Chapter 177: Not Worth It

Having explained the general instructions, Yuan Siyin then got up to take her leave.

Seeing that the person was almost out of sight, and her elder brother was still staring blankly, Wan Qijiao found it somewhat amusing. "Brother, why aren't you drinking the tea?"

Wan Qiyao responded, picked up the small cup and brought it to his lips, but after drinking for a while he couldn't taste anything. When he came to his senses, he realized that the cup was already empty.

Why tease me?

He glanced at her reproachfully, but wasn't angry. When he looked up again, that figure, which wouldn't be overshadowed even if it were lost in the crowd, had vanished without a trace.

Wan Qiyao sighed, feeling his heart, which had just been filled with joy, sink again. Now, his heart felt empty, as if something was missing.

"You've only met a few times and you've already taken it to heart?"

Although Wan Qijiao didn't quite understand her brother's thoughts, she had to admit that Yuan Siyin had an indescribable feeling, or rather, a contradiction.

Spoiled but not pretentious, passionate and radiant yet silently keeping people at a distance.

Like camellias, they bloom in a blazing display, bright and beautiful, a tree full of red clouds that seems to scorch the eyes, but in the end, they fall from the branches one by one, carrying a lonely and desolate beauty.

Three days later, the prescription using honeysuckle as a medicinal ingredient spread throughout the northern frontier overnight. When the king of the northern frontier ordered the purchase, he discovered that there wasn't a single blade of grass left in the vast northern frontier.

It is said that the King of the Northern Frontier was so angry that he even cut up the grass outside the palace.

Yuan Siyin didn't know if this was true or not; all she knew was that Si Fangming's wounds had reopened several times from laughing.

"Stop laughing, what's so funny? Don't you feel the pain of your wounds enough?"

Yuan Siyin rubbed her temples, feeling a headache coming on, and just wanted to sew his mouth shut.

It's too noisy.

Fortunately, there's only one Si Fangming. If there were another one like him, she'd probably have to decide whether to bang her head against a wall or jump into the river.

"I was wondering why you had to run off there, and even told the general to tell the Northern King the prescription in three days. Turns out you had no good intentions... Hey, a gentleman uses words, not fists!"

"That depends on who you're dealing with. With you, I'd rather fight."

After twisting his ear, Yuan Siyin suddenly laughed as if she remembered something: "By the way, do you know where the money for my acquisitions came from?"

Si Fangming suddenly had a bad feeling.

"Could this be money I'm saving up to get married in the future?"

"I didn't expect your salary and rewards to be so generous."

Yuan Siyin rested her chin on her hand, indirectly answering his question.

Si Fangming: "..." He was so angry that he couldn't speak.

However, the thought that he had saved up money in more than one place gave him a glimmer of hope.

There might even be some left over.

"Don't even think about it. They took the second small iron box under your bed, the hidden compartment at the bottom of the cabinet, and the stepping stone under the table leg."

I sat up in shock while on my deathbed, and realized that the clown was none other than myself.

Si Fangming rolled over with a look of utter despair, refusing to turn back no matter how Yuan Siyin tried to coax him.

Are you angry?

"You pay."

Don't be so stingy.

"You pay."

"It's not like I'm not going to pay you back."

"How do I repay it?"

Upon hearing the key point, Si Fangming suddenly sat up, but accidentally aggravated his wound, immediately wincing in pain.

"It's okay if you can't pay it back, just compensate me for the person."

Unexpectedly, as soon as he finished speaking, Yuan Siyin looked at him with pity, as if she was afraid of hurting him, and hesitated for a while before speaking.

"We can't afford to eat swan meat, nor can we digest it internally. It's not worth it, really not worth it."