freenovelworld Chapter 16 Looking for the Forgotten Flower
Chapter 16 Looking for the Forgotten Flower
The next day, after lunch, Wu You stared blankly at Li Lianhua reading a book.
Ever since he learned yesterday that his things could be sent back to the original world, Wu You has been pondering the possibility of using modern medical technology to cure the poison in Li Lianhua's body.
But the first step is to obtain Li Lianhua's blood and then send it to a modern hospital for machine testing. What excuse should we use?
Li Lianhua felt Wu You staring at her for a long time, wondering what mischief he was plotting. After a while, she heard no sound. Turning her head, she saw that although Wu You was still looking in her direction, his mind had completely wandered off.
Li Lianhua got up and walked towards Wu You, gently patting Wu You's head with a book: "Snap out of it, what are you thinking about so intently?"
Wu You snapped back to reality, her thoughts instantly returning to their normal state. She subconsciously replied, "I was thinking about your... cough, when will you get better? It's been so long." Luckily, she stopped herself in time, or she would have given herself away.
"Why think so much? I've already said it's an old problem, something I've had since I was a child, and it can't be cured." Li Lianhua didn't care at all.
"It can definitely be cured, leave it to me," Wu You assured, patting his chest.
"With your medical skills, do you even know the complete herbal classics? I wouldn't dare test your medicine on you."
"Don't underestimate me. Who can memorize such a thick book of herbs? Only a gifted person like you can do it. Hehe, I'm just a little bit short."
To increase credibility, Wu You gestured slightly with his thumb and little finger.
Looking at Wu You's funny expression, Wanran chuckled: "You're not just a little bit short, you're a whole lot short. I don't know where all that enthusiasm you had for studying went back then."
"Who knew it would be so difficult? What can I do if the knowledge just won't stick in my head?" Wu You said helplessly.
After the interlude, Wu You returned to his room and wrote a letter to Chunlu Qiushuang, asking them to help with the search. First, they needed to continue searching for the Forget-River Flower; second, they needed to investigate the Green Tea Poison, finding out its ingredients and preparing a complete copy; and finally, they needed to see if they could find another copy of the Green Tea Poison.
Wu You planned to wait until the ingredients for the poison of the green tea were ready, then get some blood from Li Lianhua and send it to the modern world together. He would then ask his older brother to help him find a hospital to test it and see if an antidote could be made.
After preparing the letter, Wu You blew the whistle to summon the guards.
The two men, who were waiting a kilometer away, moved their location from the tree branch to a small courtyard on the ground not far away. Upon hearing the whistle, Nanfeng and Beiyi exchanged a glance, picked up the masks on the table, put them on, and quickly fled outside, disappearing in an instant, leaving Beiyi waiting there.
Nanfeng landed silently and knelt before the woman beside the table: "Greetings, Your Highness."
As a modern person, Wu You always felt a headache whenever he saw people kneeling and bowing like this: "We're all on the same side, so just bow and pay your respects from now on. Send this letter to Chunlu Qiushuang, I need to get the information from above as soon as possible."
Wu You handed the prepared letter to Nan Feng: "You and Bei Yi continue to stay there and wait for orders. If you need money, just draw it from Spring Dew and Autumn Frost."
Nanfeng respectfully accepted the letter: "Yes." After waiting for three breaths and seeing no further orders, he left as quietly as he had come.
The duty of a bodyguard is to protect their master and kill for them. After he and Bei Yi were sent to this foreign princess, they did nothing but deliver messages and meals. Other princesses did not need their protection. He wondered if his bodyguard skills would become rusty after a while.
However, this place is far too safe and too leisurely compared to before. Other secret guards would probably fight tooth and nail to get here. Thinking this, Nanfeng quickened his pace and ran back the way he came.
A month passed before Wu You finally received the medicinal herbs and the poison from the Jade Tea, but there was still no news about the Forget-River Flower.
The good news is that Li Lianhua is no longer suffering from the aftereffects of the poisoning of the green tea. She no longer looks like she was on the verge of death when she was sick. However, she has lost a lot of weight and is very thin, as if she would fall over if the wind blew her away. It is really heartbreaking.
Wu You had never drawn blood before, and he was afraid he wouldn't be able to prick Li Lianhua accurately on her arm and hurt her. He could only consider taking a few drops from her fingertip. He watched the tutorial on his phone several times before he dared to take the box containing the tools to Li Lianhua.
The weather was still very cold. Li Lianhua usually read books in his room. Sure enough, as soon as Wu You arrived, he saw Li Lianhua engrossed in reading a medical book.
"Huahua, I need to talk to you about something." Wu You walked up to Li Lianhua and spoke seriously.
Li Lianhua shifted her gaze from the book to Wu You's face: "What's the matter?" She wondered what kind of trouble he was up to now.
Looking at Li Lianhua's expression that seemed to say, "She probably has some bad ideas," Wu You felt a surge of anger and coughed.
"I recently found out about an old traditional Chinese medicine doctor who specializes in the research of difficult and complicated diseases. I heard that he has already developed medicines for several such diseases."
“I thought your ailment had lasted for so long, so I thought I should find an old Chinese medicine doctor to take a look. It’s not good for you to stay like this, is it? But the old Chinese medicine doctor is old and lives very far away.”
"I've already said that I've had this illness since I was a child, and no one else can cure it. You also said that the old Chinese medicine doctor can't come. I've only just recovered, and I can't travel. Even if he did come, he might not be able to cure me, so don't worry about it." Li Lianhua thought to herself, "This is an incurable poison. Even ten more old Chinese medicine doctors couldn't cure me."
"That won't do. How can we miss the chance to get treatment?" Wu You had a look on his face that said, 'How can you be so stubborn?'
“I already said no. Who do you think is better suited for traveling, me or the old Chinese medicine doctor? Do we need to risk half our lives first?” Li Lianhua didn’t want to discuss this topic at all.
"It has to work, even if it doesn't work. You must get treatment, even if it doesn't work." Wu You always insisted on this.
"Then what do you suggest?" Li Lianhua didn't want to pay any attention to Wu You today; she just wanted to get rid of him as soon as possible.
Seeing that Li Lianhua had finally fallen into the trap, Wu You quickly suppressed the corners of his mouth that were about to turn up: "Chunlu Qiushuang has already contacted the old Chinese medicine doctor. Since neither side should travel, let's take some blood for research first, and then we'll go over when we have some results."
"It's really just a matter of drawing some blood. Once it's done, you won't bother me anymore." Li Lianhua didn't believe what Wu You said.
"I promise, just a few drops. I'll leave as soon as I get it and won't bother you again." Wu You raised her right hand, extending her index and middle fingers as if making a vow.
"Fine, bring me the knife, I'll bleed you." Li Lianhua finally gave in and reached out her hand to Wu You.
"What knife? Wouldn't it hurt if you cut yourself? I'll do it." Wu You quickly took the box and approached Li Lianhua, genuinely afraid that he might actually hurt her.
Wu You first laid out the blood-drawing tools on the table, then warmed his hands by holding them next to the small heater before taking Li Lianhua's jade-like hand in his own. It was icy cold to the touch; even though they had been in the room the whole time, it hadn't warmed her up. In his mind, Wu You mentally gave Yun Biqiu Jiaoli Qiao another good thrashing.
Then Wu You first disinfected the tip of her ring finger with an alcohol swab and waited for the alcohol to evaporate. Then she removed the cap of the blood collection needle, inserted the needle vertically, wiped away the first drop of blood with a cotton swab, and collected blood with the blood collection needle. Seeing that there was little blood, she used her finger to push the needle a few times to get enough blood, and pressed the puncture site with a cotton swab.
"That's fine. Just keep pressing on it for a while and the bleeding will stop." After saying that, he cleaned the blood off his hands.
Li Lianhua had just felt a pair of warm hands holding her when she heard someone say it was done. Following Wu You's instructions, she pressed the skewer down, and the warmth left her palm: "That's it, I didn't feel any pain."
"Alright, it's just a few drops of blood, no need to cut with a knife. You should be fine now, no need to press it anymore." Wu You finished tidying up and took the medicine back to his room, sending the prepared herbs and the poison from the green tea to his older brother.
"I'm counting on you, brother. Just tell me what medicinal herbs you need, and I'll go find them."
Don't worry, this is nothing, I'll take care of it perfectly.
Thank you, brother.