freenovelworld Chapter 400 Getting into big trouble
Chapter 400 Getting into big trouble
After bidding farewell to Sanxiu, Honghua went straight to the courtyard where his sister lived. As soon as he entered the courtyard, he saw from afar through the slightly opened window that Xuanyu was writing in the house, and Zeng Si, who was still with her, was grinding ink for her. Although the two did not say a word, the affection between their eyebrows was self-evident.
Since leaving Yingmen and becoming a cripple, Zeng Si's loyalty has already touched Yan Yu's originally cold heart. Her initial resistance was due to her damaged self-esteem and her unwillingness to drag him down. But as she came to the medicine store and was treated by Mr. Sanxiu, her hands and feet gradually regained strength. Now her legs can stand and her hands can hold a pen, and she has also gotten used to his presence.
The room was filled with affection. Thinking that his sister had someone to protect her for the rest of her life, Honghua couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Then he smiled gently and walked lightly into the house.
"Today's handwriting seems to have some strength." Xuanyu had already finished writing four large and elegant characters. After putting down the pen, she rubbed her hands, nodded and smiled with some satisfaction.
"Well, even Mr. Sanxiu praised you for your strong willpower and your good recovery." Zeng Si handed the tea on the table to Yan Yu and smiled softly.
"That's also thanks to Mr. Sanxiu's superb medical skills." Yanyu took the teacup and said to him angrily.
"That's right." Zeng Si's eyes were filled with doting. After his beloved had finished drinking tea, he helped her to sit under the window and continued to instruct her, "Mr. Sanxiu has told you that you can't stand for long now. Just finish writing these four words today and don't be stubborn. Anyway, there is no rush. There is a long way to go."
"When I can walk, please accompany me to Jingsong Kingdom. I haven't seen that little girl Hongnu for a long time. I wonder how she is doing? Has she grown taller?" Yanyu suddenly turned her head to look at the blue sky outside the window and said softly.
"Okay, when you feel better, I will accompany you wherever you go." When Zeng Si heard that they were going to the Li family in Jiangnan, his heart tightened unconsciously, but he soon despised himself for being narrow-minded. Now that Yan Yu had accepted him, he should trust her wholeheartedly. So he quickly sorted out his thoughts and smiled gently.
"Don't you think I'm troublesome and a burden to you?" Yan Yu looked back and looked deeply at Zeng Si who was sitting next to her, and smiled.
"Being able to stay with you forever is my lifelong wish. How can I be a burden?" Zeng Si's heart was pounding. He held her delicate hands and said affectionately.
"Ahem." Just as the two were being affectionate, Madam Honghua, who had been hiding outside the door and eavesdropping, couldn't stand the cheesy love talk anymore. She coughed twice and walked in slowly with a smile on her face. She deliberately rubbed her arms and joked with the two: "Oh, I didn't expect that I would get goose bumps here even though it's almost summer!"
Hearing the cough, the two thought it was the medicine boy coming to deliver medicine, so they hurriedly separated. Zeng Si also stood up to greet her, but saw it was Sister Honghua. He was surprised and happy. Hearing each other's teasing, both of them blushed.
"Sister just came back?" Zeng Si didn't think of going outside to make tea until Honghua sat down next to her sister. Xuanyu also happily took her sister's hand and asked.
"I went to greet Mr. Sanxiu first, and then came here." Honghua also stopped laughing and smiled gently at his sister. He looked at her carefully for a moment and continued, "You look much better. You have indeed recovered well."
"You left without saying goodbye last time. Where did you go?" Yan Yu saw that her sister had lost a lot of weight and there was some fatigue in her eyes, so she asked with concern.
"Where else can I go? Of course I'll go back to Southern Xinjiang, and by the way, I'll go and see that girl Hongnu for you." Seeing the worry in his sister's eyes, Honghua felt very relieved and still smiled.
"You made a special trip to the Li family to visit Hongnu?" Yanyu's eyes flickered slightly, and she asked half-believingly and half-doubtingly.
Based on my understanding of my sister, she would not travel all the way to Qile City in Jiangnan just for a red slave.
"Of course not. Have you forgotten that besides being the owner of the Southern Xinjiang Poisonous Insect Valley, I am also the sister of Southern Xinjiang businessman Yi. I went to Jiangnan in Jingsong Kingdom to discuss a business deal, and I went to see that girl on the way." Fortunately, Honghua was quick-witted and good at lying, and he could talk nonsense without batting an eyelid in front of his clever sister.
"Is she doing well in the Li family?" Sure enough, after hearing her sister say this, Huan Yu really no longer had any doubts.
"That's fine. Maybe next time we see each other you'll have to marry her off." Honghua winked at her sister and said with a smile.
"What?" Yanyu was very surprised when she heard it. Before she could ask in detail, Honghua came forward and whispered something in her ear. Then she smiled and said, "An Ge? I didn't expect it to be him, but he is a reliable person."
"Who are you talking about that can be trusted?" Just as Yan Yu finished speaking, Zeng Si came in with brewed tea and asked curiously.
"Who else could it be? It must be my future brother-in-law!" Without waiting for Yanyu to speak, Honghua smiled at Zeng Si with a teasing look.
Zeng Si was already thin-skinned, and Hong Hua's words made his fair and handsome face blush again. He hurriedly put down the tea and stammered, making an excuse to escape.
"You know he's thin-skinned, but you still like to make fun of him." Seeing Zeng Si running away, Xuan Yu couldn't help laughing and said to her sister angrily.
"Oh, you're already disloyal even before you get married?" Honghua raised his eyebrows and glanced at his sister in pretended dissatisfaction.
"Sister, if you continue like this, I won't talk to you anymore." Yan Yu was helpless and pretended to be angry as she broke free from her hand and turned her face away.
"Okay, okay, I won't joke with you anymore!" Honghua finally calmed down and said with an apologetic smile.
It was not until the medicine boy brought the prepared medicine and Yanyu took it and fell into a deep sleep that Honghua and Zeng Si came to the tree in the courtyard together.
"So...so...the poison in Xuanyu's body can...be cured?" Zeng Si was very excited after hearing Honghua's words. He started stuttering again when he got nervous.
"But we are still short of two hard-to-find flower pheromones. One is in the desert and needs to be picked in autumn, and the other is on an isolated island in the East China Sea. We have to wait until next spring. But there are so many isolated islands in the East China Sea that it is even harder to find." Zeng Sicai was happy, but Honghua's subsequent sigh poured cold water on him.
"Next spring?" Zeng Si's brows tightened, and he immediately shook his head and sighed in despair: "I'm afraid it will be too late."
"I just hope that Sister Si Yao can meet Mr. Zisang as soon as possible and perhaps get a way to delay the onset of the poison. Otherwise, I can only continue to work for Yingmen in order to get the other half of the antidote." Hong Hua sat down under the tree with a worried look on his face and continued.
"Yingmen is...looking for Sister Honghua again?" Zeng Si also sat down and asked worriedly.
"Hmph, now I am a poisoned knife in the hands of Yingmen, how could Youmei forget me so easily?" Honghua sneered and said with gritted teeth.
Zeng Si was also angry when he heard this but he could do nothing. Not to mention that they were no match for Yingmen, the most important thing was that there was no antidote for the flower bite poison in Xuanyu's body, so he had to continue to pretend to be nice to Yingmen.
"What kind of flowers are you looking for in the desert? I'll go then..." After a moment of silence, Zeng Si suddenly spoke, but was interrupted by Hong Hua's cold voice before he finished speaking:
"No, you have to stay with Yanyu and protect her."
"But the Shadow Gate is keeping an eye on you, so I'm afraid I'm the only one who can do the job of finding the anther." Zeng Si murmured in some difficulty.
"Don't worry, I'll make arrangements for finding the anther." Hong Hua said calmly, then turned around and said to Zeng Si solemnly with a cold face: "The Shadow Clan is keeping a close eye on us right now, it's only a matter of time before they find out about this. You have to protect Xuanyu well, and I will never let you off easily if she makes any mistake."
Zeng Si's brows were still furrowed. He didn't say anything else but just nodded firmly. His silent but rock-like eyes made Honghua feel at ease.
"If the Shadow Clan really finds this place, the pharmacy will probably be implicated by us. Mr. Sanxiu was kind enough to take us in and now he has promised to detoxify Xuanyu. It's time to tell him the truth." Seeing that Honghua didn't say anything else, Zeng Si hesitated for a moment and advised again.
Honghua sighed softly and nodded in agreement. Although she was not a good person, Mr. Sanxiu and Si Yao had done them a favor after all. She couldn't repay kindness with evil. Moreover, she would not agree if her sister knew about it.
After the pharmacy closed, Sanxiu stretched lazily and just returned to the tea room from the front yard, when he was suddenly startled by Madam Honghua who had been waiting in the tea room.
"Oh God, you are really my enemy!" Sanxiu patted his chest and complained to Honghua with a cold face.
"Since you agreed to take us in, Sanxiu Pharmacy has been in big trouble. Now we are on the same boat, so Honghua doesn't want to hide anything from you." Honghua seemed not to hear Sanxiu's complaint. Instead, he turned around and murmured to Sanxiu with a serious expression, contrary to his usual attitude.
"You also know that you are trouble?" Sanxiu snorted coldly and sat down.
"Since you are from Xiyue, you should have heard of Yingmen, right?" Honghua asked again when she saw that Sanxiu did not understand her implication.
"The Shadow Sect?" Sanxiu was shocked. Why did she mention the Shadow Sect, a terrifying assassin organization? Wait, do the two sisters have a grudge against the Shadow Sect? Then what about the poison in Miss Yanyu...
"Sir, you are right. Xuanyu was once a member of the Shadow Sect. She was going to be executed by the Shadow Sect. As a sister, how could I stand by and watch her die? So I agreed to make a deal with the leader of the Shadow Sect, but I didn't expect that bastard would trick me. He actually added flower bite poison into the Huagong Pill."
Honghua saw through Sanxiu's thoughts and told him the truth so that Sanxiu Pharmacy could make plans early.
"Why are you telling me all this?" Sanxiu was terrified. She didn't expect that they had provoked the Yingmen. Sanxiu Pharmacy would be in trouble if it got involved with the Yingmen!
"The Shadow Clan is following me now. It's only a matter of time before they find out about this. The master has done us a great favor. My sister and I cannot repay him with evil. In order not to implicate the pharmacy, we will leave tonight." Seeing Sanxiu's solemn expression, Honghua had no choice but to continue. Of course, the second half of the sentence was just a show.
"Leave? Where to? I haven't cured the flower bite poison yet!" Just as Honghua finished speaking, Sanxiu slammed his palm on the table. Did the Shadow Sect want him to give up his belief in saving the dying and healing the wounded? Wouldn't the medical skills he had insisted on for decades be ruined in his own hands?
Just as Honghua expected, Sanxiu and Siyao, the master and disciple, were not the kind of people who would stand by and watch someone die without helping.
"Thank you, Mr. Sanxiu. Mr. Sanxiu is truly a compassionate doctor!" Honghua suddenly knelt down in front of Sanxiu and cried excitedly. Of course, one has to perform well.
"Get up!" Sanxiu no longer had the mind to pay attention to Honghua's sudden change. He just rubbed his temples in distress. Listening to the woman's crying made his headache even worse.