." Xu Qing Shan said.
"En, thank you, Elder Brother Xu." Jiang Yun Zhu said.
Xu Qing Shan drove the donkey cart away.
"Elder Brother Xu, wait for me." Gu Qi Feng urged his donkey to follow and left.
"Boss." Xue Jing said.
"You should go home and have a look. You have worked hard these days." Jiang Yun Zhu said.
"It's not hard." Xue Jing said. He greatly missed Mrs. Ruan very much though. So he stopped talking immediately and got out of the cart to go home.
The Jiang Family was the only ones left. They walked in while talking about what happened these days.
"Those meat skewers sold out?" Old Mister Chen asked in surprise.
"It's not enough to sell. If I knew earlier, I would have made more." Mrs. Chen regretted.
"Then you made money?"
"Definitely. Yun Zhu said that she had earned enough to go to the county to open a shop. We got Jiang Lin and Jiang Wu's tuition."
"We even bought something for you."
"Mother, what did you buy?" Jiang Wu asked urgently.
...
Jiang Yun Zhu's face was full of smiles when she heard them chatting and laughing. This trip to Lu Prefecture wasn't in vain.
Oh right, she almost forgot about Shen Feng Ming.
Quickly, she called Jiang Cheng to carry Shen Feng Ming to the side room.
After explaining to old Mister Chen again, everyone dispersed.
Yang Sheng wasn't here. Jiang Yun Zhu didn't dare to wipe Shen Feng Ming's face this time. She sat there and watched him.
Why was he in Lu Prefecture? What had he experienced?
This person, can’t see through him.
But he can get injured. He can be like now, lie there obediently.
Suddenly, she thought about how she slept with him all night yesterday. Her eyes fell on his waist.
What she didn't realize was that Shen Feng Ming had slowly opened his eyes.
"Gentleman Shen, are you okay?" Jiang Yun Zhu asked anxiously. She hugged Shen Feng Ming. Her hands felt sticky. She knew it was blood, but she didn't know whether it belonged to Shen Feng Ming or someone else.
Shen Feng Ming seemed to have passed out.
Jiang Yun Zhu looked around. What should she do? Report to the official or send him to the medical hall. If she sent him to the medical hall, she wouldn’t be able to support him over by herself.
Just as she was anxious, someone suddenly asked in surprise, "Miss Jiang, why are you here?"
It was Yang Sheng's voice. Jiang Yun Zhu was delighted, "Gentleman Yang, look at Gentleman Shen. What's wrong with him?"
Yang Sheng noticed Shen Feng Ming's strange condition. Before Jiang Yun Zhu could finish speaking, he had already come to support Shen Feng Ming. He stretched out his hand to feel his pulse, and then checked his condition up and down.
"He’s injured. Could Miss Jiang help me support him first? I'll call a carriage and take him to the medical hall."
"Okay, go quickly." Jiang Yun Zhu hugged Shen Feng Ming again. She didn't have that much strength to support him. Even holding him like this, she could barely support him.
Yang Sheng came back soon and supported Shen Feng Ming out. At the entrance of the alley, a carriage had already parked.
Yang Sheng helped Shen Feng Ming into the carriage, "Miss Jiang..."
"Let me go and have a look with you." Jiang Yun Zhu said. She was afraid that Yang Sheng would need help again.
"Thank you!" Yang Sheng let her sit in the carriage and they headed to the medical hall.
"The stomach was concussed. He had overexerted himself. I just applied medicine for the injury on his back. It’s not life-threatening." The doctor at the medical hall said after treating Shen Feng Ming. Then he prescribed a prescription.
Yang Sheng took it and went to grab the medicine.
He helped Shen Feng Ming into the carriage again. Yang Sheng went to the inn nearby to find a room. Today was the Lantern Festival. Many wealthy households from other places came to Lu Prefecture City to enjoy the lanterns. The inn had no room at all. Still, it couldn't win against Yang Sheng’s excessive pay. The inn owner immediately vacated a room for him.
Helping Shen Feng Ming to the bed, Yang Sheng stood there with a troubled expression on his face.
"If there's anything I could do to help, just tell me." Jiang Yun Zhu said.
Yang Sheng showed joy, "To tell you the truth, Miss Jiang, I have an important matter to deal with. But he has no one to take care of him here. I can’t help but worry."
"I'll do it." Jiang Yun Zhu responded.
"Thank you, Miss Jiang!" Yang Sheng said gratefully.
"It's fine. I have nothing to do tonight." Jiang Yun Zhu cheerfully said.
Yang Sheng left in a hurry.
Only Jiang Yun Zhu and Shen Feng Ming were left in the room. Jiang Yun Zhu looked at the person on the bed, picked up the medicine bag, and went to boil the medicine.
After a while, the medicine was ready. She brought it in, only to find that Shen Feng Ming was still asleep.
"Gentleman Shen, Gentleman Shen." She called out twice. But Shen Feng Ming didn't wake up. So she sat down again.
After a while, Yang Sheng still hadn't come back. She was afraid that Jiang Cheng and others would find her absent and worry when they went back. She went out to find the inn owner, gave him some money, and asked him to send an attendant to Fatong Temple to deliver a letter for her and reported that she was fine.
When she came back again, she saw Shen Feng Ming was covered with a quilt and the few blood stains on his face were very conspicuous. Since there was nothing to do, she picked up the towel, rinsed it, wrung it dry, and walked to the bed. She tried to wipe his face.
As a result, just as the towel touched his face, he suddenly opened his eyes and grabbed her arm.
His eyes were extremely ferocious, while his hands were terrifyingly strong, "Gentleman Shen." Jiang Yun Zhu whispered.
Shen Feng Ming's eyeballs rolled around. Then it slowly closed again. However, he didn’t let go of Jiang Yun Zhu.
"Gentleman Shen? Gentleman Shen?" Jiang Yun Zhu noticed that he seemed to have passed out again.
She tried to break free from his hand, but found that he was holding it very tightly. She couldn't break free at all.
Putting down the towel, she used the other hand to break it off. Still, she failed. She was sweating from exhaustion.
Jiang Yun Zhu gave up and sat there.
Because his hand was holding her arm, she could only sit on the edge of the bed. Almost right next to him.
Picking up the towel again, she helped him wipe his face.
This time, he didn't respond.
Wiping off the blood on his face bit by bit, a handsome face was revealed. The forehead was smooth, the black hair was like satin, and the long eyelashes were slightly curled up and casted a small shadow under the candlelight.
Jiang Yun Zhu felt that Shen Feng Ming could really be called a beauty. A Sleeping Beauty.
She sighed, leaned there, and watched the fireworks rising outside from time to time through the window.
At some point, she fell asleep.
The next day, when Jiang Yun Zhu woke up, she saw a handsome face and felt as if she was holding something in her hands.
Taking a closer look, she found that for some reason, she was lying on the bed. And it was Shen Feng Ming who she was hugging.
She vaguely remembered that she slept very uncomfortable yesterday and slid down. Then...
She stood up in a hurry and almost fell down. It turned out that Shen Feng Ming was still holding her arm.
Standing by the bed, she checked carefully and found that Shen Feng Ming didn't seem to be awake. Her mind stabilized. She had treated the other party as a pillow. What’s more, he was a patient. If this was discovered, it’s...
With a creak, the door opened. Yang Sheng walked in from the outside.
Jiang Yun Zhu's heart beat twice. A bit like being caught doing something bad.
"Miss Jiang, why didn't you go to rest?" Yang Cheng came in. Seeing Jiang Yun Zhu was still there, he thought she had taken care of Shen Feng Ming all night and said immediately. Then his eyes fell on Jiang Yun Zhu's arm.
"He woke up for a while. I can't break away." Jiang Yun Zhu quickly explained.
Yang Sheng checked Shen Feng Ming's condition and found that he was still asleep.
Jiang Yun Zhu stood aside and changed the subject. She asked Yang Sheng, "Gentleman Yang, how did the matter go?"
"It's almost done. I may have to go back to the capital." Yang Sheng replied.
Then Shen Feng Ming?
Several minutes later, Jiang Yun Zhu was sitting in the carriage. Looking at the people next to her, she was a little confused about how things turned out like this.
It was unknown where Yang Sheng touched Shen Feng Ming. Shen Feng Ming had let go of her arm. But...
"Yun Zhu, are you okay?" Mrs. Chen and the others asked when they saw Jiang Yun Zhu. They received Jiang Yun Zhu's message last night. Still, they were still very worried as she, a lone girl, didn't come back all night.
"All is fine. Father, Mother, have you packed everything? Let's go back once it’s done," Jiang Yun Zhu said.
"It's already packed." Mrs. Chen said.
"Then let’s go home." Jiang Yun Zhu cheerfully spoke.
"Let’s go home." Mrs. Chen smiled.
Everyone was carrying things. Those driving the carts were getting ready to leave.
At this time, four people came over there. They were Pu Xuan and his three apprentices.
"Miss." Pu Xuan clasped his hands together and saluted.
"Master." Jiang Yun Zhu returned the salute.
"Miss, you don't need to be too polite. This monk has something to tell you." Pu Xuan told about the matter of borrowing the vegetarian dishes Jiang Yun Zhu had given to him yesterday to gift to others. Then he said, "This monk feels guilty."
Jiang Yun Zhu thought it was not a big deal. Anyway, she had given it to Pu Xuan. How Pu Xuan would deal with it was his business.
"Master, you don't have to be like this. It’s just two vegetarian dishes. It’s my thanks to Master." She responded.
When she said this, Pu Xuan smiled again, "Miss, take these things to eat on the road. Next time Miss comes again, this monk will entertain you well."
After he finished speaking, Jing Yuan and the others passed the things in their hands to Jiang Yun Zhu. At a glance, there were tea, cakes, fruits and other things inside. These were of great value.
"How can this do?" Jiang Yun Zhu said. They lived in the other party's temples. On top of that, take so many things from others?
"Miss, please don't refuse. To tell you the truth, the two vegetarian dishes you made last night really helped me a lot. These aren't a tribute." Pu Xuan maintained.
Since he said that, it would look like she cared about what happened yesterday if she didn’t accept it.
"Thank you, Master." Jiang Yun Zhu responded.
After receiving the things, Jiang Yun Zhu and the others left.
Once outside, there was a carriage parked there. Jiang Yun Zhu waved to the driver who was driving, indicating that he could leave.
Mrs. Chen and the others naturally saw the carriage and asked curiously, "Yun Zhu, this carriage?"
"I happened to meet Gentleman Shen yesterday. He is ill. Gentleman Yang asked me to take care of him for a few days." Jiang Yun Zhu said.
Mrs. Chen found it strange, but she couldn't pinpoint where, "Is Gentleman Shen alright?"
"The doctor said he is fine, just too tired." Jiang Yun Zhu explained.
Wheels creaked. A carriage, a mule cart, and a donkey cart left Lu Prefecture City one after another.
Lu Prefecture City was still bustling and lively. It will not change because of the departure of some people.
At noon the next day, Jiang Yun Zhu and the others returned to Changshi Village.
From a long distance, old Mister Chen, Jiang Lin, Jiang Yun Xue, and Jiang Wu could be seen standing at the gate of the courtyard looking this way.
Seeing them, old Mister Chen finally showed a smile on his face. They have been away for more than ten days and had him worried.
"Father, Mother, Elder Sister!" Jiang Lin and the kids rushed over.
Jiang Cheng and Mrs. Chen missed them and got out of the cart immediately.
"Yun Zhu, then I'll go back first." Xu Qing Shan said.
"En, thank you, Elder Brother Xu." Jiang Yun Zhu said.
Xu Qing Shan drove the donkey cart away.
"Elder Brother Xu, wait for me." Gu Qi Feng urged his donkey to follow and left.
"Boss." Xue Jing said.
"You should go home and have a look. You have worked hard these days." Jiang Yun Zhu said.
"It's not hard." Xue Jing said. He greatly missed Mrs. Ruan very much though. So he stopped talking immediately and got out of the cart to go home.
The Jiang Family was the only ones left. They walked in while talking about what happened these days.
"Those meat skewers sold out?" Old Mister Chen asked in surprise.
"It's not enough to sell. If I knew earlier, I would have made more." Mrs. Chen regretted.
"Then you made money?"
"Definitely. Yun Zhu said that she had earned enough to go to the county to open a shop. We got Jiang Lin and Jiang Wu's tuition."
"We even bought something for you."
"Mother, what did you buy?" Jiang Wu asked urgently.
...
Jiang Yun Zhu's face was full of smiles when she heard them chatting and laughing. This trip to Lu Prefecture wasn't in vain.
Oh right, she almost forgot about Shen Feng Ming.
Quickly, she called Jiang Cheng to carry Shen Feng Ming to the side room.
After explaining to old Mister Chen again, everyone dispersed.
Yang Sheng wasn't here. Jiang Yun Zhu didn't dare to wipe Shen Feng Ming's face this time. She sat there and watched him.
Why was he in Lu Prefecture? What had he experienced?
This person, can’t see through him.
But he can get injured. He can be like now, lie there obediently.
Suddenly, she thought about how she slept with him all night yesterday. Her eyes fell on his waist.
What she didn't realize was that Shen Feng Ming had slowly opened his eyes.
Now that they have more money, shouldn't they look for the sold daughter to buy back? or at least ask their worldlier friends to keep an eye out so they might know where she is?
ReplyDeleteThat's a good idea 🔝 but would she be willing to come back?
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