Taking care of patients is really not a good job. I took care of Xie Yuancheng for two months straight, and I was already exhausted. But he treated me like his own mother.

"Ying'er~ I got injured because of you, and now I can't even hold the Xuan Tie Sword for long." Xie Yuancheng spoke softly again. I originally wanted to leave, but in the end, I knelt down at his feet.

When Xie Yuancheng was finally able to practice martial arts, I was finally a little happier and sat beside him watching him practice his swordplay.

"Ying'er~ Where is your sword?" Xie Yuancheng came over carrying the Xuan Tie sword. I was exhausted. I'm busy every day, and I don't have the energy to practice swordsmanship with him.

"Yuancheng~" I clung to his neck, blinking at him and acting coquettishly. Xie Yuancheng didn't care about any of that. He told me to get the sword and practice with him.

I knew to retrieve the Phantom Sword. After three rounds of practice, I defeated Xie Yuancheng and even flung his Xuan Tie Sword away.

"Hmph! You always talk badly about me, but who deliberately let me have it this time?"

"Ying'er~ My hand hurts, and you keep hitting my arm." Xie Yuancheng covered his hand, and I rushed over to look. It took me a while to realize that he was just teasing me.

Xie Yuancheng followed behind me apologizing, but I went back to my house without arguing with him.

After we went inside, I examined him carefully. Those doctors were truly miraculous; he recovered in just three months. There were still scars on his hands, but Lingwu prescribed some medicine, saying it would heal after a few applications.

"Ying'er, the flowers at the foot of the mountain are in bloom. Let's go take a look."

"It's blooming so quickly!" I exclaimed, my eyes widening in surprise. "My Yu'er, my Xizhi, my Suling~"

“Didn’t you say you were going to avenge me? We’ll leave in a week, and after we’ve taken our revenge, we’ll go back to the capital. This time, Uncle Cui doesn’t have to worry about being controlled by the Crown Prince, and I can take you to live openly in the capital.”

"Do you want to go to Linyang? I want to see my sister's child."

“Alright, let’s go around to Linyang, it will take us ten more days.”

"Great! I can finally see them!" I danced with joy. Li Ruowei hadn't given birth when she left, but now her child can walk.

"Ying'er~ Is who you're going to see more important than me?"

"Look at your sister, you know in your heart whether she is more important than you or not."

I pinched Xie Yuancheng's arm and went to do my work. He kept coming over and said I was bullying him. I got so angry that I almost kicked him.

But I held back. Although Xie Yuancheng had recovered, some of his wounds had not fully healed, so I still had to take care of him.

In the afternoon, I packed some snacks and a bag of milk, and then followed Xie Yuancheng down the mountain.

When I turned around, I saw Lingwu. I smiled at him and then walked forward with Xie Yuancheng. I know I've wronged him. I hope a good girl can take care of him and truly love him.

"Ying'er, don't think I don't know you two are flirting!" Xie Yuancheng said coldly, which brought me back to my senses.

“Yuancheng, I’m sorry to him. You can’t just watch your junior brother, whom you grew up with, suffer.”

"Junior brother!" Xie Yuancheng got angry as soon as he heard this. I had forgotten that he had only just found out that Lingwu was a boy.

I was carrying a small cloth bag, which Xie Yuancheng made for me when he had free time; he's really skillful. To avoid upsetting him and hurting his health, I decisively walked up to him, hugged him, and started kissing him.

I knew he couldn't resist the charms of a beautiful woman, especially since I was the one who bore him several little ones.

"Ying'er~" Whenever Xie Yuancheng softened his temper, he would whine to me, "You can't look at other people, it makes me uncomfortable~"

"I'm just sorry to him. When we escaped with them, I always put you first and made things clear with them."

"Really~" Xie Yuancheng's spinelessness flared up again. He leaned on me and didn't want to get up. Luckily, I'm not weak.

"Seriously, if I don't comfort you, you won't know how heartbroken I was when I made that ridiculous decision. I didn't know you were hurt, and you didn't even take care of me. It's so annoying to think about."

"So you took care of me for the past three months, right? You weren't exactly attentive to every detail, but you were very diligent, which helped me recover quickly~"

I got goosebumps, and my shoulders trembled: "Get up, I can't take it anymore."

"Oops~ You're so stingy~"

Xie Yuancheng finally stood up straight. I rubbed my shoulder and took his hand to go down the mountain. After Xie Yuancheng's injury healed a bit, he became childish. I couldn't scold him, and I couldn't bear to yell at him either. I could only watch him make a fuss from the sidelines.

Thankfully, he was normal the whole way. If I had to carry him, I would have knelt down before him.

The flowers at the foot of the mountain are blooming especially beautifully. It's the end of March now. At this time last year, I had just finished my postpartum confinement.

Xie Yuancheng introduced me to many places, and when we passed Peach Blossom Pool, I made a point of going in to take a look. I reached down to touch it but found no bottom, so Xie Yuancheng pulled me along another path.

Inside was a flower valley, its fragrance filling the air as you walked in. There were people below as well, and they greeted Xie Yuancheng happily, who acted like the head of the household.

I always change into men's clothes when I'm out, because women's clothes are inconvenient. Anyway, I'm used to wearing men's clothes, so it doesn't matter to me whether I change into women's clothes or not.

I only realized today that there are quite a few disciples on this mountain. Many girls are picking flowers and playing with them. The young men are much simpler; they just stand under a pear or peach tree and won't move, staring at it.

Some sat with books in their hands, while others brandished swords. Xie Yuancheng and I walked around and, seeing their lively spirits, felt happy too.

As we passed by a large patch of lilacs and forsythia, we saw Lingwu talking to a disciple, and Xie Yuancheng took my hand and walked away.

I said he was stingy, and he said I was even stingier. Not wanting to waste time talking to a patient, I just let him think what he wanted. When we passed a flower shop, it was full of medicinal herbs, and roses hung outside; it looked especially beautiful.

After I looked at it a few more times, Xie Yuancheng said, "Ying'er, I'll go back and get one for you so you can look at it for the rest of your life."

"Your health is the most important thing. If you do any more physical labor, I'll get angry with you."

“I’m just giving instructions from the sidelines, I don’t do any work. But since my wife has said so, I think I should take some time to rest.”

I'm happy when he smiles, so next time I'm in a bad mood, I must never let Xie Yuancheng smile.

We found a quiet spot by the pool, and I gave him some milk to drink. Xie Yuancheng doesn't like sweet things, but he was injured, and milk could help him recover.

Seeing that he wasn't drinking, I sat down on the other side. I waited until Xie Yuancheng finished his drink before sitting back down. Xie Yuancheng said I was petty, but I didn't argue with him. I opened the pastry box for him and chose some sweet and sour hawthorn shortbread for him.

Xie Yuancheng can be mischievous sometimes. He refuses to open his mouth for food he doesn't like, but luckily I have a way of getting him to eat it. After he finishes eating, Xie Yuancheng looks at me with a miserable face. I pinch his cheek to stop him from playing the victim, and only then does he calm down.