The young attendant feared for his life. His pupils dilated as he stammered, “A-alright, alright, then… come in.”

Only then did Shu Tian sheathe his sword.

The young attendant led Luo Yang inside and hurriedly called for his master.

Luo Yang, drenched in sweat, placed Ji Yunshu on the bed inside and said to the physician, “Doctor, please examine her quickly. You absolutely mustn’t let anything happen to her.”

The elderly physician appeared to be over seventy years old. His movements were unhurried, yet steady and composed. As he worked, he said, “Don’t worry, don’t worry.”

He slowly took Ji Yunshu’s pulse.

His eyes narrowed slightly.

Luo Yang and Shu Tian watched from the side.

After a short while, the elderly physician finished checking her pulse and said, “This young lady has cold qi invading her body, and her constitution was already weak to begin with, which is why she broke out in a cold sweat. But this pulse…”

He frowned, seeming to ponder something.

Luo Yang’s heart tightened as he pressed, “What about the pulse?”

“From the pulse, it appears this young lady suffered from many illnesses in the past. Some divine physician must have treated her, suppressing the cold syndrome in her body. For many years there were no major problems, but now, because her body is too weak and cold qi has invaded, the originally suppressed cold qi has surged out as well. These two streams of cold qi colliding together makes it rather difficult to treat.” The physician sighed.

Hearing these words, Luo Yang became both anxious and worried. He asked, “What do you mean by very difficult to treat? She won’t be in danger, will she?”

“Young master, don’t be anxious. Right now, this old physician will temporarily suppress the cold qi in her body, but it won’t cure the root cause. Moreover, my medical skills are limited—I can only do my best to preserve her life at this moment.”

“Then hurry up!”

“Don’t rush, don’t rush!”

At a time like this, he still said don’t rush!

This physician truly had an excellent mindset.

Luo Yang was about to say more when Shu Tian pulled him back, saying, “Don’t delay the physician from saving her. Do you want to hold him here for a chat?”

Pfft!

Luo Yang shut his mouth.

He let the physician work on saving her.

The physician inserted several needles into Ji Yunshu and applied something to her nose. After half an hour, she finally regained consciousness in a dazed state!

She breathed lightly and, seeing that she didn’t know where she was, turned her head. She saw Shu Tian standing with his back to her not far away.

Hearing the sound, Shu Tian turned around. Seeing that she was trying to prop herself up, he quickly walked over and said, “Don’t move. There are still silver needles in you.”

Silver needles?

Ji Yunshu looked down and discovered there were indeed seven or eight silver needles in her wrist.

“How did I end up here?”

“You collapsed in your room. This is a medical clinic! The physician said cold qi invaded your body.”

She frowned slightly and said, “This is my chronic illness.”

“However, you’re fine now, but if you want to be cured, you might need to seek treatment elsewhere.”

“Regardless, thank you.”

Shu Tian said, “I didn’t really help you much. It was Luo Yang who discovered you were ill and rushed you here in his arms.”

Luo Yang?

Only then did Ji Yunshu remember that before she fainted, she indeed seemed to see Luo Yang holding her. But in that hazy moment, she thought she saw Jingrong—that face she had longed for these past three years.

Yet as always, whenever she woke up, she still had to face reality.

At that moment, Luo Yang came in carrying a bowl of medicine.

“Here, here, the medicine is ready.”

He hurried to her bedside and discovered she had already awakened.

“You’re awake? Good that you’re awake!”

Luo Yang’s heart settled down.

Ji Yunshu, however, looked at the black smudges all over his face and asked, “Your face?”

He smiled foolishly, “It’s nothing. It’s all from the charcoal smoke. I personally brewed this medicine for you. Those people are clumsy—it’s better if I brew it for you myself.”

Ji Yunshu’s gaze became fixed.

Her heart felt as if something had viciously scraped across it again.

She didn’t know why, but at this moment when she looked into Luo Yang’s eyes, she actually felt they resembled Jingrong’s gaze.

The next moment, she realized she absolutely couldn’t harbor such feelings, so she withdrew her gaze and said, “Thank you for taking the trouble.”

“What trouble? Brewing medicine won’t cost me my life.”

“…”

“Hurry and drink the medicine.” Luo Yang scooped up some medicine with a spoon and brought it to her lips.

Ji Yunshu turned her head slightly. “I’ll do it myself.”

“Your hands have needles in them. How can you do it yourself?”

“…”

Ji Yunshu wasn’t accustomed to being fed medicine by others, much less being fed medicine by Luo Yang.

Seeing her unwillingness to drink, Luo Yang grew anxious. “My medicine isn’t poisoned.”

“Put it down. I’ll drink it myself.” She insisted.

“You woman really have a stubborn temperament. Fine, drink it yourself. I’m too lazy to serve you anyway.” Luo Yang set down the medicine and walked to the side, pretending to be angry.

Shu Tian, who had witnessed all of this, expressed that he felt very awkward!

He said to Ji Yunshu, “Miss Ji, since you’re alright now, I’ll go back and inform my young master first, so he won’t worry.”

“Alright, thank you.”

Shu Tian nodded and left the medical clinic.

Ji Yunshu looked at the medicine placed before her. She struggled to sit up, lifted her hand full of silver needles, and laboriously picked up the bowl.

Luo Yang stole a glance at her, then walked over and said, “I say, what exactly are you made of?”

Hmm?

Ji Yunshu asked, “What do you mean?”

“You’re this ill and still won’t make a sound. A woman, risking her life to cross the Nansai Desert to find someone—I think you’re made of stone!”

She didn’t want to speak.

She didn’t know what to say either. If she was stone, then let her be stone.

Being a stone wasn’t such a bad thing.

Luo Yang frowned. After a long while, he suddenly said, “Oh right, that man surnamed Wen has already agreed to let me go with him to Yanjing. He can give me what I want.”

Ji Yunshu’s movement of drinking the medicine stopped. After a moment of silence, she asked, “What did he promise to give you?”

“It was something I asked him for.”

“Then what did you ask for?”

“Success and prosperity, rapid advancement.”

Ji Yunshu’s eyes suddenly darkened. She gently set down the bowl in her hand and looked at Luo Yang, saying, “Do you know what kind of place Yanjing is?”

Luo Yang replied, “Of course I know.”

“Since you know, you shouldn’t have asked him for this.”

“Why not?”

“You and Xiao Ba should have asked them for a sum of silver and found a good place to settle down! Not go to Yanjing. With your background and abilities, entering Yanjing is like walking into a tiger’s den. When the time comes, if you’re not careful, you’ll lose your lives.” Ji Yunshu spoke earnestly, offering a warning.

They hadn’t reached Yanjing yet—everything could still be changed.

But Luo Yang didn’t understand. He said, “If you don’t try some things, who knows what will happen? You’re right—I truly have no background or abilities, and I’m afraid of death too. But there’s one thing no one can surpass me in, and that is I’m unwilling to accept it!”

Unwilling to accept it!

Coming from Luo Yang’s mouth, these were three terrifying words.

Ji Yunshu opened her mouth but didn’t know how to respond to his words.

Luo Yang leaned forward, staring into her eyes, and continued, “Since you’re also going to Yanjing, why not go with them? You’re looking for someone, aren’t you? Looking for that person wearing a mask! You’ve also seen that those black-clad men have been constantly pursuing that man surnamed Wen. Perhaps the person you’re looking for… will also appear. That’s better than you wandering around Yanjing later like a headless fly looking blindly, isn’t it?”

Uh!