Chapter 357 Awakening
Qi Yuxuan thanked Madam Ji very sincerely and even offered to help with the dishes.
Madam Ji has already allowed her to enter the kitchen, and she can cook whatever she wants with the inexpensive grains stored in the kitchen, as long as she doesn't waste them. In any case, the expensive seasonings and the like have all been stored away in Madam Ji's chest, so Qi Yuxuan and the others don't need them.
The meat porridge was still a little hot, so Qi Yuxuan fed it to Qi Jun spoonful by spoonful after it cooled down a bit.
Qi Jun leaned against the headboard, feeling utterly useless, and blamed himself:
“I heard you teaching that child this afternoon. It’s all my fault for dragging you down.”
He is now injured and has difficulty walking, and his right hand still has an unhealed wound, so he can't walk far at all. Therefore, Qi Yuxuan has no choice but to stay and take care of him.
Otherwise, she could have left much earlier to find reinforcements. It was only because she was worried that he would be alone and helpless here, and that Madam Ji would be heartless and abandon him, that she stayed to take care of herself.
After he finished eating the porridge, Qi Yuxuan wiped the corners of his mouth for him.
The man in front of me had completely changed.
With a scraggly beard and eyes full of fatigue, no one could tell that this was once the handsome and dashing prince.
High fever, wounds, and nightmares tormented him until he was emaciated, his cheeks were slightly sunken, and he looked as haggard as if he had just passed through the gates of hell.
Holding the empty bowl, Qi Yuxuan said seriously, "Qi Xiuyuan, what do you mean by this? You're allowed to take care of me when I'm unconscious, but I'm not allowed to take care of you when you're injured?"
"If you really don't want to be a burden to me, then get well soon. I can't get out of this mountain valley on my own two legs. There are either ferocious wild beasts or treacherous people. I'm still counting on you to take me back to the capital to see my mother."
"It's just teaching a child now, and besides, he's quite smart, so it won't be difficult to teach him. Don't worry about these things. The most important thing is to take good care of your health, understand?"
Qi Jun looked down at her, his gaze incredibly soft, and he whispered:
"Your student understands, Master."
"You!" Qi Yuxuan glared at him, snorted, and took the bowl out.
The young man on the couch followed her figure until she disappeared through the doorway, then reached out and pinched his brow.
As she said, only by recovering quickly could he leave this place with her and return to the capital immediately; they couldn't afford to waste any more time.
Fortunately, this is a widow's village... Although the name doesn't sound very good, almost 90% of the people here are women. He used to think that places with many women were full of trouble, but in the past few days he realized that places with many women also mean that they are safer to some extent.
At least he wouldn't be as worried as people in other ordinary villages about letting the little girl wander around alone.
Lost in thought, Qi Jun fell into a deep sleep again.
People who are injured are prone to drowsiness and hunger, which are all part of the body's process of recovering its energy. This cannot be rushed.
On the other side, two miles away, was an abandoned hut.
Wei Qingqing took care of this strange man for several days in a row.
Following the principle of seeing things through to the end, she thought that once the person woke up, she would ask for payment and immediately leave. However, she never expected that she would have to take care of him for several days, which completely exhausted all her kindness and patience.
Now she's constantly swearing and cursing.
"Hey, hey, hey! Take your medicine! If you don't take it, just die! I've taken such good care of you for so long, and you useless thing, you still haven't woken up!"
Wei Qingqing gripped a wooden spoon and roughly shoved a spoonful of soup made from a jumble of herbs into the man's lips.
She had thought that it might come in handy if she were to travel through time, so she learned a little bit about identifying herbs and dug up a lot of herbs that looked like they had medicinal effects at the foot of the mountain. After a simple wash, she boiled them into a soup and fed it to the man every day.
Who would have thought that this person was in such poor health, and hadn't woken up after so many days.
At this moment, she couldn't help but admire the male and female leads; they were truly remarkable, waking up the day after falling off a cliff! She should have known better than to concern herself with the man's life or death, and just let him die in the wilderness!
The herbal medicine was violently poured into the man's mouth, and unsurprisingly, he choked.
"Cough, cough..."
Unexpectedly, this choked the man awake. He opened his burning eyes, struggled to lift his eyelids, and stared sharply at the woman in front of him who was feeding him medicine.
"Who, who are you?!"
Wei Qingqing was still lost in her own thoughts, cursing in her mind with great satisfaction, when she heard the sudden voice. She was so startled that she dropped her spoon into the bowl with a "clatter".
She stared in astonishment at the man on the bed who had already opened his eyes, blinking in disbelief.
I only knew this person was pretty when their eyes were closed, but I never expected them to be even more beautiful when their eyes are open!
She found such a handsome man; this is enough to write another novel!
Wei Qingqing suddenly felt a little shy.
A handsome guy is right in front of her, and she's asked who he is? Why is that question so embarrassing?
She shyly put down the bowl and said softly, "Who else could I be? Of course, I'm your savior!"
"What is your name, young master? Where do you live? Oh, by the way, you can call me Qingqing."
After she finished speaking, she turned her head away, somewhat unable to look into the other person's beautiful eyes.
Xiao Jue thought he was about to burn to death, but a sudden burst of lucidity made him cough and wake up, only to see that it was this woman feeding him poison!
"What's in your bowl?!" he asked in a hoarse voice.
Wei Qingqing had already turned her face away, missing the fleeting anger in Xiao Jue's eyes.
She said, "It's naturally a medicinal soup. I went to pick these myself, and they're all good for your injuries. To save you, I had to go up the mountain to gather herbs before dawn every day..."
"Shut up!" Xiao Jue could no longer contain himself.
"Cocklebur, akebia, Paris polyphylla... You're saying these are herbs that are good for injuries?!"
Xiao Jue propped himself up and sat up, then with a swift movement, grabbed Wei Qingqing by the throat, his voice surprisingly vicious: "Who exactly are you!"
Wei Qingqing's eyes widened, and she instinctively grabbed the other person's hands, struggling to pull them away. "You, what are you doing?! I was just trying to save you..."
At Lady Ji's home.
While teaching Ji Youtian to read and write, Qi Yuxuan also learned to climb trees and catch fish from him, and at the same time, she had to take care of Qi Jun, do laundry, cook, and tidy up the house for Ji Niangzi. Half a month passed quickly.
Qi Jun was finally able to get out of bed again, but he could not walk fast and had to stop and rest from time to time.
During this time, Qi Yuxuan lost a lot of weight, and her hands became much rougher, even rougher and thicker than when she was at the Ye family.
She helped Qi Jun to his feet, then sat him down again, her fingers resting on his sleeve. Qi Jun, with his sharp eyes, noticed it immediately.
Your hand...
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