Hearing his mother's increasingly exaggerated words, Hu Wenhua instinctively looked up and first glanced at the person opposite him.

His health isn't that bad!

Even if she didn't have any romantic feelings for him, for some reason he didn't want her to think he was physically unwell.

Hu Wenhua looked up and saw a pair of watery eyes full of concern.

He was so mesmerized that he forgot to look away.

Does she care about him? Even if it's not out of romantic love.

Ling Ran sat down next to Hu Wenhua and quickly nudged his elbow to remind him.

Hu Wenhua suddenly snapped out of his daze, reluctantly shifting his gaze elsewhere, a self-deprecating smile tugging at the corner of his mouth.

He can't lose his composure!

Uncle Ding and Aunt Ding handled this matter very well, and no outsiders knew about it. He couldn't let himself ruin her reputation.

Ding Jiajia only wanted to sneak a peek at him to make sure he was really alright, but she didn't expect to run right into him.

The man, who was always full of energy and seemed to have inexhaustible strength, looked much more haggard. When he saw her looking at him, he quickly looked away, with a faint, mocking smile on his face.

Does he not want to see her? Or does he think it's ugly that she was presumptuous and foolish about the hairpin?

With her eyelids lowered, she silently bit her lip, trying to prevent the bitterness in her heart from spreading.

Shui Qing looked left and right while holding her rice bowl, and deeply understood the saying: "The emperor isn't worried, but the eunuch is!"

What's going on here?

Why did Jiajia stop coming to eat at her place after she gave her a gift? And why is her own brother so listless and absent-minded every day?

Yes, she remembers it very clearly, ever since the last time she gave a gift.

I initially thought the two of them had a disagreement and would be fine once they met, but it seems they didn't have a disagreement at all.

The two of them held their bowls with their heads down the whole time, staring at the grains of rice in the bowls. They barely ate any of the dishes. But when they heard that Wen Hua was not feeling well, they couldn't help but look over.

During another meal, he couldn't wait to steal glances at the young girl eight hundred times!

They clearly care about and cherish each other, so why do they look like they're destined to never speak to each other again?

Shui Qing didn't understand, nor could she comprehend it.

It's just that I've always been a single dog and have never been in a relationship, so I can't understand this feeling.

Over there, Hu's mother and Qin Yilin had already started talking about typhoid fever, then about blood and qi, and even about dampness: "Little sister, you don't know, Wenhua has been listless all day long. Even though she doesn't have as much work as before, she seems very tired. I'm wondering if she has dampness in her body?"

In the past, doctors in Niutou Town often said that people with excessive dampness in their bodies would feel particularly tired.

But don't worry, just boil some herbs and drink the decoction to expel the dampness from your body.

Thinking of herbs, she looked at the Ding couple with delight and asked, "By the way, do you have any herbs to dispel dampness? If you do, we won't need to go to the pharmacy in the prefectural city to get medicine."

Many houses in Niutou Town were destroyed, and it's unknown whether the doctor is still alive.

Ding Heli and Qin Yilin did have quite a few herbs to dispel dampness, but no matter how they looked at it, they couldn't tell that Wen Hua didn't have excessive dampness.

His symptoms... to be honest, are so similar to Jiajia's.

Absent-minded, indifferent to everything, and distracted.

Ding Heli chuckled and said, "Yes, there is, but all medicines have some toxicity. If you don't have excessive dampness, you can't just take any medicine."

Mother Hu smiled nonchalantly, "It's alright. The doctor in our town said this isn't medicine, it's just for daily conditioning, like tea to cut through the grease."

Let's try giving it to Wenhua first. If it works, that'll be perfect. If it doesn't, we won't give it to her anymore. We can have her examined by a doctor next time we go to the prefectural city to sell rabbits."

Ding Heli gave Hu Wenhua an apologetic smile and replied to Hu's mother, "Okay, I'll go home and get it later."