Chapter 63: As long as you come back, I will accept you even if you are blind for the rest of your life...

Chen Lianxiu paused and remained silent for a moment.

Zhou Linjin had already called out, "Ayuan, is that you?"

He had regained his sight when they met again, so even Zhou Linjin himself didn't notice that he could actually hear Shen Lianxiu's footsteps.

Seeing that Shen Lianxiu was silent, Bi Cha and Ao Xing exchanged a glance, and Ao Xing said, "Sir, Madam Shen is here."

Chen Lianxiu put An An in Bi Cha's hands and motioned them to go out for a while. After the door was closed, she walked forward again.

The light passed through the patterns on the stained glass windows and fell on Zhou Linjin's face, making his amber eyes sparkle. But when he looked closer, he could only find that the spirit in his eyes was as still as stagnant water.

If Chen Lianxiu was still skeptical before entering this room, then at this moment, she didn't even need to test it, she was almost certain that this was not a self-torture trick used by Zhou Linjin, and he was blind again.

She stopped in front of him and was silent for a while. Zhou Linjin's eyes moved a few times, but he still couldn't find the exact position, so he turned his gaze to Shen Lianxiu.

"What's wrong?" Shen Lianxiu finally asked.

Zhou Linjin said, "Last night, King Hui sent someone to kill Pei Qian to silence him. While rescuing him, I was accidentally wounded by an arrow."

Apart from his eyes, everything else looked fine. Shen Lianxiu felt a little relieved, but when she saw his bound arms, she couldn't help but ask, "How's the wound?"

Zhou Linjin didn't say anything. Instead, he blocked it with his hand and said, "The arrow is over there."

Chen Lianxiu sighed softly, walked to the table beside him, and carefully picked up the arrowhead. After a night, the arrowhead was still stained with Zhou Linjin's blood, and under the blood, there was also the coldness that could not be completely covered up. The arrowhead was poisoned, and at this moment it had completely solidified on it.

Chen Lianxiu took a closer look, then put it down and said, "I'm just a country doctor. I can barely treat people, but I can't tell the poison. Besides, when you were first poisoned, there was no evidence, so the doctors couldn't tell what the poison was. This time, maybe if we send this arrowhead back to the capital, someone will be able to identify it."

"I've consulted several doctors, but they all say they don't know what this is. I'm afraid it's a secret poison from King Hui, kept secret, so no one knows how toxic it is," Zhou Linjin said slowly. "But you cured me back then."

The poison from King Hui was definitely fatal. Zhou Linjin was lucky both times. The poison was not serious once, and this time the arrow was not originally aimed at him. He let the arrow grazed his arm in order to save Pei Qian.

Chen Lianxiu put down the medicine box on his back, thought for a while and then sat down next to Zhou Linjin. He first pulled over his arm, which he had been covering with his hand, and checked the wound. Although the wound was not very deep, the skin and flesh were turned outward and it still looked bloody. It should be related to the poison on the arrow. So he applied medicine to him and re-bandaged it.

She looked into his eyes again, checked his pulse, and then said, "It doesn't seem as serious as last time. It's just that the poison has reactivated the remaining toxicity."

As Chen Lianxiu spoke, he opened the medicine box and without asking any questions, he directly injected four needles into Zhou Linjin's head and hands. Zhou Linjin was caught off guard and felt unbearable pain, and could not help but let out a "hiss".

"Don't move." Shen Lianxiu reminded him softly.

Zhou Linjin's heart softened. She seemed to have done it unintentionally, but only he knew how long it had been since she spoke to him in that tone.

He asked, "Will my eyes ever be okay?"

Chen Lianxiu didn't answer at first, and then said: "I don't know, but you are used to it anyway, so it's okay to live like this."

Hearing this, Zhou Linjin lowered his lifeless eyes.

This subtle movement was seen by Shen Lianxiu, and she realized it belatedly, and felt a dull pain in her heart.

After lowering her head and sighing quietly, Shen Lianxiu couldn't help but find a reason for herself. Perhaps it was because An An's eyes looked so similar to his, so when she saw him at this time, she couldn't bear it.

She felt that her words had been too harsh, so she added, "It was better then, and it's even milder now. Don't be impatient, just wait patiently."

As Shen Lianxiu spoke, she went to take the needle off Zhou Linjin, only to hear Zhou Linjin say, "With you here, I won't be ill."

Chen Lianxiu's hand almost trembled when she took the needle, but her years of training helped her to calm herself down.

She put the needle away and asked again, "When are you leaving?"

"Tomorrow," he answered without hesitation, "The longer it takes, the more variables there are."

"Are you all ready?"

"Alright, the arrangements for the journey have been made long ago. We can get back to the capital in three days by traveling day and night."

After Zhou Linjin finished speaking, he hesitated for a moment and continued, "Stay with me, you and An An will not be in any danger."

"Do I have to go with you?" Chen Lianxiu asked as he closed the lid of the medicine box.

"A Yuan, if you and An An still stay here, I'm afraid..." Zhou Linjin took a deep breath and said in a deep voice, "When King Hui comes to his senses after a few days, he will definitely turn his attention to you and An An."

Hearing this, Shen Lianxiu did not say anything. After writing the prescription, she opened the door and gave it to Bi Cha, asking him to get the medicine according to the prescription.

In fact, Bi Cha had been listening at the door for a long time. Chen Lianxiu and Zhou Linjin didn't speak loudly, so Bi Cha couldn't hear anything at all, but he was still worried that Chen Lianxiu would not turn back.

He took the prescription and advised, "My lady, you should go back with me. Otherwise, if anything happens, how will he survive? Besides, he's been poisoned and is blind. He won't be able to survive without you for the next few days on the road."

Shen Lianxiu sighed heavily.

She turned back to the house to get her medicine box, then said to Zhou Linjin, "Should I say that you went blind at the right time?"

Hearing the teasing in Chen Lianxiu's tone, Zhou Linjin smiled and said, "As long as you come back, I'll accept it even if I have to be blind for the rest of my life."

Chen Lianxiu glared at him, then remembered that he was blind again, so he shook his head and left with the medicine box on his back.

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Because they had to leave tomorrow and time was too tight, Chen Lianxiu had to hurry back to Baixi Village.

When leaving Baixi Village this morning, Chen Lianxiu actually thought that she might have to return to the capital. Even if she put aside the matter of Zhou Linjin's poisoning, King Hui was indeed a very dangerous existence, and she did not dare to joke with her own life and An An's.

But she didn't expect it to be so urgent. She thought Zhou Linjin was poisoned and needed to rest for at least a few days before leaving. She was in a hurry at the time and didn't take much with her when she left home. She thought she would have to come back again.

Now that I have decided to leave, I have to pack up properly.

Originally, Chen Lianxiu didn't plan to take An An with her, but when An An heard that she was going back, she insisted on following her. Chen Lianxiu changed her mind and realized that she didn't know when she would be back. An An was born and raised here, so she should go and say goodbye to the people in Baixi Village.

It was already noon when they arrived. Chen Lianxiu and An An first went to burn incense at the tablets of their grandparents in the house, and then went to pack up.

In fact, she didn't have much to pack. Villagers didn't have many valuables, and she always carried her medicine box with her. It only contained some clothes for her and An An, and An An's toys, which she could play with on the road.

There wasn't much gold and silver saved over the years, and Chen Lianxiu had to support both her and An An, so even with the medical fees, there wouldn't be much left.

There was a separate sum of fifty taels, half of the medical fee the Pei family had paid her. They'd agreed to give her another hundred taels if she cured her, and only the other half if she couldn't. Naturally, she never received the remaining medical fees, and Pei Ruoyan was already gone. Looking at the money now, she felt a sense of lost consciousness.

Chen Lianxiu put away all the gold and silver jewelry. Although she was going back to the capital, she still had her own plans. She had many places to spend money and could not leave a penny behind.

On the simple dressing table were some of Chen Lianxiu's jewelry. She walked over and before she opened it, she was stunned. In a trance, she remembered the time when she left the Duke Cheng's Mansion, and it seemed to be the same situation.

It seems like every time I leave, I am in such a hurry.

Opening the dressing table, Chen Lianxiu put away everything inside one by one. She saw the green sandalwood bracelet. She had taken it off and put it away without wearing it because she was afraid that Zhou Linjin would notice it. Chen Lianxiu did not put it away, but put it back on her wrist.

An An was still sorting out her toys over there, and Bi Cha said to her, "You really don't need to bring so many. The young lady has returned to the capital, and she doesn't have anything she wants."

An An refused and insisted on taking everything, even a shabby little wooden horse.

Chen Lianxiu finally couldn't bear it anymore, so she walked over to coax her: "You haven't played this for a long time, so just stay here, okay?"

"No, I want to take her with me," An An suddenly hugged Shen Lianxiu's neck, "Mother, are we not coming back?"

Shen Lianxiu was suddenly speechless.

She had no choice but to pat An An gently twice and signaled with her eyes to Bi Cha to take the little wooden horse out and put it in the carriage.

In about half an hour, all the necessary things were packed out. There were also some things left at home, which Chen Lianxiu also put away properly. There were also some medicinal herbs left at home, which were no longer useful, so Chen Lianxiu wrapped them up in cloth first.

Finally, Chen Lianxiu returned to the tablet of her grandparents. She carefully took the tablet down and wanted to take it to the capital as well.

The moment the door was locked, Chen Lianxiu suddenly burst into tears.

She didn't want An An to find out that she was crying, so she quickly held back her tears and pointed to Luo Wu Niang's house, motioning An An to go there first. She then watered the medicine garden and then went to Luo Wu Niang's house.

Luo Wuniang had understood something from An An's intermittent words, but she still couldn't believe it. When she saw Chen Lianxiu coming over, her eyes couldn't help but turn red.

"Are you really leaving?" Luo Wuniang asked.

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